[{"id":22919,"link":"https:\/\/muuf.org\/souper-bowl\/","name":"souper-bowl","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/muuf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Souper-Bowl-logo.png","alt":""},"title":"Souper Bowl Food Drive extended through Sunday, February 16th","excerpt":"You can help us tackle hunger in Morris County! Especially with the high costs of food... even more of our neighbors are going hungry now more than ever! Can you make a donation this super bowl season to help those in need & make a difference?","content":"JOIN US FOR THE 35th ANNUAL SOUPER BOWL OF CARING! This Sunday, (February 16th) the Fellowship will once again participate in the Souper Bowl of Caring by collecting food and funds for the Interfaith Food Pantry Network (IFPN). By collecting food donations, we can make a powerful impact in the fight against hunger. Together, we","author":{"name":"Morristown UU Fellowship","link":"https:\/\/muuf.org\/author\/communications\/"},"date":"Feb 11, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-02-11 18:18:27","modifiedDate":"2025-02-11 15:25:16","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-02-11 20:25:16","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/muuf.org\/category\/weekly-news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Weekly News<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/muuf.org\/category\/weekly-news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Weekly News<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","table_tags":"","author":"<a href='https:\/\/muuf.org\/author\/don-marks\/' rel='author'>Don Marks<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":3,"sec":16},"status":"publish"},{"id":22979,"link":"https:\/\/muuf.org\/how-we-know-its-working\/","name":"how-we-know-its-working","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/muuf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-29-10.24.42-AM.png","alt":""},"title":"How we know its working","excerpt":"This past week, a parent shared with me a video they took of their four-year-old \"reading\" our Chalice lighting. I had to share it with you.","content":"In this line of work, its hard to know if what we are doing is working. Often we think numbers are the obvious metric, but this capitalistic of result analysis doesn't tell the whole story. Sometimes, he have the joy of one of our kids coming back and sharing how important their Religious Education experience","author":{"name":"Nick Wallwork","link":"https:\/\/muuf.org\/author\/nwallwork\/"},"date":"Feb 11, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-02-11 18:18:26","modifiedDate":"2025-02-11 15:25:16","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-02-11 20:25:16","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/muuf.org\/category\/weekly-news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Weekly News<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/muuf.org\/category\/weekly-news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Weekly News<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","table_tags":"","author":"<a href='https:\/\/muuf.org\/author\/nwallwork\/' rel='author'>Nick Wallwork<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":48},"status":"publish"},{"id":23134,"link":"https:\/\/muuf.org\/music-director-search-team\/","name":"music-director-search-team","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/muuf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Untitled-design-2.png","alt":""},"title":"Music Director Search Team","excerpt":"","content":"Morristown UU is thrilled to announce that our search for a new Music Director is now officially underway with the formation of our Music Director Search Team: David Horst (Chair) Paul Ferm (Exec Team representative) Tim Davis (Board representative) Beth Wilson (Interim Music Director) Mary Jo Reid Chris Ebneth Becki TarbyThe team warmly welcomes feedback","author":{"name":"Sasha Ostrom","link":"https:\/\/muuf.org\/author\/sasha\/"},"date":"Feb 11, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-02-11 18:18:26","modifiedDate":"2025-02-11 15:25:16","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-02-11 20:25:16","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/muuf.org\/category\/weekly-news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Weekly News<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/muuf.org\/category\/weekly-news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Weekly News<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","table_tags":"","author":"<a href='https:\/\/muuf.org\/author\/sasha\/' rel='author'>Sasha Ostrom<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":26},"status":"publish"},{"id":23190,"link":"https:\/\/muuf.org\/yourwishismycommand\/","name":"yourwishismycommand","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/muuf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Copy-of-Untitled-Design-7.png","alt":""},"title":"Your Wish Is My Command","excerpt":"We have a special opportunity for the Fellowship's kids: choose the \"Your Wish Is My Command\" event! Vote for the event after the service on Sunday, February 23rd, and then be sure to attend the event itself on Saturday, June 7th at 5pm.","content":"We have a special opportunity for the Fellowship's children: choose June 7th's \"Your Wish Is My Command\" event!Every year, our congregation holds a goods and activities auction to raise funds for our Fellowship. This year, Rev. Sasha donated an activity called \"Your Wish Is My Command.