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Sunday, September 20, 2009 White Decolonization
Presented by Denise Breton
Moderated by Lois Hamilton
Decolonization is about bringing our best values to making a paradigm shift to balanced, respectful ways of coexistence among peoples, which includes acknowledging and repairing the harms on which our current life has been built.
Co-founder and Executive Director of Living Justice Press, Denise Breton has also authored several books, including The Soul of Economies (Idea House, 1991); The Paradigm Conspiracy (Hazelden, 1996); Love, Soul, and Freedom (Hazelden, 1998); and The Mystic Heart of Justice (Chrysalis Books, 2001).
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Sunday, September 27, 2009 To Be Without Power
Presented by Wendy Jerome
Moderated by Maisie Wolzson
For decades of the 20th century middle class Americans could derive meaning from their power to achieve what they chose to do. Most of the rest of the world has not had this luxury, yet they have meaning in their lives.
The Rev. Wendy Jerome has served congregations in Toledo, Wayzata, Winnipeg, and now, in Eau Claire.
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Sunday, October 04, 2009 Visit to Dakota Fellowship
No service at Groveland Fellowship today. We will be taking potluck food with us for our visit at Dakota Fellowship.
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Sunday, October 11, 2009 Groveland's History and Our Immediate Future
Moderated by Sara Leiste
We will review some of our past history and members and friends are invited to bring their ideas for what they want Groveland to be this year.
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Sunday, October 18, 2009 Groveland's Future
Presented by Charles Ellis
Moderated by Sara Leiste
Reverend Charlie Ellis, long time friend of Groveland, will lead Groveland members and friends in discussing what we would like our future to hold.
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Sunday, October 25, 2009 Tobacco Conference Follow-Up Report
Presented by Alan Lando
Moderated by Lois Hamilton
If present trends continue there will be one billion tobacco related deaths in the 21st Century. Harry Alan Lando, Distinguished International Professor, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, has spent most of his career researching methods to help people quit smoking. In recent years he came to realize this was not adequate to address the global tobacco epidemic and that tobacco is a human rights issue. Alan will provide a review of the world tobacco conference in India that took place in 2008 and which he helped organize.
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Sunday, November 01, 2009 Reflections on a Work in Progress
Presented by Thérèse Jacobs-Stewart
Moderated by Sara Leiste
Thérèse Jacobs-Stewart has been a practicing psychologist, workshop developer, and international consultant for more than 20 years. She is the author of Paths Are Made by Walking: Practical Steps for Attaining Serenity — a unique synthesis of science and spirit which offers 20 basic practices designed to establish more healthy emotional responses to the stresses of everyday life. She is currently working on a new publication, and will share some of that work with Groveland at this service.
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Sunday, November 01, 2009 TBA
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Sunday, November 08, 2009 Prayerful Intent Art Exercises
Presented by Chillon Leach
Moderated by Ceile Hartleib
Please join Chillon Leach, St. Paul artist, for a creative time of making prayers/thoughts/intentions visible. These are fun art exercises done with prayerful intent, using simple art supplies. All the exercises have to do with slowing down, keeping a prayer/thought in mind before, during and after. No art skills or experience needed!
Chillon Leach is a St. Paul artist who shows her works in local religious and secular art exhibitions. She is a 1983 graduate of the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, with degrees in painting/drawing and illustration. Currently teaching art and spirituality at Catholic Eldercare in NE Minneapolis, she is also developing forum speaking and artist-in-residence programs at area churches.
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Sunday, November 15, 2009 Is Health Care a Moral Issue
Presented by Martha Anderson and Lynne Biddle-Walker
Moderated by Pat Walker
Taking care of your neighbor has historically been a moral good. Have we lost this moral imperative?
Martha Anderson and Lynne Biddle-Walker are founding members of Groveland Unitarian Universalist Fellowship.
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Sunday, November 22, 2009 Feeding the Fires of Eros: a drumming service
Presented by Jaime Meyer
Moderated by Lynne Biddle-Walker
The drum is a natural summoner of eros- the vital life force, the animating energy of all living things. As we head into winter, it’s good to call up and nurture this life creating and sustaining energy. As we head into the frenzy of the holiday season let us gather together to nurture and honor the power that at once enlivens us, en-wilds us and grounds us.
