[Worship] UU Science Ambassador

Sun Feb 11 21:23:20 CST 2024

Sounds like a good idea for Easter>

On Sun, Feb 11, 2024 at 6:56 PM VIRGINIA HENTHORN via Worship <
worship at fuusm.org> wrote:

> I like the idea of booking him for Easter. Virginia
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> 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 <revkatgreen at gmail.com>
> *Sent: *Friday, February 9, 2024 6:23 PM
> *To: *Martha McGovern <marthamcg5119 at gmail.com>
> *Subject: *Fwd: UU Science Ambassador
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> Begin forwarded message:
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> *From: *JD Stillwater <jd at jdstillwater.earth>
> *Subject: UU Science Ambassador*
> *Date: *February 9, 2024 at 1:36:45 PM EST
> *To: *revkatgreen at gmail.com
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> Hello, Rev. Green,
>
> 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. 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!
>
> JD Stillwater (he/him)
> Harrisburg, PA
>
> 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.
>
> *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> wrote:
>
> Hello Rev. Kat,
>
> 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.
>
> I took your suggestion and moved J&S up in the order.
>
> A short bio:
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> 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!
>
> JD
> *DRAFT Order of Service* for December 28 in Marietta, OH
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