Well, Lake Fellowship members and friends, you’ve outdone yourselves in providing much needed food and financial support to our neighbors who are feeling unsafe. Here's an update of what's happened and what's coming up.
Dear LFUU Members and Friends,
I have been so inspired by the resilience of Minnesotans! Those targeted and those supporting and standing up for them. For not giving in or giving up. Just giving. I’ve read that that’s what resilience is.
Minnesotans exemplify this month’s theme: Embodying Resilience. We GIVE! We are usually first in the nation for philanthropy, volunteering, and civic engagement. The federal administration didn’t do its research when it chose to target Minnesota.
Dear LF members and friends, please consider joining this day of action on Wed. and consider donating to the Salt Cure Fund, set up to help restaurants across the state survive during this tremendous upheaval in their business and threat to their workers.
Tim Wendt
Well Lake Fellowship members and friends, you’ve outdone yourselves in providing much needed food and financial support to our neighbors who are feeling unsafe.
Let me summarize what your giving meant to families in our community:
Dear Lake Fellowship Members and Friends,
Let’s take a moment to pause:
Notice, name, and feel your emotions in this moment.
Take three deep breaths. Picture someone or something that brings up what you’re needing right now: care, love, calm, joy, etc. Send those feelings to yourself . . . then out into the world.
-- my variation of HeartMath's Heart Lock technique
Several Lake Fellowship members have attended UU Summer Camps in the past. As we receive invitations like this one, we'll share them on the LFUU blog as well as in the weekly announcements.
Looking for a great summer experience? Join us at Bayside UU Family Camp held at Wesley Woods Conference Center on the shores of Geneva Lake in Williams Bay, WI.
There is a lot happening right now with the Minnesota Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Alliance (MUUSJA), and there are several ways for our congregation to put our values into action this month.
MUUSJA is currently hosting several virtual workshops and info sessions focused on urgent justice issues in our state, including:
Join members of the Minnesotans for Equal Rights Coalition (MN4ER) for an engaging and informative webinar on the movement to pass an Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the Minnesota Constitution.
As people of faith committed to justice and equity, we play a vital role in ensuring constitutional protections against gender-based discrimination. The Minnesota ERA bill (SF37, HF173) intersects with issues so many of our faith communities are already committed to and engaged in: reproductive justice, trans refuge, disability justice, and anti-racism.
Dear LFUU Members and Friends,
A friend posted on Facebook: OMG. There is so much hate in the world. How do you all deal with it!
I commented: I remind myself that it was even worse in the past. So despite backlashes and setbacks, humans are becoming more conscious and compassionate.
She replied: But are they? This doubt is part of the despair.
I replied: The more I learn about the past, the more convinced I am . . .
Dear LFUU Members and Friends,
November’s theme is Nurturing Gratitude. So much to be grateful for!
I’m grateful for YOU! For being part of this Fellowship! For coming to programs, celebrations, and meetings. For sharing your passions, skills, and resources. For making this place possible.