FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
ABOUT
THE FIRST UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH
OF THE INTERNET


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.

    We are individuals sitting at our computers
reading our Facebook Page,
communicating with one another by Facebook or other e-mail,
receiving and responding to cyber-sermons,
by having dialog about cyber-sermons
and other issues of common interest.

    The home page for FUUCI (pronounced "foo-see"),
which contains up-to-date information is:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/aws-website-jamesleonardpark---freelibrary-3puxk/Y-INDEX.html


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 member by 'liking' FUUCI.

    For more details about membership, see this URL:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/aws-website-jamesleonardpark---freelibrary-3puxk/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 the 'like' button.
Watch the number of members increase by one.

    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:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/aws-website-jamesleonardpark---freelibrary-3puxk/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
II. Non-Theistic Spiritual Paths
 A. Humanism
  1. Existential Spirituality
  2. Women's Spirituality, Feminist Spirituality
 B. Buddhist UUism
III. Individual Spiritual Paths

    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.


6. How is FUUCI organized?

    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.


7. Can members really select sermons
based only on title, synopsis, & outline?

<>   Yes.
    Doubters are invited to try the experience
by looking at the following 7 proposals:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/aws-website-jamesleonardpark---freelibrary-3puxk/YO-short.html
Which of these proposed cyber-sermons would you most like to read?


8. 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:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/aws-website-jamesleonardpark---freelibrary-3puxk/Y-MIN.html



9.  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.

    Members and volunteer professional staff
communicate with one another by means of Facebook
and/or other e-mail services.

    Members might invent additional forms of contact.



10. What is a cyber-sermon?

     A cyber-sermon is a short written discourse
on a subject of interest to the members.
Cyber-sermons might be shortened versions of standard sermons.
Three pages is the target length,
defined in electronic terms as 10 KB.
This could also be described as 10 small screens
or about 100 sentences.
Once selected by the members votes,
each Cyber-Sermon-of-the-Month
is published on the FUUCI Facebook Page.

    Cyber-sermons are also distributed by means of a Facebook Group
called "BEST UU SERMONS".

    Cyber-sermons can also be offered as audio and/or video presentations. 

    For more details about cyber-sermons,
see the following part of the FUUCI home page:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/aws-website-jamesleonardpark---freelibrary-3puxk/Y-CYBS.html




11. How are the rights of FUUCI authors protected?


    Authors of cyber-sermons for FUUCI retain all copyrights to their works.
Their sermons are published by FUUCI only with their explicit permission.
No money is paid to the authors for the use of their sermons,
but the full identification of the authors might include
mention of other works created by the same thinkers
that are available for purchase.

    More details about intellectual property will be found here:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/aws-website-jamesleonardpark---freelibrary-3puxk/Y-PROP.html




12. Is FUUCI related to any other organization?

    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 AUTHOR ALONE IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED IN ANY CYBER-SERMON

 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.

    How FUUCI is similar and different from 8 other UU organizations is discussed here:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/aws-website-jamesleonardpark---freelibrary-3puxk/Y-SIMLAR.html

 

13. Where can I get more information about FUUCI?

<>    The most current information
will be found on the FUUCI home page:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/aws-website-jamesleonardpark---freelibrary-3puxk/Y-INDEX.html
When new cyber-sermons are selected by 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.


 created by the webmaster, James Park, updated 2-2002, 5-2003; 12-18-2007; 1-18-2009; 1-24-2009; 5-18-2012; 5-26-2012; 4-30-2013

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