Welcome
Welcome to the website of the Foothills Unitarian Universalist Fellowship.
Services are held on the first and third Sundays of every month at
11:00am at the Everett Senior Center in Maryville, Tennessee.
Please join us before the service at 10:00am for coffee and conversation.
Next Service - Sunday, July 5, 2009, 11 a.m.
Faith Beyond Freedom - Rev. Jim McKinley
On this Sunday following the Fourth of July we will look at the common ground
of free faith that lies beneath and beyond the attraction of individual
freedom. Yes, there is a center to Unitarian Universalist faith.
It informs and orients, but does not prescribe. It is inclusive,
inspired and incarnational. It is a faith of reason and purpose,
insight and action that can be stated simply and easily.
The Rev. Jim McKinley has served as minister of the
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Hendersonville
for almost 12 years. He is a graduate of Harvard Divinity School.
Before professional ministry, Jim worked in conservation biology. He
has just finished two terms as president of the Southeast UU Ministers Association.
His current areas of spiritual focus include articulating a core of Unitarian Universalism,
understandiings of hope, ecology/ theology and spiritual practice.
Jim enjoys being a full time parent of a teenage girl half the time.
His hobbies include whitewater kayaking and playing guitar.
Upcoming Services
- July 19, 2009: Albert Camus: Myth of Sisyphus - Aaron Astor
One of the most powerful of the Ancient Greek myths was that of Sisyphus,
the man condemned by the gods to push a rock up a mountain for eternity,
only to have it roll down each time. The French existentialist philosopher
Albert Camus saw in Sisyphus a metaphor for the modern "absurd hero," who
creates a meaningful life out of his endless toil. In this service we will
explore and reflect on how Camus' Sisyphus inspires us to pursue the
Unitarian principle of a 'free and responsible search for truth and
meaning'.
- August 2, 2009: Celebrating Tanabata and Commemorating Hiroshima and Nagasaki - Rev. Ralph Hutchison and Harumi Butcher
During this service, we will experience a taste of Japan's Tanabata Festival, in which
we offer our wishes and hang them on bamboo branches. We will also reflect on the
commemoration of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Reverend Ralph Hutchison is a local
Presbyterian minister.
- August 16, 2009: Water Ceremony: UU 7th Principle - Nina Gregg
We will hold a Water Ceremony Service on Aug.16th, which will signify our coming
together as a fellowship after the summer. Members bring to the service a small
amount of water from a place that is special to them. During the appointed time
in the service, people one by one pour their water together into a large bowl.
As the water is added, the person who brought it tells why this water is special
to them. The combined water is symbolic of our shared faith coming from many
different sources.
- September 6, 2009: Living Faith - Owen Rhodes
We UU's often see ourselves as a collection of seekers, having far more questions
to ask than answers to provide. Sometimes, though, it's hard to tell the
difference between a seeker and someone who's just plain lost. Faith, whether
in a god or a religion or science or each other, can provide firm footing for
making our way through troubling times. And, believe it or not, we all have
faith of some kind or another and we live our faith each and every day.
We can't help it. Join us as we kick off our Lifespan Faith Development
program by looking at the nature of faith, what it means to develop your
faith, and how the way we live our lives reveals our faith to those around us.
Volunteers Needed
Would you like to help with the worship service? We need volunteers for
greeters and ushers, coffee hour hosts, flowers, and set-up and take-down.
If you can help, please contact Kathie Shiba at
kathie.shiba@maryvillecollege.edu.
New Member Classes
For information about becoming a member of our congregation, please contact
the church office at 984-9111 or
office@foothillsuufellowship.org.
2nd Sundays Are For Loafers
Our good friends (and congregants) from Southland
Books and Detours Coffee will be opening
their doors at 10:00 am on 2
nd Sundays just for all
you UU Loafers out there who want to spend a Sunday morning hanging out
with other religious liberals who also just want to
hang out and get to know one another a little better.
Southland and Detours are located on Broadway in
the old Drake Auto Parts building.
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Meeting Place
Services are held at the
Everett
Senior Center located at Everett Park in Maryville.