Auburn Unitarian Universalist Fellowship

WHAT TO EXPECT YOUR FIRST TIME AT AUUF How to find us (physically). The AUUF building is on Thach Avenue, roughly midway between the Auburn Public Library and Auburn University's Ralph Brown Draughon Library. Our historic white church building, which once housed the Ebenezer Baptist congregation, is on the corner of Thach and a street whose name changes depending on which way you face. To the north, the cross-street is called Debardeleben Street; to the south, it's Auburn Drive.

You can park your car on Debardeleben (but please try not to block our neighbors' driveways!), or you can turn down Auburn Drive and there's our rustic parking lot to the right. How long will the service last? We get underway at 10 am, and the service usually ends about an hour later. After the service there is a coffee (and tea, and juice) "hour" which goes on until the coffee runs out, or for as long as you want. Please stay for coffee so we can get to know you...and vice versa.

• What to wear. Anything! Be comfortable.
• What can I expect for my kids? For the very young (6 - 24 months), we have a Nursery staffed virtually exclusively by students from Auburn University who are majoring in early childhood development and who have been trained in practical caregiving matters. The Nursery is not a kiddie warehouse, but rather a stimulating, safe environment with planned activities, a well-trained caregiver, and enough toys to keep the kids happily engaged. There is no charge for the Nursery, which operates from 9:45 am - 12:15 pm. It's in the white building right behind the Sanctuary.
• Older children are in the Sanctuary with the adults during the first 20-25 minutes of the service, trying their darnedest to keep quiet. Just when they think they'll explode, they are treated to a story, and then sent on their way to the Playground, just outside the Sanctuary, where they can let off some steam (finally!!). A snack is served. A paid caregiver and several parent volunteers watch over the children on the Playground.
• After the service ends, Religious Education ("R.E.") classes begin at about 11:20 pm, and continue for about 50 minutes. R. E. classes take place in the same building that houses the Nursery, which is called, logically enough, the R. E. Building. Can first time folks stick their kids in RE classes??? To learn more about R. E. classes, click here.

Second Sunday -- The second Sunday of the month is a little different. Instead of R. E. classes after the service, we all gather in the Sanctuary and eat a Potluck Dinner. Don't feel that you to bring a dish in order to stay and eat. We don't do guilt at the AUUF! Eat! Eat!