In the service on November 10, Rev. Dr. Eric Dawson spoke to us of the benefit of taking the long view, recognizing that real change takes many lifetimes to achieve. This thought has been a comfort to me over the last few weeks. This is part of why it feels so important to examine the … Continue reading Friday News – November 22, 2024
Come Celebrate the Holidays With Us! Donate to Holiday Appeal 2025 Here Special Holiday Services Dec. 10 at 7pm – “Sorrow at this Season” Grief Service Dec. 14 at 11am – Holiday Cookie Fair (buy a box) Dec. 21 at 11am – Winter Solstice Service Holiday Music Events Dec. 12 at 7pm – “Concert … Continue reading Holidays at First UU
We want to thank everyone who participated in Wednesday night’s Sustainable Funding Congregational Conversation! We had a great turnout and got some wonderful questions that will help us provide helpful information to the congregation as we continue this process. One of the questions we received was, “What does the staff do?” Great question! You can … Continue reading Friday News – Nov. 15, 2024
Friday’s News & Announcements November 8, 2024 Submit your Announcement Requests by 9am Wednesday to be included in Friday’s News. Happy Friday! For someone who makes a living by finding words, I am failing to do so at the moment. Gathering in community both Tuesday and Wednesday nights helped me enormously. This is the time to turn toward … Continue reading Friday News – November 8, 2024
November 16, 6:30pm Live Auction At the SYC Scholarship Auction on November 16, enjoy good food, drinks, and time with connections new, old, and in between. Tables of treasures, experiences, services, and gift cards will go to the highest silent auction bidder. As a community planned, funded, and executed event, 100% of the proceeds go … Continue reading SYC Scholarship Auction
To our beloved Unitarian Universalist community: Yesterday morning, we awoke to the undeniable reality that the religious and political right’s decades-long strategy to sow fear and division and pit our communities against one another prevailed on the electoral landscape. While there were victories on important issues in state measures and local races, we cannot … Continue reading Wellspring of Hope and Courage
There are many in our community who are hurting this morning. Some of us may be angry, wondering how this happened. Some of us may be scared. And some of us are probably feeling overwhelmed and don’t know how to make the next move. All of these feelings are valid and important. We are a … Continue reading First UU Community Vigil Tonight
Dear UU Congregations, We gather on the morning after, in a time of great fear and devastation and very real risk to ourselves and our Beloveds. There is so much that we cannot yet know. Even if we know the shape and fear the character of our next governmental administration, we cannot fully know … Continue reading We Are a Sanctuary People
Dear First UU, I am so excited for tomorrow! Over a year ago at the annual meeting, you voted to ordain me as a Unitarian Universalist minister, and tomorrow, at 2pm at First UU (and online) it is finally happening! The theme of the service will be “Cracking Open.” In our tradition, only congregations have … Continue reading Friday News – November 1, 2024
We will be talking a lot about remembering this Sunday, both during the Remembrance service and in the history workshop following the service. We will remember loved ones whom we have lost, and remember key events in the history of the congregation. This is about memory, of course, because that is where our loved ones … Continue reading Friday News – October 25, 2024
