Author: UUFJC1
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Social Action News
This past week, 7 members of our fellowship gathered and prepared 50 meals for the Salvation Army dinner. We delivered and served the prepared meals. It was a wonderful experience, as we grew closer together in friendship. Sad news: Nurul Amin Shah Alam, was a refugee who was nearly blind and did not speak English.…
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Election of Officers for March 22
Dear UUFJC Members and Friends, We have scheduled our annual Election of Officers for March 22, and our congregation’s Annual Business Meeting for May 31, both during our normal service time. Although they may seem mundane, these are both opportunities for all of our members to learn about and be involved in issues facing our…
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Question about Rev Jo wearing a clericalcollar, By Rev. Joanna Fontaine Crawford
Rev. Joanna Fontaine Crawford has been the lead minister of Live Oak since August 2014, after serving at the multi-site First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston. A born and raised Unitarian Universalist, Rev. Joanna grew up in Spring, TX, attending the University of Texas at Austin and having a career in marketing before getting “the…
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“How I Find God” by Rev. Tim Kutzmark
Tim was a recipient of a 2020 “Way of Peace” Award from the Fresno Center for Nonviolence for his work coordinating a series of Friday night vigils for “Allies of the Black Lives Matter Movement” in the wake of the murder of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. He is a certified instructor of Kundalini Yoga,…
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It was Always About the Kindness, by Rev. Douglas Taylor, Dec 8, 2024.
A Unitarian Universalist sermon about kindness and evolution. Rev Douglas identifies as a Theist; a little more nuanced, a Buddho-Humanist, Christo-Pagan with occasional bouts of mysticism. He has served the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Binghamton, NY, since 2003.
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Getting Honest About Resilience, By Rev. Michelle Scott Huffman
Rev Huffman has been serving as First UU Church of Springfield, MO as their half-time minister since June of 2020. She is ordained by the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and has always taken an ecumenical and interfaith approach to ministry and life in general.