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SUMMARY:Divine Intervention in a Post-Modern World with special guest Cameron Young
DESCRIPTION:With many of our foundations in reason and Enlightenment-era thinking\, Unitarian Universalists often struggle with mystery. We’re often averse to things we might perceive as stories and beliefs that present as “supernatural.” But what if “real” and “not real” is a false binary? Perhaps we’re not asking the right questions when it comes to grappling with the unexplainable. \nAbout Cameron Young (they/them) \nCameron is a lifelong Texan and Unitarian Universalist- prior to assuming the position as Lead for the UUA Southern Region Congregational Life staff\, Cameron worked as field staff since 2019. Before joining the UUA\, Cameron served as a lifespan religious educator in Fort Worth\, Texas. Cameron has a Bachelor of Music from Louisiana State University and a Master of Divinity at Brite Divinity School where they graduated Summa Cum Laude and received the Sexual and Gender Justice certificate and the prestigious Walker Preaching Scholarship- they are currently a candidate for UU Ministry. A professional musician and classically trained singer\, Cameron has performed in numerous operas and musicals\, is a member and co-founder of the singing group Uptown Carolers and recorded with Grammy award winner Leon Bridges on his debut album. In their spare time\, Cameron is an avid traveler\, diehard fan of DFW sports teams\, and devoted coffee drinker. \nCameron Young is preaching\, music provided by acclaimed organist Ken Cowan. \nWorship at 9:30am and 11am CST in-person or online • 7:00pm ONLINE ONLY \n\n 
URL:https://dallasuu.org/event/divine-intervention-in-a-post-modern-world-with-special-guest-cameron-young/
LOCATION:First Unitarian Church of Dallas\, 4015 Normandy Ave.\, Dallas\, TX\, 75205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Sermon
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SUMMARY:Ken Cowan\, Organ & Lisa Shihoten\, Violin: Concert Celebrating the Walker Pipe Organ 35th Anniversary
DESCRIPTION:Internationally celebrated organist Ken Cowan is joined by his wife\, violinist Lisa Shihoten\, for a recital commemorating the 35th anniversary of our Walker pipe organ. \nAbout Ken Cowan \nRegarded as one of North America’s finest concert organists and praised for his dazzling artistry\, impeccable technique\, and imaginative programming by audiences and critics alike\, Ken Cowan maintains a rigorous performing schedule that takes him to major concert venues in America\, Canada\, Europe\, and Asia. \nMr. Cowan has been a featured artist in recent years at national conventions of the American Guild of Organists in Los Angeles\, Minneapolis and Houston. He has performed at many regional conventions of the AGO and has been featured at several conventions of the Organ Historical Society and the Royal Canadian College of Organists. \nA native of Thorold\, Ontario\, Canada\, Mr. Cowan received the Master’s degree and Artist Diploma from the Yale Institute of Sacred Music\, studying organ with Thomas Murray. Prior to attending Yale\, he graduated with a Bachelor of Music degree from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia where he studied with John Weaver. Following initial studies with his father\, David Cowan\, his primary teacher during his high school years was James Bigham. \nNumerous critically acclaimed compact disc recordings by Mr. Cowan are available. His most recent releases are Dynamic Duo\, (Pro Organo)\, featuring Mr. Cowan and Bradley Welch in a program of works for duo organists\, performed on the monumental Casavant organ at Broadway Baptist Church in Fort Worth\, TX and Ken Cowan plays The Great Organ (Pro Organo)\, recorded at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine\, New York City. Many of Mr. Cowan’s recordings and live performances have been featured on the nationally distributed radio show PIPEDREAMS from American Public Media. \nMr. Cowan is currently Professor of Organ and head of the organ program at The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University. He is additionally Organist and Artist-in-Residence at Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church in Houston\, TX \n \nAbout Lisa Shihoten \nViolinist Lisa Shihoten enjoys an active career as a chamber musician\, soloist\, and teacher. She is a member of the prestigious New York City-based Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players\, where she appears regularly alongside some of the world’s most prominent musicians. Her solo appearances have included concerto performances under the direction of Kurt Masur\, Robert Spano\, and David Shallon. As a chamber musician and soloist\, she has appeared in concert halls throughout the United States\, Europe\, the Middle