UPDATE March 2020 Volume 51 Number 3 · 3/2/2020 · services, and it all just happens—it’s a...
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Fred’s Flavorings
Magic Happens!
I tend to think
this cartoon
sums up how
people view
church and
how it
operates. We
have a variety
of programs,
services, and it all just happens—it’s a miracle or it’s done
by magic. And while I don’t want to discount the
possibility of miracles or magic happening, there is another
rational explanation. Someone, who might look a lot like
you, steps in to fill a void that they see. And if by chance
it is you, THANK YOU because your stepping in to fill that
void helps keep the fellowship a welcoming place for all
who use this space, not just on Sunday but during the week
as well.
Years ago, I served a congregation that did not
have an office administrator so that meant my doing the
weekly bulletins, designing them, printing them, stuffing
them, etc. This particular congregation, to help cut down
on inserts, had a bulletin jacket cover with the basic
information that was run every week. This was recycled
week after week. And while we had a basket for people to
place their OOS to be recycled, they weren’t always left
there. We would find them in hymnals, on chairs, on
tables, in classrooms, etc. But I never had to think about
this because come Thursday when I printed the program, I
would find the jacket covers in their box ready for the next
week. It was magic. Then one week, the magic did not
happen. I had to go and hunt for the prior week’s OOS with
jacket covers in order to reuse the jackets again. It was a
step that took about 30 minutes; 30 minutes that I did not
have as a part time minister. The next week was the same;
the magic did not happen. Now I did not know who created
this magic. And when I inquired who had been doing this,
no one knew. It must be magic. And then one day, it began
again. I searched to find out who had been doing this
seemingly simple task that became a great time saver for
me. Turns out it was a member who was away for a few
weeks, but I did not know of their service because they
simply stepped in and did it, unnoticed by others. I thanked
them for doing this because it was a valuable yet simple
task that made my work just a bit easier and less time
consuming. For me, it was a lesson in appreciation of the
smallest of tasks being filled that others just assumed
happened magically.
This fellowship needs people who will see a void
and step in; especially around hospitality concerns.
Hospitality is our face to the world. How clean and orderly
our space is, is noticed by the various groups that rent our
space for their meetings. Having the bathrooms
presentable, trash cans emptied, having social hour set up
and cleaned up, kitchen counters cleared of food and
dishes, hymnals replaced into the chair racks, these are all
small tasks that don’t just happen. We are the magic casters
and the miracle workers that create this lovely space.
While we have some paid custodial care for the
more intensive cleaning, we are the ones that make this
place shine. But it can’t just be one person stepping up to
fill the need. So, when it’s your committee’s turn to set up
social hour and to clean up afterwards, don’t assume that
magic just happens. Talk to one another in your committee
and find out who is going to set up the coffee, who is going
to bring what on Sunday morning, who is going to plate the
food if it needs plating, who will clean up the social hall
and kitchen afterwards? Who will make sure the trash is
gathered, etc.? Don’t let it be the same person every time
so when they are not there, it does not happen.
It isn’t fair to your committee mates to assume that
a miracle will happen by Mary Poppins. She is not a
member here. The miracle that occurs here is done through
each of us. Thank you for making MUUF the welcoming
friendly place that it is by making it a nice home to enjoy
with others.
Blessings, Fred
UPDATE
March 2020
Volume 51 Number 3
MUUF’S MISSION STATEMENT
“A friendly beacon for religious freedom, supporting lifelong spiritual growth
and working for social justice with compassion and love.”
