Upcoming Service 

Sunday, June 21 at 10:00 am CST
Link for Worship Service HERE  
Call in: 312-626-6799 with meeting ID 176 319 484
Click HERE for the Order of Service.
Finding a Way to Healthy Masculinity with the Fellowship Men’s Group
This Father’s Day, join members of our Fellowship’s Men’s Group for a service on the power of healthy masculinity, breaking out of the “man box,” and finding their way to a new, stronger sense of what it means to be a good man.

Sunday Morning Connections for Children & Youth!

•  Children’s Chapel (grades 4K-6) 9:00- 9:40 am
•  Youth Connection (grades 7-12) 11:00-11:40 am 
Registration is required to receive the Zoom link for children and youth connections. Register your child(ren) HERE. If you have questions, contact director of religious education, Kim Hartman, at kim@fvuuf.org.

  • Click HERE for information on future services.
  • Listen to past sermons HERE.
Summer Theme: Finding a Way
This summer we are focusing in worship and other ministries on the theme of Finding A Way. Our faith community, along with our wider world, is finding our way forward in complicated and often difficult ways. There is so much uncertainty, with the Covid-19 pandemic, ongoing need for physical distancing, and justice uprisings, but we know for sure that we will continue to be a community of love and hope that finds our way forward! We will be using the imagery of water this summer because even while we are gentle, we can be stronger than the hard things, and water can always find a way forward.

Adult Faith Formation

Click HERE for more information on these offerings!

Adult Faith Formation

Thursday June 18
Backyard Gardening with Andrew Kramp  bit.ly/UUFellowship password UU
Sunday, June 21
10:00 am Worship Service HERE
Monday, June 22
6:00 pm A Conversation with Hilary Haskell and Mayor Jake Woodford  bit.ly/UUFellowship password UU
Wednesday, June 24
6:00 pm The Stonewall Generation: A Conversation With the Author
The Fellowship is excited to announce that we are the first to host a conversation with the author of this brand new book! Learn more and register HERE.
This event had to be rescheduled because of a family health emergeny.

Wednesday, June 24
12:00 pm Burlesque and the Queer Community with Amanda Kramp  bit.ly/UUFellowship password UU
6:00 pm  Open Discussions to Unlearn White Supremacy Culture with Marti Wheeler, Mia Ljung, and Brian Piasecki  bit.ly/UUFellowship password UU
Thursday, June 25
6:00 pm Tapping Part 2 with Colleen Prendergast  bit.ly/UUFellowship password UU

Religious Education - Children and Youth

Children and Youth Connections

We invite all young people to join us to share our time and hearts together!

Sunday Morning 
•  Children’s Chapel (grades 4K-6) 9:00- 9:40 am
•  Youth Connection (grades 7-12) 11:00-11:40 am

Weekday Meetings

•  Kid’s Connection- (grades 4K-6) Thursdays 4:00-4:30 pm
•  Youth Connection- (grades 7-12) Wednesdays 4:30-5:00 pm and Fridays 6:00-6:30 pm

The Zoom link is the same for all children and youth gatherings. Registration acts as our directory for the year, so we ask everyone to register your child(ren) HERE.

Please contact director of religious education Kim Hartman at kim@fvuuf.org or religious education assistant Eve Rosera at eve@fvuuf.org with questions or concerns.

Upcoming Events




Supporting the Habitat for Humanity Build Volunteers

Habitat for Humanity continues to build homes for local families in need of safe housing. They have made modifications to their work to keep everyone healthy and safe, and that includes requiring their volunteers to provide their own lunches. To support their important work, the Essentials Justice Action Ministry (JAM) will conduct a Support Drive from 1 p.m. – 2p.m. and from 6 p.m.-7 p.m. on Monday, June 22 at the Fellowship's main entrance. 

Suggested items:
-Individual bottles of water, lemonade, tea, soda, sport drinks, etc.
-Individually wrapped granola bars, energy bars, candy bars, etc.
-Individual bags of chips, crackers, cookies, dried fruit, nuts, etc. 
*Please, nothing that requires long term refrigeration, like dairy products.*

Masked members of the Essentials JAM will accept donations from your vehicle while practicing physical distancing. Drive directly to the main entrance to the right side of the pond, and wait until directed to hand off your donation. Drivers will not need to leave their vehicles. Thank you for your generous support as Habitat for Humanity strives to bring those in need a home.  

