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SUMMARY:Cancelled!! Reel Conversations: Wicked
DESCRIPTION:🧹 Witch\, Please! Let’s Talk Power\, Prejudice\, and Defying Gravity. What if the “wicked” one wasn’t wicked at all? In Wicked\, the misunderstood Elphaba doesn’t just ride a broomstick—she flips the whole script. She challenges the system\, calls out propaganda\, and still makes time for a show-stopping duet or two. \n✨ She’s green. She’s gifted. She’s done playing nice with fascist wizards. And we’re here for it. \nJoin us for Reel Conversations*\, a night of popcorn\, powerful scenes\, and meaningful discussion about Wicked\, the story behind the story behind The Wizard of Oz. Together\, we’ll explore what happens when someone dares to speak truth to power—even when it means standing alone. \nWe’ll talk about: \n\nWho gets labeled “dangerous” and why\nWhy complicity is comfortable but costly\nWhat it takes to defy gravity—and injustice\n\n🎥 Watch the movie ahead of time (streaming info below)\, use this Viewers Guide to look for the themes we will discuss\, then come ready to rewatch the big moments together\, talk back to the narrative\, and celebrate the courage it takes to be too much for the status quo. #TeamElphaba #NoWizardsAllowed #ReelConversations #DefyGravity \nP.S. 👠 If you’ve ever been called too loud\, too bold\, too much\, or just too green — this night is for you. Come as you are\, bring your broom\, and let’s fly into some Wicked good trouble together. 💚🖤🧹🔥 \n*Reel Conversations – the Circle previously known as Faith & Film! \nParticipant Instructions\n🎥 WATCH BEFORE YOU COME USING THIS VIEWER’S GUIDE\nPlease watch Wicked ahead of our event. It’s currently available for rent or purchase on Amazon Prime\, Apple TV\, Google Play\, YouTube\, and other streaming platforms. Included on HBO/Max. \n📝 USE THE VIEWER’S GUIDE & TAKE NOTES!\nAs you watch\, jot down a few thoughts in response to the Viewer’s Guide questions above—or anything that moves you. If you’ve already seen it\, consider rewatching with these new lenses in mind. \n📅 JOIN US IN PERSON\n🗓 Friday\, November 07\n🕡 6:30–8:30 PM\n📍 Arts Collaborative Medford\, 162 Mystic Ave\, Medford\, MA \n  \n🍿 We’ll gather\, watch a few powerful scenes together\, and discuss the deeper truths\, tensions\, and hope that Wicked stirs in us.
URL:https://sanctuaryucc.org/event/reel-conversations-wicked/
LOCATION:Arts Collaborative Medford\, 162 Mystic Ave\, Medford\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts,Faith & Film,Spiritual Circles & Book Groups
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SUMMARY:Reel Conversations: The Piano Lesson
DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED \nWe encourage you to talk to your family and friends about this powerful film using the Viewer’s Guide below. \n“Some stories are carved in wood. Others are carved in blood. All of them ask to be heard.” \nIn The Piano Lesson\, August Wilson crafts a ghost story rooted in history\, inheritance\, and the sacred power of storytelling. The piano at the heart of the Charles family is more than furniture — it’s a living archive of pain\, survival\, and artistry. Join us for Reel Conversations as we dive into this soulful film about memory\, music\, and what it costs to hold onto the past — or let it go. Do you sell the legacy to build the future? Or keep it to honor the ancestors? Come ready to discuss the ghosts we live with\, the gifts we inherit\, and the art that carries our names. We might even talk about Spiritual Reckonings! \n🎥 Watch ahead of time. We’ll revisit a few scenes together and reflect on what it means to claim — or be claimed by — the stories we carry. \nUse this Viewer’s Guide as you Watch \nOpen to the public | Hosted by Reverend Wendy Miller Olapade\nSuggestion Donation $10-$20 | RSVP Appreciated \n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ \n📅 Before You Come\n\nWatch The Piano Lesson ahead of time (available on Netflix or streaming platforms).\nReflect on the themes above. Take notes if you like\, or just bring your spirit ready to engage.\nCome open to witness\, to grieve\, and to celebrate what remains carved in the soul.\n\nJoin us onsite or online for a conversation about memory\, music\, the ghosts we live with – and the ones we live for.
