Exploring The Sacred | Spirituality vs. Religion

Join us on July 20th | Spirituality vs. Religion

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Chaplain Kenneth Hughes
Kenneth Hughes is Sr. Pastor of St. Mark Baptist Church in San Francisco. He’s also Staff Chaplain at Kaiser Permanente Hospital South Sacramento and Roseville. In addition, Chaplain Hughes is a Sworn Police Chaplain for the San Francisco Police Department and a Hospice Chaplain for Aseracare Hospice. Chaplain Hughes is a musician (guitarist) and has been on several recordings. He hails from Chicago, Alabama, and Yountville, California. Chaplain Hughes believes “it’s not about religion, but about relationship”.  He’s committed to providing spiritual and emotional support to not only patients but anyone in need. He believes no matter how bad the storm may be; you will come out. He’s committed to providing compassionate listening and encouragement to anyone in need.

Minister Sangye Hawke
Berkeley in Linguistics and completed a Master of  Divinity in December of 2020 from Starr King School for the Ministry in Oakland. Married for forty years, she is the mother of two adult daughters and continues her twenty-six-year-long practice with Karma Kagyu Buddhism. In April 2021, Sangye was welcomed into Pre-Fellowship by Unitarian Universalist Association’s Ministerial Fellowship Committee and will be ordained in Late August. Sangye is an active member in both the Native (Indigenous) and Asian Pacific Islander Caucuses of the Diverse & Revolutionary Unitarian Universalist Multicultural Ministries (DRUUMM) chapter of the UUA. Sangye is also a member of the UU Religious Professionals of Color, Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association-BIPOC Chapter, and co-host of “Mindful Meditation Moments”, a weekly Jewish/Buddhist meditation course in Davis with Rabbi Seth Castleman, a student of Jack Kornfield. She will begin as a chaplain resident at UC Davis Medical Center in September and is a member of the Unitarian Universalist Society of Sacramento.

Charles Niba
Charles Niba is a Member of the Bahai faith since 1994, a social worker by profession in child welfare in Sacramento, and a scholar in Psychotherapy.

Reverend Jacqueline Sneed
Rev. Jacquelyn Sneed is an ordained interfaith minister through the Chaplaincy Institute, an Interfaith Community in Berkeley, CA, and an active member of Bethany Presbyterian Church. Her interfaith perspective informs her spiritual life and her work as a member of the Spiritual Care team at Kaiser South Sacramento. She sees the religious practice as grounded in history, culture, and language. It points the way to the eternal, creative source of all that is. She defines spirituality as developing direct knowledge and relationship with this eternal source of all that is. Rev. Sneed practices Buddhist and Hindu meditation, has attended Bahai classes and supports the social justice initiatives of the Presbyterian Church USA. 

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