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Holocaust Remembrance Week

by Karen

April 27th is the beginning of Holocaust Remembrance Week. We are partnering with Agudas Israel Congregation for the events of the week. On Sunday at 2 pm there will be a Holocaust Remembrance Service at the synagogue with a special exhibit opening for viewing afterwards. On Monday, April 28 beginning at 6pm there will be an opportunity for our youth to attend a lecture […]

Reminder! UUFH’s Spring Fling Sale

by Karen

Saturday, May 3, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm We hope you will donate books, CDs, DVDs, and craft supplies you no longer need. They can be brought to the office between 10:00 am and 3:00 pm, Monday through Friday. And we also want plants and/or starter cuttings from your favorite plants. Please bring them to the Fellowship Hall on Friday, May […]

An Opportunity Not To Be Missed: Exploring UUFH’s Gifts, Strengths & Yearnings

by Karen

Saturday, April 26, 8:30am-12:30pm, Fellowship Hall Led by Rev. Roy Reynolds, hosted by the Strategic Planning Task Force What will our congregation be like a year from now? Three years from now? Five years from now? On Saturday, April 26, we will have the opportunity to dream together and craft some answers to these and […]

Attention, Poets and Gardeners!

by Karen

Year-Round Gardening Project Springs Into Action The Spring gardening season is almost upon us!  The Year-Round Gardening project of the Green Sanctuary Certification Program is looking for more participants. Fellowship members who have gardening space to make available to others, or folks looking for a location to grow some of their own veggies, are encouraged to […]

Join Us and Help Us Find a New Name

by Karen

We are restarting the group formerly known as the UUFH Young Adults Group . (The name will change because most people felt that they didn’t belong in the group since they were not “young adults.”) Our first gathering will be on Friday February 21st from 6:30 – 8:00 pm at Dandelion. We will gather every month on the 3rd Friday at various […]

Book & Plant Sale

by Karen

Think Spring! It will be here in no time, and on Saturday, May 3, UUFH is going to have a book and plant sale! If you‘ve been thinking about donating books, CDs, or DVDs to the library or other organizations, please don’t! Save them for our sale. We’ll let you know later when to bring […]

Purchase Bus Tickets for the Moral March on Raleigh

by Karen

  The Mountain People’s Assembly is sponsoring buses from Asheville to Raleigh for the Moral March on Raleigh Saturday, February 8.  The cost of a bus ticket is sliding scale from $20-$50.  Seats must be reserved and purchased by Feb. 5th. There will be NO money collected the day of the rally. There are two ways to purchase tickets: 1. […]

Drivers Urgently Needed

by Karen

UUFH usually provides about 20 rides each month to IAM clients who need help getting home with their supplies of food and clothing. We have done this for nearly 20 years. For various reasons, however, UUFH has not been able to provide all therides needed this winter. In January alone we had to turn down two families who had no other means of […]

Remember to Bring Your Notecard This Sunday, Groundhog Day.

by Karen

By our chalice flame, May all be lit by the fire of spiritual integrity. – Martha Kirby Capo Have you decided what you will do with the money given to you earlier in January? Please use your creative energy to come up with some way of using it that you think fits our UUFH Mission […]

Souper Bowl Sunday is February 2

by Karen

During 2013 UUFH members and friends donated, by way of the weekly collection in the Fellowship Hall, 475 pounds of food, personal care items, school supplies and clothing and $85 in cash. It is through this generosity that the Interfaith Assistance Ministry (IAM) is able to continue helping those in need in our community. Super Bowl Sunday […]