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The familiar sweater and sneakers, the simple lyrics and tunes, the methodical and intentional language - all
these were props to convey enormous wisdom and authentic compassion and they allowed Mr. Rogers
to reach the hearts and lives of millions. Dottie Mathews will share some of this icon's life and work and
invite us to look at how he was able to defy conventional wisdom in gaining the rapt attention of children.
Rev. Dottie Mathews
Come one and all to this most unusual and lively service: dogs, rats, humans, cats, fish, birds, snakes, guinea pigs, hamsters, rabbits, and many more species are all welcome! The service gives us a chance to celebrate the non-human animals in our lives, and to introduce them to our Fellowship friends! The theme will be lessons that we can learn from our canine friends.
Rev. Roger Bertschausen
The Project Promise Poverty Coalition has the bold goal of eliminating poverty in the Fox Valley. Several leaders of the Coalition will share the history of Project Promise, the Coalition’s mission and structure, and how people can get involved to end poverty in the Fox Valley.
Debra Cronmiller
More and more people around the world are recognizing global warming as the most significant challenge facing humanity today. Much of the challenge has to do with science, sustainability, and economics. But it is also partly a spiritual challenge. There’s an aspect of the spiritual challenge of global that is particularly tricky for those who are deeply convinced that global warming does pose a very serious threat to humanity and the world. The sermon will focus on this particular challenge.
Rev. Roger Bertschausen
The Rev. Drew Kennedy has been the senior minister of the First Unitarian Society of Milwaukee since 1986. During this tenure his congregation has been one of the fastest growing UU congregations in the country. His sermon will be about the spiritual “soul-work,” if you will, of finding ways to bless our pain and to somehow transform the struggles of our lives into wisdom, which arguably is a perennial spiritual challenge.
Rev. Drew Kennedy
Sermon by Gene Gibas
Justine Urbikas is the Unitarian Universalist Association Trustee for the Central Midwest District. As the first UUA Trustee who is a young adult, her election last year made history. She writes about her sermon: “We each individually generally know for what it is we strive, for what change we would like to be in the world. Our congregations, area clusters, regions, Districts, neighboring Districts, up to the UUA have individual - and collective - visions. These change and become broader as each target area becomes larger and larger with more constituents to please, and more varying viewpoints of what it is we are specifically working towards. And yes, the principles do unite us, as do so many other things we UUs commit ourselves to. But what measurable things are we striving for on our different levels? As the UUA embarks on the next steps of working under policy governance- developing our ends statements (end goals) - what is your agenda? What do you think the UUA should be striving to be and do?”
Justine Urbikas
When UU congregations gather, we often begin by lighting a chalice. What might this mean for us
together? What can it symbolize for you? The unpredictable dance of the spirit supported upon a
base of reason? The light of individual freedom held up for the world by a solid caring community?
Rev. Paul Beckel
Remembering those who gave their lives in service to our country is particularly important—and complicated—in the midst of an unpopular war. In this sermon I will honor Memorial Day by reflecting on the challenges of remembering.
Rev. Roger Bertchausen
The Rev. Paul Beckel is the minister of the First Universalist Unitarian Church in Wausau. In these sermons, the Rev. Beckel will reflect on “winning” through the lenses of chess strategy, and Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War.” The sermon will be divided into two parts.
Rev. Paul Beckel
B Alford and Erik Leveille explore how Music, Poetry, particularly by Rumi, and Nature help them make sense of the world and be able to live more authentically and connected to a compassionate heart. B has been a singer songwriter since the age of thirteen. Erik plays violin with the Fox Valley Symphony and numerous other regional symphonies.
B Alford / Erik Leveille
Depression impacts our lives, our families, and our society in countless ways. This will be a conversation from a pastoral perspective – not a clinical one. It will be a sharing of some of what I have learned as I have provided support for many people dealing with this issue, and the ways it has touched my own family.
Rev. Dottie Mathews
Robert Koehler, award-winning Chicago-based journalist, editor at Tribune Media Services, and nationally syndicated writer, returns to the Fellowship to call our attention to a movement in the new Congress: Dennis Kucinich's HR 808 would create a cabinet-level Department of Peace, funded at 2% of the Defense Department's budget, and would support peace as an alternative to violence at all levels: within homes, schools, prisons, across 'nations.' Can we at last give peace a chance?
Robert Koehler
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