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Coming Up this week
Bible Study on Zoom Tuesday, January 18th at 4:00 pm Ministers’ Office Hours Wednesday, January 19th, 12-1 pm |
CUF is closed on Monday, January 17th – MLK holiday.
Info Coffee in person this Sunday after worship
| Are you interested in joining CUF as a member? Come to the Info Coffee this Sunday, January 16th after worship in the Gathering Place. You will meet Pastor Mariah and members of the Deacons and Trustees. They can answer any questions you might have. New members will be received on Sunday, January 23rd during worship. |
Survey
| The CUF Leadership is asking for your input before the Annual Meeting. Please take a few minutes to fill out this survey. |
Annual Meeting news
| CUF Annual Meeting January 30th CUF’s congregational celebration and meeting after worship. Please stay tuned for details of the Annual Meeting “Cookie Miracle”! CUF Transparent Budget Meeting January 23rd Details coming soon! The 2021 Annual Report will be available electronically before the Transparent Budget meeting (let Steffi know if you need a paper copy). If you have any fun CUF pictures from 2021 please upload them here for a slide show during worship on January 30th. |
MLK Day panel
| Monday, January 17th MLK Day Panel: “The State of Civil Rights in Maine” 9:30-10:45 am on YouTube Maine’s attorney general and four other individuals will address the topic “The State of Civil Rights in Maine” as part of eastern and central Maine’s 2022 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration.Visit https://www.umainealumni.com/event/mlk2022/ for details on accessing the event on YouTube.Co-sponsored by the Greater Bangor Area Branch NAACP and the University of Maine Alumni Association.Malian Dana and Rachel Talbot Ross co-chair Maine’s Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous and Maine Tribal Populations. |
Save the date
| Faith Linking in Action invites YOU to Our First Convening of 2022 Sunday, January 23, 1:30-3:30 P.M. Food Insecurity and Interfaith Alliances We will share the creative ways our faith communities are working to battle food insecurity and explore how our interfaith alliance strengthens and broadens our efforts! If we are able, this will be a live dessert, coffee, and sharing event held at the First United Methodist Church (703 Essex Street in Bangor). If not, we will meet via Zoom. |
Jan. 9 service
CUF’s January Benevolences
Maine Moms Demand Action Ministers’ Discretionary Fund Donations to replenish this fund are welcome any time of the year. We use this fund to pay someone’s heating bill in an emergency, purchase supplies for Covid Care packages, snacks for hungry school children, etc. |