September 20th The Practice of Nature
Speaker: Rev David Hutchinson
Service Leader: Cherie Quinn
Tech Support: Myron Hedderson
Henry David Thoreau and the New England Transcendentalists found in nature a philosophic model for leading a spiritual life. Through observation and direct involvement with the natural world insight and development of human capacity emerge. Thoreau challenges us ”to spend one day as deliberately as Nature.” What if we took this not as a one time task, but as a daily discipline or regular practice in our everyday life? What would that look like for you? How would it apply to your personal circumstances? How would it relate to the current political unease and societal challenges? Perhaps nature itself can provide a model that leads us toward calm stability, a long view and a more natural way to experience our human embodiment.RE Program for Children and Junior Youth:
September 20: Truth and Reconciliaction
What is Truth and Reconciliation? What does it mean? Children will learn a brief history of the treatment of Indigenous people in New Brunswick. We’ll then explore our responsibility as UUs to practice reconciliaction. (Principles Two and Eight)