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This week was full of wonder. The K-2nd and 3rd-6th graders wondered about Joseph, his ability to predict dreams, and his relationship with his brothers. The preschoolers wondered about stars. And, the infants and toddlers wondered where all the girls were! It was pure boy bonding this week. In the 3rd-6th grade classroom, we started with a values exercise. I read 10 statements aloud, like [...] Dave Lambert and Scott Tanona explore the growing focus of economists on happiness. Once considered an unobservable and even an unnecessary concept underlying people’s choices, economists have more recently explored how the pursuit of happiness guides choices and is an important measure of personal and social well being. It is, after all, not all about the money. Convener: Scott Tanona. This week the older children continued their Bible lessons while the younger children learned about Valentine’s Day. Love was contemplated and/or celebrated by all. In the 3rd-6th grade classroom, we discussed the story of Abraham and Isaac. I began the lesson by asking the students to write about love. What does it feel like? How do you know when someone loves you? Then we shared [...] Happy Valentine’s Day! We had a great time celebrating the holiday of love at Meadowlark Hills on Saturday. We started the party with yummy snacks: mini sandwiches, cookies, fruit, punch, and a little candy! Then, we put on our Valentine’s performance. We sang three songs with accompanying motions: “You are my Sunshine,” “Skidamarink,” and the Barney theme song, “I Love You.” After our songs Nick [...] Unitarians played a vital role in helping women in their struggle to gain the right to vote. Enell Foerster and Rev. Michael Nelson investigate how this fundamental shift in power occurred and examine how the need for further empowerment continues. Contact Michael at 537-2349 or minister@uufm.net. Chronology of Woman’s Suffrage Text of Katie Kingery-Page’s Personal Reflection
This Sunday’s service, February 12th, encourages us to contemplate the relationship between the wisdom of how true love cannot exist without equality and the continued struggle for women to have rights equal to those that men enjoy. Unitarian Universalism has worked to support equal rights in Kansas for women from the 19th century forward. Enell Foerster, Katie Kingery-Page and Rev. Michael Nelson invite you to [...] This week was Social Action Sunday for the older kids. The K-2nd and 3rd-6th graders counted cans, make a kindness chain, and decorated cookies for our Meadowlark Hills Valentine’s Party. Meanwhile, the preschoolers learned more about babies and dedication ceremonies, and the infants and toddlers made noise while reading Mr. Cow Can Moo! Can You? The K-2nd and 3rd-6th graders spent the day thinking of [...] We loved Parents’ Night Out on Friday. The theme for the night was Valentine’s Day. We made Valentine’s cards for UUFM Meadowlark Hills residents. Then we had mini cupcakes with pink icing. After dessert, we practiced three songs to sing at our Meadowlark Hills Valentine’s Party next Saturday. The kids even came up with motions for the words. Then we played chain tag. The person [...] 
Love calls us into the core of our creativity—into its depth and illumination. Like the stars in the vast distance, love brings its light into the interior of our lives. It challenges our imagination to sense the cosmic dimension in a speck of its reflected luminosity and share it with all the beauty and brio we can bring forth. [...] “Crime is a routine behavior; it’s a thing people do when they get used to doing it…” Zimring, 1/30/12 New Yorker “Curbing crime does not depend on reversing social pathologies or alleviating social grievances; it depends on erecting small, annoying barriers to entry.” Adam Gopnik Crime is not curtailed by punishment nor by being nice. Wow! The percentage of people put in jail has tripled [...] |
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