Monthly Archives: May 2021

May 30 Flower Ceremony Service

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Each year, Unitarian Universalist Churches across the country celebrate the coming of summer with a flower ceremony. Originally created in 1923 by Unitarian minister Norbert Capek of Prague, Czechoslovakia, the Flower Ceremony was introduced to the United States by Rev. Maya Capek, Norbert’s widow. Also sometimes referred to as Flower Communion or Flower Festival, it is an annual ritual that celebrates beauty, human uniqueness, diversity, and community. For this ceremony, everyone is asked to bring a flower if they can.

Each person places a flower in a large vase. The congregation blesses the flowers, and they’re redistributed. Each person takes home a different flower than the one they brought. If possible, please bring a flower or flowers that can be combined with all of the others in a large vase during the service.

The service will be in person starting at 10:30 am at the Magic Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, located at 160 9th Ave. East, Twin Falls, Idaho

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.        

MVUUF is now meeting in person beginning May 23rd.

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Idaho is now in Stage 4 of our pandemic recovery and as the country slowly recovers from the recent pandemic, we, the leadership team at the Magic Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, are pleased to announce that we will soon be meeting in person regularly. This exciting news comes as we close out the 2020-2021 fiscal year and prepare for the 2021-2022 year where we hope to reestablish the sense of community we were so recently forced to give up.

Please join us at our regular meeting place, 160 9th Avenue East in Twin Falls. Our service begins at 10:30 AM.

May 23: “Patience: More of a Clue than a Virtue”

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What if developing patience for difficult people and situations in our lives isn’t the virtue it’s cracked up to be? Patience has its place in building beloved community. Join us this Sunday for our worship service when visiting minister, Rev. Jenny Peek, shares her reflection on patience as a clue, more than a virtue.

Reminder: We are now meeting in person. Please join our service at our normal meeting place: 160 9th Avenue East, in Twin Falls.

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.

As Unitarian-Universalists, we 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.

May 16: “All of Us Have Stories”

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Presenter: Terry Ford

All of us have stories we tell ourselves about who we are. Sometimes those stories are ones that have been imposed on us, by parents, friends, or just by circumstances. Sometimes they are just a collection of things we have come to believe about ourselves. Those stories may not reflect what we would like to be, and they may not be even true in the eyes of others. Oftentimes of course they are at least partially true, but that doesn’t make them any less irksome to live with, or to try to live up to. Sometimes we are not even aware that they are only stories, and that we have the power to change them. Our small group discussions this coming Sunday will offer members the opportunity to share what their individual stories are, and to reflect on how they might change them if they find them chafing like an ill-fitted shoe.

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

Zoom Meeting Details:
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Meeting ID: 858 2931 6893
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. As Unitarian-Universalists, we 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.

May 9, 2021: “On Birthing and Nurturing”

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Presenter: Rev. Mary Beth Bolin

On May 9th, in honor of Mother’s Day, Rev. Mary Beth Bolin will reflect on birthing and nurturing… not only in the biological, physical sense, but in all the ways we give birth to, and nurture new possibility throughout our lives. What can childbirth and motherhood teach us about how change is born in this world.

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

Zoom Meeting Details:
Please Click Here or use the link below to join the meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85829316893?pwd=R2JDZkhhMW02NVlHU1Btc3VHM1VtZz09
Meeting ID: 858 2931 6893
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.