{"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":"2026-07-09T12:45:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T16:45:40","slug":"radical-reimagining","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/radical-reimagining\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Radical Reimagining: Reclaiming the American Dream&#8221; July 5th Service"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfsou885_l728mUi_SCZ6Lg2zGc06u1XJGRUskswYWpT6mpYw\/viewform\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/landscape1-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12670\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4992888417882142;width:762px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/landscape1-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/landscape1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/landscape1-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/landscape1.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Our Radical Reimagining Worship Service happened on Sunday, July 5th, 2026<\/strong> o<strong>n Zoom.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In acknowledgment of the United States of America&#8217;s 250th birthday, join UUMFE as we honor our country&#8217;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<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-50 is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/embodiment-recordings\/\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:16px;border-top-right-radius:16px;border-bottom-left-radius:16px;border-bottom-right-radius:16px;background-color:#677913\" rel=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSe7GQNvVtPpLjV8lHtZQGlNI6kxfKtC30_44tIw86z05Lqn2g\/viewform?usp=header\">Click here to view the recording.<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uuministry4earth.app.neoncrm.com\/campaigns\/july-5-2026-radical-reimagining\">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<div class=\"colored-box blue\">\n<h2>Share with your congregation!<\/h2>\n<div class=\"box-content\">\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you&#8217;re looking forward to this service as much as we are, we invite you to share the event information in your congregation&#8217;s newsletter and bulletins. Below, you&#8217;ll find a link to graphics we&#8217;ve created for this event that are perfectly sized for social media and web use.<\/p>\n\n\n<a class=\"lts_button lts_button_sc lts_button_default lt_rounded lt_flat  \"  style=\"background:#ffffff;color:#0b1654;border-color:#ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/11IPLJ3T5xqfg9wiyc2hAzxXcrJK9oCbz?usp=drive_link\"   >Access graphics here.<\/a>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About our speakers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-50eac3a5 wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\"><div class=\"board-member\">\n  <div class=\"photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Chelsea.png\"><\/div>\n  <div class=\"details\">\n    <div class=\"name\">Chelsea McCoy<\/div>\n    <div class=\"title\"><strong><em>Former Intern Chaplain, UU Ministry for Earth<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-container-content-4c4b6c15 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Chelsea McCoy<\/span><\/strong>, former 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 graduated 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<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-50eac3a5 wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\"><div class=\"board-member\">\n  <div class=\"photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Lauren_naturalbackground.png\"><\/div>\n  <div class=\"details\">\n    <div class=\"name\">Rev. Lauren Spivey Levwood<\/div>\n    <div class=\"title\"><strong><em>Executive Director, UU Ministry for Earth<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-container-content-4c4b6c15 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Rev. Lauren Spivey Levwood<\/span><\/strong>, Executive Director of UU Ministry for Earth, is a long-time member of the UU Ministry for Earth community. She also serves as Minister of the Unitarian Universalists of the Blue Ridge, a UU congregation nestled in the beautiful western Virginia mountains near the Appalachian Trail and the Shenandoah National Park. 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. <em>Photo credit to Debbie Smith of FiftyLove Photography<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-50eac3a5 wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\"><div class=\"board-member\">\n  <div class=\"photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Karyn.png\"><\/div>\n  <div class=\"details\">\n    <div class=\"name\">Rev. Karyn Marsh<\/div>\n    <div class=\"title\"><strong><em>Board Secretary, UU Ministry for Earth<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-container-content-231de088 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">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 Spiritual Care Manager at the&nbsp;Greater Baltimore Medical Center. Prior to serving GBMC, Rev. Marsh was the developmental minister for First Unitarian Church of Baltimore and 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.<br><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-50eac3a5 wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\"><div class=\"board-member\">\n  <div class=\"photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/plaid-square.jpeg\"><\/div>\n  <div class=\"details\">\n    <div class=\"name\">Li Kynvi<\/div>\n    <div class=\"title\"><strong><em>Chaplain &amp; Music Therapist<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-container-content-4c4b6c15 wp-block-paragraph\">Li Kynvi (they\/them) is 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. They have been enthusiastically singing with others &amp; celebrating the solstices since 1990. Wishing we could all sing together, Li is joined tonight by their partner, Lynn Curry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth in the spirit of healing and liberation as we recognize the 250th anniversary of the United States. Our Radical Reimagining Worship Service happened on Sunday, July 5th, 2026 on Zoom. 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