We find ourselves at the beginning of another month, and the Pagosa Unitarian Universalist (UU) Fellowship shares our monthly calendar below with an invitation to join us — a small but vibrant group.
We gather most Sundays for services and other programs that guide us on a journey to “Make Friends, Grow Your Spirit, Do Good.”
September services and programs
• Sept. 7: Sunday service, 10:30 a.m. Water communion ritual and storytelling — “What the River Says,” a medicine story, told by Libby Krause.
Along with the wisdom story, we will honor the precious element of water with a short ritual. All are invited to bring a small amount of water from places or activities you enjoyed during the summer. This can be actual water you collected at some magical place, or symbolic — like from your kitchen sink. This uniquely UU tradition was born 45 years ago from UU women who got tired of being told how to worship and decided to create their own ceremony. Just as rivers flow creating their own path, we can imagine water as a metaphor for our own path-making. We will mingle our waters as a symbol of our shared community.
Our presenter of the story message, Krause, offers storytelling with an artist’s perspective. Pagosa Spring held her heart as a young adult when first visiting, and she now resides here with her spouse in a place of her heart.
• Sept. 14: Going Deeper Sharing Circle, 10:30 a.m. to noon.
This facilitated, small-group setting is where we invite sharing and deep-listening practice. We will introduce ideas from the popular program “On Being” to explore themes of hope. For the next few months, we will explore resource material and journaling activities to deepen with ourselves and with one another. We allow space for reflection and for whatever else is on our hearts. Come make friends and practice the art of listening with others.
• Sept. 21: Sunday service, 10:30 a.m. Seasonal harvest gathering — “Stone Soup and the Meaning of Mabon.”
Mabon, the Pagan holiday of the second harvest, is a time of reflection with a focus on gratitude. We honor and celebrate the turning of the wheel at the time of the autumnal equinox and celebrate our community. Through a ritual telling of the old tale, “Stone Soup,” and in the spirit of sharing the bounty of the season, we will create a soup to share after the service.
• Sept. 28: Rest Sunday, a time for rest and renewal.
“Hope is the deepest orientation of the human soul that can be held at the darkest times.” — Vaclav Havel.
Join us for any of our programs, which includes a weekly meditation practice. The Tara Pagosa Meditation Group will resume on Sunday, Sept. 7, at 7 p.m.
Sessions will include meditation instruction, practice and study of the “Heart Sutra” and “Diamond Sutra,” led by our own certified meditation instructor and authorized dharma teacher. Beginners are welcome anytime. The practice continues each Sunday from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
For more information about this and other current programs, visit PagosaUU.org. Once there, you can email to be added to our mailing list or the meditation email list to receive notices about the schedule. We welcome all of who you are.
You can find us at Unit B-15 of the Greenbriar Plaza, 301 N. Pagosa Blvd., on the north side facing the Pagosa Peak. We offer Zoom streaming of our service each first and third Sunday, and a link to join online can be found at PagosaUU.org. You will find our current newsletter with information about all of our programs and to learn more about this progressive faith community.
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