PAST SERVICE PROGRAMS
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2009
Jun.
28 - "Book Reports" - Sue Otte, service leader.
Jun. 14
- Summer Solstice Drumming Circle at the home of Pat Brocket and Barb
Ettleson
May 31 - Potluck
at Whelan Cabin in Phelps Park, Decorah
May 17 - Annual Meeting of the Fellowship -
brief service preceding, led by Nancy Barry
May 10 - "Yah, They Are So Kind of Restless: Vesterheim and Other Immigrant
Stories" - Bill Musser, presenter/service leader
May 3 - Opening Doors to Education in Sudan
Apr. 26 - Sustainability: Where Do We Go From Here? - former US Natural Resource
Conservation Service Director Paul Johnson, presenter, Sue Otte - service leader
Apr. 19 - A celebration of the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth -
Eric
Baack, assistant professor of biology at Luther - presenter, Sue Otte - service
leader
Apr.
12: A service of music celebrating spring, Easter and new beginnings, Otter
Dreaming - service leader
Apr. 5: "La Historia de Mi Vida" - "The Story of My Life"
- Luis Enrique Quiros Moncada - presenter, Liz Rog -translator, Bill Musser
- service leader.
Mar. 29 - Discussion (third of three) on Paul Hawken's book Blessed Unrest
- Craig Mosher, presenter
Mar. 22 - "Further
into Silence: Walking a Labyrinth" - Rev. Amy Larson, Nancy Barry, service
leader
Mar. 15 - "Northern
Ireland and the Irrationality of Violence"
- Paul Gardner, presenter; Sue
Otte, service leader
Mar. 8 - "The Art of Conscious
Listening" - Mary Jorgensen, presenter;
Otter Dreaming, service leader
Mar. 1 - Principle #4 - Discussion on "A free and responsible search for
truth and meaning" - Nancy Barry, service leader
Feb. 22 - Discussion
(second of three) of Paul Hawken's book Blessed Unrest - David
Cavagnaro and Melanie Heindl, presenters
Feb. 15 - "Defining Happiness" - Sue Otte, service leader
Feb. 8 - "What Can We Sustain?" Shirley Vermace, Charlie Vermace,
and Carolyn Corbin, discussion leaders
Feb. 1 - "Popcorn Theology"
- Beth Wahlberg and middle school RE class,
service leaders
Jan. 25 - Principle #7 - Discussion on "The inherent worth and dignity
of every person" - Shirley Vermace, service leader
Jan. 18 - Discussion (first of three) of Paul Hawken's book Blessed Unrest
- Mary Jorgensen and David Cavagnaro, presenters
Jan. 11 - Service of Silence - Lor
Miller and Rev. Jikan Kondrick, service leaders
Jan. 4 - Service of Silence - Lor Miller
and Rev. Jikan Kondrick - CANCELLED
DUE TO DANGEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS
2008
Dec. 28 - Brunch and Conversation at ArtHaus
Dec. 21 - Winter Solstice Service of Music - CANCELLED DUE
TO DANGEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS
Dec. 14 - For Everything A Season: Home for the Holidays - members of NEIUUF
Dec. 7 - A Child's Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas - performed by
Upstart Crow Theatreworks
Nov. 30 - Thanksgiving Sing - Otter Dreaming and Liz Rog, leaders
Nov. 23 - Letting In the Darkness: Making Friends With Death - Bill Musser,
service leader, with Amy Chicos and Priscilla Kepfield
Nov.
16 - Harvest Brunch potluck - Shirley Vermace, facilitator
Nov. 9 - Reclaiming the Body - Jane Hawley, Luther College Professor of Theatre
and Dance
Nov. 2 - El Dia de los Muertos - The Day of the Dead - Sue Otte, service
leader
Oct. 26 - Wabi Sabi - Lor Miller, service leader & presenter
Oct. 19 - What $25 Can Do: Micro-lending as a Tool for Alleviating Poverty -
Brett Johnson and Karishma Sushilkumar, presenters; Sue Otter, service leader
Oct. 12 - Fellowship planning retreat at Baker Commons - looking at where we've
been and where we want to be going
Oct. 5 - Principle
#5 - Discussion on "The right of conscience and the use of the democratic
process"
- Barb Ettleson, service leader
Sep. 28 - "Coming Home to Here and Now" - Rob Carbonell; Bill Musser,
service leader
Sep. 21 - Service of Silence - Dennis Darling
Sep. 14 - Annual Fall Ingathering Service - Sue Otte
Sep. 7 - Non-Violent Communication: A Language of Compassion - Cathy
Rawitt and Bill Pardee
Aug.
