Intern Minister Ali K.C. Bell is a Black, Genderqueer candidate for Unitarian Universalist ministry. Xe is the Ministerial Intern at Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair in Montclair, NJ. and the Senior Learning Fellow at the Church of the Larger Fellowship. Ali is a seminarian at Meadville Lombard Theological School in the Master of Divinity program. Xe found Unitarian Universalism in xer teens and has been a Unitarian Universalist for over twenty years.
Ali answered xer call to ministry after an extensive career in Social Work. Xe earned xer Master of Social Work and devoted xer social work career to working with diversely in-need populations. Xe excelled in program and facility management and grant writing and management. Xe also has enjoyed extensive success in community outreach and the development of community relationships and assets for the benefit of programs and clients in xer care.
Xer foundational tenet of faith is xer belief that we are covenanted to be connected for the betterment of us all.
Sermons
Our Work Together and Apart
June 13, 2021Our own Black Lives of Unitarian Univeralism (BLUU) & Allies for Racial Equity (ARE) will share this worship service. With story and play we will explore the ways we can work together and apart to build the Beloved Community. We will also celebrate our community's leaders - those stepping down, and those stepping into leadership, as we prepare for our congregation's life after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Salt and Pepper Soup
May 30, 2021There are many ways in which we think about who is hungry in our community. The faces of hunger are all around us. How do we make sure that our community is fed?
Be Strong and Let Your Heart Take Courage
March 28, 2021Palm Sunday Service
What Would Egbert Ethelred Brown Do?
February 28, 2021Egbert Ethelred Brown was the first Black Unitarian Minister. This service will explore how Egbert Ethelred Brown sought to build Beloved community.
Transcendent
January 31, 2021There are many ways of being in the world. How have you moved beyond the norms of what people have decided you should be?
Light Follows Darkness
December 20, 2020
All Will Be Well
November 29, 2020
It Takes a Village
November 8, 2020It takes a village to change a faith. Each of us is an integral part of our village. How will we work together to build a village in which everyone can live.
Children Will Listen
October 25, 2020Explore the importance of what we say, what we remain silent about, and the impact that it has on our children.
