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Directory revision in progress
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Check right 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
THIS Sunday, July 6.
To ensure that needed changes are included, contact the AUUF office by emailor phone (806.355.9351).
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Women's Simply Soup and Salad
Fellowship
Wednesday, July 9 - 6:00 PM
Get to know better the women of the Fellowship at this potluck supper. Please feel free to come whether or not you are able to bring food. Come as early as 6; we generally eat around 6:30. Contact: Ann Benedetti
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 Guns Germs and Steel: The Fate of Human Societies by Jared Diamond.
About the book - PBS
Free full-length documentary from NGS
About the group
Contact: Gary Schack
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 Nothing Much
Buddhist Study Group
Monday,
July 7 from
7:30 - 8:30 PM
(Group meets on the 2nd and 4th Monday of every month)
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 Rick Todd, and all are welcome.
Contact: Rick Todd
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Monthly Fiction Book Group
July 22, 2014
7 - 8:30 PM
Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver.
An unusual gathering of monarch butterflies triggers a hard look at environmental and personal challenges.
Facilitator and Contact: Dick Moseley
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 Communion and
Living the Questions
Discussion Group
(July only )
Great Decisions Discussion Group (summer)
These events are on hiatus as noted.
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 Painting Day
Saturday, July 12 from 9 AM - 12 PM
It's time for some touchups! Put on your painting clothes and help. All will be warmly welcomed.
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What are your talents?
The Leadership Development Committee is creating a skills/gifts/talents bank from which to draw when we need to match the right people with the right job.
We will soon be publishing a Volunteer Profile. We want to have one for every Member and Friend on file. As soon as the form is published, please take the time to fill one out and return it to Nina Stein
The forms will be available on line and on paper.
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High Noon on the Square
Weds, 12 to 1 PM
Potter County Courthouse lawn
501 S. FillmoreEntertainment - free
Lunch available - $7.00
July 9  Entertainment: Amarillo Opera Artists in Training & Summer Youth Musical "Oliver"
Caterer: Chick-Fil-A
July 16 Entertainment:
Yvonne Perea
Caterer: Desperados
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Welcome to the Amarillo
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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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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, Senior Communications Communications Consultant of Xcel Energy, is speaking on Green Energy Comes of Age.
July 20, 2014  David Green is speaking on The Poverty Gap, discussing the disparity of wealth in our culture, the harsh realities facing those living in poverty, and what we can do to effect positive change in attitudes and policies.
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Join us on Sunday, July 6 - 12:30 PM
Sign up! This month Rosemarie & Bill Kirland (potluck coordinators) posted a sign-up sheet for food. Unfortunately, not many of us found it. Look for one next month on the bulletin board across from the classroom. Choose your dish early and avoid the rush to claim deviled eggs! However, we would love for you to stay for the potluck even if you were unable to bring any food this time. We are hoping to avoid "bean Sunday" and "tabbouleh Sunday" when we have a table full of similar items.
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Welcome from David Green, Minister The AUUF is dedicated to living out Unitarian Universalist principles binding us to a much larger and historically rich tradition. Our members are independent in mind and spirit, but united in our devotion to nurture and care for one another as well as our neighbors in Amarillo and around the world. Each AUUF member is free to follow her or his own spiritual path, making our congregation unique: rather than insisting on an identical religious doctrine, we're joined in love in the midst of a variety of beliefs. Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Atheists, Humanists, and Agnostics all find common ground here. As we affirm every Sunday during worship, "Love is the doctrine of this church," pure and simple. This reflects an emerging and positive social reality, where people of faith and goodwill can be brought together rather than torn apart over religion. One of the greatest joys of the AUUF is belonging to a community where we're always gaining new insight from beloved friends whose viewpoints and backgrounds may differ from our own. This freedom to responsibly follow our own path, ask questions, and find a supportive community truly makes the AUUF a "safe harbor." Our members are gay and straight, range from infants to older adults, embody different ethnicities, and come from all walks of life. We work for justice, tolerance, environmental responsibility, and strive to be peace-makers. Full text
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 From Vicki Schoen, Director of CRE (Children's Religious Education)
On Sunday, July 6, the children will be continuing two projects.
- An exercise to help us get to know each other better. You will be seeing the results of this in a few weeks.
- The lasagna garden. This project gets us in touch with the first and seventh Principles of Unitarian Universalism.
A lasagna garden is created in layers, making the perfect environment for the vegetables we will be planting. The project is designed to instill an appreciation for the nurturing of our earth. As a bonus, we can share the produce at pot luck, or the children can take it home.
The garden will be housed in a large planter made of recycled materials. It will be decorated with our kids' hand prints and ivy. The height is such that even people who have difficulty bending can work in it.
Say thanks to Linda Jackson and Sarah Brown for their creativity and effort!
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Unitarian Universalism:
15 Statements of Belief
Unitarian Universalism is a covenantal, not creedal faith. That means that, although we may believe differently, we come together to search, grow, serve, and minister. Francis David said it best, "We need not think alike to love alike." Both Unitarianism and Universalism sprang from liberal Christianity. Unitarianism speaks to the nature of God as One: Holy, Transcendent, Immanent, Whole, Mystery. Universalism speaks to the nature of our relationships-with the Divine, with ourselves, with each other, and with the planet which we call home. - Michelle Buhite (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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