The future of the UUA is in your hands. The good folks in Boston are asking you to help shape the future of our association. What is important to you? Several members will answer this question and we will fill you in on opportunities … read more.

This topic will be presented by Steve Kennedy. Steve will describe the operations of Helping Our Returning Neighbors (HORN), a relatively new nonprofit organization in Charlotte County. Steve will discuss HORN’s mission of helping those released from prison to reenter society.

Speaker: Steve Kennedy

Members of the Immigration Justice Committee will share their personal stories about immigrating, about working with immigrants, about working for justice.

Do you know Francis Ellen Watkins Harper? You should and you can! This remarkable woman was a member of the First Unitarian Church in Philadelphia, a poet, a suffragette, an activist, abolitionist, lecturer. Her words continue to provide inspiration.

Speaker: Stephanie Garrett

Speaker: Rev. Kathy Schmitz

Do you know the connection between Martin Luther King Jr., Mohandas K. Gandhi, Henry David Thoreau, and the India emperor Ashoka? Come discover the chain of influence that began with a nameless monk wandering across an ancient battlefield

Do you make New Year’s resolutions? Dorothy Parmenter will share with us a timely sermon from David Miller from the Fairfax Congregation.

You are invited to join the UUFCC Beloved Community to celebrate the wonders of the world and the beginning of life full of possibility. While Christmas is about the birth of one child, all children are holy and every newborn baby is a miracle. … read more.

In this month in which we often speak of joy, let’s consider how joy might be enhanced by noticing the blessings in our life. We will have a story and a meditation which will include the personal joys of members and friends of UUFCC.

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Speaker: Sharon Whitehill

Past or present, far away or close by: we humans are all more alike than we know. Our winter solstice traditions today are a case in point. Then, as now, people honored the return of the sun (personified as a god or … read more.

Speakers: several UUFCC folks

At the beginning of the month we heard about rituals of gratitude. How have these rituals been implemented and what is the result? Several folks will share lessons learned about such rituals.