The Welcome Home Project is an initiative from Durham's Innovation Team in partnership with the Local Reentry Council, Religious Coalition for a Non-Violent Durham, and Durham Congregations in Action. The project offers peer support and a box of essentials to residents returning to Durham from state prison. The program helps orient people to the resources available in our community, provides social and emotional support, and illustrates that we want returning residents to succeed in reentry.
News Items
Masks for ERUUFians from the Mask Brigade
ERUUF's Mask Brigade, started by member Audrey Green, has been continuing its mission of delivering masks to those most vulnerable to COVID-19 in the Triangle. Since the last time we received an update, the Brigade has surpassed a mask distribution total of over 7,000 masks!
Take the Survey: Returning to Campus in 2020
The Board of Trustees and the Coordinating Team would like to hear your honest feedback on how you are feeling about emerging from the current boundaries of our lives and returning to ERUUF's campus.
Take the survey here.
May Updates from Religious Education
Here's what's happening in R.E. in May:
Sundays 9:30 - 10:30 am:
The 3s and 4s R.E. class has been having at-home tea parties with favorite stuffed animals and stories with Ann and Emilia Gray. Please contact Ann for the Zoom link.
K - 2nd grade has met with teacher Prue Cuper to share joys and concerns in a chalice circle format. You can contact her for more class information.
3rd - 5th grade: Hogwarts! Our witches and wizards are fighting Horcruxes, and currently are fighting the Horcrux of sickness. For the rest of the month, we are combining both sections of the Harry Potter classes to join the forces of Dumbledore's army as one, at 9:30 am. You can contact Professor Baylies for more class information. Harry Potter for both sections has an amazing, interactive website here: https://sites.google.com/view/harryanduuateruuf.
Newsworthy Conversations
Rev. Jacqueline Brett
February 12, 2026
We carry more than we know. We carry each other. We carry trauma and resilience together through our bodies and across generations. ~ Resmaa Menakem, My Grandmother's Hands Both history and our world today have given us ample evidence that pur...
Rev. Daniel Trollinger
February 05, 2026
In case you didn’t know, there is a group of Buddhist monks from Texas that are on a Walk for Peace -- a long-distance pilgrimage promoting peace, compassion, and nonviolence. Their route has moved through the southeastern United States, then north t...
Rev. Jacqueline Brett
December 04, 2025
What practices help you stay awake — emotionally, spiritually, morally — when the world feels chaotic or absurd? ~ Rev. Cameron Trimble There is a card on my desk at home that reads, “Be grateful to everyone.” It is a beautiful message in the freshne...
ERUUF Coronavirus Updates
April 27, 2023
A new phase has been reached in the COVID-19 virus.
As a spiritual community, we at ERUUF strive to create a culture of respect and care for one another. Our Covid-19 policies have been guided by serious concern and consideration for the safety and well-being of all ERUUF members, staff, and visitors, with a commitment to equity and care for the most vulnerable among us and those who are marginalized both at ERUUF and in the larger community.
