Your Church at Home Anywhere in the World
We invite you
to join us on your religious journey.
You can join now by filling out a secure
online form, or by downloading
a pdf form and mailing it in. Since you
will be joining our congregation, we need to know more about
you. Find out more about CLF membership by reading on...
CLF members have found that no matter where in the world
they find themselves, it matters what they believe and how
they live.
If you. . .
- feel alone in your spiritual search,
- are striving to live fully and authentically,
- want to be part of a community of open minded spiritual
seekers,
- cannot find a congregation near you that quite meets
your needs,
- seek support in your work for a better world,
- wish to help your children grow religious values for
a lifetime in a spirit of openness and respect for others'
beliefs
. . . then you will feel at home in the Church
of the Larger Fellowship.
We would welcome your
becoming a part of this unique Unitarian Universalist congregation.
We offer you spiritual inspiration, religious education, and
personal pastoral support on your life's journey.
We welcome you...
If I were curious about the Church of the Larger Fellowship,
I think I would ask questions: "How can I get acquainted with
the minister and the staff—if and when I want to?" "How
can I find out which CLF resources will suit me best?" "How
can the CLF help me apply Unitarian Universalism to my life?"
"How much will CLF membership cost?" "What if I want to plan
a baby dedication, wedding, service of commitment, or memorial
service?" "What if I have personal problems?" "How can I have
a conversation about religion?" As the Church of the Larger
Fellowship's minister, I invite you to call, email, write,
or participate in our on-line discussions. Ask your questions,
and join in the life of the CLF as much as you'd like. I'd
like to get to know you.
If you are between the ages of 18 – 35, you may be interested in joining The Church of the YOUNGER Fellowship, the CYF, a vibrant spiritual community of young adults, rooted in UU principles and values, available online to serve the needs of its members as a place of reflection, learning, interaction and service. There are many challenges in the lives of young adults including:
- Moving away from home for the first time
- Starting an education, career or family
- Managing new financial responsibilities
- Frequent transitions for school or work
- Searching for a partner and a spiritual home
If any of these challenges resonate with you, explore more about the CYF, a specialized ministry of the CLF, by visiting the CYF website. CYF members maintain a unique electronic community of their own, while enjoying the benefits of also being CLF members.
"By focusing on the faith development of members over a lifetime,
religious education becomes intensely personal. CLF religious
education provides tools for individuals as they undertake their
spiritual journeys throughout a lifetime. CLF religious education
is built on the living traditions or sources of our faith from
which have developed the affirmations (also called principles).
Unitarian Universalist religious education includes social action,
worship, activities that create community, learning and developing
leadership and life skills."
As
a CLF member you may
- Read articles and sermons from UU perspectives in our monthly publication,
Quest. Read
a sample issue of Quest.
- Be in touch with our minister by phone (toll-free 800#), email, or correspondence
for personal support, crisis counseling, professional referral, religious
and theological dialogue, and practical help. She often suggests books and
tapes from the pastoral library for members with pressing life issues.
- Conduct home worship with the resources in your CLF Handbook of Religious
Services and by borrowing complete worship services (Sundays Online,
in large print) or video tapes from an extensive UU sermon library.
- Help your children grow religiously by: contacting religious education director
Lynn Ungar (lungar@clfuu.org); exploring
religious education materials on our website, including our "Curriculum
for a Quarter" and the monthly "KidTalk" page; borrowing UU
religious education curricula; and joining our CLF-RE e-mail list for discussion
and additional RE resources. Learn more about CLF religious
education.
- Nurture your spiritual development through: self-study and on-line courses
for adults; on-line covenant groups, and interest-based small groups which
build community and promote spiritual exploration; and the CLF loan library,
which offers UU books on history, theology and ethics as well as video- and
audio-taped sermons.
- Keep up with UU activities and ideas through the UU
World, a quarterly publication of the Unitarian Universalist Association
sent to all CLF members. We subsidize this mailing for CLF members who can't
afford to contribute fair-share funds to the UUA.
- And most exciting, if you're online - you've got each other! As part of
our efforts to keep CLF coming to you in every way possible, we're expanding
our web and online services as fast as our staff can manage it! Our website
for members has expanded to include a terrific uu&me! page, regularly
updated sermons, a jewelry page that lets you order and pay online, and best
of all, CLF e-mail lists, (CLF-L, YUU-CLF and CLF-RE), that let members communicate
with each other no matter where they live. You can even pay your pledge online!
Believe us – with the right support from you we can build a virtual church
that will enrich the experience you can have with CLF.
CLF's mission is to provide a ministry to isolated religious
liberals, and to offer a spiritual home within the Unitarian
Universalist movement.
The Church of the Larger Fellowship promotes the understanding
and growth of Unitarian Universalism and institutes programs
to that end.
As a member of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA),
CLF supports the Principles and Purposes of the Association. |
Like all churches, the CLF relies on the support of its members to sustain its programs and outreach. Annual donations are a requirement of CLF membership and we gratefully accept donations in any amount. Some people like to give every month to make it easier to budget and others like to give a yearly donation all at once.
The amount and frequency is left up to our members to decide. Generally members pledge an amount at the beginning of each calendar year, and contribute toward that pledge throughout the year as fits their own budget.
The CLF encourages you to set up automatic monthly or quarterly contributions on the CLF website at www.clfuu.org by clicking on GIVE at the top. Automatic contributions, in particular, help you make regular contributions while ensuring the CLF has a predictable revenue stream.
See
this year's canvass materials
If you have more questions about the meaning of membership
in the CLF, please don't hesitate to send email to membership@clfuu.org
or telephone (617) 948-6166.
Full Membership
- When you join with a regular membership:
- You can order materials to be sent by post from our library.
- You will be put on the mailing list to receive the magazine of the Unitarian
Universalist Association, the UU World.
- You will receive copies of Cycle of Seasons - a booklet
of seasonal celebrations from around the world and many religious traditions
for intergenerational use.
- You can consult our Minister on her free telephone.
- You can consult our Director of Religious Education, Lynn Ungar, regarding
education of children.
You can join now by filling out a secure
online form, or by downloading
a pdf form and mailing it in. Since you will be
joining our congregation, we need to know more about you.
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