10:30 a.m. ASSEMBLY: "Can social action -- political engagement--be a spiritual practice?"
Speakers: Heather Morse and Ralph Wyman. In the context of the present moment - in the campaigns for marriage equality in Minnesota and to rein in gun-proliferation - telling our stories expresses our values in a way that connects with others and creates openings for movement at the polls...and in society. Our UU values and principles compel us to move legislators and voters, and using stories, we achieve our goals through relationship and empathy, rather than debate. Add in active listening, and the power to change hearts and minds can be love-affirming, can shift our state and local politics, and in the process, change us.
This assembly will be followed by the MUUSJA Ice Cream Social!
Click here to view descriptions of upcoming Sunday programs.
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Reminders
Women's Awareness Group The September meeting of the Women's Awareness Group will be held on Monday, September 10 at 6:30 p.m. Contact Mibs Pearson for more information. Sock Collection Don't forget that we are collecting socks (size small) for those who try to walk through the desert for a better life. The collection box is on the social action table. Luke's Ordination On Saturday, September 22 at 2:00 pm, White Bear Unitarian Universalist Church will host the Ordination and Installation of Luke Stevens-Royer to the Unitarian Universalist ministry. This will be an extraordinary opportunity to welcome and celebrate Luke as WBUUC's first full-time Assistant Minister. Members and friends from First Unitarian Society are cordially invited! FUS Exchange Join our online community. For more information, click here. RE Registration Forms Be sure to complete your RE registration forms for next year. Click here for the forms.
FUS Library The catalog of the contents of the FUS Library can be accessed through our web site, or by clicking here. Sponsorships YOU can sponsor flowers or refreshments for a Sunday morning service. Click HERE to learn more! 
FUS is now tweeting on a regular basis. Our handle is @fusminneapolis. Financial Information Download the new pledge form here. FUS financial reports are available from Will Hegeman in the FUS office.
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Greetings from Mount Curve! 
Join us in kicking off our "Welcome and Wellness" theme by biking to FUS this Sunday! Gather water infused with your summer memories and bring it with you to the Water Ceremony on Ingathering Sunday, September 9. Consider submitting a grant proposal to the FUS Foundation for the Pearson Fund. Click here to view the FUS calendar, and scroll through the dates to see descriptions of upcoming Sunday programs.
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Bike to FUS Day! Sunday, August 26
Mark your calendars and gear up to bike to FUS with your family, fellow FUS members and friends in your neighborhood. The Society's Parking Task Force is spearheading the "Welcome and Wellness" theme for the year with this event to promote alternative modes of transportation to FUS. For those who are able-bodied and live within biking distance, here's a great way to include wellness in your FUS Sunday experience and to extend a warmer welcome to those who need the parking spaces close to our front doors.
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MUUSJA Ice Cream Social 
August 26
Join us on the First Unitarian Society patio, overlooking downtown Minneapolis, for hot dogs and ice cream. Mingle with MUUSJA members and friends. We're serving summer treats beginning at 11:45 a.m. and we'll offer updates on UU efforts to defeat November anti-marriage and photo ID amendments and how you can support the work!
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Back to School
The Dignity Center is currently looking for donations of the following items to assist clients in being prepared for the academic year:
- Used laptop computers** (Windows 2003 or a more recent version)
- Flash drives**
- Back packs**
- Spiral notebooks
- Pocket folders
- Highlighter pens
- Regular file folders with labels
**Largest need Donations can be placed in the collection box located in the FUS 900 Mt Curve entrance August 12-September 2.
Would you like to donate but can't make it to the store? Sign up at the Social Justice table on August 26 to sponsor a flash drive for $10 or a back pack for $20. |
Grants Available 
Pearson Social Concerns Fund Awards
Every year the FUS Foundation awards modest grants to a number of organizations that best represent the goals and ideals of the Kurt Pearson Social Concerns Fund. If you or an organization you know is interested, please submit an application by September 30, 2012.
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Humanist Poetry Group  August 31, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
This month our session will begin with a participatory reading of June Jordan's angry poem "Kissing God Goodbye." Written in the face of Operation Rescue, the poem lashes out at religion and patriarchy. Of course we will follow up the group reading with discussion, and then give time to other poetry that participants bring. So if you find a poem that fits this "anger-management" category, bring it along (with some copies) to share. Facilitated by Audrey Kingstrom as a collaboration with the Humanists of MN. |
Autumnal Equinox Celebration
September 23, 10:30 a.m. ASSEMBLY: "The Apple  Harvest: Meaning, Metaphor and Myth"
Welcome the arrival of autumn - a time to enjoy the fruits of summer labor and plan for the contemplative winter to come. We'll celebrate the apple and explore how it is woven into our cultural psyche both as sustenance and symbol. The children will lead the fall festival procession and be greeted by "Granny" Smith. Additional fabled "apple" characters will reflect on the humanist and UU perspectives that we bring to the harvest season. Remember to bring nonperishable food items for a collection for local food shelves. A luncheon will follow the Assembly. Visit the Seasonal Celebrations page on the FUS website from more information, or drop by the Seasonal Celebrations table at coffee hour in September.
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Lead and Teach 
FUS Adult Learning and Growth invites any FUS member who would like: (1) to offer a one time educational presentation this year; (2) to facilitate a seminar or book discussion series; or (3) to form a new small interest group; to fill out a proposal form for the committee. Find forms in the FUS office or contact Wendy Jerome.
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FREE App
The Church of the Larger Fellowship (CLF), a unique congregation without walls, offers a free Unitarian Universalist (UU) iPhone app and Droid app (PDF) that allows you to light a chalice, share joys and concerns, read and listen to Quest, CLF's worship publication and read the Daily Compass, words of reflection and meditation.
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One Voice Mixed Chorus
Join One Voice Mixed Chorus on Stage!
We are Minnesota's gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and allies chorus. Auditions for our Fall 2012 season will be held August 27 and September 4, 2012. Contact One Voice to schedule your singer-friendly audition! We're especially looking for bass singers so come on out! One Voice rehearses from 7-9:30 pm on Monday nights. For a complete performance schedule and audition information visit http://www.ovmc.org/audition-information.html.
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