DECEMBER 2017 – “HOPE” This is Advent – “a time of anticipation and waiting, of allowing oneself to be in a state of preparation to receive hope.” Rev. Christina Shu I have learned in my many years how to let go of the anxiety, frustration, and exhaustion that comes from a focus on one day… Read More »
Religious Education
November 2017 – “Abundance”
November 2017 – “Abundance” “For me, the opposite of scarcity is not abundance. It’s enough. I’m enough. My kids are enough. You’re enough.” Brené Brown Noticing the abundance around us is clearly the work we are called to do. But one wonders if that’s enough. It all depends on what you do after the noticing… Read More »
October 2017 – “Courage”
“All around you, people will be tiptoeing through life, just to arrive at death safely. But dear children, do not tiptoe. Run, hop, skip, or dance, just don’t tiptoe.” – Shane Claiborne How do we help our children to live a just, honorable, and courageous life? I believe we do this as a community by… Read More »
September – Welcome…Home
Come, come, whoever you are – you are welcome here! No matter your age, your size, the color of your eyes, your hair, your skin—you are welcome here! No matter how you came here, if you came alone, or with others— you are welcome here! No matter whom you love, or how you speak, or… Read More »
JUNE – JOY
“When we feel joy, we don’t simply feel delight in one tiny piece of the world; we feel welcomed back in – connected once again to the whole.” Susan Arnold Joy can be found by opening oneself up to all that surrounds us. For years, I have had a ritual I call my “day-maker”,… Read More »
EMBODIMENT
SPRING! The hills and meadows are alive, vibrant with colors rivaling autumn’s robust, saturated display, summer’s verdant lushness. Promising buds and blossoms bloom in subtle shades of green maize yellow violet pink chartreuse lavender terra cotta coral magenta as if a pointillist had adorned each… Read More »
APRIL – Transformation
This is certainly a month of transformative experiences and events – in nature, in the Jewish and Christian stories, in ourselves. It seems self-evident that themes of growth, rebirth, and change would predominate in the northern hemisphere in spring. We had an old, knarly birch tree in our backyard. Slowly it withered away and died.… Read More »
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION – March
MARCH – RISK I came across an essay by Tim Berners-Lee (a UU and “father of the WWW”) about the connection between UUism and the World Wide Web, portions of which are excerpted here. “Like many people, I came back to religion when we had children. Why does everybody do this? Is it just that… Read More »
Religious Education February 2017
February 4, 2017 There is something about February that pleases me. Perhaps it a sense of emerging from the need for rejuvenation in January following the bustle of holidays. Perhaps it is the quiet of the landscape, sun glinting on snow, birds in colorful flutter at the feeders, the often silly antics of squirrels, the… Read More »
January Theme, Prophesy, RE Calendar
Happy New Year! May we all find our hopes fulfilled in 2017.Make a resolution: to join us at FCU, be part of our community. We want to see you.Vicki Merriam, DRE January Religious Education Calendar1/1 – No RE program1/8 – Worship and RE Classes, 10:00; Senior Youth pancake breakfast, 8:301/15 – Worship and RE Chapel… Read More »
