Moriah Coons – “Love Should Not Hurt” (May 26, 2024)
Join us for “Love Should Not Hurt,” with guest speaker, Moriah Coons. Domestic Violence can happen to anyone regardless of race, age, sexual orientation, religion, or gender. Studies show that 1 in 4 women and 1 in 10 men experience sexual violence, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner during their lifetime. However, an estimated 80% of domestic assaults go unreported. It is important that we know what domestic violence is, what it looks like, and how we can help those who are being hurt by the people they love. Everyone needs to know that love should not hurt.
Buddhism is practiced today by roughly 500 million people, or 7% of the world's population. Join us as we explore the tenets and varieties of Buddhism. 
Reading stories encourages us to enter empathically into the experience of others, including others who are quite different from ourselves. Join us this Sunday for an imaginative journey into the experience of an egret as we reflect on love, loss, and letting go. 
Animists see a world that is full of other-than-human persons. For the animist, there is no such thing as inanimate matter, because it is all a part of the complex self-regulating living system called Gaia. Animism is not about the projection of consciousness or agency onto non-human things, but about respect and reciprocity within a more-than-human community. 
We will celebrate the earth with Jim’s original songs, readings and personal reflections on Mother Earth or “Gaia” being one living organism. Our “spiritual response” is so timely now, as the spirit of life on earth is in crisis. Jim's uplifting songs provide the balance to the wake-up call, leaving us with vision and inspiration to take the healing into our own hands. 
What is the astronomy behind an eclipse? What are the meanings of a total eclipse? Join us as we consider and celebrate the arrival of the special astronomical event about to pass over our heads 
British author Paul Anthony Jones describes the Welsh word hiraeth as “a deep, nostalgic, bittersweet wistfulness, or an intense longing to return to something—or someone, somewhere, or sometime—that is now long gone, or perhaps never was.” Join us as we consider how the concept might be of use to Hoosiers in the 21st century. 
This week we’ll be considering guest return rates. How does our rate of visitor return compare? What can it tell us? How might we improve our rate? Join us as we consider these questions and more about welcome, congregational health, and growth and how we can be saved by zero. 
As Unitarian Universalists, no two of us are on the exact same journey. Our experiences are different, our routes are different, and sometimes even our maps are different. Join us for this service which explores subway trains, pickle pizza, Otis Redding, and living in the tension of difference. 
We consider the relationship between welcome, numerical growth, and congregational health. What issues should congregations be mindful of when considering the welcome they offer to guests on the first visit and long-range?