“The forest breathes. Listen. It answers…
If what a tree or a branch does is lost on you,
You are surely lost. Stand still. The forest knows
Where you are. You must let it find you.”
-David Wagoner
As I consider our … read more.
Join us for the upcoming activities!
Youth Group – Pumpkins and Pizza, Wednesday, October 16th, 6:30-8pm
https://uufm.breezechms.com/form/49b05744
Intergenerational Hiking at Seven Mile Creek Park, Saturday, October 19th at 10am
https://uufm.breezechms.com/form/2cf88a5
UUFM Young Adult Connection Lunch, Saturday, October 19th 12-2pm
https://uufm.breezechms.com/form/f4e938
Intergenerational Art Journaling, Sunday, October 20th, 11:30am-1pm
https://uufm.breezechms.com/form/6482e9949384573286
A photo … read more.
I am still at home with COVID; I’m doing okay but am still symptomatic and testing positive, so it’s not yet appropriate for me to return to in-person work. I am also scaling back the amount of work I am doing while I recuperate. I … read more.
“To listen is very hard, because it asks of us so much interior stability that we no longer need to prove ourselves by speeches, arguments, statements, or declarations. True listeners no longer have an inner need to make their presence known. They are free to … read more.
For next book we are reading is: Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger.
The hero-narrator of The Catcher in the Rye is an ancient child of sixteen, a native New Yorker named Holden Caulfield.
Through circumstances that tend to preclude adult, secondhand description, he leaves his prep school in … read more.
Tonight:
Youth Group – Games and Pizza with Barb and Macey, Wednesday, September 25th, 6:30-8pm.
Click here to register: https://uufm.breezechms.com/form/49b05744
As an fyi, CFD Director, Macey Forsyth, will be away this Thursday-Sunday.
Keep an eye on next week’s update to see what is happening in October!
Next week, I will be away from Monday through Wednesday, attending the annual gathering of the Prairie Star Chapter of the Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association. We meet at a retreat center in Iowa, where we share worship, learning, spiritual practices, collegial support and connection, and … read more.
I wrote this prayer from my heart on Sunday evening after getting to gather in a sacred way at a farm with some of my dearest friends. I hope it resonates with yours:
I give thanks for how well-nurtured I am by this Earth and for … read more.
Last night, my friend Cindy texted me to go outside and look at the moon—we had clear skies for a partial lunar eclipse during the full moon.
My cell phone (at least with my basic skill level) didn’t get great pictures, but I took a few … read more.
I am excited to host some new and familiar activities this September! Please note that we have adapted the hours for Art Journaling to be held after church on Sundays as of this month.
The following activities are subject to change or … read more.
