A Winter’s Reflection
As a UU Humanist who just turned 80, Bob Koches will reflect on aging and his search for spirituality. Kathleen Pharis is the Service Leader.
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Día de los Muertos
The Mexican holiday Día de los Muertos invites us to explore the meaning of death, life, afterlife, and our connections with people living and dead. As part of our service, we will feature a virtual ofrenda slideshow of loved ones and friends who have passed on. If you would like your loved one included in … Continue reading Día de los Muertos
Eight Practices That Create Peaceful Transitions Through Life and Death
Loretta Downs, who lives at Lakeside and has many years of practice at hospitals and hospices will talk about life, death, and companioning the ill and dying.
Coming Out
Karen Carlson, a transgender woman, will offer her thoughts on coming out, and tell some of her own story. She married over 30 years ago, a long time before she transitioned to being a woman full time.
Résumé and Eulogy Virtues
A few years ago, New York Times columnist David Brooks wrote a column in which he noted the difference between what he called ‘résumé virtues’ and ‘eulogy virtues’, with résumé virtues being “the skills that you bring to the marketplace, while eulogy virtues are ‘the ones that are talked about at your funeral.’ This concept, … Continue reading Résumé and Eulogy Virtues
Reflections on Kindness and Not Judging
LCUUF members Susan Miller, Sharon Robinson, Robert Barnett and Cat Barnett will offer reflections on kindness and not judging others.
Water Communion
The Water Communion is a Unitarian Universalist tradition originating some forty years ago at a Woman and Religion Conference, which focused on empowering women in the UU movement. The Water Communion has evolved into an ingathering ritual as people return from summer travel and the church year starts. That ‘church year’ cycle doesn’t really fit … Continue reading Water Communion
How we have been incorporated as Individuals?
This service is based on American media theorist, writer, columnist and lecturer Douglas Rushkoff´s book ¨Life Inc.¨ It traces how corporations went from being legal fictions to being the dominant fact of contemporary life. The result, corporatism, has infiltrated all aspects of civics, commerce, and our culture, from the first chartered monopolies to the branding … Continue reading How we have been incorporated as Individuals?
Opening Our Eyes, Finding Our Vision
Do we have visions for the coming phases of our lives? What do we yearn for, what do we work for? The world has changed a lot in the recent past, maybe it’s time to re-examine, even to change our visions. How do we do this? Carl Jung said, “Your vision will become clear only … Continue reading Opening Our Eyes, Finding Our Vision
Food Scarcity: What Does it Mean and How Two Local Non-Profits are Making a Difference
Food scarcity has been a global problem for generations both globally and locally. This service will examine what it means and how it affects communities globally and more important, locally. Mark Rochon and Robyn Puntch from Foodbank Lakeside and Janine Kirkland and Augustin Vazquez Calvario from Operation Feed will join us to present information about … Continue reading Food Scarcity: What Does it Mean and How Two Local Non-Profits are Making a Difference