The Fellowship is open
In-person services have resumed with social distancing, and masks required, with the hybrid Zoom option provided. Children's Religious Education has also resumed in person. The children start out in Friendship Hall at 10:30 and then, after chalice lighting, go to the Sunday school room with their teacher.

This Sunday, September 25: ​

10:30 am - Service:
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Practice Random Acts of Kindness
Sermon by Rev. Paul Johnson
Very likely you've seen or heard this phrase over the years. It originated in the early 1980's when Ann Herbert wrote it down on a Sausalito restaurant placement (with the additional words "and senseless acts of beauty").  An impressed fellow diner shared it with a local newspaper and it eventually found its way to the national press.  Books were written on the theme and Oprah did a show on it. It has left the national spotlight in recent years, so I want to revive it because I find it an inspiring aspect of my Unitarian Universalist journey.

Rev. Dr. Paul S. Johnson holds the Doctor of Ministry, and Doctor of Divinity degrees from Meadville/Lombard Theological School in Chicago, and has served Unitarian Universalist congregations in MN, MD, VA, NJ, and NY.    After leaving his last settled ministry at the Shelter Rock Unitarian Universalist Congregation on Long Island, he assumed his present position as developmental minister at the Treasure Coast Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Stuart, FL. He has served his denomination as president of the Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association, as a member of the Unitarian Universalist Association's Commission on Social Witness, and as a board member of Meadville/Lombard.

His wife, Carol Rowan, recently retired after a 33 year career as a clinical social worker with the U.S.  Department of Veterans Affairs. 

After serving the Stuart congregation as developmental minister for four years, Paul was an interim minister in Jacksonville for one year and for the past year has been with the Unitarian Universalist congregation in West Melbourne.
Music
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Stephen Downen, choir director, keyboard, soloist, Amy Rosebush, keyboard.
Your support of this Fellowship is needed and appreciated. ​
​You may donate here by clicking the Donate button.
Children's Religious Education:
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The children will start off in Friendship Hall at 10:30 with their parents and participate in the chalice lighting, followed by their Opening Affirmation. Then they will go with the Youth Religious Education teacher down to the Sunday school room for their lesson. All children between the ages of 3 and 12 are welcome. Read more about our Youth Religious Education program...

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Calendar update
Our calendar at https://www.uuffpspacecoast.org/calendar.html
has been updated and integrated with our Breeze member directory software.
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

​Light the Chalice podcasts are on our 2021 Recent Services and 2020 Services pages.​​

Addressing local needs

The 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.  
  You are welcome to join us in reaching out to the needs of our community.  Just tap the Donate button to the left and select "monthly charity" to donate.
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!
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​Stephen Downen leading the Art Nature and Theater campers in song this past summer.
Welcome to the Unitarian Universalist Friendship Fellowship
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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 10:30 am Sunday service, regardless of your background and your personal, political, or spiritual beliefs. 
​click here for directions.
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...

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.