I traveled to Hungary and the Transylvania region of Romania in September 2024. I had some personal reasons (visiting relatives, etc) but of interest to MUUF would be my visits to our Partner Church in Sinfalva (Cornesti, see map below) and my participation in the Fourth International Convocation of Unitarian Universalist Women and People of […]
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Trip to Transylvania
Click here for a short report on my recent trip to Transylvania to attend the ICUUW (International Convocation of Unitarian Universalist Women) Convo 2024 meeting in Kolozsvár, Romania. While I was there I was able to visit Sinfalva twice, since it was only an hour away. On the second visit I was able to show Rev. […]
Invitation to Child Dedication Ceremony
Are you a MUUF member with a young child who hasn’t yet received a Child Dedication Ceremony? If so, we warmly welcome you and your child to join us for this special ceremony during our regular worship service on Sunday, October 6th. This beautiful ritual includes a ceremonial naming of the child, making it most […]
Help Wanted
Nursery Volunteer – We are in need of caring volunteers to spend time with any small children during both the service (ages 0-5) and the RE hour (ages 0-3). Responsibilities: Qualifications: Supply Closet Inventory – Our Religious Education Programs need a volunteer (or team of volunteers) to sort and inventory our closets. Worship Bag Monitor […]
Building Community Together
Imagine our Fellowship as a big family! We all gather together for worship services and coffee hour, sharing the same messages and rituals. This is a great chance to connect with people of all ages, from the youngest members to the wisest. We know this might be a new way of experiencing congregational life, and it […]
Looking towards Next Year in Children and Youth Religious Education
“I think we can learn together, but we don’t have to always be separate to learn important things” -Rev. Sasha Ostrom As we continue to grow closer as a community and larger in size, it will be more and more important for us to intentionally be together, singing together, socializing together, and learning together. So […]
Children in the Sunday Service
We encourage children to remain in the entire service. There is a benefit to their presence In the meantime, as we move to one service, I acknowledge that it is difficult for some children to sit still in service and focus (and if we are honest, it can be difficult for many adults as well). […]
30 Years of Partnership Service
The Partner Church Committee led a Sunday Service on 8/6/23 entitled 30 Years of Partnership with Sinfalva . A link to the YouTube video of the service is here . Check it out, we think it’s pretty good! Here is the Order of Service. A better video of the service is here, the difference is that […]
Learning Hungarian
As a Service Auction offering, four intrepid MUUF-ers were introduced to the Hungarian language in a 90 minute lesson. This included a brief introduction to our Partner Church’s connection to the Hungarian language, and then a quick survey/overview of some of the features and idiosyncrasies of this odd and wonderful language, and especially how it […]
The Congregation is the Curriculum
The number one thing I talked about with the team that hired me was “Bridging the Upstairs/Downstairs Divide” which has been so prevalent at the Fellowship. And in learning about the history of the Fellowship, this is an intentional design. This “Silo-ing” was common in churches in the 70s, 80s, 90s, and early aughts. But […]