Sunday, October 5, 2025

Apple Communion
with Carolyn Monzingo

Join us for this special intergenerational Apple Communion ritual in which we will reflect on the bounty of autumn! The apple, one of autumn's most abundant harvest symbols, will serve as a reminder of how we are nourished by community and by the earth. As part of our ritual, the Religious Education children will pass out apples for everyone to share.

From Carolyn:
The apple is the most valuable of all the fruits in the world, and is often mentioned in the earliest legends and poems; even sacred writings. So often we are unaware of the magic of the ordinary, of that which is commonplace. The offering of thanks often is, and ought to be, a deeply personal act – a delicate and private gesture which often may take the form of deeds as well as words. 

Sunday, October 12, 2025

Being More Than Human
with Laurie Baker

Based on "Supracellular, A meditation" by Sophie Strand, this program will consider the ways we are more than merely human and invite exploration of what it means to open to a ’supracellular state’ in order to better understand the oneness of everything.

Sunday, October 19, 2025

Soft Front, Strong Back
with Rev. Terri Burnor

Compassion is more than a feeling. It asks us to take action in the face of suffering, adversity, oppression. It is a practice of being present to the beauty and the pain of our shared humanity. Join Rev. Terri as we explore dynamics of compassion — what arises and how it is a powerful catalyst for justice.

Rev. Terri Burnor (she/her) is the Executive Director of MUUSJA, the Minnesota Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Alliance. She also serves the St. Croix Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Wisconsin as their minister. Terri inspires people to reflect, act, and lead grounded by their faith, spiritual practices, conscience, and values. She is a life-long Minnesotan (grew up outside of Duluth) and lives in St. Paul with her spouse and two dogs. 

Sunday, October 26, 2025

Whah dah yah mean?
with Harvey Hinsz

On Sunday, October 26th, join church member, Harvey Hinsz, for a discussion of communications of varied cultures. Harvey will speak about how groups in different cultures avoid, promote, and resolve conflict; have different greetings; and have different reasons for some behaviors.