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Save the date for…. UUFR’s Anniversary Celebration

Save the date for…. UUFR’s Anniversary Celebration

Join us for UUFR’s Anniversary Celebration Potluck and ‘70’s Party, after service on December 1 in Fellowship Hall. 2019 is a big year: UUFR is turning 70; so are a lot of baby boomers; Woodstock turned 50; and we get to celebrate! Join us for a ’70’s themed potluck. There will be music, and dancing will be encouraged. Details will be forthcoming. Contact Richard Kevin with questions.

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A New Opportunity ... Try Chalice Circles

A New Opportunity … Try Chalice Circles

Are you looking for a way to get to know other people at more than a superficial level? Are you looking for a place to explore and reflect more deeply on life's big questions? Are you looking for a place where you can practice deep listening with others and be listened to by others? Chalice Circles, UUFR's new small group ministry program, will meet January through June. Visit uufr.org/chalicecircles to learn more and register. Registration ends December 1.

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Message from the Board . . . Finding Focus

Message from the Board . . . Finding Focus

It is hard to believe that it is already November. The challenge of keeping up with the constant, small demands as each day rushes by makes it easy to overlook the big things. So I want to take a moment to assure you that your Board is making a concerted effort to focus on the big things that matter most to the well-being of our UU community. For overview of what's going on, click on Read More Here below.

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Our Stories. Our Voices.

Good morning, everyone. Last week, Reverend Hollister spoke about community care, asking us to take seriously our responsibilities to care for others in our communities. I want to share with you a little bit about my experience with how the Living the Pledge to End Racism workshop empowered me to be a more caring member of this community.

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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.