East\, and Asia. Her numerous awards include honors from the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts\, the Caramoor Center’s Evnin Rising Stars program\, the Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists\, and the Paganini International Violin Competition. Her appearances at summer festivals have included the Caramoor Music Festival\, the Ravinia Festival\, the North Shore Chamber Music Festival\, the Norfolk Music Festival\, the Aspen Music Festival\, and the Verbier Music Festival. She regularly performs duo recitals throughout the U.S. with her husband\, organist Ken Cowan. Upcoming engagements include solo appearances in China. \nA native of Chicago\, Ms. Shihoten earned her bachelor’s degree at The Juilliard School as a student of Dorothy DeLay and Masao Kawasaki\, and her master’s degree from the Yale School of Music as a student of Peter Oundjian. After a decade on the violin faculty at Princeton University\, she is currently a faculty violin instructor at the Michael P. Hammond Preparatory Program at Rice University in Houston. Ms. Shihoten is also a guest instructor at the Betty Haag Academy of Music in Chicago\, where she has the great honor of working with her childhood violin teacher\, Betty Haag-Kuhnke.
URL:https://dallasuu.org/event/ken-cowan-organ-lisa-shihoten-violin-concert-celebrating-the-walker-pipe-organ-35th-anniversary/
LOCATION:Sanctuary\, 4015 Normandy Ave\, Dallas\, TX\, 75205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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SUMMARY:Three for Free: Folktale Sermon Series | Rev. Dr. Daniel Kanter
DESCRIPTION:What does it mean to live in a world that is driven by greed? This popular Tawainese folktale helps us think about fairness and selflessness as life values. \nRev. Dr. Daniel Kanter is preaching\, music provided by Grant Wareham. \nWorship at 9:30am and 11am CST in-person or online • 7:00pm ONLINE ONLY
URL:https://dallasuu.org/event/three-for-free-folktale-sermon-series-rev-dr-daniel-kanter/
LOCATION:First Unitarian Church of Dallas\, 4015 Normandy Ave.\, Dallas\, TX\, 75205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Sermon
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SUMMARY:Meet & Greet Your Elected Church Leaders
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, May 31\n12:15 – 1:00 pm\nDon Krehbiel Music Center \nThe Nominating Committee invites members interested in exploring service on the Board\, Nominating Committee or Endowment Committee to a special opportunity to meet and hear from our elected officials currently serving on these groups. This is your chance to engage\, learn about their work\, ask questions\, consider serving and connect! \nClick here to learn more about volunteer leadership at First Church. \nCLICK TO REGISTER IN REALM.
URL:https://dallasuu.org/event/meet-greet-your-elected-church-leaders/
LOCATION:First Unitarian Church of Dallas\, 4015 Normandy Ave.\, Dallas\, TX\, 75205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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SUMMARY:Teig O'Kane and the Corpse: Folktale Sermon Series | Rev. Dr. Daniel Kanter
DESCRIPTION:Through the Irish folktale “Teig O’Kane and the Corpse\,” we reflect on the weight of moral obligation\, the consequences of our choices\, and the enduring truth that responsibility cannot be avoided. \nRev. Dr. Daniel Kanter is preaching\, music provided by Andrea Weidemann. \nWorship at 9:30am and 11am CST in-person or online • 7:00pm ONLINE ONLY
URL:https://dallasuu.org/event/teig-okane-and-the-corpse-folktale-sermon-series-rev-dr-daniel-kanter/
LOCATION:First Unitarian Church of Dallas\, 4015 Normandy Ave.\, Dallas\, TX\, 75205\, United States
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SUMMARY:Parish Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Click to register in Realm. \nThe Board of First Unitarian Church of Dallas invites you to join them on Sunday\, June 7th at 12:30pm in the Sanctuary or on Zoom for the Parish Meeting. (Zoom link provided with registration.) \n🍕There will be pizza before the meeting in Channing Social Hall. \nRev. Kanter will share updates about the work of the church and the Board will provide updates on their priorities for the coming year. \nAll are welcome – youth\, adults\, new members\, friends of the church\, people who have never been to a Parish meeting\, and those who have attended for years. We hope to see you there. \nChildcare is available during the Parish Meeting until 2:00 p.m. Pizza lunch is provided to all Meeting attendees\, including their children. If your child needs snacks or food other than the pizza\, please bring it with you. Paid caregivers will be ready to receive your child at the Nursery Desk shortly before Parish meeting begins. Please register in advance at this link.
