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Our recordings include sermons given by our own ministers, intern ministers, lay leaders, and special guests. Play these podcasts and videos on our website, or download them to listen later.

We've been collecting audio recordings of sermons since 2013 and video recordings since 2020. Visit our sermons library to explore sermons by year.

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***We are currently in the process of uploading our audio recordings of older sermons.***

September 24 – Autumn Equinox: “The True Thanksgiving.”

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In honor of the ancient harvest celebrations and our ancestors who withstood unknowable hardships, we have lovingly dubbed today’s service, “The True Thanksgiving.” UUFF’s Web of Life Nature Spirituality Group invites everyone to join together in this ritual of celebration and gratitude for the year’s harvest! All are invited to stay after service for a potluck!

Choir Members, please meet for rehearsal at 10am in the UUFF Sanctuary!

You can attend service in person at the fellowship building or view it remotely online via Facebook Live Stream.To attend via Facebook, click on: https://www.facebook.com/events/1069065277587086/ and then click on “Watch Live Video. You don’t need a Facebook account to access.

To view the Order of Service, CLICK HERE.

September 17 – “Melly”

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Who are we really? What makes up the complex and beautiful tapestry that is a human being? Join us this Sunday as Melly leads us on a journey of self-discovery.

You can attend service in person at the fellowship building or view it remotely online via Facebook Live Stream. To attend via Facebook, click on: https://www.facebook.com/events/1806907729743003/ and then click on “Watch Live Video. You don’t need a Facebook account to access.

To view the Order of Service, CLICK HERE.

September 10 – “The Gathering of the Waters”

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There are many things to celebrate this Sunday at UUFF! Let us join together as Gene Vinzant and Rev. Renée Janski lead us in our annual water ritual and honor the kick-off of our fall programming. We’ll also officially welcome Rev. Renée to her new role as Associate Minister/Music Director! For the water ritual, all are invited to bring water with a special significance to you to share in our collective bowl, as well as some water to drink.

You can attend service in person at the fellowship building or view it remotely online via Facebook Live Stream. To attend via Facebook, click on: https://www.facebook.com/events/662126742681159/ and then click on “Watch Live Video. You don’t need a Facebook account to access.

To view the Order of Service, CLICK HERE.

September 3 – “The Picture on Grandmother’s Wall”

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This message, to be delivered by our own John R. Johnson, is inspired by Jean Francois Millet’s painting entitled, “The Man With The Hoe,” which depicts a farmer who is obviously wearied by his work in the field.  Though we do not all labor in the fields, all of us do at times grow weary. Our Sunday morning fellowship is an opportunity for us to offer each other a safe place in which to “knit up the raveled sleeve of care.”

You can attend service in person at the fellowship building or view it remotely online via Facebook Live Stream. To attend via Facebook, click on: https://www.facebook.com/events/3403464789964314/ and then click on “Watch Live Video. You don’t need a Facebook account to access. To view the Order of Service, CLICK HERE.

This Sunday, we’ll Share the Plate with Peace at Home Shelter. Loose collection plate cash and specially designated checks (make out to UUFF and write Peace at Home in the memo line) will be gathered and made into a single check from UUFF that will be mailed to Peace at Home. Find out more about this wonderful community organization at https://peaceathomeshelter.org

August 13: “A Unitarian Universalist Response to the War in Ukraine.”

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Join us as our own David Edwards speaks on this timely topic. David, a professor emeritus of the U of A, where he taught Russian History, addresses three questions: (1) What is the Unitarian Universalist Association’s stance on war? (2) What are the causes for the Russian “Special Military Operation?” (3) How might we respond? At the end of the service, we re-dedicate the Peace Pole that has stood in silent vigil for many years on our grounds, serving as an internationally-recognized symbol of a continued hope for peace on earth.

To view the Order of Service, CLICK HERE.

August 6 – “Lúnasa”

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At the start of August, we celebrate the first harvest of the year as part of the Lúnasa or Lammas festival. The plants of spring have withered and left seeds to ensure future crops. Grains are ready to be harvested and the fruits are ripe for picking. We gather to enjoy nature’s bounty and to give thanks for the food on our tables and for the blessings we have received throughout the year so far.

To view the Order of Service, CLICK HERE.

July 30 – “A Sociologist Looks at Religion”

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Why do societies have religions, and what is the relationship between the nature of a society and its religious institutions? How has secularization impacted religion?

Our speaker, Jeff Nash, taught at University of Tulsa, Macalester College and he is an emeritus professor of sociology at Missouri State University. He also served as chair of the sociology and anthropology department at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, and he has articles and books on a variety of topics from the language and culture of Deafness to studies of everyday life. For the past eight years, he has been co-editor of Journal of Contemporary Ethnography.

To view the Order of Service, CLICK HERE.

July 16 – “Who Was Nelson Hackett?”

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On Juneteenth 2023, Fayetteville changed the name of a major street from Archibald Yell Boulevard to Nelson Hackett Boulevard. Gene Vinzant tells us more about Hackett, an enslaved man who escaped from captivity in Fayetteville in 1841 and made it all the way to Canada, and why it’s important to remember Nelson Hackett today.

To view the Order of Service, CLICK HERE.