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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 June 2025

June 1st, 10 am “There’s Believing, and There’s Doing”, roundtable discussion led by Dan Elliott “Faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead,” the Bible says. Do your principles, empathy, or anger make you want to DO something? We’ll look at words of advice and inspiration from John Lewis and Lao Tzu, William Shakespeare and Learned Hand, Angela Davis, Desmond Tutu, and many others.

June 8th, 10 am, “Flower Ceremony”, formal service led by Barbara Bogart and Jenn Wade. The Flower Ceremony is our annual tribute to the glories of summer. We’ll honor the history of this lovely ritual and celebrate ourselves as a living bouquet. Please bring a flower (or two) from your garden (if possible) to place in the communal vase.

June 15th, 10 am, “Pancakes with Dads”, led by Linda Meeker. June 15 is Pancakes with Dads! Join us for brunch to celebrate the fathers in your life. There will be no regular church service today, but instead relax and enjoy good fellowship, a hearty breakfast prepared by Linda Meeker, with an inevitable litany of groan-worthy Dad jokes. Plates, cups, and flatware will be provided.

June 29th, 4:30 pm, “Come Alive”, formal service led by Christopher Watkins-Lamb, visiting minister. Have you felt those moments when the natural world shifts into a shimmering, wondrous focus? For most of us, these moments of coming alive, of being fully in our animal body, are few and far between. What if coming back into a relationship with the earth requires us to be in our bodies in a profoundly different way? What if being in our animal bodies, deeply engaged with our senses, is the key to belonging and the antidote to the world’s woes?
Christopher (they/them) is an eco-chaplain, song-leader, and spiritual care practitioner in Fort Collins, CO. They currently serve as Chaplain Supervisor at Poudre Valley hospital.

Calendar for June 2025
*The next Board meeting is on June 3rd at 5 pm at Linda Meeker’s home.
*The next Program Committee meeting is on June 17th 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: As of May 5th, we had received over 98% of anticipated pledges, and expenses were around 70% of budgeted. Thus, we expect to end the year with a budget surplus. The Board also approved a proposal to have James Apronti convene an Adult RE class starting next Fall.
Building: The proposed budget for next year includes $4,000 for Guest Speakers/Ministers and $3,000 for potential Ministerial short-term residencies or internships in accordance with the priorities that were proposed by the COM after a listening session earlier in the Spring. Overall, we have ample reserves to cover any potential part-time ministerial candidates should they become available.
Annual Meeting: At the May 18th annual meeting, the congregation voted on the slate of candidates that included Dan Elliott for the Board, Nancy Lockwood for the Committee on Ministry, and Madeline Dalrymple for the Endowment Committee. The Congregation also voted to join the North American Unitarian Association.
New Board/Old Board Meeting: The June Board meeting is our traditional New Board/Old Board casual get together over dinner, this year at Linda Meeker’s house on June 3rd at 5PM. The officers for the 2025/2026 Board will be decided at that time.

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.