Sunday, September 19:
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Sunday Service via Zoom at 10:00 am: 
All Beings Beautiful
Speaker: Kathryn Hagen, Community Advocate for Spektrum Health, Inc. Service Leader: Rev. Amy Kindred Kathryn Hagen, from the Brevard County area, will discuss issues related to the transgender experience. She spoke one evening for our social justice committee. Many were immediately enchanted by her demeanor! Kathryn Hagen is a Midwestern woman who was transplanted here on the Space Coast at the turn of the millennium. After years in the frozen tundra, it was here in the sunshine state that she would finally bloom. For most of her life, her neighbors, co-workers, even her own parents knew her by a different name and as a different gender. What came as a surprise to everyone else was anything but for her. Her truth was something that she had run from, struggled with, denied, hoped and even prayed would go away, and somehow managed to keep bottled up for almost four decades. Ultimately though, she could run no longer and had to turn and face the reality of her existence. Just over two years ago she uttered the words aloud for the first time, “I am transgender.” Since that day her life has changed in ways she could never have predicted. She has found her calling as an advocate for the LGBTQ+ community. She is the board secretary for the PFLAG Melbourne Space Coast chapter, a community advocate and board secretary for SPEKTRUM Health and she represents SPEKTRUM on the board of directors of the Melbourne Regional Chamber of Commerce as well as the Space Coast Equality Coalition. Recently she fought alongside coalition partners to preserve Brevard Public Schools policies that protect LGBTQ+ students from discrimination. The accomplishment that she is most proud of though is helping to open SPEKTRUM Health’s new clinic location in Melbourne that is bringing high quality, affirming, health care to the LGBTQA+ residents of Brevard County. For the Zoom link or to be put on our email list, please contact office.mgr.ffp@gmail.com.
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Kathryn Hagen
Rev. Amy Kindred
Music 
Stephen Downen, choir director, keyboard, soloist and Amy Rosebush, keyboard
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Fellowship is closed through September
Because the rate of new Covid-19 infections in Brevard County continues to increase, Sunday Services will be held on Sunday at 10:00 am via Zoom, with the Zoom link to be sent out in a Friday email. For the Zoom link or to be put on our email list, please contact office.mgr.ffp@gmail.com .
The situation will be monitored and reassessed month to month going forward.
Because the rate of new Covid-19 infections in Brevard County continues to increase, Sunday Services will be held on Sunday at 10:00 am via Zoom, with the Zoom link to be sent out in a Friday email. For the Zoom link or to be put on our email list, please contact office.mgr.ffp@gmail.com .
The situation will be monitored and reassessed month to month going forward.
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
With the Fellowship reopening, 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! 
New leadership, budget approved
Our fellowship has received the 51 ballots we needed and the budget and ballot for the Congregational Leadership Committee passed unanimously. Cliff Saylor, Ruth Rodgers, Nancy Shacklette, and Emily Curry's current term has ended. Pete Crumpacker (chair), Linda Brosius (VP), Brian Whalen (treasurer), and Tom Goldsworthy are continuing. Bobbie Keith, Emily Curry, Arthur Kushner, and Diane Sparks start 2-year terms. The nominating committee is Andy Petruska, Bill Scott, and Cliff Saylor 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.
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 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 visit us at our regular 10:30 am Sunday service, regardless of your background and your personal, political, or spiritual beliefs. click here for directions. 
Our MinisterThe 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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