As is our custom on the 5th Sunday, we will not have a service today. Instead join us for a morning on the East River Trail. We will meet in the Fellowship parking lot at 10 am. Bring your bike, take an invigorating walk or enjoy a leisurely stroll. Afterwards we will gather at the … Continue reading East River Trail Outing + Potluck
Some people refer to Unitarian Universalists as people of little faith – even some UUs do. Rev. Larsen says they are wrong. And his sermon, he hopes, will show you why. Rev. Larsen studied to be a Catholic priest for 10 years before switching to the UU ministry, being ordained in 1975. He recently retired … Continue reading Oh, Ye of Little Faith?
Two UU mental health professionals will discuss community paths forward for people living with a severe and persistent mental illness. Debbie is a retired clinical social worker, having worked at the Winnebago Mental Health Institute for 27 years and previously, 3 years at the Wisconsin Department of Corrections. Bev, one of the original members of … Continue reading Mental Health Perspectives from the Field
We can all become depressed and discouraged by the news about ecosystem collapse, biodiversity loss and climate chaos. There are ways big and small to push back against these seemingly insurmountable problems. Emilyn will be talking about the permaculture design system and the food forest project she started on her property during COVID and how … Continue reading Gaia’s Gifts: Exploring Edible Plants
As UUs, we sometimes struggle with defining our spirituality, and the conventional words don’t seem to fit. Indeed, some of us have complicated past experiences with the religions of our childhoods. The late Forrest Church, longtime minister of the United Church of All Souls in NYC and author of more than two dozen books challenges … Continue reading “You Say You’re Not Religious”: A Forrest Church Sermon
The “Noonday Demon” is how some early Christian commentators described the deadly sin of “sloth” or “acedia”. On the first Sunday of the summer season Rev. Dr. Michael Schuler will be discussing the conflicting roles of work and leisure – down time – in our culture and how the former has sometimes led to a … Continue reading The Noonday Demon
Dr. Ebert finds delight in the role that intellectual curiosity and education plays in lifelong learning. As a St. Norbert student taking his first class in philosophy in the 1970s, Howard discovered how the college classroom was a haven, a special place with the opportunity to let imagination run, to talk freely, to think out … Continue reading Gathering Fragments of Hope: Meaning, Purpose, and God
Summer’s slower pace offers opportunities to experience things we often can’t find time for during the rest of the year. Unitarian Universalists have always been known to pursue personal summertime spiritual delights because historically many of our congregations took the summer off. Even though we now meet regularly over the summer, please take the time … Continue reading Delight Your Spirit This Summer
Join us for our annual Flower Communion, a uniquely UU ritual originally created by Unitarian minister Norbert Čapek in 1923 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. It is a celebration of beauty, diversity, and community. Participants are invited to bring a flower, and during the ceremony, choose one different from the one they brought. See the UUConnect for the service … Continue reading Flower Communion
Mel relays the ways in which her art making informs every aspect of her life but most notably her spirituality. Mel is an artist, speaker, instructor and arts advocate who makes her home in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. She specializes in large series of tiny art through printmaking and collage. See the UUConnect for the service logon information … Continue reading “Things take the time they take” – The Creative Process as a Spiritual Practice
