1818 West 57th Street
Indianapolis, IN 46228
Circle Unitarian Universalist Fellowship is an intentionally lay-led community of equals sharing our individual life journeys and supporting one another in our spiritual growth. Our beliefs and actions draw inspiration from the Sources and Principles of the Unitarian Universalist Association of which we are a Member Congregation.
Circle Fellowship welcomes all persons whose beliefs are in harmony with our Principles, be they Atheists, Christians, Humanists, Jews, Pagans or other faiths. We also welcome people without regard to race, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation or preference or gender identity.
Please note that there will be no Program this coming Sunday (July 14th)
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Special
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Upcoming Events and Programs Fellowship with Continental Breakfast served Sunday mornings at 10:30 am, service is at 11:00):
Sunday, July 4th:
Freedom, Interdependence, Pitch-In Picnic! How do we balance
our culture's intense focus on individualism, our UU
Principle of free & independent search for truth & meaning,
and the reality (& UU Principle) of our compassion, caring,
support and interdependence with each other. Plus -- 4th
of July Picnic and Games. Plan to spend some time eating &
playing together.
Sunday, July 11: No
Program this week
Sunday July 18th: To be determined.
Sunday July 25th: Program canceled - speaker issues
Sunday August 1st - no program scheduled
Sunday August 8th - Covenants of Right Relationship – Annie Johnson – we will review the basics of Right Relationship and look at a number of covenants defined by other UU churches. And we will do a little scripted roll play showing how right relationship works in a congregation. If time permits we may discuss what we might like to see in a Covenant of Right Relationship at Fellowship.
Sunday August 15th - No Program Scheduled
Sunday August 22nd - Circle Fellowship and its Mission - At last summer's retreat Larry Terry led a discussion on core values. In the end of this discussion we came to the conclusion that the UU Seven Principles did a pretty good job of representing our principles. We then continued with a related discussion of what the language should be at the beginning of the website. We came up with a conceptual statement that some of us then massaged to improve the language, hopefully without changing the meaning too much. I have pasted the statement from the retreat, the statement we initially put on the website, and the statement currently on the website (which de-emphasizes LGBT). below
We will
review the seven principles and these statements, plus some
mission statements of other churches as the beginning of our
discussion on
Sunday August
29th - Review of Spirituality, Right Relationship and
Mission followed by Member Meeting at 1:00 pm
Please come and visit us!
Circle Fellowship is located on 57th Street one block East of Michigan Road. 57th Street is one block North of Kessler Blvd. Click here for a map. Some people have had trouble finding us - this picture is for your convenience.
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Sunday Mornings
Fellowship conversation with continental breakfast starts at 10:30, followed by the service at 11:00. Service typically ends with discussion of the meeting topic, so that service ends about 12:15.
More about Circle Fellowship
Circle Fellowship is a diverse family on a free-ranging spiritual journey. We are lay led (have no professional clergy), and draw on ourselves and the community for programs. Sunday program topics are wide ranging.
Chalice Architecture from the inside
Visitors to Circle Fellowship might enjoy Buddhist meditation one week, classical guitar the next and the history of the early Christian church the next. One of our most popular program series has members share about their journeys to their own beliefs. Our Fellowship is small enough to give everyone a voice and, if they wish it, an active role in planning and helping with various projects and activities.
For more about circle Fellowship go to About Circle Fellowship/about CUUF above or click here.
*LGBTIQ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer or Questioning.
Work Parties
One of the non-monetary ways you can give to Fellowship is by attending work parties. The phrase "the more the merrier! definitely applies to work parties. If only 2 or 3 people show up it can seem like more work than party, but if 6 or 8 or more attend, it becomes more party than work! And even better, we get lots done! - many hands make light work.
Thoughts
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It's not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Nelson Mandela
A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings
because it has a song.
Maya Angelou
The truth of the matter is that you always know the right
thing to do. The hard part is doing it.
Norman Schwarzkopf
There are two types of people - those who come into a room
and say, Well, here I am! and those who come in and say, Ah,
there you are.
Frederick L. Collins
If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder
without any such gift from the fairies, he needs the
companionship of at least one adult who can share it,
rediscovering with him the joy, excitement, and mystery of
the world we live in.
Rachel Carson