Come, come, whoever you are – you are welcome here! No matter your age, your size, the color of your eyes, your hair, your skin—you are welcome here! No matter how you came here, if you came alone, or with others— you are welcome here! No matter whom you love, or how you speak, or… Read More »
Religious Education
JUNE – JOY
“When we feel joy, we don’t simply feel delight in one tiny piece of the world; we feel welcomed back in – connected once again to the whole.” Susan Arnold Joy can be found by opening oneself up to all that surrounds us. For years, I have had a ritual I call my “day-maker”,… Read More »
EMBODIMENT
SPRING! The hills and meadows are alive, vibrant with colors rivaling autumn’s robust, saturated display, summer’s verdant lushness. Promising buds and blossoms bloom in subtle shades of green maize yellow violet pink chartreuse lavender terra cotta coral magenta as if a pointillist had adorned each… Read More »
APRIL – Transformation
This is certainly a month of transformative experiences and events – in nature, in the Jewish and Christian stories, in ourselves. It seems self-evident that themes of growth, rebirth, and change would predominate in the northern hemisphere in spring. We had an old, knarly birch tree in our backyard. Slowly it withered away and died.… Read More »
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION – March
MARCH – RISK I came across an essay by Tim Berners-Lee (a UU and “father of the WWW”) about the connection between UUism and the World Wide Web, portions of which are excerpted here. “Like many people, I came back to religion when we had children. Why does everybody do this? Is it just that… Read More »
Religious Education February 2017
February 4, 2017 There is something about February that pleases me. Perhaps it a sense of emerging from the need for rejuvenation in January following the bustle of holidays. Perhaps it is the quiet of the landscape, sun glinting on snow, birds in colorful flutter at the feeders, the often silly antics of squirrels, the… Read More »
January Theme, Prophesy, RE Calendar
Happy New Year! May we all find our hopes fulfilled in 2017.Make a resolution: to join us at FCU, be part of our community. We want to see you.Vicki Merriam, DRE January Religious Education Calendar1/1 – No RE program1/8 – Worship and RE Classes, 10:00; Senior Youth pancake breakfast, 8:301/15 – Worship and RE Chapel… Read More »
December theme “Presence”, calendar
Here we are at the last month of 2016. I was thinking the other day that it seems like the turn of the century was just a few years ago, not almost 17! Time goes by so fast which is why it is important to try to spend some time in the present, to be… Read More »
Stories; Nov. RE calendar
November 2, 2016 The theme for this month is Stories. For the bulletin board display (take a look, it’s across from the vestry) I wanted to show some of the stories that have been important on my own journey. A few popped into my mind immediately and then I began looking through the on-line library catalog.… Read More »
October Events For Families
We have had a few weeks together and October will have more fun and various activities for children, youth and families. Here are some brief descriptions of what we are doing in Religious Education and other events. Make note of the Game Night and Pot-luck for all ages on Sat. Oct. 8 beginning at 6:00.… Read More »
