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Sunday, September 23, 2018: 9:00 & 11:15 am

Shaping a Life Worthwhile
Rev. Deborah Cayer, worship leader

What does a religious group with no creed and a wide variety of beliefs among its members do together on Sunday morning? Do we really expect an hour a week to make a difference? (spoiler alert: Yes!)

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Voluntary Simplicity Class

Category: News News
Published: Sep 20, 2018 Sep 20, 2018

When: Tuesdays, Oct. 9 - Nov. 13, 7 - 8:30 pm   Where: Music Room (in ERUUF Sanctuary)
This course is about learning how to minimize the needless distractions of our consumer culture, to unburden ourselves, to live in a way that is outwardly more simple, but inwardly more rich, and focused on what’s important.  

“This course changed my life, and my relationship with ERUUF.  I found fellow ERUUFians who were also concerned with living more lightly on the planet, and with how to find more balance between inner and outer aspects of our lives.”  J. Sheline

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Visioning Weekend

Category: News News
Published: Sep 16, 2018 Sep 16, 2018

HELP ERUUF ENVISION OUR FUTURE

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On October 27, all  members of the Fellowship will have the opportunity to determine together what ERUUF wants to be and where we want to go in the next 10 years. 
We will also help establish the goals, strategies and resources needed to get there. 

  • Small group workshops in the morning or afternoon will be lively and fast-moving. 
  • Childcare will be provided at the morning workshop.
  • Facilitators will be well-trained to maintain focus, assure that all voices are heard, and have fun!
  • Everyone from teens through our oldest members are needed to share their experiences and perspectives.

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Creating a New Chalice

Category: In Community In Community
Published: Jul 12, 2018 Jul 12, 2018

As most of you know, our long-time chalice was accidentally broken a while back and we have been using a temporary replacement ever since. Given the importance of the flaming chalice in Unitarian Universalist heritage and services, it was decided to commission a new chalice fitting for our beautiful sanctuary and our services. Supported by an Eno River Fellowship Foundation grant, we are in the process of finding an artist to create ERUUF’s new chalice. A Chalice Team of six members has been assembled, and they have created a Call to Artists that will be distributed in the art community Once applications have been received they will be reviewed by the Chalice Team and presented to the Congregation for discussion and comment. Our goal is to for the final design to reflect a broad consensus among ERUUF members.

pdf Request for Proposals Document

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ERUUFians Attend Successful Durham CAN event for Affordable Housing

Category: Stories of Justice Stories of Justice
Published: Jun 13, 2018 Jun 13, 2018
On June 7 at noon, just outside City Hall, a press conference was held that had great attendance from about 75 persons, including CAN supporters, many members of the media, 8 diverse speakers and even 4 (of 7) City Council members. Several ERUUFians were in the crowd. The speakers discussed how the upcoming decisions that Council will be making on the reuse of the current Police HQ site of 4+ acres needed to include land for more affordable housing downtown.

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