Revelation, Apocalypse, End-times Fascism,
and Being Here Now
Unitarian Universalist Community of the Mountains
July 27, 2025
Rev. Kevin Tarsa
Elizabeth Rose & Cheryl Morris, Worship Associates
The Book of Revelation, also known as The Book of the Apocalypse, is “the only book in the Christian scriptures to feature dragons, giant bugs, and airborne horses.” Plus rivers of blood, lots of plagues, a lake of fire, and stars falling from the sky. Clearly, part of the multiverse. For some, it is a storyboard for what’s going down, a prophecy and blueprint for the end times. That’s not what our tradition would take from it, though some of us may be feeling our own sense of apocalypse these days. What now??
Song for Gathering There is More Love Somewhere #95 African American Spiritual
Greeting One Another
Land Acknowledgement read by Susan Merrill
Lighting of the Chalice Drawn Together by Jennifer Gracen, read by Shannon Dooley-Miller
Singing the Children on Their Way
Welcome Cheryl Morris, Worship Associate
Candle of Compassion, Resistance and Resilience
Opening Song Meditation on Breathing #1009 by Sarah Dan Jones
Meditation Remember by Natalie Keshlear
Song She Gives Me Life by Alexa Sunshine Rose
Message Revelation, Apocalypse, End-times Fascism, and Being Here Now Rev. Kevin Tarsa
(Read the text of Rev. Kevin’s sermon here!)
Offering Cheryl Morris, Worship Associate
Offertory Michael Bankston, brass, Rev. Kevin, piano
Dedication Cheryl Morris
Thank You & Announcements
Closing Hum
Closing Words
Community Benediction / Extinguishing of the Chalice
Carry the flame of peace and love until we meet again.
Music for Going Forth