The Lecture Series at University Congregational UCC

03/15/2022

Welcome Beyoncé Mass to Seattle! May 6, Saint Mark's Episcopal Cathedral. Watch for registration information coming soon.

08/10/2021

08/10/2021

Beyoncé Mass is coming to Seattle, Sept 24th, 7 pm, online. All are welcome!

Beyoncé Mass is a groundbreaking Christian worship service featuring Beyonce’s music that celebrates the spirituality of Black women.

Register here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/34z9qmqc
Learn more here: https://lectureseriesatucucc.com

Register now for Yolanda M Norton's event on Crowdcast, scheduled to go live on Saturday September 25, 2021 at 3:00 am WEST.

10/19/2020

We are delighted to welcome back Dr. John J. Thatamanil, to speak as part of our 2020: All This Joy, All This Sorrow online series. John spoke with us in 2011 on religious diversity, and his exploration of this topic has deepened over the years to become the basis of his new book Circling the Elephant.

John was born in India and came to the United States as a child with his immigrant parents. As 'a child of two worlds, belonging wholly to neither but caught somewhere in between' John understands that differences of culture and religion can be gift, and in opening ourselves to this gift we see God in a new light.

At such a time as this, among the deep environmental, racial, economic and moral sorrows of our broken world, opening ourselves to the 'hospitality of receiving' other religions can be a path to transformation and joy. This conversation with John and Catherine promises to be full of surprises and delight!

Please join us for this hopeful conversation and joyful storytelling. The lamentation of John Denver’s "All This Joy, All This Sorrow," offers an inspiration, soundtrack, and poetry for the series. Register at the link below. Tickets start at $0.

Register here: https://secure.accessacs.com/access/eventlogin.aspx?id=tL8X6a8OYkO/gg5s9K42Yg==&site=90891&ReturnUrl=events%2fwz_people.aspx&ChurchID=1617&EventID=198180&sn=90891

09/27/2020

Mark your calendars for this online series! 2020: All This Joy, All This Sorrow, October 16, 23, 30 and November 6th. Where can we find hope in these days? Our speakers will share their deep grief and deep joy of 2020, and help us all find hope. Registration information coming soon.

09/24/2020

The Lecture Series is back!
Join us for a fall online speaker series '2020: All This Joy, All This Sorrow' scheduled for Friday evenings, 7 pm, October 23, 30, and November 6.

2020 has been a year like none other in our memories. The profound and widespread grief of this year has been overwhelming. Perhaps, it is only by walking through such grief that we are awakened to the possibilities of hope, transformation, and joy. This series invites speakers familiar and new to our UCUCC / Lecture Series audience to share what they are currently working on and to reflect on a deep grief and a deep joy each has experienced in 2020. Where can we find hope in a year such as this?

Watch for registration and speaker details to be announced soon.

The lamentation of John Denver’s All This Joy, All This Sorrow, offers an inspiration, soundtrack, and poetry for the series. Licensing restrictions prevent us from linking to the song here, but we encourage you to find it on YouTube or other streaming service.

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01/27/2019

Excited to announce Rev. Dr. Jim Antal is coming to speak on how we can respond to the crisis of climate change. Joining us in presenting Rev Antal are UCUCC Sacred Earth Matters, the Pacific Northwest Conference Environmental Justice Team and Earth Ministry. Tickets and more info at www.brownpapertickets.com (search Antal). Hope to see you there!

05/31/2018

Peacebuilding in the Middle East through Art
Join The Lecture Series at UCUCC and St. Marks Cathedral for two events next weekend with the Rev. Canon Paul-Gordon Chandler. On Friday, June 8th, 7 pm (UCUCC), Chandler will give a lecture on his new book In Search of a Prophet: A Spiritual Journey with Khalil Gibran. On Sunday, June 10th, he opens "I AM" an exhibit of 31 Middles Eastern women artists at St. Marks Cathedral. Both events are open to the public, no registration necessary. $10 suggested donation at the Friday event. Learn more at www.brownpapertickets.com (search 'prophet') or contact us at [email protected]

03/29/2018

If you missed this event, want to hear it again, or would like to share with a friend, a podcast of our recent lectures is now available. Featuring Rev. Dr. David Vasquez-Levy, president, Pacific School of Religion, with special guest (Friday session) Bob Ferguson, Washington State Attorney General.

Rev. Dr. David Vasquez-Levy, immigration leader and President of Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, California, provides a hopeful and practical look at our communities’ ability to reframe crit

01/30/2018

Faith on the Move: Reframing the National Conversation on Immigration | March 9, 10, 11, 2018. Presented by The Lecture Series at UCUCC in collaboration with the Church Council of Greater Seattle.

Join Rev. Dr. David Vasquez-Levy, immigration leader and President of Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley CA, and Bob Ferguson, Washington State Attorney General (Friday only), for a hopeful and practical look at our communities' ability to reframe this critical conversation.Tickets on sale now at www.brownpapertickets.com (search for Faith on the Move).

Sessions:
Friday, March 9, 7:30 pm: Law and Story: Reframing the National Conversation on Immigration. With WA ST Attorney General Bob Ferguson. Introduction by Michael Ramos, Executive Director, Church Council of Greater Seattle
Saturday, March 10, 9 am - 2:30 pm:
Pushed by Loss, Pulled by Faithfulness (Book of Ruth 1)
Daring by Hope (Book of Ruth 2)
Forward Together (Book of Ruth 4)
Sunday, March 11, 9 am: Prophetic Imagination: Spiritually Rooted Leadership for a World on the Move
10 am Worship Service: Rev. Dr. Vasquez-Levy will preach the sermon, The Gospel Outside: Healing at the Border

Tickets: All sessions $50 | Friday only $25 | Saturday only $30 | No charge for Sunday events. Questions? Email us at [email protected]. We hope you will join us!

09/23/2017

'Legacy of the Reformation' with Bernard Brandon Scott and Jarmo Tarkki, November 3rd, 4th, 5th. Tickets on sale! Visit Brown Paper Tickets (search JSOR).

What will you do on the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation? Come join us to look at what the Reformation means today, 500 years after Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses on the wooden doors of Wittenberg Castle. And maybe come up with your own new these for today to address injustice and inequality? Let's do this together.

06/29/2017