31 - Reflections on Labor Day - Steve McCargar and Virginia Gibbs
Aug. 24 - Movies that have shaped our lives - Charlier Langton and Karla Presler
Aug. 17 - Raksha Bandham, a festival honoring family and sibling relationships
- Sandhya Purohit Caton
Aug. 10 - A time for examining our personal values and goals - Mary Jorgensen,
leader
Aug. 3 - No service - Special congregational meeting
Jul. 27 - No service (Nordic Fest; ecumenical service and rally in Postville)
Jul. 20 - No service - Potluck picnic
and outing at Niagara Cave near Harmony, MN
- hosted by members Mark and Jenny Bishop
Jul. 13
- "The Sources That Unite UUs" -
Shirley Vermace, service
leader
Jul. 6 - "America as a Chosen Nation" - Prof. Paul Gardner, Luther
College Political Science Dept.
Jun. 29 - "Let the Mystery Be" - Bill Musser, service leader.
Jun. 22 - "Paths to Power" - special Midsummer Service/Potluck Picnic
at South Bear School, Sue Otte, service leader.
Jun. 15 - "Nature and Nurture" - Bill Deutsch of Helping Services
of Northeast Iowa.
Jun. 8 - Service of silence
Jun. 1 - "Living, Learning, and Change" - NEIUUF member Harvey "from
Harmony" Benson.
May 25 - "What We Leave Behind"
- reflections on Memorial Day by NEIUUF member Nancy Barry.
May 18 - "A Religious Response to Torture" - Linda Gustitus, Chair
of the National Religious Campaign Against Torture ( www.nrcat.org )
May 11 - Flower Communion, Mother's Day Celebration, and Dedication of Olivia
Rose Paulsen - Sue Otte, sevice leader/speaker
May 4 - Report on Prairie Star District Conference by Lou Ann Hall, Ardith &
Darrel Hoff, and Ellen Macdonald followed by Annual Meeting of the Fellowship
Apr. 27 - Earth Day Celebration
- Professor Brett Johnson, Luther College Sociology Dept., and a "visit"
from special guest, Rachel Carson.
Apr. 20 - "Was Jesus Really a Muslim?" - Professor
Robert Shedinger, Luther College Religion Dept.
Apr. 13 - "Food
and Farm: The Ethics of Eating Well"
- Rachel Sandhorst
Apr. 6 - Renewal Sunday - "Here We Are!" - Tom and Beth Wahlberg
Mar. 30 - "Women and Violence in the Global South" - Professor Wanda Deifeldt,
Luther College Religion Dept.
Mar. 23 - "Balance, Renewal, Rebirth: a Celebration of the Spring Equinox and
Easter" - Sue Otte, Bill Musser, and Nancy Barry
Mar. 16 - "Away from Home: A Peace Corps Experience in Kiribati" - Kristina
Otte, former Peace Corps worker
Mar. 9 - Youth led service
March 2 - New Member
Sunday - "Ethical Questions in Genetics" - Prof. Jayme Nelson, Luther College
Nursing Department
Feb. 24 - "Winter Blues Meditiation" - Sue Otte, service leader
Feb.
17 - "Food and Farm:
The Ethics of Eating Well" - Rachel Sandhorst
- service cancelled due to inclement weather
Feb. 10 - "The Chakra System: Your Luminous Self" - Victoria Oestmann, MSW,
LMT, Reiki Practitioner
Feb. 3 - "Emerson's
Nature: from Puritanism to Transcendentalism" - Professor
Diane Scholl, Luther College English Dept.
Jan. 27 - "What Have You Lost?" - Sue Otte, service leader
Jan. 20 - "Living the Life That Matters" - Derek Sweet, service leader
Jan. 13 - "A Place for Us" - John and Lou Ann Hall; Dennis Darling, service
leader
Jan. 6 - "Stories
of Our Faith: Bringing Spiritual Practice Home" - Dennis
Darling and Nancy Barry
2007
Dec. 30 - "Marking Time"
- Bill Musser, service leader
Dec. 23 - "A Solstice Season Celebration with Music and Word" - Service
cancelled due to inclement weather
Dec. 16 - "Giving Gifts: A Service on Spiritual Economy" - Nancy Barry,
service leader
Dec. 9 - "Service of Silence" - Sue Otte, service leader
Dec. 2 - "Kwanzaa Feasts and Traditions" - Prof. Guy Nave, Luther
College Religion Dept.
