Year: 2019 (Page 6 of 20)

Get Your Name in the Order of Service

September 9, 2019 /

by Jane Everham, Hospitality Team Member

Anyone sick of seeing my name in the Order of Service every Sunday? Do you wonder how to get your name in the Order of Service?

It’s easy. And would it surprise you to learn that my volunteerism comes not as much from my generous heart as from my hedonistic nature? I volunteer at church Sunday after Sunday because:

  • It feels good.
  • I get to greet and see so many of my fellow congregants – new and familiar.
  • I receive tons of gratitude for being so generous with my time.
  • And it feels so good to give back to this church that gives me so much.

It is a crazy, scary, confused world out there and coming to church each Sunday is what is keeping me tethered to sanity, optimism and hope.

Help me feel less guilty for hogging all the cool volunteer jobs each Sunday. And do yourself a favor by signing up to join the Hospitality Team.

Building Bulletin Sept. 2019

September 5, 2019 /

Making a Difference in Fort Collins

September 3, 2019 /

One highlights of my sabbatical was my participation in a series of conversations convened by the Colorado Trust.

For the last ten years, the Trust has been working in rural communities across Northern Colorado, and is now interested in bringing their organizing and funding into Fort Collins. True to the Trust’s mission of addressing equity and justice at a systemic level by empowering those most impacted by society’s inequity and injustice, they started by convening a group of about two dozen “thought partners.”  

Over four day-long sessions, our group of thought partners – all of us either a part of ourselves, or in direct relationship with, those experiencing systemic inequity and injustice – worked together to assess the community’s needs and existing resources, and if the Trust’s work would be a good fit for our city.

In one of the sessions, we broke out into small groups, with each group charged with answering questions especially related to needs, opportunities, myths and facts about social justice (and injustice) in Fort Collins.  As we began developing our answers, I realized just how many things people brought up were connected to Foothills! Not only is Foothills actively making a difference in our city, but people beyond our church feel the difference we are making.

As the day went on, none of us were surprised that the list of community needs was much longer than the list of current equity work identified. Also, not surprising, the list of needs was work that we, at Foothills, have already identified as areas where our congregation could make an even bigger impact, and be even better partners.

I wanted to bring you this story on my return so you can also see what a big difference Foothills is making – not just with those of us actively a part of Foothills, but to the Fort Collins community as a whole.  These Colorado Trust conversations are clear evidence of Foothills’ potential as we head into the Focus Group* conversations that we are holding throughout September.

Our new building is key to becoming even better partners in the work of equity and justice in Fort Collins – and far beyond, and key to fulfilling our vision of “making Unitarian Universalism accessible to all in Northern Colorado.”

We are asking everyone connected to Foothills to attend a Focus Group and join in our conversations on how we can build a building for courageous love. Sign up now. 

Let’s discover what’s possible – together.

*Haven’t heard of Focus Groups yet? Find out more here! 

Share the Plate: Habitat Multi-Faith Build

September 1, 2019 /

From July 1 through August 11 (except July 14), we Shared the Plate with the Fort Collins Habitat for Humanity Multi-Faith Build for Iman and her family.

The total donated was $2902.87. Watch the video below for full details on the build.

Sliding into Service…

August 30, 2019 /

. . . is easy! Can you use the up and down arrows on your computer? Can you use a mouse? If you say yes to either question, then you can volunteer to run the worship slides.

The slides are all set up for you, in order, each Sunday by our A/V maven!

You need to be at church 10-15 minutes before the start of service.

Take your seat at the computer when the ministers walk into the Sanctuary.

You will want to listen deeply and pay close attention to the service which enables you to get so much more out of the service — no daydreaming looking out at the mountain view.

Singing along with the songs helps with the progression of slides.

Every possible mistake has been made with no ensuing crisis. The A/V folks can proclaim that we are a most forgiving congregation.

Finally, and most importantly, other UUs will be impressed by what seems to be your courage and techno-savvy and will shower you with gratitude. Can’t we all use a dose of gratitude?!

Jane Everham,
Member of the Slide Team

P.S. To join the Slide Team, fill out the form here, or use the blue Find Your Place pew card.

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