Program

BYOT: Building Your Own Theology

We invite you (and those you know) to join us this Sunday for another discussion.

Our topic to consider and discuss this week will be a follow up from the program today. After a discussion about current events in the National Football League, we'll talk about what role models our culture promotes, especially for young men, and what we might learn from that.

We'll share our thoughts, and figure out what our next topic will be after this. As always, come with an open mind, and an open heart.

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Crime & Punishment in the NFL

Today, we'll moderate a discussion about some of the current events happening within the National Football League. Specifically, we'll have talking points about Ray Rice (Baltimore Ravens running back indicted for third-degree aggravated assault) and Adrian Peterson (Minnesota Vikings running back indicted for reckless injury to a child).

We'll also seek thoughts about how the NFL reflects our culture as Americans, for better or worse.

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BYOT: Building Your Own Theology

We invite you (and those you know) to join us this Sunday for another discussion.

Our topic to consider and discuss this week will be morality and our sources of it. If we let go of the idea of God, from where to we draw inspiration and solidity to form moral and ethical guidelines? How do we help our children value kindness and working toward a greater good?

We'll share our thoughts, and figure out what our next topic will be after this. As always, come with an open mind, and an open heart.

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BYOT: Building Your Own Theology

We invite you (and those you know) to join us this Sunday for another discussion.

Our topic to consider and discuss this week will a follow up on the discussion held during the regular program. We'll provide a summary of thoughts for anyone who did not attend the program.

We'll share our thoughts, and figure out what our next topic will be after this. As always, come with an open mind, and an open heart.

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All About the BYOT Group

By now many of you have heard about and have maybe even attended a gathering of the BYOT group. BYOT stands for Building Your Own Theology, and it's the title the group has used to represent one of the core goals of the group. The group started meeting early this past summer, has been meeting weekly ever since, and plans to continue weekly meetings for the foreseeable future.

For our program today, BYOT group creators Marnie Karger and Dave Wahlstedt will share more about the group's origin, what meetings are like, and what we hope attendees will acquire from them.

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BYOT: Building Your Own Theology

We invite you (and those you know) to join us this Sunday for another discussion.

Our question to consider and discuss this week will be: How do we explain the "unexplainable" aspects in our lives? Do you believe that "God is in the Gaps"? How do you make sense of what you don't (or can't) know?

We'll share our thoughts, and figure out what our next topic will be after this. As always, come with an open mind, and an open heart.

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Water Ceremony

Welcome back! This is our traditional, first program of the new season.Each Fellowship member and friend is invited to bring a small amount of water from a place that is special to him/her. Each of us will, one by one, pour our water into a larger vessel while we explain the significance of the water (where did the water come from, why does it have special meaning for us?). The Water Ceremony, also sometimes called “Water Communion,” was first used in Unitarian Universalist worship in the 1980’s.

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BYOT: Building Your Own Theology

We invite you (and those you know) to join us this Sunday for another discussion.

Our questions to consider and discuss this week is: How would you like to be remembered? What are doing in your life now that you hope will leave some lasting impression or legacy on those who live with and after you? 

We'll share our memories, and figure out what our next topic will be after this. As always, come with an open mind, and an open heart.

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BYOT: Building Your Own Theology

We invite you (and those you know) to join us this Sunday for another discussion.

Our topic to consider and discuss this week is: Recall a time (or a few moments) when you truly felt like you were alive -- a time when you felt like you were living your best life, soaking in every thing good, and being the best person you could be -- a time when you felt most connected to the world around you and/or most connected to your inner self.

We'll share our memories, and figure out what our next topic will be after this. As always, come with an open mind, and an open heart.

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