Relinquishment

Sermons-First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco

"Relinquishment" (July 11, 2021) Worship Service

As many of you know, John was Senior Minister at UUSF from 2014 until his retirement in 2017. He had earlier been President of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations, 1993-2001, among other posts in religious leadership. He first began pondering relinquishment as he gave up thousands of books before moving the West Coast. He was helped by his witty wife Gwen observing, “I’ve never yet seen a hearse pulling a U-Haul!” Yet some of our most difficult relinquishments are not about things – but about less material attachments. This continues to the very end. Still, we are spiritually wiser if we start the practice earlier.

Rev. John Buehrens, Guest Minister
Dennis Adams, Worship Associate
Reiko Oda Lane, organist
Giacomo Fiore, guitarist
Maria Roodnitsky, alto
Ben Rudiak-Gould, tenor
Shulee Ong, camera
Jonathan Silk, audio, oos design
Stephen Kroeger, sound
Joe Chapot, social media chat
Thomas Brown, Sexton
Judy Payne, flowers
Alex Darr, Les James, Tom Brookshire, Zoom Coffee Hour

Order of Service:
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