Host/Presenter: Rev. Elizabeth Greene
Mexicans have a celebration over All Saints’ and All Souls’ Days  (beginning November 1st and ending on November 2nd ) called Dia de Los Muertos, or Day of the Dead. Many Americans are unfamiliar with this joyous approach to remembering those who have gone before us—we perhaps miss an important part of life’s joys and sorrows if we neglect to recall the joys we have known through our departed loved ones having once been in our lives.

We will reflect on the mourning and—more importantly—the great joy that comes from being human. An important part of the Dia de Los Muertos celebration is an Altar of Remembrance. We invite you (and your children) to bring a small item or items (pictures, a small treasured possession once owned by your deceased loved ones, a treasured note or letter, etc.) to place on our altar, something that reminds you of the happiness of having had a certain person or persons or even a loving pet in your life.

All Souls’ and All Saints’ Days—the veil between worlds is thinnest, we are told! So, let us pay close attention to the condition of our own souls, reaching out in compassion, over time and place.

Everyone is welcome to visit the Magic Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship to listen to Rev. Elizabeth Greene discuss 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. We are handicapped accessible. Please park in the front of the building. Child care is available.

Host/Presenter:  Karen Fothergill

Sermon written By Jane R. Rzepka

Presented by worship coordinator Karen Fothergill.

This sermon is based upon the poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.

People shoot the albatross in different ways. Sometimes it’s the smallest things: forgetting an anniversary or over-reacting to a demanding co-worker. Or, we are horrified about our misjudgment or injustice or unkindness or betrayal. There are periods in a lifetime when we must say, “I have done a hellish thing.”

Join us for this service of atonement, acceptance and forgiveness.

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. We are handicapped accessible. Please park in the front of the building. Child care is available.

Host/Presenter: Ray Cross

The Interdependent Web of All Existence

The service this Sunday, October 12th, will be a takeoff on Rev. Greene’s service last Sunday. We will explore what it may mean to be part of the “Interdependent web of all existence” as stated in our 7th principle. What practices might we employ to help us bring this principle into our lives?

This service will lean toward the Earth centered or pagan side of our faith. The Question is: Does acceptance of the 7th principle, the interdependent web, imply a belief in the divine and if so what form might that take? Think about this and come ready to discuss.

Newcomers are always welcome. We are handicapped accessible. Please park in the front of the building. Child care is available.

Host: Dale Bostock

Presenter: Julie Merrick

The waiting place is useless because it spoils the present moment. It holds our attention on lack and so feeds a constant dissatisfaction with what is. This is not a happy anticipation of what is coming, but a mindset that our life is never enough. But how does one stop believing that the next moment will be more fulfilling than this one? How do we exit the waiting place? Please join us for a discussion that addresses these questions and offers ideas for shifting our perceptions.

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. We are handicapped accessible. Please park in the front of the building.

Host: Karen Fothergill

A Video Presentation by Rev. Andrew C. Kennedy
2014 Minister Emeritus
First Unitarian Society of Milwaukee

We want to experience the well within, the “deep down freshness,”that renews, restores, and sustains us.
We want to experience a meaningful connection — to others, to the world, to nature, and to the larger cosmos. Moreover, we want to experience something of the mystery and poignancy of life — and to drink deeply of it. Join us for this presentation and 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.

Host/Presenter*: Rev. Elizabeth Greene

Rev. Elizabeth Greene takes her sermon title from a classic Unitarian Universalist hymn, “Where Is Our Holy Church?” This is a particularly good question for a faith tradition that values deeds over creeds, and love over law, a tradition that expects each soul to find her or his own path to Mystery. Rev. Greene will explore the values that make Unitarian Universalism a spiritual path for our time: nurturing the soul and helping heal the world.

* This will be the first service presented by our new minister, Rev. Elizabeth Greene.

Newcomers are always welcome. Child care is available.

We are looking forward to having Elizabeth Greene with us as our new part-time minister. Here is a link to the article which appeared on the Times-News website.

Here is the TED video that was played at todays service.