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Sunday, November 29, 2009 Nov. 29th service cancelled
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Sunday, December 06, 2009 Right Relationships
Presented by Sara Leiste & Lois Hamilton
Moderated by Sara Leiste & Lois Hamilton
What are people looking for when they come to a church or fellowship? One thing most want is relationship with others. Two books, Practicing Right Relationship, by Mary K. Sellon & Daniel P. Smith and How Your Church Family Works, by Peter Steinke, look at how people interact within churches and what are some ways to make relationships meaningful. We will follow some exercises from the books and discuss their ideas.
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Sunday, December 13, 2009 How We Say Goodbye
Presented by Michael Sorrell
Moderated by Lesley Guyton
Michael Sorrell has been studying mortuary science from the perspective of an "alternative after-life care" advocate. Come listen to Michael talk about his program and his own journey in this unique presentation.
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Sunday, December 20, 2009 Celebration of Winter Solstice
Presented by Abby Struck
Moderated by Ceile Hartleib
Note, there will be a potluck before this service beginning at 6:30 p.m. Solstice Service will begin at 7:15.
No one is really sure how long ago humans recognized the winter solstice and began heralding it as a turning point -- the day that marks the return of the sun. Many, many cultures the world over perform solstice ceremonies. At their root: an ancient fear that the failing light would never return unless humans intervened with anxious vigil or antic celebration. Join us for our own celebration of the return of sunlight.
Abby Struck is one of the founding members of Groveland UU Fellowship.
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Sunday, December 27, 2009 No Service
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Sunday, January 03, 2010 No Service
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Sunday, January 10, 2010 Your Elevator Speech
Presented by Darr Schreurs
Moderated by Maisie Wolzson
Your Elevator Speech:
Someone asks you "What's Groveland Unitarian Unit-wha?" on an elevator. What do you say?
What can you tell them in thirty seconds?
Find out how to quickly and confidently explain where you spend your Sunday mornings.
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Sunday, January 17, 2010 General Assembly in Minnesota
Presented by D'Ann Prior
Moderated by Lois Hamilton
D'Ann will offer information about the Unitarian Universalist General Assembly, which will take place in Minneapolis this June.
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Sunday, January 24, 2010 Racial Healing in the Body
Presented by Tommy Woon & Thea Mashino Lee
Moderated by Lesley Guyton
Dean of Multicultural Life at Macalester College and Thea Mashino Lee, a somatic therapist and yoga teacher specializing in trauma believe that the missing link is in our bodies. They will explain the role of the body in our response to stress and threatening situations and how it can be applied to understanding the etiology and as well as the effects of racism in both individuals and society.
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Sunday, January 31, 2010 Roots of Liberal Thought and Contemporary Branches.
Presented by Rev. Charles Ellis
Moderated by Martha Anderson
This is the first of in a three-part series about Liberalism. It will focus on the roots of liberal thought in the enlightenment and look at some of the strange ways those roots play out in contemporary life. In this piece I treat Unitarianism in particular and the UU movement in general as expressions of Enlightenment thought in the
Rev. Charles Ellis, a former Presbyterian minister, became a member of Groveland UU years ago when our organization was in its infancy. Because of his participation with Groveland he decided to transfer his credentials to the UU ministry. He has continued to be involved with GUUF as a Sunday speaker, presenter of workshops, special courses, and as a retreat speaker.realm of religion.
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Sunday, February 07, 2010 Standing On the Side of Love
Presented by Leslie Mills
Moderated by Lois Hamilton
Leslie Mills, a student at United Theological Seminary, will present a re-imagining of what love could be. Something for us to think about this week before Valentines Day.
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Sunday, February 14, 2010 Delving Into Ravel's Sonatine for Non-Musicians
Presented by Ian Boswell
Moderated by Lesley Guyton
Ian Boswell, graduate of Macalester College and pianist at Groveland Fellowship, will play the first movement of "Sonatine" and discuss the work to give greater understanding to non-musicians.
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Sunday, February 21, 2010 Struggling Schools and No Child Left Behind
Presented by Larry Herbison
Moderated by Ceile Hartleib
Larry Herbison, educator and long time member of Groveland UU Fellowship will present this interesting program.
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Sunday, February 28, 2010 Compassion: Acting Without Expectation
Presented by Bev Forsman
Moderated by Martha Anderson
True compassion is living each moment responding and tending to conditions as they unfold, without attaching to outcome. This is the action of the authentic self.
Bev Forsman teaches at Dharma Field Zen Center in Minneapolis and at London Zen Centre in London, Ontario.
