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Sunday Service Notes - A Pagan Way of Making Meaning - Vic Suter - November 3, 2019

11/3/2019

 
The November 3rd service was presented by our own BUUF Administrator Vic Suter. It was an interactive service, with attendees participating in rituals to celebrate the passing of loved ones. 

​From the program:
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A Pagan Way of Making Meaning / Samhain 
As Unitarian Universalists, we draw from many sources, one of which is "Spiritual teachings of Earth-centered traditions which celebrate the sacred circle of life and instruct us to live in harmony with the rhythms of nature". For pagans, Samhain marks the halfway point between the Fall Equinox and the Winter Solstice. This is a sacred point in the year when we are gifted a time of introspection. It allows us to let go of what no longer serves us or what we have lost, it is an opportunity to look more deeply inward, and choose our paths with intention. This service will explore the importance of ritual in all of our lives, and how ritual is at the core of mindful practices which help us to set and maintain our intentions while enriching our lives with meaning. You are encouraged and invited to bring pictures or symbolic items representative of loved ones or ancestors to place on the altar (as we have done in the past for Dia de los Muertos). 
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Presentation notes forthcoming.
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SUNDAY SERVICE NOTES - UU Principle #4 - Search for Truth and Meaning - OCTOBER 20, 2019

10/20/2019

 
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Hayden Slentz-Kesler
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Gray Cohen
Hayden Slentz-Kesler and three UU Friends, Gray Cohen, Allison Bishop, and Will Connor, all presented their views and experiences related to UU Principle #4: A free and responsible search for truth and meaning. 

From the service program: 
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A Free and Responsible Search
The Unitarian-Universalist 4th principle is "A free and responsible search for truth and meaning." It's a wonderful idea, but what does it mean? Hayden and some of his friends will present a bit about how we UU came to affirm that particular principle, and what it means in their lives today.

Sunday service notes:
  • Hayden Slentz-Kesler (PDF)
  • Gray Cohen (PDF)
  • Allison Bishop (PDF)
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Sunday Service Notes - Roland Moy - Building Paradise - September 8, 2019

9/8/2019

 

Two of the Principles that we covenant to promote are: #2 “Justice, equity, and compassion in human relations” and #6 “The goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all.” It is with this understanding of our second and sixth Principles that it is appropriate to discuss Unitarian Universalism as an undertaking of “Building Paradise.”  Such an undertaking should not be confused with building a “utopia” which strictly speaking would be an alternate society.  We are not starting from scratch.  We are building on the best that we see around us. This understanding of paradise should not be confused with the Christian or Islamic imagining of paradise as the abode of the virtuous dead. Read more below...

​Review Roland's notes (PDF) from the presentation. 
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Sunday Service Notes - July 20, 2014 - Tommy Brown

7/20/2014

 
​From discussion with Tommy on Sunday July 20, 2014:
    
  • Why Christianity Must Change or Die: A Bishop Speaks to Believers In Exile by John Shelby Spong 
  • The Rebirthing of God: Christianity's Struggle for New Beginnings by John Philip Newell
  • Listening for the Heartbeat of God: A Celtic Spirituality by John Philip Newell
  • The Great Emergence by Phyllis Tickle
  • Why Did Jesus, Moses, the Buddha, and Mohammed Cross the Road? by Brian McLaren
  • Integral Spirituality  by Ken Wilber


Websites:
  • brianmclaren.net
  • wildgoosefestival.org
  • kenwilber.com

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