“Sources”
Choir
Information
San
Diego Cluster of UU Congregations
Performance
Date: Saturday,
About
the Sources of Unitarian
Universalism:
The living tradition
which we share draws from many
sources:
1)
Direct
experience of that transcending mystery and
wonder, affirmed in all cultures,
which moves us to a renewal of the spirit and an openness to the forces which
create and uphold
life;
2)
Words
and deeds of prophetic women and
men which challenge us to confront
powers and structures of evil with justice, compassion, and the transforming
power of
love;
3)
Wisdom
from the world's religions which
inspires us in our ethical & spiritual
life;
4)
Jewish
and Christian teachings which call
us to respond to God's love by loving our neighbors as
ourselves;
5)
Humanist
teachings which counsel us to heed
the guidance of reason and the results of science, and warn us against idolatries
of the mind and
spirit;
6)
Spiritual
teachings of earth-centered
traditions which celebrate the sacred
circle of life and instruct us to live in harmony with the rhythms of
nature.
Grateful for
the religious pluralism which enriches and ennobles our faith, we are inspired
to deepen our understanding and expand our
vision.
(From the Principles and
Purposes of the UUA. Adopted as a Bylaw by the 1984, 1985 and 1995 General
Assemblies.)
About“Sources:
A Unitarian Universalist
Cantata”:
At the 2005 Unitarian Universalist General Assembly, the Commission on Appraisal presented its report, Engaging Our Theological Diversity, which challenged Unitarian Universalists to grow in their understanding of our theological identity as a religious movement. As part of Jason Shelton’s process of growth, he decided to explore writing a major work using the six sources of our living tradition as inspiration. Could these diverse theological statements be articulated poetically? Could these poetic interpretations be expressed in equally diverse musical forms? And if the answer to these questions is yes, is there an artistic statement to be made about how the six statements relate to one another, that is, in the midst of all of this diversity, what holds us together?
About
the San Diego Cluster Performance of
“Sources”:
One of the goals of our San Diego Cluster performance has been for musicians from the various congregations in the cluster to visit other congregations and get to know some of the other UU’s in the San Diego area. To accomplish this, montly choir rehearsals started back in October 2011 and have been continuing to the present. The rehearsal location has been rotating among the various cluster congregations.
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