Welcome to the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of La Crosse

Welcome to the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of La Crosse, Wisconsin. We are a liberal religious congregation welcoming to everyone searching for truth and meaning. Our address is 401 West Avenue South, La Crosse, WI, 54601.

Services start at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, followed by coffee, refreshments and fellowship. To contact us, call 608-796-9993 or e-mail info@uulacrosse.org.

Upcoming Services

Feb. 14: "What would St. Valentine have thought about Valentine's Day?" Richard Kyte, director of the Reinhart Institute for Ethics in Leadership at Viterbo University
In our popular culture, Valentine's Day is a celebration of romantic love, a feeling commonly regarded as passive, emotional, and irrational. Richard Kyte says that while we don't know much about the historical figure of St. Valentine, we do know a great deal about what early Christian theologians said about love: a virtue that bonds us intimately with all creation and the divine. This talk will look briefly at some classical and medieval ideas about love and compare them to popular notions today.

Feb. 21: "Loose-Leaf Wisdom" The Rev. Nancy Shaffer, Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Ann Arbor, MI
In making a "map" for a life, Unitarian Universalists (UUs) draw on writings and wisdom of those who are living now and those who lived long ago, those of Western culture and those of many other cultures, traditional religion and the secular. Nancy Shaffer says many UUs make loose-leaf folders of favorite pieces of such wisdom. What are some essential pieces to include? What have you gathered in your own wisdom file?

Feb. 28: "Unitarian Universalism and the Religion-Science Question" Eric Kraemer, UW-L philosophy professor and fellowship member
How religion and science relate to one another has been a serious concern since the rise of modern science. How should contemporary UUs conceive of science? Unitarian Universalists tend to take both science and religion very seriously, and many UUs think science and UU religion are genuinely compatible. Eric Kraemer asks if the alleged compatibility is real or if serious worries arise for UUs, similar to those that beset more traditional religious thinkers. This presentation explores three very different approaches that UUs might take on the religion-science question.

March 7: "Pre-Homeric Greek Goddesses" Sara Sullivan, UW-L Psychology professor and fellowship member
Inspired by her pilgrimage to pre-classical goddess sites last summer, Sara will focus on the origins of Hera and Athena, who ultimately "morphed" into Zeus's wife and daughter in the Olympian pantheon. The pre-Homeric myths of Hera and Athena are actually consistent with contemporary UU principles in that they relate stories of harmony among people and the natural world, celebrating the mysteries of human experience. The presentation also honors International Women's Day, March 8.