Gathering of Waters: Rev. Dan Schatz and Cassie Lengel
Water brings together all of humanity and all of life. For this year’s all ages Ingathering service, we celebrate a new kind of water ceremony. Water will be provided for the ceremony, although you are welcome to bring your own. We will combine our waters in a common bowl as the choir sings, symbolizing the coming together of our community, and the common humanity that unites us all. This service will include our annual “Blessing of the Backpacks” – school age kids are invited to bring backpacks to be blessed for the new school year (and adults can bring bags as well)! After the service we will gather at East Goshen Park for our Annual Fall Picnic!
Sunday, September 13th, 7-8:30 pm, led by Pam Seres
Red Clay, by Charles Fancher
Red Clay is a sweeping multigenerational saga about an enslaved Black family and the white family who owned them as the Civil War ends and Reconstruction begins.
In 1943, Adelaide Parker arrives in Red Clay, Alabama, at the home of a Black former slave the morning after his funeral, revealing: “a lifetime ago, my family owned yours.” She has come seeking answers from a family with whom she shares a name and a buried history neither side fully understands.
Spanning Red Clay, Alabama; Paris; the Côte d’Azur; and New Orleans, the novel explores ambition, betrayal, violence, redemption, and the painful legacies of slavery, Reconstruction, and Jim Crow. Drawing on his own family history, Charles B. Fancher delivers a vivid tale of resilience, moral complexity, and unlikely respect amid enduring racial animus.
All vaccinated adults are welcome. Bring your instrument. Munchies are optional. At the home of Linda & Steve Sander. Maps are in the foyer. Contact folk-singing@ucwc.org.