\" The winner of \"Your Wish Is My Command\" gets","author":{"name":"Sasha Ostrom","link":"https:\/\/muuf.org\/author\/sasha\/"},"date":"Feb 10, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-02-10 18:18:26","modifiedDate":"2025-02-11 15:25:16","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-02-11 20:25:16","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/muuf.org\/category\/weekly-news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Weekly News<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/muuf.org\/category\/weekly-news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Weekly News<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","table_tags":"","author":"<a href='https:\/\/muuf.org\/author\/sasha\/' rel='author'>Sasha Ostrom<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":1,"sec":30},"status":"publish"},{"id":23174,"link":"https:\/\/muuf.org\/wanted-justice-workers-at-morristown-uu\/","name":"wanted-justice-workers-at-morristown-uu","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/muuf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Copy-of-Untitled-Design-2-2.png","alt":""},"title":"Wanted: Justice Workers at Morristown UU","excerpt":"Have you recently found yourself watching the news and thinking that the Fellowship should band together to defend our democracy, join the struggle for rights, and protect the most vulnerable? If so, now is your opportunity to volunteer for a Fellowship justice team.","content":"Have you recently found yourself watching the news and thinking that the Fellowship should band together to defend our democracy, join the struggle for rights, and protect the most vulnerable of our beloved neighbors? If so, now is your opportunity! All of these dreams and more are possible, but to pursue them, we need teams","author":{"name":"Sasha Ostrom","link":"https:\/\/muuf.org\/author\/sasha\/"},"date":"Feb 7, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-02-07 18:18:26","modifiedDate":"2025-02-11 15:25:16","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-02-11 20:25:16","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/muuf.org\/category\/weekly-news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Weekly News<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/muuf.org\/category\/weekly-news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Weekly News<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","table_tags":"","author":"<a href='https:\/\/muuf.org\/author\/sasha\/' rel='author'>Sasha Ostrom<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":31},"status":"publish"},{"id":23069,"link":"https:\/\/muuf.org\/february-festivities-with-gaamc\/","name":"february-festivities-with-gaamc","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/muuf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GAAMC_Logo_Wide.jpg","alt":""},"title":"February Festivities With GAAMC","excerpt":"","content":"Feb 3, 6 pm: The Joys of February:\u00a0Come to GAAMC's \"Joys of February\" to learn more historical information about the second month's astrological signs, flowers, and stone. When did \"Punxsutawney Phil,\" and other prognosticator animals become significant in weather prediction, who is behind the history of Valentine's Day, why is February Black History Month, and","author":{"name":"Judie Romano","link":"https:\/\/muuf.org\/author\/judieromano\/"},"date":"Feb 4, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-02-05 02:42:10","modifiedDate":"2025-02-11 15:25:16","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-02-11 20:25:16","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/muuf.org\/category\/weekly-news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Weekly News<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/muuf.org\/category\/weekly-news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Weekly News<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","table_tags":"","author":"<a href='https:\/\/muuf.org\/author\/judieromano\/' rel='author'>Judie Romano<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":1,"sec":20},"status":"publish"},{"id":23196,"link":"https:\/\/muuf.org\/featured-banned-books-nicks-picks\/","name":"featured-banned-books-nicks-picks","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/muuf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Featured-banned-books.png","alt":""},"title":"Featured Banned Books: Nick's Picks","excerpt":"","content":"Inspired by Hazel's Article \"Lifting Up Voices: Updating and Expanding Our Banned Books Collection\" and her tireless work putting together our library's banned book section, I want to highlight banned books each week in the newsletter as well as in the Library. So please share some of your favorite banned books. To kick us off,","author":{"name":"Nick Wallwork","link":"https:\/\/muuf.org\/author\/nwallwork\/"},"date":"Feb 4, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-02-04 18:18:26","modifiedDate":"2025-02-11 15:25:16","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-02-11 20:25:16","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/muuf.org\/category\/weekly-news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Weekly News<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/muuf.org\/category\/weekly-news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Weekly News<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","table_tags":"","author":"<a href='https:\/\/muuf.org\/author\/nwallwork\/' rel='author'>Nick Wallwork<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":3,"sec":56},"status":"publish"},{"id":23121,"link":"https:\/\/muuf.org\/lifting-up-voices-updating-and-expanding-our-banned-books-collection\/","name":"lifting-up-voices-updating-and-expanding-our-banned-books-collection","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/muuf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/freadom.png","alt":""},"title":"Lifting Up Voices: Updating and Expanding Our Banned Books Collection","excerpt":"","content":"As Unitarian Universalists, we believe in the inherent worth and dignity of every person\u2014and that includes the right to read, learn, and explore diverse perspectives. Our library's banned books collection is a powerful reflection of our commitment to intellectual freedom and social justice. This collection is more than just shelves of books. It's a sanctuary","author":{"name":"Hazel Bell","link":"https:\/\/muuf.org\/author\/hbell\/"},"date":"Feb 4, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-02-04 18:18:26","modifiedDate":"2025-02-11 15:25:16","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-02-11 20:25:16","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/muuf.org\/category\/weekly-news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Weekly News<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/muuf.org\/category\/weekly-news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Weekly