UUFA Services Planning Calendar
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Connectivity Monitoring
Past Services
July 2017 Theme: None
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Jul 2 "Dancing in the Streets: Speakers: Jan Cook (Shepherd) [64]
The Power of Collective Joy" Board Welcome: Melissa Neisen
Facilitators: Sara Carlson, Kitty Fisher
Accompanist: Ginny Molgaard
Special Music:
Sound: Donald Lewis
In her book, Dancing In the Streets, Barbara Ehrenreich talks
about the power of festivals - shared music, dancing,
feasting, ceremony, playfulness and joy - to unite people and
strengthen community relationships. Festivals were and are
events created by the people, for the people, with everyone
actively involved. Hierarchical societies have always been
uneasy with the egalitarian nature of festivals and often
sought to suppress them or substitute passive spectacles or
solitary activities. The loss of a sense of community in
modern times has gone hand in hand with a loss of homemade
collective joy. What would it take to bring more of that back?
Jul 9 "Building Bridges: Speakers: Dr. Rose Carraway, Kitty Fisher (Shepherd) [82]
Lessons From Cuba" Board Welcome: Sue Koehrsen
Facilitators: Kitty Fisher, Ralph Gandy
Accompanist: Mary Richards
Special Music: Video
Sound: Sam Wormley, Donald Lewis
On either side of the short distance between Cuba and the
United States, the points of entry at airports open up a
window into relationships between loved ones in the midst of
more than 50 years of (political) separation. On both sides
of the water, everyday individuals hold onto the hope that one
day, contact between friends and family members won't be so
difficult. What lessons can we learn about hope,
reconciliation, and building bridges in looking at the case of
Cuba?
Jul 16 "Qigong" Speakers: Karen Bates (Shepherd) [60]
Board Welcome: Ben Woline
Facilitators: Amy Slagell
Accompanist: Peggy Earnshaw
Special Music: Recordings
Sound: Sam Wormley
Qigong is the system of ancient Chinese exercises that uses
our awareness and breath to move, transform, direct, and
balance our energies. Qigong is the mother of other Eastern
types of exercises such as Tai Chi. Included in qigong are
mindful movements, breath work, self-applied massage, and
guided meditation. Qigong is often thought of as a moving
meditation that relaxes and calms the body and the mind. In
May, Karen studied with a Chinese master in the Wudang
Mountains of China and will share some of what she learned.
Jul 23 "Summer Hymn Sing" Speakers: Jane Runneals (Shepherd) [53]
Board Welcome: Sue Koehrsen
Facilitators: Kitty Fisher, Jane Runneals
Accompanist: Amber Anderson
Special Music: Jess Severe
Sound: Sam Wormley
"Music. Whether we create it or just listen to it, music has a
way of speaking -- or singing -- directly to our souls,
taking us to a deeper place than words alone can manage."
~The Daily Compass
Join us for a summer hymn sing service, and help choose a
personally meaningful song from one of our hymnals! Keeping a
song in your heart will be easy to do after you've attended
this service!
Hymns: 1024, 1008, 1030, 123, 346, 396, 16, 1068
Jul 30 "The Awe Gap" Speakers: Steven Cannon, Sarah Carlson (Shepherd) [76]
Board Welcome: Dave Fox
Facilitators: Ralph Gandy
Accompanist: Anne Kimber
Special Music: Ethy Cannon, Cello
Sound: Sam Wormley
As we move through day to day experiences, we try to make
sense of it all, looking for answers and getting caught in
routine and details. We sometimes forget the wonder around us.
Let's pause this week and remember moments of awe within in
our lives -- those times when we feel pleasantly
insignificant and connected to the whole world. Let's
consider how those awe moments have impacted our lives.
