Replacing the previously scheduled  Blessing of the Animals (which has been rescheduled for this fall) 

Rev. Sean Parker Dennison, minister of Rogue Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Ashland, Oregon; and Alison Cole Duren-Sutherland, intern minister of the Southern Oregon UU Partnership

The link to the service is: YouTube link.

What have we learned since 1994 when “The Shawshank Redemption” was released? How does what we’ve learned about the history of incarceration, the experience of pandemic, the shifts and conflicts in our nation, the persistence of white supremacy, and all that we have learned about ourselves change our experience of the film’s message that “hope is a dangerous thing?”

Coffee Hour will follow the service.