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We join together to encourage spiritual growth,
build a beloved community, and act for peace and justice.
Sunday, March 25 at 9:30 am & 11:30 am.
"Artificial Intelligence and the Rise of the Robots"
- The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg
with special music by Robert Strasser,
Theodore, Craig, & Stephen Darnell
Invite a Friend to UUCF
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and 'bots' have been in the news a lot this week with Facebook and Cambridge Analytica. Each year, science fiction is becoming more science and less fiction. Do you have a friend, family member, or colleague who may be particularly interested in how we might respond individually and collectively to the rapid increase in automation? If so, this Sunday may be a great time to invite them to join you at UUCF.
9:15 a.m. Childcare for Infants to 3 years (Room 119)
9:30 a.m. Early Service (Sanctuary)
Children 3rd-grade & younger sung to "Arts & Exploration" (Room 123)
10:30 a.m. Middle Hour Religious Education for All Ages
- Friendly Forum: (Room 125)
- Religious Education for all ages (classrooms)
11:30 a.m. Late Service (Sanctuary)
11:30 a.m. UUCF Youth Group (Room 125)
Arts & Exploration for children 3rd grade and below (classrooms)
11:45 a.m. Teens Choir Rehearsal (Chapel)
12:40 a.m. Art Show Closing: T
he Potomac Artists' show, "Spring Break," will close this Sunday, March 25. Please be sure to finalize your purchase from the show before you leave Sunday's service.
This Week
Feldenkrais with Katie Giarth: Thursdays, 5:30 (Chapel)
UU Buddhists Group Meditation:
Thursdays, 7:00 p.m. (Chapel)
Frederick Refuge Recovery Open Meetings: Thursdays, 7:00 p.m. (Room 113).
#MarchForOurLives Poster Party: Friday, March 24, 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Frederick CUUPS Ostara Ritual: Friday, March 24, 7:45 p.m. (Sanctuary)
UUCF Stewardship Celebration: Saturday, March 24, 7:00 p.m. (Sanctuary)
Dismantling Racism Team Meeting: Monday, March 26, 6:30 p.m. (Room 113). All are welcome.
Beginner's Yoga: Tuesdays, 10:00 a.m. (Chapel)
SAC March Meeting: Tuesday, March 27, 5:00 p.m. (Room 113)
Inner Evolution Yoga Group with Julie Hanson: Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m. (Chapel)
Daytime Meditation Group:
Wednesdays, 11:00 a.m. (Room 124) 'Early Bird Special' for new meditators at 10:45 a.m.: 5-minute meditation.
Adult Choir Rehearsal: Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m. (Sanctuary)
General Announcements
Annual Pledge Drive
Once a year, we invite members and friends of this congregation to make a financial pledge to let us know how much you anticipate giving to UUCF in the coming year. These pledges are a vital part of helping us budget responsibly to fund our mission.
March is Pledge Month at UUCF, and Pledge Forms were mailed last week to all members and friends of the congregation. If your pledge did not arrive in the mail, please let the UUCF Office know. You can also pledge online anytime at
frederickuu.org/pledge.
We are asking you to complete your Pledge Form by the end of March, so that we can complete our budget process in time for the congregation to vote on it at the Annual Meeting.
When you complete your Pledge Form, remember UUCF does not ask you to pledge a specific amount. However, we do invite you to consider what it might mean for you to give generously in this season of your life.
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New! Trial UUCF Shuttle Van Service to/from UUCF and the Mount Zion  Park-n-Ride Lot (Elmer Derr Road side): Sundays April 1, April 15, May 6 and May 20. As a means of relieving over-crowding in our parking lot, we will be testing a shuttle van service to/from the Mount Zion Park-n-Ride lots to UUCF beginning next Sunday, April 1 and continuing on our 'Choir Sundays' thru May. Our 15-passenger leased van will begin at 8:20 am for the Choir & then starting at 8:50 am for the Congregation, and continue all morning until 1 pm.
To use the shuttle, simply park in the Park-n- Ride lot on Elmer Derr Road and wait for the UUCF Shuttle Van. The driver will be wearing a UUCF Shuttle hat and a sign will be posted on the van. To go back to your car, just wait by the front door for the van to return to pick up folks.
 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.
Hearing Assistance Technology Team: Do you have trouble hearing services or other events at UUCF? Can you hear everything on Sundays in the Sanctuary? If so, you're not alone. Anne Garnett, friend of UUCF, is starting a Hearing Assistance Technology Team which will explore and test different hearing assistive technologies with our sound system, document how they work and provide a guide for how to use the various technologies at UUCF. If you'd like to help, please contact Anne at [email protected].
Next Week: Work in the Chapel (painting) and Sanctuary (light replacement) will be on-going from Thursday, March 29 through Saturday, March 31 at 6:00 p.m. Groups normally scheduled in those rooms have been rescheduled to other rooms. Please check the calendar here:
frederickuu.org/calendar.
Joys and Sorrows
Sue Thomson will have a varices repair on Friday at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore. She will also soon be having a cardiac catheterization and balloon angioplasty. Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers over the next few weeks.
#MarchForOurLives Poster Party:
Friday, March 23, 3:00 p.m to 6:00 p.m., UUCF. Join us to make posters for the #MarchForOurLives the next day. Whether you'll be on one of our buses or joining a local sibling march, we'll have poster paper, paint and markers!