URL:https://sanctuaryucc.org/event/reel-conversations-the-piano-lesson/
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SUMMARY:Good Friday Faith and Film: "FLOW" (2024)
DESCRIPTION:🐾 What If Good Friday Had Fur\, Fins\, and Feathers? This Good Friday\, we’re diving deep into Flow—an Oscar-winning\, dialogue-free animated film where a solitary cat survives a flooded world\, forms unlikely friendships\, and faces a whale-sized fear. No halos or hymnals here—just a raw\, breathtaking journey that echoes the cross\, the tomb\, and the quiet hope of resurrection. Join us for an online Faith & Film discussion where we’ll explore what it means to trust again\, to build community in ruins\, and to meet God in the silence. \nWatch on your own. Come with your questions. Leave with something resurrected. \nFlow Viewer Guide \nFlow Participants_Guide \nFrom the Filmaker: A wondrous journey\, through realms natural and mystical\, Flow follows a courageous cat after his home is devastated by a great flood. Teaming up with a capybara\, a lemur\, a bird\, and a dog to navigate a boat in search of dry land\, they must rely on trust\, courage\, and wits to survive the perils of a newly aquatic planet. From the boundless imagination of the award-winning Gints Zilbalodis (Away) comes a thrilling animated spectacle as well as a profound meditation on the fragility of the environment and the spirit of friendship and community. Steeped in the soaring possibilities of visual storytelling\, Flow is a feast for the senses and a treasure for the heart. Watch the trailer \n\n\n\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nID: 83842047566\nPasscode: 517796\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n‪(US) +1 646-876-9923‬\nPasscode: 517796
URL:https://sanctuaryucc.org/event/faith-and-film-flow/
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SUMMARY:Faith and Film: Conclave
DESCRIPTION:An engrossing and thought-provoking spiritual and political thriller\, Conclave will challenge you to reflect on leadership\, discernment\, faith\, and the moral weight of power. The highly acclaimed 2024 film stars Ralph Fiennes\, Stanley Tucci\, John Lithgow\, Sergio Castellitto\, and Isabella Rossellini – locked in a secretive processof choosing the next pope—where every choice carries unseen consequences. \nWatch the film—on your own schedule and streaming service—then join us online for a compelling discussion on its themes of secrecy\, doubt\, justice\, grace\, and the hidden forces that shape leadership. \nDownload an optional “Faith and Film Viewing Guide”. \nFor more about the film: \n\nOfficial Trailer \nSpirituality and Practice Review\nRotten Tomatoes 93%\n\n────────── \nFor the Discussion ONLY – Join Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/82040308585?pwd=5FHUwGC8al6Sn22E7d5UjucgFanna9.1 \nMeeting ID: 820 4030 8585\nPasscode: 349295 \n──────────
URL:https://sanctuaryucc.org/event/faith-and-film-conclave/
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SUMMARY:Faith and Film: Exhibiting Forgiveness
DESCRIPTION:Exhibiting Forgiveness (95% Tomatometer)\n2024 Drama 1h 57m \nWe will screen and discuss the film onsite at Hillside Community Church\, 144 North Street\, Medford or you can watch at home and join the online discussion at 8:30 pm. \nAudience Says: Beautifully rendered by Titus Kaphar\, Exhibiting Forgiveness is a profound reflection on fractured relationships and the ways we heal. \n\nCritics Consensus: André Holland lays himself bare in a characteristically wonderful performance in this vivid portrait of a family coming to terms with the past. \nSummary:\nTarrell (Holland) is an admired American painter who lives with his wife\, singer Aisha (Day)\, and their young son\, Jermaine. Tarrell’s artwork excavates beauty from the anguish of his youth\, keeping past wounds at bay. His path to success is derailed by an unexpected visit from his estranged father\, La’Ron (Jelks)\, a conscience-stricken man desperate to reconcile.\nTarrell’s mother\, Joyce (Ellis-Taylor) a pious woman with a profound and joyful spirituality\, hopes that Tarrell can open his heart to forgiveness\, giving them all another chance at being a family. Tarrell and La’Ron learn that forgetting might be a greater challenge than forgiving in this raw and deeply moving film. (2 hours) \nWatch Trailer \nSee the Exhibiting Forgiveness Paintings/About the Installation \n────────── \nWendy Miller Olapade – 617.592.5853 is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/88414490885?pwd=q3XBCHdi8V3b5pdEV2JPOf2wgoe97l.1 \nMeeting ID: 884 1449 0885\nPasscode: 874002
URL:https://sanctuaryucc.org/event/faith-and-film-exhibiting-forgiveness/
LOCATION:Hillside Community Church\, 148 North St\, Medford\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts,Faith & Film
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SUMMARY:Faith & Film: The Holdovers
