Candidates for the positions on the 2025 Fairhope Unitarian Fellowship General Board will talk about the work they would do if elected to the Board. There will be an opportunity to question the candidates about any issue, and to ask about how they will contribute to FUF. Members should see this as an opportunity to...

Threads of (Dis)Integration ”I am because we are” Ubuntu Philosophy. “My life, like a tapestry, has threads that have encoded themselves in me and shown themselves throughout my web of people, materials, experiences, feelings and places. Strands pass through barely perceptible pinoles and permeable cells, creating conjunctions to be investigated, interwoven or reworked. Hume says...

Baldwin County Trailblazers In 1995, the Baldwin County Trailblazers led a 20-year project to create the Eastern Shore Trail, a 23-mile bike and pedestrian pathway from I-10 to Weeks Bay. Sandy will highlight the Trailblazers mission and history and the way they encourage active lifestyles and  safe places for walking, including the Walking School Bus...

Nuclear Power: Is it part of the solution? Nuclear power could provide a carbon-dioxide and methane free source of power, unlike coal gas and oil. However nuclear  plants are susceptible to accidents depending on location and terrorist activity. Waste disposal is also an unsolved issue. Elaine Snyder-Conn was an Environmental Contaminant Specialist in U.S Fish and Wildlife...

What Would Mama Do? Growing Up an "Almost" Orphan Lila's mother died days before Lila's ninth birthday. Her dad abandoned the two youngest of his six children. Lila and her younger brother were left on their own to look after themselves: feeding, health care, schooling, and everything else. Lila and her brother struggled daily, but...