UUSRF January 2026 Reports and Meetings Program Committee – January 7 by Zoom. Contact Alison Page at UUSRFon65@gmail.com with your ideas for speakers. Administration Committee – The minutes of the Dec. 7 meeting are here. The January meeting will be on Zoom. Details will be forthcoming. Caring Circle – January 14 at 7:00. Meeting via Zoom. UUSRF Board – January 21 …
Jan. 4 “What Nature Can Teach Us About Life and Death” – Maureen Ash – We all die, sooner or later. In the natural world, a dead animal is a life source for everything from microbes to oak trees. It is fascinating to learn about the ways life “finds a way” (to quote from Jurassic Park) …
The Winter Solstice will be here soon (Sunday, December 21, 2025). Is it time to get back to one of our old traditions? “Tie Down the Sun” is an old Norwegian ritual performed on the winter solstice to call for the return of light on the longest night of the year. It is a celebration …
On Sunday, November 30, 2025 attendees helped write two poems following a template suggested by the Soul Matters resources that we are using this year. Mary Oliver’s original poem, the template, is here: Gratitude by Mary OliverWhat did you notice?The dew-snail;the low-flying sparrow;the bat, on the wind, in the dark;big-chested geese, in the V of …
Learning Community: Exploring Polarization Tuesday, November 25, 2025, 6:30 pm American legislatures are more polarized today than at any moment in the past half-century, and there is little end in sight. Two important questions are: Why are American legislatures so polarized? And what policies might help bridge this growing ideological gulf? In the upcoming Learning …
Hope For Earth “A Candlelight River Walk” Event – November 30, 2025, 6:30 PM at Veterans Park in River Falls, WI:
Dec. 7 “Hope in Pieces” – Chad Snyder – Hope is never constant. It is shaped from the pieces of our lives and of our shared interdependent existence. And sometimes it is shattered, and we reshape those pieces into something new. Chad is a member and the Commissioned Lay Minister at Michael Servetus Unitarian Society in Fridley. …
Program Committee – November 5 by Zoom. Contact Alison Page at UUSRFon65@gmail.com with your ideas for speakers. Administration Committee – The minutes of the Oct. 5 meeting are here. The next meeting is November 9 after the service. New members are always welcome. There is much to do to keep our building and grounds in shape. Caring Circle – November 12 …
Nov. 2 “Gritty Gratitude” – Heidi Metro – Gratitude is not about ignoring the hard stuff or pretending everything is a blessing. It is a practice that lets us hold beauty and heartbreak at the same time, noticing what is good without denying what is real. Heidi Metro, the founder and CEO of When You …
From a Bridge over the Illinois River How black it is this morning, the flat, heavy river glossy under a shifting sketch of fog. The vapordissolves and re-forms, restlessas a woman trying to sleep who knowswhat work awaits, while the dense river slumbers perfectly, pouring himself steadily westin a polished black snore, his mighty jobbeing to join the Mississippiat the place, …
