December Services at the
Fox Valley UU Fellowship
December Focus: Claimed by Hope
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However you are showing up to this season of long nights and frosty air, the Fellowship has a place for you! Below, you'll find all the details about our December services schedule, including our all-ages Winter Solstice and three distinct Christmas Eve services. There are a few shifts in our approach to this holiday season that we want to highlight:
• Rather than marking Blue Holiday with its own Sunday morning service, our Care Team will host an intimate sharing-focused gathering on December 16th at 6:30 pm where we can open our hearts together to the tender grief that so many of us feel at this time of year.
• This year, instead of holding our usual Turning of the Year service in January, we’ll close out the year together with a special service called For All That Is Our Life. This heartfelt service will celebrate everything that has shaped our year—the changes and challenges, the joys and sorrows, the new beginnings and tender farewells. We noticed that both Blue Holiday Sunday and Turning of the Year shared many beautiful traditions, so this season we’re blending the best of both services into one meaningful experience. Join us for this 10 AM service on Sunday, December 21st, as we reflect, remember, and look ahead together.
We'll see you in December!
-Rev. Hannah & Rev. Christina
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► 9:00 am Coffeehouse Service, in person
► 11:00 am Traditional Service, in person & livestream
► Nursery Care at both services
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► Religious Exploration Classes at 11:00 am
► Middle Hour at 10:10 am
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► 9:00 am Coffeehouse Service, in person
► 11:00 am Traditional Service, in person & livestream
► Religious Exploration Classes at 11:00 am
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► Nursery Care at both Services
► Middle Hour at 10:10 am
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► A vespers service of song, readings, sharing and ritual to honor our sadness at this time of year.
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Sunday, December 21
For All that is Our Life: An Updated Turning of the Year Service
by Rev. Hannah Roberts Villnave
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► 10:00 am, in person & livestream
► Nursery care and childcare for children up to 5th grade available.
► No religious exploration classes.
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Sunday, December 21
The Winter Faeries: An All-Ages Winter Solstice Celebration
by Rev. Christina Leone-Tracy
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► 4:00 pm, in person & livestream
► Nursery care available.
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| Three Candlelight Service Formats:
► 4:00 pm - Family-Friendly Service for the Young & Young-at-Heart: Featuring the nativity story & characters, songs, and interactive movement.
► 7:00 pm - The Humanist Christmas Spirit: Featuring holiday readings and poetry, reflections and music, without religious baggage.
► 9:00 pm - Traditional Christmas Eve: Featuring scripture, poetry, music, and Christian communion in the Transylvanian Unitarian tradition.
► No nursery care or religious exploration classes for children and youth.
► 4:00 & 7:00 pm offered in person & livestream, 9:00 pm in person only
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| Sunday, December 28
Coffeehouse Style Lay-Led Service
► 10:00 am, in person
► Nursery care available.
► Children are welcome to join their families in the service. No religious exploration classes for children and youth.
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Office Closed
The Fellowship office will be closed Thursday, December 25 through Friday, January 2.
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Fox Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
2600 E. Philip Lane, Appleton, WI 54915
920.731.0849
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