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 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 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 readingAs 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
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