Message from the Board Chair

Dear LFUU Members and Friends,

Dear LFUU Members and Friends,

I woke up crying Tuesday morning. (Something I've never done.) I was crying for those whose lives won’t be extended or saved if NIH’s cuts to “Indirect costs” of medical research grants is upheld. The day before I had visited my daughter and family. She worked an “indirect cost” job at a university medical research center. She recruited people for studies and submitted the volumes of paperwork NIH requires when there are human subjects.

Dear Lake Fellowship Members and Friends,

I invite you to briefly pause from worldly concerns and help me CELEBRATE that we’re GROWING! Congregationally and personally.

Let’s CELEBRATE that our congregation is GROWING! I’m excited to announce that Jeni and Joanne are now members of LFUU!

Dear LFUU Members and Friends,

How are you doing? My mind is often swirling and my body buzzing. I want to stay informed, but the news has caused me a lot of worry. Worry leaves me muddled and unable to act. I’m using this technique to stop worrying and transform it into calm:

When you notice worry, pause, then,

1. Note the mental image in your mind. 

2. Note the story you're telling yourself about it.

3. Note the sensations in your body caused by stress hormones.

Take 3 deep breaths to clear those hormones, then,

Dear LFUU Members and Friends,

I’m so proud and excited to tell my story about Lake Fellowship living our UU values!

Last week, Lake Fellowship members turned out in force at the state capitol to be a voice for justice and equity, side with the vulnerable, and show our elected officials we’re paying attention! Four of our members attended the ERA Rally and seven bundled up for the People’s March. At each of those, we had more members than any other UU congregation!!! And we’re one of the smallest! Let’s celebrate!

LFUU Members and Friends,

This Monday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day coincides with the inauguration of President Donald Trump. Let that sink in for a moment . . . or two . . . or even three . . .

Are you wanting a way to acknowledge and/or act at this defining moment? Here are a few options:

The Message from the Board chair is now posted on the new LFUU Blog on our website! Other notices, such as from our Social Action committee, are also there. When Matthew, our website expert, suggested it, I said yes right away. It will give visitors to the website a good feel for what we’re about and stand for. So, Matthew added the code to make it so. Check out our LFUU Blog.

It’s a New Year! A time to reflect on and learn from the past year. To be grateful for what’s working in the present and let go of what’s not. To dream for the coming year and commit to actions that will help make those dreams come true.

At last Sunday’s program we were in three small groups talking about how the spiritual practice of Presence, this month’s theme, can help us live our new UU values. We chose between three of the values: Love, Transformation, and Generosity. When our group discussed what we’re already doing to practice Presence to live Transformation, I said that as a congregation we’re constantly Transforming what and how we do things to fit our members’ Transforming needs and wants. Because we are small and don’t have one leader, we’re able to be more Present to those and Transform relatively quickly.