THIS SUNDAY MARCH 19 | 10AM
BLUE SKY DREAMING
In-person and Online via Zoom
Online: Join us 10 minutes early to chat and connect in Breakout Rooms before the service: https://tinyurl.com/UFPsundayservice
 Blue Sky Dreaming
Join the Transition Leadership Team in exploring what’s next after this year of uncertainty. What would you like our congregations to look like and be doing 5 years from now? What needs to happen to make this a reality? Join the Transition Leadership Team with the music of David Berger in Blue Sky Dreaming. This is an opportunity in small groups to think boldly, share your dreams and hopes for the next stages of UFP’s life. Your voice matters.
Service Co-Leaders: Donna Harris & Aukje Byker
Music: David Berger, Linda Clark
Tech: Sephira Wildheart
Invite your friends!
Our services are IN PERSON and online via ZOOM.
We gather ONLINE ONLY when the local PPH COVID-19 and Respiratory Virus Risk Index is at 'VERY HIGH'
We require N95 masks for participants
RELIGIOUS EXPLORATION:
Folks of all ages are welcome to join us for the service this Sunday. Children are welcome to join with their parents, and move around, get up, leave as they need to. You are welcome here, and there will be parts of the service just for you! Story time for all ages, singing, colouring pages and RE staff available in the foyer to welcome you and to offer a few more choices.
We look forward to seeing you soon!
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NEXT SUNDAY MARCH 26| 10AM
Grace Meets Us Where We Are
Guest Speaker: Sara Shahsavari
Sicial Service Worker, New Canadians Centre
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Video from our March 12 service.
Our recent services are here.
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COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS!
You can access Zoom links for our Sunday services and ALL programs by clicking this link HERE.
Keep connections alive by joining our private Facebook group! Email your request to our Administrator Barbara to join and share joys, sorrows, questions, pictures, invitations to watch parties, book discussions, and more!
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UPCOMING UFP EVENTS
SAVE the DATE | APRIL 22
Planning for the 2023 Blue Horse Cafe has begun! If you've not yet had the pleasure of attending this event - it's like a coffee house/variety show that will become what we bring to it - including a Bake sale, a Book sale and a Silent Auction!
We'll need baked goods, books and silent auction items. Bring good books with a note tucked in with your name, so we know who's taking them home, if unsold. For auction items (art, functional items, experiences) include descriptive info, your name and suggested starting bid.
Please reach out to Stephanie Wildheart with any questions stephaniewildheart@outlook.com
SAVE the DATE | APRIL 30
Grounded in Love, Spring edition!
Camp Kawartha Environment Centre 3-5:30pm
Please join us for a healing, renewing and playful outdoor spring experience for all ages! Invite your family, your friends, your neighbours, your new acquaintances. All are welcome.
 And exciting news, we have a special guest joining us for the event. Yvette Salinas, executive Director of Unicamp, and her staff will be joining for this community event.
NON-FICTION BOOK CLUB | MARCH
The Universal Christ
by Richard Rohr
 Drawing on scripture, history, and spiritual practice, Rohr shares a transformative view of Jesus Christ as a portrait of God’s constant, unfolding work in the world. “God loves things by becoming them,” he writes, and Jesus’s life was meant to declare that humanity has never been separate from God—except by its own negative choice. When we recover this fundamental truth, faith becomes less about proving Jesus was God, and more about learning to recognize the Creator’s presence all around us, and in everyone we meet.
JOURNEYS GROUP for MARCH -
VULNERABILITY
Journeys participants have received the March packet this week and it’s on the Journeys webpage. Do you read the monthly Packet? Do you long to go deeper and share with others your spiritual exploration and thoughts about the theme? – to hear what emerges from the ponderings of others?
Join us for rich and meaningful reflections:
- Tuesday March 21, 3:30 – 5:30 pm in person at the fellowship, 775 Weller St,
Barbara and Marcia look forward to seeing you there. If you are interested or curious, talk it over with Donna Harris at (705) 743-0795 or donnah.lifewalk@gmail.com
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UFP NEWS
UFP Singing Anyone?
Come take part in the revival of UFP choir singing. Required: carry a tune and want to sing! See the rehearsal schedule below. For more info/RSVP/get on the choir e-notice list, contact Linda Clark.
Upcoming Rehearsal Schedule:
- Sunday evenings: Mar 19, 26, Apr 2 from 6:30-8:00 p.m. -- Sanctuary
After service coffee and tea makers!
We've been enjoying coffee, tea and sometimes cookies after service for the last few Sundays, through the dedication of volunteers who set up tables, made coffee and hot water, set out treats, and also cleaned up. Patricia Remy and Erica Nol are organising Coffee Hour until the end of the church year in June. The month of March is taken care of with many thanks to those volunteers!
We are now looking to fill volunteers for set up or clean up for 3 Sundays in April - 16th, 23rd and 30th. You can volunteer for either set-up, clean-up or both. Please contact Erica if you are available. And many thanks in advance.
