We join together to encourage spiritual growth,
build a beloved community, and act for peace and justice.
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Sunday, October 25
10:30 a.m. Sunday Service
"Spiritualism, Spookiness, & Universalism"
- Rev Carl with Irene Glasse as liturgist
Special Music:
Kindred Crow ("a little bit Celtic, a little bit Tribal, and a ton of fun") -- and Deb Int Veldt, Danielle Grace, & Nick Int Veldt
Please spread the word about our online Sunday Services
to anyone you know who may be interested.
9:00 a.m. UU Buddhist Fellowship: Group Meditation & Discussion:(Zoom link available at frederickuu.org)
11:30 a.m. Virtual Coffee Hour
(Same Zoom Room as Sunday Service)
11:45 a.m. Friendly Forum: "Five Wishes: End of Life Planning," facilitated by Becky Smock (If possible, please preview this resource beforehand)
3:00 p.m. Atheists/Humanists/Agnostics (AHA)
Discussion Group
Regularly check our homepage for
the next 7 days of online opportunities:
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General Announcements
“Frederick County Food Drive” (Oct 1-25)
Increased demand due to the coronavirus pandemic has left the cupboards bare at the Frederick Community Action Agency food bank. UUCF is a co-sponsor of this effort to help feed the thousands in Frederick County who are without food security. Consider how you can participate, through food/paper goods donations, financial donations, and/or volunteering at the food bank or soup kitchen this month. Visit: https://sites.google.com/view/frederickfooddrive2020/how-to-help to learn more about what is needed and how you can help to meet those needs.
Update from Tom Barratt on UUCF's Adopt-a-Road Efforts:
- We ended the 2020 Adopt-a-Road season with great weather and a productive year. Even though we had to cancel the Q-3 event due to COVID 19 the summary for the year was on par with 2019. Elmer Derr Road looks great, The Q-4 report to the County Highway Department and year end summary are attached.
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Thanks to everyone who participated. Special recognition goes to UUCF Member, E.T.Cullen, for the many times during the summer that we walked the road picking up litter, It is in his neighborhood and he wants it to look clean.
UU Post-Election Community Gathering
Save the date. Thursday, November 5, 8:00 p.m. ET. No matter the results of the election this year, we know we will want to gather in community. Please save the date and join the UUA, Side with Love, and UUA President Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray for this event. Hosted on Zoom, Facebook Live, and YouTube.
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Ongoing Classes & Events* |
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Jubilee Anti-Racism Training:
Learning Together About Systemic Racism
Friday, November 13 at 6:00 pm -
Sunday, November 15 at 6:30 pm (EST)
"If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together." - Aboriginal activists group, Queensland, 1970s
Do you wish to deepen your understanding of how race and ethnicity play out in our institutions and our daily lives? Are you ready to take a leading role to nurture a multicultural future in the face of opposing cultural currents? Join us for this life-changing weekend!
All times are Eastern (US); however, since this is an online training, all are welcome since we are not limited by geographical proximity:
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Friday, November 13: 6:00pm to 9:00pm (with a 30-minute break from 7:30-8pm)
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Saturday, November 14: - 9:00am to 8:30pm (with a 30-minute break at 11am, a 2-hour meal break at 1:30pm, and a 30-minute break at 5:30pm)
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Sunday, November 15: Noon to 6:30pm (with a 30-minute break at 5:30pm)
The training includes presentations, discussions, videos, exercises, and small group work. This workshop is open to anyone who wants to journey toward racial justice. Members and leaders of any faith (or no faith) are all welcome!
Goals:
- Develop a shared analysis of racism and its individual, institutional, and cultural manifestations, and
- Begin to apply this common understanding to the history, culture, and institutional structure of our society, and to envision the next steps in taking action.
Topics:
- The history of racism and resistance to racism in the Americas
- Defining racism
- The effects of racism on people of color and on white people
- Dismantling racism
- Claiming and shaping an anti-racist identity
Enrollment is limited so sign up today! $160 per participant. If you are in need of a scholarship please indicate this on the registration form and contact Paula Cole Jones (pcolejones@gmail.com).
Download the flyer here.
