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Discussion Forum Sunday: “Acceptance”

Annette Grochowski will lead a discussion forum on the June worship theme “Acceptance.”

A youth RE program and childcare are available during the service, and refreshments and conversation follow.

Through June 2018, as part of UU Casper’s Care N Share program, we will be collecting monetary and dog or cat food donations for the Casper Humane Society. Also, after the service we will begin collecting donations for next Saturday’s (June 30th) Yard Sale.

Religious Exploration Program Year-End Service

During this service, the UU Casper Religious Exploration staff and youth will share where their explorations have led them over this past year.

Childcare is available during the service. Through June 2018, as part of UU Casper’s Care N Share program, we will be collecting monetary and dog or cat food donations for the Casper Humane Society.

Regrets

Do you have regrets? Regrets about petty crimes toward life, or toward those you love, or about the insensitive things you did or said as well as the kindnesses you failed to perform?  In the privacy of your mind do you indict yourself?  Beyond owning them, guest minister Rev. Jacqueline Ziegler will reflect on what else we can do about or with our regrets.  

Through June 2018, as part of UU Casper’s Care N Share program, we will be collecting monetary and dog or cat food donations for the Casper Humane Society.

Finding Balance Within The Flow

We live in tumultuous times when the daily headlines evoke feelings of cascading down a torrent of whitewater with no end in sight.  Sometimes our personal lives seem out of control, offering no chance to catch our breath.  How can we find our balance within the ceaseless flow of events?  The eastern religion of Taoism and experience of wu wei may guide us safely on our way. Click on the service title for a link to the full text of Rev. Rhodes’ sermon.

India – A Land of Contrasts

During this service, we will explore prominent religions and social issues in India, as observed through a Western lens. Presented by Janet de Vries and Leanne Woodfill.

Through June 2018, as part of UU Casper’s Care N Share program, we will be collecting monetary and dog or cat food donations for the Casper Humane Society.

Special Saturday Earth-Centered Service: Beltane Festival

This Celtic May Day festival welcomes summer and celebrates love and passion’s fire. The festival will include a Beltane ceremonial, a May Pole, music, dancing, fellowship and merry making with a welcoming and diverse community. Join in! For more information, email info@uucasper.org, or call Laura at 307-259-4469.

Earth Day 2018 – The World Within Us

In this Earth Day Service, we will explore our 7th Principle, the interconnected web of all existence of which we are a part. We inhale, and exhale, again and again countless times every day.  Inhale…at what point does air become breath? Exhale…when does breath become simply air? We are of the earth, and the earth is in us.  “What we do to each other and to our world, we do to ourselves.” During this service we’ll explore that statement, and the ambiguity and paradox we face when we try to apply it in our day to day lives when we try to figure out how to live in ways that respect the interdependent web of all existence, and when we try to figure out ways to help protect our precious earth. Click on the service title for a link to the full presentation text.

Mirror the Foreigner

Guest speaker, Pastor Libby Hugus, will present “Mirror the Foreigner” from the Christian gospel of Luke 10:25-37. Mother Theresa said “if we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.”

Pastor Hugus visits us from The Table, a Casper religious community of  “doubters + disciples together… a new missional community gathering for the practice of inclusive Christianity.”

Annual Flower Communion

Originally created in 1923 by Unitarian minister Norbert Capek of Prague, Czechoslovakia, the Flower Communion is an annual ritual that celebrates beauty, human uniqueness, diversity, and community. In this ceremony, everyone in the congregation brings (or is given) a flower. Each person places a flower on the altar or in a shared vase. The congregation blesses the flowers, and they’re redistributed. Each person brings home a different flower than the one they brought.

Discussion Forum: “Mindfulness”

Join in this discussion forum Sunday service to explore the theme of mindfulness.

As part of our UU Casper Care N Share Program, everyone is encouraged to bring cereal or household items to services and other UU Casper events through March to donate to Seton House. For suggestions, see the list on the Care N Share table in the sanctuary.