We're back inside!
Our Sunday gatherings are now inside the building at 10 am. We also continue to run the Zoom link for the service. The service will be conducted as if every person is carrying covid. For example, regardless of whether one is vaccinated or not, precautions are put in place to keep people safe. No person will be asked to show a vaccine card but everyone will wear a mask, remain at a social-distance and the group will refrain from singing. The Zoom links will continue to go out every Friday in the weekly emailed newsletter. To receive the Zoom link please contact office.mgr.ffp@gmail.com .
Our Sunday gatherings are now inside the building at 10 am. We also continue to run the Zoom link for the service. The service will be conducted as if every person is carrying covid. For example, regardless of whether one is vaccinated or not, precautions are put in place to keep people safe. No person will be asked to show a vaccine card but everyone will wear a mask, remain at a social-distance and the group will refrain from singing. The Zoom links will continue to go out every Friday in the weekly emailed newsletter. To receive the Zoom link please contact office.mgr.ffp@gmail.com .
This Sunday, December 5:
Children's Religious Education at 10:00 am: 
The children will be collecting money again this December for a donation to Heifer International. They hope to raise enough to buy a flock of chicks ($20.00) to provide eggs for an impoverished family in need in a developing country. To raise money, they will be making some small holiday items during their Sunday morning lesson time over the next three Sundays and will offer them for sale to the congregation on Dec. 12 and 19 after the service.
We’ll be setting up a table outdoors near the front door of Friendship Hall for their display. If you’d like to help the children out, please bring along some small bills and spare change and take a look at what they’ve crafted. 
The children participate in the adult service by lighting the chalice at the beginning of the service and then go to a separate location for a lesson. We have a teacher who provides the children’s lessons, and she will be there to meet with the children. We welcome children up to age 12 (through 6th grade) to attend.
We begin each Sunday with an Opening Affirmation (printed below) which all our children say together, along with the accompanying hand gestures, followed by Peaches and Pits (sharing of good and not-so-good things about the week that just passed), and then the lesson. We look forward to seeing all our children, and we invite newcomers and those who attended our summer Art Nature and Theater Camp to join us. Opening Affirmation We are Unitarian Universalists (make two U’s by holding up thumb and index finger of each hand and curving into a U shape) With minds that think (touch forehead with finger) Hearts that love (put right hand over heart) And hands that are ready to help (hold both hands out in front cupped in a bowl shape) Together we care for our Earth (spread arms out in large circle) And work for Friendship (form arms in X shape over chest to indicate hug) And Peace in our world. (make peace sign with fingers—spread index and middle finger apart to form V shape) Tuesday, December 21, Tuesday, 7 pm – 8pm
Friday, December 24, Christmas Eve, 6 pm:
Join us for an adaptation of Unitarian Charles Dickens’ beloved tale. The music will be excellent. Our friends and members will become characters in the play. All will learn something new, and we promise, a chuckle or two. (Online and in-person.) UUs in the News
We received public press attention about our Music on the Hill events and the podcasts we produced from March 19, 2020 through March 14, 2021. Here are links to these articles: Facebook on Light the Chalice podcasts: https://www.facebook.com/BuzzBizPublicRelations/photos/a.291102097655092/3399632520135352/ Hometown News on Light the Chalice podcasts: https://www.facebook.com/BuzzBizPublicRelations/photos/a.291102097655092/3434134010018536/ Brevard Business News on Light the Chalice podcsts: https://www.facebook.com/BuzzBizPublicRelations/photos/a.291102097655092/3434136876684916 Facebook on Music on the Hill, February 23, 2020: https://www.facebook.com/BuzzBizPublicRelations/photos/a.291102097655092/2597394283692517/?type=3&theater Addressing local needsThe following local charities: Daily Bread, Serene Harbor, The Children's Hunger Project, Aging Matters, Space Coast Pride, and The Children's Home Society - have been chosen by our Charity Committee for assistance.
