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Sunday, August 10, 10:30am
Hotel Aldea or https://zoom.us/j/414604040/ Password: 294513
free
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Sunday Service
Speaker: Rev. Mark Johaningsmeir
By Kate Greenaway
UUFSMA member
When you meet someone from an unfamiliar religion, what's your first instinct? You probably ask: "So, what do you folks believe?"
When encountering someone passionate about a political cause, you might wonder: "What do you stand for? What makes your beliefs different from others?"
Meeting a scientist with a groundbreaking discovery, you'd likely ask: "What did you learn? How does this challenge the status quo? Could your discovery change what we think we know?"
We use the word "belief" constantly - and not just about religion. But notice what our beliefs have in common: they point backward to ideas that people have already accepted as true.
Here's the challenge: When we cling too tightly to what we've always believed, we can close ourselves off to new information, fresh insights, and different perspectives that might expand our understanding.
Is there a better way? This week, Rev. Mark Johaningsmeir will offer a different approach to what we've "always believed."
Mark Johaningsmeir is an ordained United Methodist minister who served congregations in Minnesota and Colorado before retiring. From his first visit to Mexico in the early 1990s, Mark was deeply drawn to its people and culture. Each year afterward, he would leave behind the snow and ice of his Minnesota home for the vibrant colors and warm spirit of Mexico. “I was like Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz when it changed from black and white to Technicolor,” he recalls.
In 2006, Mark made the move to Mexico permanent, settling first in the city of Guanajuato. Four years later, he met Judith Jenya, and they fell in love. He joined her in San Miguel, where they married and built their home in Mexiquito. Today, they share their home with two dogs, three cats, and a pond full of koi.
Mark is an engaged member of the UUFSMA. He is a regular and much-appreciated speaker, as well as an active contributor to the Sunday Service Committee.
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 .
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 10:15-10:25 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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