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Sunday Morning Service at 10:30am
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December 16
Winter Pageant: “A Single Shard” “A Single Shard” by Linda Sue Park is the story chosen by the Youth Group for this year’s pageant. Emphasizing the value of honesty, perseverance, and promise keeping, “A Single Shard” is the story of a boy who wants to be a potter and who goes on a journey to deliver the vases of the master potter he serves in order to win a royal commission to make vases for the king. Presented by UUFoM Children and Youth; Heather Cleland-Host, Director of Religious Education.
Click here for December Worship Services
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Youth Group Fundraiser: Saving Amazon Rain Forest
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Bake sale and fun activities
The youth group invites you to celebrate after the winter pageant service. The youth will be bringing food and activities for during the coffee hour, and they invite congregants to also bring holiday treats to share and take home. Bring plates of snowflake cookies or elvish brownies or perhaps holiday bread. (Plates should be disposable and covered with plastic as they will go home with others. Ziplock bags of cookies or brownies also work). The youth will be collecting donations toward helping protect the animals and ecosystem of the Amazon Rainforest.
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CUUPs Yule Ritual & Potluck
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 December 16, 12:30pm - 1:30pm Pagan Standard Time
CUUPs would like to cordially invite our Unitarian Universalist family to our Yule Ritual. Feel free to RSVP on our Facebook event. This ritual will be followed by a potluck lunch, so if you plan to attend please bring a dish to pass. Adults and children are welcome to attend. |
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Will You Welcome a Guest At Your Table?
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 The idea behind Guest at Your Table is to take a box home and place an amount of money in the box each day over the winter holidays, an amount that we might spend to host a guest in our homes. Guest at Your Table donations support the work of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, protecting and promoting basic human rights.
This year’s Guest at Your Table theme is Justice Across Borders. From the Northern Triangle of Central America, to deserts of Mexico and Arizona, to detention centers in the United States, the road away from danger is paved with injustices. Partnering with grassroots allies along the Central American migration trail, UUSC addresses root causes, supports migrants in transit, and protects the right to seek asylum. Join with UUSC for Guest at Your Table to learn more about UUSC’s and our nation’s involvement in Central America – historically and presently – and our courageous Migrant Justice partners.
Please pick up a box or envelope at the Events board and bring it back to the Fellowship by February 3. If you have any questions, please contact Amanda Clifton at .[email protected].
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Photos For Member Directory
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In an effort to get to know the congregation better, we would like to add photos next to names in the Member Directory on the password-protected section of the website. Couples and families can be photographed together. Photos and/or names of children will be included at the discretion of their parents.
The photo shoots will take place after each Sunday service on January 6, January 13, January 20, and January 27 at 12pm. Photos will be taken in the upstairs meeting room, room UL301. To sign up to get your photo taken on a preferred Sunday, please see Christina Van Poucker or email her at [email protected].
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December UUFoM Board Meeting
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The Board will meet Tuesday, December 18, 7:00pm at the Fellowship. This is a change from our regular fourth Tuesday date to avoid trying to get a quorum on Christmas day. In addition to routine business, the meeting will include a monitoring report from Rev. Connie. The report will address the ways in which Fellowship programs address the goal of "assembling in supportive and beloved community, sharing life's joys and sorrows, and embracing all of our wondrous diversity."
All Fellowship members are welcome to attend Board meetings.
Sara Clavez, Board President
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CUUPs Full Moon In Cancer Ritual & Potluck
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December 22 at 7:00pm Room UL302
Come join us as we celebrate the full moon in Cancer. Krista Mann will be leading this ritual and afterwards we'll have a small potluck. Please bring yourself and a dish to pass.
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Save the Date for Regional Assembly
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Save the date for Regional Assembly! This year, our RA will be held in St. Louis, Missouri, at the Marriott St Louis, April 5-7, 2019
The theme is “Intersectionalities”—how we live, work, and relate, as well as share, withhold, and leverage power in our world. Presentations and workshops will explore identities we encounter and embody, the challenges of social inequality, and tools and skills we need in order to work more effectively with one another, as well as the general “nuts and bolts” of congregational life, such as leadership, stewardship, membership, and religious education. Our Keynote Presenter will be UUA President, Susan Frederick-Gray. Join us to explore, share, and worship with fellow Unitarian Universalists. Registration will be open in January!
