A Common Read invites participants to read and discuss the same book in a given period of time. A Common Read can build community in our congregations and our movement by giving diverse people a shared experience, shared language, and a basis for deep, meaningful conversations. Each year’s Common Read is chosen by a committee … Continue reading Common Read 2016 / 17
Watch UUSC President & CEO Tom Andrews’ message about the Declaration of Conscience and consider adding your name to the over 10,000 who have already signed on!
FAITHIFY is proud to announce their newly redesigned website! Since June 2014, FAITHIFY users have pledged over $775,000 to UU ministries. FAITHIFY connects thousands of funding partners across the country and the world to projects based in UU values: social justice, service trips, disaster and pastoral response, speakers and travel for events, building projects, and … Continue reading FAITHIFY Crowdfunding
Watch UUSC President & CEO Tom Andrews’ message» about the Declaration of Conscience and consider adding your name to the over 10,000 who have already signed on!
As an Interfaith Partner of Thrive!, UUFD joins Christ the King and Durango Friends in supporting the vision of La Plata County being a place where all workers are paid a living wage, enabling individuals, families, and the community to thrive. Eighty-eight employers have joined the Thrive! Employer Recognition Program (TERP) and Thrive! has set … Continue reading Thrive! Sets 2017 Goals…
On behalf of our congregation, Teresa Jordan presented a check to Laura McKinney, President Habitat for Humanity of La Plata County. The money (nearly $2,000) was that portion of this year’s FROLIC funds dedicated to local housing issues. Habitat La Plata County executive director, Rachel Taylor-Saghie, said 19 homes have been built locally since 2008 … Continue reading FROLIC Funds Distributed
Monoprints by Allison will be exhibited in Bowman Hall throughout November and December. Inspired by patterns in nature and all things found, Allison Andersen creates abstract and atmospheric monoprints.
When you click the “Donate” button at the top of UUFD’s home page, you now have the opportunity to donate online, either once or as a recurring donation. If you would like to go paperless, get extra points on a credit card, or just automate your regular giving, this is for you!
Podcasts are an increasingly popular format for sharing stories, information, and interviews. Subscribe (free) then listen at your convenience. Check out these podcasts created by Unitarian Universalists (UUs): Divign Thinking – offers café conversations with special guests. The Pamphlet – a podcast uncovering Unitarian Universalism’s hidden histories. New episodes every two weeks. UU Perspectives – a weekly … Continue reading UU Podcasts
On Sunday, Sept. 25, UUFD formally installed Reverend Katie Kandarian-Morris as its first called minister. In the words of Rev. Peter Raible, “An installation service is the recognition that a minister is settled in a particular society. …There is an important history to this service relating to congregational polity…The installation highlights and reaffirms the bond … Continue reading Historic Installation of Rev. Katie Kandarian-Morris
