We are a fellowship of free minds, welcoming all, a beacon of enlightenment and sanctuary, and offering a call to build a better self, community, and world.
"LARAMIE PROJECT REVISITED" - DAN ROGERS
Posted September 28th, 2009 by tammyg_1998@yah...Dan Rogers, director of theatre at Bismarck State College will discuss the upcoming staged reading of “The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later.” Bismarck State College Theatre will be one of over 120 venues nationwide that will present the world premier of the new play by the Tectonic Theatre project on October 12. The play is a follow-up to the 1999 production about the effect of the Mathew Shepard murder in Laramie, Wyoming. The new script includes new interviews with Judy Shepard, Mathew’s mother and Aaron McKinney the man convicted of this hate crime against a gay man.
“SUFISM IN INDIA/GHANDISM PEACE” - Dr. Indu Anand, Fulbright Scholar
Posted September 21st, 2009 by tammyg_1998@yah...Sunday, September 27, 2009
“SUFISM IN INDIA/GHANDISM PEACE”
Dr. Indu Anand, Fulbright Scholar
Dr. Indu Anand is visiting BSC as a Fulbright Scholar. Her expertise is in medieval Indian history, with special emphasis in Mughal India and its art forms. Although she is Hindu, she lectures on Sufism, the alternate world of Islam. Anand has more than 30 years teaching experience at Janki Devi Memorial College in New Delhi, where she has been principal/dean since 2004.
Sunday Coffee: 10:30 AM, Sunday Service: 11:00AM, Children’s Sunday School: 11:00 AM
“SEPARATION of CHURCH and STATE: A WALL or a LATTICE WORK FENCE?” Betty Mills
Posted September 14th, 2009 by tammyg_1998@yah...Sunday, September 20, 2009
“SEPERATION of CHURCH and STATE: A WALL or a LATTICE WORK FENCE?”
Betty Mills
In theory, there’s a wall. In practice, not exactly. A discussion of the reality of the important concept in maintaining “liberty and justice for all”.
Betty Mills is a charter member of the fellowship, and has served on both the Prairie Star District Board and national UUA board. She is currently a columnist for the Prairie Independent.
Sunday Coffee: 10:30 AM, Sunday Service: 11:00AM, Children’s Sunday School: 11:00 AM
“IMAGINE the CHURCH WE WANT to BECOME: BECOME the CHURCH WE IMAGINE!”
Posted September 1st, 2009 by tammyg_1998@yah...Sunday, September 13, 2009
“IMAGINE the CHURCH WE WANT to BECOME: BECOME the CHURCH WE IMAGINE!”
Rev. Lyn Burton
What an opportunity greets us! All are invited to enter, rejoice, and come in as we begin another church year in the spirit of Love. Share the process of reimagining and reinvigorating this welcoming congregation.
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST – WHAT’S IT ABOUT?
Posted August 24th, 2009 by tammyg_1998@yah...August 26, 2009 – WEDNESDAY
Unitarian Universalist – What’s it About?
7:00 – 8:00 PM at the Fellowship
If you are seeking a religious home and want to know more about these two historic religions, Unitarian AND Universalist, come for information and conversation with Carol Jean Larsen.
SUMMER SUNDAY PROGRAM: THE POWER OF MYTH: “THE FIRST STORYTELLERS”
Posted July 7th, 2009 by tammyg_1998@yah...THE POWER OF MYTH:
“THE FIRST STORYTELLERS”
9:00 AM at the UU Fellowship
In this PBS video, Joseph Campbell discusses with Bill
Moyers the importance of accepting death as rebirth as in
the story of Christ or the myth of the buffalo, the rite of
passage in early societies, the role of mystical shamans,
and the decline of ritual in today's society. All are welcome
to stay for coffee and discussion.
SUMMER SUNDAY PROGRAMMING
The PBS Series: In "The Power of Myth", Bill Moyers
interviews the legendary Joseph Campbell in 1988,
ENJOY THE 4th of JULY!
Posted June 30th, 2009 by tammyg_1998@yah...ENJOY THE 4th of JULY!
You are all invited for Fun & Fireworks on our front lawn
starting at 9:00 PM. We will be serving ice cream with
mango sauce. Then sit and visit, play on the swings, or
organize games and story telling, culminating with the
best place in town to watch the fireworks. Friends and
visiting relatives are welcome, too.
You may also want start with us, then walk over to the
capitol for their music program then scurry back for the
fireworks. For questions: contact Char McLaughlin
258-1815 or Janet Merrill 258-8495.
“WHEN THE ANSWER IS A QUESTION” (This will be our last regular Sunday service until Fall.)
Posted May 21st, 2009 by tammyg_1998@yah...Sunday, May 17, 2009
“WHEN THE ANSWER IS A QUESTION”
Betty Mills
Someone once said that the essence of Unitarian
Universalism is learning to live with the questions. Betty will
discuss how that frames a U-U way of life.
Betty Mills is a charter member of the fellowship and has
served on the Prairie Star District Board and the UUA
Board. She is currently chair of the library committee. In her
other life she was a political columnist for the Bismarck
Tribune for nearly 14 years and is currently a columnist for
the Prairie Independent.
MOTHER'S DAY - Virtues Class UU Sunday School
Posted May 5th, 2009 by charmclSunday, May 10, 2009
MOTHER'S DAY
UU Sunday School
The UU Sunday School children will highlight Mother's Day with song and special words. Under the direction of Gina and Pat Phillips, our young people have been working with the virtues curriculum this year. They are cooking up a special treat for Mother's Day.
“WE DRINK FROM WELLS WE DID NOT DIG” Rev. Lyn Burton
Posted April 28th, 2009 by charmclSunday, May 3, 2009
“WE DRINK FROM WELLS
WE DID NOT DIG”
Rev. Lyn Burton
For nearly 60 years, this religious community has welcomed all who seek a free faith and has affirmed their journey to find truth and meaning in their lives. Whatever good we do today rests on the commitment and dedication of many who have gone before, who have lived their values to transform the world in ways great and small. Today, we honor our past pioneers and seek to build on their legacy.
