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Fred’s Flavorings

Magic Happens!

I tend to think

this cartoon

sums up how

people view

church and

how it

operates. We

have a variety

of programs,

services, and it all just happens—it’s a miracle or it’s done

by magic. And while I don’t want to discount the

possibility of miracles or magic happening, there is another

rational explanation. Someone, who might look a lot like

you, steps in to fill a void that they see. And if by chance

it is you, THANK YOU because your stepping in to fill that

void helps keep the fellowship a welcoming place for all

who use this space, not just on Sunday but during the week

as well.

Years ago, I served a congregation that did not

have an office administrator so that meant my doing the

weekly bulletins, designing them, printing them, stuffing

them, etc. This particular congregation, to help cut down

on inserts, had a bulletin jacket cover with the basic

information that was run every week. This was recycled

week after week. And while we had a basket for people to

place their OOS to be recycled, they weren’t always left

there. We would find them in hymnals, on chairs, on

tables, in classrooms, etc. But I never had to think about

this because come Thursday when I printed the program, I

would find the jacket covers in their box ready for the next

week. It was magic. Then one week, the magic did not

happen. I had to go and hunt for the prior week’s OOS with

jacket covers in order to reuse the jackets again. It was a

step that took about 30 minutes; 30 minutes that I did not

have as a part time minister. The next week was the same;

the magic did not happen. Now I did not know who created

this magic. And when I inquired who had been doing this,

no one knew. It must be magic. And then one day, it began

again. I searched to find out who had been doing this

seemingly simple task that became a great time saver for

me. Turns out it was a member who was away for a few

weeks, but I did not know of their service because they

simply stepped in and did it, unnoticed by others. I thanked

them for doing this because it was a valuable yet simple

task that made my work just a bit easier and less time

consuming. For me, it was a lesson in appreciation of the

smallest of tasks being filled that others just assumed

happened magically.

This fellowship needs people who will see a void

and step in; especially around hospitality concerns.

Hospitality is our face to the world. How clean and orderly

our space is, is noticed by the various groups that rent our

space for their meetings. Having the bathrooms

presentable, trash cans emptied, having social hour set up

and cleaned up, kitchen counters cleared of food and

dishes, hymnals replaced into the chair racks, these are all

small tasks that don’t just happen. We are the magic casters

and the miracle workers that create this lovely space.

While we have some paid custodial care for the

more intensive cleaning, we are the ones that make this

place shine. But it can’t just be one person stepping up to

fill the need. So, when it’s your committee’s turn to set up

social hour and to clean up afterwards, don’t assume that

magic just happens. Talk to one another in your committee

and find out who is going to set up the coffee, who is going

to bring what on Sunday morning, who is going to plate the

food if it needs plating, who will clean up the social hall

and kitchen afterwards? Who will make sure the trash is

gathered, etc.? Don’t let it be the same person every time

so when they are not there, it does not happen.

It isn’t fair to your committee mates to assume that

a miracle will happen by Mary Poppins. She is not a

member here. The miracle that occurs here is done through

each of us. Thank you for making MUUF the welcoming

friendly place that it is by making it a nice home to enjoy

with others.

Blessings, Fred

UPDATE

March 2020

Volume 51 Number 3

MUUF’S MISSION STATEMENT

“A friendly beacon for religious freedom, supporting lifelong spiritual growth

and working for social justice with compassion and love.”

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MUUF Calendar 2020

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

1 8:30 Choir rehearsal

10:30am Speaker-

Rev. Fred L Hammond

Music- Choir & Barbara

Jensen

12:00 Social Justice

2 10:00 Great

Decisions

2:00 Book Group

“Educated”

