CERG has changed the format of UULTI from an expensive residential leadership training to a hybrid / online training. It’s more than a webinar! H-UULTI uses online technology to create a “flipped classroom” experience. Presentations happen online so that when you are meeting in person, you are using your valuable time in experiential and team learning. It’s … [Read more…]
We welcomed two new members to the UUFA membership status during our morning service last Sunday, Feb. 24. Daniel Ornstein was born and raised just north of Indianapolis, moving to Ohio by way of Iowa, Omaha, NE, and Chicago. After receiving a Bachelor’s in Physics (and some serious soul searching), he decided to enter into teaching. … [Read more…]
The pledge drive would normally wrap up at the end of May, but we currently have pledges for just 49% this fiscal year’s $53,757 budget. Pledges help the UUFA stay on budget so that we can pay bills, keep the building maintained, and pay the RE staff and our new minister. Because the pledging is … [Read more…]
“I feel Camden everywhere. In the breeze, in the heat of the flame, in the song of the peepers… He was truly always one with the world around him.” – Laura Patton Camden’s Sanctuary is a memorial to the child who left a mark on everyone he touched and a way to give back to … [Read more…]
We are delighted to welcome Rev. Lynda Smith to the UUFA! She has accepted the 1⁄4 time position we offered her with a start date in August. Congratulations everyone and deepest thanks to the search committee. Rev. Lynda Smith has been a UU since 1971 and was ordained a UU minister in 2006. She is … [Read more…]
Hello Friends, The UUFA leadership retreat set for this Saturday, June 7th from 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. will be held at the Fellowship Hall The event previously scheduled has been cancelled so we are free to meet. Hope to see you then! Yours in community, Barb Harrison
June 3, 2014 An Open Letter to the Unitarian Universalist Community From: Helio Fred Garcia, Chair, Board of Trustees, Starr King School for the Ministry Friends, It is with both gratitude to those of you who have expressed kind interest and concern, and with a heavy heart and deep sadness, that I write in response … [Read more…]
Through thoughtful reflections and personal stories, UU leaders share how we might strengthen our spirit through our connections with one another and with the Holy. Not for Ourselves Alone: Theological Essays on Relationship edited by Laurel Hallman and Burton D. Carley, invites us to move beyond the age-old theological question “Who am I?” and instead asks, “Whose … [Read more…]
FAITHIFY, a crowdfunding site for UU ministries, is poised to launch at GA in Providence. This exciting new platform will connect ministry projects with supporters and allow creative ideas to get off the ground. Learn more about FAITHIFY by visiting their Facebook page.
On Thursday, June 26 at 2:15 p.m. ET, catch Aviva Chomsky’s GA event, “Immigrants, Families, and Illegality” in the Providence Ballroom of the Omni Hotel. Chomsky, an immigration activist and the author of Undocumented: How Immigration Became Illegal, will discuss how our immigration policies have divided and destroyed families, and the need for social action … [Read more…]