Men's Fellowship
Every Wednesday - 6:30 PM
Furrbie's Restaurant
(Downtown at 210 SW 6th Ave.)
Join the men of our Fellowship for good food and good company.
1st Sunday POTLUCK!
Sunday, December 1 - 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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 New Discussion Group: Living the Questions
Thurs, Dec. 12 - 7 PM All are invited to this popular video & discussion series held in the large classroom at the Fellowship to be held the 2nd Thursday of each month. Discussions will be facilitated by Lyle Raker. For: Those seeking insight on contemporary progressive Christian thought, with questions posed by leading scholars such as Marcus Borg, John Dominic Crossan, Helen Prejean, John Shelby Spong, and Tex Sample. Sample discussion topics include: Jesus for the Non-Religious, Science, Religion, and an Evolving Faith, and Uppity Women of the Bible. |
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Sunday, Dec. 1
12:30 PM
(after 11 AM service)
Don't miss our monthly 1st Sunday Potluck Lunch! Bring a dish to share and enjoy our famous hospitality and fellowship! Even if you don't bring a dish, we urge you to join us to sample everyone's cooking (or savvy purchasing) skills.
A sign-up sheet to help set up or clean up after future potluck lunches is on our kitchen counter, so please pitch in this Sunday - and volunteer for future months.
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 December 1 - 3 PM
Temple
B'Nai Israel
4316 Albert Ave.
(map)
The annual World AIDS Day Service commemorates those lost to and living with HIV/AIDS and their families. This interfaith service is held at a different Amarillo congregation every year on World AIDS Day.
The event is sponsored by the Panhandle AIDS Support Organization (PASO) and coordinated by AUUF minister David Green, with the participation of clergy and members representing several Amarillo churches.
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Fellowship Holiday Dinner/Dance
Saturday, December 7 from 7 - 10:30 PM
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Welcome to the Amarillo Unitarian
Universalist Fellowship! |
Read on - there are many exciting things happening in the next two weeks and - hint - in January. We hope that you and your children will be part of them.
Share this newsletter by forwarding it to friends that you believe would be interested in our liberal religious community.
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
 Dec. 1, 2013
David Green is speaking on The
Quest For The Historical Jesus, discussing the recurring efforts - since the 1800s - of scholars to reveal the "real" person known as Jesus of Nazareth.  Dec. 8, 201311 AM (no 10 AM Service this day) Join us for New Member Celebration Sunday!  Dec. 15, 2013David Green is speaking on What Would John Muir Do? discussing the life and continuing influence of the renowned naturalist and early environmentalist, and contemporary threats to wilderness areas Muir successfully fought to preserve.
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Holiday Dinner/Dance
Saturday Dec. 7 from 7 - 10:30 PM
RSVP now
Reservations close Tuesday evening, Dec. 2
Join us in a transformed Chandler Hall for this elegant catered dinner/dance. Dinner will be prepared by Jay Kirkman of Starlight Canyon Catering, with complete vegetarian and non-vegetarian meals served. There will be wine at each table.
For entertainment, enjoy Chanteuse Keralee Clay accompanied by Neal Nossaman. Keith Jones will be our DJ for the dance.
Cost $15 per person
Dress Semi-Formal
RSVP attendance and meal preference
359-4473 or 335-9351
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Coming Soon! OWL: Our Whole Lives
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 OWL Sexuality Education Program for children in K-1 or grades 4-6
PARENTS - The OWL curriculum can help you educate your children about bodies, babies, birth, and families.
Knowing that parents are the primary sexuality educators for their children, you will be actively involved as your child learns through songs, stories, activities and at-home projects that promote family dialogue. Save both of these Sunday afternoons to learn more about this nationally-acclaimed program: Sunday, January 19 and Sunday, January 26 More information (much more!) coming soon.
Contact: Martha Baird
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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. |
| New Member Celebration Sunday! |
 Sunday, December 8
11 AM Worship Service Reception to follow
The Fellowship is officially welcoming our newest members with a special ceremony during worship. Every new member who has joined since our most recent celebration last March will be recognized and affirmed. Only one service - at 11 AM - will be held December 8th so that all members and friends - long-term and new - can join in this celebration of belonging to our "beloved community." The Membership Committee is holding a reception honoring our new members immediately following this service.
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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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