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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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Danny Dobervich's mother, Florence Dobervich, age 89, died at her home early in the evening of Sunday Nov. 3 after a recurrence of cancer.
No memorial service is scheduled; the family will hold a private and informal gathering. This past summer, Danny had scheduled a 90th birthday celebration for Florence to be held at the Fellowship in mid-December. Please keep Danny and his extended family in your thoughts and prayers.
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Women's Simply Salad & Soup Fellowship
Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013 - 6 PM
On the 2nd Tuesday of every month, the Women's group meets at the Fellowship to share salad & soup. Bring something if you are able - come to this group anyway! Come as early as 6 PM, supper begins around 6:30.
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!
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Board Meeting
Sunday, November 10 - 12:30 PM
The AUUF Board will meet after the 11 AM Worship Service. All Board members are expected to attend; all Committee Chairs are encouraged to attend; everyone is welcome to attend!
Contact: Keralee Clay, President
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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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Coming in December -- Dinner/Dance!
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 Saturday, December 7
Mark your calendars for Saturday, December 7th for a lovely dinner dance. A catered dinner with a chanteuse singing us the old standards accompanied by a prominent pianist, and a DJ for dancing afterwards. This event is certain to be the highlight of the year. A sign-up sheet will be posted at the Fellowship next week.
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Welcome to the Amarillo Unitarian
Universalist Fellowship! |
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FINAL DAYS! We ask that each of you complete the
AUUF Survey to guide your Fellowship in long-range planning. We need all surveys (online or printed) submitted by this Sunday, Nov. 10.
In this newsletter you will find information about the many opportunities for learning, fellowship, and involvement at our Fellowship. We hope that you will participate in those events of interest to you, and we 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. 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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Citywide Beans & Cornbread Luncheon
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Monday, November 18 11:30 AM - 2 PM
North Exhibit Hall & Heritage Room (Entrance #3)
Amarillo Civic Center
The Beans and Cornbread Luncheon is the 'kickoff' for the yearly Interfaith Campaign for the Homeless. The money raised goes to help the 520 homeless people that will be sleeping in a bed in a shelter in Amarillo on any given night and many others who are in the process of changing their lives for the better. Featured speaker, William C. Moyers, is the author of the New York Times bestselling memoir, Broken: My Story of Addiction and Redemption. We hope that you will join us and help support the Interfaith Campaign for the Homeless!
The generous support of AUUF members and friends at the AUUF Beans & Cornbread Dinner which was held on November 4 at the Fellowship has allowed the Fellowship to support the Interfaith Campaign for the Homeless with a total of more than $750 to benefit the citywide effort in support of the homeless.
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About Our Potluck Lunches...
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 The Potluck Lunch on the 1st Sunday of each month is one of our Fellowship's oldest traditions. It is a wonderful time to visit with members you don't get to see very often, and to meet new members and make them feel like valued members of our beloved community. The food is great too! A couple will be asked each month to set up the Potluck Lunch. They will ask others to assist them. Clean up volunteer sheets are on the counter in the kitchen. Please sign up for at least one clean-up each year. It requires about an hour after the lunch. It is fun working with other members to maintain our Fellowship. So, please sign up. If you have brought dishes and pans for a Potluck Lunch, please pick them up this Sunday. Our kitchen is overflowing and we need to organize it. |
...The above message from Claudia Stravato, which includes a few words about the state of our kitchen, provides a great segue for me (Martha Baird) to talk about the refrigerator. For many years now I have subscribed to the germ theory of disease, and therefore took it upon myself to toss all the expired salad dressings, mayo, chocolate syrup, etc. from the refrigerator. There is not much left! So you need not look for it there - bring it new when you need it.
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Guest at Your Table
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Sunday, November 24, 2013
 Guest At Your Table is an annual tradition in which congregation members learn about people with whom the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee is working. This year, we are featuring people who have empowered others to realize their human rights. Various AUUF members will share a stories of four UUSC workers. These people are your "guests," and we ask you to share your blessings with them to support our shared mission. celebrating Guest at Your Table, you are helping nurture a spirit of gratitude and "justice, equity, and compassion in human relations." Guest at Your Table fosters understanding and awareness of UUSC's human rights work. A special offering will be collected in support of UUSC at the 10 AM and 11 AM worship services on Nov. 24.
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 Lower your taxes
Help AUUF grow
It's no secret that our Fellowship is growing and we love it! The Stewardship Committee wants you to be aware that recent tax law changes once again allow AUUF members and friends who are over 70½ years of age to revisit your IRAs and consider the possibility of donating 'qualified distributions' directly from your IRA to the Fellowship. An end of year IRA donation can lower your tax bill for 2013 and can be the seed money for future growth plans being developed by the Long Range Strategic Planning Committee. Since by law you have to take a distribution, why not consider donating all or part of it to the Fellowship rather than have it add to your income thereby increasing your taxable income and your tax bill? See more details by clicking IRA donation. |
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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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