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Dirt, Blood, and Grace: Meditations on War

Chris Wise

Time to Register for Spiritfest!

Time to Register for Spiritfest!

Spiritfest is UUFR’s annual retreat, a place and time for all ages to come together, relax, have fun, and maybe learn something new. It’s a great way to meet new people and strengthen friendships. It starts Friday night, Aug. 31 and ends Sunday noon, Sept. 2. You can come for the whole weekend, or just the day, whatever works with your schedule. It’s held near Fayetteville at Camp Rockfish, where you can float the creek, swim, do arts and crafts, yoga, drum, and learn some songs to sing around the campfire. The Saturday night Cabaret is always fun. Go to the Spiritfest website below to register and for more information. AUGUST 17 is the final day to register! Contact: [email protected]

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A Prayer for Difficult Times

A Prayer for Difficult Times

O God, it’s hard to know what to say, hard to know what to pray sometimes when fear, sadness, anger, and confusion come over me. This world is so beautiful and so terrible at times, people so magnificent and so malevolent. It’s hard to know how to feel with all the wonder and horror happening at the same time.

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Michos-Irwin Award

Michos-Irwin Award

Our Board of Directors is pleased to announce that the 2018 recipient of the Michos-Irwin Award is Bob Fitzgerald. Bob and his wife Gayle have been active members of UUFR for approximately thirty years. A former President of our Board, Bob has served on the building committee, the ministerial search committee, and the long-term planning committee, among others. Most recently, he has agreed to serve on the Finance Committee. Thank you, Bob, for your continued service and dedication to our UUFR community. Your endeavors have helped us become the congregation that we are today.

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Our Stories. Our Voices.

The first time I heard about Unitarianism was while studying for a Master’s degree in English. I was taking a class on Emerson, Whitman and Thoreau – a sort of Unitarian trinity. It was the essays of Emerson that had the most impact on my religious and spiritual life, and eventually led me to the doors of UUFR. Read the full testimonial.

I first came to UUFR in the summer of 1998. I’d just moved to Raleigh, didn’t know anyone here, except Don, my (now) husband. I was raised in a UU church in NY and, after a hiatus, felt ready to re-engage with a spiritual community. Read the full testimonial.

UUFR is the place where I nurture so much of what’s good in my life: my meditation practice at the Monday night mindfulness group, my desire to serve my community at LEAP and at our monthly Interfaith Food Shuttle project, my writing practice at the Wednesday night writing group, my social activism on the UUFR Acts! Facebook page. And last but not least, it’s in this sanctuary that I am often filled up with the knowledge that life can be hard and beautiful at once, and that I am not alone on this journey. Read the full testimonial.

Being a Unitarian Universalist doesn’t work for everyone. There’s no group-wide theology to hold tightly to, no threat of damnation or promise of heaven, only what UU theologian Rebecca Parker calls “freely chosen and life-sustaining interdependence.” Read the full testimonial.

UUFR is a place where I can raise my children in a faith that affirms the worth and dignity of every person regardless of skin color, religion or sexual orientation.

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