Forming a Great Kitchen Team now!  Do you like to cook, bake, or just enjoy working in a team in the kitchen?   On Saturday evening, March 24, our Stewardship Committee is hosting a Wine, Heavy Hors-D'Oeuvres, and Dessert Gala.  We'll be serving a variety of yummy finger foods, as we did last year.  We need a team of wonderful people who can assemble the food during the afternoon, starting at 2 and going until  6:30.  You can work for as little as one hour, or more, of course.  Can you help?  This will be great fun.  The food will be mostly ready but lots of hands are needed for assembly, heating and chilling, and serving.  BAKERS:  The CLC will provide dessert for everyone as a fund-raising Bake Sale, but they really need lots more baked goods.  Can you provide some?  For either joining the Kitchen Team or for bringing baked goods, please contact Nancy Roblin at 301.662.8506 or  [email protected], or sign up on the sheet in the left cabinet in the Atrium.  

UUCF Budget Requests Due 3/12:  As we seek to align our spending with our mission ("We gather to encourage spiritual growth, build a beloved community, and act for peace and justice"), the UUCF board requests that you include in your budget request a brief description of how each requested amount of money will enable your group to help us support one or more areas of our mission in the next congregational year (July 2018 - June 2019). Although the board understands that new opportunities sometimes develop during the year--such that what you propose may not match what you eventually can accomplish-to the extent possible, please specify not only the activities planned, but also the results hoped for. (For example, $XXX for YYY trips/activities to effect change in legislation affecting ZZZ justice issues). The board also welcomes short "wish lists" of other goals/programs/events you'd like to do if we had additional money to give you.  These lists help our long-term planning and stewardship efforts by providing our community a vision of "what might be" if we had more financial support. Please email budget submission no later than  Monday, March 12  to the following three email addresses: [email protected]; [email protected] or [email protected].

Your Circle of Life Cooperative Preschool is now accepting applications for the 2018-2019 School year. We offer weekday preschool for children aged 3 and 4. Our focus is on learning through play, social and emotional skills, and creative problem-solving skills. F or more information, visit us at: frederickuu.org/circleoflife.

Gardening Group: Spring is Just Around the Corner! Rick Anderson, our facilities manager, has asked Alice MacDonald to help coordinate a list of folks who might be interested in helping periodically for an hour or two, as needed, to maintain our flower beds. Tasks could include: weeding, pruning, trimming bushes or planting perennials and bulbs. To join, please email Alice MacDonald at [email protected] or signup at the Adult Ed closet in the Atrium.

Joys, Concerns & Sorrows

Doug Foard is improving incrementally. He is still in ICU on respiratory support, but a less restrictive kind, so he can talk. He is doing some limited physical therapy. He is still in the ICU, so visits and calls are not possible at this time, but cards can be sent to: Ann and Doug Foard, 38998 Bolington Rd, Lovettsville, VA 20180 -3046. Please keep Ann and Doug in your thoughts or prayers.

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