We join together to encourage spiritual growth,
build a beloved community, and act for peace and justice.
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Sunday, May 19
9:30am & 11:30am
"
Shifting Your Mindset
”
& "Blessing New Voices"
The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg with Cole Bromfield
with special music by Nick Int Veldt
Spread the word & Invite a Friend!
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Sunday, May 19, is our annual Transitions services. Rev. Carl will preach on “Shifting Your Mindset” along with our High School senior Cole Bromfield on “Blessing New Voices.” Our Adult Choir will sing. If you have a friend, family, member or colleague is who may particularly appreciate this theme, invite them to join you at UUCF. (Arrive a few minutes early if you can, the Prelude often starts a few minutes before the service start times.)
Readings for Resistance & Resilience:
Sunday, May 19, 10:30 a.m. Sanctuary.
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,
“I've Been to the Mountaintop”
(April 3, 1968) (
The Radical King,
p. 265-275)
Friendly Forum
will join the discussion this week.
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Sunday School Teachers/Assistants NEEDED for 2019-2020!
There is NO BETTER WAY to make a lasting impact on our UU future, or learning more deeply about your own UU identity than volunteering in Religious Education! Teachers and assistants needed!! Please fill out the form if you are interested in being a Sunday School teacher or assistant for the 2019-2020 school year. We ask for a commitment 2x per month September-May during the middle hour. All of our teachers and assistants must be background checked and screened. Thank you for considering, Nichole will be in touch with you!
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UUCF Coffeehouse Open Mic:
Saturday, May 18, 7:00 p.m. (Sanctuary)
Please join us. This is the perfect opportunity to share your talents with an appreciative crowd! Everyone gets a chance to do two or three pieces and if there's time at the end, one or two more!! Hope to see you there! Of course, if you aren't up to taking the stage, every performer LOVES an audience! Feel free to bring snacks or even dinner. As always, BYOB! This event is free, but donations are gratefully accepted. For more information, email
UUCFCoffeehouse@gmail.com
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May Full Moon Labyrinth Walk & Releasing Fire:
Saturday, May 18th, 8:30 - 10 pm, Chapel.
Come enjoy the beauty and peace of the Labyrinth by the light of the full moon
! Weathe
r permitting, this will be an outdoor, drumming walk. The first half hour will be a quiet walk, the remainder drumming, so feel free to bring hand drums and other percussion instruments. This labyrinth walk will include a central fire for your use - you can release what does not serve, charge objects for sacred use, scry, or just enjoy the flames. If you haven't walked a Labyrinth before, there is no ceremony or ritual. A Labyrinth Walk is safe, open Sacred Space for personal exploration. Please plan to arrive by 9 pm to allow enough time for your walk. Recommended donation $5.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2037096953259604/
Ethics of
Black Mirror
Class with Rev. Carl:
Tuesdays thru May 21, 7:00 p.m. (Room 113)
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One Sunday Service for the Summer Begins Next Sunday!
10:30 a.m. in the Sanctuary. Friendly Forum at 9:15 a.m. (Rooms 113/115)
Serve Meals at Asbury:
Asbury United Methodist (101 West All Saints St.) is one of the oldest African-American churches in Frederick with roots dating back to 1818. They have asked for our help to serve free meals (spending no more than ~$50) on 2nd Tuesdays to people in need with the goal of connecting recipients with various different community service agencies. For details or to sign-up, visit
frederickuu.org/asburymeals
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"We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.”
The Multifaith Alliance of Climate Stewards (MACS) of Frederick County joins people of all faiths to raise awareness and host educational and direct action events. Email Barb Trader (
btrader72@gmail.com
) to add you name to our contact list to learn more about upcoming ways to act for climate justice.
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UUCF Annual Business Meeting
If you are a UUCF Member, please
save the date for Sunday, June 2 at 11:45am
to attend our annual business meeting, which will begin 15 minutes after the Sunday Service ends. (We’ll hold one Sunday Service for the summer at 10:30am, starting Memorial Day Weekend.) Our UU Fifth Principle includes practicing the "democratic process within our congregations," and all UUCF members are encouraged to be informed and involved. If you are unable to attend the meeting, please give your written proxy vote form (available in the UUCF Office) to a UUCF member who will be there to help ensure we have a quorum.
To provide a snack after the service and before the annual meeting, please bring a finger-food potluck dish to contribute if you are able. ("Finger-food" means no items that need heating, cutting, or serving utensils. Among many possibilities, examples include veggie platters, sandwich rolls, fruit trays, bread/crackers, hummus/cheese, brownies/cookies/cupcakes, etc.) UUCF will provide cold drinks.
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Call to Action from the Rev. Dr. William Barber II:
Rev. Dr. William Barber II, co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call For Moral Revival and president and senior lecturer of Repairers of the Breach, met with Rosa Gutierrez Lopez yesterday and spoke of the “Empire of Evil,” terrorizing immigrants and communities of color, and equated Rosa's struggles with those of civil rights icon Rosa Parks.
Rev. Barber urged those gathered at Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church, where Rosa has lived in sanctuary for almost 5 months, to call elected officials from city hall to the White House and seek freedom for Rosa and all immigrants seeking freedom from “illegal deportations.”
“Let us fight to save the country right now. Even though there are some people so mean they don’t even realize they need saving,” Rev. Barber said as Rosa stood at his side. “It is our time. Let us do everything we can so that our children’s children will hear what we’ve done and be honored, and that they too will call the name or ‘Rosa,’ just like they call the name ‘Rosa Parks.’ You are our Rosa in this fight,” he proclaimed.
TODAY, please take 5 minutes to call your Congressional Representatives and Senators and ask them to intercede on Rosa's behalf with ICE, and help secure a stay of deportation while her asylum case is being considered. Download phone numbers and scripts for leaving messages
here
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May Flowers have Arrived! Join us for these Activities this
Month!
Labyrinth Walk, Yoga, Coffeehouse, Book Club and more - there's lots to do here at UUCF. Click the link below to see what's going on at UUCF in May!
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