Nov. 25 - "Family in Poetry and Song" - Nancy Barry, service leader
Nov. 18 - "The Significance of Wilderness in American Culture" - Richard
Kyte, Viterbo College, LaCrosse, Wisconsin
Nov. 11 - "Sacred Sites and Ancient Symbols-Megalithic Times to Present"
- David Cavagnaro, presenter
Nov. 4 - Harvest Brunch - welcome by Derek Sweet; no service
Oct. 28 - "El Dia de los Muertos, The Day of the Dead" - Sue
Otte, presenter
Oct. 21 - "Unforgivable?" - Bill Musser, service leader
Oct. 14 - "A Service of Silence" - Dennis Darling, presenter
Oct. 7 - "Intelligent Design" - Mike Vermace, presenter; Shirley Vermace,
service leader
Sept. 30 - "Cool Congregations, part 2" - Ketel Paulsen & Barb
Etelsen, presenters
Sept. 23 - "Another Way" - Jim Dale, retired Methodist minister, and
longtime social justice activist
Sept. 16 - "Looking to Our Future" - Derek Sweet, facilitator
Sept. 9 - Ingathering Service
Aug. 26 - "Ethical Decision-Making" - Colleen Rowley of FBI whistleblower
fame
Aug.12 - "Conflict in the Mideast" - Karla Suomala, Assistant Professor
of Religion at Luther College
Jul. 29 - "Cool Congregations" - NEIUUF member Harvey Benson, Good
Shepherd Lutheran rep Lyle Otte, and Amy Morey of Luther College's "Greening
Our Church" program
Jul. 15 - "The
Meaning of Life" -
Loyal Rue, Professor of Religion and Philosophy at Luther College
Jul.
1 - "Words of Remembrance" - Poet Charlie Langton and NEIUUF members
Nancy Barry, & Bill Musser
Jun. 17 - "A
Morning at Ryumonji" (Zen Buddhist
Monastery)
and potluck with Buddhist friends
Jun. 3 - "The Power of Books" - NEIUUF members share how books have
changed their lives
May 20 - "Consider the Dandelions" - Rev. Dillman Baker Sorrells
May 6 -
"Who Was Asherah?" - Kristin Swanson, Assistant
Professor of Religion, Luther College - followed by Annual Meeting of the Fellowship
Apr. 22 - "Earth Day: An Exchange of Gifts" - Rev.
Dillman Baker Sorrells
Apr. 8 - "Rising Green" - NEIUUF members Derek and Kathleen Sweet
on "Life, Death, Rebirth, and Life"
Mar. 25 - Covenant Renewal Sunday - "What It Means to Me" - members
of NEIUUF celebrate and talk about their community
Mar. 11 - "When
More Than Was Lost Has Been Found" - Rev. Dillman Baker Sorrells - dedication
ceremony for Rowan Jans Darling
Feb. 25 - Service
cancelled due to inclement weather
Feb. 11 - "On
the Diversity of the Holy" -
Rev. Dillman Baker Sorrells
Jan.
28 - "Just Say Yes!" - NEIUUF members Amy Chicos, Mike Vermace, Carolyn
Corbin, and Darrel Hoff
Jan. 14 - "You Must Be Present to Win" - Rev.
Dillman Baker Sorrells
2006
Dec. 31 - Practicing
Peace - NEIUUF members Lor Milller, Carol Hagen,
Dennis Darling, Mary Jorgensen, and Beth Wahlberg reflect on practicing peace
with self, family, community, nation, and world
Dec. 17 - Holy Days, Holidays, and How We Celebrate - Rev. Dillman Baker Sorrells
Dec. 3 - People, Look East - NEIUUF member Ketel Paulsen, former Peace Corps
Volunteer & international ESL teacher, on his encounters with Islam.
Nov. 19 - MindBodySpirit - NEIUUF member Marybeth Gallant, 30-year teacher of
dance and yoga
Nov. 5 - We, the Members - membership Sunday - NEIUUF member Nancy Barry, on
her own experience at a "Spiritual Crossroads"
Oct. 22 - What Resides In Us Still? - Rev. Dillman Baker Sorrells.
Oct. 8 - Faithful to What?: UUs and Faith - Rev. Brian Eslinger, Prairie Star
District President.
