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One Voice was Heard

Today we are talking about the small streams that wear away the stones. We’re talking about the individual bricks that become a wall, and the slender twigs that become an unbreakable bundle.

We are talking about the power of we, and the strength that one voice can have. Join us!


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Unitarian Universalist congregations affirm and promote seven Principles based on many sources of wisdom and spirituality.

 

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Help us help our neighbors through our Community Outreach Program.

Some of our partners:

  • Family Promise Open Doors
  • Good Samaritan Pharmacy & Health
  • Laurel Civic Association
  • On the Spot Aid
  • Planned Parenthood SW & Central Florida
  • Second Chance/Last Opportunity

Visit our SOCIAL JUSTICE page to see more of our activities.

 

Mat Making for the Homeless

Contact Janet Knudsen

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New Class on the context of many Bible stories

Presented by Rev. Amy Petrie Shaw.

Tuesdays, 1 pm in the Sanctuary. Register at 941-485-2105.

Check Calendar to confirm dates and for more information. All are welcome to join the class at any time.

 

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Most activities are at Waters Hall,

Arts & Crafts Group

2nd and 4th Fridays, 12 - 2 pm

Contact Marilyn Amick.

 

Death and Grief Support Group

Now 1st and 3rd Wednesdays, 1:30 pm

All are welcome.

Questions? Contact Cindy at cindybouman@comcast.net 

Garden-friendly Pot Luck

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October - June  5 pm - 7 pm

 

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Our podcast will feed your mind with topics that matter: living your values, caring about the world and the people in it. Letters from a Glass House is a not-for-profit ministry of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Venice, Florida.

Words To Ponder

December 8, 2024

Thích Nhất Hạnh says, “To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.”

That’s the core of it all, really.

Conventional beauty isn’t important. Pursue it if it makes you happy, if it matters to you as a practice, but do not be defined by it. Recognize that you are somebody, that everyone is somebody, with a story and a set of problems, and a set of joys, and a mind, and that they do not owe the world, YOU do not owe the world, physical prettiness as payment for your existence.

Life is finite. Do not waste the precious time you have on appreciation of yourself and others purely for their decorative value.

Throw away any lens but that of your own heart. Embrace beauty that brings you wholeness. Ignore the shallow waters of media dictates, you are much deeper than that.

There is a river of true beauty flowing through your soul, and it tells you that you are somebody.

Take a deep breath and listen.

Rev. Amy Petrie Shaw 

 

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Suncoast Concert Series -- December 3, 2024 - Announcing our Suncoast Sounds Concert Series Sat Jan. 18, 7 pm: Singers Round with James Hawkins, David Fowler, Zach Regan. (Folk, Blues, and Southern Rock/Country) Buy tickets Saturday Feb, 15, 4 pm: Passerine (Americana/Bluegrass) Buy tickets Saturday March 22, 7 pm: Priscilla Fullerton, pianist. (Women composers) Buy tickets … Continue reading Suncoast Concert Series
Choir rehearsals start Oct. 31 -- October 23, 2024 - All singers are welcome. Come find your voice in the choir! Thursdays at 4 pm - 5:15 pm in the sanctuary. … Continue reading Choir rehearsals start Oct. 31
No Coordinating Council Meeting in September -- August 31, 2024 - Your Coordinating Council is hard at work, but we opted for email communications this month, which will be summarized under our minutes page by September 7. Any questions or suggestions please message Marcia Smith … Continue reading No Coordinating Council Meeting in September
No streaming of service available 8/11. -- August 6, 2024 - Please come in person! Rev. Amy Petrie Shaw to preach. … Continue reading No streaming of service available 8/11.
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Singer's Round - Suncoast Sound Concert Series
18 Jan 25
Passerine - Suncoast Sound Concert Series
15 Feb 25
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