August 2017 Theme: None
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20 21 22 23 24 25 26 <-- Burn the Mortgage Picnic, Aug. 20 after the service
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Aug 6 "How to Address White Speakers: Fred Van Liew, Jan Cook (Shepherd) [50]
Privilege" Board Welcome: Melissa Niesen
Facilitators: Kitty Fisher
Accompanist: Peggy Earnshaw
Special Music: Bonnie Raitt Recording
Sound: Sam Wormley
Aug 13 "Meditation" Speakers: Karen Bates (shepherd) [71]
Board Welcome: Ben Woline
Facilitators: None Needed
Accompanist: Anne Kimber
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Aug 20 "A Year of New Beginnings" Speakers: Rev. Kent McKusick
"Burn the Mortgage Picnic" Board Welcome: Ralph Gandy
"Emma McCarthy Lee Park" Facilitators: Sarah Carson, Jan Cook
Accompanist: Ginny Molgaard
Special Music: Thea Brenner
Sound: Donald Lewis
In this service, we celebrate our work together to pay off the
mortgage in full. We will also reflect on how each of us and
this community might change whenever obligations or burdens
are released. At this time of new beginnings, we have the
opportunity to renew our time together with energy,
enthusiasm, and new ideas. (The actual mortgage burning will
take place at Emma Lee McCarthy Park after the service.)
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Transition from single 10am service to two services at 9:15am and 11am
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Aug 27 "Naikan: Gratitude for Speakers: Rev. Kent McKusick
Reality (As It Is)" Board Welcome: Ralph Gandy, Jan Vine
Facilitators: Karen Bates, Catherine Huisman
Accompanist: Mary Richards
Special Music:
Sound: Donald Lewis
Naikan is a reflective practice that draws on the Eastern
spiritual and psychological traditions. It is a practice that
has the capacity to develop a sense of gratitude for blessings
bestowed on us by others and blessings that have always been
present and have gone unnoticed.
September 2017 Theme: Welcome
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3 4 5 6 7 8 9 <-- SSC Meeting 10-11:30
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 <-- RE Programming starts on Sep. 10
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 <-- Fall Equinox Sep 22 at 3:02 PM CDT
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Sep 3 "The Tom and Doug Speakers: Rev. Kent McKusick
(plus one!) Sunday Service Show" Board Welcome: Sue Koehrsen, Dave Fox
Facilitators: Ralph Gandy, Jane Runneals
Accompanist: Ginny Molgaard
Special Music: Doug Gentile and Tom Florek
Sound: Sam Wormley
For Labor Day Weekend, we welcome everyone to the Fellowship
for a holiday service of the original music, storytelling, and
fun that Tom and Doug are known for on their radio show. Rev
Kent serves as the "plus one" to either minister or be
ministered to. This service will surely lift your spirits!
Sep 10 "A Community of Speakers: Rev. Kent McKusick
Possibilities" Board Welcome: Mary Richards, TBD
Facilitators: Sarah Carlson, Kitty Fisher
(Stewardship Kick-off Weekend) Accompanist: Mary Richards
Special Music:
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In his book, "Community", Peter Block writes: "Community
offers the promise of belonging and calls for us to
acknowledge our interdependence. To belong is to act as
investor, owner, and creator of this place. To be welcome,
even if we are strangers." A paradigm shift created by
shifting our attention from the problems of our communities to
the possibilities of our communities is the beginning of
collective transformation into the future.
Sep 17 "Finding Home in the World" Speakers: Rev. Kent McKusick
Board Welcome: Jan Vine, Ralph Gandy
Facilitators: Karen Bates, Jan Cook
Accompanist: Anne Kimber
Special Music:
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Padraig O Tuama is an Irish poet, theologian, and healer in
our world of fracture. His understanding of how we might be
more welcoming is embodied in an old Irish proverb: "It is in
the shelter of each other that the people live." This service
explores "welcoming" as a spiritual practice through story,
poetry, and reflection.
