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Sunday Service 2011

Sunday Services

Our Sunday morning services are from 11:00 to 12:00 and are customarily followed by a Q & A period, then coffee and conversation. We engage a variety of speakers, each exploring his/her own subject, which may be religious philosophy, history, current politics, local social concerns, education, ethical development, comparative religions, and so forth. We try to open our minds to receive truth and inspiration from every possible source.

You are warmly invited to stop in for a visit at our Unitarian Fellowship House, 875 West Market Street, Lima, for any Sunday morning service.

2011-2012        Sunday Services Schedule

9/04/11 no service

9/11/11 Water Service Mary Beth Siferd Our Annual In-Gathering Water Service. Conducted by Mary Beth Siferd, this program emphasizes the continuity of life. It commemorates past services and persons while welcoming the coming year. Each person, informally and voluntarily, pours a little water into a communal bowl while describing his/her summer activities, feelings, or thoughts.
9/18/11 As Time Goes By Rev. Chuck Thomas After the service, we will have a pot-luck picnic for members and guests.
9/25/11 Dedication Time Rev. Ray Michel Rev. Ray Michel, retired UU minister from Dayton, is a long-time friend of this Fellowship. After the service, Rev. Michel will rededicate the Fellowhip House in a brief ceremony. This stately house at 875 West Market has been the home of UU Lima since its purchace in 1959. Our Fellowship House underwent a major restoration during the spring and summer.
10/2/11 I Have a Proposition For You Scott Shafer Scott Shafer is former Director of the Lima Public Library.
10/9/11 How Unitarian Universalist Principles Inform Our Actions Rev. Chuck Thomas A look and reflections on why we exist and what we are hoping and trying to do together
10/16/11 Screening and Intentional Inclusion Rev. Chuck Thomas A survey of the summer 2011 issue of The Universalist Herald which focused on screening and inclusion within Unitarian Universalism
10/23/11 Association Sunday Anne Edwards Donations at Association Sunday 2011 will support the UUA scholarships, continuing education, and a ministries assessment.
10/30/11 Heroes and Mentors Dow Wagner Choosing Mentors
11/6/11 Woodlawn Cemetery stories Joe Dunkle Histories and stories about people buried in Woodlawn Cemetery here in Lima
11/13/11
Rev. Chuck Thomas
11/20/11 Meanings Rev. Chuck Thomas After the service, we will have a Thanksgiving Feast for members and guests.
11/27/11 Gratitude Round Robin Member Volunteer Contributions Individual members and guests make brief presentations of events, thoughts, or blessings meaningful to them.
12/4/11 When Will Truth Prevail? James Bode Dr. James Bode, emeritus associate professor in the Ohio State Lima Department of Philosophy, will talk about the philosophical value of truth.
12/11/11 Charles Dickens' "The Goblins Who Stole the Sexton" John Bell John Bell, long time member of UU Lima will give his take on one of Dickens' lesser known tales.
12/18/11 Christmas Magic Rev. Chuck Thomas Lots of Christmas hymns and a little gruel to hold it all together! After the service, we will have a holiday brunch for members and guests.
12/25/11 no service

1/1/12 no service

1/8/12 Hope in Wintertime Rev. Richard Venus In wintertime we hold out hope when there seems no reason for it, no possibility that a season of warm will come. Yet, without hope we settle for what is possible, the lowest common denominator, the easiest but not necessarily the best solution. Without hope we seek not to make waves, or change, or help those in need, or give aid to others whose plight seems hopeless
1/15/12 Let Justice Roll Down... Anne Edwards A tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. featuring a message by Rev. Gerald L. Davis, Adjunct Minister at All Souls Unitarian, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
1/22/12 A Brief History of Thought and Salvation Chris Elstro An overview of the book "A Brief History of Thought: A Philosophical Guide to Living" by Luc Perry
1/29/12 The Seventh Principle Rev. Chuck Thomas Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part; and individualism
2/5/12 Warming to the Subject: Climate Change Denialism Dr. Kelly Anspaugh The talk will examine the motives and methods of climate contrarians – those who deny the reality of anthropogenic (man-made) global warming. Also considered will be the ethical implications of deploying anti-scientific rhetoric.
Dr. Anspaugh Lectures in the English Department at Ohio State University-Lima
2/12/12 Imagining Masada: A review of Alice Hoffman's "The Dovekeepers" Holly Norton Member Holly Norton will discuss The Dovekeepers, a work of historical fiction in which author Hoffman envisions the lives of those who lived on Masada during the siege of the Romans.
2/19/12
Rev. Chuck Thomas
2/26/12 Social Life in Tanzania
 David Woodward and John Hassan Mosoka
3/4/12
Dr. Earl Lhamon
3/11/12
Brian Keegan
3/18/12
Rev. Chuck Thomas
3/25/12
Rev. Ray Michel
4/1/12 VPs of the US Dow Wagner
4/8/12 Easter
w/ Paul Reiser on Sax
4/15/12 Tree Service

4/22/12 The Power of Poetry Dr. David Adams A description of the role that poetry has played in his public life (such as in his work as a member of City Council) and in his private life (such as in his experience as a widower). It is also in honor of National Poetry Month.
4/29/12 Transcendentalists’ Wild Oats John Bell
5/6/12
Rev. Chuck Thomas
5/13/12 A Thorough Look into "Hungers of the Heart" Annett Kuck Hungers of the Heart by Richard Watts honors the life of Carl Esenwein, a Unitarian minister who thought the church had much to offer in times of social change.
5/20/12 Flower Service

5/27/12
Rev. Ray Michel

Pictures

Sanctuary
Sanctuary
Circle
Traditional Circle
Piano
Music
Rev Michel, guest minister, delivers Sunday sermon
Rev. Ray Michel. UU Lima 2011

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