Follen Blog

Presentation on Housing Adults with Special Needs

• Upcoming Events

Special Presentation: Residential Housing for Adults with Special Needs 
November 4, 7:30pm, on Zoom

The Caring Congregation Committee is bringing you Barbara Jackins and Karen Marsical, both special needs attorneys and moms of adult sons with special needs. Topics include:

  • What types of housing are available both public and private
  • How to apply and costs of different housing options
  • Difficulty of mixed diagnoses that don’t fit the models.
  • Dealing with adult children who don’t feel they are disabled or those that feel they can’t live outside the home

Both Barbara and Karen have written on this topic and Barbara has published a book Moving Out: A Family Guide to Residential Planning for Adults with Disabilities which is an excellent resource. Following a power-point presentation there will be a question and answer session. If you interested in attending, please register by emailing Dottie Vacca at caringcong@follen.org with your name, email, and if you like, a question for the presenters to address. You will then be emailed a Zoom link prior to the event.

Improve Follen Efficiency with Online Forms!

• Staff Blog

Happy September! Although I’ve been with Follen Church for 18 months or so, this Church Year is my first with the Church open for business. I am really looking forward to finally meeting all of you in the next few months! As you all know, I have been working this past year on streamlining how … Continued

Do you need to set up a meeting?

• General Interest

Whether it’s a one-time thing or a recurring meeting, we need to make sure that meetings are not conflicting and that they are set up properly. First, consult the calendar. Setting Up a Zoom Meeting Please fill out this form, which goes to Linda Hein, Business Manager. Here is a document from Zoom called Running … Continued

Safety Team Updates

• General Interest

Safety Team Updates: Covid-19 and Safety Policy Updated Covid-19 Safety Policy Updated May 29, 2021 This policy will be updated again in August 2021 in preparation for the new church year. Our goal in this simplified and revised policy is threefold. We wish to update our policy to: Follow the science. Embrace all members of … Continued

Thank you for a year of Follen via Zoom!

• Members Blog

A message from WMAT The Worship and Music Action Team extends our heartfelt thanks to the incredible, hard-working staff and volunteers who made a year of pandemic Zoom services not only possible, but joyous, enriching, community-connecting events. In a ‘normal’ year, Sunday morning worship is just one of the many ways we experience Follen. In … Continued

Join a Covenant Group!

• Members Blog

Covenant Groups are Forming for the New Church Year   Are you interested in joining a Follen Covenant Group? There are currently 12 different small Covenant Groups of 8-10 Follenites. We hope to add more groups this fall, based on interest. Most groups meet monthly, face-to-face at Follen or in members’ homes. During the pandemic groups have … Continued

April Letter from Coordinating Team

• General Interest

May 4, 2021 Dear Follen Member and Friends, We hope you are all enjoying spring! A few announcements: While we had originally planned a leadership retreat this spring to begin our discussions about the future of our music program, we have decided to move the leadership retreat to the fall so that we can build … Continued

RE-flections: What a Weekend!

• Staff Blog

Spring is here, and RE kids of all ages got outside together in a safe manner this past weekend! (click any picture to enlarge) Our youngest kids came to the Gnome Hunt Saturday. The Middle School Youth Group had a hike at Great Brook Farm. Follen UU Youth took a bike ride for ice cream! … Continued

Follen’s Endowment: Parts 1,2, & 3

• Members Blog

Conversations with Legacy Society Members This fall we sat down with a few members of the Legacy Society and asked them why they will be  to donating to Follen after they die. Here is a little bit of what they had to say: I asked Maggie Herzig, Legacy Society member, why she is donating to … Continued