April 6, 2025 at 10:30 a.m.
Velemu Benventu: We Want to Welcome

Invitation and welcome is an ongoing process based on compassion, reflection, and intention. When
and where does it start? When we go from “You can sit with us” to “We want you to sit with us” we
begin to allow the spirit of humanity to reside not just near us, but within us.
-Led by Rev. Ian Anderson
Worship Associates: Ken Ellis
Focus Collection: U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants

April 13, 2025 at 10:30 a.m.
Stronger Together

Generosity is the focus as we kick off our annual pledge drive. The Stewardship Committee will share
readings that speak about giving, and we’ll hear personal stories from members about the many ways
in which SWUU is loved and valued.
-Led by the Stewardship Committee, Danelle Baker-Miller, Sharron Abbey-Gold, Steve Doucette,
Lydia Avery
Worship Associate: Sarajane Willson

April 20, 2025 at 10:30 a.m.
Fixing Our Narrative on Possibility

Hope is a spiritual discipline. The stories we tell and the paths that we build are more important than
we know. We’ll touch on the Easter Story through the story of the women at the tomb. To what
realities are we open today?
-Led by Rev. Elaine Strawn, minister emerita UU Fellowship of Wayne County
Worship Associate: Deb Celinski

April 27, 2025 at 10:30 a.m.
Disease of Injustice

We often think of disease as a medical or biological phenomenon that is separate from the social order,
but as crises like the recent COVID pandemic have shown us, disease walks the paths of injustice and
inequality that humanity has paved for it. Each year, over 1 million people die from the world’s
deadliest infectious disease, tuberculosis, despite the fact that it has been curable since the 1940s.
What stories do we tell about disease and those suffering from illness, and how can we rewrite these
narratives to envision a more just world?
-Led by Eli Butler
Worship Associate: Dan Paxson