The UUFoM Covid-19 Task Force has been tracking vaccine status of our adult members. Now that children and youth can be vaccinated, we are including them in our numbers! Currently 67% of the total congregation have reported receiving at least one vaccination! This is great news! If you want to be included in the statistics (your personal … Continue reading UUFoM COVID-19 Task Force Updated Information
June 4 to June 6 is National Gun Violence Awareness weekend! The Great Lakes Bay Region chapter of Moms Demand Action invites everyone to wear orange that weekend to help raise awareness. The group will be featured at the Great Lakes Loons game at 7:05 p.m. on June 4, and at a noon event at Zion Lutheran Evangelical Church, Saginaw, … Continue reading Wear Orange for National Gun Violence Awareness
Outdoor-Indoor RationaleRev. Eric Severson I am SO looking forward to seeing people in person again, shaking hands, giving hugs! COVID-19 numbers finally are going in the right direction. State and federal authorities have relaxed masking and distancing rules for fully vaccinated people. (Nearly 80 percent of our adult congregants have reported being vaccinated.) And the UUFoM board … Continue reading Minister Reflections – May 2021
Click here for a printable version of the Metrics for Reopening UUFoM for Indoor, In-Person Worship Services (created May 18, 2021) May 18, 2021: UUFOM IN-PERSON EVENTS AND GATHERINGS As of May 18, 2021, UUFoM guidelines allow in-person OUTSIDE gatherings of fellowship-sponsored groups. The guidelines for groups described below (masks, spacing, outside only, contact information … Continue reading UUFoM COVID-19 Guidelines for Fellowship-Sponsored Outdoor Gatherings and Classes
UUFoM Building Access Update – Building Closure Through September 1, 2021For everyone’s continued safety through the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Board of Directors has determined that the building will remain closed and in-person activities will remain suspended through September 1, 2021 at the earliest.Outdoor gatherings are now permitted, so long as they comply with the … Continue reading BOARD ANNOUNCEMENT 05/2021
June is LGBTQ+ Pride Month! However, just like last year there will be a virtual Great Lakes Bay Pride Festival. Although we will not be gathering in person as allies, we can still show our support for our LGBTQ+ friends, family, and community. Great Lakes Bay Pride (formerly Perceptions) will once again be providing yard signs for … Continue reading Virtual Great Lakes Pride
Sunday, May 30 at 1 p.m. (rain or shine)Set-up – 12:30 p.m.Fellowship Parking Lot UUFoM plant (and book) lovers, please join us on Sunday afternoon, May 30, in the fellowship parking lot for a plant (and book) giveaway. You don’t have to bring a plant (or book) to receive a plant (or book).We’ll all wear masks and observe … Continue reading UUFoM Spring Plant (and Book) Adoption
UUFoM’s Flower Communion service will be held virtually on June 6 at 10:30am. We will include slides of our “bouquet of humanity,” so please submit photos of yourself (with or without flowers) by May 31 to [email protected]. Please fill out a photo and video release if you haven’t already. We can’t wait to share your photos.
Saturday, May 22 8:30 amEastman Avenue Midland Blooms is an annual beautification project for the community. Midland Blooms is in its 31st year and involves over 500 community volunteers (including volunteers from UUFoM) to make it happen. As in years past, they are planning to plant on both sides of Eastman Ave. for a two-and-a-half mile stretch. Once … Continue reading Midland Blooms
