 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 30th Service:  Many UUs volunteer free time in their communities when they are able. This Sunday's sermon presentation by Bruce Snow will focus on the VITA adult literacy program. Teaching adults enables them to become full participants in home, work and community -- giving them the skills they need to help them and their children succeed! Visit us to learn more about this program. Helping others feels good! Join us in person or on Zoom for Fellowship from 10:30 am until the service from 11 am until 12 noon with lunch afterward at a local restaurant. You may view the interactive service slides or view the sermon slides. If you will be visiting us and are on Facebook, please mark yourself going in the event Last Sunday's service recap: Economist Juliet Schor has documented the increase in time spent working over a 20 year period for Americans has shown a decrease in leisure time even though the technology revolution was expected to increase it. Instead, that time was used to get more work done. This tendency to overwork and have less vacation and leisure time is based on the "work ethic" that would suggest that our worth is linked to the quality and quantity of what we accomplish -- we are what we do. In contrast, UU's affirm the inherent worth and dignity of every person -- which would suggest that our work does not define us. Although work may be worthy and good in and of itself it is not a means to justify our existence. As the Christian Bible suggests, the first six days of creation were very good, and the seventh day of rest was holy. Let's not forget that rest is holy! The sermon was read by Rebekah Perkins! Thanks, Rebekah! View the interactive service slides and read the sermon. ---- |
