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  • Friday News – April 10, 2026

    April 10, 2026

    I’ve just returned from a glorious trip up the river Elbe from Prague to Berlin. It was a family trip to help celebrate my mother’s 90th birthday. We visited amazing cities and went past our ancestral homeland and touched Luther’s theses on the door of his church in Wittenberg. But we also saw the still all-too apparent devastation from World War II and the Communist occupation. There are scars upon the land and emotional scars in the people who have lived through regime change and rebuilding. The costs of war are not just financial or short-term. Our current administration seems ...
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  • Friday News – Nov. 15, 2024

    November 18, 2024
    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 ...
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  • Friday News – November 8, 2024

    November 8, 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 ...
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  • Friday News – November 1, 2024

    November 1, 2024
    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 ...
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  • Friday News – October 25, 2024

    October 25, 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 ...
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  • Friday News – October 18, 2024

    October 22, 2024
      As I talked about in last Sunday’s sermon, our emotions are all over the place now and anxiety is high as we draw closer to Election Day. I hope you ...
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  • Friday News – October 11, 2024

    October 11, 2024
    Friday’s News & Announcements October 11, 2024 Submit your Announcement Requests by 9am Wednesday to be included in Friday’s News. Happy Friday! First UU is remarkable in the number of people who have been inspired ...
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  • Friday News – October 4, 2024

    October 4, 2024
    Friday’s News & Announcements October 04, 2024 Submit your Announcement Requests by 9am Wednesday to be included in Friday’s News. Happy October! I hope you all have been enjoying the nice autumn weather we have ...
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  • Friday News – September 27, 2024

    October 1, 2024
    An integral part of doing transitional ministry work is taking a deeper look at the history of the congregation. Sometimes this can involve pretty complicated gatherings, but we have come ...
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  • Friday News – September 20, 2024

    September 20, 2024
    Friday’s News & Announcements September 20, 2024 Submit your Announcement Requests by 9am Wednesday to be included in Friday’s News. Happy Friday! This week we’re going to be exploring the new Article 2 of the ...
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  • Friday News – September 13, 2024

    September 12, 2024
    What’s happening at First UU Friday’s News & Announcements September 13, 2024 Submit your Announcement Requests by 9am Wednesday to be included in Friday’s News. Happy Friday! It was so wonderful to see so many ...
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