Happy New Year! Imagination: This month we’re exploring the many ways our UU faith invites us to become “A People of Imagination.” Playing with the theme of Imagination, we found that we wanted to include a time of im-agining a world without COVID. There are small rays of hope creeping in through the news. We … Continue reading January 2021 CRE
Welcome to 2021! Seems like we’ve been waiting a long time to say that and to put 2020 behind us. Many of the challenges of 2020 are still with us, yet 2021 is a year of possibilities. Now is a time to look at the opportunities that the new year brings and to set some … Continue reading January 2021: From the Board President
Many children in our community are without coats and other cold-weather-wear appropriate for cooler temperatures this time of year. We can help local children keep warm by giving new coats that will be distributed by Christmas. Pastor Teris Broughton-Robinson and Allen Chapel AME Church are organizing a Coats for Kids drive. UUCP has committed to … Continue reading Coats for Kids 2020
From the Safer Congregations Ministry Team: The Safer Congregation Team has been working toward getting all the pieces in place that will ensure the personal safety of one and all as we continue to move forward toward physical recongregation. Thanks to the special efforts of Linda Cobb and Marcy Moreland we were able to produce … Continue reading Recongregation Update
Dear Fellow UUCP Lunch-Bunchers: I originally wrote a post — March 11 (2020 — yes, this year) Lunch Bunch alert for The Light in May (+/- a few weeks). I failed to submit it to the proper channel and it entered previously unknown protocol channels, largely a by-product of the Covid-19 virus. By the time … Continue reading For all interested Lunch Bunchers
Sometimes what seems impossible is entirely — amazingly and inspiringly — possible. This message of possibility is one of the messages of the documentary “We Still Live Here: Âs Nutayuneân,” which tells the story of the restoration of the Native American Wampanoag language. Centuries after the Wampanoag people survived the arrival of the Pilgrims to … Continue reading December 2020: From the Board President
CRE Come As You Are Sunday Mornings at 9am CRE Faith Development has moved back to Sunday mornings at 9am. Please contact Sarah Stubbs at Mssarahstubbs@gmail.com for the Zoom access information and to get in our weekly email list. All PJs and breakfast munchers welcome! Nov 8th 9 am Come As You Are Sunday School Nov … Continue reading November 2020 CRE News
We UUs identify our denomination as a covenantal faith. UUs are not required to espouse a particular creed or set of beliefs, yet we share common values. As the saying goes, We don’t have to think alike to love alike. When we join this congregation, we commit — we covenant and affirm — to support … Continue reading November 2020: From the Board President
Click below to watch the recording of the October 22, 2020 Covid-19 information update with Dr. Jean Siebenaler. There is fantastic information, not just on current statistics, but on the outlook for various treatments and vaccines and how to choose the best mask. The video is below, but also check out the .pdf of the … Continue reading Covid-19 Information Update Recording Available
This documentary is the first in a seven-part documentary miniseries series exploring the long struggle against racism in Alabama. This release focuses on the fight for the vote. The Bending the Arc Project explores the stories of African-Americans and a small group of little-known white allies who fought for racial justice during the Civil Rights … Continue reading Bending the Arc Documentary Series 1: The Vote
