Today At Our Fellowship

Thursday, November 20, 2025

This Week @ AUUF

Thursday, November 20

10:45-12:45 pm Music Together Mountain Song Social Room

6:30- 8:00 pm Choir Practice Sanctuary

Friday, November 21

8:15 am – 12:45 am Music Together Mountain Song Social Room

12:00 – 2:00 pm Freethinkers in Person Only Room 7

5:00 – 7:00 pm Alaska Citizen's Action Project Sanctuary + Social Room

5:30 – 8:00 pm Parent Night Out - Childcare Downstairs Library & Room 8

Saturday, November 22

8:15 am – 12:45 am Music Together Mountain Song Social Room

8:30 – 10:30 am AA-Slap Happy Group at AUUF Social Room

1:00 – 3:00 pm Amanda's Violin Class

Room 5

Sunday, November 23

9:00 – 10:15 am The Forum

11:00 am – 12:00 pm Sunday Worship

4:00 – 5:30 pm Anchorage Friends Meeting Sanctuary & Social Room

Monday, November 24

3:30 – 6:00 pm Amanda's Violin Class

Room 5

Tuesday, November 25

11:10 am Staff Meeting

2:00 – 4:00 pm Knitting Group Room 7

6:00- 8:00 pm Program Council Social Room

6:30 – 8:00 pm Bylaws Committee Meeting Library

Wednesday, November 26

Thursday, November 27

Thanksgiving Day Staff Holiday Office closed

Friday, November 28

Staff Holiday Office closed

12:00 – 2:00 pm Freethinkers in Person Only Room 7

5:00 – 7:00 pm Alaska Citizen's Action Project Sanctuary + Social Room

5:30 – 8:00 pm Parent Night Out - Childcare Downstairs Library & Room 8

The Forum

Sunday November 23, 2025 9:00-10:15 AM

IN- PERSON and on Zoom

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Sunday Worship Service

Sunday November 23, 2025 11:00 AM

IN- PERSON and on Zoom

November Worship Services

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This month's theme for worship is gratitude. Although not all of the titles below may seem to fit in with this theme, there will be at least some mention woven throughout the services. And that's the thing about gratitude, when we start incorporating it into our outlook, it often shows up unexpectedly and implicitly in our everyday lives.

Nov. 23, 2025 11 am

Multigenerational Gratitude Service

Rev. Lise Adams Sherry, Jenn Bluntach, Director of Religious Exploration

All ages will participate in the 11 am service. We'll sing, add gratitudes to our Gratitude Tree, maybe dance. Much of our activity is still TBD, but we hope we all can gather together to enjoy our time together! And, we'll have a Soup Sunday after the service.

Gratitude Soup Sunday

November 23

Following the 11 am service. If you would like to bring a soup, bread or dessert

Text Elayne at 907- 223-6507

HOLIDAY STUFFING!

12:30 to 2 PM, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2025

Dennis Arashiro

Stuffing envelopes, that is! After stuffing yourself on Thanksgiving and before stuffing your stockings for Christmas, how about joining the Anti-Racism Team with the ACLU Prison Project newsletter mailing? After the Worship Service from 12:30 to 2 PM, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2025, in the FELLOWSHIP SOCIAL ROOM, we will be stuffing and addressing envelopes with the holiday season newsletter for those incarcerated in the Alaska prison system.

The ACLU newsletter lets those in our prisons know that they are not forgotten and that

there are those on the outside working for their rights and their futures. Besides putting the mailing together, you have the opportunity to add a holiday message of your own to the newsletter. We also need volunteers to bring laptops in order to confirm updated addresses. Help us get the newsletter out soon enough to brighten the holidays for those in need of hope in their lives. See you there!

Three cheers for volunteers!

At the November 8 annual dinner we had the joy of celebrating all our volunteers, and recognizing the outstanding contributions of some extra-special ones.

This year we honored Volunteers of the Year: Reneé Frost and Katherine Huffman

Fred Hillman Distinguished Service Awards: Elayne Hunter and Kalen Saxton

Shirley Dickens Memorial Tribute: Stan Fishcher.

