This Sunday's Service, Sept 15, 10:00 a.m.
What’s Your SOS?
The Reverend Emily Melcher with Andrea Fink
Psychologist of religion Kenneth Pargament coined the phrase “spiritual orienting system” to describe the “habits, values, relationships, and beliefs that express one’s spirituality or sense of the sacred.” While many Unitarian Universalists don’t find the notion of a God or gods particularly salient (and some reject the notion and language of spirituality), every one of us has some means of orienting ourselves in life. According to Pargament “…the degree to which the spiritual system is well-integrated, flexible, differentiated, and benevolent” impacts how life-giving or life-limiting it is. How is your SOS working for (or against) you?

September’s Dedicated Offering Recipient:
UU Ministry for Earth

Tues, Sept 24, 7-8:30 pm at UUCWI
"An Informal Colloquium on UU Music ... with Singing and Dessert!"
Come learn some of the history and stories of the songs we sing. Mavis Cauffman will share some of what she learned after going to 8 successive UUMN (now AUUMM) Conferences. We’ll sing and have refreshments and dessert, too. With Eileen Soskin. All are welcome.
Sponsored by the UUCWI Music Committee

"Until We Reckon" Discussion Series

Sunday Service, Sept 8 at 10 am
Religious Rodeo: Bull Whips, Throwing Stars,
and a Volunteer from the Audience
Joseph Bednarik, Guest Speaker
The traveling showman was larger than life: A world-record knife thrower, a Vietnam vet with a wooden leg, and fresh from a weekend at the legendary Gerry Rodeo. This summer evening, he and his wife were saving souls under a vast billowing tent in rural New York. Three UUs sat in the front row and raised their hands when he beckoned, “Are there any volunteers in the audience?”
Worship Leader: Ruth Richards
The UUCWI Chalice Choir