Gratitude
After the holidays is a good time to reflect on all we are grateful for. Dee Dee Camhi will speak about gratitude. Carol Johnson will be the service leader.
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Christmas: It’s Not Just for Christians
Christians were newcomers to the early winter/solstice celebrations 2022 years ago and look what has happened since. This Christmas day service will look at the history and myths behind “the reason for the season”. And, we will also learn about how the Unitarians saved Christmas and share stories about traditional Christmas songs written and inspired … Continue reading Christmas: It’s Not Just for Christians
Reflections on a Season of Celebrations
It’s that time of year when darkness turns to light and many turn to reflecting on the past as the new year approaches. It is also a time of celebrations for many as well as stress and sadness for others. This service will highlight diverse stories and reflections from LCUUF members about what this time … Continue reading Reflections on a Season of Celebrations
If We Do Not Venture Out: Thoughts on Wonder
We are gradually recovering the wisdom and power of cultivating awe, wonder, the sense of the sublime, even as our current culture tends to diminish these profound aspects of life. We’ll ponder wonderful things and awe-filled (but not awful) things, and ways we might tap into the awesome universe around us, and the sublime mysteries … Continue reading If We Do Not Venture Out: Thoughts on Wonder
Celebrating the Holidays With Music
Join us for a service celebrating the Christmas season presented by LCUUF Music Director Michael Reason. This will be a musical mix of everyone’s holiday favorites along with special readings and some holiday humor. Richard Clarke will be the service leader.
The Only Lasting Truth is Change
The title is a quote from Octavia E. Butler’s seminal work, “The Parable of the Sower” This line points to the theological wisdom found in many religious traditions, and perhaps more importantly, in the lived experience of many of us. We’ll explore how we can befriend, even embrace change in our lives and the world … Continue reading The Only Lasting Truth is Change
Enjoy the Journey
Susie Wagner, long-time member, will speak to us about aging without getting old. She will give us the benefit of her 86 years of wisdom and experience and challenge us to see ourselves in a new light. The Service Leader will be Kathy Koches.
We Won’t Be One: Schismogenesis and Human Nature
One of our favorite hymns speaks to one of our deep desires as Unitarian Universalists.- “We Would be One”. Our Lake Chapala congregation holds the idea one oneness as a core theological value. Yet as humans, we like to divide up in to self, in-groups and out-groups, amigo and enimigo (friend and enemy.) Schismogenesis means … Continue reading We Won’t Be One: Schismogenesis and Human Nature
LESSONS FROM THE CRITTERS
Rev. Don Beaudreau will be our speaker. Don is a retired UU minister who has lived with his husband Juan at Lakeside for 10 years. They share their home with 7 dogs, 2 cats, a snowy-white lab mouse named “Algodon” (“Cotton”), and with whatever cow, horse, turtle, dove, snake, etc. that passes by their front … Continue reading LESSONS FROM THE CRITTERS
Remembrance – Day of the Dead
On this Day of the Dead we not only remember those who have passed away, but also those who have made an impression on us and changed our lives. Bob Koches will be the speaker and Kathy Koches will be the service leader.