“ABOLISH ICE NOW! Lessons in resistance from Minneapolis and beyond”

Led by Rev. Kevin Alan Mann

Our deepest faith values tell us we must ABOLISH ICE NOW! As Unitarian Universalists we will not stand by as families are ripped apart and constitutional rights are trampled on. What does it mean for each generation to make this faith our own? What does it mean to be a Unitarian Universalist in resistance against all forms of oppression? Who could we be if we made real the values of our faith? We resist with every breath of our body the fascist system filled by greed and hatred of the other. All of us have a role to play in the resistance. You are not alone!

 

BIO

REV KEV (he/him/siyá) received his Masters of Divinity and Masters of Arts in Social Change from Starr King School for the Ministry in 2016 and graduated with his Bachelor of Arts in Ethnic Studies and Urban Studies & Planning from UC San Diego in 2008. He was ordained by the First Unitarian Church of Oakland on October 1st, 2023, the first day of both Filipino American and LGBTQ History Months. He currently serves as an Interfaith Chaplain at Sequoia Hospice and as a consulting minister with the UU Church of the Philippines where he plans to serve for two years from 2028-2030. Rev Kev also founded the California statewide chapter of DRUUMM (Diverse Revolutionary UU Multicultural Ministries), which hosts local gatherings for Black, Indigenous, People of Color UUs.

Centering Music, Welcoming Chime | Darryl & Linli

Announcements  | Darryl

Introit: STJ#1003, Where Do We Come From? | Linli

Opening Words | Cheryl

Land Acknowledgment  |  Darryl

Chalice Lighting | Darryl

Call to Worship | Rev. Kevin Alan Mann and Darryl

Congregational Responsive Reading | Rev. Kev & Darryl

Prayer for the Polish Brethren | Rev. Kev

Hymn: No one is getting left behind this time | Rev. Kev

Joys, Sorrows, & Gratitudes | Darryl

Moment of Silence

Music for Returning | Linli

Sermon: ABOLISH ICE NOW! Lessons in resistance
from Minneapolis and beyond  |  Rev. Kev

Musical Interlude  |  Linli

Offertory | Darryl

Closing Hymn: “We Will Carry Each Other”  | Linli

Benediction | Rev. Kev

Extinguishing the Chalice | Darryl

Postlude  | Linli

Final Wave | Darryl