Unitarian Universalist
Fellowship of Lafayette
Greetings fellow UUs and
supporters!
We are meeting IN PERSON
and on Zoom until further
notice.
Our theme for March is
Trust.
Trust is fundamental to a good
life. It is the key to faith, an
element of covenant, and the
basis of promise-making and
promise-keeping. It is to trust
others and to be trustworthy.
Trust is built on truth and
destroyed by lies. Trust
always involves risk since it
can be broken. Restoring trust
after a betrayal is especially
difficult and can impair the
willingness to trust.
Responding to betrayal can
involve healing and
forgiveness, but not forgetting.
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Sunday, March 5th Service
Rev. Joshua Pawelek asks
the question: In whom or what
do you place your trust? As
Unitarian Universalists, we
typically place our trust in
each other more than a
creator or deity typical of
doctrinal faiths. On the one
hand, the Christian Bible
asserts that if you live a sinful
life the result will be death. If
you put faith in Jesus Christ
the result will be eternal life.
This service's sermon
contrasts this with the idea
that while UU's don't promise
eternal life, they offer a life
worth living with trust in each
other. Thus the wages of Trust
is Life. The early Christian
teachings focused on Jesus'
emphasis on ethical human
behavior and living a good life
of 'works' rather than with
doctrines of 'faith' -- taking
actions to lessen or prevent
someone's suffering vs.
'thoughts and prayers' comes
to mind. 'Deeds not creeds' is
a good shorthand expression
for this. The 'glue' that holds
us together as UU's are our
Seven Principles that state
how we intend to relate to
each other, trusting that each
of us is seeking relationships
that have dignity, justice,
compassion, a sense of
interconnection, and love at
their core. These relationships
here and now, in this life, in
this world, matter immensely.
We need one another.
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Please visit us either in
person at 1119 Johnston St.
or on Zoom:
tinyurl.com/zoomuufol or via
the link at uulala.org. We now
have Religious Education for
pre-teen children. We visit
with coffee and snacks from
10:30-11 am. The service runs
from 11 am until 12 noon.
After the service we will eat
lunch at La Carreta on
Jefferson St. Grab a free
lunch coupon from the
Chalice table and give it to
Bruce. Everyone is invited!
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Sunday, February 26th
Service Recap:
‘Resilience As A Path
Towards Hope’
Rev. Dr. Bill Sinkford's sermon
begins with the idea that
wetlands are resilient. They
can remove toxicity from the
environment. Toxicity in our
thinking that scarcity exists in
many aspects of our lives can
be eliminated by recognizing
the abundance that exists in
the natural world. He
discusses the idea of the 'zero
sum game' -- that one
Each year we elect officers to
our Board of Directors and
request volunteers for our
standing committees.
Offices to be filled are:
President, Vice President,
Secretary, and Treasurer
Standing Committees in need
of volunteers are:
Services, Religious
Education, Social Concerns
and Membership
The officer’s duties are
described under ‘Article V.
Officers and the Election
Procedure, Tenure and
Duties’ and committees’
functions are described in
‘ARTICLE VI. Committees.’ of
our bylaws document located
here.
If you wish to be a candidate,
nominate a member, or join a
committee please contact
Mary Guirard
(maryguirard@yahoo.com) to
have the name added to the
list of candidates or to
volunteer for a committee.
The election will be held after
our church service on March
19th.
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Spring Donations Drive:
Please help us meet our goal.
Thanks!
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Membership Book:
Please sign the 2023
Membership Book on the
table at the church entrance.
Thanks!
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