How Humans Got Love: A Just-So Story

Join us to hear JRUUC member Michael Nunley speak: An anthropologist searches for the foundations of love in evolution, culture, and the history of religion in an effort to better understand the challenges–and the necessity–of expanding beloved community to people we will never meet. [Image credit: Susan Podebradsky]

  • The Share the Plate for Aug. 18 and 25 will be OutReach LGBTQ+ Community Center. They provide numerous community, harm reduction, housing, elder, and transgender services for Madison’s LGBTQ community. They also host Madison’s annual Magic Pride Festival.

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This Week’s Newsletter

Order of Service

  • Gathering Song: #188 “Come, Come, Whoever You Are”
  • Welcome
  • Prelude: “Let the Mystery Be” by Iris Dement
  • Call to Worship
  • Lighting the Chalice and Musical Response
  • Shared Music: “Our Faith is but a Single Gem” #193 (gray hymnal)
  • Time for All Ages: “The Circles All Around Us” by Brad Montague
  • Shared Music: “Building Bridges” #1023 (teal hymnal)
  • Wisdom from the World’s Traditions: “Unto the Church Universal,” by Keshab Chandra Sen
  • Reflection: “How Humans Got Love: A Just-So Story” with Michael Nunley
  • Offering: “Swimming to the Other Side” by Pat Humphries
  • Joys and Sorrows
  • Shared Music: “Answering the Call of Love” #1014 (teal hymnal)
  • Extinguishing the Chalice and Benediction