Last week’s service focused on how music can be a spiritual experience. Let’s continue exploring that idea through a hymn sing! Come ready to pick your favorite songs from the Unitarian Universalist hymnbook, Singing the Living Tradition. Karen Esterl will facilitate, sharing the history of UU hymnody, reading texts that celebrate music, and walking folks … Continue reading Hymn Sing
Sunday, April 8 – Unitarian Universalism Since the Merger with Decorah UU member Karen Esterl In December Karen Esterl spoke about ʺThe Merger and Following: How We Came to Be.ʺ Due to time constraints, however, she didn’t get to speak much about what happened after the merger of Unitarianism and Universalism. In this service, she’ll … Continue reading UU Since the Merger
with Decorah UU member Karen Esterl As we continue to explore our focus on justice in the month of January, Karen will guide us through a workshop centered on UUs and their involvement (including sometimes their lack thereof) in the Civil Rights movement. As we learn more about our denomination’s history, we’ll explore the consequences … Continue reading Resistance and Transformation: UUs and Civil Rights
La Befana: a Winter Play with Karen Esterl coordinating multiple cast members Actors needed for this service, in which we’ll perform an 8-page play, La Befana, based on an Italian folktale about a woman who functions much like Santa Claus, distributing gifts to children every Christmas season.
The Merger and Following: How We Came to Be with Decorah UU member Karen Esterl Karen continues her series about the evolution of Unitarian Universalism, “Exploring Our Roots: The History of Our Faith.” In this presentation, Karen explores how the American Unitarian Association and the Universalist Church of America merged to become the Unitarian Universalist … Continue reading December 17, 2017
November 5 – Universalism: Not Hell but Hope with Decorah UU member Karen Esterl Karen previously gave a general overview of Universalism’s theology and history in her talk ʺThe Second Uʺ in August 2016. This service will delve more deeply into this strand of our faith. What lessons does Universalism have to teach us? Carol … Continue reading November 5, 2017
Unitarianism: From Antitrinitarianism to Something More with Decorah UU member Karen Esterl Unitarianism had its roots in rejection of the trinity, but it grew to encompass many other beliefs, including free will, innate human goodness, and the use of reason in religion. We’ll explore the history of this strand of our faith, noting significant developments … Continue reading October 1, 2017
