There are three ways that you can send in your contribution to the UUSC's Guest at Your Table program:

1) Bring your GAYT box or envelope to church and leave it in the basket in the foyer. Please try to bring them in by this Sunday, January 26th. 

2) Mail your GAYT envelope or check directly to the UUSC at:

Guest at Your Table

UUSC

P.O. Box 808

Newark, NJ 07101-0808

3) Charge your contribution on-line at the website: https://guest.uusc.org/uuch.

An Introduction and an Invitation:

The Board recently created a Transition Team to facilitate the congregation's move to the new church building. From the charge to this Team:

The purpose of the Team is to support the Minister and the Board in facilitating a smooth transition to the new church building on Broadmor consistent with our covenant and mission.  The focus of the team should be on how we:

·     occupy and use the new church space,

·     move physically and spiritually into the new church space, and

·      support positive communication to and from the congregation about these decision processes

The members of the Transition Team are David Bollinger, Lynsie Lamitie, Tim Miller, Erin Reid, Denise Gyauch, Nancy Finley (Board liaison), and the Rev. Alice Syltie (Chair). Throughout the months to come, the team will be soliciting input and coordinating decision-making around the process of moving our congregational life into our new home; we hope you will be as excited about the possibilities as we are!

To kick off our work, the Transition Team would like to invite you to an Open House at the Broadmor property on Sunday, February 16, from 2 to 4 p.m.  Please take this opportunity to explore our new campus. If you have toured the buildings before, you'll be interested to see what has already been done, and everyone will have a chance to see our work in progress and participate in envisioning our congregational life in these new spaces. Renovation Committee Chair Brad Korb will offer a brief presentation at 2:30 p.m.; the rest of the time will be open for self-guided tours, snacks in the fellowship hall, and imagining UUCH in its new home. (Parents: All ages are welcome at this event, but the Broadmor property is currently a construction site, and children will need close supervision.) Members of the Renovation Committee will be on hand to answer questions, and Transition Team members will be eager to hear your thoughts and receive your comments.   

Save the Date:

Broadmor Open House on February 16th!

The Children's and Youth RE Program invites all church members, friends, and guests of all ages to a party at the Little Gym in Jones Valley, on Sunday, February 23rd, 4-6 pm. (The date is changed--the party will NOT be on February 2nd.) Come on out for some family fun, games, and treats! Toddlers, children, youth, and grown-ups: ALL ARE WELCOME!

Wear comfortable clothes and be prepared to be barefoot in the gym. You won't believe how much fun we're going to have. We'll have a head-over-heels good time! The address for The Little Gym in Jones Valley is 2124 Cecil Ashburn Drive. Contact DRE Erin Reid at eereid@hotmail.com   for more information.

Increasingly, Americans are choosing to dine at restaurants that offer organic, fair-trade, and free-range ingredients for reasons of both health and ethics. Yet few of these diners are aware of the working conditions at the restaurants themselves. But whether you eat haute cuisine or fast food, the well being of restaurant workers is a pressing concern.

As the guest at your table campaign comes to a close the Adult RE committee invites you to join in as we discuss what it means for us to be guests at the tables in restaurants across this country. We will discuss the 2013-2014 UUA Common Read, "Behind the Kitchen Door" by Saru Jayaraman on Sunday, February 23rd.

You can find a print version of the book at the UUA Bookstore (Click Here), Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, and Books a Million. An eBook is also available if you prefer or if you are unable to get a copy for yourself we will have a few on the coffee bar at the back of the sanctuary that can be checked out. Keep an eye out for more  details to come. And START READING! 

The Renovation Committee and Aesthetics Team met with our architect, Greg Kamback, to review his latest plans for the bathroom remodel and window replacements. We also discussed flooring options throughout the building and reviewed our plans for painting the sanctuary. We'll be meeting with Greg again later this week to review his proposal for a facility-wide color palette.

--Brad Korb, Renovations Chair

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The Unitarian Universalist Church,

2222 Governor's Dr. Huntsville, AL 35801

Minister: The Reverend Alice Syltie

Board President: Kevin Betts 

Editorial Board: Laurel Bollinger, Kathy Heath 

Newsletter deadlines are each Monday at midnight!
Please send submissions to news collator Deedee Moore at uuch@uuch.org.  

Admin. Office Hours: Monday 10am- 1pm; Thursday 9:30am-12pm; Friday 10am-2pm.   

Minister's Phone: 256.539-9607, email: revaluu@aol.com.

Web: www.uuch.org 

Sunday Services are held 10:45am to 12 noon;  

Children's Religious Education held concurrently.   

Nursery available for age 3 years and under.

For further info on any event, call the church office:
256. 534-0508.