Happy New Year! My first column of 2025 is a bit of a bummer, but a timely topic, so here goes. As some of you know, my wife Shay got COVID from an exposure at her workplace last Friday, and we found out after I got home Sunday. She tested positive on Monday. She’s doing … Continue reading January 8, 2025 Minister’s Message
Aside from tonight’s cookie exchange, there isn’t anything out of the ordinary going on at UUFM for the remainder of the month aside from the extra services we have going on (Solstice and Christmas Eve). Friendly reminder that this Sunday’s service will also be an intergenerational, no-rehearse pageant service, so please let Macey know if … Continue reading CFD Director’s Message 12.18.24
It’s hard to believe that this is already my last column of this calendar year! I thought I’d take this moment to lift up some of what we have accomplished together in 2024, above and beyond all of our regular activities like worship, children’s faith development, Soul Matters, and a wide range of committees, teams, … Continue reading December 18, 2024 Minister’s Message
My wife and I just returned a few days ago from a trip to Mexico that had originally been scheduled for our wedding anniversary in October, but was postponed when I spent most of that month sick with COVID and then a slow recovery. We said even before we left that one of the silver … Continue reading December 11, 2024 Minister’s Message
December’s theme of presence not only invites us to be with the joy and wonder of the season, as we gather with loved ones, tour the local lights, or play in the snow, it also asks that we consider the more difficult, uncomfortable emotions that arise. When we practice presence with grief, frustration, and anger, … Continue reading CFD Director’s Message 12.11.24
Upcoming Activities: December Activities: Intergenerational Hiking at Rasmussen Woods, Saturday, December 14th, 10am https://uufm.breezechms.com/form/2cf88a23845 Youth Group – Crafts and charcuterie, December 11th, 6:30-8pm https://uufm.breezechms.com/form/49b057151612 UUFM Cookie Exchange, December 18th, 6:30-8pm https://uufm.breezechms.com/form/c5d68e To come in the new year: Social Justice Book Study: Let This Radicalize You, January 8th, 2024, 6:30-8pm https://uufm.breezechms.com/form/404199
As we close out the month of repair, I am reflecting on a practice that is new to me that I have just recently begun exploring, which is ancestral healing. As Unitarian Universalists, we come together with various beliefs about what might happen beyond this bodily life, and I appreciate that we humbly recognize the mystery … Continue reading CFD Director’s Message 11.27.24
This week, there are a wide range of ways we might be observing the Thanksgiving holiday. Some are celebrating with family or friends, either as hosts or as guests. Some are having a special meal in a restaurant. Some are not celebrating at all, for a variety of reasons including those who express solidarity with … Continue reading November 27, 2024 Minister’s Message
Our next book will be Less is More, by Cecile Andrews and Wanda Urbanska. We’ll meet on Wednesday January 22 at 5:45 pm. Here is one of the Amazon blurbs for the book: Less stuff, less stress – more freedom, more joy. Our obsessive pursuit of wealth isn’t working-people are afraid and anxious; we’re destroying the … Continue reading Book Discussion Group ~ Less is More, by Cecile Andrews and Wanda Urbanska on Wednesday, January 22nd at 5:45 pm
This week’s activities: Tonight! Youth Group, Wednesday, November 20th, 6:30-8pm https://uufm.breezechms.com/form/49b0571516 Art Journaling and Ornament Crafting, Sunday, November 24th, 11:30am-1pm https://uufm.breezechms.com/form/6482e994938457328676
