UUSRF Reports and Meetings Program – Now meeting the first Wednesday of each month. Next meeting is January 1st at 6:30 via Zoom. Input in this important committee is needed. Contact don.leake52@gmail.com for the link. Caring Circle – January 8 at 7:00. Meeting via Zoom. UUSRF Board – January 15 at 6:30 via Zoom. You are welcome to attend and follow the business of UUSRF. Contact Don Leake …
News from the UUSRF Board Carie Statz will assume the duties of Treasurer on February 1, 2025. Neal and Tina Domeyer, Nancy Miller, Alison Page, Lynn Huiskamp and Rich Purdy have joined the Administration Committee. Thank you to all for the new energy coming to UUSRF. Board Election Announcement:The Unitarian-Universalist Society of River Falls will …
January’s Theme: The Practice of StoryUUSRF is following the UUA curriculum Soul Matters this year. Each month has a theme and accompanying resources. It’s dangerous…to tell yourself that stories are tame;to treat them as something that lives only between the covers of a book;to think of them as something that can be easily kept on a …
The Unitarian-Universalist Society of River Falls will hold a special meeting after the service on January 19, 2025 to elect a replacement for Jay Esch. UUSRF will hold a short special meeting after the service on January 19, 2025 to elect a member to fill the open board position. Maureen Ash has volunteered for this position. …
This poem was created by ChatGPT AI following the template from the storytelling activity during the January 5th service. I Am From – Martin Luther King I am from the worn leather Bible, from the cold metal bars of a jail cell, and from the steady hum of a hymn sung in quiet defiance.I am from the streets of …
This poem comes from the storytelling activity during the January 5th service. Do you have an “I Am From” poem to share? The Dragonfly weekly UUSRF electronic newsletter will include it here in coming weeks. I am from flaming chalices, from rainbow streamers and the Paterek bell. I am from prairie grasses and morning glories. I …
This week everyone is invited to create a poem based on the activity for the January 5 service which follows this month’s theme of “The Practice of Story”. If you wish to share your poem/story, the Dragonfly will include it here in coming weeks. “I Am From…” Poem Template Adapted from Levi Romero and iInspired …
UU Musings For So the Children ComeFor so the children comeAnd so they have been coming.Always in the same way they comeborn of the seed of man and woman.No angels herald their beginnings.No prophets predict their future courses.No wisemen see a star to show where to find the babethat will save humankind.Yet each night a …
By Maureen Ash The biggest one of course was Dad, wearing one of Dad’s hats, his usual calm expression rendered in pebbles and a slightly curved twig, his weed-stalk arms spread wide. Mom next, somewhat smaller, my smile tipped on my smudged face. Two more, small and smaller, one in a pink hat, carefully arranged, …
Theme – “The World Has Need of You” – Richard Terrill and Larry McDonough Concert at UUSRF Through readings and musical interludes, essayist Richard and pianist Larry explored the ways that our dependence on each other, and with elements of the physical world, defines our experience. The presentation explored three varieties of interdependence: between two …
