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Sunday Services at the Minnesota Valley Unitarian Universalist fellowship. Our services include sermons delivered by our minister, outside speakers and members of the congregation covering a range of topics applicable to UU principles, and services centered around music or youth. A portion of the one-hour service, typically only the sermon or featured speaker, is podcast.
While we try to podcast as many of our services as possible, sometimes we are unable to offer a podcast due to editorial discretion/confidentiality, concerns about music copyrights, technical issues, or at the request of the speaker. Guests are welcome every Sunday to our fellowship - see our website for more information.
While we try to podcast as many of our services as possible, sometimes we are unable to offer a podcast due to editorial discretion/confidentiality, concerns about music copyrights, technical issues, or at the request of the speaker. Guests are welcome every Sunday to our fellowship - see our website for more information.
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Oct 14: Race and the Criminal Justice System, Are We Awake? The Social Action Committee and Beloved Conversations participants are excited to announce that our speaker this Sunday will be Mary Moriarty, Hennepin County Chief Public Defender. Recognizing that our state’s incarceration rates are among the most disparate in the nation, Mary will discuss how racial bias distorts our criminal justice system.
The Poor People’s Campaign is a moral revival movement which has been gaining attention and strength across the nation fighting for economic and racial justice. What are the principles of the movement and how do they intersect with our UU values and principles?
Lorna Prell will be telling true stories about how she became convinced that there is more to reality than what can be proven by science.
This Sunday, Darrell and Kathy will be telling their story of helping a family member in an abusive relationship through the help off Cornerstone. Cheryl Kolb-Untinen from Cornerstone will join them.
Linda Hayen recently completed Master Recycler/Composter training through Hennepin County. She will discuss common questions about recycling and composting. Glenn will give information about the Green Sanctuary program here at MVUUF as well as our own recycling and composting procedures.
Rejecting ideas of divinity or the supernatural, Humanism focuses on human agency as the ultimate force in shaping and making meaning of our life experiences. We'll discuss some basic elements of humanism and ponder what a Humanistic viewpoint calls us to do.
Flower communion is a beloved occasion for many UUs. This year’s celebration will be made extra special as we use the occasion to celebrate our Director of Religious Education, Jan Fitzgerald, as she prepares to retire. Bring flowers from home, if you have some to share.
Don't forget to join us after the service for a Community Picnic at Moir Park at 12:00pm! We’ll have hot dogs, veggie burgers, cake and drinks on hand. Please bring whatever else you might like to share. We’ll be in the big picnic shelter this year. If you’d like to help with set-up or clean-up, contact Nancy Buckman at nancybmnuu@gmail.com.
Warning: the following program contains language which may find offensive. Why do we get so hung up on words? Because they matter. Words have power. Sometimes that power is assigned by others and sometimes we claim it ourselves. This service will examine words whose power has gotten away from us.
Are you liberal or conservative? Right-brained or left brained? Good or bad? What happens when we let go of the binary traps of either/or thinking and make space for the power of and?
Our UU faith places a premium on the spiritual value of asking questions. We often say that, when it comes to the deepest issues in life, we have more questions than we do answers. As a celebration of our UU quest for truth and meaning, we will give you the opportunity to ask your minister your burning questions about faith, spirituality, and life. Your questions will be collected early in the hour; Rev. Laura will attempt to answer as many as she can off the top of her head and from the bottom of her heart. This is a New Member Sunday! Join us in welcoming new members to MVUUF.
1What is religious naturalism? It is a philosophy, a theology, a way of life. It finds its meaning in the processes of nature – in all its immensity, all of its delicacy, all of its freedom, and all of its fate. It can be atheist or theist. Exploring these concepts may give you a new way of understanding your own beliefs as well as those of others.
What does MVUUF mean to its members and to the community? What does UUism mean to the world? More importantly, what could they mean? How do we increase the value of our faith to ourselves, our community and the world?
So often it can feel as though we are being buried under darkness. But what if our purpose is not to be buried and forgotten, but to spring from the darkness bringing new life to the world. Come to this all ages service to explore the concepts of spring, new life and resurrection.
If you ask, most folks will tell you that they dislike change and yet change is the only thing that is constant. How do we find balance in a world that is always changing and spinning?
Stewardship, money, pledging, paying it forward - these are sometimes difficult topics for UUs. Why is that? Come and share the journey of one UU who figured out the connections, got past the hesitancy, and got on with living a UU life.
Sometimes it feels like the world is determined to tear us apart, to set us against each other, to isolate us from one another. What can we do to recognize the threadsconnecting us, to weave stronger strands of relationship, to value the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a small and vital part?
Behind every movement are the songs, chants, and anthems that drive it. There were gospel songs that led the Underground Railroad and Civil Rights Movement. There were folk songs that led the anti-war and women’s rights movement. Today there are songs in nearly all genres that inhabit the spirit of freedom. How do these songs keep us moving forward?
A champion of women’s suffrage and the first woman to be ordained by a denomination, Olympia Brown was an inspiration. Come and learn about a true pioneer and explore the lessons of her legacy that are still with us today.
Class bias among Unitarian Universalist has often been seen and an impenetrable reality of our association. Is it or can we explore why? This sermon will explore the history and current realities of class bias in America and pose some suggestions to address this schism.
As we head into the season of consumption, we take some time to pause and reflect on what it is we really need. This is a New Member Sunday; join us in welcoming new members to MVUUF.
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