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Sunday Services 2009

Roger Butts
Roger Butts

The document provides the themes and worship associates for the Sunday services at the Unitarian Church in Davenport, Spring 2009. Some of the themes included are the story of the Four Chaplains, Charles Darwin's birthday, Nirvana Day, the Transfiguration of Jesus, duties in hard times, the end of culture wars, writing an ethical will, and celebrating mothers. The services also include a Passover Seder, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the sanctuary, Yom HaShoah, and a celebration for Alan Egly's 50 years of ordination. Other possible themes mentioned are a book by the minister's uncle on love as a way of life and a sermon on overcoming disappointment.

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SUNDAY SERVICES SPRING 2009 Themes and Worship Associates Unitarian Church, Davenport Rev. Roger Butts, Minister
Unitarian Church, Davenport
February 1, 2009 The Four Chaplains The story of the Four Chaplains On the uses of diversity On the future of interfaith relations Rev. Butts Preaching Worship Associate: Ron Quay (invited)
February 8, 2009 happy birthday Charles Darwin Worship Associate and Coordinator: Joseph Lehman
February 15: Nirvana Day What is the deal with Nirvana? What does that Buddhist idea mean? What is salvation, anyway? With Worship Associate: John Dunsheath and special guest (invited): Steve Spring
February 22, 2009 The Transfiguration of Jesus Like all such bible stories, it is not meant to be taken literally. Rather it is a midrash on a story about Moses from the Hebrew scriptures. More importantly, it raises serious questions about how a liberal Christian is to read the bible after the Shoah.
March 1, 2009 The Duties of Hard Times Rev. Butts preaching Worship Associate: Lars Rehnberg A very old Unitarian sermon, delivered in 1830 at First Church in Boston, asks the question: What is our duty in hard times ? Well reflect on the sermon, and think about what it says to us in our own difficult times.
March 8, 2009 The End of the Culture Wars The End of the Culture Wars? As I prepare to be a part of a panel at Augustana College on the question of culture wars, I ask the question: Will the culture wars ever end? Should they? How did they start? What do they mean? Where are they headed? What can we do to make public discourse more light and less heat?
March 15 Writing an Ethical Will Writing an ethical will Writing a living will Writing your own obituary And other good ideas to communicate about death and dying to those who love you most!
March 22 Religious Services Sunday
March 29 Beloved: The Clearing The clearing story in Beloved is a compelling and powerful example of what happens in church. Well compare the Clearing with Emersons Divinity School Address. For a morning service about ritual, resistance, and resta formula for renewal.
April 5 Passover Seder
April 12: Easter Celebrating the 50 th anniversary of the sanctuary Phil Kester and others
April 19 Yom haShoah Sunday: Plantations and Death Camps: Religion, Ideology, and Human Dignity
April 26: 50 years ordained, a celebration of Alan Egly
May 3 Religious Services Sunday
May 10 Celebrate the Mothers I am suggesting this for Music Sunday
May 17 The tangled bank: toward a eco-theology of responsible participation
May 24 Memorial Day The power of re-membering
May 31 Surrender. This idea within Islamic Thought is powerful. What could it say to us as religious liberals/Unitarian universalists?
June 7 What looks interesting at General Assembly
June 14 FLOWER COMMUNION
June 21 If I had just one sermon to preach (Heres a clue: its about human dignity!)
Other possibilities My uncle has published a book called Love as a Way of Life. Ill take a look at it on this Sunday and share some stories about what he means to me, and what the book is about. Heather Maxwell on overcoming disappointment and dogged strength in the face of failed relationships. Prayers for a privileged people
Other possibilities elizabeth alexander This new poetElizabeth Alexander Ars Poetica #100: I Believe Poetry, I tell my students, is idiosyncratic. Poetry is where we are ourselves, (though Sterling Brown said Every I is a dramatic I) digging in the clam flats for the shell that snaps, emptying the proverbial pocketbook. Poetry is what you find in the dirt in the corner, overhear on the bus, God in the details, the only way to get from here to there. Poetry (and now my voice is rising) is not all love, love, love, and Im sorry the dog died. Poetry (here I hear myself loudest) is the human voice, and are we not of interest to each other?

