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Sunday Service10:00 AM CST
Blow and Bend
by Rev. Christina Leone-Tracy
Click HERE for Worship Service Zoom Information and the Order Of Service
- Listen to past sermons HERE
- Watch some of our past services on our Youtube channel
- Click HERE for information on hosting a traveling chalice in your home
- Students in 2nd through 6th grade will meet for Children's Chapel at 9:00 am CST via Zoom! Our Guest Star will be Hilary Haskell who will talk with our students about healing from hurt and also teach them how to tie a variety of sailing knots. See our website (here) for more information about all Religious Education classes for children and youth.
Supply needed for Sunday - Knot Tying Skills!
Ahoy parents! This Sunday we are excited for our own Hilary Haskell to teach us the captivating and useful skill of tying sailor knots on Sunday. Please be sure to have a shoestring handy so we can walk through the steps of each knot with her.
We look forward to seeing our friends, and exploring and learning alongside one another this weekend!
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Monthly Evening Service
Wednesday, January 27 at 7:00 pm CST
Join us for a worship service led by our intern minister, Ali Peters. On the last Wednesday of each month, we hold an informal evening service to re-center ourselves during the week, connect more deeply with one another, and hold each other in community. These simple services include a reading that is related to our current worship theme, a centering practice, and an opportunity to reflect and to share joys and concerns with each other. The theme for our January service will be “Flexibility.” All are welcome to join us! If you have questions, please reach out to Ali at ali@fvuuf.org. We hope to see you there.
Zoom link HERE, passcode UU
Call in: 312-626-6799, meeting ID 827 7074 7192
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Fellowship Liberation CirclesFour Weekly Sessions on Saturdays 2/20 through 3/16; 10:00am-12:00pm CST
The events of the past four years in our country have left many of us baffled and despairing. It is impossible to ignore how these events have emerged from our country’s deep wounds of racism and white supremacy. Our Unitarian Universalist faith calls us to the urgent work of healing those wounds and we invite you into this work with us. During the months of February and March, we will be hosting Fellowship Liberation Circles, an anti-racism virtual learning series on Zoom. The series is being created specifically for our Fellowship community in partnership with professional decolonization educator, Anjali L. Nath Upadhyay, who will co-facilitate the series along with Ali Peters, our intern minister. Keep an eye out for more information in future Scroll newsletters. We hope you will be able to join us!
WellspringFebruary 10: Life in Three Lines with Rev. Marti Keller
February is the shortest month of the year and Haiku is the world’s shortest genre of poetry.
We will be learning about this verse form in its American manifestation, including how our Unitarian Transcendentalist forebears were influenced by it. We will hear and discuss diverse examples of three-line poetry, and practice it ourselves as some may pledge to write at least one haiku a day during National Haiku Writing Month. And discover how these tiny poems can tell our lives. Click HERE for more information.
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Our virtual Sunday programs for young people meet at 9:00 and 11:00 am. We are excited about our classes which have been designed to be fun and engaging with online learning in mind. Don’t miss connecting with our Fellowship friends and family this year!
Program Year Format for Registered Students:
• Pre-K through 1st grade meets the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month at 9:00 am CST
• 2nd through 6th grade meets the 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month at 9:00 am CST
*All students are invited to attend all classes; however the classes will be geared for the target ages.
• 7-12th grade meets each Sunday at 11:00 AM CST
Please visit our website for more information about our classes. Contact director of religious education, Kim Hartman, at kim@fvuuf.org with questions.
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The Justice Hub webpage has information about our JAMs, justice groups, justice events, and opportunities here at our Fellowship and out in the community right there at your fingertips any time you need it.
• Information about the upcoming April 6 election
• UUA 30 Days of Love – resources, actions, and ways to get involved!
• Green Sanctuary book study of As Long as Grass Grows will be January 25. Information is on the Justice Hub webpage regarding the book and how to obtain it.
• ESTHER (interfaith organizing) information: Taskforces and updates.
• Petition invitation to reduce architecture that is unwelcoming to Appleton’s homeless population.
If you want to share something on the Justice Hub webpage, please do so by completing this form by Thursday to be posted when the page is updated each weekend. Submissions may be subject to staff approval and editing.
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A note from our Director of Finance and Operations: Thank you all for your generous support during the 2020 calendar (tax) year, and thus far throughout our current fiscal year (July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2021).
As is typical this time of year many of you are now starting to think about filing your tax returns for the year ended 2020. Also as typical, January is a very busy time for year-end processing in the Fellowship office/virtual office.
The timeline for the mailing of tax contribution statements this year is on track to be consistent with the timing of years prior, with the tax year contribution statements being mailed on or near January 31, 2021. To comply with IRS regulations and preserve the deductibility of your donation please wait until you receive your tax contribution statement to file your tax return.
