Happy September (the month of Belonging)! I am now easing back into my responsibilities at UUFM, while parenting my new little one, Aedan. I feel grateful to be back and to be in a position that feels like a good balance with the new role of being a first-time mother. I am looking forward to welcoming … Continue reading CFD Director’s Message 9.7.22
Dear Ones, The happy day is upon us! We gather in from our far-flung places and lives to become once more a congregation celebrating our past, present, and future through our traditional Water Communion, as well as a party and picnic designed to welcome all. I look forward to seeing you on September 11 at … Continue reading September 7, 2022
Rev. Rita is out of the office and away from regular Fellowship business from August 27 through September 5. She returns to duties on September 6. If you need assistance, contact Shelly Storm, Communications and Office Administrator at uumankato@gmail.com and 507-388-5022 or Board President Bob Finley at finbob@charter.net and 507-380-1869. Even when Rev. Rita is … Continue reading August 31, 2022
I am preparing for the new program year, even as I am relishing these last few weeks before we begin again in love. And “relish” is just the right word, for this season holds much to delight the eye and the palate. Saturday morning Farmers’ Market is a feast (and not only for the friends … Continue reading August 24, 2022
Dear Ones, Cicadas have always been for me the ultimate sound of summer. I learned recently that the buzz we generally hear is comprised of the mating calls of three different species. A simple and familiar thing more complex than at first thought. Like the end of summer itself—bittersweet that family time and road trips … Continue reading August 17, 2022 Minister’s Message
Dear Ones, In just one month and one day, the 2022-2023 program year begins anew at UUFM. Though COVID lingers, and its effects continue to devastate vulnerable populations and individual families, we begin to return more securely to in-person gatherings. Many of us have reason to feel fortunate in this time, our families spared or … Continue reading August 10, 2022 Minister’s Message
Dear Ones, I am so grateful for the respite of breezy days in the 80s after the intensity of humid days in the 90s. Today, I notice the flowers encouraged to more thriving, the leaves no longer wilting, after hours of dedicated deadheading and watering. I filled the bird feeders, and the yard is once-again … Continue reading August 3, 2022 Minister’s Message
Our next non-fiction book will be With Custer’s Cavalry by Katherine Gibson Fourgera. We’ll meet on Wednesday, September 28th at 7:00 PM with check in at 6:45 PM. We very much hope to meet in person at UUFM! Gil Hanson recommends this as an easy, interesting read, so we chose it in the spirit of a … Continue reading UUFM Book Discussion Group – September 28, 2022 With Custer’s Cavalry by Katherine Gibson Fourgera
Dear Ones, It is good to be home. My trip east to see friends and family, to experience still-beloved landscapes in Buffalo and Pittsburgh and Elk County, PA, was all that I could have wished for. And much like when I am here in Mankato, I spend my time cultivating relationships and practicing, in the … Continue reading July 27, 2022 Minister’s Message
Rev. Rita is on study leave July 5-17 and on vacation from July 18-24. She returns to Fellowship responsibilities on July 25. When Rev. Rita is away, contact Shelly Storm, Communications and Office Administrator at uumankato@gmail.com and 507-388-5022 or Board President Bob Finley at finbob@charter.net and 507-380-1869.
