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Views from last Sunday's Stroll at Sylvan Solace Preserve
We'll meet this Sunday at Millpond Park!

Worship Matters

We will gather online via Zoom and in-person this Sunday, November 21 to worship together with our minister Rev. Drew Frantz, who will present “Transgender Day of Remembrance.” The Zoom call starts at 10:00 for social time, and the service starts at 10:30.

“The purpose of the Transgender Day of Remembrance, held on November 20 every year since 1998, is to remember the people who have lost their lives this year due to anti-transgender violence. In this worship service, we lament this injustice, and we commit to working for the rights and dignity of transgender, gender-queer, and gender non-binary people everywhere.”

Zoom Invitation for Sunday, November 21
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 402489218

One tap mobile
+16468769923,,402489218#

Phone - audio only
+1 646 876 9923

If you happen to miss being in worship, please check out our website sermon archive for sermon video and/or text.

Upcoming Services
November 28: Lies My History Teacher Told Me

Minister’s Column

Read the Minister’s column at uufcm.org/andrew-frantz.

COVID Update

We are continuing hybrid services (in- person/Zoom) throughout the month of November. If you signed up for in-person services in November, you should have received an email indicating which three services you’ve been assigned to attend and how to switch if you need to. Contact Norma Bailey (baile1nj@cmich.edu) if you’re unsure.
Right now, small groups up to ten people can meet in person if they wish, or continue meeting on Zoom – or do a mixture. This includes all of our committees and the Board itself. We will do our best to publish how meetings are going to be held, and please check with the leader of each meeting if you're not sure.

While the Board of Trustees has approved policies for Fellowship gatherings as we seek to reconnect in person safely, please be aware that the situation is fluid. We are monitoring the situation frequently, so stay tuned for updates.

Upcoming Events

Most meetings and events are hybrid (in-person/Zoom). Please contact the event or meeting leader if you are not sure. Event and meeting details and links can be found on the UUFCM Calendar.

- Sunday worship
- Sunday Stroll - throughout November at 12:30pm
- Welcome to UU Orientation - last Sundays at 12:30pm
- UUFCM Men’s Group - 1st Mondays at 7pm
- Game Night - 3rd Mondays at 7pm
- Central Michigan Sangha - Tuesdays at 6:45pm
- UU Discussion Group - Wednesdays at 10am at UUFCM
- Choir Rehearsal - Wednesdays at 7pm
- Women’s Circle - 4th Thursdays at 7pm - returning in January

Team Meetings

Website Committee - Thursday, November 18 at 7pm - in person at UUFCM
Youth RE Team - Sunday, November 21 at 7pm
Communications Team - Monday, November 22 at 7:30pm

All members and friends are welcome to attend our UUFCM Board meeting as well as the various team meetings that occur monthly. If you are interested in attending any specific team meeting, please contact the team leader for information.

If you are interested in helping any of these teams or committees, please fill out the Volunteer Opportunity Form 2021-2022 if you haven’t already.

Tell Us What You'd Enjoy Participating In!

How can we make connections with one another? What activities and events can the Fellowship offer that might interest you? Options include in-person, online, and hybrid. Please respond to the survey and add your ideas to the suggestions listed there. If there is interest around a certain topic, we can make it happen.

The survey is on our website: uufcm.org/eventssigsurvey.
Please contact any board member or Rev. Drew if you have questions.

Fellowship Life Meeting - November 21

On the third Sunday of every month – immediately following our worship service – the UUFCM Board holds a brief Fellowship Life meeting to update the congregation on current happenings, plans and/or concerns within the congregation. The intention is for the meetings to be kept brief; the hope is for extended conversation to take place following the meeting during the coffee hour time. Please plan to attend. We will share information about Drew’s schedule, a COVID update, and a congregational survey of interest in activities and/or events.

Special Offering Collection - November 21

On Sunday, November 21 at 4:30 in a special Zoom message, Drew will explain our congregation's annual celebration of the tradition of Guest at Your Table, a Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) program. If you are at one of the Congregational Harvest Home Meals, you can donate directly in your host’s home, or you can donate either electronically on our website to the Social Justice Fund or by sending a check made out to UUFCM, with UUSC in the memo line, to our treasurer Terrie Robbie, P. O. Box 41, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858-0041. Please donate by November 28.

Sunday Strolls in November

November 21 - Millpond Park

Meet at 12:30pm at the pavilion on 607 S. Adams St.

November 28 - Bundy Hill Preserve

Meet at 12:30pm at the main parking lot
on 10991 W. River Rd.

Questions? Call or text Jen Prout at 989-400-3130.

Welcome to UU Orientation - November 28

This orientation is geared to newcomers, visitors, and those seeking to learn more about Unitarian Universalism and this UU fellowship. It is offered every month both in person in the fellowship hall and via Zoom usually on the last Sunday at 12:30 pm. Sessions run approximately an hour and a half. If you are interested in watching an introductory video regarding our faith, please view this YouTube video by Peter Bowden called Unitarian Universalism: You’re Uni-What? For more info or to register for Welcome to UU, contact: Laura McBride: 989.772.5512; Lmcbride010@gmail.com.

Donate Now!

The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Central Michigan is funded solely by its members and friends.

For your convenience, you can make a donation electronically with the button below, or via the GivePlus Church App. Please consider the option of offsetting the cost to the Fellowship for providing the convenience of making an online donation.

If you prefer not to donate electronically, you may also write a check payable to UUFCM and send it to: UUFCM, P.O. Box 41, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48804-0041

Together We Grow!

Got News?
The deadline for submissions to
the Order of Service Insert and the UUFCM weekly eNews
is Tuesday at 5:00 p.m.
Please send all submissions to admin@uufcm.org.

Drew's Office Hours and Contact Information

Please contact Drew via email, phone, or text.
minister@uufcm.org
Phone/text:
440-935-0129

UUFCM Board of Trustees for 2021-2022
President: Norma Bailey (989.560.3952; baile1nj@cmich.edu)
Past-President: Guy Newland (989.944.0534; newla1gm@cmich.edu)
President Elect: Stacey Pattison (989.330.1832; patti1s@cmich.edu)
Treasurer: Terrie Robbie (989.400.2495; tlrobbie1@gmail.com)
Secretary: Elaine Emerick (989.621.6063; ebundy84@gmail.com)
Trustee: Jennifer Davis (989.280.7010; jenmarsh40@gmail.com)
Trustee: Cynthia Damer (989.506.5750; ckdamer@gmail.com)
Trustee: Jodi Fisher (989.560.5135; jbfisher121@gmail.com)

Team and Committee Leaders

Building, Grounds & Safety Team - Norma Bailey
Communications Team - Sally Armstrong
Fellowship Life Coordinating Team - Gisela Moffit
Membership - Laura McBride
Arms Around - Gisela Moffit
Welcome & Hospitality - Gisela Moffit
Social Fun - Jen Prout
Social Justice Coordinating Team - Norma Bailey
Youth Religious Education (RE) Team - Jenny Kennedy
Worship Team - Drew Frantz
Adult Religious Education committee - Joyce Henricks
Coronavirus task force - Drew Frantz

We are a
religious community
guided by love,
transforming our lives
and our world.

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