Sep 24 Speakers: Lay-Led Service (Amy Slagell Shepherd)
Board Welcome: Melissa Niesen
Facilitators: Jane Runneals, Kitty Fisher
Accompanist: Proposed: Barb Evenson
Special Music: Proposed: Fellowship Voices
Sound: Sam Wormley
October 2017 Theme: Courage
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Oct 1 "Courage" Speakers: Rev. Kent McKusick
Board Welcome: Jan Cook
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The mystic and spiritual teacher, Osho, believed that courage
is the total presence of fear and our ability to face it. His
teachings blended various schools of thought, theology, and
religion in his search for unity and inclusivity. How might
Osho and Unitarian Universalism intersect and help us to
understand and engage our fears and our courage?
Oct 8 Speakers: Lay-Led Services (Ralph Gandy Shepherd)
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Oct 15 "Bridging the Confidence Gap" Speakers: Rev. Kent McKusick
Board Welcome: Jan Vine, Mary Richards
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It is a common human occurrence to have a lack of confidence
or an abundance of self doubt at time in our lives. Dr. Russ
Harris writes: "Our minds are truly brilliant at coming up
with reasons why we can't do what really matters to us. But
that doesn't mean our minds are right!" How might we let
go of the struggle and learn to form a more courageous and
wiser relationship with our self doubt and fear?
Oct 22 "The Courage to Learn Speakers: Rev. Kent McKusick
from Failure" Board Welcome:
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Accompanist: Proposed: Barb Evenson
Special Music: Proposed: Fellowship Voices
Sound: Sam Wormley
Last spring, 65% of all UU congregations (including UUFA)
examined how white supremacy plays out in UU spaces and in our
culture. One of the organizers, Kenny Willey said, "UUs are a
lot braver on the whole than we give ourselves credit for. We
have the capacity to have hard conversations, I really believe
that." Fifty years ago, similar conversations, controversies,
and the resulting loss of many people of color was taking
place in what is referred to as the Black Empowerment Crisis.
Reflecting on our past and how it repeats invites us to be
bold and courageous during these transforming times in our
tradition.
Oct 29 Speakers: Lay-Led Services (Jan Cook Shepherd)
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November 2017 Theme: Abundance
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Special Music: Fellowship Voices (Director: David Slade)
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December 2017 Theme: Hope
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10 11 12 13 14 15 16 <-- Hanukkah - Dec 12-20
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 <-- Winter Solstice, Dec 21 at 10:28 AM CST
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 <-- Christmas Day - Dec 25
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January 2018 Theme: Intention
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February 2018 Theme: Perseverance
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March 2018 Theme: Balance
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11 12 13 14 15 16 17 <-- Spring Break - Mar 10-18
18 19 20 21 22 23 24 <-- Spring Equinox Mar 20, 11:15am CST
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April 2018 Theme: Emergence
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8 9 10 11 12 13 14 <-- SSC Meeting 10-11:30
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May 2018 Theme: Creativity
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June 2018 Theme: Blessing
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17 18 19 20 21 22 23 <-- Summer Solstice Jun 21 5:07am CDT
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 GA June 20-24, Kansas City, MO
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July 2018 Theme: None
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Backup ("hip pocket") Programs
o Singing Sunday (congregational member choose their favorites)
o Congregational Sharing (topical)
Ref: http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/seasons.html
Year March Equinox June Solstice September Equinox December Solstice
2017 Mar 20 5:29 am CDT Jun 20 11:24 pm CDT Sep 22 3:02 pm CDT Dec 21 10:28 am CST
2018 Mar 20 11:15 am CDT Jun 21 5:07 am CDT Sep 22 8:54 pm CDT Dec 21 4:23 pm CST
2019 Mar 20 4:59 pm CDT Jun 21 10:54 am CDT Sep 23 2:50 am CDT Dec 21 10:19 pm CST
2020 Mar 19 10:50 pm CDT Jun 20 4:44 pm CDT Sep 22 8:31 am CDT Dec 21 4:02 am CST
2021 Mar 20 4:37 am CDT Jun 20 10:32 pm CDT Sep 22 2:21 pm CDT Dec 21 9:59 am CST
2022 Mar 20 10:33 am CDT Jun 21 4:14 am CDT Sep 22 8:04 pm CDT Dec 21 3:48 pm CST
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