News<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","table_tags":"","author":"<a href='https:\/\/muuf.org\/author\/hbell\/' rel='author'>Hazel Bell<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":1,"sec":8},"status":"publish"},{"id":22558,"link":"https:\/\/muuf.org\/coffee-hour\/","name":"coffee-hour","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/muuf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Coffee.png","alt":""},"title":"Coffee Hour","excerpt":"","content":"As we all know, coffee is very important to many people. The weekly Fellowship Coffee Hour is a wonderful opportunity for all to enjoy their coffee and the company of other members and friends! To enhance this experience, we are asking for contributions to both the treats and the creamers. Examples of treats would be","author":{"name":"Katy Julich, Congregational Administrator","link":"https:\/\/muuf.org\/author\/accounting\/"},"date":"Feb 3, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-02-03 18:18:27","modifiedDate":"2025-02-11 15:25:16","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-02-11 20:25:16","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/muuf.org\/category\/weekly-news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Weekly News<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/muuf.org\/category\/weekly-news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Weekly News<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","table_tags":"","author":"<a href='https:\/\/muuf.org\/author\/accounting\/' rel='author'>Katy Julich, Congregational Administrator<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":33},"status":"publish"},{"id":23211,"link":"https:\/\/muuf.org\/sunday-split-plate-offering-in-january\/","name":"sunday-split-plate-offering-in-january","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/muuf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/6156-scaled.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Sunday Split Plate Offering in January","excerpt":"","content":"Each Sunday, we give at least half of the our undesignated offerings from the Offering Plate or through text and online giving to an organization that is doing good work to advance our Unitarian Universalist values of love, justice, equity, transformation, pluralism, interdependence, and generosity in a world that hungers for them now more than","author":{"name":"Katy Julich, Congregational Administrator","link":"https:\/\/muuf.org\/author\/accounting\/"},"date":"Feb 2, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-02-02 18:18:26","modifiedDate":"2025-02-11 15:25:16","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-02-11 20:25:16","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/muuf.org\/category\/weekly-news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Weekly News<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/muuf.org\/category\/weekly-news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Weekly News<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","table_tags":"","author":"<a href='https:\/\/muuf.org\/author\/accounting\/' rel='author'>Katy Julich, Congregational Administrator<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":27},"status":"publish"},{"id":22984,"link":"https:\/\/muuf.org\/religious-education-volunteers-needed-2\/","name":"religious-education-volunteers-needed-2","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/muuf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/PXL_20231029_135753184-scaled.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Religious Education Volunteers Needed","excerpt":"","content":"We have heard it said that our Religious Education Program is part of our great legacy. It is a responsibility that I don't take lightly. We have spent the last few years, rebuilding our volunteer team. But to continue that growth, we need more help. There were a lot of tables to check out at","author":{"name":"Nick Wallwork","link":"https:\/\/muuf.org\/author\/nwallwork\/"},"date":"Feb 1, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-02-01 18:18:27","modifiedDate":"2025-02-11 15:25:16","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-02-11 20:25:16","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/muuf.org\/category\/weekly-news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Weekly News<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/muuf.org\/category\/weekly-news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Weekly News<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","table_tags":"","author":"<a href='https:\/\/muuf.org\/author\/nwallwork\/' rel='author'>Nick Wallwork<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":5,"sec":5},"status":"publish"},{"id":22985,"link":"https:\/\/muuf.org\/sunday-host\/","name":"sunday-host","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/muuf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sunday-Host.png","alt":""},"title":"Sunday Host","excerpt":"","content":"A new volunteer position has been created! The Sunday Host will be available during Coffee Hour to assist members and friends in navigating the processes of the Fellowship. The Sunday Host will point you to the right staff person or committee\/team to get your issue resolved. Some examples of how they can assist are: Submitting","author":{"name":"Katy Julich, Congregational Administrator","link":"https:\/\/muuf.org\/author\/accounting\/"},"date":"Jan 29, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-01-29 15:43:34","modifiedDate":"2025-02-11 15:25:16","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-02-11 20:25:16","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/muuf.org\/category\/weekly-news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Weekly News<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/muuf.org\/category\/weekly-news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Weekly News<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","table_tags":"","author":"<a href='https:\/\/muuf.org\/author\/accounting\/' rel='author'>Katy Julich, Congregational Administrator<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":36},"status":"publish"}]