If you have questions please contact me via email, Phyllis@fvuuf.org, or leave a message at the Fellowship office, 920.731.0849, and I will get back to you as soon as I can.
Thank you for your generous and unwavering support in these uncertain times! - Phyllis Schmitt
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Creativity Pictures NeededDue February 10 – A photo of you with the following sentence (fill in the blank!) – “My creativity shines when__ .”
Our preferred method for submission is via this Google Form. You need a Google account to use the form, but if you’ve ever used Google Docs, you might already have one! Google accounts can be created with your current email address, a Gmail address is not required.
If you do not have a Google account, please email your submissions to photos@fvuuf.org.
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Lights Camera Auction – Curtain Call!As previously reported the Lights, Camera Auction ended on Sunday, December 13, 2020, reporting $9,489 raised through online sales. After the auction ended many who did not win the bid on their selected item(s) showed their support for the Lights, Camera Auction by generously donating to the auction, bringing the grand total to $16,528.
Stay tuned for details about the updates to our AV equipment coming in the next few months. We couldn’t have done it without your generous participation and support!
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First Unitarian Portland cordially invites you to join us for our VIRTUAL Seminary for a Day on Saturday, January 30, at First Unitarian Portland. This year’s spiritual theme is entitled, Success, Failure, and Everything In Between. All are welcome
Our keynote speaker is the Rev. Meg Riley, co-moderator of the UUA, the highest volunteer office of our movement. Rev. Riley spent 37 years as a UU religious professional, including stints as the UUA’s Director of (then) LBG Concerns, Director of the UUA Washington Office, and Head of the Advocacy and Witness Staff Group.
At Seminary for a Day Rev. Riley is eager to share what she has learned and reflect on how our faith’s past weaknesses, successes, and failures can help us now in our pursuits of equality and justice. She will explore the topic through the lens of our work in welcoming LGBTQ+ people and the lessons that have come from that work.
Details:
• Saturday, January 30, 2021
• 11:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Central Standard Time
• Registration is open until 11:00 a.m. on Friday, January 29th. You will receive a Zoom link via email before the event. Register HERE.
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New Day Rising Conference National 2021
Is your congregation ready to take a new step in changing white supremacy culture? Want to learn what your fellow congregations are working on, and how you might apply it at home? Join a continent of UUs as we explore next steps in creating Beloved UU Communities.
On Your Own:
Watch compelling video TED-talk style testimonials from selected congregations around the continent sharing their learnings, hopes, and next steps in their quest for racial equity in their congregations.
Together on February 27, 2021
• Worship ~ Workshops ~ Caucusing
• With plenty of breaks
• 11:00am - 8:00pm CST
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Virtual General Assembly Hearing from UUs around the world, experiencing our faith from a multitude of different perspectives and experiences at General Assembly (GA) has helped me become a Unitarian Universalist. Attending last year's virtual GA was more connecting and meaningful than I could have expected. Contact me if you have questions or want to learn more about GA.-- Marie Luna, director of congregational life
General Assembly is the annual gathering of Unitarian Universalists, where we conduct the business of the Association, explore the theological underpinnings of our faith, and lean fully into our mission and principles. Virtual GA allows us to retain our dedication to community and make our experience more accessible and more environmentally sustainable.
Registration for virtual GA 2021 is $200 per person. Financial support for registration as well as a payment plan are available. General Assembly registrants receive access to the 2021 Online Participation Portal, including live, simulive, and on-demand video content, the virtual exhibit hall, chat features, support, and a (new and really exciting!) GA mobile app. Learn more and register HERE.
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Click HERE for details about these groups.
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- Fellowship Community Journal
Ongoing, submit your work to leah@fvuuf.org
More information HERE.
- Fellowship Pen Pals - Click HERE for information.
- Joyful Mind Zen Sangha; Saturdays, 7:00 am CST
- Men's Group, First Wednesdays & Third Tuesdays, 7-9:00 pm CST
- Music-Making Online - Click the small groups link for information
- Pollinate (BIPoC), Email pollinate.BIPoC@hotmail.com for meeting information
- Senior Wonders - Contact Janet Hughes for information
- Smiling Dandelion Sangha, Sundays, 6-7:30 pm CST
- Spill it Sister, Second Thursday of the month, 6:30-8:00 pm CST. Contact Kate Hancock-Cooke at rugbykate@new.rr.com with questions.
- Third Thursday Book Club, Third Thursday of the month, 2:00 pm CST. Contact CyAnn Martin at cmartin25@new.rr.com for meeting information.
- UU Parenting Support Group, First Monday of the month, 6-7:30 pm
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