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This Sunday,
November 14
Community Hour
Hot, Fair-trade Peace Coffee is available. Child care is provided. The FUS Library and Bookstore are open. Forum (see below). Opportunities for great conversations and connections abound!
FORUM at 9:30 a.m. "After the 2010 Elections: What's Next for Progressives?"
Speaker: Dane Smith, President of the Growth and Justice Foundation. Click here and scroll to November 12 for more information.
ASSEMBLY at 10:30 a.m. "Blessings of the Heart"
Speaker: Erin Margit Dajka, Ministerial Intern. What does it mean to bless or be blessed? Can we participate in blessing from a Humanist perspective? This service will explore different ways in which we can envision blessing one another and recognizing the blessings in our lives.
Click here to view descriptions of upcoming Forums and Assemblies.
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FUS Email Contacts
Phone: 612-377-6608
Fax: 612-377-2151 |
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Reminders
Sponsor Flowers or Refreshments
These sponsorships are wonderful ways to remember loved ones and celebrate events. Click here to learn more.
Ceremony for Grieving and Healing
12:15-12:30 on Sunday, November 21. At this service, participants will light a candle in honor of their lost loved one, read and hear words of comfort and hope, and be in silent company with others who have suffered a loss.
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Greetings from Mount Curve! 
Gearing up for the holidays, it's time to think about maximizing your giving, helping those in need, and celebrating with seasonal music, so be sure to check out Give to the Max Day, Housing Sunday, and Music Sunday at FUS. There's lots happening -- learn more!
Click here to view the FUS calendar, and scroll through the dates to see descriptions of upcoming forums and assemblies. Click here to view the Autumn edition of The First Unitarian.
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Give to the Max Day! 
This Tuesday, November 16 is the second annual Give to the Max day for Minnesota churches and nonprofits. Last year, FUS members and friends contributed nearly $19,000 during this one-day event. This can be an excellent opportunity to pay on a pledge, increase a pledge, or make a special donation to an FUS program. Donations are made through www.giveMN.org, a secure website. When you enter First Unitarian in the search box you'll be offered a chance to donate to the FUS Foundation. Any donation can either go to the Foundation or to the Society. Pledge payments will be separated from Foundation gifts by the FUS office. If you have questions about the November 16 event, please contact FUS Administrator Will Hegeman at 612-377-6608, or through email by clicking here.
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Restoring Hope Gala Saturday, November 13, 5:30-8:30 p.m. at FUS. Cosponsored by FUS Social Action Committee. Dinner and Silent Auction to benefit At Home Group: Partnerships for Independence, which provides the clothes and tools that skilled homeless adults need to go back to work. Clients will present individual success stories. They want you to know, they are homeless, not helpless! $50.00 a ticket.
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Housing Sunday at FUS
November 21
Forum: Update on Ending Homelessness and Reducing Poverty. Speakers: Kathy ten Broeke, Executive Director, Heading Home Hennepin and Heidi Johnson McAllister, Congregational Liaison, Downtown Congregations to End Homelessness. 9:30 a.m. Upper Assembly Hall
Art Exhibit: Scratching the Surface, A Glimpse into Poverty and Homelessness. Thirty photos taken by MCTC students. Dietrich Room.
Guest Pulpit Speaker: Mikkel Beckman, Executive Director, St. Stehpens' Human Services, Chilled by Greed; Homelessness and Public Policy
Social Justice Collection: for Downtown Congregations to End Homelessness
Soup Lunch: to benefit St. Stephen's Human Services
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Interfaith Thanksgiving Service
Kendyl's PreachingCelebrate Thanksgiving by hearing Rev. Dr. Kendyl Gibbons preach at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, November 25 at Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church, 511 Groveland Ave. Parking available at Hennepin, St. Mark's Episcopal or Loring Office building.
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Advent for UUs?
All children K-7th grades attending the Religious Explorers Program on Sunday, November 28 will hear about Advent from a UU perspective, and make a advent wreath to take home to celebrate the season. Check out this fabulous resource for a UU celebration of Advent from Church of the Larger Fellowship. |
Music Sunday: "A Winter Journey"
December 5, 10:30 a.m.
Featuring The FUS Chorus, with Barb Brooks, Music Director and The FUS Orchestra, with Jeffrey Stirling, Conductor. Musical sleigh rides by Wolfgang and Leopold Mozart, plus music by Brahms,
Vaughan Williams and selections from "The Nutcracker" by Tchaikovsky. The featured work is Eric Whitacre's "Winter" for chorus, orchestra and sitar. Click here and go to the December 5 Assembly listing to learn more.
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Offer a Temptation?
Plan your contribution now to the Alliance's annual Holiday Gift and Temptations Sale on Sunday, December 12. Jan Sigmund is again collecting the food contributions and Gretchen Clemence the gifts to sell. Items can be brought to the lower assembly room at 9:30 that morning. The Alliance uses the proceeds for FUS projects throughout the year.
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World AIDS Day Vigil 
Music and Photographs Commemorate HIV/AIDS at 30
Tuesday, November 30,
United Theological Seminary
On this vigil before World AIDS Day 2010, view "30 Years / 30 Lives: Documenting a Pandemic," a photography exhibit by theologian and photographer Kimberly Vrudny. The program features contemporary American music written by composers impacted by the HIV/AIDS pandemic. No charge, more information is available here.
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