Sept. 24 - Radical Acceptance - Rev. Eva Cameron, Waterloo/Cedar Falls Fellowship
of Blackhawk County
Sept. 10 - Ingathering / Water Service - originally scheduled at Twin Springs,
held at the Senior Center due to rain
Aug. 29 - What Is Enlightenment? - Prof. Gereon Kopf of the Luther College Dept.
of Religion & Philosophy
Aug. 13 - The Magick of Communication - Derek Sweet, Luther College Prof. of
Communication Studies - post-Columbine reflections on the power of communication
to heal us all
July 30 - We Keep Singing - NEIUUF member Liz Rog with a program on Nordic Fest
weekend about how music fits into the meaningful times in our lives
July 16 - Playing with the Italians - a sermon delivered by Peter Jorgensen
July 2 - Two Sisters: Home Again - NEIUUF members Ruth Jenkins and Shirley Vermace
continue our series about the personal journeys of our members
June 4 - Giving Life the Shape of Justice-a panel presentation (by NEIUUF members
Harvey Benson, Bill Musser, and Sue Otte) about UUs and their focus on justice;
based on experiences at the annual UUA Prairie Star District conference in Iowa
City, held in April
May 21 - Courage: What is it? Where does it come from? Is it inate, or learned?
(presentation by NEIUUF members Darrel and Ardith Hoff)
May 7 - Unitarian Universalism: Heretics, Radicals, and Infidels -- Are We Keeping
Good Company? History of UUism, Chalice Dedication, Chalice Lighters of the
Future presentation by Maryann LoGuidice, and Annual Meeting of the Fellowship
and Potluck Brunch.
Apr. 23 - Flower Communion Sunday -A traditional UU service, including new member
welcome and observance of Earth Day weekend.
Apr. 9 - One World: We're All in this Together -NEIUUF members Mary and Peter
Jorgensen, program leaders for Luther College January study abroad program in
Mexico, with Heidi & Kaycee (Luther students)
Mar. 26 - Taking Charge of Our Own Death - hospice nurse Monica Artes, NEIUUF
member Laura Beard, Jane & Irv Forster
Mar. 12 - Ethics: Beyond the Fear of Divine Retribution - Rev. Dillman Baker
Sorrells
Feb. 26 - Being Blue: A service of music and readings about dealing with the
"down" times - led by NEIUUF member Dennis Darling, et al.
Feb. 12 - How Do We, as UUs, Understand God? - a panel of members of the NEIUUF
(Darrel Hoff, Lea Karlssen, Bill Musser)
Jan. 29 - Enemies of the State (a walk through the Christian Scriptures) - Prof.
Ward Blanton, Luther College Dept. of Religion & Philosophy
Jan. 15 - Renewal Through Silence - Shoken Winecoff, resident monk at Ryumonji
Buddhist Monastery near Decorah
Jan. 1 - Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor? Are We Still A Welcoming Nation? - Lyle
Otte, Regional Representative of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services
2005
Dec. 18 - Birth Stories: A Celebration of the Winter Solstice - NEIUUF lay leader
Sue Otte
Dec. 4 - Exploring Our Spiritual Journeys (continued) - NEIUUF members Dennis
and Brenda Darling
Nov. 20 - Celebration of Hindu festival of Diwali - Sandhya Purohit Caton
Nov. 6 - The Jungian Path: A Journey Toward Inner Space - Jerry Kegler, psychotherapist
Oct. 23 - The UU Social Justice Network: Making a Difference in Your Congregation,
Community, and World - Tom LoGuidice, Prairie Star Social Justice Coordinator
and Maryann Caudill-LoGuidice, Prairie Star District Resource Liaison
Oct. 9 - Future Sunday - The NEIUUF Membership & Finance Committee
Sept. 25 - A Quick Walk Through the Old Testament - Kristin Swanson, Luther
College Religion/Philosophy Dept.
Sept. 11 - Ingathering / Water Service at Twin Springs Park - NEIUUF lay leader
Bill Musser
Aug. 28 - Letting Our Light Shine, Darrel Hoff, NEIUUF delegate to the national
UUA General Assembly
Aug. 14 - UUism and Permaculture: Natural Companions - NEIUUF member Lea Karlssen,
permaculturist
Jul.31 - Love in Action: Two Years in China - Greg & Jenny Huang-Dale, teachers
of ESL in China
Jul. 17 - The Tibetan Homes School Program: Children in Exile - Charlie Langton,
sponsor of Tibetan children
Jul. 3 - The Sacred Place: An Expanded Vision of Patriotism - David Cavagnaro
& Hannah McCargar, world travelers with homes in Decorah
Jun. 19 - Exploring Our Spiritual Journeys (continued) - NEIUUF member Priscilla
Kepfield
Jun. 5 - Unity in Diversity - NEIUUF participants in the Prairie Star District
Conference in April
May 22 - Annual Meeting and Potluck Lunch
May 8 - Humor and Happiness (for Mothers and Others) or, Lighten Up, People!
