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Updates
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Ministerial Relations Survey
Don't forget to give feedback to Kendyl and the Ministerial Relations Committee by taking a few minutes to fill out the on-line survey. The survey can be accessed from the FUS home page, by clicking here, or you can fill out a paper copy available in the office. Responses will be collected through early July. Thanks! Habitat for Humanity
Sign-up during Social Hour to participate in the UU Habitat for Humanity build this June or contact Carol Koepp.
Parking at FUS
The Vineland Parking Ramp attached to Walker Art Center is available for FUS parking on Sundays. The cost is $1, and coupons for $1 are available in the FUS Office. Simply park your car in the ramp, remembering to bring your ticket with you as you leave the parking facility; come to FUS and stop by the office to pick up a coupon.
Electronic Versions of The First Unitarian Newsletter are available at the FUS website at www.firstunitariansociety.org. They are posted there each month. If you would like to stop receiving the printed version via postal mail and access the electronic version instead, simply contact the FUS Office with that request: 612-377-6608, or send an email request by clicking here.
Visitors Orientation
If you are interested in learning more about the Society, contact Teresa West, Membership Director at 612-377-6608 ext. 104 or by clicking here. |
FUS Email Contacts
Phone: 612-377-6608
Fax: 612-377-2151 | |
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Greetings from Mount Curve! 
Welcome to summer! Here at FUS we are in full swing with Summer Assemblies and Chalice Camp for kids. Enjoy your community this month by signing up to help at the metro UU Habitat for Humanity build June 16 - 20, participating in the City Matters program starting on on Monday June 16, signing up to staff the FUS booth at the Twin Cities Pride Festival June 28 & 29, taking in a lecture by the leader of the largest Muslim Community in America at a local mosque June 20, joining an FUS summer book club or book discussion group, having fun at the Midsummer Celebration June 20, or simply joining us in the Lower Assembly Hall on Sunday mornings. We look forward to seeing you soon! |
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UU Parenting Resources
Welcome to a new feature in the Unitarian FLASH! Starting NOW, in each issue, our Religious Education Director, Jan Devor, will offer resources that may be of interest to people with children in their lives. (If you think about it, that's all of us, folks!) Use it well and be sure to remember your friends and family members who may find this information helpful, and forward it to them by clicking on the link called "Forward email" at the bottom of each Unitarian FLASH.
Church of the Larger Fellowship
A wealth of UU RE resources can be found at the Church of the Larger Fellowship. The Church of the Larger Fellowship is a member congregation of the UUA, founded over 50 years ago, to serve the needs of isolated UUs. CLF offers religious education resources for children and adults. For a brief summary of CLF, click here.
Check out the following RE resources on the CLF website:
- The KidTalk Web page for kids. With links to activities and information about holidays around the world, as well as featured people from UU history, social justice projects, spiritual practices, ways to practice our principles and a forum for kids to ask questions on religious topics, each month KidTalk provides a way for kids to connect to UUism, and for parents and religious educators to glean great ideas for religious education.
- uu&me!
, a magazine that helps kids think about what really matters now appears as a 4 page insert in the UU World. You may purchase back issues of uu&me! from the CLF shopping cart and view the archives for tables of contents from past issues.
- Between Sundays
a website designed to help parents and other adults answer religious questions raised by children and youth. What does it mean to be a Unitarian Universalist and how do our/your religious beliefs make a difference in the world? These are the two basic questions underlying the thematic presentation of questions and "answers" on this site. Lessons and activities to address specific questions at different ages are adapted from curricula published by the UUA, by independent authors, and by the Church of the Larger Fellowship. Some lessons and activities are suggested for a single age level; others are recommended for all ages. You can browse the site by age level or subject category or search by key words. The categories are those used in curriculum development by the UUA Department of Religious Education. In addition, a Resources section provides informative material just for adults using the site. Don't be concerned about your own level of knowledge or depth of personal understanding. Learn along with your kids, explore religious concepts together-model the "search for truth and meaning" in an open and loving environment.
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Friday, June 20
6:30 p.m. - twilight
Lower Assembly Hall, Patio, and Lawn
$5 adults, $2 youth - advance tickets
$7 adults, $3 youth - at the door
Enjoy a potluck supper, music, poetry and a mummers' play. Relax or dance to the swing music of Universal Jazz from First Universalist. There will be activities for the kids with childcare available for the youngest upon request. The evening will close with storytelling around a campfire.
Burgers, brats and non-alcoholic beverages will be provided. Please bring a pasta, fruit or green salad OR dessert to share - and your own wine or beer, if desired.
Tickets are available at FUS during coffee hour on Sundays, or you may send checks to the FUS office (marked "Summer Solstice tickets" on envelope) and your tickets will be held at the door.
If you have questions, please email Audrey by
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Speaker at Masjid An-Nur
Imam W. Deen Mohammed
leader of the largest Muslim Community in America will be speaking at Plymouth Congregational Church
1900 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55403, Friday, June 20, 2008 - 7:00 p.m. (Doors open @ 6:30).
Imam Mohammed's topic:"True Meaning of Interfaith: Honoring the Children of Adam"
Imam Mohammed is an Islamic scholar whose keen insights, interpretations, and practical applications of the Bible and Qur'an to today's world have earned him positions on the World Supreme Council of Mosques, The Peace Council, and as an international president of the World Conference of Religion and Peace. Imam Mohammed's scriptural insight, moral courage and advocacy for interfaith cooperation is recognized by religious scholars throughout the world. He has met with countless world religious and political leaders over the past 25 years; including Pope John Paul II, where he addressed a gathering of 100,000 at the Vatican.