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MUUF Calendar 2020
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
1 8:30 Choir rehearsal
10:30am Speaker-
Rev. Fred L Hammond
Music- Choir & Barbara
Jensen
12:00 Social Justice
2 10:00 Great
Decisions
2:00 Book Group
“Educated”
6:30 Manatee Clean
Energy Alliance
3 10:00 Knitting 4Peace
2:00 Overeaters
Anonymous
6:30 Zen Meditation
4 11:00 Mahjongg
6:00 Toastmasters
5 10:00 Worship Team
12:00 Al-Anon
7:30 Meditation
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7 9:00 Cottage Meeting
1:00 Bridge
8 8:30 Choir rehearsal
10:30am Speaker-
Rev. Fred L Hammond
Music- Barbara Jensen
9 10:00 Great
Decisions
10 2:00 Overeaters
Anonymous
6:30 Zen Meditation
11 10:30 Cottage Meeting
11:00 Mahjongg
2:00 Men’s Group
6:00 Toastmasters
12 12:00 Al-Anon
2:30 COSM
7:30 Meditation
13 6:00 Share-A-Dish
14 9:00 Non-Violent
Communication
Workshop
1:00 Bridge
15 8:30 Choir rehearsal
10:30am Speaker-
Rev. Fred L Hammond
Music- Choir & Barbara
Jensen
11:45 MUUF101 STEWARDSHIP SUNDAY
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10:00 Great
Decisions
17 2:00 Overeaters
Anonymous
6:30 Zen Meditation
18 9:00 Board Reports
Due
10:00 Finance Mtg
11:00 Mahjongg
6:00 Toastmasters
19 9:00 Our Daily Bread
12:00 Al-Anon
7:30 Meditation
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9:00 Update Articles
Due
4:30 Fellowship at
Caddy’s at the Pointe
Bradenton
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12:00-5:00
7th Annual Manatee
Pride Festival
Bradenton Riverwalk
1:00 Bridge
22 8:30 Choir rehearsal
10:30am Speaker-
Guest
Music- Barbara. Jensen
23 10:00 Great
Decisions
24 2:00 Overeaters
Anonymous
6:30 Zen Meditation
6:30 Board Meeting
25 11:00 Mahjongg
6:00 Toastmasters
26 12:00 Al-Anon
7:30 Meditation
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28
1:00 Bridge
29 8:30 Choir rehearsal
10:30am Speaker-Guest
Music- Barbara Jensen
Special Collection-
PRISM
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31 2:00 Overeaters
Anonymous
6:30 Zen Meditation
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President’s Message John Isham
2050, The Future, then and now.
It is predicted that by 2050 the oceans
will rise from 10.69 inches up to 21.58
inches higher than they are today.* Cities
will have to move to higher ground. Where will they be
built and what kind of social upheaval will be caused by
the forced migration? Will it be orderly or chaotic? The
social and logistical implications are enormous.
It is predicted that by 2045 AGI (Artificial General
Intelligence) will evolve in a singularity, a state where
AGI will be one billion times more powerful than all
human intelligence today.** What will we do with it, or
more correctly, what will it do with us? And how will it
handle climate change?
It is predicted that by 2021, we may see the end of
democracy and the end of the rule of law in the United
States. Autocracy may rule. It depends on the November
2020 vote. After 30 more years then, what might be the
state of affairs in the US and the world? It overpowers
the imagination considering what things might be like.
Many of us will be gone, but what about our children
and theirs? What do we hope for them?
Can we do anything besides look worried and wring our
hands? You are darn right we can, and that is to do all
we can to get out the vote. We can't stop climate change
and we can't stop developing artificial general
intelligence, but we can do everything in our power to
make sure all citizens vote, and the election is fair. We
need the largest voter turnout in the history of our
country. This means walking neighborhoods to register
people, it means sitting at public tables encouraging
voter registration, it means driving people to the polls, it
means convincing people of the importance of their
vote. It means calling and writing our state and national
legislators to prevent the illegal manipulation of our
elections. We have eight months to accomplish this, the
most important thing in our immediate future. Nothing
is more important at this point in time in our country.
Work with us to get out a fair and complete vote. Please
go to UUA.org and sign up for UU the Vote 2020. Read
all the links, 50 Ways, etc.
John Isham
* www.sealevelrise.org/forecast/
** www.zednet.com/article/what-is-artificial-general-
intelligence/
Social Justice Committee Highlights of the Social Justice
Committee on February 2, 2020
Special Collections
• February 16 – Healthy Start
• March 29- Prism
• April 19 – CIW Fair Food Program
• May 24 – DART – The minister members of
DART are responsible for a membership fee.
