Sunday, May 10 immediately following 11 AM service. Both current and incoming Board members are more-than-cordially invited! Committee chairs are encouraged to attend, and everyone is welcome. Join us for a fast-paced meeting. On this Mother's Day, we plan to conclude by 1:15 PM.
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Get Dirty, Have Fun, and Support
SnackPak4Kids
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Saturday, May 9 at 8 AM
Join others at the rim of scenic Palo Duro Canyon for an action packed 5k obstacle course race (ages 13+) and kid's mile (ages 6-12) through mud and terrain!
Marc and Blue's Magnificent Mud Run helps to raise awareness and donates a portion of the proceeds to SnackPak4Kids - a program that AUUF has supported with peanut butter and PopTarts for many years.
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| Children's Religious Education Update |
Our Children's Religious Education (CRE) program is divided into two groups by age. In CRE, which meets each Sunday at 11 AM, we challenge our children with interactive studies about religion and science.
During upcoming weeks, our elementary-age children will continue their study of homes, using the Creating Home curriculum.
Our younger children (up through pre-kindergarten age) will have a different focus each week, as follows:
- May 10th - Mother's Day - We will talk about mothers and how special and important they are.
- May 17th- Spring Makes the Earth Colorful - We will talk about Springtime and its many aspects with a focus on color and beauty.
Contacts: Vicki Schoen and Sarah Brown
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"And on that day when the people who love you sit down together with someone like me to tell your story, they'll say with deep gratitude, pride, and joy, 'He gave himself away in love."
--David Green,
Mend: Being the Man She Needs
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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.orgAlso on our website, you can learn more about our Fellowship and our faith, Unitarian Universalism.
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 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.
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Sunday Worship - 9:30 and 11 AM
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In Askville, David Green answers questions on religion, ethics, and social issues submitted by members and selected at random.
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May 17, 2015
David Green is speaking on The Journey is Half the Fun!, discussing how we can understanding the meaning of life as an ongoing adventure of discovery.
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May 24, 2015
David Green speaks on The Trial of Michael Servetus, discussing the legacy of the 16th-Century Spanish physician, humanist, religious reformer, and Unitarian.
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Nothing Much Buddhist Group
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Monday, May 11 from 7:30 - 8:30 PM
(2nd and 4th Monday of every month)
 Nothing Much Buddhist Covenant Group will embark on a new study.
Join us May 11 at the Amarillo UU Fellowship to begin work on the book 10% Happier by Dan Harris, Nightline anchor and winner of the 2014 Living Now Book Award for Inspirational Memoir .
The book focuses on Harris' search for ways to explain and reduce the stress in his life that led to an on-air panic attack on Good Morning America. A lifelong nonbeliever, he found himself on a bizarre adventure involving a disgraced pastor, a mysterious self-help guru, and a gaggle of brain scientists. Eventually, Harris realized his greatest asset was the incessant, insatiable voice in his head, which had both propelled him through the ranks of a hyper-competitive business and also led him to make the profoundly stupid decisions that provoked his on-air freak-out.
We all have a voice in our head. It's what has us losing our temper, checking our emails compulsively, eating when we're not hungry, and fixating on the past and the future at the expense of the present. Harris stumbled upon an effective way to rein in the voice: meditation. After learning about research that suggests meditation can do everything from lower your blood pressure to essentially rewire your brain, Harris took a deep dive into the underreported world of CEOs, scientists, and even marines who are now using it for increased calm, focus, and happiness.
Contact: Rick Todd
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Meet the Artist - René West, Visual Poet
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Tuesday, May 12 from 7 - 8 PM
(every 2nd Tuesday except June and December)
Join us for the exciting monthly program, Meet the Artist. It is held in Chandler Hall at the Fellowship the second Tuesday each month (with the exception of June 9 and Dec. 8). Refreshments will be served, and admission is free. Each month a different visual, performing, or literary artist will be featured. The artist will display and/or discuss his/her work and creative process, and take Q & A from participants.
This month's featured artist is René West, a visual poet and collagist. She writes stories with her own unique visual language and relies on the power of photographic images to communicate ideas. West will speak about her journey as an artist, and discuss her longtime love affair with photography.
West is an Assistant Professor of Photography at Amarillo College, and her images have been exhibited throughout the United States and Europe.
Refreshments are served; gatherings are free and open to the community. Invite your friends and family!
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We Agnostics Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting
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Thursday, May 14 from 6 - 8 PM
 The We Agnostics Alcoholics Anonymous group meets weekly on Thursdays at 6 PM, in Chandler Hall at the Amarillo Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. This AA group is for anyone with a desire to stop drinking or maintain sobriety, but particularly for those who are uncomfortable with AA meeting formats stressing particular religious beliefs.
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Living the Questions Discussion Group
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Thursday, May 14 at 7 PM
(2nd & 4th Thursday every month at 7 PM)
 Skeptics are welcome!
Are Christian ideas still relevant in today's world? Living the Questions is a discussion group using curriculum and media for the "church alumni association" for anyone whose questions about traditional Christian beliefs and ways of interpreting scripture have made them unwelcome elsewhere. The group meets twice each month in the classroom at the Fellowship, with discussion facilitated by Lyle Raker.
Lyle says:
I have a lot of people ask, "What is 'Living The Questions'?" It can be different things for different people. I think of it as a liberal progressive study of the Christian religion. Jack Spong calls us "believers in exile." We are people who have left the traditional Christian church because of its refusal to take our questions or life situations seriously.
Participants expecting to receive clear and concise answers to all questions will be disappointed because there are not answers for everything. The traditional church says it has the truth for every issue, but we know that's not so.
Some could hope that "Living the Questions" would become the beginning of a reformation of Jesus' ministry in our time.
So bring your opinions, beliefs, questions, and skepticism to UU on the 2nd and 4th Thursday nights at 7 pm.
For more information, contact the AUUF Office or call
(806)355-9351.
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| Alternative Medicine Monthly Seminar |
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ICAM Monthly Seminar -
Integrated Complementary Alternative Medicine
Tuesday, May 19 from 7 - 8:30 PM
 This monthly seminar focuses on alternative health and wellness, and is led by Rolf Habersang, MD, Medical Director of the ICAM Institute of Amarillo, and Pia Habersang, EdD, CNS, MSN, APRN of the Pediatric Wellness Center of Amarillo.
Open to the Public - Free Admission
Click here for more information or call (806)354-5437
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In this series, AUUF member Gary Biggers provides his personal summaries and recommendation ratings for books related to our faith.
Sylvia Boorstein. It's Easier Than You Think: The Buddhist Way to Happiness. (1995).
This collection of brief essays, or perhaps more appropriately lessons, explores these broad areas: spirituality demystified, the path to happiness, and hindrances to clear seeing, wisdom and compassion. With humor and timeless insight, Boorstein weaves the ancient wisdom of Buddha into everyday experiences. This bestseller is a very accessible introduction to the basic tenets of Buddhism and their practical application.
Recommendation level
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Songwriters In The Round
Friday, May 15th at the Fibonacci
Doors open at 7 PM, Show starts at 7:30 PM
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