6:30 Manatee Clean

Energy Alliance

3 10:00 Knitting 4Peace

2:00 Overeaters

Anonymous

6:30 Zen Meditation

4 11:00 Mahjongg

6:00 Toastmasters

5 10:00 Worship Team

12:00 Al-Anon

7:30 Meditation

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7 9:00 Cottage Meeting

1:00 Bridge

8 8:30 Choir rehearsal

10:30am Speaker-

Rev. Fred L Hammond

Music- Barbara Jensen

9 10:00 Great

Decisions

10 2:00 Overeaters

Anonymous

6:30 Zen Meditation

11 10:30 Cottage Meeting

11:00 Mahjongg

2:00 Men’s Group

6:00 Toastmasters

12 12:00 Al-Anon

2:30 COSM

7:30 Meditation

13 6:00 Share-A-Dish

14 9:00 Non-Violent

Communication

Workshop

1:00 Bridge

15 8:30 Choir rehearsal

10:30am Speaker-

Rev. Fred L Hammond

Music- Choir & Barbara

Jensen

11:45 MUUF101 STEWARDSHIP SUNDAY

16

10:00 Great

Decisions

17 2:00 Overeaters

Anonymous

6:30 Zen Meditation

18 9:00 Board Reports

Due

10:00 Finance Mtg

11:00 Mahjongg

6:00 Toastmasters

19 9:00 Our Daily Bread

12:00 Al-Anon

7:30 Meditation

20

9:00 Update Articles

Due

4:30 Fellowship at

Caddy’s at the Pointe

Bradenton

21

12:00-5:00

7th Annual Manatee

Pride Festival

Bradenton Riverwalk

1:00 Bridge

22 8:30 Choir rehearsal

10:30am Speaker-

Guest

Music- Barbara. Jensen

23 10:00 Great

Decisions

24 2:00 Overeaters

Anonymous

6:30 Zen Meditation

6:30 Board Meeting

25 11:00 Mahjongg

6:00 Toastmasters

26 12:00 Al-Anon

7:30 Meditation

27

28

1:00 Bridge

29 8:30 Choir rehearsal

10:30am Speaker-Guest

Music- Barbara Jensen

Special Collection-

PRISM

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31 2:00 Overeaters

Anonymous

6:30 Zen Meditation

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President’s Message John Isham

2050, The Future, then and now.

It is predicted that by 2050 the oceans

will rise from 10.69 inches up to 21.58

inches higher than they are today.* Cities

will have to move to higher ground. Where will they be

built and what kind of social upheaval will be caused by

the forced migration? Will it be orderly or chaotic? The

social and logistical implications are enormous.

It is predicted that by 2045 AGI (Artificial General

Intelligence) will evolve in a singularity, a state where

AGI will be one billion times more powerful than all

human intelligence today.** What will we do with it, or

more correctly, what will it do with us? And how will it

handle climate change?

It is predicted that by 2021, we may see the end of

democracy and the end of the rule of law in the United

States. Autocracy may rule. It depends on the November

2020 vote. After 30 more years then, what might be the

state of affairs in the US and the world? It overpowers

the imagination considering what things might be like.

Many of us will be gone, but what about our children

and theirs? What do we hope for them?

Can we do anything besides look worried and wring our

hands? You are darn right we can, and that is to do all

we can to get out the vote. We can't stop climate change

and we can't stop developing artificial general

intelligence, but we can do everything in our power to

make sure all citizens vote, and the election is fair. We

need the largest voter turnout in the history of our

country. This means walking neighborhoods to register

people, it means sitting at public tables encouraging

voter registration, it means driving people to the polls, it

means convincing people of the importance of their

vote. It means calling and writing our state and national

legislators to prevent the illegal manipulation of our

elections. We have eight months to accomplish this, the

most important thing in our immediate future. Nothing

is more important at this point in time in our country.

Work with us to get out a fair and complete vote. Please

go to UUA.org and sign up for UU the Vote 2020. Read

all the links, 50 Ways, etc.

John Isham

* www.sealevelrise.org/forecast/

** www.zednet.com/article/what-is-artificial-general-

intelligence/

Social Justice Committee Highlights of the Social Justice

Committee on February 2, 2020

Special Collections

• February 16 – Healthy Start

• March 29- Prism

• April 19 – CIW Fair Food Program

• May 24 – DART – The minister members of

DART are responsible for a membership fee.

MUUF’s May special collection will be toward

that fee which will be matched by UUA.

