Becoming a Member

As a Member of UUFH, you may expect to:

• Participate in the life of the church;
• Explore and celebrate our personal spirituality in community with others;
• Volunteer time and energy in support of UUFH;
• Provide financial support of record;
• Create a caring community of seekers after the truth;
• Provide a haven for exploration of personal religious beliefs;
• Share the joys and sorrows of life’s passages, to celebrate and grieve together;
• Educate children and adults in our Unitarian Universalist heritage and values;
• Challenge, stimulate and encourage each other’s moral, ethical and religious growth;
• Act upon our values in reaching out to the wider world;
• Support the extension of liberal religion; 

What are the Benefits of Membership?

• Notice of and first rights to classes offered;
• The UU World magazine
• The Beacon newsletter
• Voting rights as a stake holder in this religious community
• Connections to the Unitarian Universalist movement, worldwide

What Happens When I Become a Member?

Members sign the Red Membership Book with a person on the Membership Team, the minister, or one of the Board Members. But, before that happens we ask that you have either attended an Orientation to UUFH program of talked one-on-one with the minister.  The Red Membership Book is a permanent record of the more than 500 people who have signed the book and become Members of UUFH since September, 1980.

Not all of our congregants are Members; Some are Friends

They've chosen to be a Friend of UUFH for many different reasons. Some are spouses of members; others have connections to other religious communities where a member resides, or they just choose not to be a member. Friends sign a card of Friendship.  Friends are listed in the UUFH directory. 

As a Friend, you may expect to 

• Participate in the life of the church;
• Explore & celebrate personal spirituality in community with others
• Volunteer time & energy in support of UUFH
• Provide financial support of record
• Create a caring community of seekers after the truth
• Provide a haven for exploration of personal religious beliefs
• Share the joys and sorrows of life’s passages, to celebrate and grieve together
• Educate children and adults in our Unitarian Universalist heritage and values
• Challenge, stimulate and encourage each other’s moral, ethical and religious growth
• Act upon UU values in reaching out to the wider world

Benefits of being a Friend

• The Beacon monthly newsletter
• Directory of Members & Friends
• Pastoral counseling services
• Fellowship of good people