On FRIDAYSs at 2 p.m., Rev. Lara Hoke will lead “Loving-Kindness Sangha Meditation Practice” online. Participants are welcome to stay and meditate the entire time, or leave as they wish (or need) to do. The link for online participants will be: https://tinyurl.com/LovingKindnessSangha

All are welcome! No need to RSVP. Lara will be there, with as many – or as few – people who participate each week.

Curious about the name? “Loving-kindness” is a feeling and expression of compassion, mercy, tenderness, and an unconditional love toward all beings; it is a term used in some religious traditions, notably Buddhism. (Our own blue/teal hymnal includes #1031, “Filled with Loving Kindness”, with lyrics based on a traditional Buddhist meditation.) “Sangha” is actually a Sanskrit word meaning assembly, congregation, or community, and it is used in several religious traditions, most notably Buddhism (but also Jainism, Sikhism, and more). So the name means something like “an assembly of people aspiring to compassion and unconditional love toward all beings” sharing meditation practice.

Please join us for another multi-platform (streaming live online, and also in-person in the sanctuary) worship service! Rev. Lara will be considering LGBTQ+ Pride! We will also welcome new members to FCU. Don’t miss it!

To participate online, members and friends can click HERE shortly before 10 a.m. and enter the website password to receive a link to participate in the worship service. All are welcome to join the worship service live on our YouTube channel HERE (but the YouTube link will not allow you to interact as the Zoom link will).

The FCU Racial Justice Action Committee
Presents “The 1619 Project—in Six One-hour Episodes followed by a discussion on these Sunday evenings: 3/19, 4/2, 4/16, 4/30, 5/21, and 6/4, from 6 PM until 8 PM. Sessions will be in-person in our Vestry.

Session Six, final (6/4) Justice: Through Nikole Hannah-Jones’ family story and one Georgia
community fighting for restitution, “Justice” examines the historical events that denied Black Americans the opportunity to build generational wealth and what is owed to descendants of slavery.