Urban Village Church

“I deserve to feel as good as I feel during drag all the time" (Drag & Spirituality, 1.20.21)

“Drag & Spirituality: Named & Known” is an ongoing series with hostess B0NNi33 Vi0L3T (@aqueerchaplain). On this episode, B0NNi33 Vi0L3T speaks with Mick Douche (@MickDouch)!

In each conversation B0NNi33 Vi0L3T will guide a conversation around drag & spirituality, with drag artists of a variety of spiritual experience, gender, race, age, sexual orientation, size, ability, and styles of drag. Ultimately lacing drag narratives with a spiritual thread for the benefit of the artist and the audience that bears witness. 

“Mick is my imagination come to life but always within the realm of masculinity. He began as a frat boy type but as I learned about toxic masculinity, I began to make a conscious effort to change Mick to instead focus on other aspects of “being a guy” and exploring pop culture references.” - @MickDouch

 

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UVC, Emily McGinley- Executive Pastor, “What’s In A Name?” (Gen 32:22-31)

God has been called by thousands of names - from El Roi (the God Who Sees Me) to Mother Bear Who Protects Her Cubs- and everything in between. What we call God matters. It can change how we pray, how we experience God in our lives, and open us up to new parts of God’s very nature. Pastor Emily, alongside UVCers from our South Loop, Hyde Park-Woodlawn, and Edgewater sites, reflect on Jacob’s struggle with God. This struggle was just part of Jacob’s transformation however. Unsure of what is next, Jacob is ready to face whatever is ahead as his full self. As we wrap us this sermon series on the many names of God, we reflect on how God names all of us- “Beloved.” Please join!

 

**We will be posting the full interviews featured in Pastor Emily's sermon in a "Directors Cut Special Addition" series over the next week. Stay tuned!!

 

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UVC, D’Angelo Smith, Site Pastor – Hyde Park/Woodlawn & Wicker Park, “Yahweh Rophe” (Ex 15:22-27)

God has been called by thousands of names - from El Roi (the God Who Sees Me) to Mother Bear Who Protects Her Cubs- and everything in between. What we call God matters. It can change how we pray, how we experience God in our lives, and open us up to new parts of God’s very nature. Today, Pastor D’Angelo (they/them) focuses on God the Deliverer and Yahweh Rophe- the God Who Heals. Transitional times are hard, frustrating, and can cause hopelessness. But God’s healing in this passage is not about a physical illness, but of restoration and justice. Join as we reflect on this good news! 

 

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UVC, Chan Choi, Site Pastor – Edgewater & South Loop, “Haneunim (John 10:11-18)

God has been called by thousands of names - from El Roi (the God Who Sees Me) to Mother Bear Who Protects Her Cubs- and everything in between. What we call God matters. It can change how we pray, how we experience God in our lives, and open us up to new parts of God’s very nature. Today, Pastor Chan (he/him) speaks about the name of God most known to him- Haneunim (God Who Watches Us From the Sky, or, God Is One). We'll also explore what it means for God to be a "Good Shepherd" and how this concept opens us up to love of God and love for others.

 

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“My relationship with drag is my only relationship” (Drag & Spirituality, 1.13.2021)

Drag & Spirituality: Named & Known is an ongoing series about with hostess B0NNi33 Vi0L3T (@aqueerchaplain). In our series premiere, B0NNi33 Vi0L3T speaks with Saya Naomi (@queensayanaomi)!!

In each conversation B0NNi33 Vi0L3T will guide a conversation around drag & spirituality, with drag artists of a variety of spiritual experience, gender, race, age, sexual orientation, size, ability, and styles of drag. Ultimately lacing drag narratives with a spiritual thread for the benefit of the artist and the audience that bears witness. 

"I’m a kind and a spiritual person that loves passion and the arts. My star sign is a Gemini and I’m every bit of it. My motto is to stay humble and always help others in need." - @queenSayaNaomi

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UVC, Group Sermon, 1-10-21, “Names of God” - (Gen 4:25-26 & Matt 6:9)

Pastors Hannah, Emily, Juan Pablo, and Christian discuss their favorite way for naming and addressing God, their most challenging concepts around God’s many names throughout Scripture, and how naming God in a diverse amount of ways impacts their discipleship, theology, and faith community.  What is your favorite name for God? What lessons around using the names of God have you learned from your youth and recent faith practices? Join the discussion!

 

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UVC, D’Angelo Smith (Site Pastor, HP/W-WP), 12-20-20, “Imagining in the Dark” - (Luke 2: 8-14)

Site Pastor D’Angelo Smith preaches today about darkness providing an opportunity to learn. Sometimes  the darkness forces us to look right in front of us instead of far ahead, and this can be scary. We like to see far ahead of us. Still, darkness forces us to look for God’s imagination instead of our own expectations. Who would expect God to be found where animals eat?? This morning, let’s look closer at God’s imagination. Please join!

 

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UVC, Drew Jones (Pastoral Intern), 12-13-20, “God’s Promises in the Dark” (Matt 2:9-15)

This winter, some of us may be feeling the fear and anxiety of shorter days and longer nights. But it is in the darkness that we find some of God’s greatest, most nurturing gifts. This Advent we’re looking back on Christmas stories and finding in them the places where darkness holds us, loves us, guides us, and liberates. 

UVC Pastoral Intern Drew Jones reflects on God’s promises in the dark. Joseph, Mary, and Jesus relied on God’s nurture and care to flee oppression and violence in the night. The magi depended on God’s faithfulness during the nights to be led to Christ through astrology and science. In these stories, darkness brings loved one and chosen family together, protects, and shelters! The realities of this season are hard, but we remind ourselves that we are not alone. God holds promises in the darkness. 

 

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Urban Village Church: Getting to Know Site Pastor D'Angelo Smith

Join UVC's Teaching Pastor Hannah Kardon and Executive Pastor Emily McGinley as they discuss scripture, formation, and God's bold, inclusive, and relevant love with new Site Pastor (Hyde Park-Woodlawn / Wicker Park) D'Angelo Smith!

UVC, Sam Coker (Pastoral Intern), 11-29-20, “Treasures of Darkness” (Isaiah 40:1-5, 45:1-7)

This morning, UVC Pastoral Intern Sam Coker reflects on the prophet Isaiah who anticipated destruction and exile yet prophetically claimed a hope for a new way and a new expectation. Through Isaiah’s message of consolation, we are invited to reimagine the ways we think about darkness, the dichotomy of light and dark, and how binary ways of thinking lead to exclusion and division opposed to an inclusive, bold, and relevant love. All of what God has created is good, and in darkness there is beauty, nurture, and life!

 

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