Happy Greetings to Each of You!
I am writing this at my new desk with a smile on my face as I imagine your smiling faces, as well as your tired, surprised, confused, angry, or lonely faces. Why do I mention more than smiling faces? Because I am actively welcoming all that you are experiencing right now. You are a blessing just as you are. I welcome you in my ministry.
What’s Up With the UUFA Board
Learn more about the UUFA board’s July meeting here, including individual board assignments and confirmation of the 2022 Finance Committee.
August in Religious Exploration
Backpack Blessing is this Sunday, August 7. What do you carry in your bag? Is it happiness, anxiety, or curiousity? What would you like to carry more of? How can we provide confidence, strength or perseverance to one another?
Don’t Miss the Backpack Blessing with Rev. Pippin Sunday, August 7!
UUFA will be holding a backpack blessing on Sunday, August 7th at 10:30 AM. Click here to learn more about this new tradition.
You are welcome, friend… and stranger
We Unitarian Universalists struggle when it’s time to define and describe our identity by using elevator speeches on our faith or enunciating all our principles and sources.. But when it comes to issues that define the times we live in, we know exactly where we stand and what to say.
Family Promise Week August 14 to 21
UUFA serves as a support congregation during weeks that the guest families stay overnight at Holy Cross Lutheran Church. We provide meals and serve as van drivers, dinner hosts, overnight hosts, and weekend Day Center hosts.
News from the Regathering Task Force and Medical Advisory Panel (MAP)
Members of the task force and the Medical Advisory Panel (MAP) met this week to discuss what to propose for UUFA during this current COVID-19 spike. The decision was made to “Stay Calm and Carry On,” at least for the immediate present.
Bridging Ceremony July 31
All are invited to join the UUFA in a special Bridging Ceremony in which we celebrate our newest young adult and youth group members. The ceremony will take place during service on Sunday, July 31st at 10:30 AM.
UUFA Art Exhibit “Black in White” Runs Through July
Reception immediately after the worship service in the Welcome Hall and on the UUFA Patio. “. . . I look for what is forgotten in a shared history, and I use that past to interrogate our present condition.” Rodney Grainger
Annual Meeting Results of Voting
Business conducted during the Annual Meeting. The following business motions were made, discussed, and voted upon during the Congregational Annual Meeting on May 15, 2022:
