Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Carolina Foothills

 

Guest Speaker Yvonne Ulmer “The Fourth Quarter: Intentionality and Purpose”

Yvonne Ulmer is an author, speaker, educator, and Certified Professional Coach is
passionate about encouraging others to live with purpose, hope, and intention. Drawing from a remarkable life journey—including a career in higher education, experiences in country music, and years of coaching and teaching—she shares inspiring stories that remind audiences of the power of faith, resilience, and the ordinary people God places in our lives. Yvonne is the creator of The Fourth Quarter: Living Life with Intentionality and Purpose and the author of a personal memoir scheduled to be published this Spring.
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The Odyssey- A Journey Within
Over 2000 years of Homer’s Odyssey, and it still fascinates us. Yet
over 2000 years and we still read it, like we do most mythology (the
Bible included) as literal history; that it “really did happen”. But
where on earth do we find one-eyed cyclops who trap people in caves
and eat them? Homer’s Odyssey should not be read as literal history,
but as psychological representations of a journey within. There is a
one-eyed Cyclops living in all of us… its name is Fear and if we let it,
it will eat away our lives. We will explore a few of the symbols in
The Odyssey as references to an inward journey.

Life On Other Planets – Rev. Ernie Mills
The question of life on other planets has fascinated and haunted humans for a long time. Even though there is no proof at the moment, one way or the other, most speculate that there is life in the universe beyond our tiny planet. The German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer says, “It is absurd for there to spring into existence only one world in infinite space.” Aside from all of this, there are the consequences of our view of ourselves and even our religions – if we were to discover beyond any doubt that life existed beyond our planet. We will explore the implication of such a discovery.

Reverend Ernie Mills believes kindness is a quality we must cultivate. It’s a learned skill like learning to play the piano of basketball… it takes practice. And like piano or basketball, the more we practice the easier it gets to be kind. Beginner lessons start with the self – We must first learn to be kind to ourselves.