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May 6, 2018
Worship Speaker The Rev. Sonia Dunbar
Musician-Janice Luce, Greeter-Lisa Erwin
Musings On Being a Caregiver
Bio - Sonia is a recently ordained Interfaith and Interspiritual Minister from East Craftsbury. A theatrical costumer and former domestic relations attorney, she spends her time now exploring a writing and education ministry, and serving as a care manager for her father, Wayne.
Topic – The reflection and exploration will focus upon adult caregivers and care managers of aging or ill parents or spouses. What are some of the doubts and hurdles a caregiver faces? How can we help support the caregivers we know as they do their sacred work?
Worship Speaker The Rev. Sonia Dunbar
Musician-Janice Luce, Greeter-Lisa Erwin
Musings On Being a Caregiver
Bio - Sonia is a recently ordained Interfaith and Interspiritual Minister from East Craftsbury. A theatrical costumer and former domestic relations attorney, she spends her time now exploring a writing and education ministry, and serving as a care manager for her father, Wayne.
Topic – The reflection and exploration will focus upon adult caregivers and care managers of aging or ill parents or spouses. What are some of the doubts and hurdles a caregiver faces? How can we help support the caregivers we know as they do their sacred work?
May 13, 2018
Worship Speaker Nicole Gratton
Musician– Janice Luce, Greeter-Karen Hennig
Parenthood and Profession-hood: Making it all Work
Bio - Nicole is many things; mom, wife, teacher, fitness instructor, board
member, adaptive reuse enthusiast, community activist, and more. She is currently exploring her own Personal Legend, by looking deeply at what topics spark her core. She enjoys reading, Nordic skiing, Spartan races, and spending time outside with her family.
Topic – Being a mother or a father on top of having a full time job can make parenting a great challenge and also give a deep sense of reward. What is needed to support both the parent side and the professional side of life, especially for those with young children? Can we make it all work?
Worship Speaker Nicole Gratton
Musician– Janice Luce, Greeter-Karen Hennig
Parenthood and Profession-hood: Making it all Work
Bio - Nicole is many things; mom, wife, teacher, fitness instructor, board
member, adaptive reuse enthusiast, community activist, and more. She is currently exploring her own Personal Legend, by looking deeply at what topics spark her core. She enjoys reading, Nordic skiing, Spartan races, and spending time outside with her family.
Topic – Being a mother or a father on top of having a full time job can make parenting a great challenge and also give a deep sense of reward. What is needed to support both the parent side and the professional side of life, especially for those with young children? Can we make it all work?
May 20, 2018
Worship Speaker– Rich Ossias
Worship Associate-Karen Hennig
Musician-Janice Luce, Greeter-Kathy Ketchum
The Human Condition in Poetry and Song: Living the Life We Choose
Bio - Rich Ossias is originally from the small city of Newburgh in the Hudson Valley of New York. He spent most of his adult life living in Washington, D.C. and rural Maryland working as an air-pollution attorney for the US EPA, raising a family with his wife Barbara, and running a hobby farm containing many kinds of rescued and otherwise-obtained farm animals. He and Barbara moved to the north country in 2013 to spend more time in Orford, Quebec (which they had visited with their children for many winter breaks). Through happenstance or some greater force they have been blessed to become a part of the UU community as well. When he’s not in Scotland, where he and Barbara run a holiday lodge (and sometimes stay themselves), Rich comes over to do volunteer work for Orleans County Citizens Advocacy. He also helps take care of the family menagerie of 7 cats, 2 dogs, 4 birds, and a hedgehog.
Topic – Rich will select 4-5 songs by known artists that would highlight this feature of being human. He will introduce each song by briefly describing its context and meaning, then read the song’s lyrics poetically portraying this aspect of the human condition, and finally play a recording of the song itself—thereby making those thoughts more powerful through beautiful music. His goal is to use the arts of poetry and music to focus the congregation’s thoughts on challenges that life can bring (for good or for bad), and ways that we can cope with them.
Worship Speaker– Rich Ossias
Worship Associate-Karen Hennig
Musician-Janice Luce, Greeter-Kathy Ketchum
The Human Condition in Poetry and Song: Living the Life We Choose
Bio - Rich Ossias is originally from the small city of Newburgh in the Hudson Valley of New York. He spent most of his adult life living in Washington, D.C. and rural Maryland working as an air-pollution attorney for the US EPA, raising a family with his wife Barbara, and running a hobby farm containing many kinds of rescued and otherwise-obtained farm animals. He and Barbara moved to the north country in 2013 to spend more time in Orford, Quebec (which they had visited with their children for many winter breaks). Through happenstance or some greater force they have been blessed to become a part of the UU community as well. When he’s not in Scotland, where he and Barbara run a holiday lodge (and sometimes stay themselves), Rich comes over to do volunteer work for Orleans County Citizens Advocacy. He also helps take care of the family menagerie of 7 cats, 2 dogs, 4 birds, and a hedgehog.
Topic – Rich will select 4-5 songs by known artists that would highlight this feature of being human. He will introduce each song by briefly describing its context and meaning, then read the song’s lyrics poetically portraying this aspect of the human condition, and finally play a recording of the song itself—thereby making those thoughts more powerful through beautiful music. His goal is to use the arts of poetry and music to focus the congregation’s thoughts on challenges that life can bring (for good or for bad), and ways that we can cope with them.
May 27, 2018
Worship Speaker– Nancy Engels
Musician-Janice Luce, Greeter-Kathy Ketchum
Special Service: Part IV of IV
Bio - Back in the day, Nancy was the staff person leading these sessions at the UU New England Leadership School. She has pulled out her old notes and resources to share how to find your preferences for approaching decisions.
Topic – Brief talk by Nancy on the gifts each of us bring to making good decisions (based on Myers-Briggs). Following this short service, the Board of Trustees will have an activity planned. More information to follow.
Worship Speaker– Nancy Engels
Musician-Janice Luce, Greeter-Kathy Ketchum
Special Service: Part IV of IV
Bio - Back in the day, Nancy was the staff person leading these sessions at the UU New England Leadership School. She has pulled out her old notes and resources to share how to find your preferences for approaching decisions.
Topic – Brief talk by Nancy on the gifts each of us bring to making good decisions (based on Myers-Briggs). Following this short service, the Board of Trustees will have an activity planned. More information to follow.
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