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You can now attend our Sunday services either in person or on Zoom.

The UUFL Zoom room # is 290 700 5294.

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Services in May 2025

May 4th, 10 am, “Listen to the Silence”, led by Reverend Roger Butts. Come, come, whoever you are–the wisdom at the center of your heart is waiting to speak peace and love and mercy to and with you. Activists, caregivers, retirees, workers, lovers, dreamers– we all are invited into the silence. Reverend Roger Butts has committed himself to the spiritual practice of centering prayer. He has served UU congregations in North Carolina, Iowa, and Colorado and has been both a hospital and hospice chaplain. He believes grace and humor will save us all.

May 11th, 10 am, “Stop The World, I Want To Get Off”, roundtable discussion led by Barbara Bogart
Borrowing shamelessly from the title of an early 1960s musical, we’ll explore antidotes to what seems like the endless stream of experience over which we have little control. How do you “stop the world” and recover a sense of your autonomous self? We’ll experiment with creating calm in small, meaningful moments.

May 18th, 10 am, “Annual Meeting and Celebration” led by Board Co-chairs Linda Meeker and Jeff Lockwood. We will have an abbreviated service followed by our annual congregational meeting. We will recognize members who joined the UUFL the past year, present the budget for the next fiscal year, and vote on openings for the Board, the Committee on Ministry, and the Endowment Committee. A catered lunch will be provided in the fellowship hall after the meeting concludes. All are invited to attend the meeting and enjoy lunch, but you must be a current member of the UUFL to vote. An official meeting agenda will be sent to all members ten days in advance of the meeting; we look forward to seeing you there in person or online.

May 25th, 4:30 pm, “Remembrance”, led by Jenn Wade. This is Memorial Day weekend, a time of remembrance. We’ll explore the historical, emotional, and spiritual features of a mostly ignored form of writing – the epitaph. Join this roundtable to learn, create, and share a fitting epitaph for yourself or a hero, mentor, or
friend. Let’s have some spiritual fun with endings. No potluck today.

Calendar for May 2025
*The next Board meeting is on May 6th at 5 pm at the Fellowship.
*The next Program Committee meeting is on May 13th at 5:00 pm live and on Zoom.
*Contemplative Yarns meets Saturdays in the Fellowship Hall at 1:15 pm. We meet at the same time at Harbon Park kitty-corner from the Fellowship when the weather is nice. Please contact Sara Saulcy at s.saulcy@gmail.com for more information.

BULLETIN BOARD

Treasurer’s Report: We have received 83% of our anticipated income as of 3/31 and expenses are below budget. We expect to have a final budget proposal before our next Board meeting.
Building: A deposit check has been sent to Capitol Roofing for repairing the leak over the entryway, and we are awaiting word as to when they will begin the work. We are also waiting for an estimate on fixing the leak on the south side of the building.
Tech Update: Chris Stratton has found a better priced option for an audio system for the hearing impaired than the one currently used by the Jefferson Unitarian Church we were using for comparison. The Board has proposed putting off the free trial until fall when we will be back to regular programming.
Annual Meeting: The Board will finalize the agenda for the annual meeting on May 18th at the next Board Meeting on May 6th in order to send out the information 10 days in advance as required.

Caring Committee:If you have an item that Caring Committee should be aware of, please contact Jim Erdelyi (Chair) at 307 760-8274. Other Caring members: Ralph Garrett, Robin Chestek, Sara Saulcy can be contacted.

Memorial Plaque Nominations:If you would like to nominate a deceased person (member/friend) for inclusion on the plaque, please submit their name, year of death, along with approximate years of association with UUFL and a short reason for their inclusion. You may nominate more than one person. Kindly submit this information to Jim Erdelyi at erdelyi@wyomail.com. Thanks, from the Caring Committee.

The 2024-2025 elected Board officers are: Linda Meeker and Jeff Lockwood, Co-Chairs; Robin Chestek, Secretary, and David Perry, Treasurer. Member-at-large is Sara Saulcy.

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To help us keep track of our activities, we maintain a monthly calendar and produce a monthly newsletter.  The calendar covers committee meetings and other congregational events. To have an event included on the calendar, please contact David Perry at dperry@uwyo.edu.

The newsletter provides descriptions of upcoming services, messages from the board and the minister, and news of congregational and members’ activities. To submit information to the newsletter, contact  uularamienews@gmail.com.

Our building is available for use by outside groups, subject to the board’s current policy.  To reserve the building, contact David Perry at dperry@uwyo.edu.