Embracing the Dark

In the deep heart of winter, just past the solstice’s longest night, Jody's message invites us to pause our frantic light-making and instead turn gently toward the Dark. Drawing on personal experience, theology, science, and shared human story, she explores darkness as womb, teacher, and place of transformation. In both grief and loss, she reminds us that growth often happens beneath the surface. In embracing both the night around us and the darkness within, we discover resilience, compassion, and the enduring truth of our Unitarian Universalist faith -- that we are all held in an interconnected web of love, and we do not journey alone.

Jody Feavearyear is a long-time Unitarian Universalist. She is Secretary of the Board of Trustees, chairs our Social Action Committee and serves on the Worship Committee. Jody is an astronomer/physicist who teaches Astronomy at Coastal Carolina University.

Please join us this Sunday. The service will begin at 11 a.m. The service is available on Facebook Live for those who wish to participate remotely. Go to the ASWUU Facebook page and click the Live link.

We will have coffee and conversation after the service. You may bring a snack to share if you wish to do so.

Upcoming Services:

1/4 "Fire Communion: What God, Popeye, Doris Day, and Lao Tzu Have in Common" – Bob Clegg

1/11 "Our Commitment to Transformation in the Face of Tyranny – The Rev. Jean Heriot, SC UU Justice Alliance

1/18 TBD – Rev. Dr. Rob Fulwood, Diversity Matters Group

1/25 TBD

Calendar events for this week:

12/29 All Soles Walk-a-mile 5:00 pm

1/1 All Soles Walk-a-mile 5:00 pm

1/2 First Friday Film Fest 6:30 pm

1/4 Monthly Potluck after service

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