Awakening the Heart: Stories, Silence, and New Horizons is the annual programming theme for July 2025 – June 2026. See the monthly themes below.
Video credit: July 2025 – June 2026 Theme. Public domain. Created with OpenAI.
July 2025 Spiritual Listening: Hearing the Calls of Soul and World
In the stillness of summer, we open ourselves to the quiet wisdom within and the gentle voices of the world around us. This is a time to explore contemplative silence, sacred soundscapes, and the quiet truths that often go unheard.
August 2025 Roots & Wings: Connecting to Sources of Strength
We stand in the space between where we’ve come from and where we long to go. Honoring the roots that ground us and the wings that lift us, we reflect on how stability and freedom shape our journey.
September 2025 The Grace of Impermanence: Finding Beauty in Change
As the seasons turn, we are reminded that change is life’s constant rhythm. In letting go and welcoming what’s new, we discover beauty not in holding on, but in flowing gracefully with life’s impermanent nature.
October 2025 The Practice of Enough: Harvesting Our Blessings
In this season of abundance, we turn toward the quiet wisdom of enoughness–the deep knowing that we have enough, that we are enough. Amid the rush for more, we pause to celebrate simple gifts and cultivate gratitude, opening space for generosity and joy.
November 2025 Thresholds & Crossings
Life calls us again and again to the edge of what is known. This is a time to honor the courage it takes to step through life’s thresholds–into new beginnings, deeper commitments, and the unknown landscapes ahead.
December 2025 Pilgrimage of the Heart: Light Rising in the Darkness
In the quiet hush of long nights, we journey inward, seeking the light that flickers gently within. Even in the darkest times, we carry hope’s fragile flame, walking steadily toward dawn.
January 2026 Shared Wisdom, Sacred Stories
We gather around the hearth of human experience, sharing stories that reveal resilience, grace, and the wisdom that guides us forward. In every voice, we hear echoes of courage and connection.
February 2026 The Fabric of Belief & Experience
Beliefs take root not just in thought, but in the lives we live. This month invites reflection on how our values are woven into daily choices and how experience shapes what we hold most true.
March 2026 Cultivating Curiosity & Wonder
As spring stirs the earth awakens, we, too, are called to open wide to life’s mysteries. In curiosity and wonder, we rediscover joy, ask new questions, and rekindle awe for the ordinary and extraordinary alike.
April 2026 Sacred Earth & Spiritual Ecology
The earth’s rhythms invite us to remember our place in the great web of life. This season calls us to honor creation as sacred, nurturing a deeper relationship with the natural world and renewing our commitment to care for all beings.
May 2026 Sacred Threads: Weaving Belonging
Through shared stories, simple kindness, and acts of love, we weave the sacred threads of belonging. This is a time to celebrate community, strengthen connections, and welcome all into the circle.
June 2026 The Spark of Being: Honoring Our Inherent Worth
As the year’s circle closes, we return to the luminous truth that every life holds inherent dignity and beauty. We celebrate the sacred spark within ourselves and all beings, kindling the light of hope for the journey ahead.
For many people dealing with change can be distressing, but change is in fact one of the attributes of existence. Understanding impermanence establishes a foundation for happiness. It is part of Buddhist philosophy and puts the lie to the phrase “People don’t change!”
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Rebecca Hunt has spent her life working to find places, events and people who both ground her and let her reach her natural heights. Through stories, images, and music she will share with the congregation some formative events that have helped her in this lifelong … read more.
We will watch the TED Talk, Asking for Help Is a Strength, Not a Weakness by Michele L. Sullivan. Following the video, Annette Grochowski will facilitate a discussion.
Image credit: Roots and Wings. Public domain. Created with OpenAI.
Humans have gone to great lengths attributing things we don’t understand to acts of God. Jupiter hurling lightning bolts is a good example. As our knowledge of how things work improves, the stuff that God is good at in the natural world diminishes. This … read more.
“Into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.” ~John Muir
The Share the Plate recipient for July, August, and September 2025 is Food Bank of the Rockies. We collect Share the Plate donations on the first Sunday … read more.
Elizabeth Jo Otto will lead us in an original meditation grounding and connecting us including a different perspective on our place in this world and possibly the universe. Following the meditation we will discuss of our experiences.
The Share the Plate recipient for July, August, and … read more.
In his fantasy novel, The Name of the Wind, Patrick Rothfuss beautifully describes three types of silence near the beginning of the novel. These types are: the hollow silence, the expectant silence, and the awkward silence. Perhaps there are many other types of silence. We … read more.
Elizabeth Jo Otto will lead us in an original meditation grounding and connecting us including a different perspective on our place in this world and possibly the universe. Following the meditation we will discuss of our experiences.
Share Your Voice. Lead a Sunday Service.
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A Humanistic Perspective
Share Your Voice. Lead a Sunday Service.
At UU Casper, Sunday services are a shared creation. We welcome members, friends, and guest speakers to lead services that reflect Unitarian Universalist values and our Seven Principles.
Do you have a story, reflection, spiritual practice, … read more.
What if the silence we long for is not empty, but full of voices? In this talk, we’ll explore the hidden soundscapes of the natural world–from whale songs and bee vibrations to coral choruses, turtle calls, and fungal whispers–voices that science is only just beginning … read more.
