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May 26: “Grace and Gratitude as our Everyday Spiritual Practice”

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Presenter: Rev. Jenny Peek (Pocatello UU Fellowship)

Pastor-Jenny_cRev. Jenny Peek, our visiting Unitarian-Universalist minister from Pocatello, shares with us her journey in admitting hard truths, how loving others had to begin much closer to home. If you tire of the inner critic, you are not alone. Join us this Sunday for this introspective service on treating ourselves as well as we would treat others.

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. Please park in the rear of the building or on the street in front or the side of the building. Child care is available.

May 19, 2019: “Always the Beautiful Answer,” Rev. Elizabeth L. Greene

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Presenter: Rev. Elizbeth Greene

Poet E.E. Cummings once said, “Always the beautiful answer, that asks a more beautiful question.” In some ways, this statement is at the heart of Unitarian Universalism, which believes that truth is constantly unfolding, in a world we will never totally understand—but before which we can stand in reverence and faith, called to our best selves.

In this, her last sermon to the Magic Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Rev. Greene will reflect upon the answers and questions that arise in religious homes.

Rev. Elizabeth Greene

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 UUs 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. We are handicapped accessible. Please park in the rear of the building or on the street in front or the side of the building. Child care is available.

Newcomers of all religious paths or none at all are always welcome. We are handicapped accessible. Please park in the rear of the building or on the street in front or the side of the building. Child care is available.

Join us at 10:30 AM at our new location: 160 9th Avenue East in Twin Falls.

May 12: Beauty as a Spiritual Practice Presenter: Mark W McGinnis (Member Boise UU Fellowship)

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Our sermon this Sunday by artist Mark W. McGinnis, member of the Boise Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, will deal with how we experience beauty in nature and beauty in visual art.

Mark’s message will focus on how to transform this common experience to a spiritual practice. A slide presentation will accompany the sermon.

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. We are handicapped accessible. Please park in the rear of the building or on the street in front or the side of the building. Child care is available.

May 5: “Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway”

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Presenter: Ryan Terry

Why do we get so anxious? Sunday’s sermon we will explore the concept of fear and anxiety. The good and the bad. Sometimes we just get nervous about getting nervous. We can work ourselves into a frenzy trying to figure out why we are getting nervous.

Perhaps it is time to break the cycle and just accept that a certain level of anxiety is to be expected. We must allow ourselves to feel the fear and then do it anyway.

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. We are handicapped accessible. Please park in the rear of the building or on the street in front or the side of the building. Child care is available.

April 28: Reclaiming Wholeness: Rev. Sara LaWall

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Presenter: Rev. Sara LaWall

RevSaraLaWall-120Sunday, our guest speaker will be Rev. Sara LaWall from the Boise Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship, our partner Fellowship.

Please join for Rev. LaWall’s inspiring message titled “Reclaiming Wholeness”.

Rev. LaWall completed her Masters of Divinity at Meadville-Lombard Theological School, a Unitarian-Universalist seminary in Chicago, Illinois and was ordained in 2014 at the Neighborhood Unitarian-Universalist Church in Pasadena, California where she served as Director of Religious Education. She began her ministry in Boise in August 2015.

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. We are handicapped accessible. Please park in the rear of the building or on the street in front or the side of the building. Child care is available.

April 21, 2019: Easter and Earth Day Celebration

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Presenter: Karen Fothergill

Come Celebrate Easter and Earth Day with the Unitarian-Universalists On Sunday we will be celebrate Earth Day with an Inter-generational service. Earth Day, now a global celebration, founded in 1970, is celebrated this year Monday, April 22. Earth Day sometimes is extended into Earth Week with a full seven days of events focused on green living.

The Magic Valley Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship invites you to join this celebration with songs, a play and a musical performance by the children.

Karen Fothergill will lead this service with thoughts about Easter, Earth Day and the blessing of Spring – the season of rebirth. A children’s Easter Egg hunt will follow.

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. We are handicapped accessible. Please park in the rear of the building or on the street in front or the side of the building. Child care is available.

April 14: “Maybe You Can Catch Me on My Cell Phone”

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Presenter
Rev. Elizabeth Greene

What keeps us so busy in this modern world?

Religious traditions of all kinds encourage slowing down, noticing what is going on around us, simply being still. But a lot of us have a kind of non-stop life, whether it is work-related, volunteering all over the place, or keeping up with a home and kids.
How much “down time” does it take to be truly human, in touch with each other and larger truths?

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 UUs 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. We are handicapped accessible. Please park in the rear of the building or on the street in front or the side of the building. Child care is available.

Saturday, April 13: Building Dedication!

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Dear Friends,

You and your family or organization are cordially invited to attend our Building Dedication of the Magic Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship!

Our dream of home ownership over the last 25 years has become a reality. Please join with MVUUF to celebrate our new home and a new beginning here in the Magic Valley!

Date: Saturday, April 13th, 2019 – Mark your calendars!
Location – Our New Home:
160 9th Avenue East
Twin Falls

Location – Our New Home:
160 9th Avenue East, Twin Falls

Service begins at 3pm

Reception meal following the service

Child care is provided

April 7, 2019: “Beyond the ‘Why?”

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Presented by: Rev. Kenneth Watts
(Member Boise Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship, or “BUUF”)

What benefits are to be gained by being part of an organization that ties itself to the 2000th year of Christian tradition and our own Unitarian Universalist Association that was born out of 19th century liberal understandings? And most importantly, “Why not just abandon all religious groups and stay home or go golfing?”

Our speaker this Sunday is Kenneth Watts, an ordained minister in a liberal Christian tradition. Rev. Watts has been working as a hospital Chaplain for the past twenty-plus years. Originally from the mid-west (Illinois and Ohio), he moved to Boise in 2012 to be a Staff Chaplain at St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center. In Ohio he was a member of the North Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Lewis Center, Ohio (about 30 miles north of Columbus). Here in Idaho he is a member of the Boise Unitarian Universalist Fellowship.

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 UUs 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. We are handicapped accessible. Please park in the rear of the building or on the street in front or the side of the building. Child care is available.

Join us at 10:30 AM at our new location: 160 9th Avenue East in Twin Falls.

March 31: LIVING WHOLEHEARTED: Patricia Heeb (Boise UUF)

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Presenter: Patricia Heeb
(Member Boise Unitarian Universalist Fellowship)

Synonyms for “wholehearted” are many: ardent, avid, eager, enthused, fervent, gung-ho, impassioned, zealous, lively, earnest, unrestrained… and on and on. But is living with a whole heart more than living in the hearty manner these words imply?

Visit us this Sunday to hear Patricia Heeb, member of the Boise Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship, deliver her message to us.

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 UUs 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. We are handicapped accessible. Please park in the rear of the building or on the street in front or the side of the building. Child care is available.

Join us at 10:30 AM at our new location: 160 9th Avenue East in Twin Falls.