UUFA News

Religious Exploration for Children & Youth

All are welcome to join our fellowship on Sunday, September 14th at 10:30 AM as we continue our exploration of our monthly theme Building Belonging. 
 
RE and YUU will meet this Sunday. Register for RE here! Registering for our programs is an important part of the RE process to ensure the best safety and communication standards for our programs. If you have trouble with the form of any questions, please let me know!
 

 
This week in RE, we will be exploring our shared covenant as UUs and creating covenants for the upcoming year. 
 
 
In the Ocean Room, we will dive into our first section – Exploring ourselves – and create art using Joy as UU value, with inspiration from the piece The Night of the Long Knives I by Athi Patra-Ruga. 
 
Taking it Home:
Play: Finding joy with your family is a great way to build belonging – check out this article to find more ways to seek joy (written during the COVID-19 lockdowns, but still relevant today)
 

Highlights of Upcoming Special Events


Check with your group on Realm/Connect for updates.

September

  • All Month — Food Bank CANtributions, Diaper Drive  & Cause of the Month 
  • 7th – First Sunday Forum:  A New Cause of the Month–The Athens Clarke County Center for Racial Justice and Black Futures
  • 7th – Annual Ingathering worship service
  • 7th – Priceless Sale
  • 7th – Food for Life Class
  • 7th & 8th – Artist Dropoff for Invitational Art Exhibit
  • 9th – Second Lookers
  • 10th – Simple Supper
  • 12-14th – UUFA Gathering at The Mountain! Registration closed.
  • POSTPONED! 13th –  UUFA Justice Partner (AADM) Event–End School to Prison Pipeline Conference
  • 14th – Capital Campaign celebration and Dedication of Fellowship Hall and the Social Action Nook 
  • 14th – Book Talks
  • 19th – Athens Immigrant Rights Coalition (AIRC), 5:30 to 7 p.m., Oconee St. United Methodist Church (OSUMC)
  • 20th – Latinxfest, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. 
  • 21st – Third Sunday Forum (topic TBD)
  • 21st – International Day of Peace – A March of Faith in Resistance to Mass Deportation (sponsored by the Interfaith Sanctuary Coalition) (Walk from Emmanuel Episcopal, have a ecumenical service at the federal courthouse, and then return.), 2 p.m.
  • 21st – Goddess Group Hosts a Fall Equinox Circle Dance, 2 p.m.
  • 23rd – UUA Welcoming Day of Observation (Celebrate Bisexuality Day)
  • 26th – 2nd Annual Invitational Art Exhibit Opening Reception, 5 p.m.
  • 28th  – Drum Workshop

October 

  • All month – LGBT History Month
  •   5th – First Sunday Forum (sponsored by the Earth Ministry Team) featuring Glenn Donnahoe
  • 11th – UUA Day of Observance (National Coming Out Day)
  • 12th – Singing Meditation
  • 12th – Book Talks
  • 14th – Second Lookers
  • 25th – EJC Justice Fest
  • 26th – UUFA Fall Festival
  • 26th – UUA Day of Observance (Intersex Awareness Day)
  • 31st – UUFA Coven Group Covencraft 5:30 p.m.

November

  •  1st – Voces y versos Performance, 7-9
  • 2nd – Singing Meditation
  •  9th – Start of Family Promise Week (partnering with Holy Cross Lutheran Church)
  •  9th – Book Talks
  • 11th – Second Lookers
  • 15th-16th – UU GA LAN (Legislative Action Network) Third Annual Conference 
  • 20th – UUA Welcoming Day of Observation (TDOR)

Looking for regular meetings? Join groups in Realm/Connect and check the summary on this page to the left.  Don’t know about Realm yet? Contact Meredyth at members at uuathensga.org to learn more.  

Rather see this as a calendar grid?  Visit uuathensga.org/calendar.


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