We join together to encourage spiritual growth, 
build a beloved community, and act for peace and justice.

Sunday, May 20 at 9:30 am & 11:30 am.      
Transitions Sunday 
- The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg & Samuel Melcher
(Sam is one of our graduating seniors 
and will be attending Amherst College in the fall)
with music by our UUCF Choir


Invite a Friend to UUCF
This Sunday, May 20, don't miss our annual Transitions Sunday. The UUCF Choir will be singing, Rev. Carl & Lora will recognize our children and young people moving up in our Religious Education program, and Samuel Melcher, our graduating senior (who plans to attend Amherst College in the fall), will be speaking. If you have a young person or parent in your life who might find our congregation to be a good fit for them, this might be great Sunday to invite them to join you at UUCF.


This Sunday 
  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)
  9:45 a.m. Children's Choir (K - 2nd Grades) (Chapel)
10:30 a.m. Middle Hour Religious Education for All Ages
                   - Religious Education (classrooms)
                   - UU Buddhist Fellowship Group Meditation & Discussion Group                         (Chapel)
                   - Friendly Forum: May's Split-plate Recipient: African American                           Resource Heritage Society of Frederick (Room 125)
10:45 a.m. UU Parenting Forum (Sanctuary)
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)
12:40 p.m. Atheists/Humanists/Agnostics Study Group (Chapel)
12:40 p.m. Film Screening & Potluck: Come, Sunday (Room 113/115)

May's Split-plate Recipient is the African American Heritage Resource Society (AARCH) of Frederick. AARCH's President, Dave Key, will join us for Friendly Forum to talk about AARCH and the history of the African American community of Frederick County. Please join us on Sunday.

Come See The Results of My Science Project: Sunday, May 20, 10:30 a.m. (Atrium)  The results of my cupcake science-project are in! For all those that helped me by participating this past February, thank you so much. I will be in the atrium between services so you can see the results of my project titled, "Perception vs. Reality: Is Taste in Your Mouth or in the Eye of the Beholder?" I've brought cupcakes again as a special thanks. First come, first served. Kate Seibert

Last Sunday for Purse Sale! Please stop by the Purse table in the Atrium and pick up the perfect purse! 

Atheists/Humanists/Agnostics (AHA) Study Group:  May 20th Nancy Pace will facilitate a review and discussion with UUCF's AHA (Atheists/ Humanists/Agnostics) group on the topic of Stephen Batchelor's Buddhism Without Beliefs -  one of her favorite books. All are welcome.

Film Pre-screening & Potluck: Sunday, May 20, 12:45 p.m. Join Rev. Carl for a screening of the film,  Come Sunday, based on true events about the globally-renowned pastor Carlton Pearson, a prodigy of Oral Roberts, who risked and lost everything when he questioned church doctrine. Rev. Carlton Pearson joined All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 2008 after he was branded a modern-day heretic with his understanding of an inclusive God and his founding of the "Gospel of Inclusion." All are welcome.  


This Week

Feldenkrais with Katie Giarth: *Canceled this week only*

UU Buddhists Group Meditation:  *Canceled this week only**

Frederick Refuge Recovery Open Meetings: Thursdays, 7:00 p.m. (Room 124). 

UUCF Board Meeting: Thursday, May 17, 7:30 p.m. (Room 113). 

UUCF Coffeehouse and Open Mic: Saturday, May 19, 7:15 p.m. (Sanctuary)

Beginner's Yoga: Tuesdays, 10:00 a.m. *canceled Tuesdays, May 22 and 29*

Daytime Meditation Group: Wednesdays, 11:00 a.m. (Room 115 '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

JOB OPENING: Director of Religious Education (DRE):  Lora Powell-Haney has been UUCF's DRE for the past nine years. Her final  Sunday  on staff will be  Sunday, July 29  after which she will be starting an internship at UU Towson as part of her studies to becoming a UU minister. If you know of someone who may be interested and qualified to be UUCF's new DRE, details are at  frederickuu.org/DRE . 
The ideal candidate will coordinate a high-quality Religious Education program for children and youth (nursery through high school). The position is 25 hours/week. Resumes will be received through this Sunday, May 20 (or until position is filled). The start date is as early as 7/1 or as late as 9/4.

New! Trial UUCF Shuttle Van Service to/from UUCF and the Mount Zion
Park-n-Ride Lot (Elmer Derr Road side): Sunday 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 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.
 

Joys and Sorrows

Update on Sue & John Thomson:  John is on Hospice, and they are potentially moving him soon to the Kline Hospice House. In the meantime, Sue writes, "If anyone is comfortable staying with John in our home in downtown Frederick for a few hours to provide me some respite/errand time please give me a call: 240-818-8899. You would only need to be there in case John falls. You would not need to help him up; rather to call 911 and get their assistance."


To contact the Pastoral Care Team, email [email protected].
To join our private Joys & Sorrows Facebook Group (open only to UUCF members and friends), visit facebook.com/groups/JoysAndSorrowsUUCF.


Classes and Events


Film Screening: Sunday, May 20, 2:00 p.m. Merchants of Doubt, Middletown United Methodist Church, 7108 Fern Court, Middletown, MD 21769. Please join us for the MACS Environmental Film Series! Snacks provided.

May Full Moon Labyrinth Walk: Tuesday, May 29, 8:30 p.m. (Labyrinth). Come enjoy the beauty and peace of the Labyrinth by the light of the full moon! Please be sure to arrive by 9:30 pm at the latest. Everyone is welcome. Weather 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. Divination practice is welcome - you are welcome to bring your preferred divinatory tool or just stop by for a reading.

Contentment in Everyday Life: Tuesdays, June 5 - 26, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. 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 is a program on finding contentment in our daily lives. It is not about becoming a Buddhist but searching into the very techniques which Gotama Buddha employed over 3,000 years ago. Well, it worked for him, and it has worked for many people since him in a variety of spiritual traditions. This is not a religious course, but it is about working with techniques that will allow one to enter one's life more fully through the benefits of a mindfulness practice. Cost: $80 (for all 4 sessions) (shared with UUCF) Register at:  
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/contentment-in-everyday-life-with-jerry-webster-tickets-45856484981?aff=es2

UUCF 101: Pathways to Membership: Saturday, June 9, 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]. Sign-up sheet in the RE Cabinet in the Atrium.

Daytime Meditation Group:  Wednesdays at 11:00 a.m. in room 115, 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.!

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 113). 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.

The Buddhist Meditation Group:Thursdays, 7:00-8:30 p.m.(Chapel) The group explores a variety of Buddhist teachings, with a 30-40 minute meditation. All are welcome; no experience necessary! For more information, or to be added to the e-mail list for weekly notices, contact Lynn Wagner at [email protected]. .



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for Rev. Carl's Reflection on the 8th Principle.  For more information on the proposed 8th Principle in general, visit: https://www.8thprincipleuu.org/. All are welcome.


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