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Sept 15, 2024  9 am

Faith in Uncertain Times

Samara Powers 

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Bio: Samara Powers (they/per) is a “neurospicy” single parent and Candidate for Unitarian Universalist Ministry living in Gainesville, Florida. Samara will be completing their Master of Divinity from Meadville Lombard Theological School and seeking credentialing as a UU minister in preliminary fellowship this Spring. Samara has already been supporting the development of emergent institutional and literary ministries, and will be both published in the forthcoming anthology “Queer Theyology" as well as co-editing a volume of interfaith rituals with Rev. Karen Hutt called "Rituals for the Streets," both titles from Skinner House Books. They are also the founder of the peer-led student study community AUULIF. They are a non-binary, anti-racist, trans-positive, queer-positive relationship anarchist (feel free to ask them about any of that). They currently serve the UU Church of Valdosta GA as intern minister.

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How are we, as people of faith, to maintain the spiritual sustenance we need to continue working for justice and for milestones of love and care when the "now" makes the future seems so grim? ...And when the work we do, even when successful, may not bear fruit for generations? ...And when we don’t even know if we have generations left? Samara Powers digs into the beauty -- and gift -- of uncertainty (with a little help from Carl Jung and Werner Heisenberg) as we explore this month's theme of "Embracing Possibility."