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Friday News – April 17, 2026
April 17, 2026
On Wednesday morning I learned that one of my colleagues, Rev. Dr. Natalie Fennimore, died quite suddenly after a very short illness. Those of you who attended General Assembly in 2021 would have heard her give the sermon at the Service of the Living Tradition. She was the Lead Minister of the UU Congregation at Shelter Rock. She began her career as a religious educator so it was quite remarkable for her to make that transition so successfully, and she was one of our foremost African American ministers. One of the things that Natalie taught me is that we need to ...Read Full Article
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Friday News – May 26, 2023
May 26, 2023
Happy Friday! There is so much to be proud of at First UU, this spring and this year! The staff team thought it might be fun to review some of what ...Read Full ArticleFriday News – May 19, 2023
May 21, 2023
Happy Friday! Wednesday morning, there was a buzzing in the building – search team members gathering to make an offer to a potential Transitional Minister, staff pacing the halls waiting for ...Read Full ArticleFriday News – May 12, 2023
May 15, 2023
Happy Friday! It was wonderful to see so many of our seniors at yesterday’s Senior Gathering! Thank you to everyone who came and shared stories from their years here at First ...Read Full ArticleFriday News – May 5, 2023
May 5, 2023
Happy Friday! A few days ago I discovered a couple of ducks sleeping in one of my neighbors yards. That afternoon, Jay came running upstairs to let me know that the ...Read Full ArticleFriday News – April 28, 2023
April 28, 2023
Happy Friday! In planning this week’s service, I’ve been inspired by the song that the Chalice Choir is going to be singing – a musical interpretation of Robert Frost’s “The Road Not ...Read Full ArticleFriday News – April 21, 2023
April 21, 2023
You know when you get a song stuck in your head and it decides to take up residence and move in? Well, there’s one song that I have willingly and ...Read Full ArticleFriday News – April 14, 2023
April 16, 2023
Happy Friday! As always, we are incredibly busy here at First UU. And with that busyness comes a looooooong Friday News. We’ve heard from several of you that the length of ...Read Full ArticleFriday News
April 7, 2023
Chag Pesach samech, Ramadan Kareem, and a blessed Good Friday, It’s so wonderful to wake up to birds chirping again! Even though it’s a little chilly, I refuse to close my ...Read Full ArticleFriday News – March 31, 2023
April 2, 2023
Congratulations, all – on a wildly successful church Rummage Sale! Karen Thimmes writes, “I don’t know if we made a lot of money with our sale, or if the ratio of ...Read Full ArticleFriday News – March 24, 2023
March 24, 2023
Ahem……mic check……can you hear me?……..”LET’S GET READY TO RUMMAGE!!!!!!” Happy Friday First UUers! Who’s ready to get your rummage on? All week we’ve had amazing volunteers sorting and preparing all of ...Read Full Article