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Joys & Sorrows
Celebration of Life for Alice Kleinfeld: Save the date for Wednesday, October 28 at 7:00pm:
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AJ's Special Session: A conversation with Dr. Terry Scott on Sports and Activism
Friday, October 23, 2020
5:00 PM 6:30 PM
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2020 Election Sanity Guide
This guide will help you stay sane and engaged during the 2020 US Elections, without burning out. There’s something for everyone in the resources here: https://www.tenpercent.com/guide.
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#UUtheVOTE's Week of Action:
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Final Push to Election Day
With the 2020 election so close, UULM-MD is mounting its final efforts to contact voters and raise turnout in Maryland and other states. We are calling on all UUs to join us in doing everything we can to support democracy in the next two weeks.
- We use a virtual system for all calls and text messages, so no one uses their own phone number.
- If you have not done this before or need additional training, we will contact you directly or convene another outreach training event.
- You will be able to make your contacts as your schedule permits (between 9 AM and 9 PM) and request additional lists of people to contact as you finish each list.
- We will adjust our messages as options to vote change closer to Election Day.
We have arrangements with two groups in Pennsylvania to join their phone and text banks. You can sign up directly with them:
One PA:
Phone banks target potential voters in underserved communities all around the state, with a focus on the Philadelphia area. Each phone bank begins with a training, and then volunteers go off to make calls. Sign up for one or multiple phone banks at: https://www.mobilize.us/onepa/event/320777/
Pennsylvania Immigration & Citizenship Coalition (PICC):
Virtual phone and text banking through November 3rd to educate new citizens about Pennsylvania’s new vote by mail option and give needed information about voting on Election Day.
Phone and Text banking will be done virtually from the comfort of your home. No previous phone banking experience is necessary! We will train all volunteers before the first phone or text bank.
Materials Needed: laptop, tablet, or computer and internet access
- Text new citizens to remind them to return their mail-in ballot.
- October 24-25 from 12:30-3:30pm
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Training will be offered an hour before each phone bank. Sign up today!
- Call & text new citizens to give them information on voting for Election Day.
- October 26 -November 2
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Training will be offered an hour before each phone bank. Sign up today!
Phone Bank Events through
UU Church of Annapolis:
Currently focusing on North Carolina through UU the Vote and Reclaim Our Vote)
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Glenn Hurowitz, Mighty Earth
Indigenous Communities and the Fight for Climate Justice Amid the Pandemic
October Write Here! Write Now!
Urge Senators to promote environmental justice by providing increased funding for the EPA in impacted communities.
Glenn Hurowitz, CEO of Mighty Earth, spoke with UUSJ about his work; highlighting how corporate practices, deforestation, and the ecological devastation on Indigenous communities affect us all.
As the world scrambles to respond to the impacts of COVID-19, it is more critical than ever that efforts to empower Indigenous communities and protect forests continue as part of the global response.
Mighty Earth is a global environmental campaign organization that works to protect forests, conserve oceans, and address climate change. They work to drive large-scale action towards environmentally responsible agriculture that protects native ecosystems, wildlife, and water and respects local community rights. Mighty Earth focuses on the big issues: conserving tropical rainforests, protecting oceans, and solving climate change.
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Frederick Interfaith Islam Class
Frederick Interfaith will present a fourth and final class in our Learning about Islam program to be online/Zoom on Monday, November 9, 6-8 p.m. The class will be taught by Imam Yahya Hendi, Muslim chaplain at Georgetown University.
Learning about Islam is a series of four classes Frederick Interfaith presents to bring about tolerance and understanding among persons of different faiths and those of the Muslim faith. Imam Hendi stresses the principles of love and education and the approach that “We are together.” He stands for interfaith understanding.
Learning about Islam, the online class, can be accessed by clicking on this link and using the following information:
Topic: Learning about Islam
Time: Nov 9, 2020 06:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 873 5971 9479
Passcode: 123456
One tap mobile
+13017158592,,87359719479# US (Germantown)
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Announcements for our weekly e-newsletter are due no later than Wednesday noon. Please keep your announcement 50 words or less. If you have a graphic for the group or organization, please include that as well. Email to: office@frederickuu.org
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