Location: Lingonberry Climate change is overwhelming; most folks prefer to ignore it rather than engage with all the bad news! But there are so many small, beautiful, life-giving steps we can take to reduce anxiety and reorient ourselves as nature lovers and climate warriors. This service, a week after Earth Day, we will take a … Continue reading Saving the Planet with your Fork!
Location: Lingonberry This month our congregation is observing the theme of courage. As exploration of that theme, we will use materials from the Unitarian Universalist Association’s Tapestry of Faith workshop “Taking Politics Public.” In 1967 Arlington Street Church held a public, interfaith worship service, during which over 300 draft cards were collected, in direct violation … Continue reading Taking Politics Public
Location: Lingonberry Readings, an extended land acknowledgement, and stories for the next generation impart wisdom and essential teachings for humanity’s shared future. Anne will read “We are the Water Protectors” children’s story. Service Leader: Carolyn Corbin Download Bulletin LIVESTREAMED VIA ZOOM: See Zoom Details for Sunday Services Please note that masks are not required at … Continue reading Indigenous Teachings for our Time
Location: Lingonberry The future is not something that’s just going to happen to us, but rather something that we are going to actually create. A sustainable future is up to us. Short video followed by discussion. Awakening the Dreamer is a workshop shared by Iowa UU Witness and Advocacy Network (IAUUWAN) through the Pachamama Alliance. … Continue reading Awakening the Dreamer – Protecting the Source, Inspiring the Future
Location: Lingonberry Grief is a journey, and vehicle we ride has a speedometer no one can control. This talk will be part memoir, part philosophical wondering, part sympathy and grace for whoever has riden the Grief Train. Service Leader: Carolyn Corbin LIVESTREAMED VIA ZOOM: See Zoom Details for Sunday Services Please note that masks are … Continue reading The Grief Train
Location: Lingonberry Abigail Adams, Julia Ward Howe, Frances Watkins Harper, Clara Barton, Florence Nightingale, and Lydia Maria Child: all Unitarian and/or Universalist women! Let’s celebrate them with a short play reading, and honor other women during this service in celebration of Women’s History Month. Decorah UU member Anne Glenn-White has shared the following children’s books … Continue reading Celebrating Women’s Herstory Month
Location: Lingonberry “Listening is the oldest and perhaps the most powerful tool of healing. It is often through the quality of our listening and not the wisdom of our words that we are able to effect the most profound changes in the people around us. When we listen, we offer with our attention an opportunity … Continue reading Accessing Spirituality
Location: Lingonberry Luther College professor of religion Wanda Deifelt will discuss “Colonialism and Decoloniality.” Colonialism has left a long shadow over the Latin American continent. Exploitation of natural resources, enslavement of people, and the elimination of indigenous populations are among its painful consequences. Colonialism refers not only to economic disparities and ecological threats but also … Continue reading Colonialism and Decoloniality
Location: Lingonberry Min San Thu will reflect on the spiritual practice of hospitality in his Buddhist faith. followed by coffee/social. *Special ‘Bring a friend to UU’ service* LIVESTREAMED VIA ZOOM: See Zoom Details for Sunday Services Please note that masks are not required at this time. Share-the-Plate – Our plate recipient for March/April is Oneota Film … Continue reading The Spiritual Practice of Hospitality
Location: Lingonberry A service about Fannie Lou Hamer led by Carolyn Corbin. Download Bulletin LIVESTREAMED VIA ZOOM: See Zoom Details for Sunday Services Please note that masks are not required at this time. Share-the-Plate – Our plate recipient for January/February is the Senior Citizens Hospitality Center which is undertaking a remodeling project. To donate to the … Continue reading Fannie Lou Hamer, a Voice of Resistance
