Rev. Joseph Boyd The Battle Hymn of the Republic went through my mind following the failed impeachment hearing by the Senate. In a surprise move, a Conservative senator from Utah, Mitt Romney addressed the Senate and yes the nation, and said clearly and succinctly how we was cut nearly from the same cloth as the … Continue reading Sermon – Feb 9, 2020 – “John Brown’s Body”
Join us for an immigration panel with Veronica Dahlberg, HOLA Ohio, Katie Salupo, the Immigrant Assistance Project, Gabriel Palmer-Fernandez, YSU Philosophy & Religious Studies, Jacob Labendz, YSU Judaic & Holocaust Studies. See Rev. Joseph or Gary Davenport <gdavenport@uuyo.org> for more information.
Starting this February, there will be a Morning Meditation led by Linda Scharf before service on the third Sunday of the month, dependent on the response for this first Morning Meditation. If you have questions, please contact Linda Scharf by phone at (412) 295-1171 or by email at spirit.dancer2008@yahoo.com .
Rev. Joseph Boyd I miss you. I see you. I love you. You belong here. These are the expressions of family. These may have been words we’ve heard from our mothers, or words we’ve heard from our fathers. They may have been words we heard from those who have shaped us and made us who … Continue reading Homily – Jan 26, 2020 – “The Meaning of Family”
Rev. Joseph Boyd There is a war in America. There is a war in America, and it begins with you, and it begins with me. Upon the towers of history, we have constructed signs as pointers toward a common destiny, and we have found interpreters who have read to us these signs in plain speech. … Continue reading Sermon – Jan 9, 2020 – “Beyond Iran”
Suppressed: The Fight to Vote weaves together personal stories from voters across the state of Georgia to paint an undeniable picture of voter suppression in the 2018 midterm election where Stacey Abrams fought to become the first Black female governor in the U.S. The issues Georgians faced included polling place closures, voter purges, missing absentee … Continue reading Film: Suppressed: The Fight to Vote January 23rd 6:30 pm (CH)
Sunday, Jan. 5, 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM (SL) Join Rev. Joseph for a conversation on the worship theme of the month “Integrity.” What will it mean to live with integrity in the year 2020?
Rev. Joseph Boyd The topic today is how Christianity relates to Unitarian Universalism. I’m a minister of a Unitarian Universalist congregation on the North Side of Youngstown. I approach this question as a practitioner, as a minister, not an academic or historian. My hope is to give you a spirit of Unitarian Universalism, and to … Continue reading Sermon – Dec 15, 2019 – “Christianity and Unitarian Universalism”
