Debra Park will lead a discussion forum on the November worship theme, “Gratitude.”
Everyone is encouraged to bring a can of soup to donate to Food for Thought to help fill weekend food bags distributed to school children in Natrona County.
Erich Frankland will lead the annual UU Casper “symbolic” Thanksgiving harvest feast.
Everyone is encouraged to bring a can of soup to donate to Food for Thought to help fill weekend food bags distributed to school children in Natrona County.
Nancy Wayte and Jani Van Deusen will present “The Path Taken.” Annette Grochowski, service leader.
Everyone is encouraged to bring a can of soup to donate to Food for Thought to help fill weekend food bags distributed to school children in Natrona County.
Don Benson will lead a discussion forum on the monthly worship theme, “Care of the Soul.”
Everyone is encouraged to bring a can of soup to donate to Food for Thought to help fill weekend food bags distributed to school children in Natrona County.
Living our UU values means working together to make a difference for the good in our community and our world. Food for Thought representatives and UU Casper Membership Committee members will lead this service, exploring the problem of hunger in our community, what the staff and volunteers of Food for Thought are doing about it, and how we can help. Find out more about Food for Thought at wyomingfoodforthoughtproject.org.
Everyone is encouraged to bring a can of soup to donate to Food for Thought to help fill weekend food bags distributed to school children in Natrona County.
Channing and Gaga. One is a historic Unitarian theologian and one a modern pop star. What do they have in common? How do they each speak to us about the basic nature of humanity? Rev, Sarah Schurr is UU Casper’s primary contact from the Pacific Western Region of the UUA and offers us this unique message.
Erich Frankland will facilitate a discussion forum on the topic of “Unity and Diversity in the American Political Context.”
Annette Grochowski will lead our annual Water Communion service. The Water Communion was first used at a Unitarian Universalist service in the 1980s. It celebrates “coming together” from our many journeys, physical and spiritual. Participants are encouraged to bring to the service a small amount of water from a place that is special to them. During the appointed time in the service, people one by one pour their water together into a large bowl. As the water is added, the person who brought it tells why this water is special to them. The combined water can symbolize different things to different people: our shared faith coming from many different sources, our principle of world community with peace and justice for all, or recognizing water’s role in our interdependent web of all existence.
Jeff Lockwood, University of Wyoming professor of Natural Sciences & Humanities and long-time member of the UU Fellowship of Laramie, will explore the importance of free speech to any democracy—from a nation to a religious community. To understand the moral hazards censorship, there is no more compelling, contemporary context than the energy industry’s application of economic pressure on governmental bodies and public institutions to suppress the expression of ideas that are contrary to the financial interests of those who profit from fossil fuels. Based on this recent book, Behind the Carbon Curtain: The Energy Industry, Political Censorship and Free Speech, he will share stories and thoughts about human freedom, the control of citizens by those in power, the dire risks of dissent in times of fear, and the importance of speaking the truth about oppression—whether political, economic, or both. Stuart Mackenzie will act as service leader.
Laura Gossman will facilitate a discussion forum on the monthly worship theme of “Kindness.” Deliberately practicing kindness syncs well with Unitarian Universalism’s emphasis on “deeds, not creeds.” We’ll explore our current culture’s ambiguities surrounding kindness, and reflect on why we should and how we can behave more kindly.
