Easter – and Passover, which this year brings Jewish and Christian celebrations together– offer us stories that are filled with sadness, pain, and hope. Through myth and story, song and spoken word, we’ll explore the roots of these holidays from Christian, Jewish and Pagan perspectives. The enduring message that connects these traditions and calls us into reflection is the enduring power of Love – which we need now, more than ever.

 

Come join us in this hopeful service for all ages – an Easter Egg hunt will follow the service!

 

Bio: Deborah Weiner is delighted to be back at UUCR following two prior ministries with the congregation – as interim Director of Religious Education, and later as interim pastor. Deb is a Unitarian Universalist transitional ministries consultant and leader and focuses on helping congregations in transition bring health and vitality to their ministries and congregational systems.  She is a lifelong UU, also a coach and mentor to religious professionals as well as a writer and editor. She has served in leadership roles for both the continental and New England Liberal Religious Educators Association (LREDA) and the Association for Unitarian Universalist Music Ministries (AUUMM) as well as the Association of Unitarian Universalist Transitions Professionals (AUUTP). For more than twenty years was on the staff of the Unitarian Universalist Association. She is serving this year as Consulting Transitional Director of Faith Formation at the Unitarian Universalist Area Church in Sherborn, MA. In her ‘copious spare time’ she operates a small catering business, The Delicious Dish, and can often be found performing in musical or theatrical productions in the greater Boston area.  Deb lives in Lexington with her spouse, Ben Soule (also a lifelong UU) ; together they are parents to two daughters.

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