- Maryann Caudill-LoGuidice, Prairie Star District Resource Liaison
Apr. 24 - All Kids Need . . . Dedication Ceremony for Søren Jans Darling
- NEIUUF lay leader Bill Musser
Apr. 10 - HIV-AIDS in South Africa: The Government's Response and Ours - Martin
Klammer, Africana Studies & English Dept, and Joy Conrad English Dept.,
Luther College
Mar. 27 - One True Thing - Loyal Rue, Luther College Religion & Philosophy
Dept.
Mar. 13 - Reverence and Relevance -Roger Butts, Davenport Unitarian Church
Feb. 27 - Finding the Thaw - Prof. Nancy Barry, Luther College English Dept.
Feb. 13 - What Makes a Living, Loving Community? Community-building session
Jan. 30 - Beginnings: Exploring Our Spiritual Journeys (part 1) - NEIUUF member
Hans Peter Jorgensen
Jan. 16 - Beginnings: Natural Beginnings - Prof. Richard Simon Hanson, Luther
College Religion Dept. (emeritus)
Jan. 9 - Beginnings: Where Have We Been All Our Lives? Community-building session
2004
Dec. 19 - A Festival of Song - music celebrating the season of light, joy, and
peace
Dec. 5 - The Best Gifts - Mark Allstrom, interim minister, UU Society of Black
Hawk County
Nov. 21 - Present Company Excluded: Making a Place at the Table - Bill Musser
& partner Otter Dreaming
Nov. 7 - A Celebration of Our Newly Emerging Congregation - Maryann Caudill-LoGuidice,
Prairie Star District Resource Liaison
Oct. 24 - Global Volunteerism - Janet Lambert, international ESL teacher; Katie
Prochaska & Mike Bollinger, Peace Corps vounteers
Oct. 10 - Building A Life-Sustaining World: Three Tools - Heidi Swets, Recycling
Coordinator, Spectrum Industries
Sept. 26 - Allahu Akbar: Islam's Cry, Islam's Prayer - Robert Shedinger, Luther
College Religion & Philosophy Dept.
Sept. 12 - Ingathering/Water Service at Twin Springs Park - Maryann Caudill-LoGuidice,
Prairie Star District Resource Liaison
Aug. 15 - Feminist Spirituality & the Feminine Face of God - Melanie Johnson-DeBaufre,
Luther College Religion & Philosophy Dept.
Jul. 11 - Discussion on freedom & liberty - Elyse Cohrs
Jun. 13 - Potluck poems, readings, music related to summer
May 30 - In Memory - Joseph Langland, poet, professor emeritus, University of
Massachusetts at Amherst
May 16 - An Astronomer Looks at Religion - Darrel Hoff, professor emeritus,
Luther College Physics Dept./Iowa State University, and artistic works by Ardith
Hoff
Apr. 18 - Is Anything Meant to Be? - How do we understand the world/universe?
- Janis Rockabrand
Apr. 4 - Sexual Politics and the Resurrection Witness - Prof. Guy Nave, Luther
College Religion/Philosophy Dept.
Mar. 21 - Seasons and Cycles - a look through the UU hymnal-a music service
- Otter Dreaming, church musician
Mar. 7 - Global Service (comemmorating the annivesary of the Peace Corps)
Feb. 22 - Submitting to Love - modern Unitarians wrestle with the power of love
as an agent of change - Joel Spoonheim, Unity Church Unitarian, St. Paul, MN
Feb. 8 - Travel Experiences - Luther students sharing their journeys and how
they were changed by them
Jan. 25 - A Journey to Buddhism - Shoken Winecoff, Buddhist priest
Jan. 11 - The Godless Constitution - what did the founders have in mind? - Paul
Gardner, Luther College Political Science Dept.
2003
Dec. 28 - Heretics, Radicals, Infidels and Other Founders of the Faith - a look
at past Unitarian-Universalists- Bill Musser
Dec. 14 - Honoring Our Traditions - How Religions Travel - Richard Simon Hanson,
emeritus, Luther College Religion/Philosophy Dept.
Nov. 30 - Thanksgiving
Nov. 16 - Bodies, Blushing, Babies and Beauty in Our Whole Lives - a look at
UU Sexuality Education - Bill Musser
Nov. 2 - The Day of the Dead - a Service of Remembrance in the Latin American
tradition - Sue Otte
Oct. 19 - A Liberal Reads the Bible - Janet Lambert
Oct. 5 - My experience in the Unitarian Universalist Church - a panel discussion
Sept. 21 - business meeting
Sept. 14 - Sunday in the Park (Whelan Cabin, Phelps Park) music, discussion,
potluck meal