Скачать или смотреть Guest Sermon - The Great Common Denominator 08-15-21

When meeting those unknown to us, those we deem ‘other,’ sometimes focusing on our perceived similarities, on the common ground we share, seems like the safest bet. But what if instead we took the leap and embraced each other's differences? And how far can this embrace of difference go without putting our own values in question?

Rev. Friederike "Rica" Kaufel was born and raised in Germany, graduated from Meadville Lombard Theological School and completed her internship with Orange Coast UU Church in 2020 and was ordained by the same church in January of this year! She is the part time minister at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Anaheim and also works as a lecturer for Academic English at the University of California in Irvine, and she is doing a part-time consultantship with the Unitarians in Germany. Frequently she volunteers with the California Conference For Equality and Justice, taking teenagers from all over Southern California to the mountains for a weekend to teach them about systems of oppression and how to dismantle them. Her favorite thing in the world is spending time with her daughter Elise.