Social Activities
For further information about any of these activities, please contact the UUFA office at 515-292-5960 or uufa@uufames.org
In Home Pot Lucks
In home potlucks have been a UUFA tradition for years. These informal gatherings of members and friends are attended by nearly a hundred people each month during the school year. Potlucks are open to all members and friends. These events serve to strengthen the social and personal bonds that are a vital part of our fellowship. The food is always delicious, the conversation always engaging.
Use our on-line sign up to attend or host potlucks by clicking here.
Fellowship Meals
The highly successful Fellowship meals program began as a tradition of monthly, noontime, soup lunches on a few Sundays during the academic year. However, they have evolved to include several genres: a harvest brunch, Iowa-grown brunch, chili cook-off, and a traditional soup lunch. They are open to all ages of UU members, friends, guests, and other visitors and are organized by the Fellowship Meals Group.
The meals are held at the Fellowship following the second service on the fourth Sunday of the month–for sure, in October, January, February, and one other. Volunteers are recruited in advance to bring food to share, making it convenient for others to enjoy fine food and camaraderie, even if their choice is a last minute whim. Volunteers may also sign up to set up tables and chairs, serve food, and clean up.
The Meals Group also hosts a Easter potluck brunch at the Fellowship and a summer potluck picnic at Emma McCarthy Lee Park. In addition, some Meals Group members host Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day potluck dinners that have typically involved 35 to 45 people at the Fellowship.
There is no charge for the meals, but free will donations are accepted and deposited in the Meals Group fund. People are also welcome to join the Meals Group, which eats and meets together two to three times a year, or simply be a friend of the group with a willingness to volunteer for a key role in ensuring the success of a meal or two.
2011-2012 Fellowship meals schedule:
October 23: sandwich and salad meal after the second Sunday service and before the congregational workshop
November 24: Thanksgiving Day potluck dinner at 1 pm
December 25: Christmas Day potluck dinner, time TBD
January 22: Iowa-grown brunch after the second Sunday service
February 26: chili cook off after the second Sunday service
April 8: Easter Day brunch after the second Sunday service
Date TBD: Sunday brunch after the second service at beginning of new minister candidating week
Date TBD: summer picnic after the Sunday service
For more information about Fellowship Meals, click here.
Fourth Friday LGBT Social
Monthly get-together for LGBT families, individuals, and friends for food, companionship, and fun.
Conscientious Crafters
UUFA Conscientious Crafters is an open group that meets on the second Sunday of the month (September - May) for fellowship while crafting. Each person brings whatever craft project she/he wants. The group started as a knitting group, but changed the name as crocheters, felters, needlepointers and others joined. The group has collected a stash of yarn over time, and this is available to anyone who can use it. For the past several years, we have had a fall retreat to talk about plans for the coming year. We have taken field trips to local yarn shops. We have participated in the auction by offering to make sweaters, scarves or hats for charitable donation in the name of the donor. We have made sweaters to be sent to India to children who could not go to school in the winter because the school had no heat. But mostly we enjoy each other's company while getting help with our projects, learning a new skill from an experienced member, or just working with yarn and chatting. We meet for about 2 hours immediately following the second service. A reminder email is sent to anyone who wants one during the week before the meeting.
Wild Rose English Country Dance
Come dance to all the Hot Oldies from 1650 to the present including the elegant dances from the Jane Austen Era to ceilidh dances. All dances are taught and called. All are welcome. No partner or experience necessary. Live Music by Cecil's Harp. Musicians are welcome to sit in & play with the band.
International Dance
Check back soon for details.