Click on their names to read more about all they do for the Fellowship, take a look at the names of all our honorees from this and prior years on the plaques in the social room, and say thanks for all their service.

Thanksgiving Holiday publication deadline change for Today at our Fellowship

Hi Everyone,

If you have an article to be published in next weeks Today At Our Fellowship newsletter please send it to me by Wednesday Nov. 26th by 9:00am!

Thanks,

You can submit your article here.

Thanks! & Happy Holidays

Kelly Strycker

The Alliance is selling 2026 Calendars!

These special calendars feature photos of members of The Alliance and include the dates of important AUUF events. This fundraiser supports programs and projects at AUUF.

Calendars will be sold after the Forum and the Worship Service.

The price is $30 and we can accept cash or checks only. Thank you!

For more information contact Katherine Huffman or Linda McCool.

Embracing All with Open Hearts: Be Part of Our Welcoming Congregations Committee

The Welcoming Congregations Committee is delighted to announce that AUUF has successfully completed the Annual Welcoming Congregations Renewal program for 2025!

This renewal reflects our ongoing commitment to LGBTQ+/TGQNB* welcome and inclusion — a living practice that calls us to consciously weave affirming worship, outreach, celebration, and education into the fabric of our congregational life each year. To learn more about the Unitarian Universalist Association’s Welcoming Congregations Renewal Program, visit the UUA website .

Please click here to read the entire article.

AUUF Christmas Bazaar

AUUF Christmas Bazaar – December 7

Sponsored by the Green Sanctuary Committee

Get ready to shop with purpose! The AUUF Christmas Bazaar returns on Saturday, December 7, offering a festive selection of gift-worthy treasures—all in support of a brighter, greener future for our fellowship.

Donations Welcome!

We’re seeking new or gently used items that would make great holiday gifts. Please no used clothing. Donations can be dropped off downstairs in Room 2 at the fellowship. Items will be reviewed for suitability; anything not appropriate may be redirected to Value Village or responsibly discarded.

Final Drop-Off Day: Saturday, December 6, 1–4 PM. The committee will also be setting up during this time.

Why It Matters:

Proceeds from the Bazaar will help fund the installation of solar panels—a meaningful step toward sustainability and stewardship.

Let’s celebrate the season with generosity and joy!

AUUF Religious Exploration November 2025 Updates

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Grades 10-12 OWL Registration is now open

Our Whole Lives:

Sexuality Education for Grades 10‐12, 2nd edition

Our Whole Lives (OWL) values:

•Self-Worth

•Sexual Health

•Responsibility

•Justice and Inclusivity

OWL provides a safe setting for teens to explore their attitudes, values, and

beliefs about their own and others’ sexuality. This developmentally

appropriate, field-tested curriculum addresses important topics through

dialogue and engaging activities. It promotes decision-making informed by

accurate information and a foundation of personal values and life goals.

Registration Deadline is Thursday, December 18

Click here to register.

Connections Team Needs Volunteers for Sunday Hospitality in November!

Please consider signing up ahead of time to help make AUUF a warm and welcoming community. We need greeters, zoom ushers and ESPECIALLY Social Hour volunteers to keep our kitchen tidy and clean. If Connections ends up doing dishes all the time, they will have a hard time staffing the welcome tables as they should be doing. Below is a link to the Signup Genius which includes downloadable directions on what to do. All you need is an email address and you will be sent an automatic reminder 2 days ahead of time.

Thanks to all who continue to help!

NOVEMBER HALF PORTION FOR SOCIAL ACTION: ALASKA LITERACY PROGRAM

Dennis Arashiro

Our mission statement of changing lives through literacy extends into digital literacy, health literacy, financial literacy, family literacy, and beyond. These are all areas of literacy that improve self-sufficiency and empower individuals to achieve substantive improvement in their well-being.

You can contribute in person at our Sunday services or online by visiting 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."

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”