Author: Barb Thomas

April UCF News!

From Rev. Michelle Beloveds, It has surely been a long season of waiting. Two long years we have waited! For the pandemic to be over…for our dreams of a new building to come to fruition…it has been two years of anticipation, weariness, impatience, excitement, nervousness, and all of the other big and small emotions that … Continue reading April UCF News!

International Transgender Day of Visibility

Annually since 2009, March 31 has been recognized as International Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV). This is a day to recognize, revere, and celebrate the resilience and accomplishments of the transgender community. UUA has great resources to learn more about ways to be more welcoming and inclusive of transgender people and basic definitions about gender … Continue reading International Transgender Day of Visibility

Welcoming Congregation

UCF’s Welcoming Congregation Statement: We, the Unitarian Coastal Fellowship, are an intentionally diverse community, welcoming of and enriched by people of varying cultures, economic and ethnic backgrounds; by people of varying sexual orientations, gender identities and family compositions; by people of all races, ages, and beliefs. (Adopted by the UCF congregation in 2006) To receive … Continue reading Welcoming Congregation

Welcoming Congregation Renewal Process Begins

In an 18 month period between 2004 and 2006, Unitarian Coastal Fellowship completed the rigorous UUA requirements to become a Welcoming Congregation and created the Welcoming Congregation statement that can be found on the first page of this newsletter. In 2018, the UUA recommended that all Welcoming Congregations complete an annual renewal process to ensure … Continue reading Welcoming Congregation Renewal Process Begins