ACCOUNTABLY DISMANTLING RACISM AND OTHER OPPRESSIONS
a sermon by the Reverend Paul Oakley
10:30 AM, Sunday, August 15, 2021
When I was preparing for the Christmas Eve service back in 2015, I asked Virginia Edwards if she would accompany me on piano as I … read more.
A WELCOMING CONGREGATION (CAPITAL W, CAPITAL C)
a sermon by the Reverend Paul Oakley
10:30 AM, Sunday, August 8, 2021
I became a Unitarian Universalist at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Mt. Vernon, rural southern Illinois city of about 15,000 people, surrounded by farms … read more.
PERSONALLY SIGNIFICANT COMMITMENTS
a sermon by the Rev. Paul Oakley
10:30 AM, Sunday, August 1, 2021
Recently, I’ve been in a bit of a genealogical mode, looking back at as many of the branches of my ancestry as I can. None of my ancestors … read more.
SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT
a sermon by the Rev. Paul Oakley
10:30 AM, Sunday, July 25, 2021
A required part of every Unitarian Universalist minister’s training for ministry is Clinical Pastoral Education (abbreviated as CPE), chaplaincy training and practice, most often offered in a hospital setting. … read more.
STEWARDSHIP OF OUR PLANET
a sermon by the Reverend Paul Oakley
10:30 AM, Sunday, July 18, 2021
Yesterday evening, I drove through the winding mountain roads between Lynchburg and Buena Vista in a thunderstorm. I’d just officiated at the wedding of our own Haley … read more.
CONSISTENTLY COURAGEOUS ACTION
a sermon by the Reverend Paul Oakley
10:30 AM, Sunday, July 11, 2021
In January 2010, I was in Chicago for an intensive month at my seminary. I lived for that month in a condo on the Chicago River … read more.
LOVING, ACTIVE, WELCOMING GRACE AND UNDERSTANDING
a sermon by the Reverend Paul Oakley
10:30 AM, Sunday, January 26, 2020
In keeping with our faith and inspired by our Vision, it is the mission of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Waynesboro to grow a loving, … read more.
JUSTICE AND GENEROSITY
a sermon by the Reverend Paul Oakley
10:30 AM, Sunday, December 15, 2019
This morning we’re going to take a look at the paired words “Justice and Generosity” that come from this congregation’s Vision Statement. This is the fourth in this … read more.
THE PRACTICE OF LOVINGKINDNESS
a sermon by the Reverend Paul Oakley
10:30 AM, Sunday, November 17, 2019
If you google the word “Lovingkindness” – that is how we initially seek information that is new to us nowadays, isn’t it? Google it? – and then … read more.
DIVERSE AND VIBRANT
a sermon by the Reverend Paul Oakley
10:30 AM, Sunday, September 22, 2019
Over the course of the 2015 to 2016 fellowship year, my first year here, a task force made up of leaders of the congregation led us on the … read more.
