JULY 17-18
Join us for a weekend of events investigating folk music, Eastern mystic religions, and our collective need for ecological responsibility and personal awakening. 

Special guest musician and presenter will be Dada Nabhaniilananda, a yoga monk, meditation teacher, musician, and writer. All events will be at the UU Fellowship building, starting with a concert Saturday, July 17, 7:30 p.m., and ending Sunday, July 18, with the regular service at 10:30, and a Heart Circle meditation at 2:00. 

Find out more about Dada Nabhaniilananda at his website.

All events are open to the public, including Sunday’s service at 10:30. Saturday’s 7:30 concert and Sunday’s 2:00 Heart Circle meditation are free of charge, with requested donations at the door.  

Resources For Living -- Religious Education
by Lynn Ungar, Minister for Lifespan Learning
Church of the Larger Fellowship

Just to help you get started with a summer list, here's my brainstorm of some slow-paced things that you might enjoy doing this summer:

Plant some plants. Watch for signs of growth. Take time to water and weed and look forward to vegetables or flowers. Enjoy putting your work into something that you have to imagine for a long time before you actually see results.

Lie back and watch the clouds. Imagine what shapes they look like. Wait for them to change. At night you can lie back and watch the stars. They change really slowly!
Pet a cat. Imagine what life would be like if you spent about 18 hours a day sleeping. Boring for sure, but don't most cats look happy?

Climb a tree. Then just sit up there. See the world from a different point of view. Look up through the branches and listen to the sounds of leaves moving in the breeze.

Look -- and listen -- for birds. Get a field guide book, or try an on-line field guide that will help you identify what kinds of birds live near you. Learn their names and what they look like. After all, these are your neighbors. Keep a list of the different birds you've seen.
Find a secret hiding place. Bring in treasures to make it your very own. Just hang out in your own secret spot for some quiet time.

Keep a journal. When you first wake up in the morning, try to remember your dreams. Then write them down, and see if your dreams are speaking to you. Or write down your daydreams or a poem or a picture or what you did that day or your observations of the world around you. If you don't care for writing, see if you can use a tape recorder to hold your thoughts and dreams.

Balance on one foot. Then try it with your eyes closed. Then try balancing different ways, like with a foot held out in front of you. See if it's easier with your arms above your head or out to your sides or just hanging down.

Look at rocks. See how many different colors you can find. Check for really tiny ones as well as big ones. Look for patterns, like spots or stripes. Look for heart-shaped rocks or other particular shapes. Start a collection.

Ask for permission to pick flowers -- then press them. Put your flowers between sheets of waxed paper inside a big, heavy book like a dictionary. Put another heavy book on top. Then leave them there for several days. When they have dried, use them to make cards or artwork by gluing them to paper and decorating around them.