Douglas Taylor

Full name: Rev. Douglas Taylor

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To people--one white and one Black--hold up their arms, each hand forming the "peace" symbol of two fingers in a V.

Let us set aside hate, and devote our lives to the ways of peace and justice.

Prayer | By Douglas Taylor | May 22, 2023 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Activism, Compassion, Living Our Faith, Peace, Solidarity, War
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Remind us that resilience is in our bones, that peace will prevail on earth

Prayer | By Douglas Taylor | May 22, 2023 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Brokenness, Despair, God, Healing, Hope

I am seeking the courage to be open.

Meditation | By Douglas Taylor | April 20, 2023 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Courage, Vulnerability, WorshipWeb, Worship

There is hope through imagination.

Meditation | By Douglas Taylor | April 20, 2023 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Empathy, Imagination, Solidarity, WorshipWeb, Worship
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Voice One, Elder (with chalice): Across the generations we have carried the flame. We fought the injustice, sang the songs, spoke for truth, and built something lasting. We join in the line and we carry the flame forward. (pass chalice and mic to next speaker) Voice Two, Active Leader (with metal...

Chalice Lighting | By Douglas Taylor | December 7, 2018 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Bridging, Bridging Ceremony, Building/Space Dedication, Coming of Age, Coming-of-Age, Commitment, Faith, Family, Generations, Justice, Leadership, Stewardship, Unitarian Universalism, Unity
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Eternal Spirit, from whom all things come and to whom all things return, We gather this morning in community seeking to live in the harmony. Each of us here gathered lives out our lives knowing our own story, our own private melody. Life – at its highest and its sweetest – is a sharing. Life is...

Prayer | By Douglas Taylor | December 7, 2018 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Arts & Music, Commitment, Community, Creativity, Direct Experience, Interdependence, Music Sunday, Unitarian Universalism
In a crowd at a protest or vigil, a young adult holds a sign saying "Kids are the future not guns"

We are broken, O God. We are broken. We gather in vigil again to mourn the death of school children and school teachers. Death and violence are the reasons that draw us together in sorrow, in anger, in anxious grief and loss....

Prayer | By Douglas Taylor | December 7, 2018 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), 5th Principle (Conscience & Democracy), Brokenness, Direct Experience, Disaster or Crisis, Grief, Healing, Violence

At the beginning of November, Jo VonRue (our Ministerial Intern here in Binghamton) and I traveled up to the Standing Rock camp in North Dakota to support the Sioux tribe. They are fighting to stop construction of the Dakota Access Pipe Line on sacred lands and which threatens their water supply....

By Douglas Taylor | December 19, 2016 | From Better Together
Tagged as: Social Justice

Partnerships sometimes emerge in strange but exciting ways. The Partnership of the UU congregations in Binghamton NY and Cortland NY is a mix of contrasting sizes, ages and histories. But these contrasts bring strength to the relationship. This video shares the views of the ministers of the two...

By Douglas Taylor, Joan Van Becelaere | November 2, 2015 | From Better Together
Tagged as: Congregations in Partnership
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Once a congregation understands its mission, the next step is to discern how it wants to deepen and grow as a congregation. This workshop outlines processes for discerning aspirational values and ways to create and use a vision statement in devising a strategic plan and annual ministry goals.

Webinar | By Patricia Infante, Douglas Taylor, UU Congregation of Binghamton, Binghamton, NY | June 26, 2014 | From LeaderLab
Tagged as: Mission/Vision/Planning

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