Location: The Lingonberry The Meskwaki Language Preservation project is reaching out (through friends of Shelley Buffalo) as a reparations effort to build relations and contribute to the Meskwaki Preservation in a meaningful and specific way. Service Leaders: Sue Otte, Beth Wahlberg, Carol Hagen, Julie Fischer All are welcome to join us at Sunday Fellowship either … Continue reading The Meskwaki Language Preservation Program
Location: The Lingonberry Eric (Min San Thu) is an international student who recently graduated from Luther College. He wrote about being singled out and harassed as a person of color in the Luther College Chips. Eric will share his experience of feeling welcomed and not so much welcomed in Decorah. Service Leader: Carolyn Corbin All … Continue reading Seeing Decorah From the Eyes of Someone New
Location: Phelps Park, Shelter #1 Join us for our periodic service celebrating and discussing the old question “what have you been reading lately?” Service Leaders: Ellen Macdonald and Sue Otte. All are welcome to join us at Sunday Fellowship either in-person (usually at the Lingonberry but the service description will note if it is elsewhere) … Continue reading Books!
Decorah UU will NOT hold a service on June 26. Instead, everyone is being encouraged to remotely join the largest annual UU worship experience, available online via https://www.uua.org/ga/off-site/2022, streaming at 11:30 a.m. Central. The Rev. Gretchen Haley, Senior Minister of the Foothills Unitarian Universalist Church in Fort Collins, CO, will lead the service, which has … Continue reading No Service: Please Attend UUA General Assembly Online
Location: The Lingonberry Our congregation will observe Juneteenth with a public reading of Luther college professor Guy Nave’s “What Is Juneteenth?” which concludes, “Juneteenth celebrates the fact that black lives matter and that no human beings should be subjected to systemic and structural oppression and violence. Juneteenth is a day that ALL freedom-loving Americans should … Continue reading Honoring Juneteenth
June is National Immigrant Heritage Month. President Biden’s recent proclamation called upon “the people of the United States to learn more about the history of our Nation’s diverse and varied immigrant communities and to observe this month with appropriate programming and activities that remind us of the values of diversity, equity, and inclusion.” In honor … Continue reading #CelebrateImmigrants
NOTE: This service has been moved indoors to the Lingonberry Our monthly theme for June is grace. As an issue of the Touchstones Journal observes, “Grace is not a common term in Unitarian Universalist religious language given its traditional relationship to the divine, as a gift from God.” Is grace a relevant term for you? … Continue reading Stumbling over Grace
Join us at the Will Baker Park shelter for a short service followed by a potluck. Please bring something to share, serving utensils if needed, your beverage of choice and your own plate and silverware. There are some picnic tables but hopefully some folks will also bring lawn chairs. Will Baker Park is located on … Continue reading Memorial Day Potluck
Join us for the last of three parts on moving beyond land acknowledgements. Download Bulletin All are welcome to join us at Sunday Fellowship either in-person at the Lingonberry or remotely via Zoom. We have transitioned back to an every-Sunday service. LIVESTREAMED VIA ZOOM: See Zoom Details for Sunday Services Decorah UU Covid Precautions for … Continue reading Beyond Land Acknowledgement Part 3
In honor of International Nurses Day (May 12), Decorah UU will listen to the experiences of nurses from our congregation and the wider community. The 2022 theme of International Nurses Day is “Nurses: A Voice to Lead–Invest in nursing and respect rights to secure global health.” How can we ensure that nurses get the education … Continue reading Invest in Nursing and Respect Rights to Secure Global Health
