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From Tyranny to Transformation
Our country is experiencing what Timothy Synder terms tyranny and appears to be heading toward authoritarian control. Many (all?) of us are finding the experience scary and frightening. What does our UU value of transformation have to say to us as we strive to resist tyranny and enact a radical transformation of ourselves and our…
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Come, Build a Land
While today is Father’s Day, we will be honoring fathers a bit differently by asking what kind of world we want for fathers, mothers, sisters, and brothers. The UU hymn “We’ll Build a Land” captures the longing we have to live in a more just world where we all, fathers, mothers, sisters and brothers create…
In-Person Services, Columbia, SC Sundays 11AM
Speaker: Rev. Jean Heriot
Rev. Dr. Jean Heriot (she/her) is a UU community minister and member of Aiken UU Church. She co-founded the SC UU Justice Alliance (SCUUA) with the Rev. Dr. Pippin Whitaker in 2021, and currently serves as the Director of Organizing and Training for SCUUJA. She grew up in SC, left for graduate school at UCLA where she earned her doctorate in cultural anthropology, and later earned a Master of Divinity at Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, California. Heriot taught religion and anthropology at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, Calf. and at Hastings College, Hastings, Neb. as a UU community minister. Now back in SC, she works for justice issues across the state and does oil painting classes for fun.