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Sunday, December 28, 10:30am
Hotel Aldea or https://zoom.us/j/414604040/ Password: 294513
free
Speaker: Lauren Osornio
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Sunday Service
by Kate Greenaway,UUFSMA member For our last service of 2025, as we ponder what 2026 may bring, we draw on the wisdom of beloved UUFSMA member Ted Englander, whose reflections on “Non-Judgment as a Spiritual Practice” invite us into a kinder, more open-hearted way of being. What happens when we become less judgmental—more loving—toward ourselves, each other, and the wider world? How might letting go of harsh judgments open the door to inclusion, tolerance, and compassion?
This Sunday, led by Lauren Osornio, we will explore how non-judgment can be a deliberate spiritual path, and how choosing acceptance over criticism can bring more peace to our lives and our community. The service will include readings from Ted’s work, with musical selections performed by Almitri Tzigane and Lauren.
Ted Englander, Lauren’s late husband, was a psychotherapist for more than forty years. He worked with couples, adults, and teens, and he loved his work so deeply that he never truly retired—continuing until cancer made it impossible. Many in our wider community remember him with gratitude for the steady, life-changing support he offered. Ted was the great love of Lauren’s life.
Lauren is an active contributor to our Fellowship. She has been on a spiritual path since discovering Don Miguel Ruiz’s “The Four Agreements” in the late 1990s. Together, she and Ted actively studied A Course in Miracles for years. They were also members of First Church Unitarian in Littleton, Massachusetts, near the First Parish of Stow and Acton, where Rev. Tom Rosiello is Minister Emeritus.
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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