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Directory revision in progress
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Check now!
Is your information up-to-date?
 We are preparing to print an updated AUUF Members & Friends Directory.
If there have been any changes to your information since the llast edition was printed in Fall 2013 - or if something printed there was incorrect - please let us know. Anything = name, address, phone(s), email(s), children (be sure to include birthdate). If you include more than one phone number and/or email address, please indicate corresponding names and (for phone numbers) whether home, work, or mobile.
Even if you believe that you have already submitted changes, please do so again so to
make sure that we have corrected/added it.
We need your updates no later than
Sunday, July 6.
To ensure that needed changes are included, contact the AUUF office by emailor phone (806.355.9351).
[Please do NOT just leave a note in the office or elsewhere - notes too often become misplaced.] |
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Men's Fellowship
Every Wednesday - 6:30 PM
at Furrbie's restaurant (downtown)
Join our men for good food & great conversation.
Contact: Eric Berg
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Modern Thought
Nonfiction Book Group
 Every Saturday, 4 to 5 PM
The book now being discussed is The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Johnathon Haidt.
More information
Contact: Gary Schack
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Communion and
Living the Questions
Discussion Group
These two events will not be held during the month of July. They will resume on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of August.
Contact: Lyle Ryker
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Amarillo Community
Relations Committee Sat., June 28 from 10 - 11 AM
Southwest Branch Library, 6801 W 45th
Marty Rowley, an Amarillo attorney, is our District Representative on the Sate Board of Education. This is the committee responsible for deciding what's in the public school textbooks.
He will discuss specifically what the committee does, how it is composed, how decisions are made, and its importance to the State.
This committee meets bi-monthly and its purpose is to cultivate and maintain respect and understanding for all people through education and dialogue.
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Welcome to the Amarillo
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship! |
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"Love is the doctrine of this church."
If you're seeking a place of belonging where you can be free from judgment because of your beliefs or whom you love, or you simply need the freedom to grow on your own spiritual and intellectual journey, the AUUF might very well be the place for you.
Join us this Sunday at the Amarillo Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 4901 Cornell St. Come for either the 9:30 or 11 AM service - the content and format are the same. Childcare and school-age Children's Religious Education are provided during the 11 AM service only.
With events happening every week, we hope that you will find one or more that are of interest to you. Come to learn, to enjoy each other, and to work together. For a complete listing of events at the Fellowship, click on the Calendar icon to the left. Want more detail? Check both the News and the Events sections of our website, uuamarillo.org.
Also on our website, uuamarillo.org, you will find much more information about:
- our faith, Unitarian Universalism,
- our Fellowship,
- our calendar, and
- an ever-changing blog of news articles and items for thought which we believe are of interest to the liberal religious community.
All events are held at the Fellowship, 4901 Cornell St., unless otherwise noted. If you are unsure how to reach any of the individuals named as contacts, please email the AUUF office or call 806.355.9351 and leave a message. Your call will be returned during office hours, which are M-W-F from 9 AM to noon.
With welcoming arms for all,
The AUUF Beloved Community
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Sunday Worship
9:30 and 11 AM
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June 29, 2014
 David Green is speaking on Lights...
Camera...
God! discussing religion as depicted in American cinema, both past and present.
July 6, 2014
 David Green is speaking on The Moral Minority, discussing how morality has often been framed in narrow, legalistic religious terms, but living out moral values as individuals and a beloved community are grounded in our principles that contribute to the well-being of humanity and our world.
July 13, 2014  Special guest Wes Reeves, Public Information Director of Xcel Energy, will speak on Energy Issues affecting the Texas Panhandle.
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Committee Chairs: 2014 - 2015
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 These individuals have agreed to serve us as our new committee chairs. Let them know how much you appreciate their willingness to share themselves, their time, and their talents. ADULT RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: James Doores AESTHETICS: Deb Winters
BUILDING: Brent Biles, Tad Clay, & Ken Graham
CARING: Maisie Everett and Wendy Hearn
CHILDREN'S RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: Vicki Schoen
COMMUNICATIONS: Martha Baird
FINANCE: Eric Berg
LONG-RANGE PLANNING: Jerry Goebel (Vice-President)
MEMBERSHIP:
Lyndy Forrester and Marilyn Van Petten
MINISTERIAL SUPPORT: Keralee Clay (President)
PERSONNEL: (open)
PUBLICITY: Ellen Robertson Green
SOCIAL: Chris Hayes, Cheryl Rogers, &
John Windham Potluck Coordinators:
Rosemarie & Bill Kirkland
SOCIAL ACTION: Yvonne Moore
STEWARDSHIP: Eric Berg
WORSHIP: Kristy Fuller & Jason Hudson To contact any committee chair, please go through the AUUF office (806.355.9351) |
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News from
Children's Religious Education (CRE)
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From Vicki Schoen, CRE Director:In an effort to introduce the children to the rest of the congregation, the children are making posters with the child's picture that we will display.
If there are parents or guardians who do not want the child's picture on his/her poster, please notify Vicki Schoen or one of the teachers.
The children's RE department is also asking for donations of scraps of material, yarn, buttons, and cast-off plastic--especially that which would often be overlooked for recycling. That might include pieces of old toys, flat bread package ties, beads--you get the idea. We could also use a DVD player and laptop computers or tablets you have upgraded from.  The lasagna garden is in process! Here is a picture of the garden box that our CRE workers built last weekend. Ask one of the children to tell you about it.
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Panhandle Pride 2014 was a success - thanks to you!
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 Thanks to everyone who made
Panhandle Pride 2014 (Sunday, June 22)
a complete success!
So many of our members and friends came out to show their support for the LGBT community Sunday - without you, this success would not have been possible.
We had many Pride attendees who stood with us in support of the couples making their life commitments during the wedding ceremony - we made quite an impact. We were quite visible as we stood holding the orange Standing On the Side of Love placards. It was wonderful to have so many others stand with us in this show of love. We even had some people who had stood with us last year, holding placards, come and ask if we were doing it again. We do make a difference.
So - many thanks to those who talked about our Fellowship, what we believe in and what we stand for; set up and took down our booth; staffed it during the event; offered Pride and Standing on the Side of Love stickers to everyone who passed the booth; sold the rainbow-hued tubes of candy; did art projects with children (of all ages); and showed our commitment to being a Welcoming Congregation.
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Unitarian Universalism:
15 Statements of Belief
"Unitarian Universalists have different religious beliefs but share a common faith. We know that life is holy, that each person is worthy, and that, when we join together to plant the seeds of love, the world blossoms." - Erik Resly (Reprinted from the pamphlet, " To the Point: 15 Unitarian Universalist Elevator Speeches," Alicia LeBlanc, Ed.)
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Our Vision
where all are valued and supported.
Our Mission
To be an inclusive progressive community
for spiritual, intellectual and social transformation.
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