SUNDAY
SERVICES THIS MONTH
February
5 Appreciative
Inquiry. Sermon by Rev. Sally White
During
this month of February, you and every member and friend of this
congregation will be invited to participate in a small group conversation
about the very best qualities of this church. What are you most
proud of? What do you most appreciate? What do we do best? Where
is the life and the energy? How does UCF most enrich your life?
This morning we will preview those conversations - how they will
work,
and how you can participate.
February
12 Growth
is More than Numbers. Sermon by Rev. Sally White
For
the past several years, the number of official members of this
congregation has held steady at or near 70 people. Does that mean
that we are not growing? Is “70” a complete - or an
accurate - measure of the size and the impact of this congregation?
Those who study church growth pay attention to four kinds of growth:
growth in numbers, in maturity of faith, in corporate effectiveness,
and in transforming the outside world. This morning, let’s
look at whether and how UCF is growing. You may be surprised!
February
19 I Pledge. Sermon
by Rev. Sally White
Each
year, you are asked to make a monetary pledge to help pay for
the ongoing expenses of maintaining our facility, paying our staff,
and funding our programs. We hope that your pledge is a reflection
of the value that this congregation represents in your life, value
that the appreciative inquiry conversations help you to clarify
and to celebrate. How will you translate that value into a pledge?
How will you contribute to the ongoing financial life and health
of this congregation? Today, let’s talk about pledging!
February
26 Occupy
Wall Street: What’s Religion Got to Do With It? Guest
speaker Rev. Patricia Guthmann Haresch.
What
might Gandhi, the Buddha, Jesus, Hebrew prophets of old say about
the Occupy Wall Street
movement? Rev. Pat will highlight some very similar answers. Our
message this week will be presented by Reverend Patricia Guthmann
Haresch. Reverend Haresch is a lifelong Unitarian Universalist
growing up at Unity Unitarian Church in St. Paul, Minnesota. Reverend
Haresch is currently the minister at the Unitarian Universalist
Church of the Outer Banks. Pat lives on the Outer Banks with her
husband John Watts Haresch, a family physician, their four-year-old
son Will, and Shadow the dog.
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