Values for the Journey Ahead

August 16, 2020 10:30 AM     https://zoom.us/j/95376128272

Values help us steer through challenging times. Values are guides that influence our behavior and our responses to difficulties. As we navigate our way forward through this time of COVID-19 – or as some have called it, the “coronacoaster” – we can find strength and momentum by examining and becoming clear about what our values are. Our values give life meaning and keep us on track. Our conscience is troubled when we are not true to our values. The ancient stoic philosophers referred to values as “virtues.” Wisdom, Justice, Courage and Moderation are the cardinal virtues of the stoic – an excellent selection. Are there others? What are yours? In the early 2000’s the VIA Institute (VIA = “Values in Action”) started a science-based values inventory to help people identify and strengthen their values and character strengths. We will explore the meaning and impact of our values, especially as we face the challenges of our time. If you’d like to take the free values assessment survey (not required, but recommended) in preparation for our conversation on Sunday, please go to: www.viacharacter.org.

Sunday July 19, 2020 at 10:30 — Lyndon Harris

In Medias Res

Sunday July 5, 2020 at 10:30 — Lyndon Harris

Seeking Sanity in Crazy Times: Finding

Inner Peace in the Midst of Outer Turmoil

Life has been a little crazy lately. With so many challenges going on, is it possible to maintain a sense of balance?

While there are many voices telling us that we must be mindful of safety protocols because of external circumstances, we must also be mindful of inner safety. Martin Luther King once said ―be the peace you wish to see in the world.‖ By finding peace within ourselves, we contribute to the peace

in the world. Join us for some thoughts and a conversation about how we might do this, connecting the dots between internal and external peace, and why it’s vital for our health.

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Please see instructions below for joining by phone or computer for our next virtual fellowship this Sunday, June 7 at 10:30 am via Zoom. Rev. Michael Carter will be sharing “Gandhi, Dr. King, and Buddhism on Suffering.” What a timely message to help us weather the storms of the recent sadness from the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery.

To join us June 7, 2020 at 10:30 AM

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UUFCF is a liberal religious community that traditionally meets on the 1st and 3rd Sundays at 10:30 AM at 334 S Trade St, Tryon, NC 28782. However, due to Covid-19, our meetings are being held virtually via Zoom. See Our Services page for more information.

Our next virtual fellowship will be on Sunday, May 3 with our guest speaker Fritz Aufdencamp. He will share “Getting To Know You” about his experience getting to know a Jewish person on a spiritual level, which resulted in three heresy trials and motivated him to tear down the wall between Christianity and Judaism.

A frequent guest preacher at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Boca Raton, Florida, Fritz graduated from Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Theological Seminary in Columbus, Ohio in 1967.  He served congregations in Townsend, Montana; Cobb, Wisconsin; and Butler, Pennsylvania before leaving the Lutheran Church. In addition to his sermons, Fritz also sings in the choir and runs a ukulele group for his fellowship.

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Based on recommendations from UUA leaders, the public health community, and discussions with other local church leaders, we will be holding our fellowship this Sunday, March 15. Due to elevated concern about the new coronavirus (COVID 19), we are continuing to monitor the advice of the CDC and local health officials in order to make appropriate adaptations for our meetings to be good neighbors to one another and to our wider community.

 

The CDC recommends following common-sense practices:

• Stay home if you are feeling sick
• Wash your hands frequently for 20 seconds
• Avoid touching your face with unwashed hands
• Disinfect surfaces used regularly
• Use hand sanitizer
• Avoid close contact with someone who is sick

 

Based on those recommendations, we will make the following adjustments to our time together as a congregation:

 

• We will clean high contact surfaces (door handles, tables, hymnals, etc.).
• Ushers will carry the offering plate to each person, rather than passing it.
• We will recommend the use of serving utensils at coffee and conversation.
• We will also explore options for streaming the fellowship so that you can participate from home if you are unable, for whatever reason, to get to meetings.

 

If, after attending fellowship, you come down with a possible infectious disease, let us know and we will inform others. Typical symptoms of coronavirus include fever and a cough that may progress to pneumonia, causing breathing difficulties, including shortness of breath. More information, see the attached flyer from the CDC or go to CDC Information: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html

 

If there is a need to implement different practices to better care for our community, we will keep you informed. In the meantime, unless you have a fever, a cough or are sneezing, please come to fellowship!

Sacred Memory and Open Future: Honoring our 30th Anniversary Year of UUFCF

With Lyndon Harris

With about 200,000 members in the US (and approximately 4,000 in NC), Unitarian Universalism is small in comparison to other faith and spiritual communities. What are some of the distinctive traits of our fellowship? And how do these traits interface with other spiritual communities, especially in smaller towns in the South? This presentation will highlight milestones in the history of our fellowship here in the Thermal Belt and explore ideas about our distinctive offering here in Tryon, NC, moving forward.