Sunday, April 15 - Lessons From the Titanic

Sunday, April 15 at 11:00 a.m.  —  LESSONS FROM THE TITANIC  —  The sinking of the Titanic on this day in 1912 has been the subject of sermons since the first Sunday following the disaster. More often than not, the Titanic has been used homiletically as an illustration of hubris and human overreaching but I find such treatments tiresome and tinged with hubris themselves! There are lessons to be learned from the Titanic but they're not the ones advanced by sanctimonious preachers who loathe technological progress and innovation. The real lessons from the Titanic are distinctly human and fundamentally humane. Rev. Stefan M. Jonasson will preach.

Arborg Unitarian Church is located at the corner of Inglolf Street and River Road. Dress is informal and all are welcome. Light refreshments are served following the service.

Sunday, March 18 - Our Cosmic Consciousness

Sunday, March 18 at 11:00 a.m.  —  OUR COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS  —  Mortimer J. Adler postulates that religions are either theistic (whether monotheistic or polytheistic) or cosmological, although some apparently polytheistic religions might be better understood as personified cosmological ones. Like Buddhism and Taoism, Unitarian Universalism has become an essentially cosmological religion, although it hasn't always been this way. How did we get this way and what are the implications? This is the second in a series – “Truth In Religion: Where Unitarian Universalism Fits.” Rev. Stefan M. Jonasson will preach.
Arborg Unitarian Church is located at the corner of Inglolf Street and River Road. Dress is informal and all are welcome. Light refreshments are served following the service.

Sunday, February 19 - An Observer of Human Nature

Sunday, February 19, at 11:00 a.m. — AN OBSERVER OF HUMAN NATURE — "I am ruminating," said Mr. Pickwick, "on the strange mutability of human affairs." "Ah! I see—in at the palace door one day, out at the window the next. Philosopher, Sir?" "An observer of human nature, Sir," said Mr. Pickwick. "Ah, so am I. Most people are when they've little to do and less to get."  Like the character he created, Charles Dickens was an astute observer of human nature.  In this month in which we mark the bicentennial of his birth, we will consider Charles Dickens's significance as a commentator on the human condition and a representative religious liberal of his era, while considering the ways in which his voice continues to inform and challenge our own time.  Rev. Stefan M. Jonasson will preach.

Arborg Unitarian Church is located at the corner of Inglolf Street and River Road. Dress is informal and all are welcome. Light refreshments are served following the service.

Sunday, January 15 — In Search of Wisdom

Sunday, January 15, at 11:00 a.m. — IN SEARCH OF WISDOM — Mortimer J. Adler postulates that religions are either creedal or preceptorial in nature.  Like Confucianism and Shinto, not to mention the tradition of Ecclesiastes and Solomon, Unitarian Universalism is preceptorial. This is the first in a series — “Truth In Religion: Where Unitarian Universalism Fits.” Rev. Stefan M. Jonasson will preach.

Arborg Unitarian Church is located at the corner of Inglolf Street and River Road. Dress is informal and all are welcome. Light refreshments are served following the service.

Sunday, December 18 - Christmas in the Interlake

Sunday morning, December 18, at ARBORG UNITARIAN CHURCH, 11:00 a.m. – GHOSTS OF CHRISTMAS PAST – In the spirit of Charles Dickens, we will explore how the gathering of family and friends, communing across the generations, offers one of the enduring meanings of Christmas.

Sunday evening, December 18, at GIMLI UNITARIAN CHURCH, 7:00 p.m. – HOLY NIGHTS – A celebration of candelight and carols as we enter the Yuletide. All our welcome.

Sunday, November 20 - Willpower

Sunday, November 20, at 11:00 a.m. – WILLPOWER – Shakespeare wrote, "Our bodies are gardens, to which our wills are gardeners."  In their new book, Willpower, Roy F. Baumeister and John Tierney explore the human capacity for self-control, which they argue is our greatest strength as a species, even though it’s often in short supply.  Along the way, they look at "decision fatigue" and explain why self-esteem does not lead to self-control.  In the end, it's less clear which is the garden and which is the gardener.  Rev. Stefan Jonasson will preach.


Arborg Unitarian Church is located at the corner of Inglolf Street and River Road.  Dress is informal and all are welcome.  Light refreshments are served following the service.

Sunday, October 16 - Gathering Where We Did Not Sow

Sunday, October 16, at 11:00 a.m. – GATHERING WHERE WE DID NOT SOW – In his song "I Walk the Unfrequented Road," the great Unitarian poet and hymnist, Frederick Lucian Hosmer, wrote, "I gather where I did not sow, / And bind the mystic sheaf, / The amber air, the river’s flow, / The rustle of the leaf."  In this season of bounty, we will reflect upon the blessings that come to us through no effort on our part.  Hosmer was born on this day in 1840; he was the author of many of our most beloved hymns, including "Forward Through the Ages" and "O Day of Light and Gladness."  Rev. Stefan Jonasson will preach.


Arborg Unitarian Church is located at the corner of Inglolf Street and River Road.  Dress is informal and all are welcome.  Light refreshments are served following the service.