Welcome to LUUF

Lakeland Unitarian Universalist Fellowship

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231 Parish Drive • Wayne, NJ 07470
(973) 696-6362

SPECIAL EVENT:
LUUF EARTH HARMONY FESTIVAL
Saturday, June 8th, 3:00-8:00 PM

The Lakeland Unitarian Universalist Fellowship will present an Earth Harmony Festival on Saturday, June 8, from 3 to 8 p.m., at the Lakeland Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 231 Parish Drive, Wayne. This family-friendly event, free and open to the public, will celebrate social justice and re-dedicate LUUF's Peace Site and community efforts toward sustainability and holistic lifestyles.

The afternoon and evening will feature music by singer/songwriter/guitarist Spook Handy and the award-winning Native American musical group Spirit Wing. Visitors also can take part in dances of indigenous people led by members of Eastern Woodland Social Dances. Other highlights include tours of LUUF's historic fellowship house and organic garden, gifts of garden seedlings, games for youngsters and refreshments.

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Sunday, May 19th

11:00 AM

Guest Minister: Eve Stevens

Sharing Our Inner Life:
Reflections on the Wisdom of James Baldwin

Guest minister Eve Stevens will address our assumptions and how they keep us from accessing what is sacred about our humanity. Baldwin's lived example and the artistry of his writing remind us how to access the spirit of our better selves.

Eve Stevens grew up in rural South Carolina attending the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Clemson. After majoring in history at Hamilton College in upstate New York Eve worked as a teacher's aid in the Albany public school system. Last summer Eve completed her Clinical Pastoral Education working on the psych and prison wards of Bellevue Hospital. Eve will graduate this May with her Master of Divinity degree from Union Theological Seminary and will continue to pursue the Unitarian Universalist ministry in the upcoming year at the UU congregation in Fairfax, VA.

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MORE REBIRTH AND RENEWAL IN 2013

Good things are happening at the LUUF!

After a busy first half of the season, we are in the midst of an exciting spring lineup of interesting and uplifting programs at the Fellowship.

Reverend Ann Benedetto offers services the 2nd and 4th Sundays of each month. On other Sundays, we're proud to feature exciting guest speakers involved with a variety of subjects including holistic living, and how we can make our planet a better place for all, with Reverend Allen Wells, who is our regular guest minister, and our cadre of "home-grown" speakers.

Thanks to our community's greener-than-green thumbs, planning is already underway to nurture the garden to new heights of fresh vegetables this summer.

More improvements are in the works. Why? For both newcomers and returning members, our goal is to give every LUUF-goer a sense of warm community, spirituality and fortifying solidarity.

Lets pull together to make 2013 at LUUF a year full of new insights, developments, community and love around our very special place.

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Lakeland Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, along with other member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association, aims to foster liberal religious attitudes and behavior. It supports the inherent worth of every person and the dignity of all humans everywhere; individual freedom of belief; the search for truth, and the democratic process in all human relations. LUUF has operated at its present Wayne location for more than 40 years.

Unitarian Universalism is a liberal tradition in which congregants are encouraged to find the commonality and truth in many religious teachings while fostering strong roots in community and service.

Our shared practices in this tradition include the lighting of the chalice, the observance of the 7 Principles and a connection to the 5 Smooth Stones of Liberalism

Rev. Ann Benedetto

Sunday Services:
Provided by our minister, guest speakers and lay-led clergy.

From September through June, services begin at 11 and are followed by Coffee Hour. Childcare services provided on-site.

Throughout the summer, provocative-yet-breezy porch discussions are held at 10am on Sundays. Come pull up a rocking chair to enjoy the casual conversation and friendly fellowship.

We are a
Peace-Action Congregation.

LUUF RATIFIES KEY STATEMENTS TO CONVEY THE CONGREGATION'S IDENTITY AND GOALS

LUUF members unanimously passed resolutions to adopt these defining declarations about our Fellowship:

MISSION STATEMENT

LUUF’s mission is to seek and share the light of truth through the warmth of love in community as we work in behalf of our commitment to peace.

We accomplish our mission by

* Building a UU community that empowers our fellowship creating lay-led clergy

* Promoting, embracing, nurturing our UU principles and traditions in our relationships with one another, our communities and the world at large

* Welcoming and honoring diversity, and

* Promoting peace and social justice at home and abroad by serving with compassion and commitment

VISION STATEMENT

LUUF’s vision is to build a spiritual community devoted to peace, social justice, the environment and philanthropy guided by our UU principles and traditions. LUUF will strive to provide spiritual guidance and growth for all generations and welcome and honor diversity. We work toward becoming a conscientious community with a progressive voice.

COVENANT

We will:

* Speak the truth with love and kindness

* Listen deeply without interruption

* Trust in good faith and intention, and speak well of one another

* Take responsibility to create a community of encouragement, compassion and hospitality

* Respect differences in belief, age, race, gender, sexual orientation and personality

* Support the congregation, its activities, and the care-taking of the Fellowship with our time, talent and treasure

* Make decisions democratically

* Include spiritual practices in all Fellowship meetings