Issue Paper: Mary Frances Kordick completed her

paper on Immigration limited as requested to two pages.

It will be emailed to social justice committee members

and available to others as printed copies on the display

table. One copy of each of the research articles will also

be on the table for reference only. The Immigration

paper can also be read on the website under the ISSUES

Heading. The committee felt Future Issue Papers should

be followed by action.

Activities

• MLK activities on Jan. 21 and 25 were

completed as per the grant from State College of

Florida to MUUF for Downtown Ministries.

There were 450 volunteers making 500 kits then

distributing them. The kits held toothbrush,

paste, deodorant, comb, shampoo, soap, men’s

crew sox, women’s crew sox, washcloths,

disposable twin blade razors, hand sanitizer.

• UUJF in Tallahassee – Mary Frances Kordick

and Lisa Moschin reported on their trip and left

much information on the display table. They

heard about problems from hurricanes in the

Florida Panhandle. They met with several

legislators who are in Tallahassee only two

months. Citizens can speak at committee

meetings in the designated time before the

committee, as in Manatee County. Lists of ani-

gay bills will be available at our booth at Gay

Pride.

• Gay Pride March 21, noon to 4 pm. A signup

sheet was passed around and will be on the

signup table for others to sign up.

• UU the Vote – Lisa Moschin reports that $500

UUA grants are available to March 9. She and

Mary Frances Kordick volunteered to work on

a grant.

• DART - Direct Action and Research Training.

The members of Manatee County clergy are

forming a program “Manatee Justice Ministry.”

Funds will be collected from each member

which will enable the hiring of a salaried

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director. There will be a pulpit exchange May

24 with the minister of St. Pete UU who will tell

us of the DART program in Pinellas County.

MUUF can attend two events in Sarasota, Feb.

17 and March 23, where we can witness the

Sarasota DART rally to focus on their project.

• Coalition of Immokalee Workers - Postcards

to Wendy’s will be available through February.

The postcards are sent to the headquarters of

Wendy’s, boycotting Wendy’s until they join the

Fair Food Program. The postcards are stamped,

needing only a signature. If a person signed one

before, it’s okay to sign another. A trip to visit

CIW in Immokalee is being planned.

• Carolyn Denison proposed a 10-minute Issue

session during the Social Justice meeting for

discussion on a particular issue followed by

immediate action. She proposed a table in the

Social Hall for letter writing every Sunday. After

discussion, it was planned to have Jewish

support be the Issue at the March meeting, an

Earth Day issue in April and Immigration in

May.

Special Collections

Bill Hayes

Our Special Collection for

February was Healthy Start

with Carol Alt as our point

person. Healthy Start works to

assure that both mother and

baby have a healthy

start. Services are

provided before and after birth.

A total of $575 was collected

for Healthy Start.

Our March Special Collection will benefit Prism which

works to fight discrimination against LGBTQ

teenagers. Point persons will be Chuck Wolfe and

Barb McCrea. In addition to the Special Collection,

MUUF will be an active supporter of the Manatee Gay

Pride Festival.

Book Club Bill Hayes

Our next meeting will be Monday, March

2 at 2:00pm. Our book for discussion will

be “Educated” by Tara Westover. It is the

story of a young girl growing up in an Idaho

survivalist family. She does not attend

school until she is seventeen because of her father’s

paranoia with the outside world. She later continues her

schooling in psychiatry where she recognizes her

father’s bipolar traits which worsen with age.

In April we will read Mitch Albom’s book “Finding

Chika.” This is the story of his family’s adoption of a

young Haitian girl who has a severe medical

condition. It teaches him what it is like to be a father.

Then in May we will read “Here We Are” by Aarti

Namdev Shahani. This is the heartfelt memoir of his

immigrant experience. The author, an NPR

correspondent, wrestles with the question of who

belongs in America.

All are welcome in the Book Club. We’re a friendly

group. Come and try us out.

New MUUF Directory

AVAILABLE NOW

The brand new 2020 MUUF

Directory is available for pick up on

the social room table. Look for the

neon orange cover. If you have

updated information for the directory,

please notify the office.

