Love Is the Work: Womanist Wisdom for Truth, Care, and Collective Becoming
We leave reminded that love is not soft because it is weak; love is powerful because it is intentional.
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February BLUU Worship: “And We’ll Understand it Better By and By”
OnlineRegarded as one of the founders of gospel music, Rev. Charles Albert Tindley, an African American Methodist minister composed the songs, “The Storm is Passing Over” and “By and By” over 100 years ago, and they continue to sing to us. How do we find wisdom and understanding from them in these times? How do we keep journeying toward a world of greater acceptance and affirmation? Perhaps Rev. Tindley’s journey can inspire us all.
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February Community Chat
Join BLUU for a time of casual connection, community, and conversation. These monthly meetups are a time for the BLUU community to get to know each other outside of worship. This event is open to BLUU members and other Black folks who are seeking community.
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February Office Hours
Drop in any time during office hours to get to know BLUU’s team members, to ask questions about BLUU, and to share your hopes for BLUU’s future work.
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Meet Us by the Fire: Bars
Meet Us by the Fire returns with our first open mic night of the year, “Bars”! Pick a verse from your favorite rap song, or any song you want, and rewrite one verse. Then, meet us by the fire to share.
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Stop Hiding Your Light: March BLUU Worship
OnlineIf radical self-love is communal care and communal care is radical self-love, then who benefits when we hide or dim our light?
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March Office Hours
OnlineDrop in any time during office hours to get to know BLUU’s team members, to ask questions about BLUU, and to share your hopes for BLUU’s future work.
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Freewrite and Craft Night
Bring your own craft, a journal and pen, or any other creative tools for this time of creative connection. There will be a few prompts, silent time, and time for community sharing.
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BLUU Non-Cooperation Training
When we refuse to comply, authoritarians fall. Come learn some proven tools of collective noncooperation with a focus on faith. These same strategies have toppled authoritarian regimes around the world.
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BLUU Parent and Caregiver Meetup
Is parenting or caregiving a major part of your life? Do you want to connect with other BLUU folks who might understand how it feels to be a caregiver? Join BLUU for a parent and caregiver meetup.
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BLUU Office Hours
OnlineJoin BLUU for our monthly office hours. This month, our executive director, Lena K. Gardner, will host.
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“What Can the Sand Tell Us?” (April Worship)
Together, we will talk story as memory across time, source as sorting, spirit as wisdom, and summons as communal invitation.
