With hope in our hearts and after almost two years without them, we are restarting Fellowship Dinners!

At Fellowship Dinners, you share a potluck meal with a small group of friendly UUs in someone’s home. Once a year you host a group. Everyone who is fully vaccinated is welcome to participate in the dinners. Single or paired, you are welcome at Fellowship Dinners.

Based on current Public Health guidelines, we are limiting dining groups to a maximum of eight participants.

This spring, we will follow our usual pattern of holding dinners in January, February, March and April, before we take our traditional summer break. Because we were unable to hold dinners in the fall, we are adding the option of participating in a May dinner this year.

The Fellowship Dinners coordinator sends a list of guests to the host, who contacts the guests, establishes a mutually agreed upon date for the meal, and prepares the main dish. The guests either volunteer or are assigned the rest of the dishes for the meal: appetizers, salads, vegetables, desserts, beverages, etc.

Fellowship Dinners are focused on just that, fellowship over a delicious meal. In fact, the fellowship aspect of the meal is probably the most valued part of the experience! This is not a gourmet dining club. Pressed for time? Don't like to cook? Bring a dish from a deli!

 What if your house and table are small? Some folks with small or distant homes might make arrangements to host in someone else’s (larger, closer) home. Some of you do not have a space that is available/appropriate to hosting a group of any size; the coordinator can help match you up with those of us who feel comfortable providing their home as a venue for those without a space to host the dinner. Anyone acting as a venue provider will then function as a guest. Finally, hosting is an enjoyable experience; however, you don't have to host if you have limitations that cannot be overcome. Let the coordinator know that. When you are the host and are scheduling dinners, please remind couples that they should think of themselves as two units, not as a single unit when mapping out who will contribute what to the dinners.

PLEASE NOTE: If you have not been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, please refrain from participating in the dinners at this time.

More information: http://www.uubloomington.org/getting-involved/social-activities/758-2/

Coordinator: Kathy Gilbert gilbertk@iu.edu