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Humor and Laughter Sunday

by Beth Ellsworth, Rev. Claire Klein, Rev. Dr. Rebecca Voelkel | Sep 20, 2020 | Sermons

And I’ve heard my queer ancestors—who used camp and outrageous humor as powerful weapons of transformation. I’ve been thinking a lot about the height of the AIDS pandemic when folx were dying and there was no treatment, let alone a cure and yet there was a fabulousness of resistance- like putting a giant condom over Jesse Helms house. Yes, the queer ancestors have been speaking to me.

262,800 Minutes of Love Reflections on Six Months of the Pandemic at Lyndale UCC

by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Voelkel | Sep 13, 2020 | Sermons

As I thought about what I would share for the update about what the Lyndale UCC community has been doing for the last almost exactly six months since last we worshiped together at SpringHouse, one of the songs from Rent kept going through my head.