We find comfort and security in belonging, but we may also risk excluding others. What can we do to foster both comfort and welcome? New members will be recognized this Sunday, as well.

 

If we are a people of belonging, a fundamental question to ask is to whom or what do we belong?

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We’ll explore how we can hold ourselves back by having low expectations and how we might live into our highest and best selves by opening up to greater possibilities.

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What happens when our expectations of the world are not realized? What can we do when we’re faced with disequilibrium and disappointment?

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We’ll mark the opening day of the Religious Education year with a backpack blessing for those who have returned to school and then explore how our beliefs can sometimes give us unrealistic and unhelpful expectations of ourselves and others.

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We’ll explore how we can become numbed by our routines and what might happen if we were to expect to be surprised. Expect to be surprised by this whole family, multi-generational service.

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https://uucnrv.org/uucwp/wp-content/uploads/190901_pp_expectation-and-surprise.mp3