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
Grateful for all who brought their energy to the creation of our small religious community, we dedicate this year’s program to Otter Dreaming, as we honor the many gifts he has so graciously shared with us over the years. Come and join us as we “Dance with Dreaming,” telling the story, recounting our blessings. The … Continue reading Let it Be a Dance: A Founders’ Day Celebration
Location: Lingonberry This is our annual ancestor remembrance service, Download Bulletin LIVESTREAMED VIA ZOOM: See Zoom Details for Sunday Services Share-the-Plate – Our plate recipient for September-October is Meskwaki Language Preservation project. To donate to the plate recipient, you can Give Online. Or, if sending a check, please note “Share the Plate” in the memo line. Donations may be … Continue reading Touching the Roots of Our Ancestors
Location: Lingonberry As we enter this fall season of change, we, too, often stumble into our own transformation. How do we deal with the impermanence that autumn places in front of us? Join us as we look at how we may embrace change, rather than fear it. Download Bulletin LIVESTREAMED VIA ZOOM: See Zoom Details for … Continue reading Change is Always on the Way
Location: Twin Springs Park Whether you have traveled to favorite vacation or family places or stayed closer to home this summer, please bring some water to add to our common bowl and share a memory of your summer. We always look forward to beginning another year of fellowship and spending time in this very beautiful … Continue reading Ingathering & Water Ceremony
Honoring our ancestors on Day of the Dead. Service is via Zoom only. Service Leader: Sue Otte Download Bulletin LIVESTREAMED VIA ZOOM: See Zoom Details for Sunday Services Share-the-Plate – Our plate recipient for September-October is the Decorah Free Clinic. To donate to the plate recipient, you can Give Online. Or, if sending a check, please note … Continue reading Day of the Dead Service
Rescheduling from September 12! We will be coming together once again at Twin Springs Park for our Ingathering Service. Whether you have traveled to favorite vacation or family places or stayed closer to home this summer, please bring some water to add to our common bowl and share a memory of your summer. We always … Continue reading Ingathering at Twin Springs
Health writer Jane Brody began a recent column saying, “Many, perhaps most, of us have spent this past year struggling to find ways to mourn the losses, weather the stresses and revive the pleasures stolen by the Covid-19 Pandemic.” After Sue shares a reflection from her year, she invites you to offer yours. How has … Continue reading Loss, Stress, and Stolen Pleasure: Reflections on a Pandemic Year,
With roots in the Judaeo/Christian tradition, UUs observe Sundays as a day of gathering, along with many other faith traditions. What does Sunday mean to us today, and how has it changed over the years? As Sue shares some history and personal reflections, she invites your perspectives as well. Download Bulletin Karen Esterl, service support. … Continue reading Rules, Rituals, and Restoration: the Story of Sunday
We will have our annual Service of Remembrance, honoring our ancestors and others who no longer walk this earth in their physical presence. I regret that I can not share an altar with you this year, but I hope you will take part in our virtual service. You are invited to send me any photos … Continue reading Welcoming Our Ghosts: A Service of Remembrance
