Our UU faith places a premium on the spiritual value of asking questions. We often say that, when it comes to the deepest issues in life, we have more questions than we do answers. As a celebration of our UU quest for truth and meaning, we will give you the opportunity to ask your minister your burning questions about faith, spirituality, and life. Your questions will be collected early in the hour; Rev. Laura will attempt to answer as many as she can off the top of her head and from the bottom of her heart. This is a New Member Sunday! Join us in welcoming new members to MVUUF.

What is religious naturalism? It is a philosophy, a theology, a way of life. It finds its meaning in the processes of nature – in all its immensity, all of its delicacy, all of its freedom, and all of its fate. It can be atheist or theist. Exploring these concepts may give you a new way of understanding your own beliefs as well as those of others.

What does MVUUF mean to its members and to the community? What does UUism mean to the world? More importantly, what could they mean? How do we increase the value of our faith to ourselves, our community and the world?

So often it can feel as though we are being buried under darkness. But what if our purpose is not to be buried and forgotten, but to spring from the darkness bringing new life to the world. Come to this all ages service to explore the concepts of spring, new life and resurrection.

If you ask, most folks will tell you that they dislike change and yet change is the only thing that is constant. How do we find balance in a world that is always changing and spinning?

Stewardship, money, pledging, paying it forward - these are sometimes difficult topics for UUs. Why is that? Come and share the journey of one UU who figured out the connections, got past the hesitancy, and got on with living a UU life.

Sometimes it feels like the world is determined to tear us apart, to set us against each other, to isolate us from one another. What can we do to recognize the threadsconnecting us, to weave stronger strands of relationship, to value the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a small and vital part?

Behind every movement are the songs, chants, and anthems that drive it. There were gospel songs that led the Underground Railroad and Civil Rights Movement. There were folk songs that led the anti-war and women’s rights movement. Today there are songs in nearly all genres that inhabit the spirit of freedom. How do these songs keep us moving forward?

A champion of women’s suffrage and the first woman to be ordained by a denomination, Olympia Brown was an inspiration. Come and learn about a true pioneer and explore the lessons of her legacy that are still with us today.

Class bias among Unitarian Universalist has often been seen and an impenetrable reality of our association. Is it or can we explore why? This sermon will explore the history and current realities of class bias in America and pose some suggestions to address this schism.