DESCRIPTION:Join the screening and discussion of this award-winning film.  We will order Pizza – you can bring something to share (wine\, beer\, soft drinks welcome)! \nIf you cannot join us in person for the screening (please watch the film @ home on Amazon Prime) join us online for the discussion at 7:15 pm. \nWe are partnering with certified babysitting Girl Scouts (and troop leaders) to provide a kid’s fun night so that parents can have a night out.  Kids will be downstairs\, while we watch and discuss upstairs!! Kids will get pizza too!  Registration for kids is required here. (Let us know if you need help with the child care suggested donation) \nFilm Summary: A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school remains on campus during Christmas break to babysit a handful of students with nowhere to go. He soon forms an unlikely bond with a brainy but damaged troublemaker\, and with the school’s head cook\, a woman who just lost a son in the Vietnam War. These three very different shipwrecked people form an unlikely Christmas family sharing comic misadventures during two very snowy weeks in New England. The real journey is how they help one another understand that they are not beholden to their past-they can choose their own futures.  97% Tomatometer – Watch the Trailer \nReviews: \n\nTHE HOLDOVERS IS the perfect Christmas movie if you don’t always spend the holidays conventionally. The film not only took home two Golden Globe awards for being one of the best films of 2023\, but also took home an Academy Award for Da’Vine Joy Randolph’s sterling Best Supporting Actress performance in the movie.\nIn a time when things often seem so hopeless\, when the same forces of inequality and military injustices plague our own world\, perhaps it’s this film’s realistic salve that makes it resonate so strongly.\nDespite the anxiety and even sadness its story exudes\, it’s a movie so in love with its characters\, and so steadfast in its humanist convictions\, that it reaches into your soul and melts even the most frozen of hearts.\n\nJoin Zoom Meeting \nMeeting ID: 813 1241 7179\nPasscode: 624046
URL:https://sanctuaryucc.org/event/faith-film-the-holdovers/
LOCATION:Hillside Community Church\, 144 North St\, Medford\, MA 02155\, USA\, https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81312417179?pwd=cl1T1AyFXb9LEF0yq8XFz2ppghupHj.1
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SUMMARY:Faith & Film: American Fiction
DESCRIPTION:Join the screening and discussion of this award-winning film.  We will order Pizza – you can bring something to share (wine\, beer\, soft drinks welcome)! \nIf you cannot join us in person for the screening (please watch the film @ home on Amazon Prime) join us online for the discussion at 7:15 pm. \nSummary: AMERICAN FICTION is Cord Jefferson’s hilarious directorial debut\, which confronts our culture’s obsession with reducing people to outrageous stereotypes. Jeffrey Wright stars as Monk\, a frustrated novelist who’s fed up with the establishment profiting from “Black” entertainment that relies on tired and offensive tropes. To prove his point\, Monk uses a pen name to write an outlandish “Black” book of his own\, a book that propels him to the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain. 93% Tomatometer – Watch the Trailer \nReviews: \n\nJeffrey Wright and American Fiction will forever be inextricable thanks to the actor’s committed approach to the pointedly humorous and insightful material.\nSmart\, funny\, and poignant\, American Fiction will make you laugh as often as it makes you think.\n\n──────────\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/84640019271?pwd=dv5dF5k3BTcbSui4EJibJnKhGRxsUw.1 \nMeeting ID: 846 4001 9271\nPasscode: 924454
URL:https://sanctuaryucc.org/event/faith-film-american-fiction/
LOCATION:Hillside Community Church\, 144 North St\, Medford\, MA 02155\, USA\, https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84640019271?pwd=dv5dF5k3BTcbSui4EJibJnKhGRxsUw.1
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SUMMARY:Family Faith & Film: Inside Out 2
DESCRIPTION:Summary: Joy\, Sadness\, Anger\, Fear and Disgust have been running a successful operation by all accounts. However\, when Teen Anxiety shows up\, they aren’t sure how to feel.  91% Tomatometer\nWatch the Trailer\n\nSchedule:\n2:30 – 4:30 Watch the film together\n4:30 – 5:45 Snacks and Crafts for Kids with adult supervision (provided by others!!)\n4:30 – 5:45 Wine and Cheese\, Faith and Film Discussion for Adults (please BYOB) \nPlease click here to let us know you are coming (so we can plan snacks and childcare) \nReviews: \n\nSpicing things up with the wrinkle of teenage angst\, Inside Out 2 clears the head and warms the heart by living up to its predecessor’s emotional intelligence.\nA funny adventure full of positive messages for the whole family\, this Pixar sequel hits you right in the feels.
