Joan Javier-Duval

Rev. Joan Javier-Duval serves as Minister of the Unitarian Church of Montpelier, Vermont.

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Rev. Joan Javier-Duval

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Whether you have made promises, broken promises, or are renewing your promises, you are beloved and you are welcome here.

Opening | By Joan Javier-Duval | March 2, 2022 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Abundance, Acceptance, Community, Hospitality, Inclusion, Love, WorshipWeb, Worship
A laptop displaying the 2020 UUA General Assembly Logo, Providence, Rhode Island June 24 through 28

Program Description Join us for the largest annual gathering of UUs joining in worship. This powerful, communal worship experience is open to the public. Rev. Joan Javier-Duval will deliver the sermon at the 2020 General Assembly Sunday Morning Worship....

Utility | By Joan Javier-Duval, Mykal Slack, Benjie Messer | May 29, 2020
Tagged as: Online GA, General Assembly
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Voice 1: You are beloved and you are welcome here Voice 2: Whether tears have fallen from your eyes this past week or gleeful laughter has spilled out of your smiling mouth Voice 1: You are beloved and you are welcome here Voice 2: Whether you are feeling brave or broken-hearted; defiant or...

Opening | By Joan Javier-Duval | January 16, 2019 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), Acceptance, Brokenness, Caring, Community, Compassion, Diversity, Inclusion, Love, Unitarian Universalism, Wholeness, Worth, Worship
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Holy Mystery Silent Presence Uncertain Bearer of the Weight of It All In these quiet moments we listen We listen for the maybe still breathing, perhaps still whispering Faintest sign of the Universal Good We listen between the cacophony of distractions pulling us towards untruth and falsehood We...

Meditation | By Joan Javier-Duval | January 16, 2019 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Challenge, Commitment, Community, Compassion, Faith, Justice, Love, Oppression, Worship
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Here here is where you can lay it down Lay down all that you have carried the weight of the world that has rounded your back leaving you aching and exhausted Here here is where healing begins where burdens are set down and alongside one another’s their magnitude does not seem as great Here here i...

Opening | By Joan Javier-Duval | April 13, 2017 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Acceptance, Brokenness, Community, Healing, Hospitality, Unitarian Universalism

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