About our Ubuntu worship series:
Ubuntu, commonly translated as “I am because we are,” is a worldview of African Bantu (Central, Southeast, and Southern Africa) peoples. It is a philosophy of the “greater whole,” as Archbishop Desmond Tutu described it, in which each person knows that they belong. This fall, using scholarship by Musa Kuene, Ph. D, we will explore Ubuntu through the lenses of community, hospitality, and kinship.
Kuene writes, “Ubuntu can best be described as a philosophy of life, which in its most fundamental sense represents personhood, humanity, humaneness and morality. It is the essence of being human.” Join us in this timely, meaningful, and inspiring journey.
October 2
Global Community
Preacher: Rev. Steve Jerbi
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11:17-33
October 9
Ubuntu Has Many Parts
Preacher: Rev. Steve Jerbi
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:12-27
October 16
The Ubuntu of Strangers
Preacher: Rev. Jennifer Butner
Scripture: Genesis 18:1-10
October 23
The Hospitality of Kinship
Preacher: Joe Kim
Scripture: John 1:1, 13:15, 15:12-15
October 30
The Abundance of Ubuntu
Preacher: Rev. Steve Jerbi
Scripture: 2 Kings 4:1-7