SUNDAY July 28, 2019. Spirituality & Environment. Come join our monthly open discussion. Listen and/or share. Coffee 10:30am, Service 11:00am. 184 Longview Heights Road, Athens, Ohio 45701 Service Leader: Brian Richards SPECIAL FOR CHILDREN: This SUNDAY July 28, 2019, Jessie and Roberta will be making bird feeders with the children. A perfect Sunday to bring children. … [Read more…]
SUNDAY July 21, 2019. The Science of Happiness, by Brian Richards. Old questions have a way of generating old answers wrapped in new words. The Science of Happiness is a UC Berkeley class, and the vast majority of this service will be a summary of that course. The remainder is a splash of Zen wisdom and … [Read more…]
SUNDAY July 14, 2019. Life, Death and the Dharma of Dogs: A Conversation on Zen. Join Kojun, also known as Nate Hayes, as he talks about his discovery of the path of Zen Buddhism, his experiences with his parent’s end of life with Alzheimers and the stunning teachers he feeds twice a day and takes for … [Read more…]
SUNDAY July 7, 2019. Stories of siding with love through life’s messiness…insights, bloopers, OMGs, and all. by delfin bautista delfin writes: “My hope is to create space to explore what siding with love looks like for each of us by sharing a little about my story. After, I would like to invite folks to reflect on … [Read more…]
SUNDAY June 30, 2019. Spirituality & Politics. Come join our open discussion. Listen and share. Coffee at 10:30am; Service at 11am. Service Leader: Brian Richards. News from UUA.ORG: CLOSE THE HOMESTEAD CHILD DETENTION CENTER The Homestead Child Detention Center in Florida is the country’s only for-profit child detention center. Putting children into prison camps is monstrous. This follows a … [Read more…]
SUNDAY June 23, 2019. Climate Reality Update & Discussion Wenda Sheard, a trained volunteer speaker with the international Climate Reality Leadership Corps, will share the most recent slides from the Climate Reality slide deck, including news about water crises. She’ll also share information from the Yale Center for Climate Communication about the important of talking with … [Read more…]
SUNDAY June 16, 2019: Hope in Hopelessness. We are consoled and strengthened by being hopeless together. An exploration of what hope is or can be in times of increasing uncertainty by Katie Evans. Coffee at 10:30am; Service at 11am. HAPPY UUFA NEWS: Despite an initial scare that Rev. Don Rollins would be unable to serve our congregation … [Read more…]
SATURDAY June 8, 2019. Pride Parade. Join UUFA members and friends as we march together behind our new yellow “Side with Love” banner in the Pride Parade this morning. We’ll meet before or promptly at 10:45am at the 4th floor entrance to Baker Center for the parade, which starts at 11:00am. SUNDAY June 9, 2019: Symbiotic … [Read more…]
SUNDAY June 2, 2019: Our guest, delfin bautista, will speak on Pride. Pride is a time of celebration in which lgbt people can be out and proud without shame or fear. It is also a time of reflection in which we recommit ourselves to creating a just society. delfin will explore some of the history … [Read more…]
SUNDAY MAY 26, 2019: Memorial Day Picnic. After a brief service, we’ll share food and community. Bring your best picnic dish to share. Coffee at 10:30; Brief Service at 11:00; Then Picnic. THANK YOU! To the many UUFA members who showed up for our work day last Saturday, and then worked more on Sunday, too. And a … [Read more…]