Vietnamese Buddhist monk, peace activist, teacher, and author Thich Nhat Hanh wrote, “Most people are afraid of suffering. But suffering is a kind of mud to help the lotus flower of happiness grow.” What is the mud of your life? Of our collective lives as a community and nation? How might we encourage happiness to manifest in difficult times?
SPEAKER
Rev. Terry Davis
Rev Terry is the part-time minister of UU Fellowship of Hendersonville.
She found Unitarian Universalism and her spiritual home at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta, where she was a 20-year member. In her ministry, she has served as the neo-natal intensive care unit chaplain at Emory University Midtown Hospital in Atlanta; as the pastoral care minister at Eliot Chapel, a 600-member Unitarian Universalist congregation in St. Louis, Missouri; and as the solo minister at Northwest Unitarian Universalist Congregation, a 250-member faith community in suburban Atlanta.
Terry and her spouse Gail Hyde moved to Asheville in 2019 after Gail’s retirement as CIO of Habitat for Humanity International. During the early years of the pandemic, Terry completed an intensive two-year spiritual director certification program with the Haden Institute, an international and ecumenical program grounded in Jungian psycho-spiritual teachings.
She has a private spiritual direction and short-term counseling practice in Asheville.
And, for fun and as food for her soul, on Saturdays, Rev. Davis serves as a “Craggy Rover” (volunteer park ranger) on a 5,892-foot peak high above the Blue Ridge Parkway for the National Park Service.
MUSICIAN
Anita Roberston, Piano
Anita is an accomplished accompanist and solo pianist. She was an elementary school music teacher for many years and currently teaches at a local music studio. Anita has advanced degrees in music, as well as a master of divinity degree.
The UUFH Choir
The UUFH Choir is a wonderful group of people who enjoy and appreciate the opportunity to share the beauty and spirituality of music with our congregation. If you like to sing with others, you are invited to join the choir!