1. What is FUUCI?

    The First Unitarian Universalist Church of the Internet
is an experimenting virtual community in cyber-space.
In November 2008, we established our Facebook Page.

2. What is the age-range for members?

    FUUCI began its life as an online community
for UU young adults world wide.
In UU usage, "young adults" means ages 18-35.
But FUUCI never excluded people beyond age 35.

    And now FUUCI has broadened its reach
to include adults of all ages.
Anyone with an e-mail address can join Facebook.
And anyone on Facebook can become a 'fan' of FUUCI.

    For more details about membership, see this URL:
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~parkx032/Y-MEM.html

3. How does one become a member?

    Anyone in the world who has an e-mail address
can become a member of FUUCI.

    Right now FUUCI exists as a Facebook Page.
Join Facebook: http://www.facebook.com.
All you need is an e-mail address and a password.
Then search Facebook for the
"First Unitarian Universalist Church of the Internet".
Click to become a 'fan'.

    Later, we might decide to apply for a UUA-hosted e-mailing list.
If this happens, details will appear here.

4. Does it cost anything?

    No, membership is completely free of charge.
If you would like to know more about
how FUUCI operates without money, read this file:
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~parkx032/Y-FREE.html

5. Does FUUCI emphasize any particular
philosophical or theological point of view?

    No.  Diversity of one of the greatest strengths
of the UU movement.
And FUUCI seeks to represent
as much of this diversity as possible.
For those who know little about UUism,
the following is a partial listing
of some of the themes within UU spirituality.
Such themes are not exclusive, of course,
since the same person could embrace women's spirituality,
earth-centered spirituality,
and neo-pagan spirituality all at the same time.
These themes are organized by similarity.
The largest group of Unitarian Universalists
call themselves "humanists".

I. Theistic Spiritual Paths

 A. Jewish UUism
 B. Paganism
 C. Christian UUism
 D. Deism
 E. Earth-Centered Spirituality
 F. Panentheism
 G. Green Spirituality
 H. Pantheism
 I. Transcendentalism
 J. Process Theology

 A. Humanism

  1. Existential Spirituality
  2. Women's Spirituality, Feminist Spirituality

 B. Buddhist UUism

    Unitarian Universalists are free to define their own spiritual paths.

{Please add to this list of themes;
we want this listing to be as comprehensive as possible.}

    If FUUCI stands the test to time,
new themes will doubtless emerge
as the years, decades, & centuries go by.
Unitarian Universalism is not tied to anything in the past.

    The First Unitarian Universalist Church of the Internet
is governed democratically by its members.
We select the next cyber-sermon-of-the-month
by a direct vote of all the members.

    Members may volunteer for any committee.
Final decisions (when needed) are made by the
Board of Directors, who are elected by the members.
For a list of committees (and possible committees) see:
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~parkx032/Y-COMM.html

7. Does FUUCI have any professional leadership?

    Yes, professionals with leadership abilities
are encouraged to become members of FUUCI.
And then they can become professional volunteer staff.
These staff members provide occasional cyber-sermons
and volunteer to do some pastoral counseling by e-mail.
More information about the professional volunteer staff:
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~parkx032/Y-MIN.html

8.  What does FUUCI do?

    FUUCI exists primarily as a Facebook Page.
Our main service is a cyber-sermon-of-the-month.

    The FUUCI library preserves all published cyber-sermons.

    A cyber-sermon is a very short written discourse
on a subject of interest to the members.
Cyber-sermons might be shortened versions of standard sermons.
Three pages is the maximum length,
defined in electronic terms as 10 KB.
This could also be described as 10 small screens
or about 100 sentences.
Cyber-sermons are sent to all members.
And these first readers are encouraged to forward cyber-sermons
to others they know who might be interested.
For more details about cyber-sermons,
see the following part of the FUUCI home page:
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~parkx032/Y-CYBS.html

10. Is FUUCI related to any other organization?

    The FUUCI is basically an independent cyber-organization,
run by and for its members.
The following disclaimer,
which appears at the top of our list of cyber-sermons,
illustrates the free and open-minded nature of FUUCI:

     The individual author of each cyber-sermon
bears primary responsibility for all the facts and opinions it contains.
Each subsequent individual or organization
that re-distributes cyber-sermons
cannot be held responsible for errors of fact
or controversial opinions cyber-sermons might contain.

    Persons who are not familiar with Unitarian Universalism
are hereby informed that UUism is a decentralized,
creed-free, liberal religious movement.
There is no UU Pope, no UU Bible, and no UU dogma.
There are several traditions from which Unitarian Universalism springs,
but these do not limit individual freedom of belief—or non-belief.
(For more information, see the UUA home page: http://uua.org .)

    Thus, no central authority has reviewed
the thoughts contained in any cyber-sermon
—or in any regular sermon delivered to any local UU congregation.
Cyber-sermons reflect the views of their authors.
They should not be taken to represent the views of any religious body.

11. Where can I get more information about FUUCI?

    The most current information
will be found on the FUUCI home page:
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~parkx032/Y-INDEX.html
When new cyber-sermons are distributed to the members,
they are also placed in the FUUCI library on the FUUCI home page.

    If you have any additional questions, please ask:
FUUCI webmaster: James Park, e-mail: PARKx032@TC.UMN.EDU.

The views and opinions expressed in this page are strictly those of the page author.
The contents of this page have not been reviewed or approved by the University of Minnesota.