MUUF’s May special collection will be toward
that fee which will be matched by UUA.
Issue Paper: Mary Frances Kordick completed her
paper on Immigration limited as requested to two pages.
It will be emailed to social justice committee members
and available to others as printed copies on the display
table. One copy of each of the research articles will also
be on the table for reference only. The Immigration
paper can also be read on the website under the ISSUES
Heading. The committee felt Future Issue Papers should
be followed by action.
Activities
• MLK activities on Jan. 21 and 25 were
completed as per the grant from State College of
Florida to MUUF for Downtown Ministries.
There were 450 volunteers making 500 kits then
distributing them. The kits held toothbrush,
paste, deodorant, comb, shampoo, soap, men’s
crew sox, women’s crew sox, washcloths,
disposable twin blade razors, hand sanitizer.
• UUJF in Tallahassee – Mary Frances Kordick
and Lisa Moschin reported on their trip and left
much information on the display table. They
heard about problems from hurricanes in the
Florida Panhandle. They met with several
legislators who are in Tallahassee only two
months. Citizens can speak at committee
meetings in the designated time before the
committee, as in Manatee County. Lists of ani-
gay bills will be available at our booth at Gay
Pride.
• Gay Pride March 21, noon to 4 pm. A signup
sheet was passed around and will be on the
signup table for others to sign up.
• UU the Vote – Lisa Moschin reports that $500
UUA grants are available to March 9. She and
Mary Frances Kordick volunteered to work on
a grant.
• DART - Direct Action and Research Training.
The members of Manatee County clergy are
forming a program “Manatee Justice Ministry.”
Funds will be collected from each member
which will enable the hiring of a salaried
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director. There will be a pulpit exchange May
24 with the minister of St. Pete UU who will tell
us of the DART program in Pinellas County.
MUUF can attend two events in Sarasota, Feb.
17 and March 23, where we can witness the
Sarasota DART rally to focus on their project.
• Coalition of Immokalee Workers - Postcards
to Wendy’s will be available through February.
The postcards are sent to the headquarters of
Wendy’s, boycotting Wendy’s until they join the
Fair Food Program. The postcards are stamped,
needing only a signature. If a person signed one
before, it’s okay to sign another. A trip to visit
CIW in Immokalee is being planned.
• Carolyn Denison proposed a 10-minute Issue
session during the Social Justice meeting for
discussion on a particular issue followed by
immediate action. She proposed a table in the
Social Hall for letter writing every Sunday. After
discussion, it was planned to have Jewish
support be the Issue at the March meeting, an
Earth Day issue in April and Immigration in
May.
Special Collections
Bill Hayes
Our Special Collection for
February was Healthy Start
with Carol Alt as our point
person. Healthy Start works to
assure that both mother and
baby have a healthy
start. Services are
provided before and after birth.
A total of $575 was collected
for Healthy Start.
Our March Special Collection will benefit Prism which
works to fight discrimination against LGBTQ
teenagers. Point persons will be Chuck Wolfe and
Barb McCrea. In addition to the Special Collection,
MUUF will be an active supporter of the Manatee Gay
Pride Festival.
Book Club Bill Hayes
Our next meeting will be Monday, March
2 at 2:00pm. Our book for discussion will
be “Educated” by Tara Westover. It is the
story of a young girl growing up in an Idaho
survivalist family. She does not attend
school until she is seventeen because of her father’s
paranoia with the outside world. She later continues her
schooling in psychiatry where she recognizes her
father’s bipolar traits which worsen with age.
In April we will read Mitch Albom’s book “Finding
Chika.” This is the story of his family’s adoption of a
young Haitian girl who has a severe medical
condition. It teaches him what it is like to be a father.
Then in May we will read “Here We Are” by Aarti
Namdev Shahani. This is the heartfelt memoir of his
immigrant experience. The author, an NPR
correspondent, wrestles with the question of who
belongs in America.
All are welcome in the Book Club. We’re a friendly
group. Come and try us out.
