We Americans have set aside a day to celebrate and advocate for improvements in the way we work, but that day has become more a time to forget work and have some fun. Is there a real difference between what we call work and what we think is play?
Sarah Oelberg has been a special education teacher, has written special ed. curriculum for our U.S. Office of Education, was a faculty member at Yeshiva University in New York and at NYU, and trained special ed. teachers in Iowa. She followed her heart as the first in her six-generation Unitarian family to become a UU minister. After serving churches in Nebraska and Minnesota, she retired in 2001, and now she frequently speaks at UCN. She and husband Gerald raised four children and have six grand- and four great-grandchildren.
9:50 – Join for informal conversation (optional)
10:00 – Service begins
11:00 – Coffee hour
Rev. Erik David Carlson and others will host our annual ingathering and water ceremony focused on the universality of water rights and how they intersect with environmental justice.
9:50 – Join for informal conversation (optional)
10:00 – Service begins
11:00 – Coffee hour
Explore some ancient and contemporary ways celebrating the abundance of Nature at Autumn Equinox time. Learn about ways of incorporating Harvest symbols and customs in personal and community life. Examine therapeutic dimensions of Gratitude Attitude at Harvest time and throughout the year.
Rev. Selena Fox is Senior Minister of Circle Sanctuary, a rural church near Barneveld, Wisconsin serving Nature Spirituality practitioners worldwide since 1974. Selena has been guest minister at a variety of UU churches across the USA as well as spoken at General Assembly and other UUA conferences. Selena, who has a M.S. in Counseling from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, speaks about Nature Connectedness and Ecopsychology on her monthly podcast, Circle of Nature. She is among the contributors to the anthology, Pagan and Earth-centered Voices in Unitarian Universalism.
9:50 – Join for informal conversation (optional)
10:00 – Service begins
11:00 – Coffee hour
Rev. Erik David Carlson will lead service dedicated to the transitions of this time of year and the new path that UCN is taking towards its next revitalization.
9:50 – Join for informal conversation (optional)
10:00 – Service begins
11:00 – Coffee hour
The meaning of worship is
to be shaped by
what is of worth.
We gather together in spiritual community because we need constant reminders of what matters most in life. In a world of heartbreak and dehumanization, our congregations and communities call us to our better selves. We learn to live with more wisdom, more connection, and more compassion.
Our Worship Services are weekly reflections that weave together our own thoughts and experiences with music, beauty, poetry, and words that both comfort and challenge. Our programs for all ages inspire and awaken us to our capacities to make a difference in our own lives and in the world.
