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March 19,2023 – Regina Kohlhepp – While Waiting for the Final Call – Living to the Very End.

Posted by Tim on March 24, 2023

Old age comes with the fragile ecstasy of being alive; it need not be the tragedy of life.

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March 12 – David Mook – “A Search For Truth & Meaning or Job Training”

Posted by Tim on March 15, 2023

What is (or should be) the purpose of education? My talk will explore this question as it relates to higher education in general and also more specifically within the context of the merger of Castleton University, Vermont Technical College, and Northern Vermont University (Johnson and Lyndon) into a single entity to be called Vermont State University.

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February 12 -Marianne Hill – Building A Solidarity Society: Power, People and Planet.

Posted by Tim on February 13, 2023

The talk will focus on how to build a solidarity society, one that is compassionate and eco-friendly, and the values and qualities we need to draw on to make that happen.

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January 1 2023 – New Years Resolutions From the Sublime to the Ridiculous – Herb Ogden

Posted by Tim on January 2, 2023

Sources will vary from the Seven Principles of the Unitarian Universalist Association to the writings of Mark Twain. 

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December 11 – Rebecca Mattis – Keeping the Faith in Liberal Religion

Posted by Tim on December 15, 2022

Rebecca will discuss liberal religion – what it is, why it’s worth keeping, and different ways we may practice it, both in church and in life. 

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November 27, 2022 – Judy Kinffen and Dick Weis, “The Need to Create”

Posted by Tim on November 29, 2022

Our own Dick Weiss and Judy Kniffen from the UU Bennington Fellowship, both well-established and well-regarded artists, will explore some aspects of their own creative process. They will share some of their work, and examine why they do what they do – what makes artists make art?

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October 23, 2022 – Alyssa Dufresne, Effective Communication and Addressing Conflict

Posted by Tim on October 26, 2022

Come join us as we cover the benefits of healthy, structured conflict and the different communication styles that are often used while dealing with opposing opinions. During this service, we will cover effective ways to address issues while still maintaining respect for yourself as well as the other party, focusing on passive, assertive, and aggressive communication styles.

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October 16 – Nancy Weis & Friends,  Spoon River Anthology

Posted by Tim on October 17, 2022

The Anthology is a collection of poems by Edgar Lee Masters about the people in a small town in Illinois.  We will read some of the poems, and look at the ways that those people were connected to each other, and to ourselves.

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Sept18, 2022 – Gayle Muenchow, The Odyssey: Patterns in the Structure of the Story

Posted by Tim on September 21, 2022

“A Pattern Language” is a book about many designs; the seasons have their patterns; and order and structure with variations are parts of many aspects of life, including journeys and literature.
850-894-9212, gmuenchow@comcast.net,

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Aug 7 2022 – Karen Neller – El Camino De Santiago – A Pilgrimage in Spain

Posted by Tim on August 22, 2022

For centuries, people have set their sights on reaching Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain. There are movies, books, and websites galore about it, and many different routes and ways of getting there. People on the Way of Santiago greet each other with “Buen camino!” (Blessings on your way might be one translation) What “paths” are we on? What routes have we taken? Wherever the summer takes you, may we wish each other “buen camino” and know we are companions through the summer.

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