Jan Partin Presently, I serve on the Social Justice Outreach Team and helped with the Green Sanctuary Accreditation. It’s been a fun experience working with different segments of the congregation on green projects over the past three years! We will be addressing Ethical Eating this year as a continuation of our green efforts, a topic […]
Facilities Maintenance: If you are handy and want to help keep the components of our facilities in safe working order, contact Tom Repici. (The committee does not take on major issues—competitive bids from contractors are sought for those needs.) Landscape Committee: Want to help with keeping our campus beautiful? Contact Chuck Elston. Pulpit Flower Team: We […]
Our building and landscaping are what our visitors see first. Who creates our beautiful outdoor space?Kahlil Gibran says, “Work is love made visible.” At UUFH that work is done by our Landscape Committee, co-chaired for several years by Chuck Elston and Neal Andreae. Stalwart members are Liz Curtis and Joe Robustelli, and Bonnie Arbuckle has […]
Honest, accurate information about sexuality changes lives. It dismantles stereotypes and assumptions, builds self-acceptance and self-esteem, fosters healthy relationships, improves decision-making, and has the potential to save lives. For these reasons and more, we would like to offer Our Whole Lives, a comprehensive, lifespan sexuality education curricula to our youth this coming class year. We need leaders to make […]
In my world, people don’t stand in line looking for any opportunity to attend more meetings! When I accepted the nominating committee request to serve as Vice-President/President Elect it took some thought and convincing. I had served as President of UUFH in 1999. We had a membership not much smaller than today. At that time governance of UUFH […]
We currently need two or three new drivers to help those receiving assistance from Interfaith Assistance Ministry (IAM) to get their food and clothing home from IAM’s pantry. In addition, we need a back-up dispatcher, which involves 15 minutes or so on the phone six or eight times a month. You don’t even have to be at home […]
One of the two dispatchers for Interfaith Assistance Ministry UU Drivers has recently retired. So not only do we need two or three new drivers, but we need a back-up dispatcher. The work involves 15 minutes or so on the phone six or eight times a month. You don’t even have to be at home if you take […]
There is a lesser-known UUFH Outreach Program: Clinic Cookers. We provide cookies and fruit on the third Tuesday of each month for the 10 volunteers who run that evening’s clinic at The Free Clinics. The volunteers come from their day jobs and our food donation is part of their evening meal. This program is an easy one […]
UUFH offers a special service known as the “UU Drivers” to IAM clients who need help getting home with their loads of food and clothing. We’ve been doing this for about 20 years, averaging more than 20 drives per month. Perhaps you would like to join this special crew who give direct, personal help to people in […]