New MUUF Directory
AVAILABLE NOW
The brand new 2020 MUUF
Directory is available for pick up on
the social room table. Look for the
neon orange cover. If you have
updated information for the directory,
please notify the office.
Great Decisions Bill Hayes
Great Decisions will continue to meet on Monday
mornings at 10:00am for the first four Mondays in
March. We are now halfway through the 2020 program
and have the following schedule:
March 2 - Northern Triangle ( Central America ) - leader
Renee Motley
March 9 - China in Latin America - leader Nelson
French
March 16 - The Philippines - leader Bill Hammes
March 23 - Artificial Intelligence and Data - leader John
Isham
We have around 22 participants this year with about
equal numbers of MUUF members and community
residents.
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Special Collection for March Chuck Wolfe
Our Special Collection on Sunday,
March 29th, will benefit the Prism
Youth Initiative and their youth
activity programs. Founded in 2010,
Prism Youth Initiative is a non-profit 501(c)(3)
dedicated to supporting, affirming, encouraging, and
empowering the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender
and questioning youth ages 13-23 of Manatee
County. They are committed to doing this in an
environment that is safe, hospitable, warm and
welcoming. Their major fundraiser is the annual
Manatee Pride Festival held at Bradenton Riverwalk
Park; proceeds benefit Prism Youth programs.
Prism’s work empowers our youth by:
• Providing advocacy and referrals for services as well
as education about bullying, suicide prevention, HIV
prevention and other LGBTQ issues.
• Enhancing youth lives by involving them in
community events as well as hosting field trips to
theatre, museums, etc.
• Providing a safe space for youth ages 13-23 to be
themselves and build social support networks.
• Working with CAN Community Health, Manatee
Children's Services and other community
organizations, to provide services for youth ages 13-
17.
• Offering referrals for youth counseling, if needed, by
licensed psychotherapists who have expertise in
LGBTQ issues. If no insurance is available,
counseling at no cost can be arranged.
Prism Youth center is located at 501 5th St. E. in
Bradenton. The center is staffed by adults who are trained
in LGBTQ issues and are available by phone or by
appointment. The center is open to a LGBTQ youth
meeting on the first Saturday of the month from noon till 3
pm with lunch provided and they plan one community
event a month.
To find out more about Prism:
• Visit their website -
http://www.prismyouth.org/home.html.
• Visit their Facebook page -
https://www.facebook.com/prismyouth/.
• Contact them at (941) 357-0111 for assistance
or event schedules.
On Sunday, March 29th, Valerie Fisher will speak to
us about Prism Youth programs, and we will take up
a Special Collection. Please make your check out to
Prism and place it in the unsealed envelope provided
for the offertory. Your generosity will be
appreciated.
Our Auction Lives On Many were involved with helping to make this year’s
auction a success. Thank you to Todd Borselle for
preparing lunch; Ed Janz for serving as auctioneer; Gary
Allen, Randy Coleman, Sharon & Mark Chofey, Mary
Desmone & Steve Henry, Sally Isham, Mary
McClendon, Linda Marshall, Pat Rohrer, Alia
Starkweather, Linda Wilke for helping to set up on Feb.
1; AJ Wolff for hanging the artwork; John Isham, Mary
Frances Kordick. Rev. Fred, & Bob Yavis for getting
business donations; Bill Hayes, John Isham, and Sandy
McCarthy for serving as cashiers; Sandy McCarthy for
setting up using Square for credit cards; Karen Salzinger,
Becky Smith, and Rosa Whiting for entering sales data;
Sally Isham for proofing the catalog and keeping
paperwork organized; Karen Salzinger for printing the
catalog; Cory Prout for doing extra cleanup in the kitchen;
and Walter Pascal for selling raffle tickets.
As of the time of this writing we have $6,921 with
expectations of a bit more coming in. This year we almost
tripled the number of in-home dinners and business
donations from last year and doubled the number of
restaurant dinners purchased by our members to treat the
bidder as a guest or with a gift card. These events will
stretch out through the month of June as members gather
together to socialize and dine together. The Live Auction
was lively and competitive with a variety of items ranging
from Rev. Fred’s offers of choice of a sermon topic and
genealogy research to scratch off lottery tickets to a
reserved parking space to 2 nights at St. Francis Inn in St.
