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11/10/2019 This morning, we continued our month of focus on “Attention.” We UUs count among the Sources of our Living Tradition “Wisdom from the world’s religions which inspires us in our ethical and spiritual life.” As such, we are called to pay attention to the beliefs of others. To that end, this morning we enjoyed…

11/3/2019 This morning, Rev. Mike Adamek began our month of reflections on “Attention” with a message he described thus: “Ralph Waldo Emerson was a master at focusing our attention on what was worthy in a life well lived. We must celebrate the miracles in the mundane if we have ears to hear and eyes to…

11/3/2019 Apologies for lateness in giving this its own post… Our November Newsletter and Print Calendar are now ready. Paper copies are available at the Fellowship, and electronic copies are available to view or download:NewsletterCalendar

8/25/2019 Our September newsletter and print calendar are now ready to view or download:NewsletterCalendar

8/25/2019 This morning, we were joined by Doug Hill from First Unitarian Universalist Church of Springfield, Missouri.  Doug shared with us his philosophy of uncertainty.  Having emerged from decades in a fundamentalist cult to now identify as Agnostic, he pointed out that Agnosticism is not lazy shrugging or moral fence-sitting, but a principled commitment to truth…

8/18/2019 !This Sunday, Rev. Nancy TannerThies continued our month of reflections on “Invitation.”  What does it mean to make a deep invitation — to invite yourself, your whole self, and others into the moment?  Building on a reading about seeing a grizzly bear in the wild, Rev. Nancy pointed out that often we reduce our…

8/11/2019 This morning, Rev. Mike Adamek continued our month of exploring “Invitation.”  In his own words: I am speaking of invitation as an informal request not a command hidden as a request.  I am convinced that invitations happen all the time, yet they pass us by when we do not hear them as requests.  What…

8/4/2019 This Sunday, Alexis returned to begin our new month of reflections on “Invitation.”  Invitation, she said, is both a joy and a risk: every person, event, or idea that we invite in brings change to our lives.  Change means letting go of control, risking embarrassment and pain, but if we try to cling to…

6/30/2019 Our July newsletter and print calendar are ready!  Paper copies are available at the Fellowship in the wall box hear the coat rack.  Electronic copies are available to view or download:​NewsletterCalendar

6/30/2019 Our July newsletter and print calendar are ready!  Paper copies are available at the Fellowship in the wall box hear the coat rack.  Electronic copies are available to view or download:NewsletterCalendar This morning, our own Alexis wrapped up our month of reflection on Beauty and began introducing our theme for July: Resistance.  Citing Plato’s…