URL:https://dallasuu.org/event/parish-meeting-5/
LOCATION:First Unitarian Church of Dallas\, 4015 Normandy Ave.\, Dallas\, TX\, 75205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260611T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260611T200000
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SUMMARY:The Political Theologies of Populism: Virtual Book Talk
DESCRIPTION:CLICK TO REGISTER IN REALM \nJoin us for a virtual book talk with Rev. Dr. Colin Bossen\, discussing his new book “The Political Theologies of Populism.” \nThe Zoom link will be sent upon registration to the email address you used to register. \nClick here to purchase the book from the publisher.\nIt is also available from Amazon\, www.bookshop.org\, and for order through local bookshops. \nAn excavation of populist movements in the US and their associated religious tropes. \nIn this work\, author Colin Bossen argues that for over a century\, American populist movements—even explicitly secular ones—have drawn on religious ideas and practices to infuse their politics and bring people together. Bossen explores Pan-African populism\, white supremacist populism\, and early twentieth-century pluralistic populism in the United States that coalesced into well-known\, vastly different groups with a lasting presence in the American imagination: the Universal Negro Improvement Association (also known as the Garveyites)\, the Ku Klux Klan\, and the Industrial Workers of the World (also known as the Wobblies). This book employs both historical analysis and political theory to unpack the trajectory of these groups and to illustrate how their respective search for belonging showcases as similar principles\, despite their extremely different beliefs. This is a finding that\, Bossen argues\, exemplifies the mechanisms behind twenty-first-century politics\, including the rise of Trumpism. This groundbreaking comparative analysis challenges readers to consider the repetition of history in today’s political landscape and shows them how to rise to the challenges of our current political moment. \nAbout Colin Bossen \nRev. Dr. Colin Bossen is senior minister of the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston and a visiting fellow with Harris Manchester College at the University of Oxford. He is the coauthor of Resistance and Transformation: Unitarian Universalist Social Justice History and author of the forthcoming publications American Populism and Unitarian Universalism and Unitarian Universality Theologies: A Global Study.
URL:https://dallasuu.org/event/the-political-theologies-of-populism-virtual-book-talk/
LOCATION:TX
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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SUMMARY:Inspiration - Summer Series Kick-Off | Rev. Dr. Daniel Kanter
DESCRIPTION:What sparks the human spirit? What lifts us beyond routine and awakens possibility within us? As we begin our summer worship series\, we’ll explore the many sources of inspiration that shape our lives and communities. \nRev. Dr. Daniel Kanter is preaching\, music provided by David Grogan\, baritone. \nWorship at 9:30am and 11am CST in-person or online • 7:00pm ONLINE ONLY \nInspiration – Summer Sermon Series\, Sundays\, June 14 – July 26 \nOur spiritual lives are shaped by what captures our hearts and calls us toward deeper meaning. Inspiration can challenge us\, comfort us\, unsettle us\, or invite us into new possibilities. Throughout this summer series\, we’ll explore the many forces that help form us—resilience\, creativity\, beauty\, forgiveness\, and more—as we seek wisdom for living with greater purpose\, compassion\, and joy. \n 
URL:https://dallasuu.org/event/inspiration-summer-series-kick-off-rev-dr-daniel-kanter/
LOCATION:First Unitarian Church of Dallas\, 4015 Normandy Ave.\, Dallas\, TX\, 75205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Inspiration,Sermon
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SUMMARY:Screening of Wall-E
DESCRIPTION:As part of our Inspiration Sermon Series\, we will screen Wall-E*\, a film that explores resilience: our ability to survive hardship\, reclaim what matters most\, and imagine a better future. The film will be followed by a brief discussion. \n\n\n\nRev. T. J. will preach on these themes the following Sunday\, June 21. \n\n\n\nRegister in Realm.
