I Am One But I Am Not Alone

Facilitator:  Wade Marbaugh
Musician: Mick Kinney

Coping with Uncertainty

In these distressing, chaotic times, it can be hard to maintain balance and a reasonable hope. A discussion of the challenges, various ways to cope, and how to rise to the occasion.

Facilitator:  Cindy Lou Who
Musician: Charli Vogt

Resistance and Resilience: A Call to Courage in Times of Crisis

In a world that often feels overwhelming, where injustice and fear seem to hold power, how do we find the courage to resist? How do we cultivate the resilience to keep moving forward? This Sunday, join Rev. Phoenix Bell-Shelton Biggs for a powerful exploration of Resistance and Resilience—how we can face the challenges of our time with boldness, faith, and collective strength. Through reflection, storytelling, and a call to action, we will honor the spiritual practice of resistance and the sacred necessity of resilience.

Come ready to reflect, recharge, and remember that we are never alone in the struggle for justice and love. Together, we build a sanctuary of hope.

Facilitator:  D. Patton White
Musician: Craig Rafuse

Love Your People

Inspired by Mother Teresa, adrienne maree brown, and her work as a hospital chaplain, Sara will talk about our most important duty and reward: to love our people. When despair seeps in it can get easier to lose our focus on what is right in front of us, but maybe what is right in front of us will sustain us through the hardest days – if we can keep those connections strong. 

Facilitator:  Jan Lister
Musician: Mick Kinney

Emil’ Keme

Emil’ Keme is an Indigenous K’iche’ Maya scholar from Iximulew (Land of Corn, and the K’iche’ name for Guatemala), and professor of English and Indigenous studies at Emory University. He is a first-generation college graduate and professor. His teaching and research focus on contemporary Indigenous literatures and social movements, Central American-American literatures and cultures, and postcolonial and subaltern studies theory.

Facilitator:  Rev. Marsha Mitchiner
Musician: Bill Chelton

“Possibility”

What is possible is not always probable.

Facilitator:  Wade Marbaugh
Musician: Alan Brown

“Feminist Stories: Libby Ware, Stell Simonton, Linda Bell, and Katrice Baker”

Four First Existentialist members talk about the feminist movement, their role in it, and how it impacted their lives.

Facilitator:  Charlene Ball
Musician: Charli Vogt

“Women’s History Month: Misbehaving Women Who Made History”

A relook at the rallying cry:  Well Behaved Women Rarely Make History (past and present).. The speaker has done their share of  being bad in the name of feminist social change.

Facilitator:  D. Patton White
Musician: Jean Heinrich

“The Gift of Touch”

Recently I was asked to talk about something that has gotten me through life. I realize that “touch” has been extremely vital, both receiving and giving. I think this could be the experience of many of us, so I want to explore this with you.

Facilitator: Libby Ware
Musician: Bill Chelton