October 30th: Fredda Mangel “Day of the Dead- Calling Out to our Ancestors” The Day of the Dead is a celebration that dates back hundreds o f y e a r s a n d recognizes the cycle of life and death. Please bring a photo or memento of a loved one who has passed to p l a c e  o n o u r community a l t a r . Blessed Be.

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It Ain’t Easy Being Green. An exploration of the disparities that exist between loft aspirations like reducing our carbon footprint and practical fact when they want to place a wind tower on the ridge line behind your house. The good news is that there are ways to resolve these issues. The bad news is that Vermont hasn’t figured them out yet.

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Litmus Test – Applies not only to chemistry but to ideas, political matters, various environmental matter, and to people. What does our willingness to apply the “litmus test” to these different subjects mean in terms of our thinking process?

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Our Inner Compass is made up of four Cardinal Dimensions, the Mind, the Heart, the Spirit and the Soul.

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“Lifting Our Lamps: – Welcoming Refugees to Vermont” – Abi, a member of the Champlain Valley UU Society, will share her experience with refugees and her commitment to help Syrian refugees resettling soon in Rutland. She’ll talk about various ways we can all help. Members and friends are forming a special choir for the day – all are invited to join in the service with some special music. Rehearsals at Rutland UU Church Tuesdays July 26 and Aug 2 7:15-8:15 and at 9:30 on Aug 7 before the service.

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July 10 2016 Linda Bryant – “Hollywood and the Afterlife: How Tinsel Town’s Beliefs Coincide With Mine

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How to live with what is unexpected. You receive a windfall, or your car is rear-ended. For good or ill, the unexpected happens. What do we make of life’s surprises?

PLUS, after this service: “Unitarian Universalism Then and Now”: Rev. Lucy will lead a two-hour class after the Sunday service May 1st on the origins of our tradition. It will include some history, biography, theology, and time for participants to get to know each other better.

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“Creation and Creativity: An Old Story and the Creative Process”

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Ever feel that you’re not good enough to do “art” or be creative? We all possess creative energy and can access it once we put aside our self-judgement. Come celebrate the wonder of Creativity!!

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Though illness is not something one would wish for, there is most certainly a plus side to the experience. It presents opportunities for personal, spiritual growth, not only for ourselves, but for others who are involved in our story. This discussion is based on the work of Drs. Thorwald Detlefsen and Ruediger Dahlke and firsthand experience.

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