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Mother’s Day Craft Fundraiser for BUF
Sunday, May 10
11:30 AM
Social Hall
The Beehive Community Studio are expressing their gratitude for BUF with Mother’s Day Craft Fundraiser during the Coffee Hour in the Social Hall
Paddle Call Proposal Deadline is Wednesday, April 30
Don't miss this opportunity to advocate for the project you would like to see accomplished at BUF in the next year.
Celebrating a New Way: The Launch of Mosaic Congregations
UUA Mosaic Virtual Spring Gathering
Saturday, May 2
3:00 PM Sanctuary
The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA ) is inviting us to a national virtual gathering celebrating the launch of Mosaic Congregations—a movement to cultivate antiracist, multicultural Unitarian Universalist communities grounded in justice, healing, and shared power.
SEJC Update: Whatcom Faith Community Immigrant Support (WFCIS) Newsletter
IRIS Benefit
Saturday, April 18
Hotel Leo
1224 Cornwall Ave, Bellingham
Tickets $40
Benefactor $250
Food and beverages available for purchase at Amendment 21, in the hotel lobby 100% of proceeds will go to IRIS.
Going Away Party
Saturday, April 18
2:00 PM
Social Hall
Don’t miss the BUF GOODBYE Party for Jayme & David Curley and Elie & Alan Friedlob
Adult RE Class: Options for the Care and Disposition of My Body after I Die - Brian Flowers
Sunday, May 3
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
Flex Room (upstairs)
Free
Upcoming Sunday Service
Sunday, April 12
Speaking Truth with Courage
Sunday, April 19
Belonging: More Than a Name in a Book
The Third Sunday Potuck will follow after this service
The Cheryl Hauser Effect
April 18
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Sanctuary
$5
This film shares the story of Cheryl Hauser, a Minnesota woman who, after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, chose to face the end of her life on her own terms through VSED (Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking).
Embodiology Information Session + Early Bird Registration Ending Soon!
In July 2026, BUF is excited to welcome UC Irvine professor Dr. Ama Wray to lead her annual summer Embodiology® Immersion Program in Bellingham using BUF's Social Hall. Embodiology is a holistic combination of movement, music, cognition and sensory awareness designed to promote mind, body, and spirit wellness while supporting knowing, justice, social connection, trust, fulfillment, and self-regulation.
THANK YOU! We have met and exceeded our Envisioning Goal for this year’s Stewardship Campaign
We set our Envisioning Goal at $404,000. Thanks to your generosity, we have raised $408,109.
Volunteer Opportunity: Power Washing
The front of the building handicap and other side of parking spaces still needs to be pressure washed before we have the free lines painted by the city.
Paddle Call Update
Members of the Paddle Call Committee will be at a table in Social Hall during the Coffee Hour on April 5 and April 12