April 2021
Coffee Chat
Grab a cup of coffee and 'virtually' hang out with your UU friends. You can join the chat using your computer or phone. We will continue to meet 'virtually' each week until we are able to meet again in-person. Click here to join the chat --> https://uufws.org/virtual-coffee-chat
Find out more »Membership Committee Meeting
This is the monthly meeting of the Membership Committee. The goal of the Membership Committee is to create a welcoming environment with a special emphasis on visitors and new members. Meetings are on the third Thursdays at noon. Email Suzanne at membership@uufws.org with questions. Join here: https://uufws.org/virtual-membership-committee-monthly
Find out more »Board of Trustees Meeting
Join here: https://uufws.org/virtual-board-meeting
Find out more »Humanism with Heart
Why Do I Need You? Please join us to watch and discuss "Why Do I Need You?" from the series, The Brain with David Eagleman. In this episode, Dr. Eagleman explores how the brain relies on other brains to thrive and survive. This neural interdependence underpins our need to group together, and our ability to do the very best and the very worst of things to each other. Use this link to join the Zoom meeting https://www.uufws.org/virtual-humanism-with-heart
Find out more »Friday Joys @ 11 with Joyce
Come share a joy that you experienced this week. Each Friday at 11, we’ll light the chalice and take turns sharing our joyful experiences to kick off the weekend. Did you get that great parking space at the grocery store? Did you connect with a long lost friend? Did you start a new hobby? All joys, big and small, are welcome. If you don’t have a joy to share, join us anyway and bask in the positivity! We look forward to joyful sharing! Click to join the meeting: https://uufws.org/virtual-joys-with-joyce
Find out more »Forum: Adult Ed and Discussion
Drawdown - Resources and Action on Climate Change - Speaker: Tim Binkley - Tim Binkley from Parkway United Church of Christ will discuss The Drawdown Project and The Drawdown Review. https://www.drawdown.org/. Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming offers ways for all of us to take action on the issue of climate change. Join online here –> https://uufws.org/virtual-forum
Find out more »Sunday Worship Service
10:30am Sunday Worship Service (streaming online) Click here to stream the service —> https://uufws.org/virtual-worship-service New here? Join a Zoom breakout after the service. Directions provided at the end of the service. Intimidated by watching online? Click here for our Guide to Joining Online Events. THIS WEEK’S TOPIC
Find out more »Youth Group Gathering
Youth in middle and high school will meet virtually to check in, connect, play games, talk strategy, and make plans. Join us online until we can gather again safely in-person. Email Pam Lepley with questions or to be added to the Youth Group email list. Join here: https://uufws.org/virtual-youthgroup
Find out more »YoUUngish Group
YoUUngish is a Fellowship group for members and friends in the 21(ish) - 40 (ish) age group. In the spirit of supportive connection, we will have virtual YoUUngish meetings on Zoom every Sunday at 8:30 pm. Follow this link to participate: https://uufws.org/virtual-youungish-sundayevenings and email Alicia Marsh at youungish@uufws.org for the password.
Find out more »Meditation Mindfulness: Monday Mornings
This meditation hour is open to everyone who practices any form of meditation. If you're not someone who practices meditation/ mindfulness but you're interested and you want to know more, this program is also for you.
Find out more »Writing as a Spiritual Practice
“Writing as a Spiritual Practice” functions as a 'virtual' drop-in group. Once you register through the Zoom link https://uufws.org/virtual-writing-spiritual-practice, you can choose to attend as many sessions as you like, using the same Zoom link every time. Please arrive on time to any session that you attend. After we take a moment to say hello and introduce ourselves, I will share a quotation and a writing prompt - then everyone will write for about ten minutes. Bring paper and a pen or pencil - of course it's also fine if you prefer to write on your laptop.
