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Sue Waldroop, 2023 Macon Matriarch of the Year, will speak on her families’ history in Franklin. Going back five generations, her rich history started with a civil rights story of the ages. Join us at 11 to meet this facinating woman, bring something to share for the pot luck following services and look through her … Continue reading A Macon Family History of Racial Justice
Join us as our President, Becky Thorndike, looks back over the Fellowship’s past five years and forward to our future together.
This Sunday, the Fellowship will enjoy a celebration of the Christmas & Yule Season. Come join us to sing some songs and listen to some favorite stories for observance of the season.
Join us as we learn about Las Posadas, a religious festival celebrated in Mexico and some parts of the United States. The word “posada” means inn or lodging, and traditionally posadas are a celebration of the Christmas story. They take place on nine nights from December 16 to 24 and commemorate the Virgin Mary and … Continue reading Las Posadas
This recorded sermon is an appreciation of the Jewish holiday Hanukkah from Rev. Lara’s UU perspective. She considers the difference between what is a miracle, and what is mundane.
David LaMotte questions prevailing narratives about how the world changes and how it does not. Encouraging people to engage with the world around them and address the problems they see, he methodically builds a case for both our capacity and responsibility to make a difference by examining the often misunderstood and misrepresented dynamics of large-scale … Continue reading You are Changing the World, Whether You Like it or Not
This Sunday, we are between Black Friday, Buy Nothing Day, Buy Local Saturday, and Cyber Monday. As the holidays are upon us, it’s a good time to pause and consider Sustainability. In a video sermon, Rev. Michael Dowd will reflect on three topics: (1) Reality, (2) Language, and (3) cultures and how the interpretations of … Continue reading Sustainability 101: Ecology is Theology
Trees, roots and ancestors; the seen and unseen connections that nourish our relationships with one another, to the earth, and the world around us.” A resident of Maryland, Annette is no stranger to Franklin. Her PopPop was Forest Ranger John Wasilik Jr. in Macon County. Her dad, Jack Wasilik, graduated from Franklin HS. As a child, Annette and her … Continue reading Summers on West Rogers Street
Through genius Sequoyah, the Cherokee people developed literacy and literature in the early 19th century. Cherokee literacy and literary production continued in the Eastern Band up to the work of Will West Long (died 1947). Recently, with the work of major language scholars of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, literacy and literary production has increased. … Continue reading Contemporary Cherokee Language Literacy
Rev. Kate will discuss challenges that make us who we are and ways to be greater than we think!
