Affinity Groups
ERUUF Players
1st and 3rd Mondays 7:00-9:00pm
The ERUUF Players is a readers theater group (which means memorization is not required) with an interest in drama. We learn dramatic skills through theater exercises and improvisation. We encourage each other to write, direct and perform. We welcome experienced theater people as well as those who would like to explore this craft for the first time.
- Contact Person: Nan Walker
- Role: Coordinator
- Email:
- Staff Partner: Rev. Daniel Trollinger, Executive Minister
Parents' Group
The mission of the ERUUF Parents Group is to support a nurturing community of families through the promotion of friendship, learning, and spiritual development for parents and children. In additional to occasional special events during the year, we host a list-serv, potluck / socials on the 3rd Saturday of every month and annual (or biannual) camping trips.
- Role: Coordinator
- Email:
- Staff Partner: Rev. Jim Lewis, Minister of Lifespan Faith Development
Spiritual Threads
3rd Saturday 10:00am-12:30pm Room 4/5 CARE Bldg.
This group examines fiber arts as a spiritual practice, observing how societies use textiles to express spirituality and preserve culture. Individual and collective creativity are explored within a framework of shared talents and gifts, encouragement, and affirmation.
- Contact Person: Kacey Zucchino
- Role: Co-coordinator
- Email:
- Staff Partner: Rev. Daniel Trollinger, Executive Minister
Men's Group
2nd & 4th Thursday: 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm.
An open group for mutual support and affirmation. We focus on life changes and challenges, offering experiential support and a listening atmosphere. We welcome any man at any age or stage of life.
- Contact Person: Michael Owen
- Role: Facilitator
- Email:
- Staff Partner: Rev. Daniel Trollinger, Executive Minister
Clicking for a Cause
This needlecraft ministry brings comfort to members and friends of ERUUF, as well as to local organizations, through hand-knitted or crocheted items (block afghans, care shawls, work caps and baby items.) Clicking also encourages knitting and crocheting as spiritual practices. See Clickers.
- Contact Person: Linda Brown, Heather Ladd, Judy Thorne
- Role: Co-coordinator
- Email:
- Staff Partner: Rev. Daniel Trollinger, Executive Minister
Book Club
Tuesday evening book group meets 3rd Tuesdays except December; Library, (Room 6) 7:00-8:30 pm. We meet to talk about books chosen by the group, usually books that do not have a religious or self-help theme. See the ERUUF calendar for our current book list - open the upcoming events section of the calendar and add the filter "book". That will pull up the Book Club meetings which list the upcoming books for discussion.
- Contact Person: Victoria Zula
- Role: Coordinator
- Email:
- Staff Partner: Rev. Daniel Trollinger, Executive Minister
20s and 30s Group
The ERUUF 20's and 30's Group offers opportunities for social and spiritual connections with other young people (students, professionals, single, married, both with and without kids). Activities range from purely social to spiritually based discussion groups. Newcomers are always welcome!
- Contact Person: Summer Anderson and JM Tramontin
- Role: co-coordinator
- Email:
- Staff Partner: Rev. Daniel Trollinger, Executive Minister
Activities with ERUUFians (AWE)
- Contact Person: Deb Davis, Lynn Heath, Gabriele Weinberger
- Role: Co-coordinators
- Staff Partner: Rev. Daniel Trollinger, Executive Minister