URL:https://dallasuu.org/event/screening-of-wall-e/
LOCATION:First Unitarian Church of Dallas\, 4015 Normandy Ave.\, Dallas\, TX\, 75205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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SUMMARY:Inspired by Resilience | Rev. T. J. FitzGerald
DESCRIPTION:One root of our existence is the resilience of our ancestors. How do we use resilience today for our next generations? \n(On Thursday\, June 18 at 6 pm in Channing Social Hall\, we will screen Wall-E*\, a film that explores resilience: our ability to survive hardship\, reclaim what matters most\, and imagine a better future.) \nRev. T. J. FitzGerald is preaching\, music provided by Drew Lang\, marimba. \nWorship at 9:30am and 11am CST in-person or online • 7:00pm ONLINE ONLY \nInspiration – Summer Sermon Series\, Sundays\, June 14 – July 26 \nOur spiritual lives are shaped by what captures our hearts and calls us toward deeper meaning. Inspiration can challenge us\, comfort us\, unsettle us\, or invite us into new possibilities. Throughout this summer series\, we’ll explore the many forces that help form us—resilience\, creativity\, beauty\, forgiveness\, and more—as we seek wisdom for living with greater purpose\, compassion\, and joy. \n 
URL:https://dallasuu.org/event/inspired-by-resilience-rev-t-j-fitzgerald/
LOCATION:First Unitarian Church of Dallas\, 4015 Normandy Ave.\, Dallas\, TX\, 75205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Inspiration,Sermon
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SUMMARY:The Purifying Knife: The Troubling History of Eugenics in Dallas - Book Discussion & Signing
DESCRIPTION:First Unitarian Church of Dallas welcomes Michael Phillips and Betsy Friauf for a discussion with Rev. T. J. FitzGerald about their new book The Purifying Knife: The Troubling History of Eugenics in Dallas. \nSunday\, June 21 in the Sanctuary\n12:30 – 1:15: Discussion\n1:15 – 1:30: Q&A Session\n1:30 – 2:00: Book Signing \nClick to register in Realm. \nThroughout the first half of the twentieth century\, 32 states passed laws allowing involuntary sterilization on those deemed biologically “unfit”: convicted criminals\, the disabled\, the poor\, and people of color. Texas\, despite a history of violent racism\, was not one of them. In The Purifying Knife\, Michael Phillips and Betsy Friauf explore this curious instance of the Lone Star State’s exceptionalism. The first history of the eugenics movement in Texas\, it is a narrative that intersects with debates over race\, immigration\, abortion\, the role of women in society\, homosexuality\, medical ethics\, and the politics of disability in the state—debates resonating today in Texas and beyond. \nFrom the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries\, Americans embraced eugenics. Yet the Texas legislature ultimately rejected nine of ten laws advocated by the state’s eugenicists and their predecessors. Phillips and Friauf trace this unlikely resistance to a variety of influences: wealthy cotton growers concerned that the anti-immigrant politics of the eugenics movement would deprive them of a source of easily exploitable labor; a populist distrust of higher education and the academic elites who enthusiastically supported the eugenics movement; and the forces of anti-Darwinist fundamentalism and pre-millennial dispensationalism in the 1920s\, among others. The Purifying Knife also details how eugenical ideas survived long past their decline in the 1940s and have entered a disturbing afterlife in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. \nA thoroughgoing look into a rare case where the eugenics movement “failed” in spite of its power in the United States and around the world—while still wielding a toxic influence—Phillips and Friauf’s work offers insight into the history of the LGBTQ community\, abortion\, and immigration policies in Texas\, and persuasively argues that the long arc of eugenics history has helped shaped contemporary politics in the Lone Star State. \n  \nAbout Michael Phillips:\nMichael Phillips is a scholar of American racism\, right-wing extremism\, and apocalyptic religious beliefs.  