The event that was most meaningful to me at this 2020 UUA Virtual General Assembly (GA) was the remarks by the outgoing moderators, Elandria Williams and Rev. Barb Greve, in the last business session. I have known Elandria for over 20 years and enjoyed her active participation. In District meetings,
Continue readingBefore this year, I had never heard of Dr. Brené Brown, who has apparently enjoyed TED talk and author fame for a decade or two. Before this year, I had never heard of Dr. Ibram Kendi, now famous author of a number of books about anti-racism. In the last
Continue readingGeneral Assembly 2020 was a most unusual experience, just as are many of our individual and joint experiences this year. It felt odd for the largest assembly of Unitarian Universalists this year not to be gathered in person. Although we knew everyone was participating from their individual homes, offices or
Continue readingWhen our minister asks us to do these testimonials, he sends out a set of guidelines that says, basically, stick to how UUFP has transformed you. As many of you know, I tend to gravitate to what’s abstract and underlying rather than what’s concrete and easy to see. So of
Continue readingDear UUFP, Greetings from the Committee on Ministry! Part of each year’s General Assembly is the President’s Report. I will quote for you here a paragraph from the Reverend Susan Frederick-Grey’s President’s Report at last month’s General Assembly: ... in the midst of significant uncertainty and conflicting informing and misinformation,
Continue readingThe Website Development Team (Maria Cory, Bill Sneddon, Marcy Stutzman and David Banks from WUU) has worked for several months developing a new website. The site has been designed to be engaging to newcomers as well as providing useful information to the UUFP community. We encourage you to use/review the
Continue readingOn Sunday, February 10, I gave a sermon called: “The Garden Grows the Community.” The idea of creating a community garden was introduced in part as a response to what I saw happening in the Children’s Religious Education (RE) Program and in part as a way to live our mission:
Continue readingSocial Media is one of several communication channels helping the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Peninsula Grow, Connect, Engage and Inspire! So you ask: "What's the difference between the UUFP Community and the UUFP News Facebook groups?" UUFP Community is where members and friends may share events, photos, thoughts
Continue readingScott Kasmire who so deftly led us in last month’s exploration of the "Spirit of Life" - “Sing in My Heart” phrase, has agreed to do an encore performance. He will facilitate the third workshop on March 20, 2019, from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m., in the UUFP Sanctuary. As part
Continue readingSponsored by the UUFP Membership Committee SAVE the DATE! Scott Kasmire will facilitate the second "Spirit of Life" workshop on February 20, 2019, from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m., in the UUFP Sanctuary. As part of our Beloved Community Wednesdays, a potluck supper begins at 6:30 p.m., followed by this workshop
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