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Sunday, October 20, 2019 at 10:00 amThe Stirrings of Compassion by Brock Leach While our American society struggles to articulate the shared values that will guide us in confronting the gargantuan challenges we face, we are preoccupied with debating and demonizing one another in a fight for those particular values that underlie our own narratives. As usual throughout American history, Unitarian Universalists are at the bleeding edge of that struggle. What are we learning about how to move forward together?
Sunday, October 27, 2019 at 10:00 amA MATTER OF PRINCIPLES by Rev. Beth Miller. The preamble to the Unitarian Universalist Association statement of principles says: "We, the member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association, covenant to affirm and promote." The seven principles are then listed. Each principles is fodder for many sermons, but this one will explore what it means to “covenant” and to “affirm and promote” the principles of our faith tradition.
Sunday, November 3, 2019 at 10:00 amRev. Budd Friend-Jones will speak to us on "Dreams That You Dare" I plan to explore the importance of maintaining hope in difficult circumstances. Hope is not to be confused with optimism. Hope gives us a reason to live and work for something because it is good, not because it will be successful.
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Available for review is the text of some of our interesting Sunday Conversations. Check that page in "Sunday Gatherings"
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Social Justice Committee We continue to support Turning Points. Check our Social Justice Page for other activities.
Our Arts & Crafts Fundraiser for Turning Points will be held in partnership with Manatee Unitarian Universalist Fellowship at the
Realize Bradenton Farmers' Market on November 16 2019. We encourage all of you to think and work creatively over the summer to produce those interesting arts and crafts for this great fundraiser.
Activities CommitteeThe Social Activities Committee will hold its first planning meeting for the new church year in October. Please contact Pat Rosenof (prosenof54@gmail.com) for more info on any of these activities.
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Where we meet:
Lakewood Ranch Hyatt Place Join us for Coffee and Conversation after the Sunday Service
David Longo and Barbara Hewitt - Music is my Friend 11/4/18 Welcome, guests and visitors! 
Here we affirm and promote reason and the scientific method as the tools in learning to love each other and live in harmony with the earth.
We have no creed, but we do strongly encourage everyone to treat each other with respect. We are affirming and promoting the inherent worth and dignity of every person. 
We are a Welcoming Congregation, celebrating and affirming the active presence here of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and heterosexual members and friends, and their families.
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Who We Are and What We Do
Some members of the UU Sarasota Congregation set out in 2015 to bring the Unitarian Universalist message to Lakewood Ranch. They were encouraged by Roger Fritts, Minister of the UU Church. They found a place to meet at The River Club. With help from their friends in Sarasota, and grants from the UU Association, the UU Church of Sarasota and the Manatee UU Fellowship, they started this new venture.
Its purpose is to bring to the LWR community a place, a home, where people can come together to share their concerns, to help each other find solutions for these concerns but also to celebrate their lives.
Because we believe firmly in the Seven Unitarian Universalist Principles, we try to help those who are less fortunate among us through our Social Justice Program. We are a Welcoming Congregation. We may hear a sermon on Jesus' teachings of love and forgiveness, on creating change through humanism, on gun violence, or an exercise in zen meditation. We may also hear in our forums and discussion groups concerns of voter suppression in this or other countries, and about issues that affect people throughout the world and affect our planet and all life on it.
The UU at Lakewood Ranch more than anything else seeks to provide a meeting of like-minded people who can come together and support each other. We are now in our second year and we look forward to growing in this community.
Because we believe firmly in the Seven Unitarian Universalist Principles, we try to help those who are less fortunate among us through our Social Justice Program. We are a Welcoming Congregation. We may hear a sermon on Jesus' teachings of love and forgiveness, on creating change through humanism, on gun violence, or an exercise in zen meditation. We may also hear in our forums and discussion groups concerns of voter suppression in this or other countries, and about issues that affect people throughout the world and affect our planet and all life on it.
The UU at Lakewood Ranch more than anything else seeks to provide a meeting of like-minded people who can come together and support each other. We are now in our second year and we look forward to growing in this community.
Our Flower Power Service on April 16, 2017 was a nice reminder of how far we've come in 2 years. It felt like a celebratory reunion!
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