TJUC sermons

Red Ribbon Congregation – 11.29.2009

As of my writing this, TJ’s Social Justice Committee intended to invite the congregation to vote to begin the process of becoming a Red Ribbon Congregation at our November congregational meeting. A Red Ribbon Congregation is one that has taken significant steps to become involved in global AIDS issues, as we believe we have begun to do with our work with AIDS orphans in Vihiga. I’ll look more at the Red Ribbon Congregation Program and what other UUs have been doing in response to the AIDS pandemic.

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(Running Time 01:10:35)

Thanksgiving / Anne Hutchison – 11.22.2009

Anne Hutchison came to Puritan Massachusetts in 1634, but by 1638 she had been excommunicated and banished. Her conflict with the established church led to the creation of a town in Rhode Island committed to the separation of church and state, and her example was a step towards having women ministers, so that there is now a statue of her in Boston honoring her as an “exponent of civil liberty and religious toleration.” I’ll share her story.

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(Running Time 01:08:02)

Separation of Church and State – 11.15.2009

Dr. Simmons teaches courses at the University of Louisville School of Medicine in Medical Ethics, Humanism and Medicine, Business Ethics, Philosophical Ethics, and Human Rights. He is an ordained Baptist minister and Director of The Center for Ethics: Ministry, Business and Medicine. A native of West Tennessee, he and his wife Betty have been very involved in the Louisville community for many years. Dr. Simmons is president of the board of trustees of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, a nonpartisan organization dedicated to preserving the constitutional principle of church-state separation as the only way to ensure religious freedom for all Americans. He is also the president of the Louisville chapter of Americans United and will be speaking on this topic during the November 15th service.

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(Running Time 01:11:23)