For our Sunday service on April 6 at 10:30 a.m., we will hear the story “The Singing Stone” as told by Libby Krause.
“A Medicine Story” is not about the creation of aspirin or the side effects of Ozempic, but rather about the healing of the spirit through story. One can hear the same story three or 30 times and get something different from it each time.
If someone thinks, “Oh, I know this story,” that story becomes dead to them and they will get nothing from it. “Medicine Stories” can be found in every culture and on every continent, from the Indigenous persons or the people who hear the stories and feel a calling to learn and share them. The story that will be offered is about the healing of strife through the selfless act of love.
We are blessed to have Krause in our midst. Our presenter first came to Pagosa Springs when she was 25. An artist and storyteller, she found Pagosa to be the perfect location to feed her spirit. Krause and her husband bought their home in 2020, but stated, “My heart has been here for decades. It is wonderful to be home.”
Each month on the second Sunday, we offer the Going Deeper Sharing Circle from 10:30 a.m. to noon.
On April 13, we will come together in this small-group setting to share with one another and practice deep listening. We explore themes of recent topics and leave space for reflection and for whatever else is on our hearts. Come make friends and practice the art of listening with others. Light refreshments will be offered.
On April 20, our third Sunday Service will begin at 10:30 a.m. and will focus on celebrating Earth Day 2025. In a talk entitled “Reimagining Together: Listen, Because Kindness Eases Change,” the Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth (UUME) helps us deepen practices that put love at the center of our climate justice work — not to avoid acting, but to prepare and sustain us for action. Our service leader, Joan Ward, will be sharing the words of the UUME service, with music by Dave Pettus.
On April 27, our fourth Sunday offering will be Action Sunday at 10:30 a.m. We look forward to meeting and hearing from Leonard Martinez, lead for Friends and Neighbors in Need, a local faith-based organization to help those in need in our community. Come to learn, grow and do good.
Ongoing meditation
practice and dharma talk
A shorter meditation practice is held at 9 a.m. the first and third Sundays.
Meditation practice and dharma talk take place from 9 to 10:15 a.m. on the second and fourth Sundays.
This weekly meditation is led by Dan Dempster, a certified meditation instructor and authorized dharma teacher in the Buddhist tradition. Instruction is reviewed at each gathering, which makes it available to newcomers and experienced practitioners alike.
The Pagosa Unitarian Universalist Fellowship is located at Unit B-15 of the Greenbriar Plaza, 301 N. Pagosa Blvd., on the north side facing Pagosa Peak. We also offer Zoom services the first and third Sundays of the month.
Find our current newsletter at PagosaUU.org for the link to join and to find our current programs.
