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Sunday Morning Forum

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Contact:  adultre@uufp.org.
Sunday Morning Forum began many years ago in complement to minister led worship on Sunday mornings. With our Unitarian Universalist values as both foundation and springboard, the Forum has grown into a well moderated, high quality, adult discussion group that promotes learning on a wide variety of topics. It is a classroom of people who trust each other's good intentions and value each other's diverse opinions.

Together, UUFP's pastoral and laity-led educational opportunities nourish the mind and spirit and infuse us to be Light in the world!
Join us!
Every Sunday at 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon 
UUFP Office Building  *  13136 Warwick Boulevard, Newport News
Parking is available in the Office and Sanctuary lots and on both sides of Youngs Mill Lane.
Visit Sunday Morning Forum Archive 2019 or 2017 - 2018 
​to view our library of stimulating discussions.
Upcoming and most recent Forums are highlighted below.

This Sunday:  December 15, 2019
​"What is Really Important to You?"

Presented by Bob Smith
Here's what Forum Founding Father Bob Smith has in store for inquiring minds this Sunday:
  • What is important to each of us varies considerably. Throughout life what is important at any particular time charges.  But humans are social animals, and the relationship we have with others is high on most everyone’s list
  • We will view a TED Talk by David Brooks, the author and New York Times columnist.  He has thoughts about what really matters to him.​
  • Bring your thoughts on how you maintain and enhance pleasant relationships with others.
Upcoming Highlights
December 22, 2019:  "Does God Have a Sense of Humor"
Presented by Kathryn Ozyurt
Previously at the Sunday Morning Forum

“Responding to a Medical Crisis”

Presented by Parker Stokes
December 8, 2019
Dr. Parker Stokes retired last year after a 42-year career at Hampton Family Practice.  He has worked in the medical office, hospital and emergency room settings.He will share some of his experiences in management of everyday medical emergencies so we will be better prepared to handle them.  What are the most common household and church emergencies –the most serious—how to tell the difference—what to do—what if we are not sure?​

"Be Free of Die"

Presented by Mason Moseley
December 1, 2019
 ROBERT SMALLS: from slave to Union hero.  Facing death by boldly seizing the Confederate steamship, Planter, from the Charleston Harbor in 1862, Robert Smalls, his family and 16 others escaped lifetime enslavement. 

Mason Moseley will share his journey in learning about a little known figure in history who went on to have an impact during and after the Civil War.  ​

“Facing Your Own Mortality”

Presented by the Adult Religious Education Team
​November 24, 2019
The Adult Religious Education (ARE) team will introduce at Forum a proposal for a new series of workshops called "Facing Your Own Mortality.”  These five or six workshops are tentatively scheduled for Thursdays in Spring.  Sessions, much like chapters from many of the insightful references on this subject, will include: Identifying personal values, advanced care planning, the family conversation, the costs of dying, and the psychology of death.  ARE members will hear and incorporate in the Spring series the advice from this forum's participants on their concerns and areas of interest.
Want to learn more about the mind and spirit expanding Forum exchanges?
Visit:  SUNDAY MORNING FORUM ARCHIVE 2019 or 2017 - 2018
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