8th Principle Survey
Dear 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 readingIt’s Time For Us To Adopt “The 8th Principle”
Ever 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 readingLearning To See
When 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 readingMoral Mondays Musings
Our 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 readingMy 2020 Virtual General Assembly Experience
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 readingWidening the Circle: The Commission on Institutional Change
Before 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 reading“My Experience Listening to Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz at General Assembly”
Her 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 reading“What Can We Do To Help?”
My 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 readingEmbracing the Joy of Response-Ability
April Kelsey's sermon On Embracing the Joy of Response-Ability. Reflections on the meaning of Response-Ability.
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