Speaker: Glen Jacob

Member of Starr King UU Church

Resistance is Futile

How do we deal with resistance to assimilation? There are many different answers. Join pulpit guest Glen Jacob as we explore some examples from science fiction and fantasy as metaphors, from the Borg from Star Trek, to The Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Come for an unusual and fun service!

Order of Service

Gathering Hymn: #298, Wake Now My Senses 

Gathering Hymn: #347, Gather the Spirit 

Welcome

Call to Worship

Opening Hymn: #389, Gathered HereRead the rest

The Book Reader’s Guide to the Galaxy

Join guest speaker, Glen Jacob, as we talk about books and the joy of reading, for our annual book communion. This will be a lighthearted and fun service. We hope to share some much needed laughter, with perhaps a chuckle or two.
Please bring a book for the community altar, and be prepared to bring book home with you.

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Book Communion

Bring a book, take a book! Join Glen Jacob, Stuart Fink, and Bethany Salway as they share their love of books. You are invited to attend in person or connect via zoom and share a brief description of your favorite book.
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Improv – Celebrating Creativity

Virtual Service: Check your email for details on how to join

 

Experience the joy of the creative spirit, as members of the congregation share music, poetry and improvisational comedy.
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Reader’s Theater – Winds of War

Winds of War by Al Murdach. War and peace are much in the news lately. It was even bigger news in 1941. Join us to return to that time and hear about the debates that rankled the media and the public then. Hard to believe that then the U.S. public was, according to polls, 90% anti-war and pro-peace. But this would quickly change. Come and find out what this was like and what happened. You … Read the rest

Days of Future Past

Has how you look forward changed over time?  Were you more optimistic towards the future in the past?  Can we ever regain that optimism? Join us as we look forward and backward, with a science fiction twist, of course.
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