Celebrate Christmas with the GUUF community in a service of carols and storytelling for the whole family. Our gathering will end with a candlelight chorus of “Silent Night” under the stars (weather permitting). We hope you will join us for one of the most poignant and joyful services of the year.
Grieving lost loved ones, pressure to live up to expectations, and a host of other stressors may be leaving us lacking in “holiday cheer” this year. Let’s recognize and embrace the sadder side of the season and learn that it’s natural to feel blue during the holidays. Together we can share our holiday sorrows, supporting … Continue reading Blue Christmas
As we continue to explore the monthly theme of gratitude, let’s look at the practice through a particular UU lens. What do historical and modern UU theologians, philosophers and thinkers such as Henry David Thoreau and Robert Fulghum have to say about the importance of gratitude in our lives?
It’s been said that nurturing gratitude requires shifting our attention from waiting for life’s spectacular moments to recognizing the abundance already woven through ordinary days. One way to find the abundance in the ordinary is to practice mindfulness. Join us to learn about and contemplate the intersections of gratitude, mindfulness and ordinary moments.
Learn about the accomplishments and struggles of a courageous group of women Unitarian ministers in the late 1800s. Not welcome to serve congregations in the Eastern U.S., these ministers built and served congregations on the Western frontier. As Unitarianism expanded west with the nation, so did the interest in religious freedom, causing a controversy regarding … Continue reading The Iowa Sisterhood & Unitarianism in the late 1800s
What can the life of Mohandas Gandhi tell us about the interconnection between compassion and non-violence? Find out how Gandhi took the religious principle of ahimsa (doing no harm) and turned it into a non-violent tool for mass action. What does the practice of compassionate non-violence mean for us today?
