“The Spiritual Practice That Undergirds All Others” with Rev. Scott Alexander

SYNOPSIS
We invite you to come and celebrate with us the inaugural beginnings with Rev. Scott Alexander, our new minister here at UUFF. Rev. Scott will be holding a Ceremony of New Beginnings and preach on The Spiritual Practice that Undergirds All Others. Join us after service for coffee hour.

Our service leader will be Tyler Richardson.

Blessed be.

SERMON DESCRIPTION
Rev. Scott writes:

“In my 1999 best selling UU book “Everyday Spiritual Practice: Simple Pathways for Enriching Your Life,” I devote one of the 36 chapters (written by UU leaders from around the country who shared their personal spiritual practices) to a practice which I regard as foundational to all the others. Please be with us on this, my first Sunday with you as your new minister.”

P.S. If your schedule does not allow you to join us in person, this full sermon text (as with all sermons I will deliver in the future) will be printed in the next UUFF newsletter.

PRESENTER BIO
A third-generation Wisconsin Unitarian Universalist, Rev. Scott Alexander (he/him) has an undergraduate degree in Urban Studies from Lawrence University and a Master of Divinity degree from Starr King School for the Ministry. He was ordained as a minister in 1974 at the First Church of Houlton in Maine. He has served a total of eight congregations throughout the nation. While he was in Boston, he was an adjunct faculty member teaching Homiletics at Andover Newton Theological School and has also taught at Meadville Lombard Theological School in Chicago.

He is a well-respected author with the Unitarian Universalist Association and has written or edited several books including The Welcoming Congregation: Resources for Affirming Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Unitarian Universalists (1990); AIDS and Your Religious Community: A Hands-On Guide for Local Programs (1991); and Everyday Spiritual Practice: Simple Pathways for Enriching Your Life (1999).

Rev. Alexander lives in Milwaukee (and Sheboygan) with his partner of 43 years, H. Collins Mikesell, who has recently retired form his long career as a Senior Analyst for the Association of American Medical Colleges located in Washington DC.