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The Beacon – Our Fellowship Newsletter

November 28 – “Holiday History: Victorian Christmas”

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Led by Renée Janski. Did 1840’s Victorian England invent Christmas as we know it today? Did the Royal Family invent the Christmas tree? Why are there dead birds on Victorian Christmas cards? All this and *more* explained!

Hooray! Sunday 11am Services are now open to a limited number of in-person audience members (all must register to save a seat in the sanctuary). The virtual option for joining will continue into the foreseeable future as well. CLICK HERE to register to attend this service in-person at UUFF. * To join us via zoom on Sunday morning at 11am, you may CLICK HERE. *

You can view the Order of Service by clicking here.

November 21 – “UUFF’s Bread Communion Service”

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Tis the season for our Annual Bread Communion Service! We’ll invite Dr. Sevin Gallo to speak to us about the culture of food. Dr. Gallo is an NWACC professor of World Civilization, and her teachings include an Honors class that focuses on food around the world. This is the first service since the summer that will allow a limited in-person audience to gather back in the Sanctuary, and the virtual option for joining will continue to be offered into the future as well! Everyone should BYOB (bring your own BREAD), whether you are joining the service remotely or in-person, so that we can enjoy it together during the Bread Communion part of the service!

If you’d like to attend in person, please CLICK HERE to register. The form will stop accepting submissions automatically when capacity is reached. NOTE: There are rules that must be followed if you are planning to attend in person. Please read your weekly email before you register to attend (access in the “This Week” section below). To join us remotely via zoom, PLEASE CLICK HERE.

To view the Order of Service, you can CLICK HERE.

November 7 – “Once Upon a Time”

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Rev. Rhett Baird, who served as UUFF’s Minister from 1994 to 2004 and was later given the title of Minister Emeritus, joins us this Sunday via zoom. His visit will be a facilitated interactive engagement, and he will share some carefully selected stories from his life journey and ministry. Stories that some would call holy and sacred and others might call poignant and memorable. We all have such stories stored in our memory. They have helped to shape who we are. They can remind us of our capacity to learn. Some remind us of our resilience and inner strength. Some can inspire us. Some fill us with awe and wonder. Some invite gratitude, forgiveness, and acceptance. All enlarge our world. All seem to be connectional. And they are.

To view the Order of Service, CLICK HERE.