Upcoming Services
This Sunday, March 17:
Children's Religious Education at 10:30 am:
The Youth RE committee oversees the children's Sunday morning RE program, as well as special events during the year, including a one-week ANT (Art, Nature, Theater) Camp each summer. The children begin their Sunday in Friendship Hall with their families and after the opening hymn, come forward for the chalice lighting and the Children’s Affirmation before being sung off to the Sunday school room for their lesson and accompanying activities, provided by teacher Kim Kroflich. Lessons are provided for children ages 5-12, and child care for those younger than 5, concurrent with the adult Sunday morning service.
The committee is responsible for providing a teacher and a teen assistant for the children's RE and overseeing their work as well as maintaining the rooms where the children's activities take place to make sure they are attractive and welcoming as well as safe for children of all ages. For our curriculum, we use the Tapestry of Faith units available for downloading from the UUA website. Teen programs are also available whenever there is sufficient need and participation.
A final important job of the committee is to publicize the children's program and attract more young families to Friendship Fellowship. We welcome new members to the Youth RE Committee, so if you are interested in working with the children and joining us, please see chair Ruth Rodgers. Read more about our Youth Religious Education program...
The committee is responsible for providing a teacher and a teen assistant for the children's RE and overseeing their work as well as maintaining the rooms where the children's activities take place to make sure they are attractive and welcoming as well as safe for children of all ages. For our curriculum, we use the Tapestry of Faith units available for downloading from the UUA website. Teen programs are also available whenever there is sufficient need and participation.
A final important job of the committee is to publicize the children's program and attract more young families to Friendship Fellowship. We welcome new members to the Youth RE Committee, so if you are interested in working with the children and joining us, please see chair Ruth Rodgers. Read more about our Youth Religious Education program...
Coffee, Conversations and Annual Meeting at 11:30 am:
Enjoy coffee and other refreshments as you converse with old friends and make new ones.
This Sunday our Annual Meeting will also be held.
This Sunday our Annual Meeting will also be held.
March 24:
A Ministry of Defiance
Sermon by Rev Fred Hammond (via zoom)
What if we have been looking at the ministry of Jesus all wrong? What if his primary mission was not to save humanity for an eternal afterlife but rather to interrupt and dismantle the oppression of empire building and offer an alternative way to live? What if the ministry of Jesus was one of radical defiance of power? If this is true, then Unitarian Universalism values and principles may be closer to the way Jesus wanted us to live. Maybe. On this Christian holiday of Palm Sunday, we will explore the ministry of Jesus and his defiant entry into Jerusalem.
Rev. Fred L Hammond is the Developmental Minister at Manatee Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Bradenton, FL.
March 31:
A Foolish Faith
Sermon by Rev. Dr. Lynn Ungar (via zoom)
This year Easter and April Fool’s Day are only one day apart. In honor of that convergence, Rev. Ungar will invite us to reflect on the ways in which the spirit of foolishness might be just what we need to grapple with the idea of resurrection.
April 7:
Sermon by Dr. Laura McGuire (in person)
April 14:
Friendship
Sermon by Lydia Denworth
April 21
Earth Day- The Indian River Lagoon
Sermon by Virginia Baker (in person)
June 16
Sermon by Rev Ember Kelly
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