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Memorial Service
for Ray Nordhausen
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Saturday, January 10, 2015 at 2 PM
at the Fellowship
 Ray Nordhausen died December 24th following several months of health issues. Please join us on January 10 in remembering and celebrating Ray's life, and in supporting Minnie Venable and other members of Ray's family.
A brief reception will immediately follow the service.
Minnie has requested that
any contributions in Ray's memory
be made to AUUF, designated for the Fellowship's building fund.
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Our condolences also go out to Amy and Steven McBride, as well as other members of their family, in the death of Amy's father on December 30. Dr. Ben Hutchinson was a professor and former dean at Hutchinson University in Nashville, TN.
Please remember their family as they grieve his passing.
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Men's Fellowship
Every Wednesday - 6:30 pm
at Furrbie's restaurant (downtown).
Get to know the men of our Fellowship! Join them weekly for Furrbie's good food and interesting conversation.
Contact: Eric Berg
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 Living the Questions
Discussion Group Thursday, January 8
7 - 8:30 PM
Living the Questions is a video & discussion series that is an open-minded alternative to studies that attempt to give participants all the answers and instead strives to create an environment where participants can interact with one another in exploring what's next for Christianity. Discussions, held in the large classroom at the Fellowship, are facilitated by Lyle Raker.
The topic for January 8 is Compassion: The heart of Jesus' ministry. Jesus was not primarily a teacher of correct beliefs or right morals. He was a teacher of a way that transforms people from legalistic rule-followers into compassionate disciples of putting people first.
More information about LtQ.
Contact: Lyle Raker
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 Fiction Book Group
Tuesday, Jan. 27
7 - 8:30 PM
All The Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr
The highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr tells the story of a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II. Upcoming selections for the Fiction Book Group. Contact: Dick Moseley
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Cancellation: Modern Thought
Nonfiction Book Group
Next meeting: Saturday, February 7(January meeting cancelled)
 In February, the group will begin the discussion of Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness.
Contact: Ann Benedetti
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Come early - for a change of pace!
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Our 11:00 service is usually packed - and what a wonderful problem for us to have. However,
studies show that churches stop growing when 80% of the seats are filled - as ours usually are at the later service.
You can be part of the solution as we work to grow our congregation and faith community, extending the warmth of our Beloved Community to more Amarillo and area residents.
Will you help by attending the 9:30 service at least once a month? We look forward to seeing you there!
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Special Exhibit at Panhandle-Plains
Historical Museum
Anna Keener: Southwestern Regionalist
Now through February
In 1969 Keener said:
I am stimulated by everything. Using new media (which in itself is exciting), each day challenges me to create something fresh and meaningful and of interest to others.
...I hope."
Curator Gallery Talk
Saturday Jan 24 from 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
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Welcome to the Amarillo
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship! |
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Experience our Beloved Community
As we begin 2015, we invite you to explore our Fellowship, a place of belonging where you are welcome regardless of who you are, what you believe, your background, or whom you love.
Worship.
Join us this Sunday at 4901 Cornell St. for
either the 9:30 or 11 AM service.
Childcare and school-age Children's Religious Education are provided during the 11 AM service only.
Learn; get to know us.In addition to the events described in this newsletter, you can find a complete listing by clicking 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 can learn more about our Fellowship and our faith, Unitarian Universalism.
Connect. Find and "Like" us on FaceBook!
Questions?
All events are held at the Fellowship, or call our Office Administrator, April Myers, at 806.355.9351 and leave a message. She will return your call during her 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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January 4, 2015
 AUUF President Keralee Clay is delivering the Annual State of
the Fellowship Address, reviewing the past year's events and anticipating what 2015 has in store for us. Join us to learn about the exciting changes underway at the Fellowship. January 11, 2015  David Green is speaking on The Examined Life, discussing the ideal of Socrates that "The unexamined life is not worth living," and how asking essential questions of who and what we are leads to greater self-awareness, compassion, and courage. January 18, 2015
David Green is speaking on
A Passion
for Peace, discussing the spiritual and ethical basis of the peace-making legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Children's Religious Education (CRE)
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We expect (and certainly hope) that all of our children will be back after the winter holidays - and we are ready! We have activities for each of our 3 age groups: Birth to age 5 (taught by Sarah Brown) Focus: Using our imaginations.
We will gently incorporate the difference between fantasy and reality into these lesson plans. This will set the stage for children to develop critical thinking later in life while also encouraging them to think creatively. The focus will be on the 3rd, 4th, and 5th principles.
Ages 6 - 9 (taught by Maisie Everett)
Focus: 10 Fun Things to Try in 2015.
Incorporating all 7 UU Principles, we will guide our children in the fun aspects of discovering new things about themselves, their actions, and the world around in which we all live.
Ages 10 and up (taught by Vicki Schoen)
In January, our older children will talk about our moral compass and doing the right thing.
Contact: Vicki Schoen
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Sunday, January 4 from 12:30 - 1:30 PM
It's the first Sunday of the month - that special day to bring a yummy dish to share as we enjoy the great food and fellowship!
Always good...and good for you!
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Unitarian Universalism
What does our chosen faith ask of us?
To become a Unitarian Universalist,
you make no doctrinal promises,
but you are required to do much more.
You are required to choose your own beliefs --
you promise, that is, to use your reason and
your experience and the dictates of your conscience,
to decide upon your own theology,
and then you are asked to actually live by that theology.
You are asked to take your chosen faith very seriously. Marilyn Sewell (2011). The Theology of Unitarian Universalists.
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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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