In case you missed the announcement in last week's eNews, we hope you'll check out our newest program at the Society: weekly audio meditations that are just a click away, from a link on the opening page of the First UU website or at uusociety.org/belonging/pastoral-care-associates/. 

There will be a new meditation each Tuesday at 10 a.m. All recordings will be archived so you can listen to them as many times as you wish. Each meditation will be approximately 10-15 minutes long. Find a comfortable place to sit, close your eyes, take a few deep breaths, and begin. We hope you will enjoy these offerings of love and peace from fellow congregants. Feedback welcome. 

Linda Graves, [email protected]

Are you a 7th-12th grader? Yuuth Group is having expanded meetings every Sunday from 12:00-1:30 p.m. We're using that time to teach and learn new skills, play games, watch videos, visit a virtual zoo, cook together, support our community, perform for each other and much more. We hope you can drop by!

For more information on registering for our regular high school youth group which meets every Thursday from 6-8 p.m., contact Gabriel, Youth Ministry Coordinator, at [email protected].

You Can Help Members During These Uncertain Times:

Many members of our Society are unable to make a pledge for the 2020/2021 fiscal year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some have lost their jobs and some are just too unsure of their financial situation to make that type of commitment. These are members who are active in our community, have supported FUUSB financially in the past, and fully intend to support the Society in the future. They just don't feel that they can make a pledge for this coming fiscal year at this time.

We also know that there are other members of our Society that are more financially secure right now and might be able to make a gift in addition to their pledge. A gift that might help cover the loss of pledge income we're seeing in these uncertain times. So with a starter gift from a very generous member, we have created the Angel Fund. The Angel Fund is designed to accept one-time gifts (separate from your pledge) that will help replace lost pledge income due to the pandemic. Our hope is that members who are unable to pledge for the next fiscal year will feel some sense of relief knowing that the Society will not be negatively affected by their inability to pledge at this particular time.

We hope you will consider making a gift to the Angel Fund. Gifts can be made by sending a check to the Society with "Angel" in the memo line or by giving online from our website: uusociety.org/donate. Make sure to mark your gift as going to the Angel Fund. Please contact Christina at [email protected] if you have any questions. Thank you so much for your generosity!