Drawing on Faith, Living out Hope, Building Communities of Justice

Sunday, April 27, 2025, 10:30 a.m.

Rev. Mitra Jafarzadeh and Rabbi Jonathan Cohen lead this service.

Join Rev. Mitra and Rabbi Jonathan to explore how we stay rooted in our own faith and respectful of the faith of our ancestors even as hope calls us into a new day. 

Nurturing communities of justice is vitally important in this chaotic era. Building on these three things, faith, hope, and justice is a special skill of HUUC and we look forward to exploring potential futures together. 

Rev. Mitra Jafarzedeh, now retired from the UU ministry, focuses on using her skills in pastoring and coaching to help individuals and groups live with integrity and grace. Her company, Direct Light Consultation, uses individual coaching, group facilitation, and public speaking / teaching to help people move from good to better.

Rabbi Jonathan Cohen is an Israeli born scholar and rabbi who served as faculty member, director of an academic center, campus dean, and senior rabbi. Jonathan has been a board member of arts, social service, and denominational as well as interfaith organizations. He brings extensive experience in teaching and mentoring, coaching, organizational consulting, governance support, fundraising and budgeting, human resources, project management, and community building and organizing.

Together Rev. Mitra and Rabbi Jonathan are providing consulting services to HUUC with its ministerial transition. See the announcements for further details.

Image source: created by B.L. Barnes