In Focus
Join FUS Members and Friends on 9/23 at 10:30 a.m. for Assembly. The Rev. Dr. Kendyl Gibbons is speaking on "The Balancing Act" in accordance with the Autumn Equinox.
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Reminders
The first Soup Lunch of the program year will be on Sunday, September 23 at 11:30 a.m. in the Lower Assembly Hall. Donations are accepted.
The first Eat 'N' Meet of the program year will be Wednesday, September 26 at 6:45 p.m. in the Lower Assembly Hall. Donations are accepted.
Kurt Pearson Social Concerns Grant application deadline is September 30. Click here for an application form.
FUS pledge forms for 2007-2008 are available in the FUS office or by clicking here. Please return completed forms to the FUS Office.
Please click here to register your child(ren) for our fabulous Religious Education program. |
Collection for Local Food Shelves
In celebrating the autumnal equinox, we pause to reflect on our place in the web of life and consider the lessons of earth's transitions for our community. The abundance of harvest time beckons us to be generous of spirit and therefore we invite you to bring canned and dry goods to Assembly on Sunday, September 23 to help stock local food shelves.
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FUS Email Contacts
Phone: 612-377-6608
Fax: 612-377-2151 | |
Greetings from Mount Curve! 
It's Fall and our program year is in full swing. There are activities going on at First Unitarian Society for everyone.
Here are three ways to learn more.
1. Join us on Sunday mornings for Forum and Assemblies.
Please be sure to join us for the intergenerational Harvest Moon Dance on Saturday, September 29 from 7:00-9:00 p.m. Be social, dance to live music and eat dessert--FREE!
AND, scroll to the bottom of this page for easy, step-by-step instructions on how to "update your profile," otherwise known as, how to change the email lists you are subscribing to at FUS.
Enjoy! |
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Minister Offering Adult Education Class
The Rev. Dr. Kendyl Gibbons if offering a discussion-based class on September 27 and October 11 at First Unitarian Society in the Dietrich Room. The group will start with a light supper at 6:30 p.m. and the program will end around 8:30 p.m.
The class will explore: What aspects of our institutional life, that we take for granted and don't even see any more, make it difficult for people who already agree with our humanist ideas to find a home here at First Unitarian Society? If there are changes that would allow that process to happen more easily, are they changes that we would be willing to undertake?
As a starting point for the discussion, the group will use two books: Hemant Mehta's I Sold My Soul on E-Bay and Jim Henderson and Matt Casper's Jim and Casper Go to Church. Both texts are available for purchase in the First Unitarian Society bookstore.
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 Celebrate UN International Peace Day with Action
The UN General Assembly unanimously declared September 21, annually, to be the UN International Day of Peace, a day of global cease fire and nonviolence, asking all people to commemorate it in an appropriate manner. Here's one way to celebrate.
Join peace activists on September 21 at 4:30 p.m. on the corner of 3rd St. and Cedar Ave. (Mayday Plaza) on the West Bank in Minneapolis for an Iraq War Moratorium Protest and Bannering.
Every 3rd Friday of the month there will be a day of activity against the war. The Iraq Moratorium Committee and the General Strike for Peace groups support this initiative. The Iraq Moratorium declares it "will be an escalating monthly expression of determination to end the war." People will be encouraged to make a break with business as usual. Both the Moratorium and General Strike campaigns urge people to take action on those days, including vigils, protests, forums, wearing black armbands and more. Many anti-war activities will be included and encouraged throughout the day. Subsequent event locations will be announced.
FFI: Anti-War Committee 612-379-3899; Twin Cities Peace Campaign/Focus on Iraq 612-522-1861; Vets for Peace 612-821-9141; WAMM 612-827-5364; Military Families Speak Out mfso-minnesota@mn.rr.com.
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UUA Position on the Iraq War
For insight into the Unitarian Universalist Association denominational position on the war in Iraq, read UUA President William Sinkford's Open Letter to US Congress and "The True Cost of War: A Moral Balance Sheet" here. |
Think Globally, Act Locally
Join Unitarian Universalists from across the metro and state on Sunday, September 23, 3:00-5:00 p.m. at the First Unitarian Society for the Minnesota UU Social Justice Alliance Fall General Meeting. You will find inspiration, fellowship and opportunities for action on key justice issues. Presentation and discussion of legislative, policy and direct-action agendas for state-wide efforts through 2008--global warming, reproductive rights, voting integrity, GLBT equality. Bring finger food to share. FFI: Ralph Wyman rwmuuja@gmail.com. |
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Harvest Moon Dance
All are welcome at the Annual Harvest Moon Dance at First Unitarian Society on Saturday, September 29, 7:00-9:00 p.m. This intergenerational dance is FREE! There will be a social time (6:30-7:00), a dessert buffet (8:00 p.m.) and live music. The dance is sponsored by the Religious Education Committee and The Alliance in celebration of the Autumnal Equinox. |
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Volunteer for Project Homeless Connect
Volunteers are needed for Project Homeless Connect on Monday, October 1, at the Minneapolis Convention Center. For more information contact Ruth Agar, 612-929-9040/ 612-673-2525 or visit www.homelessconnectminneapolis.org.
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FUS How To Update Your Profile
You can change the amount of information you receive from First Unitarian Society via email at any time by updating your profile. Here's how to do it.
1. At the top of this page, above the banner "The Unitarian FLASH" is two sentences. Click on the "confirm" link included there.
2. You will then see an "update your profile" link. Click on that one.
3. You will be sent an email including all the email lists at First Unitarian Society. Just select the lists you'd like to be on and deselect the ones you want to discontinue.
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