Christmas Eve Service, Saturday, December 24, 2022

Posted on November 29, 2022 by Linda Pallay

Please join us for a family oriented traditional Christmas Eve service on SATURDAY, December 24th, at 4PM. The program is being arranged by several members
and friends of UUFP.

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Dec. 25, 2022: Enjoy the Holidays with Friends and Family

Posted on November 29, 2022 by Linda Pallay


No Sunday service or youth RE classes will be held on December 25, 2022. We hope that all of you enjoy the holiday with your loved ones. Happy Holidays.

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President’s Message: November 2022

Posted on October 31, 2022 by Linda Pallay

Over the past month, the UUFP community was certainly busy coming together in various ways to make a positive impact on our community.

First, the Aesthetics Committee, led by Sue Merkel, was very busy in their continued effort to beautify the inside of our building. If you haven’t seen the Social Hall lately, you need to stop by and see what can be done with a few coats of paint and some creativity. What was previously a room that had a cold, sterile feel, is now a warm and welcoming place. In addition, we now have a sitting area to relax. A big thank you to all who volunteered to paint. Special thanks to Sue and Kim Kulp who used their creative minds to paint the mural at the far end.

Second, more volunteers gave their time on a beautiful Saturday to help with the “Labors of Love” (aka doing fall clean-up both inside and outside of the fellowship). We are starting to get more people interested in renting our space and everyone who has come to check out our space has been impressed with our building and grounds. Again, this could not happen without those in our community who helped with this. Special thanks to Jon and Kay Price for organizing this.

Third, almost everyone within our community chipped in to help make our 55th Birthday Party a success. Thanks go out to many people:
• Miranda Van Horn and the other members of the Membership Committee for
organizing the event
• Kay Price, the Kitchen Committee, and lots of volunteers who brought delicious food
• Mary Ryan for baking a beautiful (and quite tasty) cake
• Our choir, with Laurie Young as soloist, delivered a moving musical performance
• Erica Duske who put together the entertaining slide show

Lastly, we found time to celebrate the life of one of the original members of our community, Peggy Jones. Lisa Jokiel, Linda Pallay and others offered very poignant memories which made us laugh, and made us cry, sometimes at the same time. While UUFP might have been the dream of her husband, Peggy was the quiet, yet mighty force behind the dream that enabled UUFP to flourish. She was a special lady, and her presence is missed. This past month has proven that when our UUFP community comes together, we create beauty

Beauty in our building, beauty outside our building, and beauty that comes from a beloved
community that comes together to support one another.

And isn’t that a wonderful thing.
In gratitude,
Linda

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Meditation Moment

Posted on October 31, 2022 by Linda Pallay

UUFP SAYS GRACE
Where to begin?

The microbes, the fungi, the seeds; the soil, the sun, the rain; the planters and sowers, the weeders and tenders; the reapers; the carriers, the washers, the buyers and sellers; the preparers, the servers; the good company, the clearers off, cleaners up, and putters away; the dishes and their washers; the composters; the sweepers; the turners out of the lights; … and the lockers of the doors….Amen
— Miranda Van Horn

UUFP’s meditation group meets weekly via Zoom.
To join us on any Monday evening at 7:30, contact memberservices@uupottstown.org.
Sessions begin with selected readings, followed by 30 minutes of silent meditation.

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Photos for the UUFP Archive

Posted on October 31, 2022 by Linda Pallay

For our 55th Anniversary Party, I asked folks for any photos that they had of past years activities at UUFP. We had many donations of photos, for which I am thankful. But for those of you that missed the deadline or thought, “I know I have that box to go through in the attic…” this message is for you, it is not too late! Any photos that I gather will be organized in some fashion and put on the UUFP Cloud, to be utilized and enjoyed by UUFP folks, as well as backed up and kept for future generations. If you have slides or “that old fashioned thang”, printed photos… I can scan them, add them to the archive, and return the original photos to you. If you have photos for us to add to the archive, information about who is in the photos and what approximate dates the photos are from is helpful. And this goes for the future also… if you are a person who likes to snap photos at UUFP functions, please snap away and give us the photos! Remember that texting cell phone photos will lower the quality of the photo, which reduces their usefulness, so transferring them directly from the phone to one of UUFP’s laptops will result in higher quality photos. This invitation to donate photos does not have an end date, please keep this in mind; I will be happy to add to the UUFP visual archive at any time.
Thank you, -Erica D.

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Election Day, November 8th!

Posted on October 31, 2022 by Linda Pallay

If you haven’t already, please remember to vote Tuesday, Nov 8th! If you are still mulling over your choices and need more information on voting, a good place to start is the League of Women Voters link Vote411.org. Here you will find lots of info about the upcoming midterm election and other details including registration, polling locations, mail-in voting, etc. It’s an easy-to-use site with nonpartisan information that is current and trustworthy. Please remember to vote in the upcoming midterms on November 8th!

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Thank you October 8th Work Party Volunteers!

Posted on October 31, 2022 by Linda Pallay

Special thanks go to our hardworking volunteers who showed up on Saturday, October 8th to spruce up our building and grounds. Clayton and Jon were in our “upper 40” locating and marking the cap to where the septic system resides. (Long story here…) Sue was busy painting our social hall and Ruby and Sam arrived later to officially eradicate the multiflora rose that has been growing up into the shrub on the right, front side of our building for a few years now. Much better!

Thanks to all.
UUFP Building & Grounds Committee

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Thank you!

Posted on October 31, 2022 by Linda Pallay

Special thanks go to Kay P for organizing our dinner, Linda P for correspondence, Monica B for sound, Erica for the slide show, and Carly and the singers for the music. Mary R for the beautiful, delicious cake, and all of the food and drink providers. Thank you Sue for using your creative talents and hard work to make our space more beautiful!
Thank you all for a most enjoyable 55th Anniversary celebration!
Miranda,
Chair, Membership Committee

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Cluster Donations

Posted on October 31, 2022 by Linda Pallay

Many thanks for the donations of paper towels and cleaning cloths during October! UUFP will collect laundry detergent for the Pottstown Area Cluster of Religious Communities during the month of November. Please place donations of laundry detergent in the large basket in UUFP’s foyer.
Thank you,
Miranda

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55th Anniversary Party Slide Show

Posted on October 31, 2022 by Linda Pallay

A few folks expressed a wish to see the 55th Anniversary Party Slide Show again, so it has
been added to our UUFP YouTube channel. The address for our channel is www.youtube.com/channel/UCuR4TzzLHn-Mia0AaJnrnPw or you can search YouTube for “UU Fellowship of Pottstown” and look for the video “55th Anniversary Slide Show”. The video has no music because there was no way to add commercial music without running into various issues, but the music that was played during the presentation is this:
• With a little help from my friends- The Beatles
• Teach Your Children- Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
• Lean on Me- Bill Withers
• You and I will Meet Again- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
• You’ve Got a Friend In Me- Randy Newman
• I’m a Believer- Smash Mouth
• Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)- Green Day
• Buy Dirt- Jordan Davis and Luke Bryan
• Home- Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
• Carried Me With You – Brandi Carlile
• Over the Rainbow- Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
Thank you to Monica B. for putting together an excellent music list, which ended up meshing perfectly with the slide show and added much to the enjoyment. And I would once again like to thank everyone who donated photos.
Erica

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