Great Decisions Bill Hayes

Great Decisions will continue to meet on Monday

mornings at 10:00am for the first four Mondays in

March. We are now halfway through the 2020 program

and have the following schedule:

March 2 - Northern Triangle ( Central America ) - leader

Renee Motley

March 9 - China in Latin America - leader Nelson

French

March 16 - The Philippines - leader Bill Hammes

March 23 - Artificial Intelligence and Data - leader John

Isham

We have around 22 participants this year with about

equal numbers of MUUF members and community

residents.

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Special Collection for March Chuck Wolfe

Our Special Collection on Sunday,

March 29th, will benefit the Prism

Youth Initiative and their youth

activity programs. Founded in 2010,

Prism Youth Initiative is a non-profit 501(c)(3)

dedicated to supporting, affirming, encouraging, and

empowering the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender

and questioning youth ages 13-23 of Manatee

County. They are committed to doing this in an

environment that is safe, hospitable, warm and

welcoming. Their major fundraiser is the annual

Manatee Pride Festival held at Bradenton Riverwalk

Park; proceeds benefit Prism Youth programs.

Prism’s work empowers our youth by:

• Providing advocacy and referrals for services as well

as education about bullying, suicide prevention, HIV

prevention and other LGBTQ issues.

• Enhancing youth lives by involving them in

community events as well as hosting field trips to

theatre, museums, etc.

• Providing a safe space for youth ages 13-23 to be

themselves and build social support networks.

• Working with CAN Community Health, Manatee

Children's Services and other community

organizations, to provide services for youth ages 13-

17.

• Offering referrals for youth counseling, if needed, by

licensed psychotherapists who have expertise in

LGBTQ issues. If no insurance is available,

counseling at no cost can be arranged.

Prism Youth center is located at 501 5th St. E. in

Bradenton. The center is staffed by adults who are trained

in LGBTQ issues and are available by phone or by

appointment. The center is open to a LGBTQ youth

meeting on the first Saturday of the month from noon till 3

pm with lunch provided and they plan one community

event a month.

To find out more about Prism:

• Visit their website -

http://www.prismyouth.org/home.html.

• Visit their Facebook page -

https://www.facebook.com/prismyouth/.

• Contact them at (941) 357-0111 for assistance

or event schedules.

On Sunday, March 29th, Valerie Fisher will speak to

us about Prism Youth programs, and we will take up

a Special Collection. Please make your check out to

Prism and place it in the unsealed envelope provided

for the offertory. Your generosity will be

appreciated.

Our Auction Lives On Many were involved with helping to make this year’s

auction a success. Thank you to Todd Borselle for

preparing lunch; Ed Janz for serving as auctioneer; Gary

Allen, Randy Coleman, Sharon & Mark Chofey, Mary

Desmone & Steve Henry, Sally Isham, Mary

McClendon, Linda Marshall, Pat Rohrer, Alia

Starkweather, Linda Wilke for helping to set up on Feb.

1; AJ Wolff for hanging the artwork; John Isham, Mary

Frances Kordick. Rev. Fred, & Bob Yavis for getting

business donations; Bill Hayes, John Isham, and Sandy

McCarthy for serving as cashiers; Sandy McCarthy for

setting up using Square for credit cards; Karen Salzinger,

Becky Smith, and Rosa Whiting for entering sales data;

Sally Isham for proofing the catalog and keeping

paperwork organized; Karen Salzinger for printing the

catalog; Cory Prout for doing extra cleanup in the kitchen;

and Walter Pascal for selling raffle tickets.

As of the time of this writing we have $6,921 with

expectations of a bit more coming in. This year we almost

tripled the number of in-home dinners and business

donations from last year and doubled the number of

restaurant dinners purchased by our members to treat the

bidder as a guest or with a gift card. These events will

stretch out through the month of June as members gather

together to socialize and dine together. The Live Auction

was lively and competitive with a variety of items ranging

from Rev. Fred’s offers of choice of a sermon topic and

genealogy research to scratch off lottery tickets to a

reserved parking space to 2 nights at St. Francis Inn in St.

