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Sunday Morning Forum

Spirit.  Intellect.  Community.

Online Services Sunday 11:00 AM : Details here.

COVID-19 Message: In-person UUFP Sunday Services, Children's Religious Education and Sunday Morning Forum are suspended. 
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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 2020, 2019 or 2017 - 2018 
​to view our library of stimulating discussions.
Upcoming and most recent Forums are highlighted below.

To be rescheduled:
​"We're Doing Dying All Wrong"

Presented by Carl and Weegie Miller
 In the Ted Talk, "We're Doing Dying All Wrong,” Dr. Ken Hillman, Chief of the ICU in Sydney Australia, compares end of life treatment for very elderly patients, 25 years ago versus the present.  Seventy percent (his statistical measure is frailty) of people in distress 25 years ago went home to die. Today, 70% of frail people end up on medical technology's "conveyor belt" at a hospital to die. ​
Dr. Hillman suggests this is “all wrong,” as he explains the steps of a more compassionate and empowering process: 1) search to get to THE diagnosis, 2) empower the patient/caregivers to talk and take control, and then 3) provide the patient/caregivers the long term solutions.
 
Join Carl and Weegie Miller, both Registered Nurses, as they lead us in dialogue.

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Previously at the Sunday Morning Forum

“‘What I Have Learned About Giving at the UUFP"

Presented by Steve Farthing
March 8, 2020
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Comedic Canvass Couriers Convey Commitment (L - R, Henry Chambers, Steve Farthing)
Steve Farthing and his wife, Jeanne, have been members of the Fellowship for over fifteen years. They came for their children, Susannah and Ethan, and stayed for the love and commitment to make the world a better place. Steve is an introverted engineer who has, oddly enough, shepherded the Canvass Pledge Drive five times (but who's counting).  At Forum, listen and explore your own feelings on giving from someone who asks the question, "How much is enough?"

"Don't Judge a Book By Its Cover"

Presented by Kathryn Ozyurt
March 1, 2020
What do our “appearances” tell us about each other? How and what we do affect others’ opinions about Unitarian Universalism.  As UUs, we are very careful to analyze and refrain from stereotyping, but there are some useful aspects to this sometimes misdirected practice of prejudging the worth or value of something.  Join us in dialogue.

“‘Wash Hands, Wash Mind!’  ​Buddhism – Part II”

Presented by Randolph Fiery
February 23, 2020
“Wash hands, Wash mind!”  (Sign on the kitchen wall of a Buddhist temple.)  ​
​Modern science has taught us that bacteria, viruses and illness are frequently spread by our hands.  To stay healthy, medical experts advise us to wash our hands frequently throughout the day.
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The stress, fears and trauma of living can be toxic to the mind.  Yet we fail to take the necessary precautions to “wash our minds” and reduce or eliminate the suffering that can fester and thrive through the course of living.

This morning, guest speaker Randolph (Randy) Fiery will identify and teach two Buddhist practices that “wash the mind”:  Samadhi (concentration, tranquility and bliss) and Vipassana (insight meditation). These simple practices prescribed by Siddhartha Gotama are the way to inner peace.
Randolph Martin Fiery is a former social worker, marriage and family therapist, and school administrator who is now a mental health consultant and meditation trainer. He is a member of Wat Pasantidhamma and can be reached at rmfiery@outlook.com.
Want to learn more about the mind and spirit expanding Forum exchanges?
Visit:  SUNDAY MORNING FORUM ARCHIVE
​ 2020, 2019 or 2017 - 2018
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