Sermons from 2021

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Affirmation

Address was given by Bart Worden for the Ethical Culture Society of Westchester in White Plains, New York on Sunday, August 29, 2021. Ethical Humanism takes a positive approach to life and living. It begins with an appreciation of the inherent qualities of others and ourselves and proceeds with acknowledgment and cultivation of those qualities. […]

The Scramble for Africa

Presentation by Jé Hooper for the Ethical Culture Society of Westchester on Sunday, May 23, 2021. The presentation explores Yinka Shonibare’s work entitled, “The Scramble for Africa,” a historic gathering of colonial statesmen laying claim to the continent and emphasizing the Western power complex. Yinka Shonibare is a British-Nigerian born in 1962, who is an […]

Belonging Starts with Us – The story of the Westchester Resettlement Movement

Address given by Jane Dixon of the Interfaith Council for New Americans in Westchester to the Ethical Culture Society of Westchester on Sunday, March 7, 2021. The story of the Westchester Resettlement Movement in Westchester- A brief history of the welcoming movement in WC and sharing refugee stories: cultural understanding works both ways!

Lift Every Voice and Sing

Talk given by Ethical Culture Leader Hugh Taft Morales for the Ethical Culture Society of Westchester via Zoom on Sunday, January 24, 2021. Hugh Taft-Morales remembers how conscious he was of racial identity the first time he was in a multiracial group singing “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” nick-named “The Black National Anthem.” The song […]

The Way Forward in a World of Challenge

Presentation by Bart Worden on January 3, 2021 11:00 am ET for the Sunday Platform Meeting of the Ethical Culture Society of Westchester in White Plains, NY. 2020 was such a disastrous year in so many ways yet we found ways to cope and even found hopeful moments to lift our spirits. What will be […]