SUNDAY July 7, 2019. Stories of siding with love through life’s messiness…insights, bloopers, OMGs, and all. by delfin bautista delfin writes: “My hope is to create space to explore what siding with love looks like for each of us by sharing a little about my story. After, I would like to invite folks to reflect on … [Read more…]
SUNDAY June 30, 2019. Spirituality & Politics. Come join our open discussion. Listen and share. Coffee at 10:30am; Service at 11am. Service Leader: Brian Richards. News from UUA.ORG: CLOSE THE HOMESTEAD CHILD DETENTION CENTER The Homestead Child Detention Center in Florida is the country’s only for-profit child detention center. Putting children into prison camps is monstrous. This follows a … [Read more…]
SUNDAY June 23, 2019. Climate Reality Update & Discussion Wenda Sheard, a trained volunteer speaker with the international Climate Reality Leadership Corps, will share the most recent slides from the Climate Reality slide deck, including news about water crises. She’ll also share information from the Yale Center for Climate Communication about the important of talking with … [Read more…]
SUNDAY June 16, 2019: Hope in Hopelessness. We are consoled and strengthened by being hopeless together. An exploration of what hope is or can be in times of increasing uncertainty by Katie Evans. Coffee at 10:30am; Service at 11am. HAPPY UUFA NEWS: Despite an initial scare that Rev. Don Rollins would be unable to serve our congregation … [Read more…]
SATURDAY June 8, 2019. Pride Parade. Join UUFA members and friends as we march together behind our new yellow “Side with Love” banner in the Pride Parade this morning. We’ll meet before or promptly at 10:45am at the 4th floor entrance to Baker Center for the parade, which starts at 11:00am. SUNDAY June 9, 2019: Symbiotic … [Read more…]
SUNDAY June 2, 2019: Our guest, delfin bautista, will speak on Pride. Pride is a time of celebration in which lgbt people can be out and proud without shame or fear. It is also a time of reflection in which we recommit ourselves to creating a just society. delfin will explore some of the history … [Read more…]
SUNDAY MAY 26, 2019: Memorial Day Picnic. After a brief service, we’ll share food and community. Bring your best picnic dish to share. Coffee at 10:30; Brief Service at 11:00; Then Picnic. THANK YOU! To the many UUFA members who showed up for our work day last Saturday, and then worked more on Sunday, too. And a … [Read more…]
UUFA this **SATURDAY** May 18th, 10am. Come, come, whoever you are for friendship, community and a little exercise, to this SATURDAY Spring Work Day at UUFA. We will start at 10 am and go until 4 pm. Any and all contributions of time or other resources, including morale building, will be much appreciated!! A pizza lunch … [Read more…]
SUNDAY MAY 12, 2019: Rev. Don Rollins & Our Annual Flower Communion Service “The Flower communion service was created by Norbert Capek (1870-1942), who founded the Unitarian Church in Czechoslovakia. He introduced this special service to that church on June 4, 1923. For some time he had felt the need for some symbolic ritual that would … [Read more…]
SUNDAY MAY 5, 2019: Athens Mayor Steve Patterson will speak with us this Sunday about the city, its people, and their needs and wishes for the future. We look forward to learning about Mayor Patterson’s goals for the city, and about about opportunities that we might have to get involved with the city, both as … [Read more…]