Augustine to sponsoring the civil rights Sunday service
offered by Mary Desmone and Steve Henry and ending
with an unusual necktie.
Plans for next year definitely include starting earlier to get
business donations. If you have ideas on ways to boost our
auction to a higher level, please let Carol Bartz know. One
thing we definitely can surmise is that our members like to
socialize and dine! We are especially interested in hearing
feedback about the format of the auction with the silent
auction lasting a week with lunch and live auction on the
second Sunday and are open to new ideas!
Thank You Carol Bartz
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Women’s Chat and Knitting Circle AJ Wolff
Meets every first Tuesday,
morning 10:00- noon. Join the
fun for tea and a chat. Bring
your knitting, needle point,
handy work or ideas. We do
work on a few big Social Justice
Projects during the year. Questions talk to
AJ Wolff or Carol Alt.
Reusable Produce Bags Carol Bartz
Most of us are fairly conscientious about bringing our
own reusable bags for our grocery shopping but
continue to grab those other plastic bags in the produce
aisle. At our auction a minor item (donated by myself)
was a package of 15 reusable produce bags. I was
delighted to see that the bidding went up quite high as a
few people battled each other for possession of them.
My joy was not so much for the revenue raised but for
the hope that it made a few people aware of how easy it
is to switch to these washable, reusable bags. They are
not commonly found in the stores, but you can order
them online. My favorite ones are the Lotus brand, but
there are many to choose from. Just google “reusable
produce bags” and place an order!
Sanctuary Art Exhibit AJ Wolff
“Ways of Being” is the title for the paintings by Peg
Green shown at MUUF from February 15-March 15.
Peg Green has her portrait paintings in these portraits.
She says about these work: “I try to present, not the
individual's Identikit features, but something of their
inner nature, how they Stand and Live and Be. Every
Being has a story, maybe a thousand stories, telling who
they are and how they are connected to their world.
When you view these portraits, I invite you to look and
listen for their stories.”
To Contact the artist:
Peg Green 703-774-6737www.peacepeg.com
Worship Web Carol Bartz
The UUA has a new app you can download
on your phone, access through Facebook, or
click into via your computer at
https://uua.org/worshipweb. It is called
Worship Web and it provides meaningful, inspiring
resources for Unitarian Universalists and other
progressive people of faith and conscience. There are
images, poetry, readings, etc. which can be used for
gatherings or for one’s own spiritual practice. It can also
serve as a resource when talking to others about who we
are and what we believe. Check it out!
Thinking about joining MUUF? Sally Isham
On Sunday, March 15th after the
service, Rev. Fred will lead a
MUUF 101 session for people
thinking about joining our
Fellowship. Bring your coffee and
join us in the sanctuary where we'll get acquainted, listen
to each other's history in faith communities and what
brought us to MUUF. We'll learn about UU history and
MUUF's 60-year history in Bradenton. We'll watch 2
brief videos and talk about the rights and responsibilities
of membership in our Fellowship. We try to keep the
session to one hour. Please look for the sign-up sheet on
the table in the social room.
Changes to the new directory…
Lorraine Berry (new address)
119 Weir Point Road
Manteo, NC 27954
Ted Medrek
Phone correction: 617-529-5576
Bernita Franzel
New email: [email protected]
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Stewardship Rev. Fred L Hammond
“We say in our church that the offering is a sacrament
of the free church. What we mean by that is that we
believe it is a blessing to be able to govern and support
our religious community ourselves—to make possible
by our generosity everything we dream of and do to live
out our shared values.”
Every week we
open our offering
with these words.
