Our Pilgrimage Our EUU Spring Retreat 2025’s theme speaker was Rev. Dr. Frederick Wooden. The theme was Pilgrim Ways Pilgrim Days, Exploring Pilgrimage as Our Quintessential Spiritual Practice. In 2012, Wooden read an article about walking Hadrian’s Wall and he knew he had to do this. He understood it was who he was. Since then, … Continue reading Reports from the EUU Spring Retreat 2025 in Saarbrücken
… had a workshop on saving democracy at the last retreat, and I was really happy to see so much interest in the topic. (Thank you, “the other Janet,” for doing the write-up!) I’d just like to say, in case anyone missed it, that I compiled all the notes that were made and put … Continue reading We the people….
Calling all people interested in having retreats in 2026 – we need your help. And you will have fun connecting with others and creating a fantastic weekend experience for everyone! EUU has secured contracts for Saarbrücken in April, and for Cologne in October of next year. Venues fill up fast, and ideally we secure them … Continue reading “If You Build It, They Will Come”
At its April meeting the EUU’s Social Action Committee made two budget allocation decisions. Les Amis du Mercy First, it decided to follow up on an earlier discussion and support an outing for students at Paris member Lili Fulton’s school in Kenya (les Amis du Mercy). The trip by bus to a volcano was apparently a … Continue reading The Social Action Committee doles out further funds
One of our own, Bettina Lande Tergeist, has published an article about her great, great aunt Dora Lande (1862-1923) in a volume called Translating Women in Germany in the 19th Century; A Biographical Lexicon. In the article she writes that Dora Lande, who was also a social activist and whose journalistic and academic writings far outnumbered … Continue reading Bravo Bettina!
by Eva Kortekaas, Netherlands Fellowship Mid December 2024, I was once again lucky enough to travel to England to continue my ministry studies at Unitarian College. Honestly, it was hard to believe this was already my third time going, marking the halfway point in the residentials. I arrived in Manchester the night before the … Continue reading Leadership Lessons Beneath the Christmas Tree: Even more ministry training adventures from England
The lilacs are blooming in northern Germany, where I live. They seem to burst forth overnight on their leafy branches, hundreds of tiny exploding buds releasing a sweet, heady scent. And they seem to be everywhere. Taking the advice of our Saarbrücken retreat speaker last month, Fred Wooden, I meander more slowly and practice the … Continue reading President’s Column — Smelling the Lilacs
