Monthly Archives: January 2021

January 31: “Small Group Discussion” (Online Service)

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Sunday, January 31st, the Magic Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship will explore a new concept to create an opportunity to involve our attendees to share their thoughts as part of their spiritual journey.

Our service is from the “Soul Matters” program of the Unitarian-Universalist Association.

We will will begin with our regular online service then we will break into small groups where we will discuss the theme of “Imagination”. We will focus on these three questions:

  • Has imagination ever led you astray?
  • What is the opposite of imagination?
  • Is there more to see in your “enemy” than what you’ve been imagining?

Participants may ponder these questions now or are welcome to attend the service without any pre-planning. During the service we will meditate on these questions then each person can select one to speak about. The goal is to figure out which question is “yours.” Which question captures the call of your “inner voice”? Which one contains “your work”? What is this question trying to get you to notice or acknowledge?

Host Karen Fothergill and co-hosts Don Morishita, Digger Stout, Terry Ford and Ike Eickley will be facilitating the small group discussions.

Visitors to our online service are always welcome.
Please join us this Sunday at 10:30 MST

Zoom Meeting Details:
Please Click Here or use the link below to join our service this Sunday, at 10:30 AM MST
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83931910156?pwd=Tmo3NlV2b3dhZjgzenlXQVNrS3hoQT09

Unitarian Universalism honors the differing paths we each travel. Our congregations are places where we celebrate, support, and challenge one another as we continue on our spiritual journeys.
Unitarian-Universalists covenant to affirm and promote the inherent worth and dignity of every person; justice, equality and compassion in human relations; and acceptance of one another.
Newcomers of all religious paths or none at all are always welcome.

January 24: “A Return to Hope, for some, A Beginning of Hope, for all?” (Online Service)

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Presenter: Rev. Jenny Peek

With the inauguration of President Biden and Vice President Harris, are you filled with hope? Relief?

If so, you are not alone. Yet a change in party at the helm, history tells us, may not bring much hope to many. Join us online this Sunday at 10:30 MST as our visiting minister Rev. Jenny Peek shares her message of hope for us all.


Zoom Meeting Details:

Click Here or use the link below to join the video meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83931910156?pwd=Tmo3NlV2b3dhZjgzenlXQVNrS3hoQT09
Meeting ID: 839 3191 0156
Passcode: Chalice

Unitarian Universalism honors the differing paths we each travel. Our congregations are places where we celebrate, support, and challenge one another as we continue on our spiritual journeys.

Unitarian Universalists covenant to affirm and promote the inherent worth and dignity of every person; justice, equality and compassion in human relations; and acceptance of one another. Newcomers of all religious paths or none at all are always welcome.

January 17th: “A House Divided and what can we do about it” (Online Service)

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The cultural divide in America which culminated in the siege of the U.S. Capitol Building on January 6 will be discussed in a presentation by Thomas Schwartz. He will discuss factors fueling that divide, suggesting that an “us versus them” political climate is morally destructive, and provide modest suggestions for what we can do to achieve our Founding Fathers’ goal of “E Pluribus Unum.”

Join us this Sunday at 10:30 MST

Zoom Meeting Details:
Click Here or use the link below to join the video meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83931910156?pwd=Tmo3NlV2b3dhZjgzenlXQVNrS3hoQT09

Meeting ID: 839 3191 0156
Passcode: Chalice

Unitarian Universalism honors the differing paths we each travel. Our congregations are places where we celebrate, support, and challenge one another as we continue on our spiritual journeys.
Unitarian Universalists covenant to affirm and promote the inherent worth and dignity of every person; justice, equality and compassion in human relations; and acceptance of one another.
Newcomers of all religious paths or none at all are always welcome.

January 10: “Searching for Walden’s Instagram”

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Presenter: Matthew Pargeter-Villarreal, M.Div (Guest Speaker)

Henry David Thoreau is a much celebrated figure in Unitarian Universalist history. His rugged determination that led him to renounce the world and move to a small cabin where he would write Walden has served as an inspiration to generations of future Unitarian Universalists, although he may not seem to have much in common with the endless stream of social media influencers that we see today.

Join Matthew Pargeter-Villarreal for a discussion of how the two are more alike than they appear to be different.


Matthew Pargeter-Villarreal (PAR-juh-ter VEE-ya-ray-ALL), our online speaker for Sunday, is a recent Master of Divinity graduate from Brite Divinity School with a concentration in Sexual and Gender Justice and a Candidate for Ministry with the Unitarian Universalist Association.
Matthew also served as a chaplain at Baylor All Saints Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas. Matthew and his husband, Gabriel, are currently living in Comfort, TX.

Join us this Sunday at 10:30 MST

Unitarian Universalism honors the differing paths we each travel. Our congregations are places where we celebrate, support, and challenge one another as we continue on our spiritual journeys.
Unitarian Universalists covenant to affirm and promote the inherent worth and dignity of every person; justice, equality and compassion in human relations; and acceptance of one another.
Newcomers of all religious paths or none at all are always welcome.


Zoom Meeting Details:
Click Here or use the link below to join the video meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83931910156?pwd=Tmo3NlV2b3dhZjgzenlXQVNrS3hoQT09

Meeting ID: 839 3191 0156
Passcode: Chalice