Today At Our Fellowship
Thursday, January 30, 2025
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This Weekend @ AUUF
Thursday 1/30/25
6:30 – 8:00 pm Choir Practice in the Sanctuary with Esme
Friday 1/31/25
8:15 – 11:15 am Music Together Mountain Song Social Room
12:00 – 2:00 pm Freethinkers in Person Only Room 7
6:00 – 8:30 pm RE Trans Inclusion in Congregations Class in the Sanctuary and Social Room
Saturday 2/1/25
8:30 – 10:30 am AA-Slap Happy Group
10:30 am – 12:45 pm Music Together Mountain Song Social Room
1:30 – 5:30 pm Private Rental
Social Room
1:30 – 3:00 pm Private Rental Room 5
Sunday 2/2/25
9:00 am The Forum Sunday IN PERSON & on Zoom
11:00 am Sunday Worship Service
IN PERSON & on Zoom
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Sunday 2/2/25 (continued)
12:30 – 2:00 pm The Alliance - At AUUF Upstairs Library
1:00 – 3:00 pm Coming of Age Room 8
1:00 – 3:00 pm OWL Grade 4-6 Room 7
4:00 – 5:30 pm Anchorage Friends Meeting Sanctuary & Social Room
6:00 – 10:00 pm Anchorage Folk Festival: Brown Mountain Lightning Bugs
Sanctuary and Social room
Monday 2/3/25
3:30 pm Private Rental Room 5
6:30-8:00 pm Fireweed Sangha of Mindful Living - Private Rental Visitors Welcome Room 5
Tuesday 2/4/25
4:30-6:30 pm Forum Planning Meeting
6:00 – 7:00 pm Community Connection - Private Room 8
Wednesday 2/5/25
3:15 – 5:15 pm Music Together Mountain Song Social Room
5:00- 8:00 pm Connections Team Meeting
7:00 – 8:30 pm Building & Grounds Meeting - Zoom
Thursday 2/6/25
6:30 – 8:00 pm Choir Practice in the Sanctuary with Esme
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RAIS: Upcoming Event and Household Supply Request
1:00 - 4:00 pm THIS Sunday, February 2, at the Auxiliary Gym at the Alaska Airlines Center
Refugee Assistance and Immigration Services (RAIS) is hosting a Build Belonging event that will bring together community members to learn, connect, and take action. This event will highlight the important role of refuges in Alaska and how you can help. The event is on Sunday, February 2 from 1 to 4 pm at the Auxiliary Gym at the Alaska Airlines Center.
In support of RAIS, our Fellowship will collect household items for RAIS clients.
Items requested include:
shampoo
soap
conditioner
lotion
body wash
toilet paper
laundry soap
dish soap
paper towels
general cleaning supplies
Please consider what you can donate.
You can bring the items to AUUF on Sunday January 19 or 26 or February 2.
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Brown Mountain Lightning Bugs
Music Concert FUNdraiser
7:00 pm THIS Sunday, Feb. 2 at AUUF
Get ready for a special concert coming to AUUF on Sunday, Feb. 2 at 7:00 pm, sponsored by the Connections Team. A folk duo visiting from North Carolina will split with our Fellowship any donations collected at the door (Sugg. $10/person). Featured are Kendra and Zack Harding with vocals, guitar, mandolin, banjo and more. For more information about them visit www.brownmountainlightningbugs.com. For questions about the concert, email connections@anchorageuuf.org
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High School Youth Group Fundraiser for Rock Climbing Sunday, February 9 following the 11am service
The HS youth group will be selling individual heart shaped cookies, heart shaped lgbtqi+ lapel pins and heart shaped pocket hugs on Sunday, February 9 following the 11am service. Just in time for Valentines Day!!! Free will donation. (Suggestion of $5 per item to support the youth) The HS Youth have planned a rock climbing afternoon on March 16, 2025. We thank you for your support!
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Sign Up Today for Finding Your Way into Fellowship!
6:30-8:30 pm Wednesday evenings Feb. 12, 19 and 26
Are you ready to learn a whole lot more about UU and AUUF? The Connections Team invites you to attend our next Finding Your Way into Fellowship class. There are 3 sessions scheduled for Wednesday evenings Feb. 12, 19 and 26 from 6:30-8:30. This class is designed for newer folks, or anyone ready to explore our history, our personal spiritual journeys, and ways to get involved. And you’ll get to meet some new friends along the way. Deadline to sign up is Sun. Feb. 9th. If you need childcare, please let us know by Feb. 9, 12 pm. Please email connections@anchorageuuf.org to sign up, ask questions, or to let us know of days/times that might work better for you.
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Pledging Basics
AUUF’s annual Pledge Drive is underway. Many thanks to Rev. Lise Adams-Sherry, minister, and Barb Clark, worship associate, for the wonderful kick-off service last Sunday. It’s all out there now — what AUUF needs in terms of monetary support in order to stay afloat. The Board’s projection is that we’re facing a $60,000 deficit this year. We all need to pitch in whatever we can to keep going. I know of at least two people who increased their pledges after that service. Could you do that also? If you don’t currently pledge, could you pledge even a small amount each month?
