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• Friday News – March 6, 2026

  March 6, 2026

  This Sunday we will engage in a time honored clergy practice: a pulpit exchange! I’m so thrilled that Rev. Dr. Susan Ritchie will be with you to share her experiences in participating in the Minneapolis call to protest. Many of you remember her from her time as both an intern and an Assistant Minister here at First UU. Here is her bio: The Rev. Dr. Susan Ritchie has been minister of the North Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Lewis Center OH since 1995. She is also Professor and Director of the UU House of Studies at the MTSO seminary in Delaware OH, ...
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• Friday News – Feb. 27, 2026

  February 27, 2026

  Dear friends, As the growing sunlight points towards spring, our hearts begin to thaw, and the earth grows ready for the quiet stirrings and re-emergence of plants and other living things. ...
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• Friday News – Feb. 20, 2026

  February 20, 2026

  I often talk about the need for us to take care of our spirits in stressful times. But I also hear you tell me you’re not quite sure how to ...
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• Friday News – Feb 13, 2026

  February 14, 2026

  Last Sunday’s Gospel Service was incredibly moving and inspirational to me. One of the things that struck me was how joy is intrinsic to how the soul can sustain itself ...
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• Friday News – Feb. 6th, 2026

  February 6, 2026

  Happy Friday! Soul Food originated in the American south, when enslaved West and Central Africans adapted their culinary traditions to the harsh limitations of slavery. They took ‘the worst’ foods they were ...
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• Friday News – Jan 30, 2026

  January 30, 2026

  It seems rather ironic that the title of the service I was going to do last week and will now do this Sunday is “Turned to Stone.” It might as ...
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• Friday News – Jan 23, 2026

  January 23, 2026

  Last week a call went out to religious leaders from around the country to gather in Minneapolis this weekend to protest the ICE violence and occupation. Thousands are heeding the ...
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• Friday News – Jan 16, 2026

  January 16, 2026

  This Sunday we’ll be hearing from Paisha Thomas, our Justice and Equity Student Minister, as she reflects upon Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.” While there have ...
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• Friday News – January 9, 2026

  January 9, 2026

  Happy Friday! I was talking to my therapist about all of the ways I’m hoping to work on myself in 2026, and she offered a suggestion: instead of focusing on the ...
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• Friday News – January 2, 2026

  January 5, 2026

  Happy Friday and Happy New Year! Winter As Crucible Fluffy snow falls thickly in a coniferous forest. The changes that take place in winter are a kind of alchemy, an enchantment performed by ...
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• Friday News – Dec. 19, 2025

  December 19, 2025

  I supposed you could say we had an early white Christmas! While beautiful, the snow combined with the frigid temperatures meant it was unsafe for participants and attendees to hold ...
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