Existentially
Rather than a speaker addressing a topic this week, Reverend Marsha Mitchiner will read selections from members and friends.
We invite You to bring in a short poem, quotation, paragraph, or similar writing, that is meaningful to you. If possible please print and bring your selection. If you don’t have a way to print it out, please send it to Robert Stewart or to the Office (office@firstexistentialist.org) and Robert will print and bring it (if received by 9 AM Sunday morning).
Rev. Marsha will choose selections to read and comment on, as time allows. (Note that there may not be time to read every selection.)
Our Celebration of Life will be on Sunday, October 7 from 11 – 12:15. Come and hear words that are meaningful,
Facilitator: Rev. Marsha Mitchiner
Accompanist: Alan Dynin
On September 23, 2018, Rev. Angela Denise Davis will speak at First Existentialist on the topic “On Death.” Angela Denise Davis, M.Div., M.S., is an ordained minister, writer, public speaker, and digital media creator interested in the life tasks of work and spiritual issues located at the intersection of race, class, gender, sexual identity, and disability. Her call in life is to facilitate conversations and theological reflections along the fence line of those differences. She is a black, blind, lesbian clergywoman who understands how all of her identities gift her presence in the world. She wants to share what her presence in this world brings, and celebrate the gifts of others as we hold space for the emergence of peace and grace in the world. In May 2010, she founded a spiritual collective called Sister Harriet. This was a spiritual landing pad for “holy rollers, heretics, heathens, hell raisers, and all other persuasions.” In addition to monthly gatherings, Sister Harriet offers listeners inspiring messages via a weekly podcast. Angela is also the creator, host, and producer of the ZAMI NOBLA Podcast, a bi-weekly digital offering targeted at black lesbians 40 years and older. Angela speaks to educational institutions, communities of faith, conferences, and organizations on topics ranging from personal motivation, career development, spiritual reflection, spiritual activism, social justice, LGBT and religion, Black lesbian health and well-being, and disability awareness and advocacy. In addition, she will wax poetically on all things related to the ukulele if given the chance. She is a graduate of Clark Atlanta University where she earned a B.A. in Art. She also holds a master of divinity from Vanderbilt University Divinity School, and a master of science in rehabilitation counseling from Georgia State University. The service facilitator will be Robert Stewart, and the musician will be Bill Chelton. We hope you can attend.
September 2 ~ Franklin Abbott: “Love’s Labor’s Lost”: 
Rev. Marti Keller will be the featured speaker at First E’s Celebration of Life this Sunday, presenting on “Life Lessons from Middle School”. Back to school comes early here, for many kids as early as August 1 this year, inspiring nostalgia for that very first day ever, with new shoes and crayon boxes. Or perhaps dread, most especially for what school can feel like at 12 or 13. “Eighth Grade,” a summer critical hit movie, took on one girl’s honest experiences and what they taught her. What were yours and how do they continue to inform your life in these times?
Mona Reeves will speak at the First Existentialist Congregation’s Celebration of Life this Sunday on “My Word is My Creation Power”.
Peace a Chance! Venezuela
Sanjay Lal’s full title, for his presentation at First E’s Celebration of Life this Sunday, is “Gandhi, our Present Day Society, and some Existentialist Reflections”.