Due to scheduling conflicts, the May programming meeting has been moved forward a week, to Tuesday, April 30 at 6:30pm at the fellowship. We welcome anyone who is interested in planning and/or leading Sunday morning services. Also, if you have ideas for programs or speakers, send them along to the committee by email (programming@uuathensoh.org) or … [Read more…]
By Natalie Barman and Kevin Polk As of Sunday, April 21, the UUFA had received 26 Cake Walk donations and 15 pledges for a total of $23,953 toward our 2013-2014 budget goal of $52,919. Thank you, bakers, bidders and early birds, for launching our pledge drive on a high note! If you haven’t already seen … [Read more…]
About two decades ago, anonymous donors gave the Fellowship $20,000 toward an Endowment Fund with the stipulation that the principal could never be spent and the interest could not be used until the fund had reached at least $50,000. We placed it with a “socially responsible” fund, Calvert, which handles the investments of many churches … [Read more…]
Ask anyone who has been to a UU Summer Institute, and he or she will tell you that they are WONDERFUL. Frank and Lorraine Myers are an example of people who have a great time there. This year’s Institute is July 14-20 in Gambier, Ohio. To learn all about the Summer Institute (SI), go to … [Read more…]
By Erik Peterson In March the RE program explored sessions 4 and 5 of the Love Will Guide Us curriculum (available online – click link) through the lens of the 3rd and 4th principles of Unitarian Universalism. Among many activities aimed at engaging a diversity of learning styles from this month, we constructed a tree … [Read more…]
Natalie Barman and Kev Polk pulled off a miracle April 14 with our annual cakewalk, which kicked off the pledge drive to meet the operational expenses of the Fellowship over the next fiscal year (July 2013-June 2014). The $1,675 they raised at the auction was more than double the highest previous figure (last year). Seventeen … [Read more…]
Our new Book Club will have its initial meeting at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 24. This one will be a multimedia sharing about Appalachia. A conversation about future reading will follow. Everyone is welcome to this group.
“Nice /Stuff ReUse” is the name of the yard sale we are planning for May 4 in order to build up the UUFA Endowment Fund, and we hope that everyone is willing to help. Here’s how you can make it a success: Gather stuff for the sale: Look around your house for nice stuff that … [Read more…]
By Laura Patton The Membership Committee is excited to bring Pub Night to the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship on Friday, April 19, beginning at 7 p.m. Be prepared to form teams for “Pub Trivia,” to have some laughs playing board games, and to unwind to live music provided by Wormz and the Decomposers. Some nonalcoholic beverages … [Read more…]
by Rev. Evan Young Which, as much as I’ve liked it through the years, now feels like a kind of ironic title for this column. Because, as most of you already know, my ministry with this congregation will end on June 30, as I move into another phase of my own ministerial development, and as … [Read more…]