A celebration of St. Francis, Noah, a hare, of our beloved four-legged family members, our finned and feathered friends, and all the animals of the oceans, forests, soil and sky. Led by Mary Tiebout.

An account of a purposeful, 6,500-mile cross-country journey and how it connected to my understanding of the cosmos, of the past. Originally pinned to a conference for commitment's sake, the journey was undertaken to witness, to deliberately stop and pay attention—to the landscapes and all that they entail along the way—cultures, life, and wonder—calling to mind the truth, “seek and you shall find,” and expanding my worldview and the inherent connections that are integral to being alive.  Presented by Denise McCormack, M.Ed.

Wendell Berry sang to us through his poetry and called to our better natures through his prose, urging us to know what we in this nation are losing, and what we still have that we must hold onto. He gives us hope on the condition that we strengthen our human bonds and return to an older vision of humanity – to live together as people of the earth. Led by Mary Tiebout.

A popular filmmaker retells a story so familiar to our culture, reactivating our imaginations and compelling us to redefine, for the hundredth time, the meaning of hero and heroism, of God and gods, of faith, fate, and returning to the beginning. Each new retelling of the adventures and travails of Odysseus, that man of many changes, struggling across the wine-dark sea, inspires a new generation of listeners to wrestle with the ancient questions.  Presented by Richard Goffman.

Pipersville Clouds

Dear Fellowship Friends,

I’m waiting to hear back from representatives of the graphic artist, Mike Peters, regarding my request for permission to include on this page a “Mother Goose and Grimm” cartoon with a 1997 copyright date that I found in a folder. In my email, I said that the cartoon is a perfect segue between last week’s sermon – about dogma, or the lack thereof, and issues of today that call UUs to respond with love, hope and courage – and this Sunday’s service in which we’ll celebrate animals and the legendary ministry of Saint Francis of Assisi.

If permission does not arrive soon, I’ll bring the cartoon this Sunday and maybe we can get our camera to zoom in on it for folks who join us online.

Included in last Sunday’s order of service were web addresses for three UU organizations that might be interesting for anyone who would like to team up with UUs – statewide or nationally – on responses to current issues and events.

uufaithaction.org       uua.org/hashtag/uuthevote      sidewithlove.org

The first address is for UU FaithAction NJ, and there you can keep up with what’s going on legislatively and in places like Roxbury and Newark where our UU neighbors have shown up to protest peacefully or to donate supplies for visitors (Delaney Hall). You can also sign up for the Friday Action Hour which meets on Zoom and is led by UUFANJ Director, Rev. Charles Loflin. Every Friday we receive updates on legislative matters and information for making calls, sending emails or writing letters regarding issues where a massive public response could make a big difference.

People who would like information about phone-banking in swing states during the next five weeks might want to check out the UU the Vote website, and for news about issues nationwide that you might want to learn more about – how UUs are responding and where our help might be needed – there’s always up-to-date information from the UUA’s Side With Love movement.

All of this is to say that we are in this together, and as I’m more encouraged to show up when I know that others who share our values are in this with us, I have hope that together, we can change the direction of where “the arc of the moral universe”, as Unitarian minister Theodore Parker described, is bending.

With tremendous thanks and great hopes,

Mary T.