From Rev. Ma: Dear Beloveds,Happy New Year! A new year promises renewal, fresh starts, new beginnings. It’s the time of year that many people resolve: this year will be different. This year, I’ll finally lose weight. This year, I’ll do a better job of keeping in touch with loved ones. This year, I’ll tackle that … Continue reading January UCF News!
The “2022 UCF New Year’s Day Hike and Ceremony for Banishing the Ills of 2021” was a great success. We gathered at 1 PM in Fort Macon State Park, once Tom Wentworth was able to discriminate successfully between southeast and southwest. Fortunately, the other 12 participants were not similarly challenged when identifying points of the compass. … Continue reading UCF Starts 2022 with a Beach Hike!
As is our UCF tradition, whenever there are five Sundays in a month, the Social Action Committee selects a local charity to receive all non-pledge offerings for the month. The Committee selected local food pantries across our county as recipients of our January 2022 collection. During these uncertain and challenging times and especially after the … Continue reading 5th Sunday Collection for January 2022: Carteret County Food Pantries
For many years, the Unitarian Coastal Fellowship has been financially supporting the Sister Communities of San Ramon Nicaragua (SCSRN), a non-profit located in Durham, NC, and many of our members and friends have participated in their winter Ecotours in Nicaragua each year. The stated goals of SCSRN are: We support the people of San Ramón, … Continue reading Update on Our Partnership with Sister Communities of San Ramon, Nicaragua
On Sunday, December 5th, members of the Pastoral Care Team at UCF held a drive-thru event at our new facility (under construction) at 2900 Bridges Street. Members and Friends of UCF were invited to drive through the parking lot where the Team had tables set up with bags of holiday goodies to give out. The … Continue reading Pre-holiday Fun and Fundraising!
Communications from our Coastline Newsletter this Month From Rev. Michelle: Dear Beloveds, This is, historically, an inward time. The harvest is in; the days grow cold; the nights grow long. There is a season for everything, and this is the season for rest. There is, for sure, still work to do. There’s always work to … Continue reading December UCF News!
Adult Religious Education had a busy month! In addition to weekly meditation and yoga sessions, we co-sponsored with Social Action, the film and discussion, “Racially Charged: America’s Misdemeanor Problem.” An excellent discussion was led by LA Jones, a retired federal warden and Charles Chalmers, retired Durham NC Chief of Police. Approximately 30 participants joined us … Continue reading Adult Education Happenings for December
Honor someone you love or admire. To Our Unitarian Coastal Fellowship Members and Friends, We have ordered beautiful, safe, comfortable, and long-lasting chairs to use in our new sanctuary. The chairs are manufactured in Ohio. 75% of the power required to run the production line is from the burning of sawdust created in the process … Continue reading UCF Chair Donation Opportunity
At the Social Action Committee meeting in August, it was decided to continue our Racial Justice work by dividing into two groups: The Anti-Racism Reading group will continue to provide education on these issues through reading and discussion of books on racism and racial justice. They will endeavor to include more members of the congregation … Continue reading Update on Racial Justice Work – Nov. 2021
UCF’s Green Sanctuary and Adult RE Committees sponsored a third 2021 nature walk, led by botanist and UCF member Tom Wentworth, on Saturday afternoon, November 13, 2021. The hike took place on the Tideland National Recreation Trail near the Cedar Point Campground in the Croatan National Forest. This 1.4-mile loop trail traverses marshes and forested … Continue reading Great Nature Walk at Tideland National Recreation Trail!
