Come, join this holiday tradition. Bring friends and family to this multi-generational service of Lessons and Carols of the season. Music and readings will be offered by UUFD’s members and friends of all ages, followed by the traditional candlelighting ceremony. Bring holiday treats for a reception after the first service. The offering at this service … Continue reading Christmas Eve Candlelighting Service: 4 pm
Today, resonate with the sounds and spirit of Taize music, a worship tradition which originated in the 1940s in the Taize Monastic Order in Burgundy, France, bringing Catholics and Protestants together in common ritual. An authentic Taizé worship service involves sung and chanted prayers, meditation, silence, and readings rather than a sermon. We incorporate elements … Continue reading Mid-Winter Taize Meditation
Once upon a time, there was a family reunion at the UUFD Bed and Breakfast where all the members of the family gathered for a festival and the most blessed of events, the birth of a baby. So many arrived, in fact, there was no room at the Inn … we all know how that … Continue reading Peace, Joy, and Ho, Ho, Ho!
Sometime in our binary way of thinking about the world, we associate ‘light’ with ‘good’ and ‘dark’ with ‘bad.’ Let’s up-end this thinking by considering darkness as an important component of spiritual deepening and renewal. Let’s explore how we can find mindfulness and renewal in the darkness.
Gratitude abounds at UUFD as we give thanks for the many gifts we receive from this community: friendship, spiritual deepening, faith development, and more. Let us express gratitude for these gifts by crafting a community quilt. Come, see what we are up to in the “out of the box” service on this holiday weekend! There … Continue reading Creating a Community Gratitude Quilt
In this season of Thanksgiving, come together at UUFD to hear from Edward Box III about his family traditions emphasizing community and harmony for Thanksgiving. In addition to offering the message for this service, he will also lead visit with the children in a Time for All Ages. Edward Box, of Ignacio, is Director of … Continue reading Thanksgiving Community
On this weekend that we delve deeper into our new ministry with Rev. Barbara Coeyman, our guest preacher Rev. Sarah Gibb Millspaugh from the UUA Pacific Western Region staff leads us in reflecting on how we are always forming, and re-forming, ourselves and our communities. In these tumultuous times we are called to live differently … Continue reading Always Under Construction
A congregation in interim ministry is driven by two basic questions: who are we, and where do we want to go? Many of the responses to these questions are informed by two other questions: do we want to stay the same, or do we want to change? Mindsets of change open up new vistas, new … Continue reading Interim Time: Change Time
At the end of October, several religious celebrations invite us to reflect on relationships with others. Day of the Dead is a Mexican holiday honoring departed loved ones. In Christian tradition, All Saints Day honors church mothers and fathers such as Saint Patrick. All Souls Day honors “regular” folks. The “Souls” within Unitarian Universalism include … Continue reading All Souls, Take Courage
“Circle of Trust” is the name of a spiritual program that I will offer this congregation after the New year. A “Circle of Trust” is also a way of coming together grounded in the value of “trust.” Through trust, we have courage to go deeper in our relationships and to go forward on this journey … Continue reading Finding Courage in a Circle of Trust
