Sundays: 12 noon (CT) in-person and online
Presenter: Greg Kemp Service Associate: Tim Boeve What is the Greatness of the human being, and how can we activate, develop, and live It on a daily basis? What does it really mean to be perfectly imperfect and how can we apply Love in a tangible way that benefits oneself, those around us, and the … Continue reading “Living the Greatness That You Are”
Presenter: Rev. Matt Alspaugh Service Associate: D’Vorah Kelley Nature offers us important lessons, if we know where to look. Look at nature in the wrong way, and we can take away some quite distorted ideas about how to live with each other and the Earth. But we can take a different perspective, and find wonderful … Continue reading “Lessons from the Natural World”
Presenter: Mark Etkin Service Associate: Jane Castleman Personal relationships are an important part of our spiritual life. We often hide ourselves behind barriers of fear, not knowing how to be more connected to others. This service will explore a model from a personal growth center in British Columbia about how to engage our courage and … Continue reading “An Invitation to Authenticity”
Rev. Matt Alspaugh, Presenter Annie Morris, Service Associate Do Unitarian Universalists have faith? Many of us struggle with the idea of faith. I cannot speak for all UUs, but for myself, if faith is something certain and unchanging, then I am one of little or no faith. But if my faith can change, if I … Continue reading “Changing and Unchanging Faith”
Kriss Gang, Presenter Deb Gang, Service Associate Food scarcity is a global problem that reaches the shores of Lake Chapala. Kriss Gang, LCUUF board president will present the scope of this problem from a global, Mexican and local perspective and how LCUUF has been engaged with hunger in the Lakeside community. FoodBank Lakeside, a Share … Continue reading “Hunger is Everywhere: What Have We Done About It?”
Presenter: Elly Conreras Service Associate: Barley Donahue Breaking the Silence about Dementia, Elly Contreras will share a number of factors about dementia, how we can determine our risk factors and how to prevent or slow down dementia. Through her organization “Lakeside DayBreak Dementia Support” the aim is to make Lakeside a Dementia Inclusive community and … Continue reading “Breaking the Silence About Dementia”
Presenter: Rev. Tim Boeve Service Associate: Heidi MacLennan Our world today is filled with harm, seemingly, of late, getting worse by the day. Buddhist teacher Pema Chödrön says that one anecdote to not causing harm to ourselves, and others is through mindfulness. The Rev. Tim Boeve will explore tried and true ways of not causing … Continue reading “A Better Way of Being”
Presenter: Rev. D’Vorah Kelley Guest Speaker: Anrea Sandler Service Associate: Sandy Wallin “The challenging thing becomes, not to look for miracles, but finding where there isn’t one.” These words from “Everything is Holy Now” by Peter Mayer, who plays in Unitarian churches, offering up his non-religious spirituality through consistently compelling song. This song is the … Continue reading “Everything is a Holy Miracle”
Rev. Matt Alspaugh, Presenter Annie Morris, Service Associate Do Unitarian Universalists have faith? Many of us struggle with the idea of faith. I cannot speak for all UUs, but for myself, if faith is something certain and unchanging, then I am one of little or no faith. But if my faith can change, if I … Continue reading “Changing and Unchanging Faith”
Speaker: Rev. Matt AlspaughService Leader: Lynn Cleek Many organizations claim they are inclusive, but what does that mean? We can say that we welcome everyone, that all are included, but reality can kick in when we realize that diverse people may bring diverse ideas and behaviors. How many of those ideas are acceptable, even to … Continue reading “Practicing Radical Hospitality: Not So Easy”
