This Month (& Beyond!) at UUFA
September Highlights Check the uuathensga.org/upcoming-uufa-events online calendar and uuathensga.org/news page for updates. September Cause of the Month The September Share-the-Plate Cause of the Month – the Center for Racial Justice and Black Futures – will receive one half of all undesignated offerings for the entire month of September and 100 percent of all monies designated specifically for this […]
UUFA Action Alerts and Rapid Response Team
Are you interested in receive alerts to take action on legislative issues happening on the local, state, and/or national level?
Small Group Ministry at UUFA
Looking for true community? Craving more meaningful conversations and deeper friendships? Registration open through August 19. Click through for the link to register.
Someone’s in the Kitchen–You?!?!
Periodically, the Food Justice Team prepares a meal for and serves a meal at the Bigger Vision Community Shelter of Athens. You are invited to join in the meal prep, done at UUFA, or the meal serving.
Five Practices of Welcome Renewal
UUFA has successfully completed the Five Practices of Welcome Renewal for 2023.
Our Whole Lives (OWL)
We are currently registering Kindergartener and 1st graders for our Fall OWL K-1 class. in the Fall. Our Whole Lives is a series of sexuality education curricula, covering ages K-1 through adult.
Give Back This Holiday Season
Learn about opportunities to give back this holiday season — through Guest At Your Table, the Angel Tree Project, the Benevolence Market, Winter Clothing Drive, and more.
The Food Justice Team Is Initiating Food Waste Collection
What food scraps are acceptable?
Anything that was once alive–paper, greasy pizza boxes, cheese, meat, bones, veggie, and fruit scraps.
Click through to learn how members and friends may drop off compost at UUFA.
“Compassionate Hearts Breaking and Stretching”
Our hearts are breaking and stretching as we try to hold the pain near and far that is erupting from Hamas’ attack on Israeli civilians on October 7 that has now led to the Israeli-Hamas war with terrible loss of life in Gaza and Israel. Yet even this most recent unfolding tragedy is a brief part of a much longer story of struggle, violence, and loss among the Israeli and Palestinian peoples. There is no simple or one-right-way to tell this story.
Minister’s Reflection: Building Inclusion and Radical Welcome in Worship
For the past several months, the Worship Arts and Celebrations Team (WACT) has invested considerable time studying, discussing, and practicing material on radical inclusion and welcoming.
