Do you find traditions reassuring in an always changing world? Like our Annual Thanksgiving Potluck Feast last Sunday? My family and I joined LFUU 35 years ago and I think I’ve attended every feast since. It’s always wonderful to share good food and conversation with old and new friends!
This Sunday is our annual Fellowship Thanksgiving Feast! It’s a time for us to share what we’re grateful for and our favorite food. The Larsons are bringing a turkey, and we'll also have cranberries, onion tarts, and pumpkin pie. If you didn’t sign up to bring a specific food, just bring what you want, or just your appetite and your willingness to help set-up and clean-up. Everyone is welcome!
We’re trying something new for an upcoming program and need your questions! We are having a speaker on neurodiversity in February for our theme of The Practice of Inclusion. He has autism and is a night owl. He asked if he could prerecord his program. We said sure. Because we like to ask questions, we’re soliciting those ahead of time from you so he can answer them in his talk. So, please submit questions about:
1. Neurodiversity in general and/or
2. Inclusion of those who are neurodivergent
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.
Our monthly themes this program year all start with “Living Love through the Practice of (Invitation, Deep Listening, Repair, Presence, etc.).” The intent is that by practicing the theme we will live out our core UU value of Love. When I first saw that, I thought, “That’s great! I want to do that!” But so far, I have not been practicing the themes, probably because I don’t like to
practice things, possibly because I didn’t commit to using a specific tool to, and perhaps because I wasn’t accountable to anyone.