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  • Draw the Circle Wide
    • 5/5/24

    Draw the Circle Wide

    Unitarian Universalists have an array of belief systems that impact the way that we encounter the world. We will explore what it means to be a congregation dedicated to the pluralism that holds our traditions, principles and shared values.

  • Choose Joy! Living with Intentionality and Purpose
    • 5/8/24

    Choose Joy! Living with Intentionality and Purpose

    DRUUMM Public Worship explores sustaining joy amidst adversity, inspired by Proverbs 17:22: “A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.” Discover how a joyful heart can be your sanctuary, even when spirits are tested. A celebration of resilience, purpose, and the healing power of joy.

  • FEAR: Feel. Engage. Activate. Rise.
    • 3/17/24

    FEAR: Feel. Engage. Activate. Rise.

    As people of a liberatory faith, we are often asked to align with people who are pushed to the margins of society. How do we free ourselves from the mire of our own fears to meet that challenge? Rev. Ali was the guest preacher at All Souls Church Unitarian In Washington, DC.

  • Covenant:  Forged in Forgiveness
    • 7/16/23

    Covenant: Forged in Forgiveness

    As Unitarian Universalists we seek to live into covenant with each other. In our quest to live in covenant and to build and maintain relationships we often misstep and cause hurt. How do we repair those relationships? How do we move past being hurt or hurting others?

  • Interdependently UU
    • 7/9/23

    Interdependently UU

    Many of us are taught that we can’t ask for help without showing weakness. Others of us are taught that to be successful we must depend only on ourselves to do well. How do we move beyond this sense of toxic individualism to live interdependently?

  • Memorial Blessings
    • 5/28/23

    Memorial Blessings

    It is in remembering them that we create a space to hold our loved ones. In marking these special moments, we create space to memorialize them. Let us join together to memorialize those we have lost.

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    • 1/29/23

    Engaging Your Core

    What is embedded in your theological core? What do you want to be embedded there? Rev. Ali delivered this sermon on January 29, 2023 at Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist congregation.

  • Ordination of Ali Kujichagulia Bell
    • 5/22/21

    Ordination of Ali Kujichagulia Bell

    Rev Ali designed and coordinated this service of ordination, which had elements from speakers from most regions of the continental United States and worship leaders from three co-ordaining congregations. The ordination was a multiplatform service with some in-person elements, recordings and live remote participants all woven together real-time and live-streamed.

  • What if I Only Had Thirty Days to Love?
    • 2/13/22

    What if I Only Had Thirty Days to Love?

    "What if I Only had 30 Days to Love?" a worship service designed and coordinated by Rev. Ali K.C. Bell as Minister-in-Residence for the 30 Days of Love Program of the UUA Side with Loe campaign.

  • Maddy's Fridge

    Maddy's Fridge

    Rev Ali used green screen technology to create a media rich Time for All Ages where people could see artwork while he tells the story of Maddy's Fridge.

  • Sustaining Connections in Pandemic
    • 3/15/20

    Sustaining Connections in Pandemic

    This homily was delivered extemporaneously on March 15, 2020 the week that many states shut down schools, churches, and started strict social distancing. All the ministers at the CLF threw out their planned words and spoke from the heart on how they and their families were coping in light of the news and the vast unknown that stretched before us all in those early days of the pandemic. (Rev Ali’s homily starts at 7:19)

  • Psalm 121: We Lift Up Our Weary Eyes

    Psalm 121: We Lift Up Our Weary Eyes

    This prayer was published in the book "Shelter in This Place, Meditations on 2020" edited by Rev. Meg A. Riley

  • What Would E. Ethelred Brown Do?
    • 2/28/21

    What Would E. Ethelred Brown Do?

    Rev Ali designed this complete worship service in collaboration with the worship team and delivered the sermon at the UU Congregation at Mont Clair, NJ during the pandemic. (sermon starts at 41:43)

  • Trans Day of Remembrance
    • 11/18/21

    Trans Day of Remembrance

    This homily was for the UUA Transgender Day of Remembrance Chapel service held annually on or near November 20 as part of a worldwide effort to recognize the lives of trans people who were killed in the past year.