Find out more »Wednesday WebChats
Join Caron each week for a check-in about all-things-membership! Bring your questions and stories from the week. If you're a Fellowship leader, consider co-hosting and sharing your news with members. Email Caron at coordinator@uufws.org with questions and/or interest in co-hosting. Sign in here: https://uufws.org/virtual-wednesday-webchats
Find out more »Aging Well: Expanding Horizons Virtual Book Sharing Club
Aging Well: Expanding Horizons Virtual Book Sharing Club monthly meeting
Find out more »Building Improvements Task Force (BIT) Meeting
Building Improvements Task Force (BIT) meeting
Find out more »Choir Practice
The Fellowship Choir normally rehearses on Wednesday night from 7:00 to 8:30. While the Fellowship is closed for the coronavirus epidemic, we will plan to get together online at our regular time. The Music Director will email meeting links directly to all choir members. For information about joining the choir, contact Mignon Dobbins at musicdirector@uufws.org.
Find out more »Friday Joys @ 11 with Joyce
Come share a joy that you experienced this week. Each Friday at 11, we’ll light the chalice and take turns sharing our joyful experiences to kick off the weekend. Did you get that great parking space at the grocery store? Did you connect with a long lost friend? Did you start a new hobby? All joys, big and small, are welcome. If you don’t have a joy to share, join us anyway and bask in the positivity! We look forward to joyful sharing! Click to join the meeting: https://uufws.org/virtual-joys-with-joyce
Find out more »Forum: Adult Ed and Discussion
What's Your Carbon Footprint? Speakers: Angie Vincoli & Gayle Goldsmith - What difference can our habits, daily practices and consumer purchasing decisions really make for the planet? Join UUFWS members Gayle Goldsmith and Angie Vincoli for an eye-opening, data-driven look at that question. Carbon calculators are relevant tools to identify the opportunities we have to make impactful personal changes, and we’ll demonstrate a few and what they teach us. No math skills required! Join online here –> https://uufws.org/virtual-forum
Find out more »Sunday Worship Service
All Earth: Race, Pandemic and Climate - The connection between systemic oppression, the COVID 19 pandemic and environmental/climate devastation is real. As overwhelming as the reality is, facing the truth brings greater wisdom, collaboration and love of life to our Unitarian Universalist-based responses. Speaker: Rev. Karen Brammer, Worship Leader: Kathy Orms
Find out more »Committee on Ministry Meeting
The regular monthly meeting of the Committee on Ministry occurs on the fourth Tuesday of every month at 7 PM. It is not open to others outside of COM members.
Find out more »Friday Joys Welcomes New Host
Friday Joys Welcomes New Host! Effective Friday, April 30, Norma Jean Wilkes will be new host of Friday Joys, to be known thereafter as Friday Joys with Norma Jean. During the pandemic Norma Jean’s joys have included: the gift of having Dustin and Jenny home, walking with family and friends, putting together jig saw puzzles, studying Spanish, listening to podcasts and watching good series. Julie Palm will continue to co-host, and the basic format will remain the same. All joys, big and small, can continue to be shared or celebrated every Friday (except for holidays) from 11:00-12:00 pm. Click on this Zoom link --> https://uufws.org/virtual-joys-with-joyce - Or, call in by phone with this number: 1-646-876-9923. Meeting ID is 796 737 662
Find out more »May 2021
Forum: Adult Ed and Discussion
Forum topic to be announced soon. The Forum is held every Sunday as part of our Adult Religious Education program. The topics vary every week. Visitors and guests are welcome. Join online here –> https://uufws.org/virtual-forum
Find out more »Aging Well: Expanding Horizons Launches First Course
Course Title : The Nordic Theory of Everything: In Search of a Better Life - Why are Scandinavians happier, healthier, and more secure than Americans, despite living in what’s often described as a “socialist icebox?” How do Nordic entrepreneurs thrive in a system that mixes high-tech capitalism with extensive welfare benefits? We’ll explore answers to these and other questions from the perspective of Anu Partanen, a Finnish journalist who moved to New York City with her American husband, before moving back to Helsinki after the couple became parents. We’ll use her book The Nordic Theory of Everything: In Search of a Better Life (Harper Collins, 2016) as background reading for our comparison of the way Finns and Americans experience marriage, childrearing, work and education, medical care, and social life. In the process, we’ll discover what the US could learn from Finland and the Scandinavian countries and what obstacles might exist to incorporating these lessons into life in the U.S. Used copies of Partanen’s book are available for under $10 (including shipping) from both Amazon and Alibris. Interviews with the author are also available on the Internet. Contact Co-Facilitators Mike and Eleanor Stoller with questions. Next week’s announcement will include a registration link.
