{"id":12668,"date":"2026-06-16T17:28:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T21:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/?page_id=12668"},"modified":"2026-06-16T17:29:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T21:29:26","slug":"radical-reimagining","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/radical-reimagining\/","title":{"rendered":"“Radical Reimagining: Reclaiming the American Dream” July 5th Service"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Join Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth in the spirit of healing and liberation as we recognize the 250th anniversary of the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Our Radical Reimagining Worship Service will be on Sunday, July 5th, 2026 at 8pm ET \u2022 7pm CT \u2022 6pm MT\/AT \u2022 5pm PT \u2022 4pm AKT \u2022 2pm HT<\/strong> on Zoom. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In acknowledgment of the United States of America’s 250th birthday, join UUMFE as we honor our country’s past while addressing its harm then and now in an effort to transmute our future into the loving and liberatory place we know that it can be so that we may reclaim \u201cThe American Dream\u201d. When we heal ourselves, we heal seven generations backward and forward, so please join us as we transform ourselves in order to transform the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Click here to give to support this worship service and other UU Ministry for Earth programming.<\/a> Thank you for your generosity!<\/p>\n\n\n

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If you’re looking forward to this service as much as we are, we invite you to share the event information in your congregation’s newsletter and bulletins. Below, you’ll find a link to graphics we’ve created for this event that are perfectly sized for social media and web use.<\/p>\n\n\nAccess graphics here.<\/a>\n\n\n\n

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About our speakers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Chelsea McCoy<\/div>\n
Intern Chaplain, UU Ministry for Earth<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Chelsea McCoy<\/span><\/strong>, UUMFE Intern Chaplain, is a first-lineage college student born and raised in St. Louis, MO. She completed her bachelor\u2019s degree in World Literature and Sociology at Truman State University in 2017. She is graduating from Naropa University in May 2026 with a Master\u2019s in Divinity with emphasis in Mindfulness Coaching. She is passionate about helping others reconnect (or more deeply connect) with spiritual ancestry in hopes of bridging their spiritual and activist values to create their own unique relationship with sacred activism.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Rev. Lauren Spivey Levwood<\/div>\n
Executive Director, UU Ministry for Earth<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Rev. Lauren Spivey Levwood<\/span><\/strong>, Acting Director of UU Ministry for Earth, is a long-time member of the UU Ministry for Earth community. She also serves as a part-time Minister for two UU congregations in the beautiful western Virginia mountains: the UU Church of the Shenandoah Valley and the UU\u2019s of the Blue Ridge. Rev. Levwood\u2019s vocational life has included working as a massage therapist, birth and postpartum doula, Birthing From Within childbirth mentor, modern dancer, and trauma-informed somatics practitioner. A religious naturalist, she is spiritually nourished by embodied experiences of awe and wonder arising from our natural world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Li Kynvi<\/div>\n
Chaplain & Music Therapist<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Li Kynvi<\/span><\/strong> is currently a Massachusetts-based chaplain, music therapist, and mental health counselor in hospice and pediatric palliative care. In 2024, they received their MDiv from Starr King School for the Ministry, and have been enthusiastically singing with others & celebrating the solstices since 1990.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Rev. Karyn Marsh<\/div>\n
Board Secretary, UU Ministry for Earth<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Rev. Karyn Bergmann Marsh<\/span><\/strong>, UUMFE Board Secretary, has been serving Earth in various capacities her entire adult life, first as an environmental geologist, then as an environmental attorney, and now as a Unitarian Universalist minister and board-certified chaplain. Currently, Rev. Marsh is the developmental minister for First Unitarian Church of Baltimore. Prior to serving First Unitarian, Rev. Marsh was a chaplain at several hospitals in Baltimore, MD. She received her Master of Divinity degree from Starr King School for the Ministry, her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Maryland, her Master of Business Administration degree from Villanova University, and her Bachelor of Science degree from the Pennsylvania State University. Prior to answering the call of ministry, Rev. Marsh was a lay leader of Towson Unitarian Universalist Church, which included being a board trustee for four years and a member of the Green Sanctuary Team. Rev. Marsh is delighted to bring her various experiences and expertise to UUMFE.

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Jessica Cloud<\/div>\n
Fundraising Consultant, UU Ministry for Earth<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Jessica Cloud<\/span><\/strong>, UUMFE’s fundraising consultant, partners with mission-driven organizations to grow generosity, deepen relationships, and build confident, capable fundraising teams. During her time at Starr King School for the Ministry, she led a decade of expansion in giving that more than doubled overall fundraising totals, with significant growth in unrestricted support. As the founder of Real Deal Fundraising, Jessica is known for her candid, practical approach. Outside of her work, she writes poetry, enjoys documentaries, and spends time traveling with her husband and two children. She is a longtime member of Our Home Universalist Unitarian Church in Ellisville, MS and a current member of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Columbia, SC. The family resides in Hartsville, SC. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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