Upcoming Services
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 .
Sunday, December 5:
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Sunday Service indoors and via Zoom at 10:00 am:  Photo by BBC Creative via Unsplash
What is Secular?
What is Sacred? Sermon by Rev. Amy Kindred As the winter festivities begin - it appears that there are 14 holidays celebrated between November 20th and January 24th- it prompts one to explore what is secular and what is not. This is the 8th day of Hanukah. |
Rev. Amy Kindred
Music 
Stephen Downen, choir director, keyboard, soloist and Amy Rosebush, keyboard
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In-person Children's Religious Education at 10:00 am:
The children will 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.
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)
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)
Sunday, December 12:
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Sunday Service indoors and via Zoom at 10:00 am:  Photo by Roberto Nickson via Unsplash
Hurry Up and Wait
Sermon by Rev. Amy Kindred Make the cookies then wait for them to bake. Rush to the airport then wait to be called for boarding. Get busy and clean the house then wait for company to arrive. How do you navigate the bustle of the season without losing the treasure of the experience of “wise silence?” |
Rev. Amy Kindred
Music 
Stephen Downen, choir director, keyboard, soloist and Amy Rosebush, keyboard
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In-person Children's Religious Education at 10:00 am:
The children will 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.
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)
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)
Sunday, December 19:
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Sunday Service indoors and via Zoom at 10:00 am:  Photo by Volodymyr Hryshchenko via Unsplash
Blue Holiday
Sermon by Rev. Amy Kindred Although the past year and a half has provided new ways of remaining connected to others and to finding different occasions of joy, we simply can’t move toward a time of festivities without acknowledging and naming our losses. Maybe you have had to say good-bye to a loved one. Maybe you have had a dream dissolve. Maybe you have experienced troubles in a close relationship with a friend or family member. During this contemplative service, we will acknowledge and name the pain. If you desire, you may bring a photo of a loved one you have lost and/or are thinking about this holiday season. |
Rev. Amy Kindred
Music 
Stephen Downen, choir director, keyboard, soloist and Amy Rosebush, keyboard
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In-person Children's Religious Education at 10:00 am:
The children will 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.
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)
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
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Illuminated Labyrinth
In honor of the Winter Solstice, we will construct an illuminated labyrinth on Friendship Fellowship grounds. We will open with a reading from the four directions and provide time for people to walk the path toward the center and back out again in quiet meditation. As the season turns, so shall we! (In-person only.)
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Friday, December 24, Christmas Eve, 6 pm:
First edition frontispiece and title page (1843), courtesy Wikipedia
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Rev. Amy Kindred
Music 
Stephen Downen, choir director, keyboard, soloist and Amy Rosebush, keyboard
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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.)
Sunday, December 26:
No Sunday Service
Stay home and enjoy your “Church of the New York Sunday Times” experience!
Stay home and enjoy your “Church of the New York Sunday Times” experience!
Closed Captioning of Zoom Now Available
If closed captions would help you access our Zoom meetings, you can enable this feature for yourself. Anyone can have this feature, free. Just go to
https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/207279736-Closed-captioning-and-live-transcription
to learn more. We hope this will increase accessibility and participation in Zoom meetings.
If closed captions would help you access our Zoom meetings, you can enable this feature for yourself. Anyone can have this feature, free. Just go to
https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/207279736-Closed-captioning-and-live-transcription
to learn more. We hope this will increase accessibility and participation in Zoom meetings.