Fellowship reopening
Once the Fellowship reopens, we will again offer a large variety of classes, clubs, meeting, and other opportunities during the year: The Men’s Club The Book Club The Woman’s Circle Children’s Sunday School, Choir Social action Weekly movies Pot lucks We are a social group as well as spiritual and we miss being together. This too shall pass. Keep active on Facebook and our Web page to find out when and how we will open in the future. We miss you! Beware of scams. Our minister does not solicit contributions by email. Click here to see what these scams look like... Stephen Downen leading the Art Nature and Theater campers in song this past summer. |
Welcome to Friendship Fellowship at Pineda
We are a Unitarian Universalist congregation located in Brevard County on US1 just north of the Pineda Causeway. You are invited to join us at our regular 10:00 am Sunday service, regardless of your background and your personal, political, or spiritual beliefs.
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Our Minister
The Reverend Amy Kindred began full-time ministry with Friendship Fellowship at Pineda in November, 2018.
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Easter Eggs Found
Children enjoyed hunting Easter eggs at the Fellowship on Easter Sunday . See more pictures... 
Children's projects displayed
Our Religious Education group recently planted avocado seeds and made some clay creations, pictured above. More pictures are expected from the upcoming Easter egg hunt. Please bring your children and/or /grandchildren to join in the fun. See more pictures... 
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What Is Unitarian Universalism?
If you'd like to get a better idea of what Unitarian Universalism is and whether our way of responsibly searching for truth and meaning might be for you, this welcome written by our Minister Emeritus, Rev. Dr. John M. Higgins, gives a quick preview:
"Welcome to this place.
This is a place where no revealed truths are promoted and no scripture or human being accepted as infallible. It is a place for searching for truth, but we are believers.
We believe in intellectual freedom, we believe in justice, we believe in compassion, and for concern for each other and for the whole world. We believe in commitment to those ideals which make us active in the struggle for human dignity.
We are Unitarian Universalists."
Who is Friendship Fellowship at Pineda?
Born of the liberal Unitarian Universalist tradition and dedicated to the principles of a free faith, Friendship: We welcome all who long for a free and open atmosphere in which to search for their own faith, expand their spiritual horizons, or find new ways to interact with the world in which they live. We welcome diversity of belief and lifestyle because everyone deserves the stimulation of an intellectually active, emotionally supportive and socially conscious community.
- The inherent worth and dignity of every living person
- Justice, equity, and compassion in human relations
- Acceptance of one another and encouragement in spiritual grown in our congregations
- A free and responsible search for truth and reasoning
- The right of conscience and the use of the democratic process
- The goal of world community with peace, liberty and justice for all
- Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.
This congregation affirms and promotes the full participation of persons in all our activities and endeavors, including membership, programming, hiring practices, and the calling of religious professionals without regard to race, color, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, age or national origin.
"Welcome to this place.
This is a place where no revealed truths are promoted and no scripture or human being accepted as infallible. It is a place for searching for truth, but we are believers.
We believe in intellectual freedom, we believe in justice, we believe in compassion, and for concern for each other and for the whole world. We believe in commitment to those ideals which make us active in the struggle for human dignity.
We are Unitarian Universalists."
Who is Friendship Fellowship at Pineda?
Born of the liberal Unitarian Universalist tradition and dedicated to the principles of a free faith, Friendship: We welcome all who long for a free and open atmosphere in which to search for their own faith, expand their spiritual horizons, or find new ways to interact with the world in which they live. We welcome diversity of belief and lifestyle because everyone deserves the stimulation of an intellectually active, emotionally supportive and socially conscious community.
- The inherent worth and dignity of every living person
- Justice, equity, and compassion in human relations
- Acceptance of one another and encouragement in spiritual grown in our congregations
- A free and responsible search for truth and reasoning
- The right of conscience and the use of the democratic process
- The goal of world community with peace, liberty and justice for all
- Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.
This congregation affirms and promotes the full participation of persons in all our activities and endeavors, including membership, programming, hiring practices, and the calling of religious professionals without regard to race, color, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, age or national origin.
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