Maslow Project executive director Mary Ferrell and staff partners will inspire us with their wrap-around services to homeless children, ages 0-21, and their families. Come hear their true stories about the youth they serve in southern Oregon.
Outreach gifts today will aid the Maslow Project. (Team 2)
Rev. Stephen Landale returns to our pulpit to channel the hopeful, lyrical, and ultimately challenging message of a lovely sermon from 1828, William Ellery Channing’s “Likeness to God”. Channing is best known as the father of American Unitarianism. (Team 1)
Pain and suffering is a universal experience of humanity. Deonne will bring expertise and insight to the domains of spiritual pain and provide tools for creating a peaceful and joyful life to the present experience.
Outreach donations aid the Teen Backpack program. (Team 5)
Nine years after "Obamacare" became law many millions remain uninsured and many more millions underinsured and highly at risk. Jerry will discuss what is wrong with our ‘system’, various proposals for fixing it, movements for and against truly improving healthcare in the USA – and how we can help.
Non-perishable items are invited for the Food Bank. (Team 4)
In a time of great challenge and heartbreak in our world, what does our faith demand from us? This year’s General Assembly in Spokane will explore the power, possibility, purpose, struggle and joy of finding the path forward together as Unitarian Universalists. Our UUGP attendees will share the inspiration of the event with us, and we’ll celebrate our newest fellowship members this morning, before heading into our Mid-year Congregational Meeting.
Outreach donations benefit the Homeless Teen Backpack program.
(Team 3)
Reality wrestles with wishful thinking and denial as life is ending. Alan Jacobson is a hospice nurse whose current professional focus arose from experiencing the different paths of health care, and the death of his mother. He’ll speak with us about how to live while dying.
(Team 2)
For Father’s Day we’ll wonder about male leadership archetypes. Looking through the lens of archetype, how does our view shift regarding significant men in our lives? To deepen our inquiry we’ll share in small groups.
Today’s outreach offering benefits the Humane Society.
(Team 1)
Many cultures worldwide have a trickster figure in their folklore. UU minister, Webster Kitchell wrote engaging story-sermons about his imagined relationship with a coyote pal, a classic trickster, who challenges the status quo and reveals new insights. Camille will introduce us to them.
(Team 5)
We humans are full of surprises and capabilities. Did you know you could use your imagination to increase your kindness, your empathy, and frankly, your very own happiness? This service is about using your spiritual imagination to increase your connection to meaning and the sacred.
Nonperishable items are invited for the Food Bank
(Team 4)
Taking time to reflect on those who sacrificed their lives, as we enjoy ours. Carl spent two years as a Marine Rifleman, medically retiring after surviving a direct mortar hit on his fighting position in Vietnam 1969. He often speaks on his experiences in the war and afterwards as an advocate for PTSD survivors.
Outreach gifts aid our Homeless Teen Backpack program.