 Frederick CUUPS Ostara Ritual, Friday, March 23, 7:45 p.m. (Sanctuary). Join Frederick CUUPS for an open, family-friendly Ostara Ritual! On the first day of Spring, when day and night are balanced, Pagans honor that balance and seek it within while rejoicing in the stirrings of life in Nature. We will share an Ostara celebration (led by Irene and Chris). Potluck to follow, please clearly LABEL any offerings with the ingredients included.
 Meditation in Everyday Life
;
Mondays, March 26 thru April 9 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. (Chapel)
One often hears that one enters a meditation course to learn to relax. Although relaxing is often one of the byproducts of Buddhist meditation, the true purpose is to be more fully present in one's life, being present on the spot rather than being riveted about according to one's hopes and fears. It is about being open to whatever arises in one's life.
Meditation is making friends with oneself and developing compassion towards others. We can learn to develop friendship with our mind, skill in how to work with speed and difficulty, and a sense of humor. The journey continues by slowly allowing that mind to relax within itself. We let go of struggling with ourselves. We train in being awake in the present moment.
This program is open to both new and long-time meditation practitioners. It will allow participants to begin a new practice or to deepen one if one has already established a practice. Instructor: Dr. Jerry Webster.
Buddhist monk Bhante Sujatha returns to UUCF:
Easter
Sunday, April 1 at 10:40 a.m.
on "How to Empower Your Mind" (sanctuary). Rumi says, "What you seek is seeking you." The ancient texts of the Buddha tell us that no external condition can be the cause of our happiness, only the mind has that ability. When people understand how they are influenced, the root causes of struggle and what we can do with our minds to make things better, sustainable happiness and radiant joy are the result. (Bhante, a 30+ year Buddhist Monk, is originally from Sri Lanka and is the abbot of the Blue Lotus Buddhist Temple and Meditation Center in Woodstock, IL.)
 UUCF 101: Pathways to Membership: Saturday, April 7, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Are you considering membership at UUCF? Join the Membership Committee for a half-day intensive exploration of Unitarian Universalist history and principles, specific information about our own congregation, and discussion of our individual spiritual journeys. Participants will receive a free copy of the UUA booklet Welcome: A Unitarian Universalist Primer. Light refreshments will be provided. Childcare can be provided with one-week's notice to DRE Lora Powell-Haney at [email protected].
Daytime Meditation Group:
Wednesdays at 11:00 a.m. in room 124, facilitated by Alice MacDonald (
[email protected]
, 240.815.5406). We will begin with 45 minutes of silent meditation, and everyone is welcome to meditate for less time (5 minutes) and then quietly slip out of the room! All are welcome, beginners to long-time meditators. New to meditation? Join us for our 'Early Bird Special: 5-minute meditation' at 10:45 a.m.!
Inner Evolution Yoga Group with Julie Hanson:
Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m. (Chapel). For more information, contact Julie at
[email protected]
.
 Feldenkrais at UUCF: Spring Session ongoing on Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. (Chapel) led by UUCF member, Katie Giarth. Guided attention and gentle movement with an emphasis on sensory learning. Improves posture, flexibility, coordination, athletic performance, mobility, chronic pain, tension and stress. $10/session). Visit:
brainbodymotion.com/ for more information.
 Frederick Refuge Recovery Open Meetings: Thursdays, weekly, 7:00 p.m. (Room 125). Refuge Recovery is a mindfulness-based addiction recovery community that practices and utilizes Buddhist philosophy as the foundation of the recovery process. Drawing inspiration from the core teachings of the Four Noble Truths, emphasis is placed on both knowledge and empathy as a means for overcoming addiction and its causes. Visit:
www.refugerecovery.org for more information.
Social Action News
Split-plate Nominations for 2018-2019 are Open:
Help UUCF's Social Action Committee find 12 deserving charities to be split-plate recipients for our 2018-2019 congregational year. Nominate a non-profit, big or small, to receive half of UUCF's offering plate donations on a Sunday.
Use our
online nomination form
. Paper forms are available in the UUCF office, Social Action atrium cabinet, and Sundays on the table with the Order of Service.
Return forms to UUCF Office or email to
[email protected]
by April 15, 2018.
Monthly SAC meeting was postponed to Tuesday, March 27, 5:00 p.m. because of this week's snow. (Room 113)
Dismantling Racism Team News
Dismantling Racism Team Monthly Meeting: Monday, March 26, 6:30 p.m.(Room 113). Agenda items include scheduling congregational discussions on the 8th Principle, potential split-plate recipient nominations for 2018-2019, among other items. All are welcome.
Community News
Early-bird discounts expire at the end of March! Register now.
Kitsune is a 501c3 educational organization, founded in 2016 by a long-time UUCF member.
Our goal is to create more options for independent living and ongoing education in life skills for a growing population of adults with special needs.
Our focus is on the range of issues which challenge full independence but do not meet requirements for public assistance.
Our inspiration is the people in our lives, family and friends, who rely on a little bit of back up from their family and friends. What will they-especially our children- do when we are gone?
visit: kitsuneinc.org for more information.
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frederickuu.org/announce to submit contributions for the Order of Service or Midweek Email (both due by Wednesdays at Noon) as well as for posting on the
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