Find out more »Help Defeat the Climate Crisis!
Project Drawdown's mission is to help the world reach “Drawdown”— the point in the future when levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere stop climbing and start to steadily decline, thereby stopping catastrophic climate change — as quickly, safely, and equitably as possible. Join study group coordinator Gayle Goldsmith as she leads us through the Project Drawdown workbook. Each chapter deals with a different sector (e.g. electricity, agriculture, transportation,) and provides solutions to climate change with actions that can be taken today. Join here: https://uufws.org/virtual1-project-drawdown-monthly
Find out more »First Friday Potluck
Great Food! (because you provide it).
Great Company! (because we will all be there).
Great social distancing! (because Zoom).
What is a ZoomLuck Potluck, you ask? Well, we will all have dinner in our own place, but with a Zoom connection to the group. However, rather than try to have 40 people sharing airtime, we will be randomly placed in small conversation groups of 4 – 8 people. After about 30 minutes the groups will be shuffled again, so we will all have a chance to visit with many people. Please register and the Zoom link will be emailed to you. https://uufws.org/virtual3-firstfriday-potluck-2021
Find out more »Regular Monthly Social Action Council Meeting – all are welcome
This is the regular monthly meeting of the Fellowship Social Action Council (SAC). All are welcome. Only officers may vote, but input is welcome from all. If you would like to add an issue to the agenda for discussion, please send an email to sac@uufws.org. Join here: https://uufws.org/virtual-social-action-council-monthly
Find out more »Stewardship Committee Meeting
This is the regular monthly meeting of the Stewardship Committee.
Find out more »EcoSolutions Quarterly Meeting
Let's Implement Lessons from our Climate Crisis Series! After our April Sermon & Forum series on the Climate Crisis, it is time to make plans individually and as a Fellowship to implement change. Please join our EcoSolutions meeting to review the April activities and previous projects and to discuss and plan for our next steps. Join here: https://uufws.org/virtual2-Eco-May-quarterly
Find out more »Finance Committee Meeting
Monthly meeting of the Finance Committee
Find out more »Care Committee Meeting
Monthly meeting of the Care Committee
Find out more »Q and Friends Weekly Drop In
Q and Friends is a group for LGBTQ persons and Allies. We meet once a week on Zoom from 7:30 - 8:30. It's a drop in group. No reservation required. Come as you are. See your friends and meet new people!
https://uufws.org/virtual-q-and-friends-weekly
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Congregational Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the congregation will be held after the service on the 23 of May. Detail will be available as the date approaches.
Find out more »January 2023
Sunday Worship Service
"The Serenity Prayer, Part 3" - In the first in a series of sermons on the Serenity Prayer, I spoke about a relative who could not let go of many things. This habit of holding on to what he could not change or control led to many negative consequences in his relationships and life trajectory. In my second sermon, I talked about a man who had held on to regret and guilt to the point it controlled his life. However, unlike the person in the first sermon, he found a way to let go of what he could not change. Furthermore, he found a way to move toward actions that would be healing for himself and those who had been hurt by his actions. Finally, he summed the courage to act – to walk toward the unknown. In my final sermon in this series, I will talk about two people who followed the prayer's wisdom to an extraordinary degree. Their lives show us the relevance, power, and importance of the Serenity Prayer. This sermon series reflects a progression from zero to full recognition of the Serenity Prayer's wisdom. The examples I use in all my sermons are extreme cases. But that fact makes them excellent teachers to illuminate the wisdom of the Serenity Prayer for all of us. I look forward to continuing and concluding my sermon series on the wisdom of the Serenity Prayer. Speaker: Rev. Ed Brock, Worship Leader: Emily Huneycutt
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