Save the Date: May 9th for UCF Annual Goods and Services Auction. Click HERE for info!
The Anti-Racist Reading Group will meet next on January 13, at 7 p.m. The read will be You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience, an anthology by 20 well-known racial justice writers. It is edited by Tarana Burke, founder of the MeToo Movement, and Brene Brown, professor and well-known author of … Continue reading Anti-Racist Reading Group
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!
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
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!
The UCF Adult Religious Education Committee is pleased to announce a book group to discuss the UUA Common Read 2021 book: Breathe: A Letter to my Sons by Imani Perry. The discussion will take place on Wednesday, November 17 at 7:30 pm, probably on Zoom. For information and discussion questions about the book, visit uua.org/read/breathe; to learn more … Continue reading UUA Common Read Book Discussion in November
Adult RE is pleased to announce that the weekly meditation class began on Monday, September 20, at 6:30 pm by Zoom. The site will open at 6:15. The sessions will be guided by either Holly Rogers, Daryl Walker, Virginia Woodhead, or Vicki Barrett. Vicki was our meditation group leader for several years before she moved … Continue reading Meditation Has Resumed
In June, we had a service based on the poetry project called “Where I’m From.” In this project, people write a poem modeled after George Ella Lyon’s poem, and they consider images, expressions and memories from their own past. For Adult RE on Wednesday, October 13 at 6:00 pm, we will host a time in … Continue reading “Where I’m From” poetry project
The Adult RE Committee is hosting a discussion of the film The Game Changers on Wednesday October 27, 2021 at 6 pm. This film discusses the benefits of a plant-based diet, particularly for athletes. The movie is available for viewing on Netflix, and lists James Cameron, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jackie Chan and Novak Djokovic as Executive … Continue reading The Game Changers Film Discussion
Thank you to all who participated in our anti-racism instrument! Over 90% of respondents strongly agreed that it was important for our congregation to work toward a more racially just country and the responses were evenly split between those who were more drawn to mobilizing individuals for a single event or action and those who … Continue reading Anti-Racism Work
