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Sunday, December 7, 10:30am
Hotel Aldea or https://zoom.us/j/414604040/ Password: 294513
free
Speaker: Rev. Dr. Wayne Arnason
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Sunday Service
By Kate Greenaway, UUFSMA member
December in the northern hemisphere brings us to the darkest time of the year. And yet, we still call it the Season of Light. During these dark weeks, many of the world’s faiths celebrate spiritual holidays – holidays that shine with wisdom and community and that sustain us through dark times.
One of these December observances, now recognized more widely in Unitarian Universalist congregations, is Bodhi Day—the Buddhist celebration of the day Buddha achieved enlightenment. But what does it mean to achieve enlightenment? Is it like flipping a switch in a darkened room? Or instead, is it using whatever little light we have to find the next step on our path?
This week we welcome Rev. Dr. Wayne Arnason, a lifelong Unitarian Universalist with a 50-year career of service in ministry and 40 years as a Buddhist practitioner. Wayne served in two long-term parish ministries: one with his wife, the Rev. Kathleen Rolenz, in Rocky River, Ohio, and before that in Charlottesville, Virginia, where Wayne and Kathleen have now made their permanent home.
With Kathleen, he co-authored the widely read book on UU worship practices, Worship That Works (2nd edition, 2017). In 2013, he co-authored a collection called Buddhist Voices in Unitarian Universalism with Rev. Sam Trumbore. Wayne currently serves as a congregational consultant and ministerial coach.
Unitarian Universalism is a liberal faith centered on shared values for living. Our UU Fellowship welcomes people of all ages, races, religions, sexual orientations, and gender identities. We gather not around a belief in divinity, but around community, love, compassion, social justice, reverence for nature, and the spirituality of music within the interconnected web of existence.
The UUFSMA Social Justice Foundation supports local nonprofits that provide health, educational, environmental, and other services. Learn more at https://www.uufsma.org/foundation.html .
Young Explorers is UUFSMA’s bilingual religious education program for children and youth ages 5-15. Classes are held twice a month. Everyone is welcome. Contact Anne Geyer at annegeyer12@gmail.com to learn more.
To participate in our online Sunday Service, visit www.uufsma.org and click on the Zoom Service button on the home page. If requested, enter password: 294513. Sign in from anywhere on Sunday mornings between 10:15 and 10:25 a.m. CST. Enjoy previous services at https://www.youtube.com/UUFSMA.
We meet at 10:30 a.m. at the Hotel Posada de la Aldea, Ancha de San Antonio 15, in San Miguel de Allende. Join us!
Link to current service description: www.uufsma.org/upcomingservice.html
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