Patience: Oh how we struggle with this concept! As a young person we are rarely good at being patient, it isn’t in our nature. We want what we want when we want it. If we don’t get it, we figure out a way to make it happen. As we age we start to see the … Continue reading A Time for Patience
Scientists know that trees in a forest use an underground network to support each other. Similarly we grow spiritually as we support each other to dig deeper into our individual faith journeys. Join us via Zoom. Weekly service links and password access can always be found on our calendar.
Join us this Sunday, for our annual Mingling of the Waters (also known as the Water Communion) service. Will we have even been able to travel to summer destinations this year? Or will our waters be from more local sources, like a rain barrel or meditation garden? Be prepared to share a symbol of water … Continue reading The Deep Waters of Our Faith Community
Sr. Stella Storch, a Dominican Sister of Sinsinawa, learned firsthand in 2000 that Tanzanian orphans whose parents were decimated by AIDS are treated like second-class citizens, left vulnerable to trafficking. The Aids Orphan Sewing Project in Tanzania, East Africa, was begun to keep girls from being trafficked for sexual exploitation. Open Circle of Fond Du … Continue reading The Aids Orphan Sewing Project of Tanzania, East Africa
The mystic poet Rumi is the most popular poet in the U.S. His poems reflect a larger concern- to have a meaningful life and to pay attention to our inner spirit. He’s also provided a humanist face to Islam in the West. GBAUUF member Therese Barry-Tanner will share more about his life and his poems. … Continue reading The Mystery of Opening the Heart – Rumi and His Poetry
Our speaker this Sunday is Philip Lotto, member of the Green Bay Area Unitarian Universalist Fellowship and second-year student at the Leadville Lombard Theological School. Join us for a virtual GBAUUF service. Zoom link. If the above link doesn’t work, click on the calendar for meeting ID and password information.
Mental health issues are rising at an alarming rate due to the coronavirus and the many issues it has triggered. Because of these events, the U.S. is facing a mental health crisis. Mental health advocacy is needed now more than ever to help patients and providers get the resources necessary to deal with these mental … Continue reading Mental Health During Difficult Times
For GBAUUF’s first Sunday back together, we’ve tapped some of our resident poets and resident readers to share their poems of hope, perseverance, and community with you. Join us via Zoom. If the above link doesn’t work, click on the calendar for meeting ID and password information.
Rev. Jim Coakley shares the morning message through Fox Valley UU. Since the invention of the letter and then the telephone, human connection has slowly crept towards the virtual world. Now that the pandemic has rapidly increased this transition, how do we nurture a theology of connection in the virtual land of Zoom? This is … Continue reading A Theology of Connection in Zoomland
The Fellowship is adapting to try to keep people connected while staying physically distant, and we are finding both success and challenge. Many of us tie being Unitarian Universalist to our buildings and the events that happen within them, but it is so much bigger. You are invited to explore what that might look like … Continue reading Bigger Than The Building
