Location: Phelps Park Shelter #1 Why do we read what we do? What did we read as children? There will be time to share your thoughts and favorite books. Bring title, author, and synopsis of how your favorite books have influenced you as a UUer Share-the-Plate – Our plate recipient for July/August is “Toys Go … Continue reading Books that Influence Us
Location: Phelp’s Park Shelter #1 Although summer is the time we often associate with leisure and vacation from our regular routines, we can easily get caught up in the busyness life always seems to offer. Every wisdom tradition tells us that what we need is right here. Let’s explore song and poetry that helps us … Continue reading Embracing the wasted day: Song and Poetry for Summer
Join us for an outdoor service at Phelps Park and hear Ellen Macdonald’s Member Story. (We will use the regular Zoom link to stream the service for those unable to attend physically.) Share-the-Plate – Our plate recipient for May-June is Horse & Soul Ranch. To donate to the plate recipient, you can Give Online. Or, if … Continue reading Member Story: Ellen Macdonald
Keeping with our monthly theme of Unity and Diversity, we hope you’ll give some thought to how the books you read allow you to explore and understand the world and the people in it.
with Ellen Macdonald, service leader, Beth Wahlberg, greeter
Gratitude – The Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address with Decorah UU member Ellen Macdonald Many Native American tribes use some variation of this address. Congregation members will read the sections which express gratitude to the Earth, Waters, Plants and more. Based on a chapter of Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimmerer. Annastacia Cowles, greeter
