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Sunday, October 25
“Boo! There’s a skeleton inside you!” All-Ages Halloween Sunday
Rev. Christina Leone-Tracy
** All ages are invited to wear their costumes! **
• 9:00 am informal coffeehouse-style service with conversation
• 11:00 am traditional service with sermon, livestream available
(all times are Central Time)
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In lieu of Middle Hour this Sunday, October 25, please join us for food and Fellowship information in the Fellowship Hall.
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Middle Hour 10:00 – 10:50 am
Sunday, November 1 (see box above for this week)
Adult Offerings:
- UU Connection Path: UU History 1
- Gathering Circle Samhain
- Hallway Table: Empty to Full Pan Project
- Hallway Table: Empty to Full Pan Project
Nursery Care
Pluralism Practice: Middle School Only - MesoAmerican/ Dia de los Muertos
Parents: Bring kids 4-10 to the RE Launchpad, and sign in
- Chalice Kids - 4K to 1st grade
- UU in Action - 2nd to 5th grade
Parents: After Middle Hour, sign kids out at their classrooms
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Music Ministry
If you are interested in participating in music ministry on Sunday mornings, please contact Tam Masters, our music coordinator, at tam@fvuuf.org.
For information about music at the Fellowship, click the button:
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Thriving Together: Community Fun Night & Auction
Purchase tickets in advance HERE. This event will be friendly to all ages and include carnival games provided by TCT Concessions with Christman Amusements, food from Osorio's Latin Cuisine and desserts from Sweet Jules Bakes, and Music by Nicholas Raymond. These advance ticket sales will ensure the whole event is a success!
Win Cash While Supporting a Great Cause! There will be a 50/50 raffle during the event. CASH ONLY! Tickets will be available from 5:00 - 6:30 PM. There will be a table outside the Fellowship Hall. 1 Ticket for $5 or 5 Tickets for $20. Someone Will Go Home With Cash. Why Not You?
Thank you to everyone that has donated items or experiences. Someone from the Auction Team will contact donors when it is time to drop off items at the Fellowship.
The online auction site will be live starting October 31st at 3:00 pm and will close on November 7 at 7:50 pm. Get ready to bid on items. The in-person auction items will also be available for preview.
The in-person auction will be on Saturday, November 7th, 3:00 - 8:30 pm. Ticket sales are happening now. Purchase tickets HERE. Please check the Auction Page of our website for details.
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Gathering Circle Small Group
Join us as we celebrate Samhain
Full Moon Ritual - October 25, 4:00 pm at the Fellowship
Celebrate the full moon with the pagan Gathering Circle! This full moon ritual will be themed on Samhain.
Samhain Middle Hour - November 1, 10:00 am
Celebrate the pagan holiday of Samhain (Sow-een). Modernly known as Halloween, this will be a celebration of our ancestors. Bring a memory or photo of an ancestor if you would like.
Connect with the Gathering Circle group HERE.
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Women's Craft Circle
October 23, 3:00 - 7:00 pm at the Fellowship
Calling all women! Grab your scissors, paint brushes, knitting or whatever you're working on and join us for a fun and relaxing time as we get CRAFTY! This group is for adults only because YOU deserve some ME TIME! Bring a snack to share. (Open to anyone who identifies as a woman)
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Stone Soup Fall Weekend Camp - Postponed
To allow our staff and volunteers time to cook up an excellent weekend camp experience, and to create space for the Fun Night & Auction, our Adult Faith Formation Team has decided to combine the Fall & Spring camps into a single weekend camp: February 20-21, 2027 (Registration will be open Jan 1 - Feb 1) and we're calling it "Soup for the Spirit: A Cozy Fellowship Winter Weekend Camp." In late February, we will need all the cozy and community we can get!
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Building a New Way - Thank You
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Building a New Way workshop. We spent our time together grounding, celebrating what we've accomplished, and starting to imagine how our justice work can shift toward partnership instead of carrying everything ourselves.
OUR HUB's CENTERING QUESTION FOR THE YEAR
What brings joy to our justice work as we work for collective liberation?