* Everyone Welcome *
For more information, contact Masjid An-Nur at 612-521-1749, 1729 Lyndale Avenue N - Minneapolis, MN 55411 www.masjidannur.org
To read articles by Imam W. Deen Mohammed click here. |
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Summer Book Club
ReFirement Summer Book Club
This summer, the FUS ReFirement Group will have a series of book discussions, and we'd like you to join us. We are a group of women in our late 30s, 40s and 50s who meet to discuss issues of mid-life transition, balancing busy lives, and exploring the big question of "what's next?" in a supportive, energetic, and fun environment. We are going into our third year as a group, and we're planning a summer book series on these dates:
- Sunday, June 29 at Wendy Andberg's: Transitions, by William Bridges. The classic guide to dealing with planned and unplanned life changes, from letting go, to moving through the "wilderness", to moving on with peace and confidence.
- Friday, July 18, 6:00 p.m. at Deb Magnuson's: You Can Heal Your Life, by Louise Hay. Years before The Secret, Louise Hay, now in her 80s, was sharing her message about the power of beliefs and the mind/body connection. Lose the woo-woo, keep the amazing power of the human mind and see what can happen.
- Sunday, August 13, 5:00 p.m. at Melanie Jordan's: How, Then, Shall We Live, by Wayne Muller. Connect to the human longing for inner wholeness and guidance to live a life of meaning, purpose, and grace. Muller is a beautiful writer (author of Sabbath, which would be another good book to read to prepare for this meeting) who asks us to ponder powerful questions about living intentionally.
If one or more of these dates work for you, and if these books sound interesting, please call or e-mail us for more information: Deb Magnuson or Shelley Shreffler.
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City Matters
City Matters is a seven-week course exploring issues of race, faith and justice in the city. Topics such as health, housing and education serve as starting points to explore the issues communities of poverty struggle with, how it all came to be and how we as individuals and communities can offer ourselves to solutions.
Mondays, June 16 - July 28, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m., 1823 Emerson Ave. N., Minneapolis 55411.
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 Sign up to host the FUS booth at the Pride Festival June 28 & 29.
Come be a part of this exciting festival in our neighborhood. It will be held June 28 and 29 at Loring Park. Did you know that one of our own members, Matt Stark, has been named the Grand Marshal for the Festival this year? Click here for an article on Dr. Stark. We are looking forward to reaching out to our GLBT neighbors to share our values and heritage of humanism.
We are currently looking for volunteers to staff the booth in two hour increments, and also with set-up and take down. Please stop by the Ask Me table in the Lower Assembly Hall to sign up for a shift. Or contact Teresa West by clicking here , or 612-377-6608 x 104.
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Book Discussion Group
You are invited to come to a discussion of what some Americans are calling, "The most important book in my lifetime," The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot by Naomi Wolf. The book is available in libraries and bookstores, paperbound under $14. Please read at least the first 34 pages and join others for a discussion facilitated by Bill Weir on Sunday, June 22 at 9:30 a.m. in the Dietrich Room. The discussion will continue on Sunday mornings at 9:30 a.m. in the Dietrich Room from July 6 through August 31. For more information contact Bill Weir, visit www.americanfreedomcampaign.org and see HR 3835. |
Summer is the time of year at FUS when we meet in the considerably cooler Lower Assembly Hall. We still meet each Sunday at 10:30 a.m., and all summer we will enjoy stimulating Assemblies presented and/or coordinated by FUS members. Below are a few of the upcoming offerings. To view the complete listing of Summer Assemblies click here and scroll to pages 6-7.
FUS Summer Program for Children
Childcare for infants - preschoolers is available. Chalice Camp is open to all children who come to the service and meets at 10:30 a.m. in the Chalice Room. For kids entering 6 - 8 grades, Gabe Aderhold is offering an FUS film club.
6/15/08 ASSEMBLY: "Unitarian Universalists in Community: The General Assembly"
Coordinator: Polly Peterson, Who's Been There
The UUA General Assembly is the annual gathering of Unitarian Universalists across the United States. We will hear from people who have attended in the past and send off those who are attending this month in Ft Lauderdale. And, we will look forward to 2010 when the Twin Cities will host thousands of UUs for that year's GA. Join us to see how FUS fits into the greater community of Unitarian Universalists.
6/22/08 ASSEMBLY: "Seeing the Connection"
Coordinator: Nasser Pooladian, Glass Artist
During this service, we will hear several members of FUS talk about how their art, often produced in isolation, connects them to a larger community.
6/29/08 ASSEMBLY: "The Care and Nourishment of Civil Society"
Coordinator: Heather Martens, President, Citizens for a Safer Minnesota
In June, the U.S. Supreme Court will hand down a decision that could change the basis of laws governing guns in this country. How to deal with the threat, or use, of deadly force is a challenge for any civil society. What will the Supreme Court decision mean? How might it change the way in which we care for our civil society and live out the values of democracy, peace, liberty and justice?
7/6/08 ASSEMBLY: "Native Americans in Minnesota"
Coordinator: John Nordquist
Guests from the Minneapolis Native American Center will visit the society in this, the sesquicentennial year in Minnesota. |
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You're Invited
Join us for these great events!
- Summer Assemblies and Chalice Camp 10:30 a.m. on Sunday mornings through August 31
- Metro area UU Habitat for Humanity build June 16-20. Sign-up at the Social Action table during social hour.
- City Matters seven-week course starting June 16, 6:30 p.m.
- Summer Solstice Celebration: June 20, 6:30 p.m.
- Lecture at Masjid An-Nur: June 20, 7:00 p.m.
- Book Discussion Group on The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot: June 22, 9:30 a.m.
- ReFirement Summer Book Club: June 29
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