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Welcome to uufc.org, the online home of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Clemson (UUFC).
If you're searching for a progressive spiritual community that celebrates a tolerant and thoughtful search for spiritual meaning, we hope you will find a home with us.
At UUFC you will discover a diverse and lively community of seekers and skeptics that will welcome you just as you are. We are an open, welcoming and caring community.
Whatever your age, gender, social background, orientation, or ethnic origin, you are welcome here.
Covenant, Mission and
Vision Statements
Explore, Ask Questions, Join In!
The members and friends of UUFC look forward to getting to know you. Here are a few ways to explore our welcoming community!
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Site Map
List of Everything on the Website
Weekly Connection Newsletter
Newsletter Sign Up Here
Sunday Service at 10:30 a.m.
Upcoming Events
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Announcements
Stewardship 2020
We’ve passed $115,000 pledged! We are currently $54,000 from reaching our Stewardship Goal. 54 packets are still out.. Drop your pledge in the Sunday collection, in the fish bowl in the sanctuary, or in the mail (we've included a stamped envelope in your pledge packet). Let the Office know if you need a new pledge packet! Please return your pledge soon as a favor to the Stewardship Team. Otherwise, look forward to a call from them soon!
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SAVE THE DATE- Congregational Meeting
Sunday, December 15
Please make plans to attend the annual congregational Meeting on Sunday, December 15 following the service. An agenda of items to be discussed will be sent out soon.
Staff Appreciation Collection As we enter the holiday season, our focus sharpens on what we are thankful for and what we celebrate. Many of our members do not see or know all the individuals who work to ensure that what we experience
on Sundays and throughout the week appears almost effortless. Seen or unseen, their work enriches all of us and makes the UUFC a welcoming and inclusive place where all are treated with dignity and respect. This is the time of year when we let our dedicated, non-ministerial staff know just how grateful we are for their hard work throughout the year.
We hope that you will consider contributing to their holiday gift. You may do so by sending a check or placing one in the offering basket with the words "staff gift" in the memo line.
An Introduction to Fine Tea Date
Saturday, December 7th
So you think your favorite tea is Orange Pekoe - it’s not. Believe you can get good tea from the London Tea Auction - you can’t. Don’t have the vaguest notion what TGFOP means? If you are a tea drinker and don’t know the answers to the above, maybe it’s time to learn something about tea. Join Jon Hoskin as he and other participants taste and compare White, Green, Oolong, Black and Pu Erh teas. You will learn about the history, culture and manufacture of tea. * A charge of $7.50 pays for the tea and a Turkish tea glass which you can keep. Sign up in the Social Room after the Service or online at uufc.org.
Holiday Donations to Ripple of One and Foothills Alliance
This year we’re gathering new handcrafted or store-bought hats, gloves and scarves for Ripple of One and blankets for Foothills Alliance. Donations are being accepted through Sunday, December 8th and can be placed in the hallway donation bin. Any questions can be directed to
Petra Baer.
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Clemson Community Care Food Needs
Clemson Community Care has several food items that are in very short supply. They have given out large amounts of food this summer and need to restock their pantry. CCC would great appreciate donations of cereal, crackers, pork and beans, flour, spaghetti sauce, pasta, cans of vegetables. Of course, CCC is always need donations of toiletries, diapers, wipes, laundry detergent. Thank you for your continued support.
Staff Appreciation Collection
This is the time of year when we let our dedicated, non-ministerial staff know just how grateful we are for their hard work throughout the year. Seen or unseen, their work enriches all of us and makes the UUFC a welcoming and inclusive place where all are treated with dignity and
respect. We hope that you will consider contributing to their holiday gift. You may do so by sending a check or placing one in the offering basket with the words "staff gift" in the memo line.
UU World Winter Edition: The Call of Our Faith
Please consider hanging on to your current issue of the UU World Magazine (mailed to all members.) This magazine presents a featured article, The Call of Our Faith, asking us to explore: What in Unitarian Universalism’s central theology requires us to work toward building multicultural, antiracist Beloved Community? You can find links to the article in the Weekly connection and online at uufc.org. We will offer
to share thoughts and ideas on responding to this excellent article after the holidays. Please watch for details in the new year. With much gratitude, Kathy Crain.
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Annual First Day Hike and Potluck
Kathy and I will be hosting a First Day hike on New Year's Day from 10:00 - 3:30 or so at Keowee-Toxaway State Park. We think this will be the seventh year. Everyone is invited and encouraged to come for all or part of the festivities. Here is how to get there: Directions We will be setting out on the Raven Rock Trail at 10:15 sharp. The Park calls this trail "moderately strenuous", but I make it to be a solid "moderate". A shorter loop is available, and can be done before or after the pot luck. Trails The picnic shelters are right across the highway from the trailhead / visitors center. The hikers usually get there by around 1:30. A blazing fire awaits (heated bathrooms too). We will bring Ham and black-eyed peas and collards. You will bring breads or desserts, or different dietary preferences, or anything else you would like to share. Also please bring your beverages and dishes and utensils. We have hiked in a light drizzle, but MAY MAKE LAST MINUTE ADJUSTMENTS. If you would like to receive an update the day before, please be sure we have your request. And as always - friendly dogs are welcome, children will be judged on a case by case basis. Please talk to Gordon Crane if you have issues or questions.
