Newsletter September 28, 2023
In this week’s What’s Up: an intergenerational, alcohol-free game night this Saturday and Friendly Feast on Sunday.
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We are a member congregation of the Unitarian Universalist Association. Guided by the UUA Principles and Purposes, our mission is to live in harmony with each other and nature, and to act with peace, compassion, and justice for all.
Every Sunday as a community, we share Joys and Concerns to keep connected. We honor each joy or concern with a stone dropped in a shared bowl of water, representing the ripple effect in all our lives.
You may send your Joys and Concerns to the church during the week by sending them to pastoralcare@springfielduu.org.
In this week’s What’s Up: an intergenerational, alcohol-free game night this Saturday and Friendly Feast on Sunday.
Message by Rev. Michelle Scott-Huffman Moment of Perspective – A Story About Welcome – AJ Fox This morning’s opening words were written by Monica Jacobson-Tennessen. Welcome! What you bring—who you are—enriches us all.We say “Welcome” Read more…
Ekklesia Students As we explore the Gifts of Welcome together, some of us may need a gentle reminder to welcome ourselves. Hear these words from poet Derek Walcott, West Indian poet and dramatist who won Read more…
In this week’s What’s Up: FAST is cancelled this week, register your car for trUUnk or treat, Welcomed by Design.
Message by Rev. Michelle Scott-Huffman The opening words are Bring Your Broken Hallelujah Here by Rev. Theresa I. Soto Bring your broken hallelujah here.Bring the large one that is beyond repair.Bring the small one that’s Read more…
In this week’s What’s Up: we’re welcoming guests from Ekklesia this Sunday, some requests from the Church Admin, and Sunday Services monthly planning meeting.
Message by David “Katya” Ketchum
In this week’s What’s Up: Busy weekend at First UU! Chili Cook Off Saturday, Water Communion and a meeting to discuss the relaunch of OWL Sunday. Also, the link to register for Soul Matters small Read more…
In this week’s What’s Up: Speak UUp has a call for climate justice, Friendly Feast this Sunday following the service “Awakening the Lotus: Walking the Path of the Buddha in the Ozarks.”
By Rev. Phil Lund The opening words are “Come, Come,” adapted from Rumi by Unitarian Universalist minister Rev. Leslie Takahashi. Come, come, whoever you areCome with your hurts, your imperfections, your places that feel raw Read more…
Message by Rev. Michelle Scott-Huffman In an article entitled “Living in the Real World,” Mark Nepo writes: This is what the great choice comes down to—the great conflict between first-hand experience and tradition, between spontaneity Read more…
In this week’s What’s Up: today is the last day to register for this weekend’s workshop, and preparation for a relaunch of OWL.