JETPIG is the memorable acronym for our revised Unitarian Universalist values. As the often conflicting rhetoric of the election increases, carefully listen for where our values show up. This is an important way to practice living love centered lives – voting your values and sharing with others. See the UUConnect for the service logon information or click … Continue reading Listening For JETPIG
We get stronger, not weaker, by engaging with ideas and people we disagree with, says Zachary Wood. In an important talk about finding common ground, Wood makes the case that we can build empathy and gain understanding by engaging tactfully and thoughtfully with controversial ideas and unfamiliar perspectives. See the UUConnect for the service logon information or … Continue reading Why It’s Worth Listening to People You Disagree With
Deep listening is essential for true intimacy — with ourselves, each other, and our world. In our rush to keep up with the pace of modern life, we humans can easily fall into more passive forms of engagement, leading to disconnection and divisiveness. Fortunately, deep listening is a capacity that can be cultivated. Join us … Continue reading Worlds beneath the Words: Practices for Deep Listening
Our society bombards us with a cacophony of voices which often makes it difficult to listen deeply to our own inner voice. To counter this, we must remember that we are a people with strong values centered in love and return again and again to what our hearts are telling us. See the UUConnect for the service … Continue reading Listening Deeply to Our Inner Voices
Beth Hudak is a community-focused leader with a history of developing equitable, collaborative, and innovative approaches to driving positive community impact. She is the Director of Community Engagement at House of Hope, providing emergency shelter, housing stability programming, and additional supportive services to youth and families with children experiencing homelessness in the greater Green Bay … Continue reading 5th Sunday Presentation + Potluck
Our Fellowship has a reputation as a place to meet wonderful people on unique spiritual journeys. It’s as if we meet at camp each week to try hiking on different spiritual and ethical paths together. Rev. Jim’s message will focus on three questions: What do UUs believe? What is GBAUUF about? Why would you want … Continue reading Invite a Friend to Camp GBAUUF!
Early Christianity was founded on a practice of invitation that was based on total inclusivity. Members included women, men, slaves, free people, the rich, the poor, Gentiles and Jews. What has changed to the message of Jesus of Nazareth? When anyone looks to join any current Christian denominations, there are qualifications to adhere to before … Continue reading Having Dinner with Tax Collectors and Sinners
Each year we bring a sample of water from our summer activities to mingle together for our welcome back ritual. You are invited to bring some water that represented an activity from this past summer that was meaningful to you. (Tap water from home counts!) This year, as we describe the source of our water, … Continue reading Welcoming Water Sunday (Water Communion)
Due to the Labor Day holiday, we will not have a service this Sunday.
In this second of a two part series, we consider what the world would look like in beloved community. How it would stand out from what we have today? This message is grounded in the book A More Perfect Union by Rev. Adam Russell Taylor. See the UUConnect for the service logon information or click on August … Continue reading Reimagining Beloved Community (Part 2)
