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Monthly Archive: September 2009

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Needed! Bulletin Creators

Submitted by UUFSM on 30 September 2009 - 11:03am

We are in urgent need of people to create our Sunday Orders of Service.  The task requires downloading the information from our website, formatting it nicely to fit on one piece of paper, and then emailing it to Staples for printing. Creating bulletins can be done from home using your computer, and takes about 1 hour or so a week, done on a Wednesday or Thursday.

Reception with the Rev. Peter Morales in DC

Submitted by UUFSM on 30 September 2009 - 9:35am
Date and time: 
Saturday, 10 October 2009 - 5:00pm - 7:00pm

Reception with UUA President Rev. Peter Morales and other special guests at Universalist National Memorial Church. Meet other UUs and get ready for the March! We'll be selling snazzy, highly visible Standing on the Side of Love T-Shirts (only $15 each), and giving away signs & buttons. And we'll have a "make your own sign" stations for all you who want to get creative.

 

National Equality Social Justice Panel in DC

Submitted by UUFSM on 30 September 2009 - 9:30am
Date and time: 
Saturday, 10 October 2009 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Learn about how you can create and sustain grassroots social justice initiatives for LGBT equality in your local community. We'll also discuss ways that congregations can work with allied organizations (i.e. other affirming, welcoming congregations and agencies) to build social justice partnerships.

 

Story Tellers: Inner Peace Part 1 (Principle 3) (11 Oct)

Submitted by Jackie Triplett on 29 September 2009 - 9:26pm
Date and time: 
Sunday, 11 October 2009 - 10:45am - 11:30am
About the class
Class Topic: 
Inner Peace Part 1 (Principle 3)
Summary: 
The students will explore the concept of inner peace by using meditation/visualization to create a personal "special place" and they will hear stories about Gautama Buddha and Mahatma Gandhi.
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Truth Seekers: Finding Our Mission (29 Nov)

Submitted by Jackie Triplett on 29 September 2009 - 8:45pm
Date and time: 
Sunday, 29 November 2009 - 10:45am - 11:30am
About the class
Session for: 
RE Class: Truth Seekers
Class Topic: 
Finding Our Mission
Summary: 
We'll use poetry to reflect upon having a mission in life. We'll explore and attempt to understand what it is like to be irresistably drawn to an action - even when the outcome is uncertain.....To be tested is good. (Gail Sheehy)
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Truth Seekers: Who and What Guides Us? (8 Nov)

Submitted by Jackie Triplett on 29 September 2009 - 8:33pm
Date and time: 
Sunday, 8 November 2009 - 10:45am - 11:30am
About the class
Session for: 
RE Class: Truth Seekers
Class Topic: 
Who and What Guides Us?
Summary: 
Sometimes teachers (and teachings) come in unlikely forms. We will use poetry to explore our relationships as learners to lifetime teachers and spiritual guides, both human and non-human.....Teachers open the door. You enter yourself (Chinese Proverb)
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Truth Seekers: Keenly Observing Nature (25 Oct)

Submitted by Jackie Triplett on 29 September 2009 - 7:56pm
Date and time: 
Sunday, 25 October 2009 - 10:45am - 11:30am
About the class
Session for: 
RE Class: Truth Seekers
Class Topic: 
Keenly Observing Nature
Summary: 
Today we will consider our spiritual connections to nature. In our busy world, it can be difficult to find time to explore nature. Part of the class may be held outside, weather permitting.....Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. (Rachel Carson)
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Truth Seekers: Surprised by Beauty (11 Oct)

Submitted by Jackie Triplett on 29 September 2009 - 7:46pm
Date and time: 
Sunday, 11 October 2009 - 10:45am - 11:30am
About the class
Session for: 
RE Class: Truth Seekers
Class Topic: 
Surprised by Beauty
Summary: 
Today's class focuses on our experience of beauty. Taking time to appreciate the beautiful is one way to renew the sense of awe and wonder that our spirits need. We will do a guided meditation, and will have the opportunity to design opening and/or closing rituals for future classes.....The glory of youths is their strength, but the beauty of the aged is their grey hair (Proverbs 20:29)
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Truth Seekers: Attend Service (15 Nov)

Submitted by Jackie Triplett on 29 September 2009 - 7:34pm
Date and time: 
Sunday, 15 November 2009 - 10:45am - 11:30am
About the class
Session for: 
RE Class: Truth Seekers
Class Topic: 
Attend Service
Summary: 
High-school students have a chance to attend the worship service with their families today.
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Truth Seekers: Attend Service (1 Nov)

Submitted by Jackie Triplett on 29 September 2009 - 7:34pm
Date and time: 
Sunday, 1 November 2009 - 10:45am - 11:30am
About the class
Session for: 
RE Class: Truth Seekers
Class Topic: 
Attend Service
Summary: 
High-school students have a chance to attend the worship service with their families today.
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Truth Seekers: Attend Service (18 Oct)

Submitted by Jackie Triplett on 29 September 2009 - 7:32pm
Date and time: 
Sunday, 18 October 2009 - 10:45am - 11:30am
About the class
Session for: 
RE Class: Truth Seekers
Class Topic: 
Attend Service
Summary: 
High-school students have a chance to attend the worship service with their families today.
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Letter from the Minister

Submitted by Michael Relland on 29 September 2009 - 10:54am

The poet Rae Armantrout observes the following:

Two plump, bald men
in gray tee-shirts
and tan shorts

are walking a small bulldog –
followed by the eyes
of an invisible third person.
 

A Thought for the Day

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.

Hatred cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

— Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King (1929-1968) Baptist minister and American civil rights activist

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