On July 28th, UCF hosted its first Red Cross blood drive. For the UCF volunteers, this was a learning process, but the Red Cross team from Greenville was amazing, setting up an incredible amount of equipment, supplies, and stretchers in a very small place and efficiently running the donors through the interview process and donation … Continue reading UCF Holds First Red Cross Blood Drive
We will be discussing Somebody’s Daughter: A Memoir, by Ashley Ford on July 21 at 7PM. Ashley’s father is incarcerated while she is growing up. As an adult, she attempts to forgive others and accept herself, while trying to understand who she is, what she was born into, and the bonds of familial love. A very … Continue reading Anti-Racist Reading Group (AARG)
July 1 is the beginning of a new Fiscal Year at UCF and on Sunday, July 3, 2022, our new Board of Trustees was installed during our service. Many thanks to outgoing members of the Board: President Melva Kearney and Leadership Council Trustee, Mary Anna Newman. Here is the new Board being installed: Pictured above … Continue reading 2022-23 Board of Trustees is Installed
From Susan Fetzer, Board President I’m looking forward to the next two years as the President of the Fellowship, serving with new Board members Tom Wentworth as Vice President and Linda Rudd as Leadership Council Trustee. We will be joining Jo Ellen Essex, Secretary, and David Hughes, Treasurer, in their second year on the Board. … Continue reading July UCF News
The American Red Cross Blood Drive unit from Greenville has approved our Fellowship Hall as a site for blood drives in Carteret County. This is an incredible opportunity for us to give life-saving blood to those who need it and also to increase the visibility of our church and our congregation in the community. Our … Continue reading Don’t Miss UCF’s First Blood Drive!
When the Social Action Committee met on May 15th, the leak of the Supreme Court decision that was likely to reverse Roe v. Wade had just hit the news. Those at the meeting discussed their feelings about this decision and wanted to take action to help women keep their reproductive rights. We felt that taking … Continue reading 5th Sunday Collection for July: Carolina Abortion Fund
Carol Sue was born and raised in New Jersey. She has one son, Bob, who is married to Joan Burton, and both are members of UCF. Carol Sue became a UU member in 1968 in Ridgewood N.J.She had always dreamed of becoming an actress, training with Lee Strasberg, then working on the soap opera “ … Continue reading New Member Carol Sue Burton-Gorman
Members of the Social Justice Committee participated in Crystal Coast Proud’s “Family Pride in the Park” event on Saturday, June 25th at Martin Luther King, Jr. Park in Morehead City. The event was very well attended — many families with children of all ages enjoyed the great food, face painting, snow cones, and cotton candy. … Continue reading UCF Participates in Family Pride in the Park Event
The Social Action Committee hosted the very first event in our beautiful new social hall on Tuesday, June 14. We held a tea party, complete with myriad varieties of tea and a table full of homemade treats including scones, cookies, meat and veggie rollups, to thank the wonderful women who every year knit and crochet … Continue reading Social Action Hosts Tea Party for Twisted Sisters
In January 2023, the Board of Trustees updated the UCF COVID policy. It was reviewed in March 2023 and no changes were made. To see the full policy, click here.
