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Saturday, May 16 at 2 PM
Social Action Committee will meet in Chandler Hall at 2 PM to discuss up-coming events, including Panhandle Pride at Memorial Park on June 28 and Beans and Cornbread in October. We shall also discuss our ongoing efforts with SnackPak 4 Kids, Martha's Home, and Another Chance. Let's gather to affirm our commitment to justice, equity, and compassion in human relations through positive action.
Contact: Yvonne Moore
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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.
May 17th - The nursery-age kids are continuing their studies of spring and the older children will continue making a book on the world--our home. If you haven't checked the lasagna garden lately, take a look. We've got veggies and flower sprouting. If you have empty baby food jars, we will gladly help you recycle them for fathers' day projects.
Contacts: Vicki Schoen and Sarah Brown
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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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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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May 31, 2015
AUUF member Velma Cagel, and Terrie Campbell, Shelley McWilliams, and Chasity Downey speak on the work of AmeriCorps-VISTA in the Texas Panhandle.
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3rd Sunday Breakfast
Sunday, May 17 at 9 AM
Breakfast is served! At
9 AM on the third Sunday each month, the Women's Simply Salad and Soup Fellowship is providing a yummy breakfast. Enjoy a hearty breakfast and stay for worship at 9:30 AM or Adult Religious Education at 10 AM.
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Woman's Covenant Group
Monday, May 18 at 6 PM
The Women's Covenant Group studies and discusses feminine spiritual and social topics. We will launch this group by studying an 11 session UU adult RE curriculum. Cakes for the Queen of Heaven-a woman honoring curriculum by Rev. Shirley Ranck. Check website page for additional information.
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We Agnostics Alcoholics Anonymous
Thursday, May 21 at 6 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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| 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.
John A. Buehrens and Rebecca Ann Parker. A House for Hope: The Promise of Progressive Religion for the Twenty-first Century. (2010).
John Buehrens (past president of the UUA and now minister of the First Parish Church in Needham, MA) and Rebecca Ann Parker (president of and professor of theology at Starr King School for the Ministry in Berkeley, CA, holding dual fellowship with the United Methodist Church and the Unitarian Universalist Association) author alternating chapters in this book which present a slightly more Christian perspective (Parker) and a more liberal perspective (Buehrens) on the significant aspects or beliefs of progressive religion in the modern era. Booklist described the book as "A thoughtful meditation on religion, duty, and the common good." If you enjoyed Buehrens' A Chosen Faith, you will love this book.
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Forgot to Bring Peanut Butter and/or Pop Tarts?
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 We are now accepting cash donations for Snack Pak 4 Kids! Be sure to notate on your check or on the donation envelope that you want the money to go to Snack-Pack, drop it in the offering bowl, and we will take care of it from there. Thank you all so much for your support of this terrific program!
Contact: Yvonne Moore
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Celebrate 60 Years with the Amarillo Zoo!
Saturday, May 16th from 6:00pm-8:00pm
On Saturday, May 16th from 6:00pm - 8:00pm, Amarillo Zoo will stay open late to celebrate their 60th birthday.
There will be an assortment of special presentations and activities throughout the Zoo plus as a nostalgic look back to 1955 with FREE admission, hotdogs for .25 cents and good old Rock and Roll music with the Andy Chase Cundiff band.
In addition you can visit with zoo keepers as they talk about some of your favorite animals, watch a wildlife show, or stop at one of their animal encounter areas.
Need to satisfy the sweet tooth? Belmar Bakery has made a delicious cake in honor of the Zoo's birthday and servings will be given out while the supply lasts.
Don't forget your cameras, because Snow White will be here and they'll have a special photo op area set up by the Zoo's original entrance in 1955 known as Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs Mountain.
Admission for this event is FREE!
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"Part of Servetus's motivation for taking on the Trinity was his concern that the doctrine unnecessarily separates Christianity from Judaism and Islam. In The Errors of the Trinity, he praises Islam's acceptance of Jesus as a prophet and regrets that Christianity does not return the favor by acknowledging Muhammad. . . . So it was that John Calvin had him executed in Geneva in 1553."
--Susan J. Ritchie,
Children of the Same God: The Historical Relationship Between Unitarianism, Judaism, and Islam (2014).
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