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Adult Faith Exploration Classes
UU & You Classes 2019
Classes and schedules are now available, including registration links!
UUFC Calendar for the Week of December 1
Friday, December 6:
10:00-11:30 a.m., Yoga Class (fees apply), Social Room
Saturday, December 7:
9:30-11:00 a.m., Meditation, Sanctuary
10:00-11:30 a.m., An Introduction to Fine Tea, Social Room
UUFC Calendar for the Week of December 8
Sunday, December 8:
3:00-5:00 p.m., Enneagram Study Group, Founders’ House
Monday, December 9:
10:00-11:30 a.m., Yoga Class (fees apply), Social Room
6:30-7:30 p.m., Choir Practice, Sanctuary
Tuesday, December 10:
9:30-10:30 a.m., Morning Meditation, Sanctuary
7:00-8:30 p.m., Grief Support Group, Founders’ House
7:00-9:00 p.m., Buddhist Meditation, Sanctuary
Wednesday, December 11:
10:00-11:30 a.m., Yoga Class (fees apply), Social Room
3:00-5:00 p.m., A Course in Miracles Group, Library
7:00-8:00 p.m., Council of Committees Meeting, Library
7:00-8:30 p.m., Earth Spirit Pathfinders Covenant Group, Founders’
House
Thursday, December 12:
5:30-6:30 p.m., Green Sanctuary Meeting, Library
Friday, December 13:
10:00-11:30 a.m., Yoga Class (fees apply), Social Room
Saturday, December 14:
9:30-11:00 a.m., Meditation, Sanctuary
Sunday, December 15:
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Congregational Meeting. Sanctuary
12:00-1:30 p.m., Executive Committee Meeting, Founders’ House
3:00-5:00 p.m., Enneagram Study Group, Founders’ House
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Covenant Group Open Enrollment 2019
Everyone in the UUFC Community is welcome to join a Covenant Group. Covenant Groups are small groups of 8-10 people who agree to meet regularly for spiritual, intellectual and social dialogue and nurturing. Covenant Groups give members, friends and newcomers in our congregation time and space to think and talk about their individual spiritual journeys, as well as opportunities to get to know each other better. If you would like to join a Covenant Group, or want more information, please fill out the form in the bulletin or at the AFE information table on Sundays after the service and we will follow up with you. We hope you’ll join us! For more information, please contact Karen Hiebel, DLFF at dlff@uufc.org.
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Save Your Columbo's Receipts!
Did you know you can increase your giving to UUFC at no extra
expense? Columbo's Pizza on Pendleton Road donates a portion of their sales to us! Here's all you have to do:
- Visit Columbo's and enjoy their delicious pizza, subs, and salad
bar.
- Ask for an extra stamped receipt when you pay.
- Drop that receipt in the UUFC offering during a Sunday Service
and we'll do the rest.
It's that easy! Many thanks to Columbo's for their continued support.
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Altar Flowers
Sponsoring the Altar Flowers is a beautiful way to mark special
life events such as a birth and birthday; anniversary or memory
of a loved one. If you wish to do so, make a note of date, name
of individual and event to be recognized on outside of a donation envelope and enclose a check for $15 or more. Place in offering plate. If you wish like flowers from your garden in an arrangement for the altar, please contact Elizabeth Branstead or Elaine Faithful.
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Family Promise of Pickens County - Volunteer Opportunity
Our next turn to help Ft. Hill Presbyterian Church host the guests of Family Promise is on the evenings and nights of December 9th and 10th. The clients or “guests” in this program are provided with services and help from the Easley-based center during the day, and perhaps go to work, while the children are in school. Then, week by week, until they have regained independence and can move in to their own housing, they are provided with dinner and a room in participating host churches. We are a support church and give our partner-host Ft. Hill Presbyterian Church volunteers, a break for 2 nights out of their week. Our turn to help rolls around approximately 4 times a year, and we work on the Monday and Tuesday nights of the week. We do need more volunteers on our roster of helpers! This is a rewarding, humbling and important opportunity! If you will consider helping, or definitely want to help, please call Heidi Campbell for details: A short orientation will be provided.
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New Covenant OR Discussion Group
Karl Dieter is trying to organize a covenant or discussion group with the following theme and description. If you are interested, please contact him.
Theme: Religious/moral values and governance: Personal journeys into the interdependent web of being.
Description: How do we govern our individual selves, structure social institutions, and participate in a healthy democratic pluralism within the places where we worship, work (note: the workplace is hierarchical in nature but the spirit of democracy can promote the flow of input across all layers of the hierarchy promoting efficiency, productivity, and healthy organizations) and engage our fellow citizens in the personal and political realms in accordance with religious/moral values. In other words, how do we conduct
our daily lives in accordance with the religious/moral values we proclaim and live and work with those whose religions/moral values lead to different choices and/or policy proposals?
Question: Do our religious practices (e.g., UU 7 Principles, adult RE,
worship) have any significant influence on how we lead our daily lives?
Goals: Perhaps Jung provides a motivation. If people can be educated to see the shadow-side of their nature clearly, it may be hoped that they will also learn to understand and love their fellow
men better. A little less hypocrisy and a little more self-knowledge can only have good results in respect for our neighbor; for we are all too prone to transfer to our fellows the injustice and violence we conflict upon our own natures.
Desired Outcome: Becoming more skilled in deep listening. For deeper reading, please see the Weekly Connection.
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