Augustine to sponsoring the civil rights Sunday service

offered by Mary Desmone and Steve Henry and ending

with an unusual necktie.

Plans for next year definitely include starting earlier to get

business donations. If you have ideas on ways to boost our

auction to a higher level, please let Carol Bartz know. One

thing we definitely can surmise is that our members like to

socialize and dine! We are especially interested in hearing

feedback about the format of the auction with the silent

auction lasting a week with lunch and live auction on the

second Sunday and are open to new ideas!

Thank You Carol Bartz

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Women’s Chat and Knitting Circle AJ Wolff

Meets every first Tuesday,

morning 10:00- noon. Join the

fun for tea and a chat. Bring

your knitting, needle point,

handy work or ideas. We do

work on a few big Social Justice

Projects during the year. Questions talk to

AJ Wolff or Carol Alt.

Reusable Produce Bags Carol Bartz

Most of us are fairly conscientious about bringing our

own reusable bags for our grocery shopping but

continue to grab those other plastic bags in the produce

aisle. At our auction a minor item (donated by myself)

was a package of 15 reusable produce bags. I was

delighted to see that the bidding went up quite high as a

few people battled each other for possession of them.

My joy was not so much for the revenue raised but for

the hope that it made a few people aware of how easy it

is to switch to these washable, reusable bags. They are

not commonly found in the stores, but you can order

them online. My favorite ones are the Lotus brand, but

there are many to choose from. Just google “reusable

produce bags” and place an order!

Sanctuary Art Exhibit AJ Wolff

“Ways of Being” is the title for the paintings by Peg

Green shown at MUUF from February 15-March 15.

Peg Green has her portrait paintings in these portraits.

She says about these work: “I try to present, not the

individual's Identikit features, but something of their

inner nature, how they Stand and Live and Be. Every

Being has a story, maybe a thousand stories, telling who

they are and how they are connected to their world.

When you view these portraits, I invite you to look and

listen for their stories.”

To Contact the artist:

Peg Green 703-774-6737www.peacepeg.com

Worship Web Carol Bartz

The UUA has a new app you can download

on your phone, access through Facebook, or

click into via your computer at

https://uua.org/worshipweb. It is called

Worship Web and it provides meaningful, inspiring

resources for Unitarian Universalists and other

progressive people of faith and conscience. There are

images, poetry, readings, etc. which can be used for

gatherings or for one’s own spiritual practice. It can also

serve as a resource when talking to others about who we

are and what we believe. Check it out!

Thinking about joining MUUF? Sally Isham

On Sunday, March 15th after the

service, Rev. Fred will lead a

MUUF 101 session for people

thinking about joining our

Fellowship. Bring your coffee and

join us in the sanctuary where we'll get acquainted, listen

to each other's history in faith communities and what

brought us to MUUF. We'll learn about UU history and

MUUF's 60-year history in Bradenton. We'll watch 2

brief videos and talk about the rights and responsibilities

of membership in our Fellowship. We try to keep the

session to one hour. Please look for the sign-up sheet on

the table in the social room.

Changes to the new directory…

Lorraine Berry (new address)

119 Weir Point Road

Manteo, NC 27954

Ted Medrek

Phone correction: 617-529-5576

Bernita Franzel

New email: bernitabf@gmail.com

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Stewardship Rev. Fred L Hammond

“We say in our church that the offering is a sacrament

of the free church. What we mean by that is that we

believe it is a blessing to be able to govern and support

our religious community ourselves—to make possible

by our generosity everything we dream of and do to live

out our shared values.”

Every week we

open our offering

with these words.

What we have

made visible here as a fellowship is a demonstration of

our love for the values we hold dear. When we are able

to gather our resources together, we can create a

wonderful space that is inviting and warm. We are the

ones who create supports for one another when the

journey becomes rough, and joyful celebrations when

the journey is smooth sailing. It is up to us as to what we

can do here, limited only by our resources—financial,

skills, and people. It has been my experience here and

elsewhere, when we each are able to offer the best of our

ability, we can fulfill our dreams together.