Building Stuff ~ from Scott Donovan
Need a Lift? We are building a team of support people trained to operate the Lift. It is essential to have several people on the premises for every UFP event trained and ready to support people in accessing our beautiful new piece of equipment. Be proud and aware that our building is a first class, fully accessible facility. The operation of the Lift is simple, and the three golden rules of its use are a lesson in living well. You must take the training to receive the three golden rules.
Seeking a used large format monitor. If you have an older TV, large format, 36” and up, that you're not using please consider donating to UFP. Ours failed. We'd love to have a replacement to support hybrid meetings in the Library.
The Universal Washroom. Like Universalism in the 1960’s, our new Universal Washroom on the lower level of our facility may be in decline unless more people become aware of it and embrace the prophetic truths it has to offer the world. It is found off the Lift vestibule, downstairs, accessed from the Lift or the door off the Lower Hall. To enter this magical kingdom, you do not just pull on the door. You press the special button and the kingdom opens to you. This is as it should be. Inside you will enjoy utter privacy and find all the necessary accoutrements that natures calls on you for. The new Universal washroom on the lower level of our building puts the second U into UUism in Peterborough. Halleluiah.
Refugee Sponsorship Steering Committee Update
We continue to make slow but steady progress with the sponsorship commitments made over the last few years. Most rewarding is the arrival of the Ousman family from Türkiye in February, 10 days after the devastating earthquake. This reunified a Syrian family after six years apart. UFP acted as cosponsor with the Mustafa family who had put up all the funds required and we acted as the Sponsorship Agreement Holder. The Mustafas are relieved to finally bring their family back together. Theirs is a grief filled story that will require a long healing process but as Syrian refugees they are well acquainted with suffering. They remain optimistic and determined to create a good life in this country which they love.
Nada Barawi, another Syrian who came to Peterborough in September after a rocky start in arriving to Canada, has made friends at NCC, settled into daily English classes and continues to be optimistic and enthusiastic about her future. Thanks to your generosity she has the resources needed to the end of her sponsorship in April.
We are awaiting more news of the Zaki family of eight from Afghanistan now living in Tajikistan in less than ideal conditions. Again your generous donations to sponsor this family has put us in a good financial position to give them a healthy first year start.We will definitely be calling out to the congregation for help in the settlement when we have an arrival date.
~the Refugee Sponsorship Steering Committee: Arthur H, Linda H, Erica N, Ben T, Donna F
Gift Card Proceeds Benefit our UFP Community!
You are invited to purchase gift cards in the foyer/lobby after the Sunday service. We have a variety of retail, grocery and gas cards available for sale. Cards may also be purchased by contacting Cesca at 705-743-0795 or by email at francescawarriner@gmail.com. The email for e-transfer payments for gift cards is: payforgiftcards@peterboroughunitarian.ca.
We appreciate your continued support.
Special Collection
Our special collection for March is Kawartha Land Trust. Founded in 2001 (by Unitarian Ian Attridge and others), KLT is a dynamic land conservation charity that cares for and protects more than 5,250 acres of ecologically diverse lands. KLT works within the Treaty 20 Michi Saagiig Territory and is dedicated to creating meaningful relationships with First Nations communities in the region. For details on the lands and trails, see https://kawarthalandtrust.org/
Donations can be made directly at the website, through UFP bookkeeper or CanadaHelps
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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES
SWIM BUDDY WANTED!
Swimming is a huge part of Zainab's post-heart attack wellness plan but she doesn't yet own a car and is wondering who might offer a ride to the Wellness Centre and join her for 3 swims a week. She can contribute to gas and swim admission expenses. Contact Zainab to get fit together!
SACRED CIRCLE DANCE
We dance on the 2nd and 4th Fridays of each month 7-9 PM at St. John’s Anglican Church, 99 Brock St. For more information email Paula Greenwood
CONNECTING CIRCLES
Connecting Circles meet about twice monthly for an hour of sharing and mutual support. If you want to be part of a circle, contact Steph Wildheart.
PERENNIAL "Need to Knows"
UFP DIRECTORY
You can find our directory on our website, HERE. Please contact the office to get the password. Contact Cesca Warriner to update your details.
E-TRANSFERS
If you choose to give in this way, use bookkeeper@peterboroughunitarian.ca noting the purpose/intention of your donation. You may also use CanadaHelps to make donations or send a cheque to Unitarian Fellowship of Peterborough
c/o 171A Rink Street, Suite 266 Ptbo, ON K9J 2J6
FLAME DEADLINE
Newsletter content is due Thursday at NOON. Send to our Administrator Barbara, at UFPTheFlame@gmail.com
JOYS OR SORROWS TO SHARE?
We grow together by sharing about our lives. If you have personal news to share with our broader community, email the Circle of Care Coordinator. The coordinator of the month can be found in the "Contact Us" sidebar. |
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