For a second year, UUFH SJOT is participating in a local event celebrating the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King. Two events are planned for the third annual Martin Luther King Day of Service on January 15. UPDATE on 1/15: The Day of Service was a success again this year! Thanks to all who joined […]
SJOT and UUFH will again participate in the MLK Day of Service project on January 21. This annual event celebrates Dr. King through service activities in communities across the nation. The local MLK Day of Service Committee represents a group of local congregations and our new participants this year, students from Wingate University. The Committee […]
The first UUFH Outreach Collection of 2017-2018 will be held at our December 17 Sunday service. The Social Justice team will consolidate your contributions to UUFH in a donation to the Unitarian Universalist Association Disaster Relief Fund. Our UU friends and neighbors in Florida and the Caribbean – including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands – have experienced extraordinary devastation from back to back category five hurricanes. The […]
This has been a difficult week for all of us following the disturbing events in Charlottesville. I have been trying to process these events myself and have taken a few days to do so. You may have been going through similar struggles as well. If you haven’t yet addressed what happened directly with your children […]
Fran and Bob German are in the latest issue of the Hendersonville Lightning newspaper. The article talks about their work on creating more awareness about human trafficking. The Germans, who retired to Hendersonville 10 years ago from careers in real estate sales in Florida, created a local chapter of ACT — Abolish Child Trafficking. The […]
The UN Refugee Agency reports that, “By the end of the year it is estimated that half of the population of Syria will be in need of aid.” This includes an anticipated 3.45 million Syrian refugees and 6.8 million Syrians inside the country, many of whom will be displaced from their homes. Social Justice Outreach Team […]