As I give my second member testimony about my time here today, I think back on my first testimonial in 2013 talking about how personal connections made the path clear for me to become engaged in this fellowship. Today I want to talk about what happens when we become dis-connected.
Continue readingIt was lovely and a bit different from other church weddings we had attended. We liked the words that were spoken. I first saw the UUFP in November of 1997. Carole and I had been invited to the wedding of my long time buddy Rich and our new friend Meg.
Continue readingFirst, let me wish our UUFP mothers a Happy Mother’s Day. Being a mom was the spark that lit my desire to become a Unitarian. Religion during my childhood meant going to Catholic mass every Sunday and attending catechism classes once a week. As an adult I no longer believed
Continue readingGood Morning. I hope you are doing well. My name is Mason Moseley. Patricia Moseley and I joined the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Peninsula in October of 1986, after visiting at the invitation of Lois Winter. I had been: a Methodist, a Boy Scout, a college student, a US
Continue readingGood Morning! I want to thank Joanne for giving me the opportunity to speak to you all today. You may know me as a member-at-large on the UUFP policy board. I also participate in fellowship circles and I’m a member of the Sunday Services Committee. But I’m betting that most
Continue readingHi I am Kathryn Ozyurt. I have been a UU for 55 years. When we moved to Virginia in 2014, I stuck a compass point into a map of the peninsula here, drew a circle around my husband’s workplace and found 3 UU congregations within close range. We came to
Continue reading3/22/2020 By Sam Smith This member testimonial is part of our ongoing 2020-21 UUFP Canvass (click here to pledge). Thomas Merton, a Trappist Monk, philosopher and writer in the 1950s and 60s once wrote, “Many of us live lives of “self impersonation”. I love the UUFP because this
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 readingThis is the second of our series of member testimonials as a part of our 2020 UUFP Canvass. What does UUFP mean to me? It’s a presence, a presence in my mind, in my heart. As I drive up Warwick, coming to a service, to a committee meeting, a Fellowship
Continue reading3/6/2020 0 Comments By Judy Remsberg This was presented by Judy Remsberg as a part of the ongoing series of member testimonials during the 2020/21 UUFP Canvass. What first caught our attention in the early 1970s was the fascinating Sunday morning programs, given by community leaders, religious figures, and members
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