How did you discover Unitarian Universalism? Or were you lucky enough to be born UU? Three of our members will tell us about their religious roots and growing pains. All the stories have happy endings!

The first day of August is the midpoint between Summer Solstice and the Fall Equinox. Many pagans marked this cross quarter holiday with a harvest festival celebrating the first cut of grain. The Celts called it Lughnasa after their harvest God Lugh. Medieval Christians adopted it as loaf-mass or Lammas. Join us as we celebrate with an intergenerational ritual including a short play, folk music, and fresh-baked bread.

Social awareness and action start at the grass roots, and with just as much pavement as grass in our neighborhood, we at FUSP acknowledge our presence in urban Plainfield. Yet how well do we know our community, and what truths and hopes do we share with our neighbors? This service will invite each of us at FUSP to consider the realities outside our church doors and how we as individuals and as a group can enrich our spiritual perspectives by engaging the people of our hometown, Plainfield.

Does it matter what we eat beyond the obvious implications for personal health? Can our food choices reflect our deeper values? We will examine some of the global and ethical issues related to the foods we eat with ideas to help us make our choices more conscientiously.

Core of Fire is an interfaith dance ministry made up of mature women, who use the healing power of dance to combine spiritual connection and creative movement into choreography that speaks to our deepest longings to express the awe, wonder and anguish of the life experience. Choreography by Dr. Carol Penn

Details will follow.