[Worship] UU Science Ambassador

[VIRGINIA HENTHORN]

I like the idea of booking him for Easter. Virginia

> On Feb 9, 2024, at 11:56 PM, Martha McGovern via Worship <worship at fuusm.org> wrote:
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> What would you think of having this speaker for the Easter service?
> As I am gathering reactions, Kat is checking on what he expects in remuneration and whether she wants to pursue the offer.
> Martha
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> From: Kat Hawbaker <mailto:revkatgreen at gmail.com>
> Sent: Friday, February 9, 2024 6:23 PM
> To: Martha McGovern <mailto:marthamcg5119 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Fwd: UU Science Ambassador
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> From: JD Stillwater <jd at jdstillwater.earth <mailto:jd at jdstillwater.earth>>
> Subject: UU Science Ambassador
> Date: February 9, 2024 at 1:36:45 PM EST
> To: revkatgreen at gmail.com <mailto:revkatgreen at gmail.com>
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> Hello, Rev. Green, 
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> Nine years ago, I presented my multimedia worship service Seven Candles: Science for a Deeper Spirituality at FUUSM. Seems like a century ago! Since then, that work has grown into a full-time endeavor, leading worship almost every Sunday in churches around the Central East Region (and remotely nationwide), and giving talks and leading workshops in all kinds of venues (including the Parliament of the World’s Religions). 
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> There is a sequel: Seven Candles - Repairing Ourselves and the World, a 2.5-hour workshop format (see description below), and I have 15 cohesive worship services, most of them with multimedia. 
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> I’m writing because I’m leading the service at UU Cumberland MD on Sunday Mar 24, and speaking at Kenyon College on Saturday March 30, so Marietta is on the way. I could easily be there on Monday Mar 25 and/or on Sunday Mar 31 (Easter).
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> I would love to offer a talk or workshop on one or both of those dates. The Soul Matters theme for March is Transformation. Seven Candles is perfectly aligned with that, as are Defiant Love–Interrogating our Inheritance, Magic Recipes, and Eclipsed–In the Shadow of the Moon. Descriptions of those are below, too. (Since Marietta is just outside the path of totality, Eclipsed would help your members get motivated to travel on April 8, if they aren’t already!)
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> Most of my offerings are multimedia because my 25-year teaching career taught me that a message is more engaging and inspiring if visuals augment what's spoken. 
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> I assume your worship plans are set for Easter Sunday Mar 31; anything we offered that day would be before or after the service. 
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> More on my mission and offerings are at jdstillwater.earth <https://jdstillwater.earth/>. I’m registered as a Guest In Your Pulpit <https://www.uua.org/central-east/resources/guest-in-your-pulpit/stillwater-jd> at UUA, and here is my UU history <https://www.jdstillwater.earth/uu-worship/>. If nothing fits for March, I’ll be back in the area next fall, the weekend of Columbus/Indigenous Day (Oct 12-14). Let’s re-connect!
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> JD Stillwater (he/him)
> Harrisburg, PA
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> P.S. Please give my best to Martha McGovern and Bill McNeely! Martha hosted us in 2014, and Bill sent me some fascinating information after the service that let me know we’re kindred spirits! 
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> Seven Candles - Repairing Ourselves and the World: This interactive multimedia 2-hour workshop experience applies worldview insights from science to what the world needs in this time of crumbling systems. We watch in dismay as ecosystems, political systems, economic expectations, civil society, and the climate fall apart all around us. How can we each contribute to a world better aligned with how reality actually works? How can our thinking and behavior be more life-affirming, more sustainable, more satisfying? This flagship workshop applies science insights from the original Seven Candles presentation to a world in crisis, asking and answering the question “What does the world need now?”
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> Eclipsed - In the Shadow of the Moon: Since the dawn of humanity, eclipses have evoked strong feelings and symbolism, and an enduring mysticism expressed in legends, theologies, and worldviews. Eclipses remind us that we are minuscule observers of grand and timeless processes far beyond our control. Rich with metaphor and meaning, a total eclipse immerses us in awe. In this 1.5-hour workshop, JD Stillwater shares the deepest and strongest spiritual experience of his life, helps us make pinhole cameras, covers eclipse safety, and reminds us of the rare opportunity offered on April 8, 2024. 
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> Defiant Love - Interrogating Our Inheritance: What are we, crazy?! Some aspects of our inherited cultural system are clearly harmful to our planet, our descendants, and our own humanity. How did this happen? The study of trauma and the science of epigenetics offer clues. In the context of our damaged and dysfunctional culture, acting with honor for our ancestors, respect for ourselves, and love for future generations often looks like rudeness or radical defiance. Sometimes, Love requires us to defy our own heritage.
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> Magic Recipes - Science and the Profound Meaning of Spring: Eggs and seeds are quintessential symbols of birth and spring, but did you ever really contemplate the magic that hides inside them? The new science of emergence is like 1+1 = poetry; it’s magic, but also rigorous science, and spring is full of this magical unfolding. The secret is (shhh…) we are that magic, too!  
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> On Dec 16, 2014, at 7:59 PM, JD Stillwater <jdstillwater at gmail.com <mailto:jdstillwater at gmail.com>> wrote:
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> Hello Rev. Kat, 
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> I could bring or send a copy of Born of a Star, but it sounds like there’s no need to do anything for the Recorded Gathering Music.  If you don’t find Pete’s Holy Now, I have it.  
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> I took your suggestion and moved J&S up in the order. 
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> A short bio: 
> JD Stillwater is a science educator at The Circle School in Harrisburg, PA. He is married to his graciously-supportive (and patient) spouse Ann. They have two children, both now grown and pursuing their own passions. In 2012 JD’s passion for experiencing science in spiritual terms called him to begin the Seven Candles project to engage diverse audiences in conversation about how science deepens and enriches his spiritual life.  
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> Thank you, Rev. Kat!
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> JD
> DRAFT Order of Service for December 28 in Marietta, OH
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