 Greetings fellow UUs and supporters! We are meeting IN PERSON and on Zoom until further notice. Our theme for October is Awe. Watch a sleeping baby, a rainbow, a towering sequoia tree, or experience any number of life's wonders and you will be in awe. Simply put -- awe is seeing life as sacred. --- Sunday, October 23rd Service:  This service features a discussion by Bill Edwards about ranked voting followed by a Q&A session. 'Holy Tacos, Batman!' taco dinner after the service. 🙂 Please visit us either in person at 1119 Johnston St. or on Zoom: tinyurl.com/zoomuulala or via the link at uulala.org. We now have Religious Education for children up to age 10. We visit with coffee and snacks from 10:30-11 am. The service runs from 11 am until 12 noon. After the service every second and fourth Sunday of the month (This Sunday!) we have a potluck dinner. On other Sundays we go out to eat at a local restaurant. Everyone is invited! Potluck Dinner: Tacos [hard and soft] and ground turkey -- Chris Vegetarian taco seasoned 'Ground beef' (Impossible Meat) -- Scott Guacamole -- Mary Needed items: Shredded Lettuce & Chopped Tomatoes, Sour Cream, Shredded Cheese, Jalapeno [ 1 or 2 ] , Chips, Salsa, Refried Beans [ 2 cans], Chopped onions?, Chocolate Dessert?, Sodas?, Wine? --- Last Sunday's Service Recap: Wonder is a splendor that cannot be named. As we looked out at the vastness of the universe and life around us we struggled to find some meaning in our seemingly insignificant lives. Organized religions made the mistake of looking at the mysteries and pretended that an answer, a revelation, a truth existed to explain it all. Doctrines were established to teach the truth and rituals performed to feel the truth about who the architect of the heavens is and that 'he' cares about us. Life was made meaningful by living according to his word. But, we have paid a heavy price in believing that supernatural law takes precedence over natural law -- to believe that it is our divine right to have dominion over the earth, and that we are entitled to exploit all of earth's gifts for selfish needs. Our alienation from the natural world deprives us of a real intimacy with the natural splendor that graces our life and which in fact has given us life in the first place. Religion has provided us myths, and myths are not truths. The natural world provides wonder which does not require complete understanding -- just reverence. Unitarian Universalism provides the foundation to lean the new generation into a greater reverence for what is and to provide an ethical mandate for how to preserve and sustain that which is sacred. A new religious imagination needs to guide and help us to identify the interconnectedness within the web of all existence and that recognizes the integrity of the natural world as a condition for the integrity of the inner spiritual world. Useful Links:
--- Announcements:  Postcards to Swing States:  If you have filled out Postcards to Swing States, we are recommending that you mail them no eariler than October 21st. and no later than October 28th. Rally In Support Of Iranian Citizens: Here are some photos from the rally:
 View all photos in the 'Rally for Iranian Citizens' photo album The rally was covered by Zane Hogue of KLFY, both as an article on the web site and with video coverage. Thanks to everyone who participated and to Phyllis Richard for suggesting this action! article on KLFY web site Video on KLFY web site KLFY Video on YouTube Candidate Tia Lebrun attended the rally and spoke on camera in support of women. Tia is running for Louisiana Representative against Rep. Clay Higgins. We will be hosting a 'Get Out The Vote Pizza Party' on October 29th in the church parking lot directed toward ULL students primarily. We will provide online voter registration, transportation to a voting location for early voting and free pizza during the event. --- Calendar:  --- Touchstones Journal for October:  --- |