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Sunday, March 07, 2010 Interpreting Our UU Principles: A Conversation
Presented by Lynne Biddle-Walker
Moderated by Pat Walker
Lynne Biddle-Walker will lead a focused conversation about the Unitarian Universalists Seven Principles. Lynne is a founding member of Groveland UU Fellowship
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Sunday, March 14, 2010 Unitarian Universalist Theology
Presented by Leslie Mills
Moderated by Lois Hamilton
Leslie Mills is a student at United Theological Seminary. She will be discussing what she is learning about UU theology from her studies at the seminary. She will gladly field your questions about the subject.
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Sunday, March 21, 2010 Science Fiction and Theology: Strange Bedfellows? Not Really.
Presented by Abby Struck
Moderated by Martha Anderson
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Sunday, March 28, 2010 Liberalism in Our Time
Presented by Rev. Charles Ellis
Moderated by Lois Hamilton
This is the second in a series on Liberalism. It will explore current political and religious controversies from the standpoint of a liberal religious perspective.
Rev. Charles Ellis, a former Presbyterian minister, became a member of Groveland UU years ago when our organization was in its infancy. Because of his participation with Groveland he decided to transfer his credentials to the UU ministry. He has continued to be involved with GUUF as a Sunday speaker, presenter of workshops, special courses, and as a retreat speaker.
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Sunday, April 04, 2010 Sources, a Celebration of Unitarian Universalist Heritage
Presented by Sara Leiste & Lois Hamilton
Moderated by Sara Leiste & Lois Hamilton
Unitarian Universalists from the Twin Cities have put together a program of readings/reflections/songs and discussion questions around our heritage of Unitarian Universalism. This program is designed to be presented before and after a small group potluck. The authors hope that this can become an annual ritual for U.U.'s around the country.
We will start with readings and a potluck brunch at 8:30 a.m. For those who can only come at the regular time at 10:15, we will continue the readings and reflections as part of our regular service, and finish by 11:15.
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Sunday, April 11, 2010 Embracing Our Differences
Presented by Kristen Maier
Moderated by Sara Leiste
Through sermon and a original storytelling, Rev. Kristin Maier explores how we might better appreciate ourselves and others as whole persons even in the midst of significant differences.
The Rev. Kristin Maier is the consulting minister of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Northfield. She holds a Master of Divinity from United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities. Kristin regularly incorporates storytelling and theater into intergenerational worship. She is currently working on a collection of original stories that explores the spiritual life of children in relationship to our natural world.
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Sunday, April 18, 2010 First Universalist: The First 150 Years
Presented by Lois Hamilton
Moderated by Larry Herbison
We will show the DVD produced by First Universalist Church of Minneapolis in celebration of its 150th anniversary. The film features pictures from the past and footage of present day ministers and members talking about their congregation. There is an emphasis on the theology of the church and the common themes throughout the church's history.
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Sunday, April 25, 2010 The Music of John Adams for Non-Musicians
Presented by Ian Boswell
Moderated by Nancy Massman
Ian Boswell is a graduate of Macalester College and is Groveland UU's pianist. He will play and discuss John Adams' China Gates to give a greater understanding to non-musicians of a unique style of meditative, modern, and accessible music.
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Sunday, May 02, 2010 Poetry Cafe
Presented by Kenneth Yoder
Moderated by Kenneth Yoder
Bring your favorite poems. Everyone gets the chance to read poetry and listen to music provided by Ian Boswell.
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Sunday, May 09, 2010 Universalist history: Lydia Moss Bradley
Presented by Darr Schreurs
Moderated by Sara Leiste
Lydia Moss Bradley who started Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois, was the first female member of a national bank board, contributed to many charitable organizations, also contributed much to the Universalist religion.
Darr Schreurs is a Groveland UU Fellowship member and a frequent presenter at our services. He also attends United Theological Seminary in New Brighton.
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Sunday, May 16, 2010 Flower Communion
Presented by Maisie Wolszon
Moderated by Ceile Hartleib
The Flower Communion service was created by Norbert Capek who founded the Unitarian Church in Czechoslovakia. This special service was introduced on June 4, 1923. It was brought to the US in 1940 and has spread to many of our congregations and has been adapted along the way.
People are asked to bring a flower of their choice from their gardens or from the field or roadside along the way. The flowers are placed in a vase and at the end of the service each person takes a flower that was brought by another person.
The significance is that no two flowers are alike as no two people are alike, yet each has a contribution to make. Together the different flowers form a beautiful bouquet.
Please remember to bring a flower to share as we end our year together.
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