The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Winona (UUFW)

Services Sunday 10 am  For audios of previous services, click HERE
Guild Hall of Wesley United Methodist Church
114 W. Broadway, Winona, Minnesota

 

03/08/2026
Title: Poetry Sunday

MC: Jim Armstrong   Coordinator: Margaret Kiihne

Description: March 8th we will be having a Poetry Sunday service. If you have a poem (original or not) you would like to share with the Fellowship, please email in a copy and indicate who will read your poem: you, someone else, or the service coordinators.

03/15/2026
Title of presentation:This I Believe: Inherent Worth and Dignity Knows No Borders
Presenter: Chas Lobdell Coordinator: Ruth Charles
Drawing on my experience working overseas for the U. S. Government, I want to question how we acknowledge the worth and dignity of individuals in foreign cultures, what does that mean for us and them, and why do we make that effort? I will also look at how our approach as Americans differ from other countries.
Chas Lobdell has been a member of the UU congregation for a year. He retired to Winona after serving 20 years as a Foreign Service Officer with the Department of State where he worked as a Political Officer in seven countries, ranging from Mexico to Afghanistan. Prior to that, he practiced law in Florida where he specialized in environmental issues protecting the state’s water resources. He is also a veteran and served as U.S. Naval Officer, 

03/22/2026
Title of presentation: The Power of Action: It Starts With One
Presenters: Lynne Rabuse and Lillianna Rabuse Coordinator: Debi Niebuhr
Lynne and Lillianna Rabuse will talk about the work El Amor de Patricia, a children’s home in Guatemala, does in San Lucas Sacatepéquez and the surrounding area. Lillianna and Lynne volunteered at El Amor for two weeks in June 2025 and plan to return this August. Founded by Tamara Hillstrom of Minneapolis, El Amor de Patricia sets a beautiful example of addressing need, as well as connecting people of goodwill to that need.
Brief biography: Lynne is a retired high school and college Spanish and Culture instructor as well as a former Peace Corps volunteer (Latin America). Lilli is a 9th grader at Winona Senior High School and is passionate about animal care. Both live in Winona and have attended the UU Fellowship for 14 years.

03/29/2026
Title: As a Person in Recovery, This I Know
Presenter: Jerry M. Coordinator: Emilie Falc
Jerry will speak about the lessons he has learned with the support of being in recovery within a community of persons in service to others. Self-reflection and opening up to others has changed him for the better. His sense of humor, his community, his loving family and friends, and willingness to try new things has gotten him through some challenging times.

Bio: Living in his sixth decade, Jerry is now more comfortable in his own skin than he has ever been. While he was born and raised in Winona, he and his dog Bob currently live in Atlanta. His three kids are grown, and he enjoys spending time with his three grandkids who also live in Atlanta. He works in the travel industry and travels for work, for conferences on recovery, and he also enjoys international travel for fun.

            

The Sources of Our Living Tradition

Direct experience of that transcending mystery and wonder,
affirmed in all cultures, which moves us to a renewal of
the spirit and an openness to the forces which
create and uphold life.

Words and deeds of prophetic women and men which challenge
us to confront powers and structures of evil with justice,
compassion and the transforming power of love.
Wisdom from the world’s religions which inspires us in our
ethical and spiritual life.
Jewish and Christian teachings which call us to respond to
God’s love by loving our neighbors as ourselves.
Humanist teachings which counsel us to heed the guidance of
reason and the results ofscience, and warn us against
idolatries of the mind and spirit.
Spiritual teachings of earth-centered traditions which
celebrate the sacred circle of life and
instruct us to live in harmony with the rhythms of nature.

LAKOTA PRAYER
TEACH ME how to trust my heart,
My mind, my intuition, my inner knowing,
The sense of my body and
The blessings of my spirit.
TEACH ME to trust these things
So that I may enter my sacred space
And LOVE beyond my fear
And thus WALK IN BALANCE
With the passing of each glorious sun.