New Adult Education Opportunity: Anti-racism Fellowship Facebook Group

We have started a separate Facebook group for people affiliated with our Fellowship who want to learn about racism, anti-racism, and how to be better allies in the struggle for racial justice. This group is for sharing and learning, but think of it like a “class;” there will be topics of focus in a particular order to allow for scaffolded education to understand racism, anti-racism, and become better allies. The work of examining these issues requires commitment, so please engage the work of this group if you choose to join. This group is primarily focused for white people. Black/Indigenous/People of Color are always welcome, though this group might be a place where, as people learn, missteps are made that could be hurtful or harmful. In order to join the group you need to be willing to abide by our Principles for a Healthy Congregation and the ground-rules as stated in the first post on the group page.

You can find the group and ask to join by clicking HERE.

Small Groups

Click HERE for details about all these groups.
  • Fellowship Community Journal
    Ongoing, submit your work to leah@fvuuf.org

    More information HERE.

  • Joyful Mind Zen Sangha
    Saturdays, 7:00 am

  • Men's Group
    First Wednesdays and Third Tuesdays, 7:00-9:00 pm


  • Smiling Dandelion Sangha
    Sundays, 6-7:30 pm


  • Spill it Sister
    Second Thursday of the month, 6:30-8:00 pm


  • Third Thursday Book Club
    Third Thursday of the month, 2:00 pm

  • UU Parenting Support Group
    First Monday of the month, 6-7:30 pm

Notable

Fiscal year pledge reminder

With the current fiscal year coming to an end on June 30, I want to encourage anyone with an outstanding 2019-2020 pledge balance to consider making the final payment by that date.

We understand that some people may be experiencing financial challenges related to job losses or reduced employment during the pandemic. However, we ask that you make your final pledge payments if you are able. If you find you will be unable to fulfill your 2019-2020 pledge, or have any questions regarding your outstanding balance please contact me at phyllis@fvuuf.org or at the Fellowship office 920-731-0849. I will reply to your message as soon as I can. 
All contribution payments received in the office or postmarked June 30th will be applied in the 2019-2020 fiscal year. All payments received after June 30th, and marked as 2019-2020 pledge will be applied as completion of the 2019-2020 pledge. Please be specific when completing the memo section on your check. This year you may also make your pledge payments or contributions via one of the new online options on our giving page. When making an online payment for 2019-2020 please select current year operating, or Oper if you are make a payment via text to give, on or before June 30. Any contributions will be applied to your outstanding pledge balance as appropriate, or as an unpledged gift if no pledge balance is outstanding.

We are grateful for your continued financial support of the Fellowship!

 Phyllis Schmitt – Director of Finance and Operations

The Votes Are In!

A total of 111 of the 146 registered voting members attending our virtual annual meeting on Sunday,  June 14, and 2 members voting via absentee ballots, cast their ballots for the approval of the 2019 annual meeting minutes, month-to-month budget proposal, and 4 governing board & 2 leadership development committee candidates. All were overwhelmingly approved.

Thank you for your participation in this essential part of the Fellowship’s democratic governance process!

Special Collection for Black Futures Lab

At last weekend’s services, we collected $466 for Black Futures Lab. If you missed the opportunity to contribute you can contribute until Friday June 26, 2020 by going to fvuuf.org/give - choose Online Giving or GivePlus Mobile, and select BFL. To text a donation, text 833-278-1690, enter the $ amount, space, BFL ($50 BFL) ,or mail a check to FVUUF with “BFL” in the memo line. Your contribution will support Black Futures Lab in engaging advocacy organizations and legislators to advance local-, state- and federal-level policies that make Black communities stronger. Thank you for your generosity!

Fellowship Pen Pals: you asked, we answered! 

Inspired by the Question Box service, and in answer to, “Are there any ideas of how to keep our children engaged while socially isolating?” we are excited to launch our Fellowship Families Pen Pals program.