I’ll steal from a message from Marie Lundstrom from last year’s pledge drive to bring us back to the basics of pledging:
“I think the 4-H pledge (‘I pledge my Head to clearer thinking, my Heart to greater loyalty, my Hands to larger service, and my Health to better living, for my club, my community, and my country.’) is the best one I’ve come across. It comes to mind every time I write about pledging money to AUUF, which seems crass compared to the idealistic 4-H pledge of better personal behavior, nothing to do with money. We at AUUF have high-minded talk about pledging Time, Talent, and Treasure, and all are necessary to keep AUUF running. But the hard truth is that without the Treasure part, AUUF would go away. Time and Talent can’t buy fuel or electricity or pay salaries. Our organization is based on money, just as all our members need incomes to stay warm, eat, and live in reasonable comfort.”
Please fill out those forms you received in the mail and send or bring them back to AUUF as soon as you can. Or visit us at the pledging table in the social hall this Sunday Peggy & I get lonely without you! ; )
And thanks for all that you do.
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AUUF’s Stewardship Committee Needs New Blood
And the Nominating Committee would sure like to help them find some dedicated people in our congregation to do this important work. If enough creative, talented people step up to do a few things, it will sure be easier (and more fun) to share the load! Basically, the Stewardship will do whatever it takes to get annual pledges and keep track of them: Get the word out, plan a theme, host gatherings, work on charts, mailings… possibilities are endless. Could you picture yourself on this committee? If so, please contact the Nominating Committee co-chairs Cindy Kinard / Denise Martin or email connections@anchorageuuf.org. We are looking forward to the Feb. 23 Stewardship celebration luncheon, and introducing you as a new member of the committee!
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January HALF PORTION FOR SOCIAL ACTION:
Alaska Institute for Justice
The Alaska Institute for Justice (AIJ) is the January Half Portion donation recipient. AIJ was founded in 2005 as the Alaska Immigration Justice Project with the mission to protect the Human Rights of Alaskans. Today, AIJ comprises three programs that together help break down barriers to access to social, health, and legal services, champion critical policy changes for indigenous communities and promote justice for all. AIJ’s programs include the Alaska Immigration Justice Project (AIJP), the Language Interpreter Center, and the Climate Justice Program.
All three programs are of the utmost importance to AIJ’s mission and the diverse populations AIJ serves. However, the Alaska Immigration Justice Project is AIJ’s longest standing program, with a long history of serving immigrant communities and protecting human trafficking victims, many of whom have also experienced domestic violence and sexual assault. The Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act was enacted in October 2000. As defined by this law, victims of human trafficking can be divided into three populations:
- Children under age 18 induced into commercial sex
- Adults aged 18 or over induced into commercial sex through force, fraud, or coercion
- Children and adults induced to perform labor or services through force, fraud, or coercion
The first federal prosecution to occur in the United States after this legislation was enacted occurred in Anchorage, Alaska. AIJ staff worked with the FBI, US Attorney’s Office and the legacy Immigration and Naturalization Service to ensure that the 7 victims received access to safety and protection. As the Nation faces uncertainty on many fronts with the upcoming change of Presidential Administration, the Alaska Immigration Justice Project’s services are more critical than ever to help protect and guide Alaskans facing complex immigration, asylum, and refugee processes. AIJP currently represents approximately 310 clients and continues to prioritize representation of immigrants fleeing persecution, torture, human trafficking, sexual assault and domestic violence.
Go to anchorageuuf.org
Click on the Half-Portion note or Donate/ Pay
at the bottom of the home page.
Enter your donation under
“Half-Portion for Social Action”
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Anchorage Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
(907) 248-3737
Rev. Lise Adams Sherry, (she/ her), Minister,
RevLise@anchorageuuf.org, 907-248-3737 x2,
Office hours are usually Tu 11-3; Th and F 11-3, and by appointment
Rebecca Bernard, (she/ her), Affiliated Community Minister
RBernard.AK@gmail.com
Richard Stoneking, (he/him), Congregational Administrator
Admin@AnchorageUUF.org, 907.248.3737 x.1
Office Hours Usually Mon-Thu 11am - 3 pm, Please call first.
Jennifer Bluntach (she/her), Director of Religious Exploration
DRE@anchorageuuf.org
Office hours usually are:
Sunday 9am-11am, Tuesday 11am-3pm, Thursday, 11am-3pm, and by appointment
Kelly Spring, (she/ her), Communications Specialist, Communications@anchorageuuf.org
Kelly's remote office hours Mon-Fri 9 am -1 pm
Esme Danner (she/her) Music Director
907-248-3737 x4, Music@anchorageuuf.org
Dan Norton: AV Coordinator
907-248-3737 x5, AVCoordinator@anchorageuuf.org
Contact the Connections Team for more information on how to get involved.
Connections@anchorageuuf.org
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