UUC’Ville member Frank Dukes is the Distinguished Institute Fellow at the UVA Institute for Engagement and Negotiation. He shares with us thoughts about his recent work with regional descendants of the enslaved, including planning for a local Truth & Transformation Commission.
We come together…
Prelude Prelude in B-flat major from Well-Tempered Clavier Book I, JS Bach – James Smith
Welcome Debby Norton, Worship Weaver
Breck Gastinger, Board of Trustees
Opening Hymn Turn the World Around, by Harry Belafonte Scott DeVeaux, Music Director
Chalice LightingThe Little/Goodloe Family
We are inspired ….
Story “Creating a Memorial” Frank Dukes, Distinguished Institute Fellow at the UVA Institute for Engagement and Negotiation
Video Memorial to Enslaved Laborers & Descendant Outreach Program, from PBS series
Witness Cauline Yates and DeTeasa Gathers, officers of Descendants of the Enslaved Communities at the University of Virginia
Musical Response We Are composed by Ysaye M. Barnwell, arr. byScott Deveaux UUC’Ville Virtual Choir
Homily. “Descendants Rising” Frank Dukes
HYMN Building a New Way, by Martha Sandefer Glenn Rideout, Ann Arbor UU Music Director
We reach out ….
Prayer and Sharing of Joys and Sorrows – The Rev. Dr. Linda Olson Peebles
Musical Reflection Romance, Reinhold Glière – James Smith
Invitation to Offering Debby Norton
Social Action Collection Blue Ridge Abortion Fund Susan Evers, Board of Directors
Closing Hymn “Guide My Feet” traditional African American Spiritual – Scott DeVeaux
Benediction & Extinguishing of Chalice
Postlude Fugue in B-flat major from Well-Tempered Clavier Book I, JS Bach – James Smith
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Special thanks to AV Tech Sean Skally, and Video Editor Ellie Ransom
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