Nurture spirituality. Foster compassion. Engage in service.

April Theme: Freedom

Two Workshops!

OK, I apologize for the fact that these workshops are on back-to-back Saturdays, May 10 and May 17.

And I promise that never again (for at least the next three years!) will I ask you to give up two Saturday morning-and-early-afternoons in a row for important learning that will help you be a better person and give you skills to help make our world a better place.

But that's exactly what I am asking you for on May 10 and May 17.

These workshops are both important parts of our growth and development. We're a people committed to engage in service to transform ourselves and our world, and these workshops lay the groundwork for the skills that will transform us and empower us to transform the world.

Please let us know you're coming.

Register for the May 17: CLICK HERE.

1. Sat May 10 -- 9:30a - 3:00p
CUC
Compassionate Communication
Led by Rev. LoraKim Joyner, DVM

"It's not enough to want to be compassionate, to want to stand for justice. We have to learn how. We have to learn the skills to hear each other with compassion.

"Cognitive brain learns quickly. Limbic brain is slow and needs a lot of practice, and it's limbic brain that needs the training."
(from "Nonviolent Social Change" sermon, Jan 19)

This workshop begins the vital training in the art of Compassionate Communication.

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2. Sat May 17 -- 8:30a - 4:00p
CUC
Beyond the Golden Rule?
A New Model for Intercultural Competency

Please join me at this important workshop.

We live in a multicultural world -- and we aren't always the most skillful in doing our part to make this reality a good one for ourselves and for those who are different from us.

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Cost: $20 (scholarships available). To register and pay,CLICK HERE.

Practice of the Week

Week #17

Find Beauty

The smell of cinnamon.
The curve of highway cloverleafs.
Kitchen knives.
The faces of nurses.
Courage.
Falling water.
A glazed donut.
The touch of cashmere.
Foam.
Frisbees.
Snakes.
Geometrical proofs.
Worn pennies.
The feeling of catching a football. . . .

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Worship Service: "Tea & Sympathy"

Sun Apr 27 -- 10:00a

Rev. Kelly Murphy Mason

What does 'Teaism' have to teach Unitarian Universalists today? Quite a bit more than we might suspect...

Kelly is Director of Programming at the Psychotherapy & Spirituality Institute and adjunct faculty at Columbia University Teachers College. She also serves as a regional representative to the American Association of Pastoral Counselors.

Read More About Kelly...

CSA at CUC

CSA = Community Supported Agriculture. (It also stands for "Confederate States of America," but that sort of CSA has never been at CUC, and won't be . . . )

Roxbury Farm is a 350-acre farm in upstate NY that produces shares for subscribers. Starting Wed Jun 11, 3:30 to 6:30p -- and for the next 22 Wednesdays -- shares will be available for pick-up at CUC, in the fireplace area.

There are still a few farm shares available. A full share is $618 for 23 weekly bags of biodynamic veggies.

For more info and a link to the form for ordering your share: CLICK HERE.

Notes and Reminders

A memorial service will be held for Ilse Mertens (long-time member of CUC and spouse of Henry Mertens, who was CUC Board Chair in 1991-92) at CUC on Sun Apr 27 at 2:30.

See the "Bird Walk Report" from the Bird Walk on Sun Apr 20: CLICK HERE.

The Prospectus for Journey Groups. READ MORE...

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Talkin' the talk, walkin' the walk, and going to the workshops,

Rev. Meredith Garmon
Minister

The Liberal Pulpit

Meredith's sermons and other reflections. CLICK HERE.

New Posts this week:

Goldilocks Responsibility

Paths to Freedom

Labyrinthine Lessons

The Five Foundational Spiritual Practices

Journal daily.

Study daily.

Silence daily.

Group monthly.

Mindfulness always.