Lay Leadership In Shared Ministry

Part of Sermon of the Month Series Subscription Service

By Beth Casebolt

Woullard Lett, Acting Lead, New England Region UUA

Sermon

“What’s the value of volunteering? What’s the meaning of shared ministry? What’s in it for me? The UUA Leadership Ministry Network is a peer-support network of current, former and potential lay leaders (that means YOU!). Hear how it can help you identify, define and develop your notions, knacks and natural gifts into lay leadership gold”. Presented by Woullard Lett, UUA Leadership Ministry Associate.

Suggested Opening Words

“When we acknowledge that all life is sacred and that each act is an act of choice and therefore sacred, then life is a sacred dance lived consciously each moment. When we live at this level, we participate in the creation of a better world.” –words by Scout Cloud Lee, from “The Circle is Sacred – A Medicine Book for Women”

Suggested Closing Words

“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” — Howard Thurman

Suggested Hymns

  • Music selections were chosen from the UUA’s Worship web music page and are free to stream.
  • Opening music — “Lean on Me” words & music by Bill Withers; #1021 in Singing the Journey. Created by the Minnesota Valley UU Fellowship.
  • Closing Music — “Come, Sing a Song with Me (YouTube)” as an animal puppet video (#346 in in Singing the Living Tradition; music and words by Carolyn McDade). Created by MaryJane Wagner for an intergenerational service.