Any family or individuals who would like to connect over UU values and lifestyle the old fashioned way- through letters are welcome to participate! In order to comply with our Safer Congregation policy, this will be a family activity. Letters are to be written to and from families. There can be no direct contact between individuals and children.    
 
Contact director of religious education Kim Hartman at kim@fvuuf.org or director of congregational life Marie Luna at marie@fvuuf.org to participate. They will work together to match your family to another family or individual. Once you are matched, we will send writing prompts to help pals to begin to get to know one another and to inspire deeper conversations.  

DACA Update from the Immigration Justice Team


BREAKING NEWS: The Supreme Court rules that DACA is safe for now! 
DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) was implemented in 2012 by President Obama to protect recipients from deportation and allows them to work and pursue educational opportunities. The Trump Administration announced in 2017 that it would terminate this program, and it has been going through the courts ever since. The Supreme Court heard arguments in November of last year on whether the termination was lawful, or possibly whether the creation of DACA was lawful.
 
DACA was never supposed to be a permanent solution. Congress was supposed to come up with a sustainable, permanent option, which the House has done, but the Senate has not brought to the floor. Since 2017, current DACA recipients have been able to renew, but there have been no new applications.  We have 6,600 DACA recipients in Wisconsin, and that number would be doubled if new applications would have been allowed. 
 
Learn more:

If you have 5 minutes: read what the Supreme Court decided
If you have an hour, watch an update about immigration issues from the League of Women Voters- Milwaukee
 
Act:
If you have 5 minutes: Call your Senators and ask them to support H.R. 6, the Dream and Promise Act.
If you have more time: Check out this list from the Interfaith Immigrant Coalition DACA Committee.

Black Lives Matter Lending Library Delivery!

The Fellowship has had a Black Lives Matter Lending Library for several years now. Since we can't visit the building, we are happy to drop off a book for you! Check out this Google sheet and put your name and email address in the column of the book you would like to borrow (limit of 2 books at a time). If you can't access the Google form, contact Marie Luna at marie@fvuuf.org. You will be contacted in order of when you sign up HERE.
Contact Marie if you have a gently used or new book to donate to the Black Lives Matter library.

Virtual Engagement and Involvement

While it is hard to connect in meaningful ways while physically distant, we want to try to do what we can to help. We ask everyone who reads this article to fill out this short 5 minute survey to help us see how people are engaging with the Fellowship while we are not able to be together in person. SURVEY

New to Zoom?

All of our online Sunday services and most of our activities will be happening via zoom. Go to http://zoom.us/test for guidance on how to connect and visit www.tinyurl.com/zoomUU for a tutorial video about how to use it. If you are still having problems, email Marie Luna at marie@fvuuf.org and she will find someone to talk you through it. 

Masks Available at Fellowship Little Free Library

If you have need for a home-sewn mask, we are attempting to make them available in our little free library on Philip Lane in front of the Fellowship. People without masks are encouraged to get and wear them. People who sew or have extra are encouraged to offer them. Please use caution when visiting the library by using a wipe or plastic to touch the handle and/or using sanitizer directly after contact. Also make sure to wash anything you take. We are also accepting donations of cleaning supplies, non-perishable food items, and toilet paper. If masks have all been claimed when you get there, please email leah@fvuuf.org and we will try to get more. Please feel free to spread the word about this resource.

Need a sewing machine to make masks? Contact Marie Luna at marie@fvuuf.org.

Blessing for Healthcare Workers

Click here for a special blessing from Rev. Leah for those who work in healthcare these days, or know someone who does.

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A Note About Fellowship Activities and Staff

Though the Fellowship building remains closed, our virtual doors are open and accessible! Your ministers are available to provide pastoral care and support via phone, email, video conferencing, and social media. Program staff is working to deliver meaningful worship and creative opportunities to engage with the Fellowship community in a variety of ways.
Your administrative staff continues to provide support with limited office presence. All core staff will continue to monitor their voice and email messages and respond to you as promptly as they can.
We will continue to communicate any significant or urgent changes to the Fellowship’s operational status via all Fellowship emails. Normal (or new normal) offerings and activities will continue to be communicated via the Fellowship’s Weekly Scroll. Announcements and events will be posted on our Facebook page and all are welcome to share in our Facebook group.  
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Click here for the June Governing Board meeting agenda.
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