Join us as we explore the importance, and challenges, of discussion our plans for end of life. In the town of LaCrosse, Wisconsin, community leaders made it their goal to inspire and support the whole community to have early conversations about end of life issues. Join Diane Wright and Service Leader, Susan Thrasher, as we … Continue reading Sunday Service: Learning from LaCrosse, Wisconsin:Building Our Vocabulary for Discussions of End of Life

Carla Blackmar-Rice joins us to help us consider whether eco-friendly lifestyle choices are a distraction from the large-scale systems changes we need in order to sustain human life on earth and how we should use our time and energy in the face of climate and ecological breakdown.  Too often we are immobilized by the immensity … Continue reading Sunday Service: Taking Acton for a Livable Future

At its Nashville premier, Ken Burns described his new documentary as an eight-year “labor of love” drawing on more than 100,000 photographs, 3,000 movies, 1,000 home movies, and 300 hours of recorded music. It could only have been done, he said, by already having made all his previous films about American experience. Country Music offers … Continue reading Sunday Service: A Guide to Ken Burns’ Country Music for Unitarian Universalists

September 8-  Today we use the term Luddite to refer to a person who is not just lacking in technological savvy, but one who actively opposes progress.But who were these folks who were the original Luddites, and does our modern definition do them proper justice?  And what lesson can we learn from their example? Russ … Continue reading Sunday Service: Luddites, Literacy, And the Power To Control One’s Own Story.

Almost everyone knows Lily Tomlin’s face and voice through the hundreds of characters she has played in movies and television for decades.  On her birthday, join Diane Wright as we explore the themes of Lily Tomlin’s life, and look at the ways they illustrate some universal truths.  Service Leader:  Linda Amspaugh.

All over the country UU communities celebrate some version of this ingathering ceremony which inaugurates the start of our new church season. Bring rocks or water from your travels and come prepared to share and reflect about your adventures, your learning experiences, and/or your summer fun. Don’t worry if you forgot to collect elements from … Continue reading Sunday service- Rock and Water-

In the spring, we heard from four members who were lifelong UUs.  Now four of us who found Unitarian Universalism as adults will share why we made the decision to become members.  As you might expect, our stories are as unique as each of us.  Service Leader: Linda Amspaugh.  Monthly Potluck to Follow Service.

August 11 is celebrated as “Mountain Day” in Japan. The legislation states that the holiday, which began in 2016, is meant to provide “opportunities to get familiar with mountains and appreciate blessings from mountains.”  Join Diane Wright as we consider mountains, both real and symbolic, and think about how we can help each other during … Continue reading Sunday Service: It’s Not How You Climb the Mountain; It’s How You Handle the Pebble in Your Shoe.

Service Leader:  Linda Amspaugh. Children’s Activity will be playing outside.  Dress appropriately.

Gather at lake to organize the boats Connecting to the lake through poetry. Bring poems on lakes and water! Picnic side dish, we’ll supply the fried chicken RSVP especially for car pooling Dress for weather!!