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The Learning Journey and Youth and Family Committee are sponsoring a life skills course next year, “Supporting and Enhancing Couple and Family Relationships.” The class will be offered by UUFRC member, Barbara White, Ph.D. It will be an in-person course so parents can get to know each other better and create a more supportive community in which to raise and launch their children.

This spring we are inviting all parents to attend a brief online meeting where Barbara will present the tentative curriculum she is preparing and hear from parents what they would like to see in the course.

During the past couple of years, we have all realized the need to adapt ourselves and our partnerships to new challenges and conditions. In this course we will have the opportunity to:

Discover what makes a marriage strong, happy, and successful, despite external pressures.
Understand how intimate partnerships are affected by raising a family.
Develop new perspectives and learn how to warm up and enhance our partnerships.
Recognize the challenges that arise at different stages of parenting.
Build a lasting foundation by managing these challenges over time.
Learn how living our UU values helps us strengthen our relationships.
The course will be presented in six 90-minute sessions, two weeks apart from February through April 2023. The format will provide for interaction between couples and partners offering opportunities to exchange ideas, provide support, and generate new perspectives.

If you are interested in attending the spring meeting, please email Barbara as soon as possible at: bbwhite@mac.com and indicate which online session you would like to attend. Please cc Lillian Svec at dyaf.uufrc@gmail.com and Julia Mogilev at learningjourney@uufrc.org.

Barbara B. White, Ph.D. is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist with a specialty in couples and family psychology. She was Director of Training and Senior Supervisor of the Family Therapy Training Program at the VA Medical Center, Palo Alto, and is an Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, at Stanford University School of Medicine.

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Note from Lillian: Barbara offered a pilot course with some of this material in winter 2021. Feedback from participants was very positive and they asked for more. She has done further course development and is interested in learning more about your needs as she prepares to offer a more robust version.

I hope you’ll consider taking the time to learn more about what she’s planning and giving her your feedback.

Kind regards,

— Lillian

Monthly meeting will take place in-person at church and via Zoom.

Food is delivered by Second Harvest Food Bank, distributed by many volunteers to many more recipients

Childcare for children aged 2 through 1st grade. Masks required.

Set up from 9:30AM – 10:15AM

Take down from 11:45AM – 12:30PM

2021-2022 Board Members:

President: Chris Stovall
Vice President: Rob Davis
Recording Secretary: Jeanne De Shazo
Corresponding Secretary: Polly Ragusa
Treasurer: Dick Edminister
Trustee at Large: Peter Hartzell
Trustee at Large: Tovis Page

Program Council Governance Liaison: Rob Davis
Personnel Liaison: Peter Hartzell
OGNS Contact: Tovis Page
Compliance Oficer: Dick Edminister

RE Task Force: Tovis Page (board member)
Covid Task Force: Polly Ragusa (facilitator)
Strategic Plan Task Force: Polly Ragusa (facilitator) and Peter Hartzell (board member)

This meeting will take place via a private Zoom.  Please see Susan for details.

San Francisco Peninsula People Power (SFPPP), a non-partisan, grassroots civil rights organization covering San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties, was organized as a result of a nationwide event by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in March 2017 to encourage volunteers to help build and strengthen local communities in affirming our American values of respect, equality, and solidarity.  We meet monthly on the first Thursday.  All are welcome.

Sponsored by Social Action Committee.

Childcare for children aged 2 through 1st grade. Masks required.

Set up from 9:30AM – 10:15AM

Take down from 11:45AM – 12:30PM

The Social Action Committee is a place everyone is welcome to get involved. Our issues of focus are Immigrant Rights, Protecting Democracy, Climate Change, and Local Criminal Justice Reform.

NOTE:  The Social Action Committee is going to try to host hybrid meetings. We have several members who prefer to attend via Zoom.

Monthly meeting for 8-10 individuals. First Monday of each month.

The Book Discussion Group meets the first Monday of the month at 7:30 for a lively talk about their reading. Books are chosen by member consensus – both fiction and nonfiction, usually current but not always.  Everyone is welcome to join throughout the year; We hope to see you there.

For information about what we are reading now, see the Book Discussion Group page.

This meeting will take place virtually put on by Eduardo Pretell. Please see him for details

The UUFRC Mens Group meets 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm

This meeting occurs the 1st Tuesday of every month.

contact Marina Rose if interested in joining us.

Marina@MarinaJRose.com

This meeting will take place via a private Zoom thru September’s meeting then offsite.  Please see Kaye for details.

Fools Mission is a consciousness-raising ministry of supportive companionship and hope. Fools Mission deliberately builds solidarity, friendship, and community among people from all walks of life, including all levels of access to wealth and privilege. To learn more, please drop by or contact the organizer.

Childcare in Block Room, Sunday, 06/12, 10:15 AM, Block Room, Contact Lillian Svec (dyaf.uufrc@gmail.com)

Childcare for children aged 2 through 1st grade. Masks required.

Set up from 9:30AM – 10:15AM

Take down from 11:45AM – 12:30PM

Hello UUFRC Newcomer,
Are you UU curious? Have you attended a service and wonder what we are all about? Every second Sunday, after the virtual coffee half hour, the Connections Coordinator, Jen Gill, will hold a Newcomer Welcome Circle for anyone who has questions about our beliefs, our faith, what we do at UUFRC, etc. Come on in, we welcome you!

Annual End of the Year All-Fellowship Picnic will be held after a two-year hiatus at Stafford Park, after the Sunday Service. Individually wrapped sides and dessert will be provided to go along with your self-provided lunch. Bring chairs/blankets.

Monthly YAF Committee Meeting to discuss child, youth, and family programming each 2nd Monday.

This Group will meet the second Tuesday of each month facilitated by Elizabeth Chitouras.

3rd Saturday Covenant Group, Saturday, 06/18, 10:00 AM, Virtual Meeting, Contact Elisabeth Rossi (cheravor@gmail.com)

A Covenant Group commits to meet regularly to build close relationships through the sharing of personal joys and sorrows and discussing selected topics.

Childcare for children aged 2 through 1st grade. Masks required.

Set up from 9:30AM – 10:15AM

Take down from 11:45AM – 12:30PM

This meeting will take place virtually put on by Eduardo Pretell. Please see him for details

The UUFRC Mens Group meets 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm

contact Marina Rose if interested in joining us.

Marina@MarinaJRose.com

Monthly meeting will take place in-person at church and via Zoom.

Food is delivered by Second Harvest Food Bank, distributed by many volunteers to many more recipients

Childcare for children aged 2 through 1st grade. Masks required.

Set up from 9:30AM – 10:15AM

Take down from 11:45AM – 12:30PM

2021-2022 Board Members:

President: Chris Stovall
Vice President: Rob Davis
Recording Secretary: Jeanne De Shazo
Corresponding Secretary: Polly Ragusa
Treasurer: Dick Edminister
Trustee at Large: Peter Hartzell
Trustee at Large: Tovis Page

Program Council Governance Liaison: Rob Davis
Personnel Liaison: Peter Hartzell
OGNS Contact: Tovis Page
Compliance Oficer: Dick Edminister

RE Task Force: Tovis Page (board member)
Covid Task Force: Polly Ragusa (facilitator)
Strategic Plan Task Force: Polly Ragusa (facilitator) and Peter Hartzell (board member)