Generosity connects us to one another through both generous giving and generous receiving. A reimagined generosity, a spirit of reciprocity, changes and transforms us and may even help create a grace-filled world. Join Chaplain Dave, our combined Prairie Circle and Tree of Life congregations, and our shared choirs as we celebrate, learn, and grow together. … Continue reading From You I Receive, To You I Give
The field of restoration ecology provides intentional principles, practices, and processes for recovery, repair, and healing damaged and degraded ecosystems. Can we apply similar principles to human ecosystems, to our lives, and to our communities? Join Chaplain Dave and our Tree of Life community as we explore restoration and repair of our selves, our spirit, … Continue reading Lessons from Restoration Ecology
Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg reminds us, “ Your life is a sacred text. It can be read in so many ways”. In this month of exploring deep listening, how do we listen to our own lives as sacred text, as sacred messenger? Join Chaplain Dave and our Tree of Life community as we explore the interconnections … Continue reading Listening to Our Lives
In this worship service created with input from our Tree of Life Welcoming Renewal Team and our Tree of Life Worship Committee, we engage in listening to each other as well as voices from history, as we consider and shape our present and future. In honor of LGBTQ+ history month, Chaplain Dave and our Welcoming … Continue reading Listening to our Past, Listening to our Present, Listening for our Future
It is often easy for us to underestimate the importance of compassionate boundaries in creating a sense of welcome and belonging, for our whole and authentic selves and for those we welcome in our lives and communities. In our current dominant culture, learning to appreciate our own boundaries and the boundaries of others can feel … Continue reading When the Spirit says “Do”, When the Spirit says “No”; Inviting the Sacred Yes AND the Sacred No
International touring musician & UU troubadour Joe Jencks was selected as a Cultural Ambassador by the U.S. State Department in 2010. He toured five Caribbean nations – giving concerts, interviews, and workshops. Blending songs and spoken word narrative, Jencks will lead us in an exploration of what it meant for him to claim the idea … Continue reading An Invitation: Cultural Ambassadors & Diplomats
We can sometimes limit invitation as something we offer to strangers. What about the invitation Love gives to us? Love can invite us to connect with our whole and full selves, and to invite each other to do the same. Join Chaplain Dave Becker, worship leader Leah Mikkelson, and the Tree of Life community in … Continue reading Invitation, Connection, and Belonging
Each day seems to bring rapid changes, in our congregation, in our UU denomination, and in the world around us. Join Chaplain Dave and our Tree of Life UU Congregation as we name and reflect on these changes, and re-center ourselves for the journey ahead. After this service, all are invited to stay for coffee … Continue reading Now What?
June 16th is a combined worship service with both Tree of Life and Prairie Circle Unitarian Universalist Congregations, held at Tree of Life UUC at the special start time of 10:00am. Join Chaplain Dave and our musical guests, Wailin’ Mahalias in this celebration of both renewal and beginnings.
Join us for this shortened service to renew the spirit before we conduct the business of the congregation.