We're hoping to build a sense of mutual fulfillment and mutually transformative justice-making, both within our walls and through our community partnerships. The idea at the heart of the workshop: charity flows in one direction, while mutual aid assumes that everyone has something to give and something they need. When the people most impacted lead, and we respond rather than decide for them, the work gets lighter, and it gets more joyful.
If you have questions or feedback, please email me at allison@fvuuf.org and we can have a conversation over phone or zoom.
With gratitude & joy,
Rev. Allison (Sabbatical Support Minister)
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A message from the UU Church of the Philippines to US Partner Congregations
Dear Partner Churches and Friends,
Warm greetings from the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Philippines (UUCP)! We hope that you, your families, ministers, leaders, and congregation members are doing well and continuing to stay safe and healthy.
Here in the Philippines, our Congregations continue to carry out their worship services, pastoral ministries, youth and community activities, Prison Ministry and other programs despite the various challenges we encounter. We are also continuing to strengthen communication and cooperation among our congregations and our international Partner Churches.
Please extend our warm greetings to your entire congregation. We are deeply grateful for your friendship, partnership, prayers, and continued support for the UU community in the Philippines.
With warmest greetings and solidarity from the Philippines,
Rev. Jeremias Jr. B. Bacaling
Director of Religious Freedom and Relations, UUCP
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Justice Hub
Check out the Justice Hub, an easy-to-use calendar! Each event on the calendar includes time, location, and program details to help you learn more about how to get engaged with our wider community.
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| | Religious Exploration - Children & Youth
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Our BATs (Being A Teenager) youth group had the opportunity to participate in a two-hour improv class at Comedy City in De Pere! During this workshop our BATs played different improv games like Zip, Zap, Zop, Go, Celebrity Questions, and more! They had such a fun time and were wonderful participants! If you have a teen between 8th-12th grade, they should join us on our next BATs adventure!
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Check out our events and news page to see what's coming up!
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Do You Prefer Text Messages?
Our new Fellowship Portal (Church Center) allows us to send texts! If you would prefer to get text messages about Fellowship announcements or reminders, please let us know by completing this form.
If you don't give your consent, we cannot text you. Our goal is to start using the texting feature by November 1. Thank you!
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"Show us What You've Got!"
We know there are so many skills, talents, hobbies, and interests among our Fellowship members & friends, and we would love for you to share them with us!
Do you write? Were you an accountant? Do you speak another language? Juggle? Mime? Trapeze? Can you do hairstyles? Or troubleshoot Excel? Are you a photographer? Librarian? Woodworker? Painter? Do you love to organize closets? Or talk about Star Wars? WE WANT TO KNOW.
This simple 4-question survey will help us know when we should invite you to the perfect Fellowship role or opportunity, but don’t worry, you can always decline. To show us what you've got, go to tinyurl.com/UUshowus.
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Rev. Hannah Roberts Villnave's Sabbatical
Rev. Hannah is on sabbatical through November 14, 2026. Please click the button below for more information.
Don't forget to pick up a sabbatical BINGO card in the entry lobby (adults & kids) to play for a chance to win some great prizes. Click HERE to see the cards online.
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Care and Support
When you share your Joy or Concern, you can choose to share privately with the ministers or care team, request contact, or share with the wider congregation.
For pastoral emergencies, call 920-268-4512.
Thank you to Care Team chair, Megan McLachlan, for "staffing" the emergency line and supporting the Care Team from now until the end of November to support Rev. Christina during Rev. Hannah's sabbatical.
Did you know? An email is sent each week to subscribers to share about our congregation's joys and concerns. Fellowship members who want to be included on our weekly joys and concerns email list may contact Cyndi at cyndi@fvuuf.org.
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Fellowship Office Hours
Fellowship Office Hours:
8:00 am - 1:00 pm Sun., Mon., Tues., Thurs.
Office closed Wed., Fri., Sat.
If you have a group meeting or event that occurs outside of office hours, those will continue as scheduled.
To meet with individual staff members, please contact them directly to schedule an appointment. Contact information can be found at https://fvuuf.org/contact/.
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