In this article, we share the background, rationale and goals of UUFP's Share-the-Basket program, and we announce the line-up of community organizations with whom we are working this year. In particular, we will keep three of our five programs and rotate in two new programs. As our list of recipients
Continue readingDear UUFP Member, Please click on the survey link below to complete the 8th Principle Survey for UUFP. 8th Principle Survey: https:// docs.google.2021_8th_Principle_Survey\link Thank you for your time!
Continue readingEver since the first wake-up call in 2014 with the police killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, that sparked the Black Lives Matter protest movement, our church members at UUFP have started to turn and face what one long-time church member has called “the elephant in the room”—our country’s
Continue readingWhen I think about making art, I think it is all about learning to see. When learning to draw, a student is usually taught about perspective. Perspective drawing is a technique used to depict spatial depth. It allows you to draw a three-dimensional object onto a two-dimensional piece of paper.
Continue readingOur thanks to Joanne Dingus for these testimonials of the impact of Moral Mondays participation! July For the past few weeks, I’ve made a point of going to the Moral Mondays Witness events at the Fellowship. They have become a spiritual practice for me. I show up early to water
Continue readingThe 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 readingHer voice was raspy, and it was relentless; what’s more, her talk was not leavened with the slightest bit of humor. She looked to be somewhere in her 70s. She was speaking to us, in the time of COVID, from her tidy living room somewhere out in Oklahoma, I believed.
Continue readingMy name is Rachel Bevins and I have been attending the UUFP since before our oldest was born. Over the years I have served in a variety of small roles, such as teaching in RE, organizing holiday events, helping on various committees when I can, chairing some fund raisers, speaking
Continue readingApril Kelsey's sermon On Embracing the Joy of Response-Ability. Reflections on the meaning of Response-Ability.
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