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PERSONAL CONNECTION &
DEVELOPMENT
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 Do you write poetry? How does your spirituality impact your work? How does the practice influence your spirituality? If you write poetry that you would like to share and reflect on in a service featuring a potpourri of UUFoM's poets on December 30, please contact Sarah
Nuss-Warren at [email protected] or Amy Rogers at
[email protected]. If you have a favorite local poet who might
like to share with us, please contact us, too. We are hoping to hear
many different voices at this service.
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Toys For Tots Distribution
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Distribution will be held on Saturday, December 15 between 9:00am and 9:00pm at 1406 E. Pine Street, Midland. There are no income requirements but you must be a resident of Midland County. You will need your drivers license, proof of residency, and birth certificate(s) for all children and youth participating.
Volunteers are NEEDED for this event. Sign up here - https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0f4aaea929aafa7-volunteers
Contact Wendy at [email protected] with any questions.
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Midland County Emergency Food Pantry Network Donations
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The Midland County Emergency Food Pantry Network is a cooperative effort of area churches and other organizations to provide food and supplies to people in Midland County who have emergency needs and are living near or below the Federal poverty level income guidelines. At UUFoM, we collect donations for the Food Pantry Network on an ongoing basis. Bring your donations with you when you come to the Fellowship and place them in one of the bins in the UUFoM Donation Center outside the sanctuary, and we will transport them to the Food Pantry.
Fifty-five donated items were taken to the Food Pantry from UUFoM congregants last week!
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Empty Ink Cartridge Collection
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 The UUFOM can receive $1.00 each for recyclable empty ink cartridges. Not all cartridge types are eligible, but please bring to the Fellowship any empty cartridges you have and they will be turned in, with a credit then being issued to the UUFOM for eligible cartridges. Ineligible cartridges will be properly disposed of. This is an on-going collection effort that in the past was facilitated by RG Converse. Please bring in empty cartridges and deposit them in the labeled collection bin in the UUFoM Donation Center outside the sanctuary. If you are allowed to collect empty ink cartridges from your workplace this can greatly increase our return.
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Fellowship Office Hours
The Fellowship Office will be open Mondays through Thursday from 9:30 am until 1:30 pm. Please email the office or call 989-631-1162 if you need to get in touch at any other time.
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This Week at the Fellowship
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Fellowship Office Hours
The Fellowship Office will be open Mondays through Thursday from 9:30 am until 1:30 pm. Please email the office or call 989-631-1162 if you need to get in touch at any other time. The Fellowship Office will be closed December 24 through January 2 and will reopen for normal business hours on January 3.
| Sun 12/16 |
10:30am |
Winter Pageant - "A Single Shard" |
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12:00pm |
Youth Rainforest Fundraiser |
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12:30pm |
Ancient Shores CUUPs |
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7:00pm |
AA Meeting (Rental) |
| Tue 12/18 |
6:30pm |
The Books We Carry With Us (Cov Grp) |
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7:00pm |
Board Meeting |
| Wed 12/19 |
5:00pm |
Three Jewels Sangha Tea & Meditation |
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6:00pm |
Governance Meeting |
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8:00pm |
AA Meeting (Rental) |
| Thu 12/20 |
7:00pm |
WOMAN |
| Fri 12/21 |
10:00am |
Pastoral Care Team Meeting |
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Calendar
Reserve a space.
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Pastoral Care Ministry Team
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December Contact: Gisela Bailey 989-708-1344
Our Pastoral Care Ministry Team is here for you. We can provide a meal, a ride, some respite or a supportive ear and a cup of coffee.
We maintain a volunteer list where you can identify ways to help a Fellowship member in need. Please click here to fill out the Pastoral Care Volunteer Form online.
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You can access the Member Directory on the password-protected Member section of the website. The Member Directory contains names and contact information for all members and pledging friends. Please notify the office if you need to change your information or you do not wish your information to appear in the online directory.
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The Weekly Candle Flame is published each Thursday. Submission deadline is Monday for Thursday publication. Please send submissions to Wendy Altmeier, Office Assistant, using only this address [email protected].
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The Fellowship Office will be closed December 24 through January 2 and will reopen for normal business hours on January 3.
Fellowship Office Hours
Monday - Thursday 9:30am-1:30pm
[email protected]
Rev. Connie Grant
Interim Minister
Office Hours
Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday 11am-3pm
[email protected]
(847) 840-8542
In case of a pastoral emergency, call anytime
Heather Cleland-Host
Director of Religious Education
Office Hours by appointment only
[email protected]
Wendy Altmeier
Office Assistant
Office Hours
Monday - Thursday 9:30 am-1:30 pm
[email protected]
989-631-1162
Sandy Hay
Sexton
[email protected]
(918) 698-0311
In case of building emergency, call anytime
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