YRUU is our high school youth group for ages 14-20. If you want to be a part of YRUU please contact Bre or Susan Grace (479-0779).

From September to May, Religious Exploration (RE) classes are available for elementary school-age children during the 10:30 a.m. Sunday service. Children join their parents in the sanctuary for the beginning of the service, and then depart as a group with their teachers right after the Children’s Story, usually about 10 minutes into the service.

In 2010-2011 our Elementary Class will be working with one of the Tapestry of Faith Curricula, called “Love Connects Us” which will explore our UU values through the ways we are connected by love. This program includes games, activities, crafts, and stories to emphasize our values and principles.
It looks like it will be a fun year!

This year we are making some changes to the Preschool Program as we will be incorporating a lesson in addition to group play time. We will be using the “Chalice Children” Curriculum to help our children gain a better understanding of the values that are important to us as Unitarian Universalists.”

Our preschool children will start the morning in the service for family time, then proceed to the Clara Barton (yellow) Room for lessons. After their lessons, they will move on to the Beatrix Potter (blue) Room for some group play where parents/guardians can sign them out after the service.

For infants and young toddlers who may wish to stay with a parent during the service, there is a soundproof room at the back of the sanctuary so parents can see and hear the service without worrying that a fussy or active child will disturb others.

Sunday, October 4th at noon is the end of the current silent auction. The October table will feature tableware, baskets, etc. If you have anything to contribute, please bring it into the office. November’s table will feature jewelry. We thought it would be a good pre-holiday gift finding offering.

UUFF member Peter Pierson explores the sometimes irreverent, but substantial, paths some of us take to find this place, this UU faith.

Our YRUU (Young Religious Unitarian Universalists) group is open to both middle and high school students in 2010-11. YRUU members attend and participate in the 10:30 am worship service on Sunday mornings and hold there own meetings after service and occasionally meet at other times for good discussions and fun projects. Interested teens can find out more about the national YRUU scene on the web.

Please pick up your child’s covenant and registration form.
Without this information, I am not accurately able to plan for the RE
program, so please do get your information to me. If you are not sure if I
have all of your information, check for your child’s name tag. If they
don’t have a name tag, their registration is not complete. We need 3 more
volunteers to help with the Elementary class. Again, we hare looking for
consistency in the classroom, but also to allow our volunteers a chance to
attend other programs on Sunday mornings. This is a great way to get to
know our children and get to know more about our UU history. By reflecting
on last year’s attendance, the middle school class will only meet once a
month on the first Sunday of the month. Elementary school and preschool
classes will continue to meet weekly during the service.

Raising animals for meat caused UUFF member Shaun L. reflect on many questions involving our relationship with food. When it comes to our food we make choices on a daily basis about what we buy and what we eat. What are the principles or values that guide us when it comes to our food choices? How do these choices affect our own health, the health of our families, and of our communities? There are things that we believe in and want to do that may not be attainable right now; our challenge is finding ground between the romantic and the practical. View the UUA study guide on Ethical Eating at www.uua.org and join us for the last in our series on the topic. There will be a potluck featuring local foods after the service and a chance for discussion. Speaker, Shaun Lott. Lay Leader, Mike Bonilla. Accompanist, Marsha Sousa.

1 to 5 p.m. Day of Free meditation instruction at UUFF hosted by Cold Mountain Zen Center. Stop in at any time throughout the day to join us. Please bring a blanket for yoga and a cushion, mat or pillow to help you be comfortable sitting. Schedule is subject to change. Read More »

Rosh Hashana is one of the most sacred of Jewish holidays. Many refer to it as the Jewish New Year but this a narrow description of a very complex holiday; it encompasses a variety of themes such as remembrance, judgment, renewal, and forgiveness. On this Sunday, the last day of Rosh Hashana, Monte Slusher will speak of the importance of Rosh Hashana and what we can learn from it. Speaker, Monte Slusher. Lay leader, tba. Accompanist, Marhsa Sousa.