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This Sunday,
December 5
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. "Coffee Chat"
ASSEMBLY at 10:30 a.m. Music Sunday "A Winter Journey"
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.
Free Gift Wrapping
All purchases in the FUS Bookstore can be wrapped for FREE today, Dec. 12 & 19.
FUS GalleryOn view in the FUS Gallery November 28-December 26 are works by The Scandinavian Weavers Study Group.
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 |
Reminders
December 12* New & gently used books for Navajo Reservation due at FUS * MVNA gifts due at FUS * Holiday Gift & Temptations Sale today * Kids Craft Creation Fair continues today. Click here and scroll to bottom of page for more information.
*Free gift wrapping for all purchases made today in the FUS Bookstore.
December 13 * Women's Awareness Group meets at 6:30 p.m. Pat Jordan's home for "Giving". Please bring a practical gift for a woman living in a shelter. * Men's Awareness Group meets at FUS at 7:30 p.m. for "Tax the Rich: A Deficit Plan that Doesn't Hit We, the People."
December 19 * Assembly: Yuletide Service for All Ages, The Christmas Recovery Support Group. Click here and scroll to Dec. 19 for a description. * Ceremony for Healing and Grieving. Click here for more information. * Free gift wrapping for all purchases made today in the FUS Bookstore.
SAC Flash To sign up to receive the Social Action Flash, sent twice per month, email Carol by clicking here.
The Unitarian FLASH To sign up to receive The Unitarian FLASH, click here, scroll to the bottom of the page and enter your email address in the box next to "Sign up for our Email Newsletter."
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Greetings from Mount Curve! 
Welcome to this unique, combined edition of The Unitarian FLASH and The Social Action Flash!
Service Auction Proposals are due in the FUS office Monday, December 6!Buy tickets NOW for the fabulous Winter Solstice Celebration and the elegant New Year's Eve Gala. And be sure to make your year-end donations to FUS in time to be posted on the 2010 books. Click here to learn about all the wonderful Holiday Happenings here at FUS this season! 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 Winter edition of The First Unitarian.
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Service Auction Proposals Due 
Monday, December 6
The FUS Board of Trustees invites the committees and groups at FUS to submit proposals for participating in the planning of the annual Service Auction Saturday, March 12, 2011, and the subsequent sharing of the proceeds.
The purpose of the FUS Service Auction is to promote a sense of community within the congregation as well as to raise funds for worthwhile causes both in our congregation and in our wider community.
Proposals should include:
1. The specific purpose funds would be used for
2. The amount of money you are hoping to raise
3. A percentage of the net profit you are willing to work for (net profit the last few years has been roughly $20,000)
4. The approximate number of volunteers your group can realistically commit to the Service Auction - both planning and event volunteers.
Please submit your proposals to the FUS office by Monday December 6, 2010!
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Project Homeless Connect
Volunteer for Project Homeless Connect, happening on December 13. Sign up online here NOW. This is a great opportunity to meet one-on-one with a community member experiencing homelessness, learn about some of the issues and help them navigate services at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Training is required.
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End of Year Donations
December is an excellent time to make a stock gift to FUS. If you wish to transfer some appreciated shares, please contact Will in the FUS office for the necessary information to make the transfer. You can email him at office@firstunitarian.org.
You can also make a payment online through the secure FUS payment gateway. Click here to make a pledge payment or donation today!
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Gifts for Folks in Need
There are a few gift tags left on the trees downstairs for family members matched with FUS by the Minnesota Visiting Nurses Association (MVNA). Please consider helping a family in need by taking a tag and purchasing the item indicated on it. All gifts must be brought to FUS by Sunday December 12. MVNA staff will be speaking at the forum on December 19.
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Holiday Gifts & Temptations
December 12 The FUS Alliance will, once again, have its spectacular bake sale and craft sale. Come with a check or cash and do your holiday shopping immediately after the service. This is the Alliance's biggest fundraiser of the year and the proceeds are returned to FUS in many ways. It's a delicious way to help yourself and this society.
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Our Festive Kids
Where are which kids on Sundays during the holidays at FUS, and what are they up to?
Click here for the RE Update page, scroll to the bottom and find out!
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Winter Solstice Celebration!
 Tuesday, December 21 Share this wonderful humanist celebration of the season with family and friends! Mark the longest night of the year with a festive dinner, Midwinter Revels Program, folk dancing and dessert, and a Yule Fire Ring. Volunteers are still needed. Visit the Solstice table in the Lower Assembly Hall during Sunday Social Hour to purchase tickets or sign-up to volunteer, click here for more information, or here to contact the Seasonal Celebrations Team.
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Light Sharing Celebration
December 24
We'll begin our Christmas Eve gathering with hot chocolate, holiday cookies and community at 5:00 p.m. Then at 5:30 p.m., we'll gather in the Upper Assembly Hall to sing songs, tell stories, decorate the mitten tree, share candle light, and celebrate the universal, human meanings of this special season. The collection gathered at this service will help supplement the Minister's Discretionary Fund for assisting members and others in need.
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Warm Hands, Warm Heart
Donate new mittens, gloves, hats and scarves of all sizes to the Mitten Tree. If you can't be here on Christmas Eve at the Light Sharing Celebration to place them on the tree yourself, bring them to the FUS office. Thanks!
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FUS New Year's Eve Gala
Tickets are available now for the elegant New Year's Eve Gala at FUS. Seating is limited. Call the FUS office or click here to save your place. Enjoy a meditation ritual, dancing, a concert, a delicious surf and turf dinner, a chocolate fountain, a champagne toast, the amazing view from the Upper Assembly Hall and great company! Learn more here.
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FUS Featured in UU World
FUS and humanism are featured in an article in the UUA magazine UU World called, "Reclaiming Krypton" which explores why a generation that grew up with Buffy and the Power Rangers will demand a different Unitarian Universalism. Check it out here! |
Be a Mentor!
Mentoring opportunities with children living in the North Side Achievement Zone will be available to FUS members through the Kinship organization. Kinship and NAZ will be presenting at the forum on January 16. Opportunities are available for individuals and families. Pick up materials on the SAC table now.
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Job Opening at FUS
Lead Preschool TeacherA paid position for three hours on Sunday mornings, January - June 5, 2010. Contact Jan for more information.
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FUS Financial Reports
Special Collection Totals
- $1,000 in September for Food Shelves
- $334 in October for UNICEF
- $2,614 in November for DCEH
FUS financial reports are available from Will Hegeman. Email Will, or call him Sunday through Thursday at 612-377-6608, ext. 101.
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