Welcome to the Practice of Repair When the cracks come, who doesn’t desire – even demand – to restore what once was? Nothing is more human. We all long to reverse the damage. We all hold tight to the Humpty Dumpty hope that everything can be put back together again. But, as our faith teaches …
Book Club Book Club meets each month on the 2nd and 4th Sunday, after the service. Want to join the fun? Grab the book: Thomas R Smith’s Poetry on the Side of Nature, An Essay with Poems. Live Poets: The regular schedule will be the 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month after the service. New group opportunity: …
Social Action Committee The committee is working in three areas right now. Help out with these action steps: Support fair and peaceful elections. 1. Sign up to be an observer for the vote certification at the county clerk’s office. This generally happens one week after the election. Email UUSRFon65@gmail.com and put Social Action in the subject heading …
Welcome to the Practice of Repair When the cracks come, who doesn’t desire – even demand – to restore what once was? Nothing is more human. We all long to reverse the damage. We all hold tight to the Humpty Dumpty hope that everything can be put back together again. But, as our faith teaches …
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Nov. 3 “The Practice of Repair”, Randy Dean (Reminder: Reset your clocks. Daylight Savings Ends! ) As a church pastor for 50 years Randy has devoted himself to people he “affectionately calls, ‘spiritual refugees’; those who have left the normal confines of churches and other religious organizations.” Randy has worked extensively in the areas of mental …
Election day is November 5th. Absentee ballots are already out. What an opportunity to practice deep listening as you make your decisions on how to vote. Who do you listen to when you are seeking information? There is one Referendum on my Spring Valley ballot. It is the “eligibility to vote” referendum seeking to amend our state …
October: Practice of Deep Listening October 6th, 1st Sunday “Deep Listening” Rev Ted Tollefson speaking. In a culture that puts emphasis on speaking and has classes in many schools on “public speaking”, maybe it’s time to turn our attention to the importance of listening. How can we learn to listen at a deeper level to enhance private …
Groups Meeting in September 2024 Book: Next meeting September 22, at noon (after the service). Want to join the fun? Grab the book: Thomas R Smith’s book Poetry on the Side of Nature, An Essay with Poems and read at least through Page 12. So far the group includes 7 people: Bob & Mary E, …
September Services: September: Practice of Invitation 1st Sunday, September 1st. Focus Spiritual September 8th, 2nd Sunday: This River Falls Journal ad invited people to help initiate UUSRF back in the spring of 1988. See the ad above to the right and below in a larger format. Questions concerning living love through the practice of invitation will be the focus of our September …
Billy Joel didn’t want to write new songs. He was “finished” with that. Yet, a young song writerwas able to engage him in writing a new song. That story is part of the video link. Bottom line,he had regrets. He didn’t want to put himself through the grist mill any more. The young songwriter talked …
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