Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Pottstown

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.

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!

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

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

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

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