Author: Shelly Storm

CFD Director’s Message 3.30.22

Concluding the month of Renewing Faith and beginning the month of Awakening

The ground and waters surrounding us are in the process of thawing, and it feels like UUFM is going through a similar process after two long years. It has been so pleasant smelling the coffee … read more.

CFD Director’s Message 3.23.22

“To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don’t grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.” Alan Watts

…I am here for you, just an email or a … read more.

March 23, 2022 Minister’s Message

Dear Ones,

The US Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman wrote this in the poem she presented at Joe Biden’s Inauguration: “There is always light./Only if we are brave enough to be it.” War continues, violence continues, poverty continues, addition continues, oppression continues, bigotry continues. Part of … read more.

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We Are Opening! 3.20.22

From the UUFM Board and the Minister

The pandemic cloud is lifting, and brighter days are right around the corner. After two years of living & worshipping virtually, we are ready to the throw the doors open and welcome everyone in for Sunday services and coffee  … read more.

March 16, 2022 Minister’s Message

Dear Ones,

UUFM is opening! I know for some of you, these are the words you have longed to hear. Opening means you don’t need to wear a mask, that you don’t need to keep a physical distance, that you can go downstairs to the Fellowship … read more.

CFD Director’s Message 3.16.22

“…In almost every instance of our lives – our social lives – we are, if we pay attention, in the midst of an almost constant, if subtle, caretaking. Holding doors open, offering elbows at crosswalks, letting someone else go first, helping with the heavy bags, … read more.

March 9, 2022 Minister’s Message

Dear Ones,

Our Soul Matters Sharing Circle packet, on the March theme of “Renewing Faith,” suggested the2016 Martin Scorsese film Silence. It documents the efforts of two Portuguese Jesuits in 1640 to find a lost padre in Japan after the Japanese government bans Christianity. The film … read more.

March 2, 2022 Minister’s Message

Dear Ones,

Several times this week, I have come across this meme on Facebook. I have even re-posted it myself, because it speaks to part of the theology about living fully that I practice in this one life of which we are certain. It’s from writer … read more.