Greetings beloved church family,We are thrilled to announce that we are eagerly preparing for in-person worship services to resume inside our building! Our target date is April 3rd. Many pieces are falling into place, but we have a few more opportunities for involvement from the community. In order to make the target safe in person … Continue reading We are re-opening our building!!
Spirit of Life and Love, Our hearts are aching todayAs we watch fear and terrorBeing inflicted on Ukraine. We pray from afar,Seeing people flee in fear,Praying in the streets,Gripped by an uncertaintyThat echoes in our hearts. We have known uncertaintyAnd fear these last two years,And while we are awareIt is nothing like war, We are … Continue reading A Prayer for Ukraine
Religious Education for children and youth is offered through Zoom. Click here to attend on Sundays at noon. Our one-room classroom Zoom brings our students into the broader conversations presented by Soul Matters monthly themes at age-appropriate levels that seek to include challenging questions for K-12th grades. February 20: “Widening the History we Tell” In the telling of … Continue reading Youth Religious Education
February brings us to the Soul Matters theme of “Widening the Circle.” While I often prefer one word rather than a phrase for our theme, I am enjoying thinking about how we can explore widening our circle as UUs. One way is to take a look at Widening the Circle of Concern, a report put out by … Continue reading The Minister’s Musings on Widening the Welcome
We are exploring the Soul Matters theme of “Intention” this month together. In preparing for this month, I was reminded of some words from the apostle Paul in the Christian New Testament. (I disagree with Paul on a lot of things, but I strongly empathize with him on this one.) “I do not understand my own actions. … Continue reading From Good Intentions to Meaningful Action
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Dear TOLUUC Community, Thank you for your patience as our update comes out later than usual this week. We don’t have much more to report due to the holiday. As you may know, we have several special services coming up this month. The service this Sunday ties together joy and rebellion. December 12th will bring … Continue reading Leader Link December 3, 2021
Have you seen the 2015 animated film, Inside Out? It’s a journey into the mind of an 11-year-old child, Riley. The main characters are Riley’s emotions: Joy, Sadness, Anger, Disgust, and Fear. The film does a good job of showing that each of these emotions has an important role to play in Riley’s life, and … Continue reading The Minister’s Mind on Joy
Thank you to everyone who attended Two Who Dared; The Sharp’s Story November 18th and for the discussion afterwards. For those who are so moved, we urge you to make a donation to the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee. https://www.uusc.org/
This past Saturday, 8 brave souls ventured into the cold to learn about the art of Dutch Oven Cooking. Take a look!
