Host: Ray Cross

Presenter: Rev. Elizabeth Greene

What is at the heart of the “War on Christmas” controversy? Why can something as simple as a symbolic coffee cup rouse people to anger and self-righteousness?

At its best, what is the true spirit of our mid-winter holidays? Rev. Greene will reflect on what it might mean when the angels bring good news, or when the Hanukkah candles miraculously burn for eight days, or when the Yule fire buns bright. Where is the joy to be found, in this dark time of the year?

As Unitarian Universalists, we have a proud tradition of responding to the imperatives of love and justice to work with those of us who are marginalized and oppressed in society and the world. 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.

Please join us Sunday at the Vendor Blender and Event Center, 588 Addison Avenue West in Twin Falls at 10:30 AM. The Vendor Blender is located near the old hospital near the intersection of Martin St. and Addison Avenue West. Newcomers of all religious paths or none at all are always welcome. We are handicapped accessible. Child care is available. Please park in the rear of the building and use the entrance on the west side of the building.

Host: Don Morishita

Guest Speaker: Bill Reid, Boise Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship

Bill Reid, from the Boise Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship, will present our service this Sunday on spirituality, innovation, diversity and radical inclusion. He will be asking the following possible questions, “Who is spiritual and who is not?” “Who decides?” “If Unitarian-Universalists really welcomed everyone, what would happen?” “Is there such a thing as too much diversity?” “Are we as inclusive and welcoming as we think we are?” Please join us for the beginning of a conversation.

As Unitarian Universalists, we have a proud tradition of responding to the imperatives of love and justice to work with those of us who are marginalized and oppressed in society and the world. 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.

Please join us Sunday at the Vendor Blender and Event Center, 588 Addison Avenue West in Twin Falls at 10:30 AM. The Vendor Blender is located near the old hospital near the intersection of Martin St. and Addison Avenue West. Newcomers of all religious paths or none at all are always welcome. We are handicapped accessible. Child care is available. Please park in the rear of the building and use the entrance on the west side of the building.

Host: Kacee O’Conner

Presenter: Richard Storck

Our focus Sunday will be on mind-bending experiences that are of the extraordinary kind that can happen to anyone. Mind-bending experiences can and do affect us deeply. These experiences not only affect us in ways we recognize and understand, but also in ways we don’t understand.

Once a “mind-bending experience” happens to us, we no longer think the same way we did before this experience occurred. Our mind has been bent, (changed) and we cannot go back to the way we thought before that experience. These “experiences” can be life changing.

As Unitarian Universalists, we have a proud tradition of responding to the imperatives of love and justice to work with those of us who are marginalized and oppressed in society and the world. 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.

Please join us Sunday at the Vendor Blender and Event Center, 588 Addison Avenue West in Twin Falls at 10:30 AM. The Vendor Blender is located near the old hospital near the intersection of Martin St. and Addison Avenue West. Newcomers of all religious paths or none at all are always welcome. We are handicapped accessible. Child care is available. Please park in the rear of the building and use the entrance on the west side of the building.

Host: Don Morishita

Presenter: Rev. Elizabeth Greene

NOTE: This Sunday’s Charitable Collection To Benefit Valley House Homeless Shelter

Fall is often a time when we have mixed feelings. It is good, as we feel the coolness, see the gorgeous trees, celebrate Halloween and All Souls—the turn of the seasons moves us and makes us feel good. At the same time, it is so clearly a time when the year is heading into its annual “death,” to the time when there is darkness and cold, and we can feel loss more sharply. How do we fully experience this important season—and the winter that will be upon us soon—without either pretending there is no sadness, or falling into too much sadness? What brings us hope that warmth and light will return?

As Unitarian Universalists, we have a proud tradition of responding to the imperatives of love and justice to work with those of us who are marginalized and oppressed in society and the world. 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.

