Hannah Rarick, 2023 Ms. Wheelchair Oregon, will share her personal journey of disability and the many ways we can advocate for ourselves and others. Sometimes our biggest challenges bring us our most powerful strengths.
Engaging in the simple act of giving thanks brings us into the present. Appreciating opens us to the bond of our belonging on Earth. How might Native American tradition inspire our gratitude? Why does Thanks Giving matter for our future? May we join together in wonder.
As we work to grow our individual and congregational capacity for full inclusion of trans and gender nonbinary people, one of the stumbling blocks can be our strong desire to understand other people’s experience. We’ll explore avenues that open possibilities of deeper embrace of our differences and lead us to freedom, then on to liberation.