He covered crime as a reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram before earning his Ph.D.in history from the University of Texas at Austin in 2002.  \nHe received his Ph.D. in history from the University of Texas at Austin in 2002. Based on his award-winning dissertation\, his first book\, White Metropolis: Race\, Ethnicity and Religion in Dallas\, 1841-2001\, won the 2007 Texas Historical Commission’s prize for best book on Texas history.   He recently retired from teaching American history after a 20-year career as a professor. \nSince then\, he won a one-year senior research fellowship at Southern Methodist University. He has served as an historical consultant for and appeared in the award-winning documentary about the Kennedy assassination and its long-term impact on Dallas\, City of Hate.  He was also an adviser and appears in a series of short films about Dallas history\, Recovering the Stories\, periodically broadcast on Channel 13 and available on the KERA website. \nIn 2019\, he won a Mellon/American Council of Learned Societies Community College research fellowship to examine the history of eugenics in Texas. As a result of that research\, he most recently co-authored\, with Betsy Friauf\, The Purifying Knife: The Troubling History of Eugenics in Texas History\, published by the University of Oklahoma Press on June 3. \n  \nAbout Betsy Friauf:\nBetsy Friauf is a Fort Worth native and a UNT grad. She spent 30 years as a journalist\, for the Denton Record-Chronicle and then the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. She then served as deputy chief communications officer for the Fort Worth city manager\, senior communications specialist at the UNT Health Science Center and finally Children’s Hospital\, Dallas and Plano. \nIn all these jobs as well as periods of freelancing\, she was primarily a writer and editor on a variety of topics from breaking news to emergency instructions during tornadoes to the covid vaccine. Working with Michael Phillips she has won numerous awards as an independent scholar\, including for the essay ““Those Boys Didn’t Learn to Hate Here”: Racial Violence in Texas\, 1965-2020” which appeared in the book Steeped in a Culture of Violence: Murder\, Racial Injustice\, and Other Violent Crimes in Texas\, 1965–2020\, which won the Texas State Historical Association’s 2025 Gail and Chuck Swanlund Award for Best Texas History Anthology. \nNow retired\, Friauf is active in immigrant rights and resistance to fascism.
URL:https://dallasuu.org/event/purifying-knife-the-troubling-history-of-eugenics-in-dallas-book-discussion-signing/
LOCATION:First Unitarian Church of Dallas\, 4015 Normandy Ave.\, Dallas\, TX\, 75205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260628T120000
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SUMMARY:Inspired by Improvisation | Rev. Dr. Daniel Kanter
DESCRIPTION:Life rarely follows the script we expect. Improvisation invites us to listen deeply\, trust ourselves and one another\, and create something meaningful in the moment. Drawing inspiration from the joyful spontaneity and musical genius of Bobby McFerrin\, we’ll explore what it means to embrace uncertainty with curiosity and discover unexpected possibilities along the way. \nRev. T. J. FitzGerald is preaching\, music provided by Gary Eckert. \nWorship at 9:30am and 11am CST in-person or online • 7:00pm ONLINE ONLY \nInspiration – Summer Sermon Series\, Sundays\, June 14 – July 26 \nOur spiritual lives are shaped by what captures our hearts and calls us toward deeper meaning. Inspiration can challenge us\, comfort us\, unsettle us\, or invite us into new possibilities. Throughout this summer series\, we’ll explore the many forces that help form us—resilience\, creativity\, beauty\, forgiveness\, and more—as we seek wisdom for living with greater purpose\, compassion\, and joy. \n 
URL:https://dallasuu.org/event/inspired-by-improvisation-rev-dr-daniel-kanter/
LOCATION:First Unitarian Church of Dallas\, 4015 Normandy Ave.\, Dallas\, TX\, 75205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Inspiration,Sermon
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