03 Oct

Posted at 11:45h in Upcoming Events

Sunday worship at 10:00am in the Sanctuary

Services are live streamed on the CHANNING YOU TUBE CHANNEL and available for viewing afterwards.

Sunday, October 6: Grappling with our Biases

Sandra Laub

Sandra Laub is an American Jew with family in Israel. She describes herself as being an active supporter of Israel, while also being very critical of Netenyahu’s far right government and their policies. She hears the two opposing views, two ‘truths’, two peoples’ versions of the Arab and Jewish eons-long ongoing tragedy.   She says that she grapples with her opposing ideas and biases regarding the Israel/Palestine conflict. She asks through her talk, how can we deal with our biases in this, or any situation, to try to understand what is true and not true.

Sandra Laub is a retired teacher, actor and award-wining playwright from Rhode Island whose play Picking Up Stones: An American Jew Wakes to a Nightmare, will be performed at Channing Church on October 5. More information in the October Catalyst 

Sunday, October 13: An Invitation to a New Day

Rev. Bill Zelazny

The Jewish High Holy Days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur invite the Jewish people to step into a new day – a fresh start — for their life.  During the ten Days of Awe between these two holy observances, Jews are to reflects on the past year and their actions and set goals for the coming year. In this sermon Bill will invite us, non-Jewish and Jewish, to think about making a new day for ourselves – be it during the High Holy Days, or on January 1, or tomorrow morning.

The 2nd Sunday of the month is our nonperishable foods collection for local food banks.

Sunday, October 20: Democracy, Anxiety, and Keeping the Faith        

Rev. DL Helfer

Unitarian Universalists have long been defenders of the rights of democracy. Today we explore how that came to be, what it means now, and how we live our values in an ever-changing world.

Rev DL Helfer is non-binary, and in general avoids boxes which traps them into “this” or “that.” Instead, they search for possibility, for deeper truths, and share those glimmers of possibility with others. Rev. DL is also a licensed social worker, currently working with transgender and gender diverse children and youth. Rev. DL hails from Southern California but now calls Providence, RI home. They share that home with their beloved partner and two overzealous cats.

 Sunday, October 27: The Spirit(ual) in Halloween

Rev. Bill Zelazny

Halloween is portrayed as a celebration of ghosts, goblins, and all sorts of other things that go bump in the night.  And that is true.  But, at its core there is a spiritual heart to Halloween that taps into our deep longing to understand the mysteries of life and the interdependent web of all existence, seen and unseen, of which we are apart.  On this Sunday before Halloween and All Souls day, Bill will explore the underlying essence of Halloween.

We have arranged for a special performance during the service of the Rhode Island Witches Dance Group to add some festivity and a bit of Halloween drama to our service.  Everyone is invited to wear some type of costume – a hat, a cape, a Halloween blouse this Sunday, whatever. To join in the celebration of this spooky, mystical festival.