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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.

March 24: Thurman’s Glad Surprise (Rev. Jenny Peek)

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Presenter: Rev. Jenny Peek

Pastor-Jenny_cJoin us this Sunday as we welcome Spring with Rev. Jenny Peek, our visiting Unitarian-Universalist minister, from the Pocatello Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship.

Theologian Howard Thurman’s view of ‘growing edges’ is much more than the gentle euphemism for shortcomings, as it is used by many today.  How do we welcome change, of season or spirit?Thurman_H

 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.

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

March 10: “Eostre, the Origins of the Bunny and Egg and the Beginning of Summer”

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Presenter: Guy Hopkins
Easter Ostara_by_Johannes_Gehrts“It is a day of balance, as the day and night hours are approximately the same length. A season that brings fertility and growth, marking our passage into the spring season and into summer. We begin to notice the hours of light getting longer, and the heat of the sun is warmer.

Trees are waking, animals are stirring in their dens and the quickening of the Earth herself, is felt strongly. All things are wanting to take stride, leap about and play. So, we look at Eostre or Ostara to find the origins of the bunny and egg and the beginning of summer.”

 

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.

March 3: Our Spiritual Journeys

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Presenters
Digger Zout, Ray Cross, Guy Hopkins, Lisa Knecht

Spiritual journeys for Unitarian-Universalists follow diverse and interesting paths. Some join Unitarian-Universalist fellowships after leaving a religion they grew up in. For others, Unitarian-Universalism is the first organized religion in which they have found a home. For all UUs, our spiritual journeys are an important part of who we are. Join us Sunday as four members of our UU fellowship share their spiritual journeys.

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.

February 24: American Individualism’s Perspective on Social Justice (Rev. Jenny Peek)

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Presenter: Rev. Jenny Peek

American Individualism’s Perspective on Social Justice

Pastor-Jenny_c.jpgThis Sunday, Rev. Jenny Peek (Unitarian-Universalist Minister from Pocatello) will offer her candid perspective on U.S. American Individualism’s influence on the work for social justice.

Rev. Peek states, “Just being part of this western culture works against our better nature”. Curious? Join 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.

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.

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

February 16: MVUUF House-Warming Party!

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Hi Everyone,

We have our House-warming party scheduled for this Saturday, February 16th at 6pm.

The duo,  Crazy Love,  Heather Platts and Bruce Michael Miller will be playing music.

As for food, this will be a potluck-style party, so feel free to bring appetizers, salads, main dishes, or desserts. You may also bring your favorite drinks, alcoholic and/or non-alcoholic.

If you are unable to bring something, just bring yourselves.

The 20 most immediate households near our new home have been invited as well! If you see unfamiliar faces, please introduce yourselves!

Location:
Magic Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
160 9th Avenue East
Twin Falls ID

This is a time to celebrate our new home! The board is thankful to all of you for offering your time and treasure to help us through this transition. What a wonderful community we have. We’re looking forward to celebrating with you all!

Sincerely,
Your MVUUF Board