Unitarian Universalist
Fellowship of Lafayette
Greetings fellow UUs and supporters!
We are meeting IN PERSON
and on Zoom until further notice.
Our theme for April is Grief.
The reality of grief is far different from
what others see from the outside. There
is pain in this world that you can't be
cheered out of. You don't need
solutions. You don't need to move on
from your grief. You need someone to
see your grief, to acknowledge it. You
need someone to hold your hands while
you stand there in blinking horror,
staring at the hole that was your life.
Some things cannot be fixed. They can
only be carried. Survival in grief, even
eventually building a new life alongside
grief, comes with the willingness to bear
witness, both to yourself and to the
others who find themselves inside this
life they didn’t see coming. Together, we
create real hope for ourselves and for
one another. We need each other to
survive. –Megan Devine
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Sunday April 30th Service
Rev. Meg Barnhouse of First UU Austin
speaks on how we process grief and
can adapt to our new reality with each
other's help. Anne Lamont writes “You
will lose someone you can’t live
without,and your heart will be badly
broken, and the bad news is that you
never completely get over the loss of
your beloved. But this is also the good
news. They live forever in your broken
heart that doesn’t seal back up. And you
come through. It’s like having a broken
leg that never heals perfectly—that still
hurts when the weather gets cold, but
you learn to dance with the limp.”
Service slides Sermon video
Facebook Event
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 walk
to Festival International downtown for
lunch. Scott will provide rides to/from the
event also. Free lunch coupons
available at the Chalice Table. Everyone
is welcome!
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Last Sunday’s Service Recap
Rev. Beth Dana of First Unitarian
Church of Dallas asks the question:
What does it mean for humans to be in
solidarity with the earth? Let’s celebrate
Earth Day together!
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Touchstones Journal for April:
