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IMPORTANT! Fellowship Survey
for Members and Friends
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October 30, 2013
We need YOUR input regarding our Fellowship's strengths, challenges, potential, and direction for the future.
Please take this brief, but very important, survey (link is below). It should require only about 10 minutes - or less - of your time to complete. As with any survey, the comments you include are the most helpful to our understanding. We ask that you complete it before
November 11 to give us adequate time to compile and thoughtfully review all responses.
Thank you for your time and insights.Your opinions are valued; all information gathered will be kept confidential.
Keralee Clay
President
Amarillo Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
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Men's Fellowship
Every Wednesday - 6:30 PM
The Men's group will meet at
Furrbie's restaurant, 210 SW 6th St.
Everyone is welcome. Join us!
1st Sunday POTLUCK!
Sunday, November 3 - 12:30 PM
(immediately following 11AM Worship)
Join Fellowship members and friends for the monthly potluck. Bring a dish if you are able - but be here regardless!
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Communications Committee
Wednesday, November 6 - 7 PM
The Communications Committee will meet to pool knowledge and skills in order to streamline and improve our electronic communications process - and to share the workload.
Please join us if you are interested in working with the newsletter, website, and/or our Facebook presence.
Contact: Martha Baird, Chair Building Group
Thursday, November 7 - 7 PM
The Building Group will meet for 1 to 1 1/2 hours at the Fellowship to plan the next month's work on the AUUF building. Join us if you are interested in lending your hand to any aspect of building maintenance, upgrading, or renovation.
Any and all who would like to keep us on the path to improvement are urged to attend.Contact: Tad Clay, Chair
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 Have you seen the gorgeous new handicapped-accessible bathroom? If not, take a look!
Again, many thanks to the members that have been overseeing this project and taking time to stop in and check on the progress - Martin Sauer and Eric Berg. And a special thanks to Tad Clay. His time and talent have made this project possible.
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Nothing Much Buddhist Group
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 Monday, November 11, 2013
7:30 PM - 8:30 pm
Regardless of your level of knowledge or practice of Buddhism, you are invited to join the Nothing Much Buddhist Covenant Group as they meet for meditation, readings, and fellowship. Gatherings are facilitated by Tony Tackitt and Rick Todd, and all are welcome.
Contact: Rick Todd or Tony Tackitt
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Welcome to the Amarillo Unitarian
Universalist Fellowship! |
We ask that each of you complete the AUUF Survey to guide your Fellowship in long-range planning!
In addition, this newsletter contains information about opportunities for learning, fellowship, and involvement. We hope that you will participate in those events of interest to you, and look forward to seeing you.
Share this newsletter by forwarding it to friends that you believe would be interested in our liberal religious community - or pick up printed copies to share.
Be sure to visit our website, uuamarillo.org, to view additional information about Unitarian Universalism, our Fellowship, current news and events, a calendar, and a blog of recent news articles of interest to the liberal religious community. Also find us on Facebook. You don't have to wait until the next newsletter comes out for updates!
With welcoming arms for all,
The AUUF Beloved Community
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Sunday Worship
10 AM & 11 AM
 Nov. 3, 2013
David Green is speaking on The Bible, The School, and The Constitution, discussing how modern debates regarding the teaching or affirmation of religious beliefs in public schools originated in the 1800s.  Nov. 10, 2013David Green
is speaking on
Everyday Ethics, discussing how striving to be "a good person" is a matter of intentional, daily practice that enhances interpersonal relationships and whole communities.  Nov. 17, 2013David Green is speaking on Faith
and Genetics, discussing how the discovery of the "God Gene" has changed the way we think about why some people are geared toward religious belief while others are not.
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Beans & Cornbread Dinner at AUUF
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Monday, November 4 at 7 PM
Amarillo Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
Don't forget the AUUF Beans & Cornbread Dinner to benefit the citywide effort in support of the homeless.
Why beans and cornbread? This simple food serves as a reminder to us of the difficulties and hunger which homeless persons experience on a daily basis.
Our Fellowship supports the citywide Beans and Cornbread Luncheon with funds from our own Beans and Corn Bread Dinner. By donating $250.00, the Fellowship can host a table of eight at the November 18th luncheon, which will be held at the Amarillo Civic Center. Chairs can be purchased individually. It is not only important that we donate money, but that we have members of our church at the tables, visible and a part of the luncheon.
Join us for a full filled, and fun filled evening of sharing food and helping the homeless in Amarillo. On November 4th, bring your version of beans, corn bread, or stew to the Fellowship to share with fellow members. We ask for free will donations to donate for at least one table in the name of Amarillo Unitarian Universalist Fellowship.
All donations are matched by the Don & Sybil Harrington Foundation, so your gift will go twice as far to help feed hungry men, women, and children in Amarillo.
Will you help us make a difference in the lives of people who are making positive life-style choices? Our donations will help insure that the 548 beds available for the homeless each night will continue to be there.
Remember - if you donate $35 or more to help AUUF host a table at the citywide Beans & Cornbread Luncheon on November 18, your name will be entered in a drawing for 2 tickets to Amarillo Little Theater!
Contact: Tom Heidler
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The woman and
the story behind the song
Spirit of Life, come unto me. Sing in my heart all the stirrings of compassion. Blow in the wind, rise in the sea; Move in the hand, giving life the shape of justice. Roots hold me close; wings set me free; Spirit of Life, come to me, come to me. At AUUF, we sing this song at the close of every Worship Service. "In six short lines 'Spirit of Life' touches so much that is central to our faith - compassion, justice, community, freedom, reverence for nature, and the mystery of life. It finds the common ground held by humanists and theists, pagans and Christians, Buddhists and Jews, gay and straight among us," wrote Kimberly French in UUWorld Magazine (2007).
Interestingly enough, its author, Carolyn McDade, does not identify herself as a Unitarian Universalist, but as a spiritual feminist - " a woman of faith seeking with others to touch what matters." Her roots and heart are firmly centered in the feminist movement and in social activism . Read French's article about " Unitarian Universalism's most beloved song, the woman who wrote it, and the communities that sustain her spirit." |
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Our Mission
To be a spiritual Community that promotes
a free and responsible search for truth and meaning,
and to be a respected public voice
for liberal religious values.
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