 UU Fellowship of Lafayette Greetings fellow UUs and supporters! We are meeting IN PERSON and on Zoom until further notice. Our theme for January is Renewal. It is said that the one constant in the universe is change. Our bodies renew themselves physically by replacing cells of most organs with new cells. Our minds begin life as empty vessels which grow and change with our life experiences. The elements of which we are made were once created in the hearts of stars which formed from gas and dust -- then exploded -- spreading those elements throughout the universe to come together as beings alive and able to contemplate their own natures and the natures of their universe only to be dispersed again and again in a never-ending cycle of renewal. Sunday, January 16th Service:  Rev. James Ishmael Ford recalls the gift of a concrete statue from his congregation which had developed a crack and would probably be left behind when he and his wife moved at retirement age although he had grown fond of it. He remembered a story about a meditation master who was asked about how we can be happy in a world of illness and death. The master explained that he had been given a water glass that he cherished and that it certainly one day would break, so he made certain he would enjoy using it in the meantime! -- Much of life is fleeting and we should take time to enjoy it while we can. Visit us for fellowship in person or on zoom beginning at 10:30 am and 11 am for the service. Go to uulala.org for our Zoom link to the service or you can use this one. You can also view the interactive service slides and read the sermon. All are welcome to join us at one of the local restaurants afterward. Please let us know if you have special dietary needs -- we want to include you! If you will be visiting us and are on Facebook, please mark yourself going in the event Last Sunday's service recap: UU of Grants Pass described 'The Mud and Dirt of Things' by Rev. Margaret Keip well: 'With life burgeoning around us, and ourselves star dust within it, we’ll sing earth songs, and think big thoughts and muse on the fond fallacy that we can really throw things away.' View the interactive service slides and the sermon. ---- NEW!!!! View past Services slides :-)   ---  --- |