Providing varied, thought-provoking services and religious education for children since 1988.
Upcoming Services
Calendar parse failed.Fall 2008
Nov 9
This weekly service features guest minister, Rev David Belton speaking on "Divine Connections." Reverend Belton is a minister in the Unity Church tradition. He will explore how each of us makes divine connections with ourselves and others.
Nov 16
Lyle Lofgren will be speaking on "What is the Nature of Physical Reality" and how it relates to new discoveries in physics. Everybody knows what reality is, or at least we think we do. We'll discuss three sensory traits that contribute to our perception of reality, their possible evolutionary origins, and how they can interfere with our understanding of what's really happening. This talk is oriented around Plato's parable of the cave of existence.
Lyle Lofgren, besides being the father of DUUC member, Mark Lofgren, has a BS in Physics plus 3 years graduate school at the U of MN and is a retired engineer with a continuing interest in science. He's also intensely interested in traditional American music and is a member of The Brandy Snifters, a string band that rarely appears in public.
Nov 23
"The Real Jesus" by Rev. Dr. Nancy Holden. In his book 'American Jesus,' Stephen Prothero traces the images of Jesus that have risen from and influenced American culture at different times. These range from the pious, spiritualized ideas of Christian orthodoxy to the sentimentalism of the evangelicals, and the hostility of many non-believers. No one can retrieve historical reality from these contradictory ideas, and that is not the aim of this message. Rather, Rev. Holden seeks to recover the humanism and social justice material found in the Jesus teachings.
Rev. Dr. Nancy Holden lives in River Falls with her husband, Doug. She has been in professional ministry for twenty-six years, as a United Methodist until 2008, when she left the Methodists and was received into preliminary fellowship by the UUA. She and Doug are members of the UU Society of River Falls, where she serves as Chair of the Program Committee. She also works as Executive Director of Healthy Communities and Recovery Network, a nonprofit agency providing support to families affected by alcoholism and chemical dependency.
Nov 30
DUUC member Margaret Kinney will present numerous thoughts about the meaning and importance of gratitude at this time of Thanksgiving, as well as in our daily lives. In a discussion afterwards, we'll share your thoughts and experiences about gratitude.
Dec 7
"Einstein's God" by DUUC member Chuck McKown. McKown will use quotes and stories from Walter Isaacson's biography of Albert Einstein and other sources to examine Einstein's views and insight into the interplay of religion and science. Einstein said "The most beautiful emotion we can experience is the mysterious." With his help we will look into that mystery.
Dec 14
Ordained Zen priest and teacher, Rev. Marilyn Myo-O Habermas-Scher will present "Dark and Light Arise Together; Great Joy". In this season of holy dark, stillness, and silence come roses blooming in the snow. What barren places in us are waiting to give birth? How do we become intimate with such miracles and what is the work of recognizing them? Let us dive into the dark together and harvest what we may not have thought possible from ground we may not have thought capable of such fecundity.
Rev. Myo-O Marilyn Habermas-Scher is an ordained priest in the Soto Zen Buddhist tradition, teaching classes, lecturing and leading retreats. Her root teacher was Dainin Katagiri roshi, the first Japanese Zen teacher in Minnesota, with whom she studied from 1975 to 1990. Now affiliated with Hokyoji Zen Community, she has been practicing in the Soto Zen and Vipassana Buddhist traditions for more than 30 years. Myo-O has an extensive background in the performing arts and is also trained in a a number of body-mind practices, including T'ai Chi, Qi Gong and Body Mind CenteringTM. She teaches somatically based VoiceWork in private sessions and she also works as an inter-faith chaplain at Hennepin County Medical Center and University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview.
Dec 21
Winter Solstice Celebration. We will celebrate one of the oldest traditions known to humanity by observing and honoring the winter solstice. Let's celebrate the shortest day of the year with a ceremony of lights and music and food. We will have a service, followed by food, music and dancing. This service will be at 6:00 pm in the evening. There will NOT be at 10:30 am service on this Sunday.
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Come one, come all to the Dakota UU Book Club the second Wednesday of each month. Attend every month, or pick and choose as the spirit calls you! Friends and neighbors are welcome. 6:00 -- doors open. Informal chat time. Those who wish can bring a "brown bag supper." 6:30 -- 8:00 1st session: September 10 "Eat, Pray, Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert. A memoir of one woman's search for "everything" across Italy, India and Indonesia. This easy read will kick off our book club as it asks questions such as: "How do we reawaken our senses after deadened by sorrow?" "How can we use our family history as a springboard in growth." You may chuckle at parts and wince at others times, love the book or find it misses the mark, but it is sure to generate conversation for men and women alike. October 8 "How Good Do We Have to Be? A new understanding of guilt and forgiveness" by Harold S. Kushner.
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