We are welcoming, open and affirming to all. Our services begin at 10:30 a.m. Sundays. Religious exploration for school-age children and childcare for preschoolers are available from September to May. Learn more about us and what happens Sundays at UUFF.
Our growing Unitarian Universalist fellowship is led by Rev. Leslie Ahuvah Fails, who joined UUFF in September 2015. About half our Sunday Services are lay led or feature guest speakers, ensuring a diversity of topics and voices.
Coordinator of various UUFF Fashionistas: Eric Muehling Music: Marsha Sousa
For our Whale Coast visitors, UUs will showcase distinctive outfits worn in all seasons. Warmth vs. style? Or both? Gliding down the catwalk, our UU runway models will wear magnificent parkas rated to 60-below, kuspuks, Carhartts, snowsuits, Bunny boots, goose-down dresses, mosquito hoods, face masks and whatever. See how Alaskans dress for work, play, and Sunday service.
Minister: Rev. Leslie Ahuvah Fails Lay Leader: Laurie Walton Music: Laurel Holmes
Trans women of color were the catalysts behind the modern LGBTQ civil rights movement, but their contributions are often omitted from stories about the struggle’s past and present. This sermon will seek to clear the fog transphobia casts over our history and lift up the wisdom of trans women and the beauty of trans lives.
Program Leaders: Jeanne Olson & Susan Grace Music: Marsha Sousa & Susan Grace
Superheroes have been relentlessly fighting Injustice and Tyranny even before Earth knew of Superman, Batman, Green Hornet, and Wonder Woman. Facing impossible odds, superheroes often risk everything, and ask for nothing in return. They have specific character qualities that enable them to persevere and succeed. Who is your Superhero? Who is your Solomon Grundy? If you had the power to do anything you wanted, good or bad, how would you use that power? This Sunday, we’re inviting the younger generations to also join us to consider these thoughts and more, in a multi-generational service. Don the attire of your favorite famous superhero or come as another yet-unrecognized-by-DC-Comics superhero. (Hint: consider what your superpower is and then figure out your name). It’s promising to be the greatest assembly of superheroes on the Planet Earth…. right here at UUFF.
Speaker: Susan Fitzgerald Leader: Rev. Leslie Ahuvah Fails Music: Marsha Sousa
Susan Fitzgerald, who spent much of her life in Alaska, has dedicated herself to providing relief to refugees and asylum seekers who have crossed the border into New Mexico. Join us in welcoming her for a special program to learn about how we can show up for our refugee neighbors. During the service we’ll take up a special collection to support her life-saving work.
Minister: Rev. Leslie Ahuvah Fails Lay Leader: Holly Blood Music: Vera Alexander
How do we make the struggle for justice into “the most pleasurable human experience?” How do we confront the obstacles that stand in between us and full acceptance of our bodies, our abilities, our chance to experience joy and love in this life? This service will ask what becomes possible when we — in the words of writer adrienne maree brown — “awaken within ourselves the desires that make it impossible to settle for anything less than a fulfilling life.”
Leaders: Rev. Leslie Ahuvah Fails and Molly Lemen Music: Marsha Sousa
A celebration to honor all among us who have mothered. After the service, we will share a meal together and take part in our fellowship’s annual business meeting. Lunch will be provided.
Minister: Rev. Leslie Ahuvah Fails Lay Leader: Lisa Sporleder
“Don’t tell me what you value. Show me your budget, and I’ll tell you what you value.” -Joe Biden
Where we spend our resources — our time, energy, talents, and money — sends a message to the world about what we hold dear. In the shadow of Alaska’s budget crisis and the political fistfight over where to allocate funds, today’s program explores the spiritual implications of our relationship with money.
Coordinators: Dave Frey and Marilyn Richardson Speakers: Various UUFF Folks Music: Marsha Sousa
The art of hospitality is the practice of generosity at its most personal. Marilyn Richardson and Dave Frey will explore the significance of hospitality as a spiritual practice. Several speakers will give examples of how their experience of hospitality has impacted their lives.
Minister: Rev. Leslie Ahuvah Fails Lay Leader: Holly Blood Music: Vera Alexander
Flower Communion is a ritual celebrating beauty, human uniqueness, diversity, and community. Originally created in 1923 by Unitarian minister Norbert Capek of Prague, Czechoslovakia, the Flower Ceremony was introduced to the United States by Rev. Maya Capek, Norbert’s widow. Flower communion is a ritual that will involve creating and then sharing flowers. Join us for this uplifting, colorful celebration of hope and possibility!
Speaker: Andy Harrington Lay Leader: Cam Leonard Music: Laurel Holmes
Andy Harrington is a long-time member of a local Baha’i community, and he will introduce us to that faith. A small Baha’i choir will accompany Andy and share some music.