A few years ago, this fellowship made the decision that

they wanted full time ministry. The congregation in its

wisdom knew this was not an overnight project that it

would take time to develop this ministry. The

congregation at that time, developed a set of goals to

work on as a congregation, voted to bring on a

developmental minister to assist in those goals, and to

use financial resources that were in reserves to pay for it

for a total of five years. Again, with the goal that as the

congregation grew that these reserves would be

accessed less as current resources expanded. And that

is already happening! We were able to plan on

borrowing less than anticipated this current fiscal year

than last year because of your generosity. Thank you!

And with 5 of 66 potential pledge cards returned, we are

showing a 24% increase in giving over last year. If this

trend continues, we may be able to reduce our access to

these reserves again this year. THANK YOU!

We have two more Cottage meetings planned this

month: Saturday, March 7 at 9 AM and Wednesday,

March 11 at 10:30 AM. These are opportunities for us

to be in conversation about how we are doing. Are we

progressing on our goals? How are folks experiencing

the fellowship? If you have not signed up please do, so

we may talk about the future of Manatee Unitarian

Universalist Fellowship this next year. Thank you for

your support.

Remember: Pledge cards for next fiscal year will be

collected at the March 15th Service. Follow-up phone

calls will begin on March 16th.

Direct Action Research Training (DART)

Justice Ministry

The power of organized people to do justice. DART is a national network of 22 affiliated grassroots,

nonprofit, congregation-based community

organizations throughout Florida, Ohio, Kansas,

Kentucky, Indiana, South Carolina, Tennessee and

Virginia whose leaders have been trained to be effective

community organizers.

Florida has 9 DART justice ministry organizations

including Pinellas and Sarasota counties. As of now,

Manatee County does not have one in place. Sarasota

County’s organization, called Sarasota United for

Responsibility and Equity (SURE), was formed 10 years

ago. Members of SURE congregations work hard to

build relationships in their congregations and their

communities, discuss their concerns for the city and

county, research solutions to serious problems they

select, present them to the proper officials and work with

them to make “sure” those officials remain accountable.

On Monday, February 17th, John and Sally Isham

represented MUUF at the First Congregational UCC in

Sarasota to observe a rally where 250 people from

Sarasota churches gathered to make a public

commitment to have 1000 congregation members attend

the Nehemiah Action Assembly in March. Members

from all of the SURE congregations involved will gather

to hear testimonies as to how their selected issues affect

people’s lives and negotiate solutions with appropriate

authorities in attendance.

Manatee County congregations were invited to observe

the process. It was impressive! 90 minutes of supportive

celebration enhanced by noisemakers and shoutouts.

Rev. Fred, John and Sally Isham hope to have 6 more

MUUF members join them at the Nehemiah Action

Assembly on Monday, March 23, 6:30PM in Sarasota.

To hear a truly impressive speaker tell us about DART,

come to the Share a Dish dinner on Friday, March 13

and meet Rev. Dr. Joreatha McCall Capers, minister at

Rogers Memorial United Methodist Church in

Bradenton.

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Manatee Pride 2020 7th Annual Manatee Pride Festival

Saturday, March 21st Noon- 5:00pm.

Bradenton Riverwalk Pavilion 452 3rd Avenue West

This year is the 7th annual Pride

Festival and MUUF has been

there since the beginning. I hope

this year we have a big turnout

to support it. It is a family

friendly event featuring live

entertainment, youthful music, local vendors, fun, food

and craft beer. Enjoy the opening with Rev. Fred and

other local ministers at 11:45am. Visit the MUUF Booth

~ Hang out to Greet people & answer questions about

MUUF.

Bring a lawn chair, enjoy the music and have a picnic.

Manatee Pride is a program of Prism Youth Initiative,

dedicated to supporting, affirming, encouraging,

enabling, and empowering LBGTQ youth, ages 13-23,

in Manatee County, Florida. All proceeds from Manatee

Pride go to benefit Prism programs.

