Intergenerational Thanksgiving service with music, meditation, web of gratitude/caring, distribution of Guest at your Table boxes with participation by the children.  Service leader:  Celia Ellison.

For those of you who missed the “Planning your own Funeral” Workshop on November 15th, you’ll have a second chance to let the world know what is important to you.  Linda Amspaugh will lead us through the process of choosing what might be included in your obituary as well as considering how we might live … Continued

Dana Sinclair is the Community Outreach Coordinator for the NATCO Community Center in Richmond, IN, where she serves as Circles Whitewater Valley Coach. She will bring the message, “Empowering Those In Poverty.”  …. How close do you, do we want to be to the poor?  …How do we engage personally with the poor?  …What is … Continued

November 2 is the birthday of Daniel Boone, whose life and adventures are an example of the tendency to lift up and exaggerate.  Diane Wright will join us to look at his life story, and look at the ways our tendency to mythologize and “stretch” real life stories plays into our cultural and religious traditions. … Continued

Diane Wright will be our speaker this morning. Service leader: Linda Amspaugh.

Are you UU? Christian? Muslim? Lyn Miller, whose spiritual journey has included both Christian and Buddhist practice, will share some of her experiences with us. Lyn is an associate professor of religion at Earlham College who teaches Historical Christianity and Religions of East Asia. Service leader:  Judi Hetrick. Fall Congregational Meeting will immediately follow the … Continued

Christopher Columbus is often remembered in the U.S. for what he did not do in America. We’ll explore the ways the Columbus myth perpetuated a “Doctrine of Discovery” that glossed over the genocide and slavery brought to the New World. Hopedale participants will share readings from the journals of Columbus, the writings of his critics … Continued

Recent studies have largely confirmed that animals of many varieties think and feel in ways more complex than we have traditionally believed.  How does this recognition change our attitudes, our sense of morality and responsibility to the other species with which we share the planet? Patty Klingenberg will lead us through the ways Unitarian Universalist … Continued

Today is the birthday of Jorge Luis Borges.  In his stories he experiments with the concepts of time, and infinity, and labyrinths.  Because of the themes of his work, critics use the term “The Borgesian Conundrum” to describe the question of whether “the author writes the story, or stories write the author.”  Diane Wright will … Continued

What would it mean if Hopedale were a community that is truly welcoming to all?  Ann Fuehrer will explore a number of recent Board and Community initiatives, reflecting on whether and how they are indicative of our stance as a radically inclusive welcoming congregation.  Join us for our third Sunday potluck.  Please bring a dish … Continued