URL:https://sanctuaryucc.org/event/family-faith-film-inside-out-2/
LOCATION:Hillside Community Church\, 148 North St\, Medford\, MA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240725T173000
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SUMMARY:Where Olive Trees Weep - Film Screening and Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Tickets are Free – RSVP/Registration Required Here. \nCohosted by Medford for Palestine & Sanctuary UCC – Screening is held at Medford Public Library. \n📍🕒 Doors will open at 5:30 PM\, with the screening starting promptly at 6:00 PM. A group discussion will follow after the screening. \nWhere Olive Trees Weep offers a searing window into the struggles and resilience of the Palestinian people under Israeli occupation. It explores themes of loss\, trauma\, and the quest for justice. \nWe follow\, among others\, Palestinian journalist and therapist Ashira Darwish\, grassroots activist Ahed Tamimi\, and Israeli journalist Amira Hass. We also witness Dr. Gabor Maté offer trauma-healing work to a group of women who were tortured in Israeli prisons. \nAncient landscapes bear deep scars\, having witnessed the brutal reality of ancestral land confiscation\, expulsions\, imprisonment\, home demolitions\, water deprivation\, and denial of basic human rights. Yet\, through the veil of oppression\, we catch a glimpse of resilience—deep roots that have carried the Palestinian people through decades of darkness and shattered lives. \nThis emotional journey bares the humanity of the oppressed while grappling with the question: What makes the oppressor so ruthlessly blind to its own cruelty? \nTickets are Free – RSVP/Registration Required Here. \nWhere Olive Trees Weep Website.
URL:https://sanctuaryucc.org/event/where-olive-trees-weep-film-screening-and-discussion/
LOCATION:Charlotte and William Bloomberg Medford Public Library\, 111 High St\, Medford\, MA\, United States
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SUMMARY:Faith & Film for PRIDE: Rustin
DESCRIPTION:PRIDE Month Faith and Film\nRustin (Sat. June 8\, 5-8:00p) \nBayard Rustin\, advisor to Martin Luther King Jr.\, dedicates his life to the quest for racial equality\, human rights\, non-violent protest\, and worldwide democracy. However\, as an openly gay Black man\, he is all but erased from the civil rights movement he helped build.  Colman Domingo is electrifying as the title character and was nominated for best actor. \nJoin the screening and discussion of this award-winning film.  We will order Pizza – you can bring something to share (wine\, beer\, soft drinks welcome)! \nIf you cannot join us in person for the screening (please watch the film @ home on Netflix) join us online for the discussion at 7 pm. \nOur Rustin Pride Month Faith and Film Discussion Guide! \nGet ready to join the discussion: \n\n7 things to know before seeing Rustin\nQueer History Lesson (Youtube Video 2.3 min)\nSee the Trailer and read why this film was chosen as one of S&P’s Best Spiritual Films for 2023.\nAbout the film Rustin on IMDB\nWatch Rustin on Netflix\n\n──────────\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/89390957429?pwd=PfaK0aztTaD5tF5oLNHIWoMFaqi84r.1 \nMeeting ID: 893 9095 7429\nPasscode: 511629\n—\nDial by your location\n• +1 305 224 1968 US\n• +1 309 205 3325 US\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kbGzttjZz6
URL:https://sanctuaryucc.org/event/faith-film-for-pride-rustin/
LOCATION:Hillside Community Church\, 144 North St\, Medford\, MA 02155\, USA
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SUMMARY:Faith and Film: "Minari"
DESCRIPTION:Minari: A Film by Lee Isaac Chung\nThis film has been chosen as part of the IAmMigration Arts and Inspiration Series. \nAbout this Film: A tender and sweeping story about what roots us\, Minari follows a Korean-American family that moves to a tiny Arkansas farm in search of their own American Dream. The family home changes completely with the arrival of their sly\, foul-mouthed\, but incredibly loving grandmother. Amidst the instability and challenges of this new life in the rugged Ozarks\, Minari shows the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home.2021 Film run time 115 min. \nRead a review from Spirituality and Practice\n98% on Rotten Tomatoes\nWatch the trailer (YouTube) (2 :12m) \nReviews:  \n\n“A staggering powerful  story of the American Dream”\n\n“A stunningly intimate family portrait universal in tenderness”\n“It will break your heart\, only to piece it back together stronger than before”\n\nParticipate in the Faith and Film Discussion Virtually: Watch the film;  at home (3.99 Prime\, Apple TV or Vudu) and join us on zoom (8:30-9:15 pm) for the discussion. Join Zoom Meeting; Meeting ID: 845 5408 2395 ; Passcode: 018052;  Rev. Wendy 617.592.5853 \nAbout Faith and Fim: BYOB. Bring your own beer\, wine\, or soda and experience the places where Pop culture meets our faith. We will watch a current film followed by a discussion about themes of morality\, faith\, and humanity led by local theologians and community leaders. \nThis Film Screening and Discussion are free – a suggested $10.00 donation is welcomed. \n────────── \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/84554082395?pwd=bDVjb3ZSVTJDWlIyOUViQjZVbUtMQT09 \nMeeting ID: 845 5408 2395\nPasscode: 018052
URL:https://sanctuaryucc.org/event/faith-and-film-minari/
LOCATION:Sanctuary United Church of Christ\, 458 High St\, Medford\, MA 02155\, USA (and Online below)
CATEGORIES:Arts,Faith & Film
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SUMMARY:The Swimmers (2022) | Faith and Film
DESCRIPTION:About this Film:  \nThe Swimmers is a Faith and Film selection chosen in association with Sanctuary’s 2023 IAmMigration Arts and Inspiration Series. \nA true story of two Syrian sisters who flee their war-torn home in Damascus and swim for hours in choppy Mediterranean seas to reach Greece as asylum seekers before going on to compete at the Rio Olympic Games on “The Refugee” team.  They use their swimming skills – along with kindness\, compassion\, and selflessness –  to help and inspire others.  Film run time 135 min. \nRead a review from Spirituality and Practice\n\nWatch the trailer (IMDB) (2:12m)\nReviews:  \n\nBeautiful\, heartbreaking\, and raw. This movie shows the real struggles refugees and asylum seekers experience all around the world\, but also the hope they hold on to; to survive\, to reunite\, to help others\, and to succeed.\n\nThis is the type of film that forces you to sit up and see things in perspective.\n…a harrowing journey as refugees\, putting both their hearts and champion swimming skills to heroic use.\n\nParticipate in the Faith and Film Discussion Virtually: Watch the film;  at home (Netflix) and join us on zoom (8:45-9:30 pm) for the discussion. Join Zoom Meeting; Meeting ID: 880 6045 4484; Passcode: 105451 – Rev. Wendy 617.592.5853 \nAbout Faith and Fim: BYOB. Bring your own beer\, wine or soda and experience the places where Pop culture meets our faith. We will watch a current film followed by a discussion about themes of morality\, faith\, and humanity led by local theologians and community leaders. \nThis Film Screening and Discussion are free – a suggested $10.00 donation is welcomed. \nSNOWDATE IS PLANNED: Saturday\, March 4 (5:30 – 9:00 pm)
URL:https://sanctuaryucc.org/event/the-swimmers-2022-faith-and-film/
LOCATION:Sanctuary United Church of Christ\, 458 High St\, Medford\, MA 02155\, USA
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SUMMARY:Faith and Film Family Style: Jingle Jangle
DESCRIPTION:Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (trailer)\n\nDecades after being betrayed by his apprentice\, a once joyful toy maker finds new hope when his bright young granddaughter arrives on his doorstep. 89% Tomatometer \nSchedule (this film runs 2 hours):\n2:30 – 4:30 Watch the film together\n4:30 – 5:45 Snacks and Crafts for Kids with adult supervision (provided by others!!)\n4:30 – 5:45 Wine and Cheese\, Faith and Film Discussion for Adults \nPlease click here to let us know you are coming (so we can plan snacks and childcare) \nReviews: \n\n… a vibrant homage to old-school musicals while managing to have timeless\, not outdated\, qualities …  mostly a sweet-natured tale of how love … can sustain families through the hardest times.\nFull of sparkles\, singing and lots and lots of beautiful plaid\, the John Legend-produced confection is – despite the aforementioned singing – not as cheesy as you might expect.\nA sprawling musical extravaganza whose candy-colored\, dandily overstuffed revelry spills over with joy and jubilance and every other happy J-word.
