The Social Justice Outreach Team announces the yearly call for nominations for the UUFH Unsung Hero award. The process and criteria are simple: nominees should be UUFH members who have made/are making a solid continuing contribution to UUFH and/or the larger community. Please think about the folks you know in this congregation. Some one person […]
Compassionate Listening + Positive Expression = Moments of Truth Two-part Series, Sunday May 7 and 21. 12:30 -2:30 (light lunch provided) Presented by Pam & Charley Rogers Part One: The Art of Compassionate Listening Sunday, May 7, 12:30– 2:30pm, Fellowship Hall “The shortest distance between two people is story.” “An enemy is one whose story […]
What does Family Ministry mean? Since we began programming for children in this congregation, we have called what we provided Religious Education, or RE, for short. Everyone had a good understanding of what RE meant. It was what the kids did on Sunday mornings and occasional special events. That included RE Classes, Social Action Projects, […]
Let’s Talk. Let’s learn to talk about important things. Maybe even difficult things. Let’s tell a little of our story. Let’s touch what’s on our heart. And in the process, let’s connect. Let’s reach across some of the things that divide us. Let’s call up some of our courage and a small commitment of our […]
My older brother works in the nuclear power industry. Most of his jobs have been with investor-owned nuclear power plants; however, he did have a job at a coal-fired municipal plant (a dirt burner, as he calls it). This article is not about energy or the environment or even my brother. It’s about partisan politics and […]
Musings from the Music Mouse The Fellowship’s music director and choir primarily use two hymnals as their resource for worship services, whether singing with the congregation or on their own. Both hymnals include readings and hymns that reflect Unitarian Universalist beliefs and practices. In April, we mark the anniversary of the first worship service in […]
The Endowment Committee urges you to consider legacy giving to UUFH as you make your estate and trust decisions. No matter your age, it is good to have these documents prepared and held in a safe place. You can always update and revise them as your life goes on. The new Bequest Society form is […]
When a newcomer or long-time member of UU enters our building, the experience of being in that beautiful space has a positive emotional and spiritual impact. I know, because it happened and continues to happen to me. I am thanking Bill Elder specifically in this article, though I know there are many others who took […]
Our beloved community responded with overwhelming generosity to the February 12th SJOT Outreach Collection for the DREAM Scholarship. Our commitment to this effort to help students attain their educational dreams has been constant. Typically, we have raised between $2200 – $2500 each year. This time, though, hearts were opened wider than ever before, enabling us […]
Thank you for the generous pledge commitments you have made to one another for the coming fiscal year, 2017-2018. As of March 19, we had received pledge commitments of $146,640, which is close to the three-quarter mark on our way to a goal of $200,000. That was with commitments from 87 of 130 pledge units. […]