This is an online asynchronous course with required weekly one-hour synchronous discussion late in the week at a time to be determined to best suit participants. Course will introduce students to the history, theory, and practice of Unitarian Universalist liturgy, worship, and rites of passage with an emphasis on worship that can counter oppressions in emerging multicultural, multigenerational, participatory, online, hybrid, and interfaith settings. Topics will emphasize weekly congregational worship , annual holiday celebrations, as well as inclusive weddings, memorials, child dedications, and other rites of passage. Coursework will include readings, video viewing, attending worship services, discussion, reflection papers, worship design, and a final project.
SKSM Threshold: 1. Life in Religious Community and Interfaith Engagement and MFC Competency: 1. Worship and Rites of Passage
Enrollment max: 12. Auditors excluded.
