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| Dec. 6 |
Wishful Thinking |
Presented by Marilyn Giese |
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| Dec. 13 |
Christmas Magic |
Presented by Janet Wood | A Choir Day and the Social Justice Team meets after potluck. | ||
| Dec. 20 | Unitarians, ancient and modern" |
Presented by Sam Webster. |
A Choir Day and a Worship Team meeting | ||
| Dec. 27 | Marking the road at the gate of the year |
Presented by Anna Garcia |
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The Social Justice Team meets after the potluck on the second Sunday of the
month. The Worship Team meets after potluck on the third Sunday of the month. Please Note, Service topics are subject to change |
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5PM Worship Service is followed by a potluck supper at 6 PM to
which all are welcome! Please do not hesitate to come to church and
join us for dinner potluck. Even if you forget to bring a dish, we
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Wonderful Wednesdays for December, 2009
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December 2, 2009
5:30pm - Soup Supper 6:00pm - Vespers 6:30-8:00pm - Your Choice of:
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December 9, 2009
5:30pm - Soup Supper 6:00pm - Vespers 6:30-8:00pm - Your Choice of:
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December 16, 2009
5:30pm - Soup Supper 6:00pm - Vespers 6:30-8:00pm - Your Choice of:
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December 23, 2009
5:30pm - Soup Supper 6:00pm - Vespers with Christmas Caroling 6:30-8:30pm - Congregational Christmas Party with White Elephant Gift Exchange the telling of Christmas Tales from Long Ago. December 30, 2009 - there will be no program that night.
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- Twilight Vespers Clear your mind and ready your spirit with a Vesper Service featuring candles,soft music, and selected readings. 6:00-6:30 in the Chapel
- Supper in the Dining Room 5:30-6:00 pm Enjoy delicious soup, salad and homemade breadsticks for only $4.00 per person Reservations are requested by 5:00pm on Tuesday of each week. Call 687-1891 (Marilyn) to make reservations. You may make a monthly reservation by paying for the meals in advance.
Offered at the Friends Meeting House - 17208 Avenue 296, Visalia
Registration Fee: $25 per quarter (Scholarships are available) (Oct-Dec, 2009). Registration entitles you to Social Period & Vespers, followed by your choice of simultaneous classes.
Registration Fee: $25 per quarter (Scholarships are available) (Oct-Dec, 2009). Registration entitles you to Social Period & Vespers, followed by your choice of simultaneous classes.
To register, contact: ww@uuvisalia.org
Or ask for registration form before or after sunday service
Places We Are
- UU Visalia at Facebook , Everyone knows what this is by now.
- UU Visalia at Yelp , Kind of like the e-yellow pages.
- UU Visalia at Ning, Just for our congregation, groups for any interest
- UU Visalia at Twitter, you'll find the time, it's odd that way.
- The social and spiritual isn't restricted by the geographical anymore so give it all a try.
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Please visit our online bookstore!
By Susan Jacoby From Amazon:At a time when the separation of church and state is under attack as never before, Freethinkers offers a powerful defense of the secularist heritage that gave Americans the first government in the world founded not on the authority of religion but on the bedrock of human reason.
More at Amazon.com
Use GoodSearch UU Visalia Quick Links: HomePage:uuvisalia.org Newsletter Archive About us |
Want a fun
and attractive reminder of our UU Principles for your
wall?
You are sure to enjoy CLF's Principles and Purposes Poetry Poster. The Church of the Larger Fellowship offers a poster featuring the Seven Principles in limerick form! Bright, colorful, and clever 11" x 18" poster. All plants, beasts and people belong  $8.00 plus postage, To purchase a poster or learn more about the Church of the Larger Fellowship (CLF), contact us: www.clfuu.org or call 617-948-6150. |
UU Visalia Fellowship News October 2009
SHARES from Jan. 09 to Oct. 09 Total $731. Don't forget that SHARES cards are also good at FoodMaxx and Lucky.
Fair Trade Coffees & Tea Orders Needed by 12/6/09
You may have enjoyed the Decaf Columbian Drip Blend served at the Visalia UU Fellowship. If you would like to buy some for yourself or for gifts, please contact info@uuvisalia.org before 12/6/09 to be included in a group Equal Exchange order. The product list may be reviewed at church or online at http://interfaith.equalexchange.com. Orders of four or more boxes are eligible for free shipping and we order only a couple of times a year. Contact April in person or at info@uuvisalia.org.
Through the UUSC Coffee Project we can enjoy delicious coffee, tea and chocolate while helping small-scale farmers in Latin America, Africa, Asia and the U.S. as they build a better future for themselves and their families. Through the project, farmers earn a fair price for their products, have access to affordable credit, and gain a long-term trading partner they can trust, a Fair Trade Organization called Equal Exchange. In addition, for each pound of coffee, tea or chocolate purchased by UU congregations through the project, Equal Exchange makes a contribution to UUSC programs that support the human righs and social justice work of community-based cooperatives in coffee-growing regions. 100% of Equal Exchange's coffee, tea and chocolate products are fairly traded.
