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Community Support Dinner
Sunday, April 21, 5:30 pm
Living with Chronic Illness

Are you or someone you love managing a chronic illness? Would you like to learn about resources and connect with other people in the same situation? On Sunday, April 21st plan to join our Care Team and Rev. Hannah for dinner and conversation about navigating life with a chronic illness. Dinner is at 5:30 and the program starts at 6! Please RSVP to hannah@fvuuf.org so we can plan for food.

Share the Love Online Auction
April 21—April 28

This auction is so full of amazing, creative, beautiful items that we simply can’t wait for you to see it! Use this link to see all the items HERE.

No bids will be accepted on the site until April 21, but you can look at all the descriptions ahead of time, perhaps planning a bidding strategy for one (or more) of the group items. If you click the heart next to any item you will be “following” that item and get email updates about changes and bids once the auction opens. To bid on this site, you need only enter your email address and create a password. Payments will be processed through the Fellowship by check or online so you needn’t enter personal payment details to the auction site.

We are still receiving donations for the auction so what you see here may continue to change until April 21st. Please check in often to be sure you see everything!

Auction Item & Service Donations

Weaving the web, spider web in a field of wildflowers

Sunday, April 14

9:00 am Central Time - In-Person
Sunday Coffeehouse
10:45 am Central Time - In-Person and Livestream
Traditional Service with Sermon

A Better Way
by Rev. Christina Leone-Tracy

Click HERE for Worship Service Zoom Information & the Order of Service

• Visit fvuuf.org/Sunday to learn more about Sunday Coffeehouse.
• Watch past sermons on our YouTube channel.
• Upcoming Services HERE
• See our website HERE for information about our Sunday religious exploration classes for children and youth.
• Share the Plate: In April we Share the Plate with Big Brothers Big Sisters East Central Wisconsin (Religious Exploration Children's Choice).

Religious Exploration - Children & Youth

youth sitting in grassy field with their backs to the viewer making hearts with their hands

Youth Led Credo Service - May 5
Join us for our annual Youth Led Credo Service. All of the young people who participated in our Being A Teen (BATs) program will host this special service. The youth who completed the Coming of Age track of the program spent the past year working with a mentor towards creating a personal credo, a Latin word that means “a set of fundamental beliefs or a guiding principle.” They will share their personal statements that address the question, “What do I believe?” as the centerpiece of this popular and inspiring service.

Hand Print - Love Radically, Serve Gratefully, Wonder Daily

Join us in our 2023-2024 Religious Exploration Program Year!
Come join us in fun and friendship to explore ourselves and our values through enriching lessons and activities that are designed to nurture our student’s spiritual, ethical, and intellectual growth

Click here for information about our Sunday programs. For information about our teen programs; Crossing Paths, Being a Teen, and Our Whole Lives, click here.

Please register your children today! Click on the button below.

Coffee House Service Childcare
Children are highly encouraged to attend the 9:00 am Coffee House service; childcare is available for young people in grades 4K-5 who are better served in a self-directed play environment. Contact Kim Hartman, director of religious education, for more information.

*Regular RE classes will continue to be offered at 10:45 am.

Religious Exploration Registration

News & Notes

Tell Me More UU Edition with Fellowship Chalice & flame, brown flourishes

Tell Me More
Sunday, April 14, 12:30 pm

Join Rev. Christina and a member of our Generosity & Engagement Ministries for an informal 90-minute session to learn more about Unitarian Universalism and this Fellowship. This is a great opportunity for newcomers to learn more, and for long-timers to refresh their connection to this congregation and the larger UU tradition.

house plants, monstera plant, orchid, watering can

Plant Sale is coming soon!
Happy Spring! The Partner Churches committee will sponsor the annual plant sale from 8 AM to noon on May 12th, with a variety of offerings, including perennials, native plants, herbs, veggie seedlings, ornamentals, houseplants, and garden accessories. Volunteers are needed to donate plants for the sale and to help with set up and clean up. Please contact Vickie Milde with questions or to volunteer... vicmilde@hotmail.com or call or text 920-268-5527. Donations of accessories and labeled plants can be dropped off at the Fellowship 7-8 AM on Sunday, May 12th. Thanks for helping to make the sale a success!

Care and Support

To submit a Joy or Concern, fill out the form on our website or contact Rev. Hannah Roberts Villnave, Assistant Minister, at hannah@fvuuf.org or 920-731-0849. For pastoral emergencies call 920-383-1565.

Justice Action Ministry

The Letter: A Message for Our Earth Documentary
Sunday, April 21, 12:30 pm at the Fellowship
A thought-provoking documentary that has been developed with the help and participation of Pope Francis is uniting people across the globe in a call for environmental and social justice.

The Letter is a powerful documentary, exploring the principles of Pope Francis’ letter Laudato Si’ and the escalating impact of climate change on communities around the world. The film follows the stories of several inspiring individuals from around the world, including a climate refugee, the courageous leader of an indigenous community who was captured and tortured for his protection of his people and the land, a Vatican preacher, a young female activist, marine biologists, and the president of the Laudato Si’ Movement. Together, they travel to the Vatican for eye-opening discussions about the destructive impact of climate change and the universal call for action.

Click the image to view the Justice Hub

Earth Week Environmental Trivia

Justice Hub

Check out our revamped Justice Hub, now featuring 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 community.

PS – When you click on an event, at the bottom of the description you can click “Copy to my calendar” to add the event to your calendar and never miss a chance to act courageously for justice in our world.

PopEarth, a community outreach of Green Sanctuary, is excited to announce they are hosting an Earth Week Trivia Night at McFleshman's Brewing Company, 115 S. State Street on Tuesday, April 23, from 7-9 pm. Join the fun in celebration of Mother Earth and Earth Week 2024! There will be prizes, and McFleshman's will have beverages for purchase.

"Reach Our Goal" Campaigns

Reach Our Goal
During the annual meeting in June members approved a 2023-2024 budget with a shortfall of $40,000. In a quest to cover this budget gap, the Generosity Engagement Ministries team is hosting “Reach Our Goal” campaigns, each designed to highlight areas of the Fellowship's budget that need additional support. Watch this space for a series of articles on each of the monthly highlight areas.

Click HERE for details about the Reach Our Goal campaigns.

Reach Our Goal April Focus: Religious Exploration

Nursery & Elementary RE

In our RE program, children play and make friends, and learn to live their UU values like caring for other people. Here is a look through the eyes and minds of a couple of our young children…

Gavin Vinson Vidito (2nd grade)

How are you involved at the Fellowship?
I help my mom with the RE check-in table.

What do you love about the Fellowship?
Because everyone's there for me.

What do you want the Fellowship community to know about RE?
IT'S AWESOME SAUCE!!!!!!!

Ellis Leone-Tracy (Preschool, age 5)

How are you involved at the Fellowship?
I am in the classes. We play there, make stuff, and we read books.

What do you love about the Fellowship?
Playing with friends, sometimes we played with slime and we even made cookies!

What do you want the Fellowship community to know about RE?
We have fun!

The time, energy, and support that our young people receive from their experiences in our RE program are priceless! But they do have an associated cost.

Please give generously to our Reach Our Goal Campaign this month to support our wonderful Religious Exploration program.

To make or increase your financial contribution in support of the Fellowship and help us "Reach our Goal", you may give a one-time gift by:

Mailing a check with "Reach" in the memo field, or enclosing cash or check in one of the pre-printed envelopes found in the Fellowship Lobby (please do not mail cash).
Contribute online here.
Or tell us of your intention to increase your annual giving by completing our giving intention form.

Thank you!

GIVE

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