The service this Sunday titled “How to Begin Making Changes in Your Life” will examine the writings of the late Rev. Forrest Church. We will discuss Rev. Church’s hints on how to re-boot our spiritual lives when they have become automatic and stale. If you need to get your soul back in shape Rev. Church has great ideas on how to begin again.

The Magic Valley Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship meets every Sunday beginning at 10:30 AM at the Twin Falls Senior Center, 530 Shoshone Street West in Twin Falls. Newcomers are always welcome. Childcare is available. For information, please contact Ken Whiting at 734-9161.

Join us Sunday, April 7th, for a service of poetry! Life is full of enlightening experiences and powerful emotions. Through the art of poetry we can connect with the world around us and come to a greater understanding of one another. Please bring a favorite poem to share. It can be something old or new, famous or not, something you wrote or just really enjoy and think others will too. There may be a few children present, so remember to keep the content family friendly. Thank you: we hope to see you!

The Magic Valley Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship meets every Sunday beginning at 10:30 AM at the Twin Falls Senior Center, 530 Shoshone Street West in Twin Falls. Newcomers are always welcome. Childcare is available.

Happiness!! I stand between myself and happiness. What to do? Trudge on through another day, another week another month… spending my whole life wanting to be happy? Hmmm, what can I do to avoid laying on my death bed saying over and over, “If only, if only,” IF ONLY? Join us this Sunday for a lively discussion of this topic.

The Magic Valley Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship meets every Sunday beginning at 10:30 AM at the Twin Falls Senior Center, 530 Shoshone Street West in Twin Falls. Newcomers are always welcome. Child care is available. For information, please contact Ken Whiting at 734-9161.

Animals have always been regarded in Buddhist thought as sentient beings, different in their intellectual ability than humans but no less capable of feeling suffering. Furthermore, animals possess Buddha nature and therefore an equal potential to become enlightened. Moreover, the doctrine of rebirth held that any human could be reborn as an animal, and any animal could be reborn as a human. An animal might be a reborn dead relative, and anybody who looked far enough back through his or her infinite series of lives would eventually perceive every animal to be a distant relative.

The Buddha expounded that sentient beings currently living in the animal realm have been our mothers, brothers, sisters, fathers, children, friends in past rebirths. One cannot, therefore, make a hard distinction between moral rules applicable to animals and those applicable to humans; ultimately humans and animals were [once] part of a single family. They [and we] are all interconnected. We will also discuss other religious beliefs and our own beliefs regarding animals as well as how the “human animal” fits into this interconnected web of life.

We will discuss the following videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4bEEHDrN1g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHNZYyvBCLQ&feature=player_detailpage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVi89gg3Whg&feature=endscreen&NR=1

The Magic Valley Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship meets every Sunday beginning at 10:30 AM at the Twin Falls Senior Center, 530 Shoshone Street West in Twin Falls. Newcomers are always welcome. Child care is available. For information, please contact Ken Whiting at 734-9161.

What makes us laugh? Why do we laugh? Could laughter be a biological adaptation? If so then how did laughter evolve? Are there different kinds of laughter? What does laughter tell us about ourselves our culture? This Sunday we will be investigating these questions and others as we explore the topic of humor and laughter.  Come prepared with a few jokes of your own or just sit back and enjoy the discussion.

The Magic Valley Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship meets every Sunday beginning at 10:30 AM at the Twin Falls Senior Center, 530 Shoshone Street West in Twin Falls. Newcomers are always welcome. Child care is available. For information, please contact Ken Whiting at 734-9161.

Our sermon this Sunday is a video recording delivered Sunday, January 27, 2013, at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, by Rev. Marlin Lavanhar, Senior Minister.

SERMON DESCRIPTION: Since Lance Armstrong finally admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs, there has been a lot of discussion about why people cheat. Athletes cheat to win, citizens cheat on their taxes, spouses cheat on each other, students cheat on tests. What is it that causes people to cheat and how do people who cheat live with themselves? Is there redemption for cheaters and how can it be attained?

On Sunday, we will explore some of the dynamics of cheating and how we can avoid the pitfalls of the human condition that causes us to deceive others — and ourselves — to get ahead. 
Music by Chad Minteer and Susanna Terry

The Magic Valley Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship meets every Sunday beginning at 10:30 AM at the Twin Falls Senior Center, 530 Shoshone Street West in Twin Falls. Newcomers are always welcome. Childcare is available. For information, please contact Ken Whiting at 734-9161.

It is said that change is the great constant in this world.  And if that is so, then it would follow that understanding change benefits us in surviving and thriving here. But what are the catalysts for change in our personal lives? What steps can we take to embrace positive change and release our fears?  How have our experiences shaped us and what methods and ideas have had the greatest impact on who we’ve become and what we believe?

The Magic Valley Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship meets every Sunday beginning at 10:30 AM at the Twin Falls Senior Center, 530 Shoshone Street West in Twin Falls. Newcomers are always welcome. Childcare is available. For information, please contact Ken Whiting at 734-9161.

Our program this Sunday is a video presentation of the thoughts of John Lame Deer, a Sioux Medicine Man, titled “Our Place in a Symbolic World.” This service is from the “Great Courses Program” by Dr. Jay Garfield of Smith College.

The Magic Valley Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship meets every Sunday beginning at 10:30 AM at the Twin Falls Senior Center, 530 Shoshone Street West in Twin Falls. Newcomers are always welcome. Childcare is available. For information, please contact Ken Whiting at 734-9161.

This week we will be exploring the topic of belief. We will talk about what our beliefs are and how we came by them. Are we really free to believe what we choose? What effects do our beliefs have on us and how do our beliefs effect how we live our lives? How do our beliefs effect our choices; even our choice of a religion? Is a person responsible for his or her beliefs? Our Program this Sunday will give you a lot to think about.

The Magic Valley Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship meets every Sunday beginning at 10:30 AM at the Twin Falls Senior Center, 530 Shoshone Street West in Twin Falls. Newcomers are always welcome. Child care is available. For information, please contact Ken Whiting at 734-9161.