The Pagosa Unitarian Universalist (UU) Fellowship offers Sunday Services and Programs throughout the month. If you’re looking for worship-type service, small group, learning and deepening practices, or the simplicity of community, you may find it here. We are the space for open minds, loving hearts and helping hands. Join us!
October 5 – BeWilderment
Sunday Service and discussion, 10:30am
A streamed sermon by Rev Gretchen Haley, Senior Minister of Foothills Unitarian Church. Joan Ward will serve as service leader as we introduce a series from Foothills Unitarian in Fort Collins, Colorado, entitled Broken/Open. We will be watching the first sermon in the series given by Rev. Haley entitled ‘BeWilderment’, with the following introduction offered: “Feeling entirely lost? Confused? Sometimes, right when the map fails, the real path begins, where the possibility that being lost can be the place where we are ultimately found.”
More about the series Broken/Open from Foothills: “Life has a way of undoing us. Our hearts break, our worldviews shatter… This breaking – showing up as grief, failure, mistakes, shame – and leading us to feeling lost and in despair — religion has too often told us that this breaking means that there is something irreparably wrong with us, and with life itself. But what if the opposite is true? What if being broken is the very thing that could connect us to wholeness, and open us to love, belonging, and awe?”
Rev. Gretchen Haley oversees worship, community resourcing and outreach, and the intersectional work of the Foothills Unitarian justice teams. She also serves as chief of staff, and ministry lead to the Board. We are grateful for the partnership we have with Foothills UU.
October 12 – Going Deeper
Sharing Circle, 10:30-12:00pm
Join us as we continue to explore themes of hope as offered from the On Being podcast. The second in the series highlights the work of adrienne maree brown, author and visionary organizer. In this circle we allow space for reflection and for whatever else is on our hearts. Come make friends and practice the art of listening with others. Light refreshments are offered.
October 19 – Sunday Service
Feng Shui’s Spiritual Principles & the Tao with speaker Elaine Harding, 10:30 am
The Tao Te Ching is a deep spiritual text which birthed the originating principles of Feng Shui. As an ancient art of energy alignment within spaces and places, including in yourself, Feng Shui embodies a set of principles that allow you to flow with life by maintaining harmony with the five elements. Come hear this enlightening talk. Elaine Harding is certified in ‘Black Sect Tantric Buddhist’ Feng Shui through the Mindful Design Feng Shui School. She is also a mysfit mystic whose winding path has taken her across continents learning from many beautiful spiritual teachers, including her root teacher of Dzogchen, Namkhai Norbu.
Oct 26 –NEW Action Sunday! o
Offering begins at 10:30am
Join us as we delve into a book group with meaning on the 4th Sundays. Social Change Now: A Guide for Reflection and Connection by Deepa Iyer. Here’s a bit about the book from the UU Association Common Read site: To engage in social change at this moment in time requires consistent attention, deep reflection, and committed collective action. Social Change Now is a powerful roadmap for individuals and organizations who are ready to deepen their commitment to social justice from racial justice advocate Deepa Iyer. All are welcome to this monthly book group.
Continuing Meditation Practice
Each Sunday evening, from 7:00–8:30pm
The Tara Meditation Sangha meets. Sessions include meditation instruction, practice and study of the Heart Sutra and Diamond Sutra. Beginners are welcome anytime, and is led by a certified meditation instructor and authorized Dharma teacher.
New this month is a Wise & Wakeful Circle beginning October 11. The group meets the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of the month at 10:00am. This group will be utilizing the Pagosa UU Fellowship space. The Wise & Wakeful Circle, led by Elaine Harding and Sam Johnson, explain: the group is to connect heart to heart in a one-hour gathering for meditation, inspiration through a spiritual reading and discussion, and healing affirmations to support our healing, awakening, and manifesting a compassionate life and world. It is open to all individuals who align with the values of respect, peace and authentic connection.
Find us at the Greenbriar Plaza, 301 N. Pagosa Blvd, Unit B-15. We face Pagosa Peak on the north side of the building. You can learn more at the website, PagosaUU.org, where you will find our current newsletter with information on all our programs.