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Taking care of our UUFEC community: Say hi to your “Phone tree” caller Our “phone tree” team has reached out to each UUFEC member and spoken with 80% of you. We aim to call weekly, or so, to make sure you are okay and know how to stay connected to UUFEC in these “virtual contact” … Continue reading Phone Tree
The Reverend Doak M Mansfield As I write this the beauty of an early Spring day is near awe inspiring. Cool with bright sunshine and very low humidity there is a clarity in the atmosphere that mocks the troubled ugliness of our human situation. The COVID 19 pandemic is posting staggering numbers of sick and … Continue reading April 2nd, 2020 – Notes From the Journey
UUFEC COVID UPDATE As you all know, the COVID pandemic continues to impact the world around us with unfathomable disruption to our daily lives. Everywhere. I want to give you an update of what UUFEC is doing in response to this situation. Regarding our business functions, The Board met via video conference, as previously scheduled … Continue reading UUFEC COVID Update 4/3/2020
The UUA’s Southern Region staff shared a short message with helpful resources for UU congregations during the COVID pandemic. Take a moment to check out these resources and take care of yourselves!
Take a few minutes to hear some inspiring words from UUA President Susan Frederick-Gray. In this video message she reminds us to take gentle care of ourselves and one another, as we adapt to a uncertain and scary world. “Perfection is never the goal,” she states. “The goal is to take care for one another.”
The surreal adventure with the CORVID-19 pandemic continues. And the news is not good. Politicians and news pundits are wrangling over what is what and who did or did not do this or that. But its infections and deaths continue to increase. I am personally enraged by the dereliction of our federal leaders but while … Continue reading March 27, 2020 – Notes from the Journey
UUFEC Presents: The 2020 Quarantine Creative Arts Show For ALL ages Date: First Sunday that we return to regular Sunday Service What are you doing while we practice Social Distancing? Many are pulling out those blank canvases, stored lumps of clay, boxes of crafting supplies, unfinished projects, that great American novel you’ve been writing, poems … Continue reading UUFEC Presents: The 2020 Quarantine Creative Arts Show
I cannot express adequately my gratitude for the kindness, caring, and generosity shared with Peggy and I during her illness. Everyone was truly wonderful. I am thankful she is released from her suffering. It was very hard the last several months. She died February 24 at home. She had been in a deep sleep for … Continue reading A Note from Doak
We are here for on another. Many UUFECers are extra busy taking care of family, checking in on one another, and tending to our neighbors. We are almost done setting up a UUFEC phone tree to make sure we are systematically checking in on everyone. In the mean-time, please contact Rev. Doak Mansfield (minister@uufec.com) or … Continue reading Taking care of our UUFEC community: “Phone tree” starting soon
Consider the pandemic a sabbath? Many of us have to sit still, or at least more still than we are used to. UU Minister Rev. Lynn Ungar has written a poem asking us to consider this a sacred act. The poem that has gone, well, viral…. It has been re-posted by movie stars and led … Continue reading Pandemic Poem