Wish List for Incentive Donations for Homelessness Survey Needed by 12/18/09 from Visalia UU Fellowship members & friends: toothpaste, conditioner, combs, socks, ponchos, 1 gallon ziplock bags, first aid kits, deodorant, tissue, q-tips (or monetary donations to purchase the same items).
Every January the Continuum of Care on Homelessness (CoC) conducts a Point in Time survey. The results of this survey will be used to prioritize projects within the local CoC for US Dept of Housing and Urban Development funding. They need donations to make incentive bags, to be brought to CSET in Visalia on Friday 12/18. The UUFV Social Justice Team asks that you bring donations to either the 12/6 or 12/12 worship service to be boxed and contributed in our church's name to the cause. You may purchase multiples of the same items or donate many different items from the wish list. Checks may be made payable to the Kings/Tulare Continuum of Care. Monetary donations will be tallied and mailed directly to the Kings/Tulare Continuum of Care on Homelessness. Thanks to you all. April
UU Events
An Invitation to Newcomer Orientation Anyone interested in finding out more about our liberal religious movement is invited to a brunch. The brunch is a great opportunity to talk with other newcomers and members of the congregation in an informal setting. We will share our spiritual journeys and fill you in on our current programs and opportunities for involvement. This is a good time for us to find out what you are looking for in a spiritual community and for you to find out if this is the one for you. We look forward to seeing you and getting to know you better. So we know how much food to prepare, please RSVP right away by e-mailing info@uuvisalia.org Directions to the house will be provided after the RSVP. Saturday, 12/12/09, 11:30AM-1:30PM, in Visalia
NCUUCC Spring Thing at Asilomar (April 23-April 25, 2010)
Come to a weekend in the beautiful seaside setting of the Asilomar Conference Grounds on the tip of the Monterey Peninsula. It is a relatively unstructured gathering of about 40 UUs and friends. The days are free for your own activities, exploring the Monterey area, with conversation and games in a friendly atmosphere in the evenings. Cost is $230 per person, double occupancy in historic Scripps Hall, for 3 days / 2 nights, 6 meals, maid service, and use of all Asilomar amenities, including jitney service. Children 3-17 yrs. are $160 and children under 3 years old are free.Registration deadline is January 17, 2010. For a registration form, contact the Registrars, Kathi and Murray Bullis, by telephone at (925) 829-4419, by mail at 9033 Craydon Circle, San Ramon, CA 94583 or by e-mail mbkb2@comcast.net
Women & Religion, Pacific Central District,
Unitarian Universalist Association "Creating Peace in a Chaotic World". March
5-7, 2010 retreat at Enchanted Hills, Napa. Co-convenors: Geri Kennedy
& Barbara Schonborn Join a caring circle in a time away from the
everyday world. Two nights lodging, six delicious meals. The weekend
includes: workshops for the mind, body and spirit, conversations with
old and new friends, shopping at the annual book swap, boutique, and
silent auction. Beautiful surroundings, delicious meals. Workshop coordinator: Jewel
Whitaker @ 209-683-8072
Online UU Classes
Two UU Holiday Ideas
- The Church of the Larger Fellowship offers UU themed gifts for that special UU in your life -- note cards, pendants, lapel pins, and posters. Check out the CLF Shop. Check out this link:http://clf.uua.org/catalog/
- The Church of the Larger Fellowship also publishes a monthly worship publication titled Quest, filled with sermons, poetry, and thought provoking ideas from renowned UU ministers. How about purchasing the Gift of Quest for a friend? Check out this link:https://secure.uua.org/clf/quest/gift.html
As you travel to work or on your way to some wonderful summer
vacation, wouldn't you like to take along some UU friends? Unitarian Universalist Podcasts,
sermons, meditations, RE materials and more, are available from the Church of the Larger Fellowship anytime and any place for
your ipod, MP3 player, or computer. Hear the voices of UU contributors to the CLF's worship publication via iTunes subscription, or listen a la carte. You can subscribe to our free podcasts at www.clfuu.org/podcasts, or listen to segments ala carte www.clfuu.org/quest. The CLF Quest podcast has nearly 1,000 subscribers worldwide: join our community of listeners today! Visit the Church of the LargerFellowship atwww.clfuu.org
Questions? Contact Beth Murray:
bmurray@clfuu.org 617-948-6150
The Church of the Larger
Fellowship's (CLF) mission is to provide a ministry to isolated
religious liberals, promote the understanding and growth of Unitarian
Universalism and institute programs to that end. For more information
about the CLF and its UU ministry to members all over the world, visit
their website: www.clfuu.org. Happy Holidays!
