THANK YOU! The First UU 2023 Fall Festival & Auction was a big success! We had a blast and raised over $25,000 to date! Thanks to all of our volunteers, auction & festival leadership, youth group (you rock!), staff and so many more for helping out with this years’ party and braving the drizzle & clouds. … Continue reading 2023 Festival & Auction
Thanks & Aftersale
Special Community Event for Parents and Caregivers of Young Children Wed. 10/25, 6:30 PM, First UU Church The School for Young Children has invited Heather Shumaker of It’s OK Not to Share to talk about All Feelings are OK; All Behavior Isn’t. (click HERE for details) Heather will share practical ideas for how to … Continue reading Special Author Visit
Part One: The Choice to Sing It seemed so simple, what they did over at The Harmony Project. They got together in a big room and sang a few songs. But there was magic there – beautiful, strong magic, that those like Ms.Peggy (Director Of Communications and lead for the Community Arts Program) knows just … Continue reading The Choice To Sing…
Dear Friends, Coming back together can be a joyful, exciting, and hectic time in Unitarian Universalism. Across our Association, we are continuing to shift out of more restful modes and into a more planful mode in order to welcome returning friends, newcomers, and the wider community into our faith tradition. While this is an annual … Continue reading UUA News – September 28, 2023
A Gratitude List The following is a gratitude list. Twenty-five reasons I am grateful for Red Oak Community School. This idea came from: 1) a personal goal to make my first thought of the day a grateful one 2) a twenty-one-day family gratitude challenge, recently completed and 3) Theresa, (assistant school manager) who during a … Continue reading A Gratitude List
THE AUCTION IS OPEN! Check out our new First UU Auction Website where you can register to bid on items. Auction committee members will be at the Auction Table in Beach Hall after the Sunday services to demo the Auction site, and offer tech support and answer any questions. Similar to years past, there will … Continue reading It’s Bidding Time!
bid on Food, Fun & Frolic
UUA Newsletter Unitarian Universalist Association It is with a mixture of joy and a heavy heart that I welcome you into this season of return, as Unitarian Universalists celebrate ingatherings in congregations and communities and we come back to each other. With natural disasters looming, violence in our streets and in our … Continue reading UUA News – September 2023
UUA Newsletter Unitarian Universalist Association As we do each year, Unitarian Universalists from across the United States and beyond came together for worship, learning and growth, decision making, and faithful re-connection at General Assembly (GA) in the third week of June. Speakers were passionate, the music was moving, and important decisions were made. … Continue reading UUA News – July 2023
Dear UU Community, As my tenure comes to a close, I am reflecting on what a privilege it has been to serve as UUA President. I am proud of the work we have done to advance cultural and institutional change at the UUA, to nurture and sustain an increasingly diverse UUA staff, and to provide … Continue reading UUA News – June 25,2023
Greetings From Your Board of Trustees We are grateful to Reverend Sunshine Wolfe for speaking last Sunday at the morning service. Their sermon was quite fitting for where we are. Thank you, Rev. Sunshine! After the service, we hosted our Annual Congregational Meeting. Thank you to the 135+ members who attended in person or on … Continue reading Annual Meeting Report
