Our small group gatherings for fun and fellowship.
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NOTES FROM RECENT GATHERINGS
1. Our Fellowship Circle met via zoom on January 31st to get re-introduced to one another and get organized. The members present were Dee, Relinda, Tanya, Leon, Inge, Brenda, Jessica, and Michele. We shared a brief check-in including what we did that day to take care of ourselves and were laughing and enjoying lively conversation right from the start. We decided to focus on food, fun and music. Our first gathering in person will be on February 21st in the home of Jessica and Brenda where we’ll bring food and drinks to share, listen to a playlist inspired by some of Leon’s favorite jazz musicians, and engage in a craft or puzzle activity
2. The Fellowship Circle, facilitated by Barb Hendry, met on February 4th. Seven individuals participated in a brown bag lunch at the church and two joined via the church zoom room. Attendees included Sandra, Neil, Rebecca, Paul, Cynthia, Jane, Greg, Mike, and Barb. We had a very enjoyable time-sharing conversation, introductions and reflections, and ideas for future meetings.
We decided to meet for another brown bag lunch at the church at 12:30 PM on Saturday, February 25 and to talk about our spiritual beliefs, what attracted us to UU, and a bit about our religious “life histories."
3. Seven members of our fellowship circle met on Sunday, February 5th at the home of Adrienne Cohen and Michael Williams. This was a potluck with chili served as the main dish along with wonderful additional sides and a bunch of desserts. A lively discussion was held regarding the foods of our childhoods. The full moon called us out and we had another spirited discussion in the backyard by the fire about everything and nothing at all. We are looking forward to next month.
4. Our Fellowship Circle gathered at UU Wed night Feb 8, with three people in person and three via Zoom. In person, Deb, Mo and Shari shared baked potato & salad bar supper at 6:30. At 7 PM Helga, Tonya & Dave Zoomed in, Dave joining from his home in Turkey where it was 3 AM in the morning! We shared birthplaces, learning we hail from Alaska, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan and Germany. We also traded binge-worthy television tips which included The Durrells in Corfu, New Bedford, Shameful, In the Dark and Outlander.
We plan to gather again at 10:30 Saturday morning, March 4 on the UU playground. We want to bring young friends/family, including grand & great-grandchildren to enjoy the playground, as we visit outdoors around the picnic table. We hope Bill, Peter, Dan & Larie can join us next time, and are happy it will be early evening for Dave in Turkey! Maybe Sherril, Rick & Debbye can come, too. We are hoping for a pretty spring day.
5. On Sunday, February 6, at 4:00 p.m., the Thompson clan (Abby, John, Amelia, Mason, and Anna, Abby’s sister, and her dog Buddy) met with Martha Hughes and Teresa Winn for our first Fellowship Circle (Karen and Tom Lambie and Janice Cawthorn were not able to join us). Amelia helped us kick it off with a series of cow-themed jokes, and then Mason popped in to say hello (and by the way, if you haven’t seen Mason in many years you are in for a surprise. He grew up during the pandemic! For the rest of our time together, conversation flowed, but we did realize at the end of the hour that we had learned something that we didn’t know before about all these people that we have been acquainted with for many years. It was a real pleasure to be together.
Our next meeting will be a pizza party at the church on Friday, March 10, at 4:00 pm. Martha will bring the pizza and everybody else will contribute a salad, dessert, drinks, or whatever else they want to bring.
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