Welcome to the
Unitarian Universalist Congregation
of Fort Wayne.
We offer a warm, inclusive community where all people are invited to join us for liberal worship, celebration, friendship, support, social justice and service. We look forward to seeing you at our next Sunday service.
As a Unitarian Universalist congregation, our mission is to create a spiritual community that inspires growth, seeks knowledge, accepts differences and deepens compassion to build a just world.
UUCFW’s vision is to be an inclusive community beacon of social change and spiritual exploration by living out our UU values.
Inspire. Seek. Accept. Deepen.
I just uploaded “2020.Thanksgiving message” to #Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/482835163
In the Church Food Pantry Line
"The day before Thanksgiving:
a woman in a beautiful beaded dress
a man with no teeth
a young man with a pierced lip
and one in his forties,
covered in tattoos.
Several young mothers,
a crowd of little girls,
boys flipping and turning on a rail,
and hopping up our sanctuary steps.
Our steps,
but their steps as well, if we mean it,
this inherent worth and dignity;
and if there’s an interdependent web
and we didn’t just make that up;
their steps, if we get radical
and believe that love is justice,
and welcome people in.
Theirs if we overcome our fear
that we’ll be overwhelmed by need.
What’s ours is theirs,
fifteen children
and seventy adults,
the day before Thanksgiving
on the sanctuary steps."
—Angela Herrera
Reaching for the Sun
This week Around the Meetinghouse - mailchi.mp/c3a649685370/this-week-around-the-meetinghouse
Interfaith Thanksgiving Service - mailchi.mp/4f95d40e1378/interfaith-thanksgiving-service-4806930
For those at worship on Sunday, here is the complete post from Diana Butler Bass "The Year of No Thanks", Rev. Shelly referenced in her reflection.
dianabutlerbass.substack.com/p/the-year-of-no-thanks
dianabutlerbass.substack.com
Thanksgiving is next week and many of us don’t feel gratefulReimagining death: Meet a Fort Wayne artist sharing the culture of her Mexica ancestors
www.inputfortwayne.com
As part of Día de los Muertos in November, artist Emily Guerrero is creating several ofrendas throughout the city to honor lost loved ones in 2020.