The FUN ministry started about 6 years ago with a focus of facilitating safe, fun, and low/no cost activities for the entire MUUF community. During Covid precautions, in-person Cinema Circles (like a book club but with movies) shifted to Zoom meetups to help keep us together and connected.
In Autumn 2022, as the pandemic waned, the Fun Team launched new offerings with the well-attended “Back in the Swing of Things” concert starring our own Darrell and Mary Courtley.
In March 2023, the Fun Team organized and launched seven new monthly Meals with UU Friends groups. Old and new members and friends will get to know each other while enjoying nearby restaurants, in homes and at the Fellowship. We offer continuous enrollment so that our newest members and folks who missed out at our start can join existing groups or form new ones. Click on shorturl.at/fLS89 to enroll or fill out a form at the Welcome Table.
Also in March 2023, we watched the film noir classic, The Maltese Falcon. Our own film professor and author, David Landau, discussed the film with details of the film noir genre and juicy Hollywood stories.
Fun Team events coming up in the rest of 2023 are:
- MUUF Comedy Show, Saturday May 6 at 2pm, Featuring: Drew Hayes, Christine Frederick, Rita Morris, and David Landau. Geared to ages 12 and up. Admission is free! Bring friends!
- Bocce for all will continue this spring with Don Preziosi and Toby Tyler organizing weekly games at the Fellowship.
- In the style of March 2023 The Maltese Falcon viewing, additional films will be presented with background info by David Landau. Let us know if you have any film requests.
- We have supported at least 5 Cinema Circles which have met over the last several years. The Circles started from in-person gatherings to on Zoom during Covid. Look for openings and new Cinema Circle opportunities this fall. The Fun Team will keep the Fun coming!
- Planning is underway to create Moth Story hours where participants share true stories from their lives, a la NPR’s popular live and radio series The Moth.
We invite your ideas, and we welcome your participation in development of Fun Team events. Fun Team‘s role in providing support to makes it easy for ideas to blossom!! Contact us at fun@muuf.org.