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On Sunday morning, two pots will be on the fire before the first hymn. By the time we reach the sermon, the sanctuary will smell like onions and garlic and whatever you carried in from your kitchen, and I cannot think of a better way to end the month we have walked through together.
We planted this series with human hands. On Labor Day weekend, Derrick and Wendell Berry taught us that work and rest are both holy, and that what we need is here. Then we walked into the ghosts of September 11th, twenty-five years on, and said the hardest true thing out loud: nobody is coming to save us. We are the ones who came. And last Sunday, at the equinox, Christine led us through the honest harvest: what have you planted this year, and what have others planted in your life? It is all connected when it comes to community. All of it belongs. This Sunday, all of it goes into the pot.
You know the old story. A hungry village, every door shut, until a stranger sets a pot on the fire and drops in a single stone. One neighbor spares a carrot. Another finds an onion. Somebody has a little salt. Soup happens. The stone did nothing. The stone was an invitation, and an invitation is only a stone until somebody answers it with a carrot.
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SUNDAY
SEPTEMBER 27
11:00 AM
SEEDS OF TRANSFORMATION:
HOPE
LIVE IN THE SANCTUARY OR LIVESTREAM ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL.
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The old story tells of a hungry village where every door stayed shut, until a stranger set a pot on the fire and dropped in a single stone. One neighbor spared a carrot. Another found an onion. Soup happened. Hope works the same way. It is a willingness to stay open to what is still forming, and it needs your one ingredient to form at all.
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AFTER THE SERVICE
This Sunday we close the series by making stone soup together. Bring a vegetable, a can of beans, a handful of herbs, whatever your kitchen can spare, and we will turn it into a common meal. Hope is something we cook together. Vegetarian and vegan options are available. We are also a nut-free campus. Please reach out to us at hospitality@uumiami.org, and let’s collaborate to make our gathering even more special.
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12:45 PM
DRUM CIRCLE
EMERSON ROOM
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Drum Circle is vibrant time of community and connection where you can bring your own percussion instruments or choose one from our selection. Come join us as we tap into the rhythm that is the heartbeat of life itself! Meet us in the Emerson Room.
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SUNDAYS IN OCTOBER
POPCORN THEOLOGY
HUMANIST THEOLOGY AT 24 FRAMES PER SECOND
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Long before there were screens, there was art. Humans have always used it to carry what we know: a handprint on a cave wall, a story told by firelight, a psalm, a quilt, a mural, a hymn. Art is how a people pass down its collective wisdom and its generational knowledge, its hopes and its dreams, and every so often a warning meant for people not yet born. Do not eat from that tree. Do not build the tower so high. Remember who you are. The movies are our version of that inheritance. A dark room, strangers in rows, one glowing screen, and a story that reaches the heart before the mind can argue. This October we take four films as scripture. One is a dream. One is a memory. One is a hymn. One is a warning. We begin with a frog and a dream that gets better when it is shared. We cross five centuries with Cloud Atlas and learn how bound we already are to one another. We walk into the big top with The Greatest Showman and ask who the tent is for. And on the Sunday before Halloween, we follow a Puritan family into the woods with The Witch and see what happens when faith forgets everything the other three films remembered. Bring your popcorn. Bring your doubts.
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SATURDAY
SEPTEMBER 26
7:00 PM
INTERGENERATIONAL MOVIE NIGHT
UNDER THE STARS
UU MIAMI
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| Join Religious Exploration at UU Miami, Pridelines, and AQUA Foundation for Women on the lawn for Minions & Monsters on the big screen. Popcorn, pizza, and refreshments are on us. We will be outdoors on the grass, so bring a picnic blanket, lawn chair, or pillows and settle in under the stars. All ages welcome, and the evening is free. Please RSVP so we can plan enough food and space for everyone. For any questions, contact Jessica Lam. | |
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WEDNESDAY
SEPTEMBER 30
7:30 PM
MID-WEEK MEDITATION
EMERSON ROOM
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There are moments when the noise of the world settles into our bodies without us realizing it. An hour of stillness can become a quiet act of return, a way of remembering yourself beneath the pressure, beneath the pace.
UU Miami invites you to join us for an evening of meditation every wednesday from 7:30 to 8:30 PM in the Emerson Room. This is a simple, welcoming space to pause, breathe, and gently come back into alignment with yourself.
Whether you have an established practice or are stepping into meditation for the first time, you are invited just as you are. No expectations, no performance. Just presence, shared in community. This meditation is led by Judith Echeverria.
In a world that constantly asks us to move faster, choosing to be still can be its own kind of courage.
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SUNDAY
OCTOBER 4
12:00 PM
FIRST ANNUAL PET BLESSING
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Bring the animal who runs your household. On Sunday, October 4, the feast day of Francis of Assisi, who preached to the birds and called the wolf his brother, UU Miami holds its first annual Pet Blessing right after the morning service. Dogs, cats, rabbits, lizards, birds, a goldfish in a bowl: every creature is welcome, on a leash or in a carrier, along with the people they have trained. If your companion cannot make the trip, or crossed over this year, bring a photo, and we will bless them by name. Water bowls provided. Treats encouraged. Come as you are, and bring who loves you.
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SUNDAY
OCTOBER 4
7:00 PM
THE DOES
A VERBATIM DOCUDRAMA
UU MIAMI SANCTUARY
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Switching focus from the lies told by powerful men and onto the truth told by the girls they abused, The Does is comprised entirely of transcripts and depositions from various Epstein investigations and trials, during which the women shared stories we need to hear. The Does seeks to end the victim-blaming and instead show the bribery, brainwashing and threats that ensnared the girls, many of whom chose to remain anonymous and use the alias Jane Doe.
Created by Sheri Wilner-Deering • Directed by Jessica Bashline Performed by Therese Adelina, Melissa Almaguer, Vanessa Elise, Noa Harris and Kate Pawlowski. PERFORMANCE + PANEL DISCUSSION • Special guests to be announced. Admission is free; reservations are required. RSPV today. Follow @TheDoesProject for event and special-guest updates, or email thedoesproject@gmail.com.
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As our congregation grows, so does the number of hearts with something to share on Sunday mornings, and that is a gift. To honor every joy and concern well while keeping our services within the hour, the Worship Committee has adopted a new practice together, beginning this Sunday.
Joys and Concerns will now be shared from the pulpit. You can offer yours in either of two ways. Email Rev. Marrero at harold@uumiami.org with what you would like read aloud, or fill out one of the cards available in the sanctuary, where Maria Bishop will be coming around before the service to collect them from anyone who wishes to share. Your words will then be lifted up from the pulpit as part of worship.
And beginning in September, we are bringing back our Spiritual Reality, pre-service gatherings, a time to share your joys and concerns in a collective space. Congregants are welcome to gather in the Emerson Room before worship for connection and conversation, or, once the weather cools, to walk our Labyrinth in quiet meditation.”
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We have a wonderful Labyrinth on the back of our property that all members and friends of UU Miami are welcome to walk.
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