[Fuusm-l] OS Feb 21 2021 Monica Jones -Black Liberation Theology is foundational

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First Unitarian Universalist Society of Marietta 
Sunday February 21, 2021 
Our main FUUSM Zoom Link is the one we use for Sunday Services
(and other meetings & gatherings).
https://zoom.us/j/94822183499?pwd=ZVhkMHZWSnR1bTI5czZWRk1zdFFmQT09
Meeting ID: 948 2218 3499 Passcode: fuusm2323
The Sunday Service is also streamed live to Facebook, and you can find it there later as a video.

Our Mission- To nurture a diverse community, 
devoted to spiritual growth and freedom of thought for the benefit of all.

Black Liberation Theology
Ms. Monica Jones

Prelude	A Song of Praise  Charles F. Little Jr.		Randall Kidder, Pianist

Welcome  								Rev. Kathryn Hawbaker
Acknowledging Native Lands
Chalice Lighting	The Legacy of Caring - Thandeka

Our Pledge Drive Update		                	Karen Binkley, Pledge Team

Music		Wade in de Water   -Voices From the Earth

Reflection  	Black Liberation Theology is my spiritual foundation 		Monica Jones,  Assoc. Dean of Students and Chief Diversity Officer at Marietta College.  

Music		We’ve Got the Power   -South African
Benediction
Extinguish the Chalice

Joys & Sorrows  (in large group or in Breakout Rooms)

Transition Music	Same Train   -Voices From the Earth

Breakout Rooms  (Zoom & Sanctuary)     
What vulnerabilities and truths are you willing to confront 
to be a better version of yourself?           How are you growing and transforming?  	  

Tech Team:  Mike Bailey & Rev. Kat Hawbaker	Greeters:  Adeline Bailey & Nina Redd;
Nursery Attendant, Today- Laura Cejka is available for young people  (10:30am-12:30pm) 

TODAY  12:30  Green Sanctuary Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83615181647?pwd=SzBxcTliYWN1MjRRRXZweTNGZFB4QT09  
Meeting ID: 836 1518 1647 		Passcode: green1 


Anti-Racism & Black Liberation Theology Resources
How am I Addressing White Supremacy?
…Being in a learning and growth zone is a never-ending process, there’s not a 
finite deadline or expiration date- in fact, this is just the beginning.

Jacqueline Woodson  (Discussing Racism with Kids)   It’s up to us to decide 
whose narrative we will not only choose to see, but choose to believe.

Stamped from the Beginning:
The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi (2016) 

Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP)  Vice Chair, Fannie Lou Hamer-
If the Freedom Democratic Party is not seated now, I question America.  
Is this America?   The land of the free and the home of the brave?

Cleveland Sellers, SNCC  After Atlantic City (Democratic Convention)
… our struggle was not for civil rights, but for liberation.


Black Liberation Theology
Definition of liberation theology. : a religious movement especially among Roman Catholic clergy in Latin America that combines political philosophy usually of a Marxist orientation with a theology of salvation as liberation from injustice.	Gustavo Gutierrez

James H. Cone first addressed this theology after Malcolm X's proclamation in the 1950s against Christianity being taught as "a white man's religion".[5] According to black religion expert Jonathan L. Walton:
     James Cone believed that the New Testament revealed Jesus as one who identified with those suffering under oppression, the socially marginalized and the cultural outcasts. And since the  socially constructed categories of race in America (i.e., whiteness and blackness) had come to culturally signify dominance (whiteness) and oppression (blackness), from a theological perspective, Cone argued that Jesus reveals himself as black in order to disrupt and dismantle white  oppression  [Wikipedia]  



FUUSM Resources

First Unitarian Universalist Society of Marietta
Congregational Covenant  (excerpt)

	We, the members and friends of the First Unitarian Universalist Society
of Marietta, pledge to treat one another in accordance with the principles of 
the Society’s Affirmation.
Our first obligation is to act with mutual respect in all of our relationships.

We will use clear, direct, honest, and loving communication in reaching congregational decisions and resolving conflict within the congregation.
[continued]  The full text is found in the Policy & Procedures Manual @ www.fuusm.org



Conflict Resolution and Grievance Procedure
Adopted by the Board of Trustees, April 9, 2003

1.	All congregants and staff members are expected to endeavor to settle 
differences and conflicts by use of clear, direct, honest and loving communication  
with the parties concerned.  The grievance procedure should be followed 
in cases where such communication fails to bring satisfactory resolution.
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