September 6: Discussion Sunday -  The Value of Labor

Labor Day was created to honor the working class and to give them a day off. In this discussion we will explore the origins of the holiday as well as how it is celebrated now. We’ll also explore how labor is valued in this economy and what we might do to create a more fair marketplace.

September 13: UU Water Ceremony

Today we will share water and stories from our summer travels, and activities. The waters will be mingled to symbolize our connections with each other, and later be used to nourish our church gardens. We will celebrate being together at the beginning of a new “church year” as we look forward to new activities to connect with each other, more outreach and social justice work, and supporting each other on our journeys.

September 20: Fiddling While Rome Burns with JD Stillwater

When the entire planet is engulfed in flames (climate change, nuclear arms, fascism, extinction, mass migration), isn’t full-time activism the only reasonable activity? Isn’t everything else a kind of indulgence? What if activism just isn’t your thing? What if your talents and passions lie in something like fiddling, or other arts? JD Stillwater shares his own wrestling with this quandary, and where they have led him.

September 27: Don’t Sweat the Small Talk with Eric Kleinsasser

Depending on who you ask, small talk might be regarded with affection, ambivalence, or disdain.  Why do we do it?  Detractors argue that small talk is simply a dubious obligation of modern humans.  A byproduct of evolutionarily-critical social wiring run amok.  Is this so?  Or does this collective habit inform us about the manner in which we derive meaning and purpose?