This Sunday's plate will be split with Wind of the Spirit

an Immigrant Resource Center working for a just and humane immigration policy that allows us to live with dignity.

Last week, we collected $285.00 for the NJ Together

Thank You for Your Financial Support!

THIS WEEK AT THE FELLOWSHIP

Wednesday, January 24th



Mindfulness Meditation at noon, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

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Thursday, January 25th

Men's Consciousness Raising, 7:00 pm

Contact adultprograms@muuf.org for more information

Choir Practice, 7:00 pm - cancelled

Terrace Room

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Friday, January 26th

Gentle Yoga with Hazel, 10:00 am

For all bodies and abilities, beginner to advanced

Click Here to Join with Zoom

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Saturday, January 27th

A Gathering of Men, 9:00 am - 11:00 am

This group meets in person and online. Fellowship Members and Friends invited to join after a welcome meeting. Contact Joe Uhrhane or Venkat Puranapanda for more information.

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Sunday, January 28th



Sunday Service, 10:30 am -11:30 am 

Join us in person in the Meeting Room or Live on Facebook and www.MUUF.org/SundayServices

Endowment Committee will be in the Great hall following service to answer all questions about the Endowment Grant Proposal process and to distribute applications.

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Monday, January 29th

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Tuesday, January 30th

Evening Mindfulness Meditation, 7:00pm

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Children's and Youth Programs this Sunday

Spirit Play (3-7): 9:30-10:00 - Room 209

Faith Formation Stations (7-13): 9:30-10:00

Featured Faith Formation Station: The Social Justice Room (Room 208) will feature Learn your LGBTQs. Queer Kid Stuff is an original YouTube channel created dedicated to LGBTQ+ kids. It’s hosted by  Lindsay Amer with the help of their best-stuffed friend, Teddy. In “Learn Your LGBTs!,” Lindsay, Teddy, and his friends teach young kids what ‘LGBT’ stands for, what identities many people share, and so much more! This will be our featured room until 3/24.

Our Whole Lives for 9-12-year-olds: 9:00-10:00 - Room 201

Parents as Primary Sexual Educators Small Group: 9:00-10:00 - Parlor (1st floor)

Heeding the Call: Qualities Of A Justice Maker (12-15-year-olds) 9:00 - 10:00 - Room 303

Worship Service (all ages): 10:30-11:30 - Includes a "Time for all Ages," activity bags, and Sermon Bingo.

UU Wellspring: Sources and Spiritual Practices (14-17): 11:30-1:00 - Room 301

Upcoming Children’s and Youth programs

There are many youth and children’s programs planned for children and youth this winter and spring, including OWL for ages 9-12 & 13-15 year-olds, contemplative spiritual practices for youth, a parent small group, and more. Check out our website for more information. 

Please note, that to accommodate these classes, Sunday Morning Religious Education (Spirit Play, Faith Formation Stations, etc.) will begin at 9:00 am and end at 10:00am.

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Parents as Primary Sexual Educators Small Group – A program for Unitarian Universalist parents and caregivers who seek support and skills to be effective sexuality educators of their children. This program invites adults to ask themselves: How can I embody my role as my child’s primary sexuality educator in a way that expresses my UU values and faith?

1/28-3/24, 

9:00 am – 10:00 am. 

For parents of all aged children 

Register Here

Help Wanted

Worship Bag Monitor - Someone to ensure the worship bags are cleaned, updated, and restocked. Supplies have been donated, so there is no need to purchase items. If we are low on items, we will ask for more donations.

Hospitality Box Monitor - A person or persons to monitor the contents of the hospitality boxes in our bathrooms. Coordinate with staff to restock items as needed.

If you are interested in either of these positions, please email Nick at nwallwork@muuf.org.

If you would like to donate to either of these projects, please click on these Amazon wish lists to make donations.

Worship Bags Wish List

Hospitality Box Wish Lists

Reminder

As the cases of COVID, flu, RSV and just plain old colds are increasing, we'd like to remind you of the Fellowship's guidelines for illness:

To help reduce the risk of spread, we ask all to:

• Wash hands frequently.
• Self-monitor for fever, cough, or other symptoms indicative of infection and if feeling ill, stay home.
• If aware of possible exposure, wear a mask or stay home.
• If you have Covid, we expect you to follow CDC guidelines on isolation and mask wearing. These can be found here.
• Remember that some members of the fellowship are more vulnerable than others, and some are more cautious than others.
• Masks are always welcome.

These guidelines should be followed for all illnesses.

Endowment Grants

The Endowment Fund was established to support the mission of the Fellowship outside the scope of our annual operating budget. For the past three years, an allocation from the Endowment Fund has been voted on by the Congregation at the annual meeting to fund a project(s) to benefit the Fellowship.

The Endowment Fund Committee (EFC) is currently soliciting applications for projects to grant these funds to. The total funds available are $18,189 from the 2022 and 2023 allocations. 

As part of this, the EFC will host a table in the Great Hall every Sunday following service through mid-February to hand out applications and their vetting document (this outlines the review process all applications will go through), as well as answer all questions.

All applications are due by midnight on February 18^th. The documents can be found on the website via this link.

EFC will review all applications and then forward their recommended project(s) to the Board for review. The projects are then made available to members for review and comment before final approval. EFC anticipates announcing the project(s) being awarded funds at the June, 2024 Annual Congregational Meeting.

Also at the June 2024 Annual Meeting, a new Endowment Fund allocation will be presented. If approved, this amount will fund another annual cycle of grant applications for 2024-25.

Thank you for supporting the Endowment Fund through your donations. Your generosity is truly amazing.

EFC: Janet Horst (Chair), Barb Pecca, Carolyn Schwartz, John Solu 

Building Project Update

This week the electrical conduit was run into the new addition. This includes capacity for future solar panels. A lot of sheet rock was delivered too!

Please remember to follow the signs and fencing and remain out of the construction area.

And finally, please contact Shari Loe or Franklin Heller at drww@muuf.org or visit our website to see how you can help or to donate.

View of the electrical conduit buing run this week into the new building including capacity for future solar panels.

Sheetrock has been delivered!

Fellowship Children - Ask a UU Robot - We Need Your Input!

We are preparing an upcoming service on the topic of AI (Artificial Intelligence) for February 18. 2024. For the Time for All Ages piece of the service we'd like to include questions that Fellowship children would like to ask a UU Robot and we need your help gathering these!

Please ask your child what they would ask a UU Robot and send it to us. We will run the questions through a AI tool and share the answers.

Some examples of questions are:

• "Write a short poem about how we are all connected”
• "Why do bad things happen to good people?"
• “Write a short story for kids about our seventh principle”
• “Draw a picture about caring for our planet Earth, the home we share with all living things” 

but any and all questions are welcome.

We’ll use as many of the AI responses as possible and will make every effort to make sure each individual gets back the AI tool response to their question.

If your child would like to ask a question to a UU robot, please send it to Gabor Kiss at gkiss@muuf.org  or Jerry Weinstein at jweinstein@muuf.org. 

Upcoming Events

Outside the Fellowship

GAAMC

Jan 29, 6 pm: Welcome to “ Do You Hear What I Hear”-- a curated evening of music featuring a GAAMC member's favorites. This eve we feature GAAMC Member Sherri Rase and the music she enjoys. We’ll discuss questions such as, “what lights you up about a particular style of music or a piece of music?” and “ What fascinates you in the way a singer/songwriter, lyricist or composer creates their work?” . There will be refreshments, and a small donation is requested.

Visit www.gaamc.org for additional information.