For information about these
courses and more, contact: The Church of the Larger Fellowship (CLF)
www.clfuu.org/learn 617-948-6150 re@clfuu.org
www.clfuu.org/learn 617-948-6150 re@clfuu.org
Out of the Box
It is hard to overstate this gentleman's influence on any recent ethical theory you may have read or think you came to on your own. This is an outline of his major ideas: Philosophical Overview and a Wikipedia outline as well.
Here is a limited text of his most famous and debated book
A Theory of Justiceor just type "John Rawls" into your favorite search engine, you'll find plenty to read.
The reason I put this in this month is that Rawls theories are very close to UU ideals in important respects, though derived from another direction. Also you have to watch how he uses words, not always by their common meanings. Being nudged to consider what we really mean, even with the seemingly simplest words in our social vocabulary would make him very happy, I imagine.
There isn't really a such animal as a "Rawlsian" outside of accademia, yet it you want to consider yourself a liberal it's good to read from someone who has contributed greatly to the word liberal's rich meaning.
Ongoing Fellowship Events
- Invite Your Friends to the Fellowship! We have a convenient way for you to invite your friends and acquaintances to our Fellowship. Many people are turned off by "organized religion" but they have no clue that there is such a wonderful religious alternative like Unitarian Universalism that that is guided by a quest for truth and meaning, not by a set creed or dogma. So we've created handy "pocket coupons" to help you share the good news! The "coupon" entitles your friend to a FREE potluck dinner, "A Message to Celebrate Life," "Lively Discussion" and Free e-mail Newsletter. A brief summary of the seven principles and time and place with directions to our Sunday services are included. You can download our "Pocket coupon" from our website, and print your own with text back-to-back, then cut the page to provide yourself with four handy pocket coupons to carry with you. The pocket coupon is available on the public portion of our website, on our "Welcome to Visitors: page, here: follow link or http://www.uuvisalia.org/visitors/ That's a good page to refer your friends to so they can learn more about our Fellowship, and learn the good news of the liberal religious alternative!
- Ongoing Meditation Sessions, Each Wednesday, 6:30-8PM at Friends Meeting House. An opportunity to practice this universal spiritual discipline and discuss mindfulness.
- Caring as a Fellowship, If you know of any Fellowship member or friend experiencing a life challenge (including yourself!), please tell a board member so we can offer support. E-mail your request to: info@uuvisalia.org or mention during "Joys and Concerns."
- Please Use your S.H.A.R.E.S. Card at Save-Mart, Our Fellowship is participating in the Save-Mart S.H.A.R.E.S program. If you take one of our S.H.A.R.E.S. cards and give it to the clerk at the check-out counter, our Fellowship will receive 3% of your grocery purchases from Save-Mart, at no extra cost to you. Please get your own S.H.A.R.E.S. card from Jolene. And... bring your receipts for the Raffle!
- JOIN US ON FACEBOOK, An increasing number of our members and friends are networking with each other and our Fellowship on the social networking website, Facebook.com. Please join our UU Visalia Facebook group and have some fun with online interaction and sharing! It's a good way to learn more about each other, and to keep in touch between Sundays!
- Friday UU Visalia Social Lunch Group, Join us every Friday at 12:15 p.m.for lunch - we'll be visiting different locations each week! If you'd like to attend, contact Harold at 739-8527 or email harold@uuvisalia.org to be added to our weekly notification list.
- Join Our Choir The Choir practices at 4 PM for rehearsal on several designated Sundays each month. If you are interested in joining the choir, contact Ken Elias at kelias@prodigy.net or phone: (559) 561-0610.
- Carpooling Save money, gas, and the planet! Sign up to commute to Fellowship Worship Services from Hanford, Three Rivers, Tulare, or Visalia. Look for sign up sheets at the Meeting House or e-mail info@uuvisalia.org if you're interested.
- Reminder to GoodSearch, Search the World Wide Web and support our Fellowship at the same time. GoodSearch: You Search...We Give. Use GoodSearch to support our Fellowship. Identify "Unitarian Visalia" as "who you search for" and earn monetary points for the Fellowship.
- Bring Your Used Printer Cartridges, Recycle your cartridges and earn cash for the Visalia Fellowship. Please place in the Empties4Cash box in the entry.
- Share Your UU Magazines, After you have read the UU World, Interconnections and/or CLF Quest publications, please contribute them to the library.
Contact Info: Unitarian Universalist
Fellowship of Visaliainfo@uuvisalia.org(559) 477-4214 We're now listed on yellowpages.com http://www.yellowpages.com/info-22106135/Unitarian-Universalist-Fellowship-of-Visalia
If you're searching for a spiritual home that is guided by a quest
for truth and meaning, not by a set creed or dogma, we invite you
to discover Unitarian Universalism.We are an open-minded religious community that
encourages you to seek your own spiritual path, offering you
resources to help you make your own decisions. Unitarian
Universalist congregations are places where people gather to
nurture their spirits and put their faith into action by helping to
make our communities and the world a better
place.
