On this last day of 2023, we will explore different ways of saying goodbye to the old and hello to the new.
We’ll discuss practices of celebrating the start of a new year with an international focus.
Do we need luck, fortune, happiness and health in 2024 YES we do!

Let’s talk about traditional ways to insure good tidings and explore avenues to let go of those practices, habits, life walks which didn’t serve us well in 2023.
We will also discuss foods traditionally eaten to usher in a new year and nosh a bit on these favorite dishes.

Discussion led by Pam Blankenheim

Christmas Eve Morn is here! Rev. Jenny Peek, our visiting minister from Pocatello UU Fellowship, will join us online and share her reflection on the quiet moments before great change. We remember where we were when momentous events happened even decades later. Let’s imagine the morning before the birth of a baby in a manger all those years ago.

Melody Lenkner is Worship Associate

Join Matt Reynolds, CSI Sociologist, and Brian Johns, Head of the Magic Valley Interreligious Dialogue Group, for a conversation on the value of interfaith action. Brian and Matt will explore the value of respecting different faith traditions and discuss the work of the Magic Valley Interreligious Dialogue group to make those ideals reality in our community. 

Perri Gardner is the Worship Associate

December is a month of many holidays and celebrations, including the Winter Solstice, Christmas, Hanukkah, Rohatsu or Bodhi Day, Kwanzaa, and Boxing Day. Unitarian Universalists Unitarian Universalists recognize the importance of all these holiday events during this month. This year Hanukkah began Thursday evening December 7th at sundown and continues through Friday December 15th. Hanukkah is the Jewish eight-day, wintertime “festival of lights,” celebrated with a nightly menorah lighting, special prayers and fried foods.

Join us this Sunday for a celebration with Tony Prater who will share the importance of this special time. Our service Sunday will be both in person at our location 160 9th Avenue East in Twin Falls as well as on ZOOM beginning at 10:30 AM Mountain Time. 

Don Morishita will be the worship associate.