URL:https://sanctuaryucc.org/event/faith-and-film-family-style-jingle-jangle/
LOCATION:Hillside Community Church\, 148 North St\, Medford\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Faith & Film
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SUMMARY:Faith and Film - Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
DESCRIPTION:Mrs. Harris Goes to Parish\, Directed by Anthony Fabian\n\nAmerican artist\, Susan Watkins observed that “Clothing is our most intimate environment.”  We all get dressed\, but how often do we think about what our clothes say? \n\nThis screening and discussion of a “Delightful comedy about the many meanings of the clothes we choose to wear and what these choices say about our lives and values” will give us that opportunity. \n\nBring a snack or wine to share! \n~~~~~~~~~~~\nMore about the film from the Spirituality and Practice review: \n“Every day we make choices about what to wear. Our clothes communicate to the world information about our age\, sex\, and class. They reflect our mood\, personality\, origin\, occupation\, tastes\, and erotic yearnings. They indicate whether we are comfortable conforming to societal standards. Clothing creates community\, signaling that we belong to a particular group. In turn\, it can create borders and boundaries between people. \nTo change clothes can be an important way to change one’s way of being in the world. Clothing doesn’t just shape identity. It reveals our identity to the people we meet. We all get dressed\, but how often do we think about what our clothes say?
URL:https://sanctuaryucc.org/event/faith-and-film-mrs-harris-goes-to-paris/
LOCATION:Sanctuary United Church of Christ\, 458 High St\, Medford\, MA 02155\, USA
CATEGORIES:Faith & Film
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SUMMARY:Faith and Film Family Style: Encanto
DESCRIPTION:Faith and Fim – Family Style: Disney’s Encanto (Watch the trailer): An exuberant celebration of community and the myriad ways we can co-create home. (Awarded 2021 Spiritually Literate Film by Spirituality and Practice; read their review.)\n\nSchedule:\n2:30 – 4:30 Watch the film together\n4:30 – 5:30 Snacks and Crafts for Kids with adult supervision (provided by others!!)\n4:30 – 5:30 Wine and Cheese\, Faith and Film Discussion for Adults \nPlease click here to let us know you are coming (so we can plan snaks and childcare) \nOverview of the Story\n“Encanto” tells the tale of the Madrigals\, an extraordinary family who live in a wondrous\, charmed place called an Encanto. Each child has been blessed with a magic gift unique to them—each child except Mirabel. But when the family’s home is threatened\, Mirabel may be their only hope.\n\nSpiritual Themes in the Film: \n\nJUSTICE\nQUESTING\nYEARNING\n\nOther key themes in the film: CLASS\, COMMUNITY\, CULTURAL CRITICISM\, EMPATHY\, FAMILY\, HISTORY\, IMMIGRATION\, MAGIC\, MYTHOLOGY\, RELATIONSHIPS\, SELF-ESTEEM\n 
URL:https://sanctuaryucc.org/event/faith-and-film-family-style-encanto/
LOCATION:Hillside Community Church\, 148 North St\, Medford\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Faith & Film
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