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Eleusinian Mysteries: The Cycle Continues

Speaker: Gavyn Shepard  Lay Leader: Ashley Lane  Music: Susan Grace and Jessica Curtis

We honor the Autumn Equinox in a different way this year. The Eleusinian Mysteries is an Ancient Greek festival shrouded in secrecy. It was a ritual of purification and celebration of the cycle of Persephone. Come celebrate … read more.

InGathering/Water Communion

Speaker: Lexy Santillan  Lay Leader: Liz Dobbins  Music: Mariana Beks
“As drops of rain that find each other and build to become a track, a rivulet, a stream, a river, a sea, so are we drawn together; so are we fortunate to find each other; so are we bound together … read more.

Justice – Living Our Faith in the World

Speaker: Molly Murray  Music: Marsha Sousa
“True peace is not merely the absence of tension it is the presence of justice.” — MLK Jr.

How we commit ourselves to serving justice in this world is how we live our values in the wider world.

 

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HopeLink Warming Center

Speaker: Ellen Weiser and Jennifer Jolis  Lay Leader: Dave Frey  Music: Marsha Sousa
Fairbanks HopeLink Warming Center is receiving our split plate in September. Jennifer Jolis and Ellen Weiser will share the vision and challenges of keeping the unhoused warm this winter.

 

A Walk in the Woods

Speaker: Jim Rigsbee  Lay Leader: Susan Grace Music: Marsha Sousa

Have you ever been alone in nature and experienced a fantastic feeling of euphoria; a larger than you feeling? Has being in nature soothed and calmed your mind? Perhaps you just had a spiritual encounter with … read more.

Spiritual Toolbox

Spiritual Toolbox

Speakers: Eric Muehling and Ashley Lane Music: Marsha Sousa
A Spiritual Toolbox helps us grow and maintain a spiritual practice. Examples include meditation and quiet walks in the woods. Bring your spiritual tools to share with others.

 

Transitions and Transformations

Speaker: Becca Bernard  Lay Leader: Laura Volmert Music: Marsha Sousa
Our Unitarian Universalist core value of “transformation” can guide our way when we’re in times of transition and tumultuous change — times like the current moment.

 

Breaking Bread

Speaker: Ashley Lane  Lay Leader: Lexy Santillan Music: Jessica Curtis
“It is hard to remain enemies when you’ve broken bread together” This age old phrase rings true as a societal act of love, commitment, and reconciliation inoculated with centuries of deep spiritual meaning and significance. Breaking bread means so much … read more.

Personal Theology

Coordinator: Molly Murray Music: Marsha Sousa, music.
This service is the result of the Personal Theology study group that Molly led. Maybe you will want to check it out next time!

 

Little Known Ties between the Unitarian Universalist Church and the Bahá’í Faith

Speaker: Erica Toussaint-Brock Lay Leader: Liz Dobbins Music: Marsha Sousa
The Bahá’í faith teaches the essential worth of all religions and the unity of all people. A Bahá’í leader, Erica Toussaint-Brock, is visiting Fairbanks this week and has personal connections to Unitarian Universalism. We are taking this opportunity to renew … read more.