Unitarian Congregation of Taos has a new co-minister
The Unitarian Congregation of Taos has announced that the Rev. Munro Sickafoose has joined the Rev. Gary Kowalski as co-minister of the congregation.
“We are very fortunate in this little outpost of Unitarian Universalism to have two such fine ministers,” said Barbara Scott, president of the Unitarian Congregation of Taos board of trustees.
Sickafoose gave his first sermon in the new role Feb. 5. The topic was “Active Hope, Sacred Anger and Radical Joy.” He used the work of Joanna Macy to explore ways to marshal energy, talents and skills for the betterment of our world, Scott said.
"We start by acknowledging our feelings of despair over the last few weeks," said Sickafoose. "Then we ground ourselves in gratitude — gratitude for being alive in this beautiful world, in this incredible time and place filled with miracles and life and love. A world we owe our lives to, a world we want to save because we love it.”
Sickafoose earned a master’s degree in divinity in 2013 from Starr King School for the Ministry in Berkeley, California. He was ordained in April 2016 at the Santa Fe Unitarian Universalist. He is a community minister serving Taos, Santa Fe and surrounding areas. His ministry focuses on "healing the human relationship with the earth and preparing our communities for the many serious challenges we face in the decades ahead" a news release said.
Sickafoose has been involved with the indigenous spiritual path known as the "Red Road" for many years. He trained as a wilderness rites-of-passage guide at the School of Lost Borders and has been leading groups and individuals in the wild since 1996. He trained at the Ojai Foundation as a facilitator in the "Way of Council" and has spent hundreds of hours in talking circles with people from all walks of life.
The Unitarian Congregation holds services on the first, third and fifth Sundays of the month — and sharing circles on a variety of spiritual subjects on the second and fourth Sundays at the Bent Lodge of the Masons, located at 224 Camino de Santiago, at the intersection with Gusdorf Road. For more information and to read Sickafoose's full sermon, go to uutaos.org.