What we have
made visible here as a fellowship is a demonstration of
our love for the values we hold dear. When we are able
to gather our resources together, we can create a
wonderful space that is inviting and warm. We are the
ones who create supports for one another when the
journey becomes rough, and joyful celebrations when
the journey is smooth sailing. It is up to us as to what we
can do here, limited only by our resources—financial,
skills, and people. It has been my experience here and
elsewhere, when we each are able to offer the best of our
ability, we can fulfill our dreams together.
A few years ago, this fellowship made the decision that
they wanted full time ministry. The congregation in its
wisdom knew this was not an overnight project that it
would take time to develop this ministry. The
congregation at that time, developed a set of goals to
work on as a congregation, voted to bring on a
developmental minister to assist in those goals, and to
use financial resources that were in reserves to pay for it
for a total of five years. Again, with the goal that as the
congregation grew that these reserves would be
accessed less as current resources expanded. And that
is already happening! We were able to plan on
borrowing less than anticipated this current fiscal year
than last year because of your generosity. Thank you!
And with 5 of 66 potential pledge cards returned, we are
showing a 24% increase in giving over last year. If this
trend continues, we may be able to reduce our access to
these reserves again this year. THANK YOU!
We have two more Cottage meetings planned this
month: Saturday, March 7 at 9 AM and Wednesday,
March 11 at 10:30 AM. These are opportunities for us
to be in conversation about how we are doing. Are we
progressing on our goals? How are folks experiencing
the fellowship? If you have not signed up please do, so
we may talk about the future of Manatee Unitarian
Universalist Fellowship this next year. Thank you for
your support.
Remember: Pledge cards for next fiscal year will be
collected at the March 15th Service. Follow-up phone
calls will begin on March 16th.
Direct Action Research Training (DART)
Justice Ministry
The power of organized people to do justice. DART is a national network of 22 affiliated grassroots,
nonprofit, congregation-based community
organizations throughout Florida, Ohio, Kansas,
Kentucky, Indiana, South Carolina, Tennessee and
Virginia whose leaders have been trained to be effective
community organizers.
Florida has 9 DART justice ministry organizations
including Pinellas and Sarasota counties. As of now,
Manatee County does not have one in place. Sarasota
County’s organization, called Sarasota United for
Responsibility and Equity (SURE), was formed 10 years
ago. Members of SURE congregations work hard to
build relationships in their congregations and their
communities, discuss their concerns for the city and
county, research solutions to serious problems they
select, present them to the proper officials and work with
them to make “sure” those officials remain accountable.
On Monday, February 17th, John and Sally Isham
represented MUUF at the First Congregational UCC in
Sarasota to observe a rally where 250 people from
Sarasota churches gathered to make a public
commitment to have 1000 congregation members attend
the Nehemiah Action Assembly in March. Members
from all of the SURE congregations involved will gather
to hear testimonies as to how their selected issues affect
people’s lives and negotiate solutions with appropriate
authorities in attendance.
Manatee County congregations were invited to observe
the process. It was impressive! 90 minutes of supportive
celebration enhanced by noisemakers and shoutouts.
Rev. Fred, John and Sally Isham hope to have 6 more
MUUF members join them at the Nehemiah Action
Assembly on Monday, March 23, 6:30PM in Sarasota.
To hear a truly impressive speaker tell us about DART,
come to the Share a Dish dinner on Friday, March 13
and meet Rev. Dr. Joreatha McCall Capers, minister at
Rogers Memorial United Methodist Church in
Bradenton.
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Manatee Pride 2020 7th Annual Manatee Pride Festival
Saturday, March 21st Noon- 5:00pm.
Bradenton Riverwalk Pavilion 452 3rd Avenue West
This year is the 7th annual Pride
Festival and MUUF has been
there since the beginning. I hope
this year we have a big turnout
to support it. It is a family
friendly event featuring live
entertainment, youthful music, local vendors, fun, food
and craft beer. Enjoy the opening with Rev. Fred and
other local ministers at 11:45am. Visit the MUUF Booth
~ Hang out to Greet people & answer questions about
MUUF.
Bring a lawn chair, enjoy the music and have a picnic.
