Past Services

Here are descriptions of our recent services. You can view most of these on our Youtube feed.

“Living the Questions”

Presenter: Rev. Matt AlspaughService Associate: Priscilla Taylor What are the questions you live with? How do you cope with the lack of answers, with uncertainty, and doubt? Many people ‘find religion’ because they are uncomfortable with those unanswered questions, they want certainty, some form of truth. Many others ‘lose religion’ because they realize that the … Continue reading “Living the Questions”

“Lakeside Memory Neighborhood”

Presenters: Elly Contreras, Joan Fletcher and Ann Godshall Service Associate: Tim Boeve This service will introduce a new nonprofit initiative at Lakeside called “Lakeside Memory Neighborhood” which seeks to bring compassionate culturally responsive dementia care for all those facing this affliction in our neighborhoods. The three-part presentation spearheaded by LCUUF member, Elly Contreras, along with … Continue reading “Lakeside Memory Neighborhood”

A Life Devoted to Reverence: One Volunteer’s Six Months with Albert Schweitzer

Peter Jeschofnig : Presenter Lamar Allen: Service Associate In 1964, at the age of twenty-one, Ajijic resident Peter Jeschofnig spent six months as a volunteer at Albert Schweitzer’s legendary hospital in Lambaréné, Gabon — one of the last people to know the great humanitarian personally before his death in 1965. In this talk, Peter reflects … Continue reading A Life Devoted to Reverence: One Volunteer’s Six Months with Albert Schweitzer