We need volunteers. Work just an hour or two at the

MUUF booth. There is a signup sheet on the social room

table, to help with our Pride Booth ~ Thank you.

Our Daily Bread Team John Isham

Rewarding and with feelings of a job

well done, volunteer for joining our

team of food servers once a month at

Our Daily Bread. Always on the third

Thursday of the month, from 9am to

11:30am, we all meet and serve about

200 to 225 nutritious meals to deserving, needy people.

We need 8 to 9 people each time. Please verify your

previous sign up or sign up as a new team member and

we will call you.

Call or write John at 561-569-0764 or

jpisham27@gmail.com or Sandy McCarthy at 419-308-

1750 or sandymccarthy1@outlook.com. Please call,

Thank You!

Meet New Members ~ Dennis & Barb Foye We’re long time Unitarians. Our daughters grew up in

the UU church in Brookfield, WI, just outside

Milwaukee. We honestly never thought we’d be

snowbirds, but after both daughters ended up in Florida,

that is just what we’ve become. We’ve attended the

Bradenton fellowship, enjoyed the bridge group and met

some great people over the last couple of years. Now

that we are planning to become full time Florida

residents, we’re happy to be

part of such a welcoming

church.

Dennis was born in Madison,

WI and Barb grew up in

Canton, Ohio. We met at the University of Wisconsin-

Madison. In our preretirement lives, Dennis was a

mortgage banker and Barb was a school psychologist.

In our current retirement life stage, we both enjoy

birding and golf, though Denny is the true birder. We

enjoy travel, sometimes combining birding with travel.

Dennis has been playing tennis regularly, along with a

little pickleball. Barb is a history buff and has been

doing yoga at least twice a week. Barb has also been

enjoying the mahjong group, though still very much a

beginner. In Wisconsin, she’s a docent at the

Milwaukee Public Museum and she is exploring

volunteer opportunities in this area.

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Klara Weis 3/1

Sharon Chofey 3/4

Sunday Morning Coffee Hour Hosts

Board of Directors

President John Isham

Vice President Carol Bartz

Secretary Randy Coleman

Treasurer Bill Hayes

Directors Sandy McCarthy

Doris Sutliff

Pat Rohrer

AJ Wolff

Pres. Emeritus Carol Bartz

Board Meetings are the 4th Tuesday of each

month, 6:30 pm in the Social Room. All

members of the Congregation are invited to

attend.

JANUARY FINANCIAL SUMMARY

Chalice Lighter Schedule

March 1 Randy Coleman

March 8 Bill Hayes

March 15 AJ Wolff

March 22 John Isham

March 29 Pat Rohrer

INCOME $ 5,838.12

EXPENSES $15,549.41

USED FROM SAVINGS $ 7,200.00

3/1 Men’s Group & Finance

3/8 Social Justice

3/15 Caring Comm & Team Spotless

3/22 Book Group

3/29 Worship Team, AV, Knitters

Fellowship Office Hours:

Mon – Fri 8am – 1pm

OFFICE 941-746-0067

Rev. Fred L Hammond: Minister

Email: muufminister6@gmail.com

Karen Salzinger: Office Administrator

Email: muufoffice@gmail.com

Website: www.manateeuuf.org

The UPDATE

Articles must be submitted by the 20th of each month for

publication the following month.

Sunday, March 8, 2020

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Share-A-Dish Friday, March 13th at 6:00pm

~Sign Up on the Social Room Table~

***Social Hour at 6:00pm *** ***Dinner at 6:30pm***

Manatee Unitarian Universalist Fellowship 322 15th Street West Bradenton, FL 34205

Join us for

Sunday

Service

10:30am

Rev. Dr. Joreatha McCall Capers, minister at Rogers Memorial

United Methodist Church in Bradenton will be our guest speaker.

She is the lead in forming a DART chapter in Manatee County.

(Manatee Justice Ministry)

Please come give her a warm welcome and learn about this new

interfaith ministry forming in our community.

Change Clocks

March 8th