Upcoming Services
This Sunday, September 15:
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Service at 10:30 am: 
The Florida Wildlife Hospital
Sermon by Tracy Frampton (in person) Florida Wildlife Hospital celebrated its 50th anniversary last year. It is a wildlife rehabilitation facility which sees about 5000-6000 patients per year and never charges for their services. Although licensed by the state and federal government, they receive no county, state or federal support. Learn what goes on behind the scenes and what you can do to help. The Hospital is an important asset to our community in caring for our injured and displaced wildlife population - a part of the web of life to which we are connected. Tracy's presentation will highlight the important work the hospital does - and may include a wildlife "helper." Tracy Frampton has a BA from Miami University and has enjoyed a long career in the animal field in various capacities, from zookeeper, to animal registrar to conservation coordinator and even agility instructor. Her career allowed her to participate in field work in Cameroon, Venezuela, Costa Rica and Belize. She has been at Florida Wildlife Hospital for 9 years and has loved watching it grow. In her spare time (what’s that?) she loves to get out in nature, play pickleball, or spend time with family. |
Tracy Frampton
Music 
Stephen Downen, choir director, keyboard, soloist, Amy Rosebush, keyboard.
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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 and Conversations at 11:30 am:
Enjoy coffee and other refreshments as you converse with old friends and make new ones.
September 22
Thinking Outside the Forgiveness Box Sermon by Dr Laura Mcguire (in person) Forgiveness is a lot like love, easily stated yet almost impossible to define. How we see the concept of forgiveness directly impacts our theology and the ways in which we conceptualize atonement and healing. In this sermon, Dr. Laura McGuire will explore some of the nuances around Western Christianity's views of forgiveness and divergent perspectives that challenge us to think of the individual's own unique needs when navigating a path to move forward from causing pain or being harmed. Dr. Laura McGuire is a consultant, researcher and Unitarian Universalist seminarian who expects to be ordained in the spring. She is the author of the book "Creating Cultures of Consent." Dr. Laura has expressed an interest in becoming our half-time minister and is under active consideration by our Ministerial Selection Committee. |
Dr. Laura McGuire
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September 29
Spiritual Practices Sermon by Linnea Nelson (in person) The Rev. Jen Crow, First Universalist Minneapolis, and founder of UU Wellspring notes that "Spiritual practices help us to remember who we really are beyond the roles we play in the world. Think of spiritual practice as making space for the light to shine in on your soul." We will explore spiritual practices and how they can open us to deeper meanings in life. Linnea Nelson serves as the Worship Associates Team Chair at the First Unitarian Church of Orlando. She has also served our Unitarian Universalist denomination as President of the Liberal Religious Educators Association and currently serves as a spiritual director and the Executive Director of UU Wellspring, a spiritual deepening program for Unitarian Universalists. She is the editor of the Skinner House Book, Beyond Welcome: Building Communities of Love and has had many poems and an essay published in other Skinner House books. |
Linnea Nelson
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October:
October 6
Mid-Year Congregational Meeting (tentative date)
(No speaker)
October 13
Election 2024: Florida and the Nation Sermon by Dr. Aubrey Jewett (in person) In our speaker's own words: "I will look at the presidential race nationally and in Florida and examine if Florida is still the most important swing state. I then move to the US Senate and US House both nationally and the Florida races. Next we examine the Florida legislature and finally I review the six proposed constitutional amendments on the ballot." |
Dr. Aubrey Jewett
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October 20:
Water Ceremony Service Leader: Rev. Pam McMillan The Water Ceremony, was first used at a Unitarian Universalist worship service in the 1980s. Many UU congregations now hold a Water Ceremony at least once a year. Members bring to the service a small amount of water from a place that is special to them. During the appointed time in the service, people one by one pour their water together into a large bowl. As the water is added, the person who brought it tells why this water is special to them. The combined water is symbolic of our shared faith coming from many different sources. |
Rev. Pam McMillan
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October 27
CUUPS Service
CUUPS Service
November:
November 3
Sermon by Rev. Phil Lund (zoom)
November 10
Reconciliation
Rev. Elizabeth Stamper (in person)
November 17
Rev. Amanda Aikman
November 24
Thanksgiving
Sermon by Jeanne Crane
December:
December 1: to be announced
December 8:
Friendship 2.0
Sermon by Lydia Denworth
December 15: to be announced
December 22: to be announced
December 29:
The Most Important Presidential Elections in History
Sermon by Dr. Yanek Mieczkowski
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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.