The meeting ID is 870 7701 3719.

The password is 574362.

Here is a direct link: Direct Link to Zoom meeting  

General description: We will spend most of the month leading discussions on sermons, and close with a discussion about the church service as a whole. We'll go through how to come up with topics, develop them, and how to make them meaningful for the congregation, based on a workshop program from Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig of the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Stockton. Discussions should be beneficial for all, not just those who want to give sermons. During the month, we will discuss what kinds of sermons people want to hear or deliver, as well as what the congregation likes about the sermons they've heard in the past, or would like to see more of, in future sermons. Our goal is for everyone to come away feeling like they can conceive of, create, and deliver meaningful services.

July 12
Title "Developing a sermon"

Description: In this forum, we will discuss how to get from a nugget of an idea, to a meaningful message. We will cover tasks like, figuring out what the goal or purpose of a particular sermon is going to be, deciding how much to reveal about yourself or others in a sermon, and fleshing out a topic.