Sunday morning, we wrapped up our month of reflections on Interdependence with a message from our wider UU community via video: "Interdependent is not Co-Dependent" by Rev. Gail Lindsay Marriner at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Santa Fe, New Mexico. The message is available to view online:
Outside our own services, the UUA offers these words on coming together in interdependence with each other, the past, the future, and the mystery of creation, by John Daniel:
A Prayer among Friends
Among other wonders of our lives, we are alive
with one another, we live here
in the light of this unlikely world
that isn’t ours for long.
May we spend generously
the time we are given.
May we enact our responsibilities
as thoroughly as we enjoy
our pleasures. May we see with clarity,
may we seek a vision
that serves all beings, may we honor
the mystery surpassing our sight,
and may we hold in our hands
the gift of good work
and bear it forth whole, as we
were borne forth by a power we praise
to this one Earth, this homeland of all we love.
WorshipWeb is grateful to Mr. Daniel for granting permission to publish this poem, which appears in his book Of Earth: New and Selected Poems, published by Lost Horse Press.
Copyright 2018 John Daniel
A Prayer among Friends
Among other wonders of our lives, we are alive
with one another, we live here
in the light of this unlikely world
that isn’t ours for long.
May we spend generously
the time we are given.
May we enact our responsibilities
as thoroughly as we enjoy
our pleasures. May we see with clarity,
may we seek a vision
that serves all beings, may we honor
the mystery surpassing our sight,
and may we hold in our hands
the gift of good work
and bear it forth whole, as we
were borne forth by a power we praise
to this one Earth, this homeland of all we love.
WorshipWeb is grateful to Mr. Daniel for granting permission to publish this poem, which appears in his book Of Earth: New and Selected Poems, published by Lost Horse Press.
Copyright 2018 John Daniel
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This Thursday, May 2nd at 7 pm, we are invited to join our neighbors at First UU of Springfield for their monthly “Date with Death Club” via Zoom. These are standalone sessions exploring our shared mortality. More information about the program can be found at https://datewithdeathclub.com. Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87033373838
An independent Insight Meditation group taught by Joe McCormack meets at our building Thursday nights at 7 pm. For more information, contact Bob Antweiler.
And we are now only three weeks away from our Annual Business Meeting, coming Sunday, May 19th. Voting members, please plan to attend. For the meeting agenda and more information, contact our board.
Our building is reserved by community groups Wednesdays and Saturdays starting at 6 pm and Tuesdays and Thursdays starting at 5:30 pm. If you have access to our building, please allow privacy at these times.
Community Events this week:
This Friday, May 3rd, at 7 pm in their Art Gallery, Missouri River Regional Library presents their monthly First Friday Film: "The Way." Martin Sheen stars in this thoughtful film about a California doctor who travels to Spain to recover the body of his estranged son, who died while walking the thousand-year-old Camino de Santiago pilgrimage trail. He decides to walk the trail himself in an effort to deal with his own grief and to better understand his son. The film was directed by Sheen's son, Emilio Estevez. Contact Madeline Matson. For more library events, visit MRRL.org.
For more events, see our online calendars:
UUFJC EventsVirtual Gatherings
Affiliated Events
Religious Education
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Community Events
And remember all our ways to stay in touch! You can visit our website at uufjc.org. You can also join our open-posting "UUFJC Cafe" Google Group to chat with other members and friends via e-mail and receive additional announcements and reminders (contact the Administrator at [email protected] to join).
This Thursday, May 2nd at 7 pm, we are invited to join our neighbors at First UU of Springfield for their monthly “Date with Death Club” via Zoom. These are standalone sessions exploring our shared mortality. More information about the program can be found at https://datewithdeathclub.com. Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87033373838
An independent Insight Meditation group taught by Joe McCormack meets at our building Thursday nights at 7 pm. For more information, contact Bob Antweiler.
And we are now only three weeks away from our Annual Business Meeting, coming Sunday, May 19th. Voting members, please plan to attend. For the meeting agenda and more information, contact our board.
Our building is reserved by community groups Wednesdays and Saturdays starting at 6 pm and Tuesdays and Thursdays starting at 5:30 pm. If you have access to our building, please allow privacy at these times.
Community Events this week:
This Friday, May 3rd, at 7 pm in their Art Gallery, Missouri River Regional Library presents their monthly First Friday Film: "The Way." Martin Sheen stars in this thoughtful film about a California doctor who travels to Spain to recover the body of his estranged son, who died while walking the thousand-year-old Camino de Santiago pilgrimage trail. He decides to walk the trail himself in an effort to deal with his own grief and to better understand his son. The film was directed by Sheen's son, Emilio Estevez. Contact Madeline Matson. For more library events, visit MRRL.org.
For more events, see our online calendars:
UUFJC EventsVirtual Gatherings
Affiliated Events
Religious Education
Building Use (other)
Community Events
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