Embracing Bad Art & Stupid Ideas with Alan Kopischke Alan is a university professor, arts consultant, and professional actor. He has acted with the Peninsula Players, Third Avenue Playhouse, Steppenwolf, Milwaukee Rep and regional theatres across the country and has appeared in feature films and on primetime network television. A UU since 2002, Alan and […]
BRINGING LIGHT TO FOOD INSECURITY IN DOOR COUNTY with Andrew Phillips Andrew is a longtime journalist and Door County native whose work has appeared in multiple Door County publications, as well as the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the Milwaukee Business Journal and The (Cedar Rapids, IA) Gazette. He is an alumnus of Gibraltar High School and […]
The Serendipitous Rosary — A New Year’s Message with Sara McKillop Our quest to make memories for one another and ourselves can provide a creative, spiritual crescendo, when we dig a little deeper. Art doodles, storybooks, the feel of an inky marker or waxy crayon flowing along a page, are all tools today’s speaker, Sara […]
The Rev. Barbara Sajna – Beyond Ho! Ho! Ho! We are grateful to be able to end the calendar year of programming with Rev. Barb Sajna. About the Speaker: The Rev. Barbara Sajna is a Wisconsin native, originally from the Rhinelander area. She has a law degree from the University of Wisconsin and practiced with […]
Rev. Mark Richards — CANDLELIGHT SERVICE This year we are excited to be able to bring back our traditional winter solstice service with Rev. Mark Richards! For those watching at home, be sure to have your favorite candle by your side.
Why do UUs celebrate Christmas? In the early 2000s, Helene Di Iulio, in collaboration with then UUFDC president, Bob Salmi, presented a message detailing ways the Unitarians and Universalists have contributed to traditional Christmas hymns, secular songs and stories. In this service we will hear an encore reading of this message with a few updates […]
Frederick (aka Doc) Heide — All Shall Be Well About the Message: Julian of Norwich was a 14th Century mystic who spent most of her adult life as a recluse in a British church. Revelations of Divine Love, the book she wrote about her spiritual visions inspired by a near-death experience, is believed to be […]
Pey Carter — Disabilities: Inclusion, Accessibility, and Identity About the Message: Join guest speaker, Pey Carter, as they talk about their journey from able-bodied to disabled as well as disability theology and how congregations can be more inclusive and accessible to everyone. About the Speaker: Pey Carter is a 4th year seminary student at Iliff […]
The Rev. Barbara Sajna — Gratitude? Me? A Thanksgiving message on gratitude. About the Speaker: The Rev. Barbara Sajna is a Wisconsin native, originally from the Rhinelander area. She has a law degree from the University of Wisconsin and practiced with a general practice frim in Eagle River. Her four children grew up in Rhinelander […]
About the Message: Rev. Phil Sweet — The Human Capacity for Self-Deception If you mapped out a time line of our planet’s history of a hundred yards, the length of a football field, humans arrived on the scene one-eighth of an inch from the end. It is easy to see how human beings could feel […]