Author: Hannah Morgan Phelps

Note from Pastor Isa – May 2025

Unitarian Universalists raise our kids to be imaginative. We encourage curiosity and out-of-the box thinking and we understand the value of a good story. We help fellow UUs of all ages to believe that how things are now isn’t how they must always be. But … read more.

May Board Update

The fiscal year is drawing to a close, and it’s been another year of vibrant growth and change at UUFM.  We enjoyed a successful Annual meeting at which three (young!) new Board members were voted in; Bylaws were updated and consent decision-making was approved for … read more.

The Practice of Joy (April 2025)

From our friends at Soul Matters:

“It’s easy to get tricked,

taken for a ride,

convinced that joy

is a possession.

 

Something to be caught, contained and controlled

just by us.

As if it’s a birthday present,

waiting for us to unwrap it 

and keep forever and ever.

 

And who can blame us,

with pain seeming … read more.

The Practice of Trust (March 2025)

From our friends at Soul Matters:

In religious circles, talk of trust most often revolves around having faith that life will look after us. For instance, our Christian friends sing hymns about God “watching over us” and keeping “an eye on the sparrow.” Our Jewish friends … read more.

March Treasurer Update

To help us prepare a budget proposal for you to vote on at UUFM’s annual meeting (on April 13, 2025), we (UUFM’s Board) are eager for ideas about what UUFM should aspire to do, build, or purchase. No idea is too big or too small. … read more.

February Board Update

The UUFM survived the Great Blizzard of January 5, thanks to Dan Swenson and his crew.  Hopefully such weather is not the new normal, since NASA predicts near-normal weather for February.  Dan urges patience on the rain garden and solar installation initiatives.  Prudence dictates that … read more.

The Practice of Presence (December 2024)

From our friends at Soul Matters:

The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself. – Henry Miller

Spiritually, presence can mean two quite different things. On the one hand, contemplatives talk of … read more.