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Sunday Services 2009

  • 1. SUNDAY SERVICES SPRING 2009 Themes and Worship Associates Unitarian Church, Davenport Rev. Roger Butts, Minister
  • 3. February 1, 2009 The Four Chaplains The story of the Four Chaplains On the uses of diversity On the future of interfaith relations Rev. Butts Preaching Worship Associate: Ron Quay (invited)
  • 4. February 8, 2009 happy birthday Charles Darwin Worship Associate and Coordinator: Joseph Lehman
  • 5. February 15: Nirvana Day What is the deal with Nirvana? What does that Buddhist idea mean? What is salvation, anyway? With Worship Associate: John Dunsheath and special guest (invited): Steve Spring
  • 6. February 22, 2009 The Transfiguration of Jesus Like all such bible stories, it is not meant to be taken literally. Rather it is a midrash on a story about Moses from the Hebrew scriptures. More importantly, it raises serious questions about how a liberal Christian is to read the bible after the Shoah.
  • 7. March 1, 2009 The Duties of Hard Times Rev. Butts preaching Worship Associate: Lars Rehnberg A very old Unitarian sermon, delivered in 1830 at First Church in Boston, asks the question: What is our duty in hard times ? Well reflect on the sermon, and think about what it says to us in our own difficult times.
  • 8. March 8, 2009 The End of the Culture Wars The End of the Culture Wars? As I prepare to be a part of a panel at Augustana College on the question of culture wars, I ask the question: Will the culture wars ever end? Should they? How did they start? What do they mean? Where are they headed? What can we do to make public discourse more light and less heat?
  • 9. March 15 Writing an Ethical Will Writing an ethical will Writing a living will Writing your own obituary And other good ideas to communicate about death and dying to those who love you most!
  • 10. March 22 Religious Services Sunday
  • 11. March 29 Beloved: The Clearing The clearing story in Beloved is a compelling and powerful example of what happens in church. Well compare the Clearing with Emersons Divinity School Address. For a morning service about ritual, resistance, and resta formula for renewal.
  • 13. April 12: Easter Celebrating the 50 th anniversary of the sanctuary Phil Kester and others
  • 14. April 19 Yom haShoah Sunday: Plantations and Death Camps: Religion, Ideology, and Human Dignity
  • 15. April 26: 50 years ordained, a celebration of Alan Egly
  • 16. May 3 Religious Services Sunday
  • 17. May 10 Celebrate the Mothers I am suggesting this for Music Sunday
  • 18. May 17 The tangled bank: toward a eco-theology of responsible participation
  • 19. May 24 Memorial Day The power of re-membering
  • 20. May 31 Surrender. This idea within Islamic Thought is powerful. What could it say to us as religious liberals/Unitarian universalists?
  • 21. June 7 What looks interesting at General Assembly
  • 22. June 14 FLOWER COMMUNION
  • 23. June 21 If I had just one sermon to preach (Heres a clue: its about human dignity!)
  • 24. Other possibilities My uncle has published a book called Love as a Way of Life. Ill take a look at it on this Sunday and share some stories about what he means to me, and what the book is about. Heather Maxwell on overcoming disappointment and dogged strength in the face of failed relationships. Prayers for a privileged people
  • 25. Other possibilities elizabeth alexander This new poetElizabeth Alexander Ars Poetica #100: I Believe Poetry, I tell my students, is idiosyncratic. Poetry is where we are ourselves, (though Sterling Brown said Every I is a dramatic I) digging in the clam flats for the shell that snaps, emptying the proverbial pocketbook. Poetry is what you find in the dirt in the corner, overhear on the bus, God in the details, the only way to get from here to there. Poetry (and now my voice is rising) is not all love, love, love, and Im sorry the dog died. Poetry (here I hear myself loudest) is the human voice, and are we not of interest to each other?
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