The executive committee is proud to announce that we have applied for and received a Chalice LIghters Grant through the Ohio Meadville District for this round. In August the board voted to approve that we move forward with submitting a Chalice Lighters Grant to help fund the replacement of our main doors. As our facilities … [Read more…]
This past Sunday, $79.00 were collected for the Athens County Food Pantry. This brings our total collections for 2015 to $596.00. Thanks to all who have contributed! Thanks again to Charlie Barman for organizing this effort! As a member of the Southeast Ohio Regional Foodbank, [ACFP has] the ability to purchase food at a tremendous savings–many … [Read more…]
On August 9th, the UUFA collected $63 dollars for the Athens County Food Pantry. This brings total collections for this year to $517! Thanks again to all who contributed! Thanks to Charlie Barman for using his time and energy to collect these donations! As a member of the Southeast Ohio Regional Foodbank, [ACFP has] the ability to purchase food at … [Read more…]
A total of $73.00 was collected on July 12th for the Athens County Food Pantry. This brings the 2015 contributions to $454.00. Thanks again to all those who have contributed and to Charlie Barman for collecting the donations! As a member of the Southeast Ohio Regional Foodbank, [ACFP has] the ability to purchase food at a … [Read more…]
On Sunday June 7th we explored what “belonging” means to us as congregants of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens. In discussing her protracted struggles at finding a new church home after a move, Ellen Painter Dollar writes: “We hoped to find a new community that would look a lot like the one we left … [Read more…]
The June collection for the Athens County Food Pantry (ACFP) totaled $113.00. This brings the total contributions for this year to $381.00. On behalf of the ACFP, Charlie Barman expresses his thanks for all who have contributed. We also thank Charlie for helping collect these donations on behalf of the UUFA! As a member of the … [Read more…]
The UUFA was again very generous in donating to the Athens County Food Pantry. This past Sunday we netted $82.00. This brings our total contribution for this year to $268.00. Thanks to all who have contributed! Thanks to Charlie Barman for collecting the donations! As a member of the Southeast Ohio Regional Foodbank, [Athens Country … [Read more…]
It’s tough growing up in disadvantaged America; and as though poverty’s impact were not crippling enough, our most vulnerable children and youths are at increased risk for everything from addiction to violence to mental illness. UU minister and juvenile court program coordinator, Don Rollins, will make the case that tangible human connections are key to … [Read more…]
Join us on March 15th at 11am the message titled “Giving, Receiving, Sharing, Living.” Rev. Lynda Smith will lead an intergenerational service about the core values that bring us together as a community, our diverse community that celebrates differences as strengths that help us grow.
Dear UUFA Friends, “We don’t have to think alike to love alike.” so said Universalist, Rev. Hosea Ballou. UU’s believe that diversity, at all levels of human culture and of nature is part of life. And we revere science. But as Max Planck, the famous physicist put it: “Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of … [Read more…]