Manatee Pride is a program of Prism Youth Initiative,
dedicated to supporting, affirming, encouraging,
enabling, and empowering LBGTQ youth, ages 13-23,
in Manatee County, Florida. All proceeds from Manatee
Pride go to benefit Prism programs.
We need volunteers. Work just an hour or two at the
MUUF booth. There is a signup sheet on the social room
table, to help with our Pride Booth ~ Thank you.
Our Daily Bread Team John Isham
Rewarding and with feelings of a job
well done, volunteer for joining our
team of food servers once a month at
Our Daily Bread. Always on the third
Thursday of the month, from 9am to
11:30am, we all meet and serve about
200 to 225 nutritious meals to deserving, needy people.
We need 8 to 9 people each time. Please verify your
previous sign up or sign up as a new team member and
we will call you.
Call or write John at 561-569-0764 or
[email protected] or Sandy McCarthy at 419-308-
1750 or [email protected]. Please call,
Thank You!
Meet New Members ~ Dennis & Barb Foye We’re long time Unitarians. Our daughters grew up in
the UU church in Brookfield, WI, just outside
Milwaukee. We honestly never thought we’d be
snowbirds, but after both daughters ended up in Florida,
that is just what we’ve become. We’ve attended the
Bradenton fellowship, enjoyed the bridge group and met
some great people over the last couple of years. Now
that we are planning to become full time Florida
residents, we’re happy to be
part of such a welcoming
church.
Dennis was born in Madison,
WI and Barb grew up in
Canton, Ohio. We met at the University of Wisconsin-
Madison. In our preretirement lives, Dennis was a
mortgage banker and Barb was a school psychologist.
In our current retirement life stage, we both enjoy
birding and golf, though Denny is the true birder. We
enjoy travel, sometimes combining birding with travel.
Dennis has been playing tennis regularly, along with a
little pickleball. Barb is a history buff and has been
doing yoga at least twice a week. Barb has also been
enjoying the mahjong group, though still very much a
beginner. In Wisconsin, she’s a docent at the
Milwaukee Public Museum and she is exploring
volunteer opportunities in this area.
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Klara Weis 3/1
Sharon Chofey 3/4
Sunday Morning Coffee Hour Hosts
Board of Directors
President John Isham
Vice President Carol Bartz
Secretary Randy Coleman
Treasurer Bill Hayes
Directors Sandy McCarthy
Doris Sutliff
Pat Rohrer
AJ Wolff
Pres. Emeritus Carol Bartz
Board Meetings are the 4th Tuesday of each
month, 6:30 pm in the Social Room. All
members of the Congregation are invited to
attend.
JANUARY FINANCIAL SUMMARY
Chalice Lighter Schedule
March 1 Randy Coleman
March 8 Bill Hayes
March 15 AJ Wolff
March 22 John Isham
March 29 Pat Rohrer
INCOME $ 5,838.12
EXPENSES $15,549.41
USED FROM SAVINGS $ 7,200.00
3/1 Men’s Group & Finance
3/8 Social Justice
3/15 Caring Comm & Team Spotless
3/22 Book Group
3/29 Worship Team, AV, Knitters
Fellowship Office Hours:
Mon – Fri 8am – 1pm
OFFICE 941-746-0067
Rev. Fred L Hammond: Minister
Email: [email protected]
Karen Salzinger: Office Administrator
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.manateeuuf.org
The UPDATE
Articles must be submitted by the 20th of each month for
publication the following month.
Sunday, March 8, 2020
10
Share-A-Dish Friday, March 13th at 6:00pm
~Sign Up on the Social Room Table~
***Social Hour at 6:00pm *** ***Dinner at 6:30pm***
Manatee Unitarian Universalist Fellowship 322 15th Street West Bradenton, FL 34205
Join us for
Sunday
Service
10:30am
Rev. Dr. Joreatha McCall Capers, minister at Rogers Memorial
United Methodist Church in Bradenton will be our guest speaker.
She is the lead in forming a DART chapter in Manatee County.
(Manatee Justice Ministry)
Please come give her a warm welcome and learn about this new
interfaith ministry forming in our community.
Change Clocks
March 8th