Please join us Sunday at the Vendor Blender and Event Center, 588 Addison Avenue West in Twin Falls at 10:30 AM. The Vendor Blender is located near the old hospital near the intersection of Martin St. and Addison Avenue West. Newcomers of all religious paths or none at all are always welcome. We are handicapped accessible. Child care is available. Please park in the rear of the building and use the entrance on the west side of the building.

Host/Presenter: Karen Fothergill

Karen Fothergill will share insights from the book The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz.

In The Four Agreements, don Miguel Ruiz reveals the source of self-limiting beliefs that rob us of joy and create needless suffering. Based on ancient Toltec wisdom, the Four Agreements offer a powerful code of conduct that can rapidly transform our lives to a new experience of freedom, true happiness, and love.

As Unitarian Universalists, we have a proud tradition of responding to the imperatives of love and justice to work with those of us who are marginalized and oppressed in society and the world. 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.

Please join us Sunday at the Vendor Blender and Event Center, 588 Addison Avenue West in Twin Falls at 10:30 AM. The Vendor Blender is located near the old hospital near the intersection of Martin St. and Addison Avenue West. Newcomers of all religious paths or none at all are always welcome. We are handicapped accessible. Child care is available. Please park in the rear of the building and use the entrance on the west side of the building.

Host: Ken Whiting
Presenter: Julie Merrick

As we consider our attachments to the past and our fears for the future, we can learn to let things go by asking ourselves one simple question about our belongings, “Do they spark joy?”

This is the premise of the remarkable, best-selling book, The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Condo. Her ideas can be implemented to help us live with greater appreciation, peace and presence as we transform our living environments into joy filled spaces.

As Unitarian Universalists, we have a proud tradition of responding to the imperatives of love and justice to work with those of us who are marginalized and oppressed in society and the world. 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.

Please join us Sunday at the Vendor Blender and Event Center, 588 Addison Avenue West in Twin Falls at 10:30 AM. The Vendor Blender is located near the old hospital near the intersection of Martin St. and Addison Avenue West. Newcomers of all religious paths or none at all are always welcome. We are handicapped accessible. Child care is available. Please park in the rear of the building and use the entrance on the west side of the building.

Presenter: Elton Hall
(Guest Speaker from Boise UU Fellowship)

Host: Karen Fothergill
This Sunday, we will explore what maturity is, how some traditional societies have guideposts for becoming mature, and what we in modern culture, who do not have guideposts, might do to become more mature and wise individuals.

As Unitarian Universalists, we have a proud tradition of responding to the imperatives of love and justice to work with those of us who are marginalized and oppressed in society and the world. 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.

Please join us Sunday at the Vendor Blender and Event Center, 588 Addison Avenue West in Twin Falls at 10:30 AM. The Vendor Blender is located near the old hospital near the intersection of Martin St. and Addison Avenue West. Newcomers of all religious paths or none at all are always welcome. We are handicapped accessible. Child care is available. Please park in the rear of the building and use the entrance on the west side of the building.

Host: Ray Cross

Presenter: Matthew Sabin
(Guest Speaker)

Matthew Sabin, a speaker from the Boise Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, will discuss a book he read in college titled “The Shockwave Rider.”

Our service this Sunday will allow people to anonymously talk with other people who only listen. There is nothing, nothing in the world that can take the place of one person intentionally listening or speaking to another. The act of consciously attending to another person — when one once discovers the art of listening and its significance this can become the center of gravity and the work of love.

As Unitarian Universalists, we have a proud tradition of responding to the imperatives of love and justice to work with those of us who are marginalized and oppressed in society and the world. 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.

Please join us Sunday at the Vendor Blender and Event Center, 588 Addison Avenue West in Twin Falls at 10:30 AM. The Vendor Blender is located near the old hospital near the intersection of Martin St. and Addison Avenue West. Newcomers of all religious paths or none at all are always welcome. We are handicapped accessible. Child care is available. Please park in the rear of the building and use the entrance on the west side of the building.