“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 phone call away. I am now currently holding office … Continue reading CFD Director’s Message 3.23.22
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 the wide world and also part of our immediate … Continue reading March 23, 2022 Minister’s Message
UUFM PRIDE SHIRTS!!!!! Show your pride! Adult shirt is a blend of organic cotton and recycled poly. Shirts available to purchase on Sunday’s after services for $10.
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 hour. Based on Board action taken March 3, since … Continue reading We Are Opening! 3.20.22
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 Hall and enjoy coffee hour with companions you love … Continue reading March 16, 2022 Minister’s Message
“…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, reaching what’s too high or what’s been dropped, pulling someone … Continue reading CFD Director’s Message 3.16.22
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 explores sources of divinity and the challenges of keeping … Continue reading March 9, 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 and illustrator Mari Andrew: I am drawn to … Continue reading March 2, 2022 Minister’s Message
This month’s 2nd collection funds will be used for the ECHO Food Shelf. For the month of March Minnesota Food Share will proportionally match all donations to ECHO. That means that your donations during this time go further to provide food to our community. For more than 30 years, Minnesota Food Share has coordinated the March Campaign, the … Continue reading 2nd Collection for March 2023 ECHO Food Shelf
Welcoming the month of Renewing Faith… I have to admit, it’s felt like a heavy week to be beginning this monthly theme. Yet, that is part of the reason why it feels important to me. So many of the people in proximity to me and around the globe are feeling the weight of deep loss and … Continue reading CFD Director’s Message March 2, 2022
