Sunday, 4/22, 11am Service: “The Interdependent Web.”
Led by Ren Pasco.
The service will be followed by
EARTH DAY: Sandwiches for Justice Event!
Stay after service and write letters in support of environmental causes.
These are the topics
: pesticide spraying by the Forest Service, the massive hog farm polluting the Buffalo River, and global climate change. Earn a sandwich for your efforts. This event will replace our usual coffee hour. Please see Rebecca Bryant if you have specific questions.
**We will
Share the Plate with Buffalo River Watershed Alliance.
This organization works to prevent pollution of the Buffalo National River watershed through monitoring, advocacy, and public policy initiatives to promote environmentally responsible development and agriculture. Loose collection plate money and specially-designated (please write "share plate" on envelope or check memo line) will be given to this worthy cause. Visit
http://buffaloriveralliance.org/
for more details.**
Sunday Adult Religious Education (ARE), 10 -10:45am:
ARE Discussion Group
:
Meets Downstairs. Join us! This week we'll talk about
"How To Raise a Boy."
The masculine scripts of previous generations seem especially problematic today, in a world run by the aggressive and the bullying. Yet, it appears that Western patriarchal values are crumbling.
https://www.thecut.com/2018/03/teaching-our-sons-to-be-good-men.html
Meditation
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ill be held at 10:00, followed by a short reading and discussion between 10:30 - 10:45.
It doesnʼt matter what type of meditation you do, or if you have ever meditated before, you are welcome to come meditate in the
UUFF Annex building
(across Storer from UUFF in the west-nearest Storer-side of the annex). ALL ARE WELCOME. Enter through the front door.
RE for kids 5+: Kids are invited to spend the 11 o'clock hour downstairs together for a lesson in "Signs of Our Faith."
Sunday Nursery Services available 9:45 am – 12:15 pm
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UUFF member Jeff Barnes was admitted to Washington Regional on Tuesday morning for tests and observation. He's been feeling ill for several weeks and is now getting much-needed care and tests to figure out and address what is causing the illness. He is in room 4102, and has his cell phone as well. Check in on him as you can, and we all hope for a swift diagnosis and recovery!
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Upcoming Events & Announcements
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Stewardship Work Day to be held on Saturday, May 5th, from 9am-Noon.
Join your fellows in having fun and working to beautify UUFF grounds. General neatening up, weeding, planting, etc. If you have gloves and a trowel, please bring them. Prefer inside work? There is plenty of that to be done as well! Come for an hour, two, or more. All appreciated!
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Y'ALL (Young Adults Leading and Learning) has changed weekly meeting day and location.
It is now Mondays at 7pm in the common room downstairs.
Justice Team will have a meeting on Sunday, May 6th at 12:15pm in the Sanctuary.
All are welcome to attend. Contact Rebecca Bryant or Adele Coleman with questions.
Interested in Becoming an OWL Trained Facilitator? We need you!
There are two trainings for levels K-1/4-6 and Grades 7-9/10-12 within driving distance this summer.
Kansas City - June 18-20
Dallas - July 6-8
Please contact Theresa Parrish (
tkparrish56@gmail.com
or 773-322-7164) for more information, to volunteer, and/or to hear why teaching OWL is an amazingly fulfilling experience.
Arkansas Cluster of UU Churches Spring Meeting
Registration is now open for the Arkansas Cluster of UU Churches Spring Meeting in Bentonville on April 27 and 28
.
Pre-registration is due TODAY, April 18.
A great program is planned, focusing on Family Faith Formation and Religious Education for Adults and Children. Additional information/registration forms are available in the lobby or via this link:
Spring 2018 AR UU Cluster- UUBC
If you have any questions please contact Susie Schroeder or Rev. Jim Parrish.
This year's UU General Assembly will only be a few hours driving distance from Northwest Arkansas and offers a unique opportunity to participate in our wider UU faith community.
It will be June 20-24 at the
Kansas City Convention Center in Kansas City, MO.
It is time to explore travel sharing possibilities and funding sources. Please go to
https://www.uua.org/ga
for more information and the link to apply for Financial Aid. Please let Susie Schroeder know if you are interested in going (
shs1949@gmail.com
).
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UUFF Justice Team Invites you to join an Online Course: Changing Systems, Changing Ourselves
UUSC and Love Resists are joining with the American Friends Service Committee this summer to offer, “Changing Systems, Changing Ourselves: Anti-Racist Practice for Sanctuary, Accompaniment, & Resistance,” a new program that will explore how an anti-racist framework can deepen our activism and solidarity work, with a focus on immigrant justice and deportation defense.
The deadline to register is April 27.
Adele Coleman (UUFF Justice Team) plans to register and will reserve space at UUFF if there is enough interest expressed in meeting as a group, so please let her know.
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Volunteer Opportunities
Greeter/Usher and Coffee Hour Sign-Ups
It takes a village to make warmth and welcoming a reality every Sunday morning and YOU CAN HELP
!
Please take a moment to put your name down to help
greet/usher
one or two Sundays.
Greeter/Usher Sign-Up
Coffee Hour Hosting
is another very important opportunity to serve. You can sign up as a volunteer to host via this link:
Coffee Hour Host Sign-Up
You will receive an email reminder with instructions a few days before your shift.
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Reverend Jim Parrish’s Schedule and Contact Info:
Call the
church office at 479-521-8422
, email
uuff.ar@gmail.com
, call
my
Office Cell: 479-439-1415
, or email me at
rev.jimparrish@gmail.com
. I want to meet with you! Except Mondays… Mondays are my day off! Exceptions for emergencies of course.
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OUTSIDE EVENTS & OPPORTUNITIES!
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ARKANSAS STAGED: AN OLD WOMAN SPEAKS - Stage 18 on May 2, 2018
In "An Old Woman Speaks," an ensemble of musicians and actors will take you on a journey through the writings of local poet
Sue Coppernoll
, who has been chronicling her life, line by line, for more than 80 years. From Florida to Illinois to Arkansas, Sue has seen almost a century of change and progress and has dedicated her life to activism through storytelling and advocacy for women. Musician Jori Costello and actors Jules Taylor, Katherine Forbes and Blue Rues bring Coppernoll's stories to life in this unique staged reading to benefit Moms Demand Action.
Suggested donation: $5--Proceeds to benefit Moms Demand Action AR--Reservations not required: cash/cards accepted at the door. For Stage 18 Calendar of events, visit
https://www.stage18live.com/calendar
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Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Fayetteville | 479-521-8422 | uuff.ar@gmail.com| uufayetteville.org
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