Every Wednesday - 6:30 PM
at Furrbie's restaurant (downtown)
Join our men for Furrbie's good food & interesting conversation.
Contact:
Eric Berg
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 NEW!!! Breakfast on 3rd Sundays!
Sunday,
Oct. 19 - 9 AM
Breakfast is served! At 9 AM on the third Sunday each month, the Men's Fellowship is providing a yummy breakfast including pancakes. Enjoy a hearty breakfast, and stay for worship at 9:30 AM or Adult Religious Education at 10 AM.
Contact: Eric Berg
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Modern Thought Nonfiction Book Group
Saturday, Oct.11, 4 to 5 PM
at the Fellowship
The Modern Thought Nonfiction Book Group will have the last of its weekly meetings (thereafter changing to monthly meetings). This Saturday, the group will conclude their discussion of Hot, Flat, and Crowded by Thomas Friedman.
 Subsequent monthly meetings will be held on the 1st Saturday of each month at 10 AM.
At the first meeting (November 1 at 10 AM), the group will begin discussion of Levitt & Dubner's controversial book, SuperFreakonomics. Read conflicting reviews:
Review by Bill Gates
Review by Elizabeth Kolbert in The New Yorker
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Nothing Much Buddhist Study Group
Monday, October 13
at 7 PM (Note earlier time)
Taste of Thai Restaurant
1900 SE 34th Ave.(map)
The group will have its quarterly shared meal at Taste of Thai. Regulars and the Buddhist-curious are invited to socialize and help plan our next round of study.
Contact: Rick Todd
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Board Meeting
Sunday, October 12 from 12:30 - 2 PM
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Take action with us:
Bring Peanut Butter & PopTarts
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Why peanut butter & Pop-Tarts?
Peanut butter is very expensive but remains a vital part of SnackPak bags during longer weekends and holidays. Calorie-for-calorie, peanut butter is a nutritionally dense food filled with protein, fiber, and heart-healthy monounsaturated fat. Plus, kids love it.
Pop-Tarts are a sweet treat the program can justify putting in the bag - as long as they do not use donors' precious cash gifts to purchase them. They are obtained exclusively through food drives such as ours.
More information
Please make the change and bring peanut butter & PopTarts! Until everyone is aware of the change, all other items will be donated to the High Plains Food Bank. Contact: Yvonne Moore
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East Indian Dinner &
Bollywood Dancing
This Saturday - October 11 at 7 PM
At the Fellowship
The AUUF Social Committee is hosting a one-of-a-kind party at the Fellowship:
a culinary and entertainment immersion in Indian culture. We'll enjoy catered East Indian cuisine, and entertainment by Bollywood-
style dancers...who may even teach us a few moves!
Cost: $20 per person.
Contacts: John or Cheryl Windham
Sarah Brown will provide babysitting services during the adults' Bollywood party.
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 Interfaith Dialogue and
Non-Violence Group
Sundays - 6 PM
Roasters
1818 S. Georgia
Join this group, representing many cultures, for thought-provoking dialogue. The membership is growing, but needs and wants more people of different faiths, cultures and belief systems.
Contact: Rusty Tomlinson
(through AUUF office)
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Welcome to the Amarillo
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship! |
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 "Where everyone is welcome!"Are you seeking a place of belonging where you can be free from judgment because of your beliefs or whom you love? Do you need the freedom to grow on your own spiritual and intellectual journey? Try the Amarillo Unitarian Universalist Fellowship - it might very well be the place for you.
Join us this Sunday at 4901 Cornell St. 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.
A variety of events happen every week, and 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, you will find much more information about our faith, Unitarian Universalism, as well as our Fellowship.
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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October 12, 2014
 David Green is speaking on America is SO Gay! (and it's about time)
, discussing rapidly-transforming cultural attitudes and the legal landscape related to equal rights for LGBT persons, as well as ongoing challenges.
Note: Special 30-minute TalkBack! session to follow the 11 AM service. October 19, 2014  David Green is speaking on
The World's Oldest Religion, discussing the origins and basic beliefs of Hinduism. October 26, 2014  David Green is speaking on Believing In Good, discussing how ethics and morality are universal human impulses that can transcend religious doctrines. In other words, "How can we be good for goodness' sake?"
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Unitarian Universalist Journey
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 All four Saturdays in October (Oct. 4, 11, 18, & 25) 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Every Saturday morning in October, the Leadership Development Committee will host a series of brief workshops intended to prepare members for serving our Fellowship in Board or committee positions. Everyone is invited to participate as often as possible in these Saturday workshops.
This Saturday (Oct. 11) from 9:30 - 11:30 AM:
Unitarian Universalist Journey
This workshop allows us to articulate and share our individual journeys to Unitarian Universalism.
Other workshops this year: - Workshop 3 - October 18
Power and Authority
- Workshop 4 - October 25
Turning Points and Moments of Grace
Workshops will be facilitated by a number of different talented, skilled and charming members of our congregation and our leadership development committee, along with our minister for two of the workshops. Whether you can come to all or only one, your presence is needed, wanted, and appreciated! We will enjoy these because we enjoy each other and our shared faith. Snacks will be provided during each 2-hour workshop. Join us for this adventure - you will love it! Contacts: Nina Stein or Minnie Venable |
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 Special "Talk-Back"
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 This Sunday, October 12
Following the 11 AM Service
Reviving an old AUUF tradition, a 30-minute"talk-back" session will be held following the 11 AM service. David Green's sermon, America is So Gay! will review the rapid evolution of social acceptance of LGBT persons in America, including the current status of marriage equality.
This week's US Supreme Court refusal to hear appeals by several states opposed to marriage equality opened the door to marriage for even more Americans. These unfolding events will be the focus of this special opportunity for discussion. Please stay and join us!
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On Sunday, October 12, we begin a new era in children's RE. We will be dividing the ages 6 and up class into two groups : ages 6-9 and ages 10 & up. We will also begin using the Tapestry of Faith curriculum. The younger elementary kids will be working with morality stories. The learning objectives for the older group are to 1) learn about tools for life that we can gain from our faith, such as courage, questioning, and love; 2) learn to make rules together; 3) explore the meaning of a covenant as we make promises together.
Look for further information on the up coming All Hallows Day party for all our children on November 1.
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Unitarian Universalism:
Are My Beliefs Welcome?
 In Unitarian Universalism, you can bring your whole self:
your full identity, your questioning mind,
your expansive heart. We are creating a force more powerful than one person or one religion. By welcoming people who identify with Atheism and Agnosticism, Buddhism,Christianity, Humanism, Judaism,
Earth-Centered Traditions, Hinduism, Islam, and more,
we are embodying a vision "beyond belief:"
a vision of peace, love, and understanding. We are building an action-oriented community,
bridging races, religions, and creeds with a shared desire
to make faith, religion, and spirituality verbs. More information
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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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