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This Sunday,
August 28
ASSEMBLY: "Creating Beauty in a Broken World: Connecting Beauty and Justice" Art in the Gallery Committee. Some have equated the search for justice in the world with the search for beauty, in that each often involves balance: just as we are attracted to balanced symmetry in an object or even a person's face and find it beautiful, we seek balance and fairness in the relationships between peoples. This assembly will explore these connections more deeply, drawing from writings such as Terry Tempest Williams' "Finding Beauty in a Broken World" and the work of the Barefoot Artists in Rwanda.
Click here to view descriptions of upcoming Sunday programs.
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FUS Email Contacts
Phone: 612-377-6608
Fax: 612-377-2151 |
Reminders
Retreat to the Woods October 7-9, 2011 - mark your calendars! Pledges for FY 2011-12 We are three months in to the new fiscal year. If you wish to increase your current pledge, please stop by the office and fill in a new pledge form. Pledges roll forward from year to year unless you notify the office of any changes. Thank you! Financial Information FUS financial reports are available from Will Hegeman in the FUS office. |
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The First Unitarian
Summer 2011
A quarterly publication of the First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis
Click here to read (and print, if you prefer) the latest edition.
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Greetings from Mount Curve! 
Be sure to come to the Membership Summit on September 9. Read more below!
Come to FUS to take in the last of the Summer Assemblies before the program year begins.
Click here to view the FUS calendar, and scroll through the dates to see descriptions of upcoming Sunday programs.
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Pearson Award Applications
Every year, the Foundation of the First Unitarian Society awards modest grants to a number of organizations that best represent the goals and ideals of the Kurt Pearson Social Concerns Fund. Some of the recent recipients include: Ghana Education Fund, Outfront Minnesota, The Dignity Center, and the Iraqi and American Reconciliation Fund. If you or an organization you know is interested, please submit an application. The deadline is September 30, 2011, and awards will be announced during our service on October 16, 2011. Click here for an application form.
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Exhibit on View Now
August 1 - September 4The art exhibit during the month of August is work done by Kulture Klub Collaborative, an arts program for youth experiencing homelessness housed within YouthLink in downtown Minneapolis. The pieces in this exhibit are the result of the youth working with two resident artists, a photographer and a printmaker. This is the same work exhibited at the state capitol for a week during the last legislative session. A celebration of this exhibit and work done by Kulture Klub Collaborative will be held in the Gallery immediately after the Assembly THIS SUNDAY, August 28.
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A Garden Party
Join us for a garden party! Putting Down Roots - A Kulture Klub Collaborative Art Garden1600 1st Ave S, Minneapolis, Tuesday, August 30, 5 - 7 pm Please join the artists, board, staff, and youth of Kulture Klub Collaborative on Tuesday August 30 to help celebrate our first successful growing season at Archdale Apartments! Stop by anytime to enjoy treats from the garden. Artists and youth will share stories of "Putting Down Roots" at 6 pm. Archdale Apartments are located at 1600 1st Ave S in Minneapolis. To RSVP, please email ethan@kultureklub.org or call 612-252-1248.
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Membership Summit
The FUS membership levels have been declining in recent years and our budget is suffering. If these issues concern you, you are invited to attend a Membership Summit meeting to brainstorm ideas to change the trend, grow our community and reach out to other potential Humanists in the area. Come and meet Laney Ohmans, our new Membership Director and join us for a pot luck supper on Friday, September 9 at 6:00 at the home of Barbara Weatherhead. RSVP to Barbara by clicking here.
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We Want You Back
The We Want You Back campaign is looking for volunteers to help reach young people who did not finish high school. Join us on Saturday, September 10, 11:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. at Minneapolis Parks & Recreation 2117 West River Road North 55411. Join hundreds of people from Minneapolis, walking together, dropping information fliers, and talking with neighbors. Bilingual volunteers who can speak Spanish, Hmong or Somali are needed. To volunteer and learn more, please visit www.wewantyoubackmpls.org.
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School Supplies Needed
Many of our Dignity Center clients are attending school. They need school supplies, which they do not have the resources to purchase. Can you help out? Items needed include the following: spiral notebooks, pocket folders, highlighter pens, post-it notes, flash drives, back packs. You can drop off these items at Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church. Ask the receptionist to put them into the Dignity Center donation receptacle. Questions? Call Ann Carlson 612-435-1336 or email: dignity@haumc.org.
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Help with Lunch
Autumnal Equinox CelebrationSunday, September 25, 2011Assembly and LuncheonWe will welcome autumn's beauty and abundance, and reflect on how our food choices affect our planet and our future. A festive autumn luncheon will be served following the Assembly. To volunteer to help with the luncheon or for more information, please visit the Seasonal Celebrations table in the Lower Assembly Hall at Sunday social hour on September 11 or 18, or the Seasonal Celebrations web page at the FUS web site by clicking here.
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Volunteers Needed
The Dignity Center offers a variety of opportunities to volunteer either in its Individual Client Program or to work on one of their many program-supporting projects. Commitments can range from 4 hours a week on Monday, Wednesday or Friday to making sandwiches once a month. We can find a place for you! If you are interested, please contact Mary Martin, Dignity Center Volunteer.
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A Way to Help
A page on the web site Food Tidings has been set up for the Hazlett family to help support them as they cope after the deaths of three members of their family due to a car accident earlier this summer. If you want to help support them, use this link to sign up to bring dinners to them or donate gift cards.
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Have an Idea for a Workshop?
The Prairie Star District is seeking workshop applications for the PSD Annual Conference 2012, "Lessons from War & Peace: Stories of Hope, Faith, and Courage," to be held April 13-15, in Bloomington, Minnesota. Information about the Conference and copies of the application are available by clicking here. The deadline to apply is Monday, September 26, 2011.
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