Meditation practices invite us to a greater awareness of our present experience and offer tools for wellbeing. We will explore the science of self-compassion practices and investigate the potential for those practices to inform a UU spiritual path. Two guided self-compassion meditations will be … read more.
Just as a 3D-printed object is created one layer at a time, our lives are shaped one experience, one relationship, and one choice at a time. No one is a “finished product”, and that’s something to celebrate rather than fear.
Ethan Swizdor is a … read more.
Rev. Julianne Lepp will explore how storytelling, community, and mindfulness can foster healing, even in life’s most challenging seasons.
Rev. Julianne Lepp is a Unitarian Universalist minister, writer, and spiritual director. She has served the Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Eau Claire as their minister … read more.
Join us for a casual gathering at Perrot State Park as we come together with the Winona UU for community, conversation, and fun. We’ll share a potluck meal, enjoy a relaxed poetry reading, and spend time connecting outdoors with yard games and fabulous river … read more.
This talk explores how periods of fear, grief, uncertainty, and emotional struggle—while painful—can also become spaces of transformation, meaning-making, and renewal. Drawing from biology, psychology, philosophy, and trauma research, the talk reframes darkness not as a failure or detour, but as a natural and … read more.
We are living in grim and fearful times. And yet, we still have to figure out how not to succumb to despair and feelings of helplessness. Far from simply being “luxuries” that make us feel good, humor and creativity are absolutely essential to people’s … read more.
Sister Karen Lueck will present timely themes from her latest book, The Green Thread: Reclaiming Our Spiritual Authority. Drawing on her own background, Sister Karen will share the importance of claiming our own stories, and understanding how shame, intergenerational trauma, and cultural and religious … read more.
There is no service this Sunday because of the holiday weekend. But please join us next Sunday for a service featuring Karen Lueck.
We will gather at our usual time of 10 AM for a potluck. Please bring a dish to share and your own utensils/plates, though some will be provided if you forget. Invite friends and family!
We will gather to watch this year’s UUA General Assembly Sunday Service, a powerful and communal experience – the largest annual gathering of Unitarian Universalists in worship! Come to our sanctuary to watch together, or tune in from your home computer via our Zoom.
Rev. Jen … read more.
