To my dear friends at the Fellowship, thank you for these lovely gifts, the beautiful cupcakes, and the years of friendship. All my best, Travis.
Category Archives: Photos
Missouri Immigrant and Refuge Advocates (MIRA) Presentation 11/30/2014
Thank you to Mr. David Nehrt-Flores from the Missouri Immigrant and Refuge Advocates (MIRA) for speaking at the Fellowship today. For more information about MIRA, please visit http://www.mira-mo.org/wordpress/
UUFR Movie Night 11/14/2014
Dedication of a Peace Pole to Commemorate the Centennial of World War I 11/09/2014
Sunday, November 9, 2014, UUFR held a Dedication of a Peace Pole to Commemorate the Centennial of the First World War. The ceremony was opened with a reading of “In Flanders Fields” by John McCrae and closed with the handing out of poppies and a reading of “We Shall Keep the Faith” by Moina Michael.
Rolla Area Citizens for Women Book Club 11/01/2014
The Rolla Area Citizens for Women (RACW) Book Club met today at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Rolla. We finished “The Narrative of Sojourner Truth” and enjoyed a Tollhouse Pie.
The next RACW Book Club will be around February or March 2015, depending on the weather. We will keep folks in the know about meetings and deciding our next book.
UUFR Halloween Party 10/19/2014 Part 2
UUFR Halloween Party 10/19/2014 Part 1
A Great Picture of the Fellowship Connie Took
UUFR Movie Night 10/17/2014
National Coming Out Day: LGBTQ Youth Homelessness Presentation 10/05/2014
In celebration of National Coming Out Day, the UUFR selects an aspect of or a challenge facing the LGBTQ community that is not well discussed or known in overall or LGBTQ media.
This year we discussed the challenge of LGBTQ Youth Homelessness. Although only 5% to 7% of American youth are LGBTQ, LGBTQ Youth make up 40% of the Youth Homeless population in the United States.
In the course of preparing for this discussion, we discovered that the issue was large and multi-faceted, covering topics we didn’t know would tie into the issue. This includes the following:
•Belonging to communities and families that prescribe to LGBTQ-exclusionary religious beliefs, many of whom may not ever have been exposed to LGBTQ-inclusionary religious stances,
•Attending schools that are unsafe and abusive,
•A lack of knowledge and resources in homeless outreach efforts in terms of how to cater to unique challenges facing this demographic,
•And a school-to-prison pipeline, in which LGBTQ Youth on the street are often swept up into the criminal justice system. People of Color and Transgender LGBTQ Youth are in particular danger in this environment.
Consequentially, links below go to respective resources we found useful in terms of understanding this issue, as well as links to LGBTQ resources UUFR has on its website already, including religiously-inclusive resources, Transgender resources, and resources for LGBTQ People of Color. Please feel free to share.
Also, please remember, recent advances toward Marriage Equality have been great, but that is not the only work to be done. While we celebrate the increasing recognition of the freedom to marry, let’s not forget the children living life on the street.
Seeking Shelter: The Experiences and Unmet Needs of LGBT Homeless Youth
Resources for LGBT Youth and their Friends from the CDC
Family and Youth Acceptance: San Francisco State University’s Family Acceptance Project
The Forsaken: A Rising Number of Homeless Gay Teens Are Being Cast Out by Religious Families
On the UUFR Website:
•Transgender Resources
•LGBT Resources
•LGBT Resources: Spiritual
•LGBT Resources Relating To People of Color