Sunday, May 18, 2025 Annual Meeting Year in review, budget information, elections, passing of the presidential pussy willows, potluck and celebration of this successful rebuilding year! Board Elections At the Annual Meeting on May 18 we will be electing three board members. The Nominating Committee of Kate Jones, Kate Ihus and Michelle Foster are …
Unitarian Universalist Society of River Falls (UUSRF) is hosting a booth at Earth Fest 2025. Join Us for this Amazing Event! Time & Location Saturday, April 26, 2025, 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM UWRF University Center, 501 Wild Rose Ave, River Falls, WI 54022, USA For details on this event, CLICK HERE
Eleanor Rice was the minister at UUSRF in the 1990s and early 2000s. This excerpt is from the March 2003 UUSRF newsletter when the US was contemplating a war with Iraq. Its message is still relevant. Think Eternally, Live Now This is such an uncertain time. I don’t know what the situation will be by …
Earth Fest Help Needed – UUSRF is sponsoring a table at Earth Fest 2025 on April 26 from 12 – 4. If you would like to be part of planning for this event or helping out on the day of the event, contact Don Leake (don.leake52@gmail.com). New Member Sunday – Are you interested in becoming a member …
WE BELONG TOGETHERDriving one day in the city, I sawin a library window a sign reading WE BELONG TOGETHER. A warm hand, a hand of human language, reached upto touch my heart. It was as if some split-offlost side of myself had spoken. What Eros in the story those three words tell. Imagine if we took …
VOTE in the local and state election on April 1.Earth Fest Help Needed – UUSRF is sponsoring a table at Earth Fest 2025 on April 26 from 12 – 4. If you would like to be part of planning for this event or helping out on the day of the event, contact Don Leake (don.leake52@gmail.com).New Member Sunday – …
Trust Reflection We are using resources from Soul Matters this year. The theme of March is Trust. Here is a suggested exercise. Read through the list of questions 2-3 times until one sticks out for you and captures your attention. Then reflect on that question using one or all of these questions: ● What is going on …
Apr. 6 “Planting the Seeds of Joy” – Reverend Ted Tollefson – Joy cannot be willed but it can be invited. Rev. Ted will give hands-on tips and stories for gardeners of soul and community. Poetry Group meets after the service. Apr. 13 “Tribal Climate Action” – Kelly Cain – Dr. Kelly Cain, professor emeritus UWRF …
Submissions for the UU Musings section are welcome. Send essays, poems or other writings to annleake001@gmail.com. These can be original works or pieces by other authors that you enjoy and want to share with our community.
The Grout By Marcus Liefert The Unitarian Universalist congregation where I served as an intern made a mosaic Tree of Life the summer before I arrived. Congregants of all ages came together to craft the tree’s leaves, using bits and pieces of broken ceramics, jewelry, glass, and stone. There are many precious personal items in the tree, including …
