Desert Notes August 29, 2024

This weekend’s multi generation service was so full of joy for me! Watching our kids make pictures on the river (which will hang in the Sanctuary for a week) and dance, sing, light the chalice, make the sounds of rainstorm–all of it felt so open hearted and inclusive.

As each of you added water to the fountain, the living water of this community, I was honored to be your minister and to share this ritual with all ages. This year it’s our goal to make sure our kids know that being in the sanctuary together can be fun and we also hope they learn what it means to be part of a congregational community, not just a classroom community. In congregational life we have friends of different ages, we listen and share together, and we engage in meaningful rituals together. Part of becoming lifelong UU’s is feeling included in this part of our congregational life and finding there’s still room for kids to be kids. Each month through Christmas we’ll have a service where we orient ourselves to include all ages in more than a story. 

It was also wonderful to honor our elected congregational leaders and I also got to peek in on the parents of our current Our Whole Lives Sexuality Curriculum class. There are many areas in our shared life that need helpers/leaders/followers right now! Are you looking for a way to serve with us? Let’s talk! minister@vuu.org

Rev Sarah Oglesby-Dunegan