Love Illuminated music worship service set at UUSD June 5

Love Illuminated  is the theme for UUSD’s music worship service at 10 a.m., Sunday, June 5.The public is invited. This special service will be filled with insight, laughter, smiles, and song. UUSD Music Director Dr. Marcelle Schiff and the UUSD choir will be joined by New York Times best-selling author Dr. Emily Nagoski and Dr. Amelia Nagoski, assistant professor and choral director at Western New England University.

Love Illuminated, which was written and developed by the Nagoskis, offers insight into types of relationship dynamics, each illuminated by a song from a musical. Members of Ayre Craft, the local auditioned community ensemble, will also perform with the UUSD choir.

Emily Nagoski is the New York Times best-selling author of “Come As You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life.” She is a sought-after speaker on the subjects of love relationships and sexuality, and has been a sex educator for 20 years.

She has appeared on MSNBC, NPR and gave a TEDx Talk now on YouTube. She recently returned from England where she was interviewed on the BBC Women’s Hour and spoke at Leeds Beckett University and to sold-out crowds at the Women of the World Festival.

Amelia Nagoski holds doctoral and master's degrees in conducting, with minors in vocal performance and music history. An active clinician, adjudicator and certified Tai Chi practice leader, she has presented research and workshops at state, regional and national conferences of music educators on the subject of music-making as embodied cognition.

She is widely published in professional journals, has published numerous music editions, and was a contributing author in many of James Jordan’s landmark choral texts.

The Unitarian Universalists of Southern Delaware are a vibrant and welcoming progressive spiritual community with a faith rooted in love and justice. UUSD is dedicated to nurturing spiritual growth, embracing diversity, working for justice and striving for a loving world.

UUSD services are held at 10 a.m. Sundays at 30486 Lewes-Georgetown Highway, Route 9, Lewes. For more information, go to www.uussd.org or email msnagoski@gmail.com.