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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 January, the elementary students will be watching brief videos and discussing their content.
Jan. 24: The Eruption of Mt. St. Helens
Jan. 31: Volcanos of New Mexico
The nursery group will be focusing on the following topics during January:
Jan. 24: Our Bodies are Beautiful
Jan. 31: ??
Lesson plans are subject to change, but this is the plan.
Contact: Wes Phillips and Sarah Brown
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"Institutional memory is a collective set of facts, concepts, experiences and know-how held by a group of people. As it transcends the individual, it requires the ongoing transmission of these memories between members of this group."
~ Harvard Business School
Do you have a favorite memory of the Fellowship? Do you know of an important moment in our history that you want to be sure is remembered by all members? Help us get a more complete history of our Beloved Community by adding these memories and events to our new "History Wall". It is located on the hallway bulletin board across from the RE rooms. There are note cards you can fill out, or bring your own. The Ministerial Search Committee will be using this to give us a more complete timeline of our history and also to provide information and context to our many newer members.
Contact: Keralee Clay
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Newsletter and Website Submissions
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As always, we are eager to publish information regarding committees, boards, Adult RE, CRE, events, and services, but we need your help. The website and Facebook page can be updated daily, but the newsletter cannot. New information needs to be submitted (submissions@uuamarillo.org) by noon Wednesday if you want it to appear in the Friday morning newsletter. If you need an event placed on the website calendar, you may submit that request with description, image (or we can provide one), starting and approximate ending time, specific location, date (or dates for a recurring event), and name of contact person. Help us help you get your message out in a timely manner.
PLEASE, EVERYONE CAN MAKE ALL THESE COMMUNICATIONS MORE EFFECTIVE BY READING THEM EACH WEEK--ESPECIALLY THE WEBSITE AND NEWSLETTER!
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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 above.
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 Tuesday - Friday from 9 AM to noon.
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Sunday Worship - 9:30 and 11 AM
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January 24, 2016
James Doores speaks on Evolution Science and its Deniers. The sermon covers Intelligent Design from 1925 and the Scopes Trial to the Present Day.
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January 31, 2016
Sharon Baker speaks on The Day That Changed My Life.
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February 7, 2016
Mary Emeny speaks on Is the Pope a closet Unitarian? Mary examines the recent papal encyclical on the environment for similarities to UU principles, concerns, and programs.
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Adult Religious Education
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Please join us at 10 AM each Sunday.
We are rotating three subjects. Each covers a different aspect of Adult Religious Education. All are welcome. No advance reading is necessary and no test will be given.
Jan. 24: Lecture #9 of The New Testament examines the "Noncanonical Gospels."
Jan. 31: Lecture #9 of Science and Religion covers "Geology, Cosmology, and Biblical Chronology."
Feb. 7: Lecture #9 of Natural Law and Human Nature presents "Biblical Views of Nature and Law."
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Nothing Much Buddhist Covenant Group
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Monday, January 25, 7:30 PM
 The Nothing Much Buddhist Covenant Group has selected as its reading Dr. Mark Epstein's Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart: A Buddhist Perspective on Wholeness. This national bestseller explores the similarities between Buddhist or Zen meditation techniques and those used in psychotherapy. We shall be discussing Chapter 4: Connection at the January 25 meeting at the Fellowship.
Contact: Rick Todd
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 Tuesday, January 26, 7-8:30 PM
January's selection is Jamesland by Michelle Huneven. Three characters who are all somewhat adrift in their lives, a mentally disturbed man, a troubled descendent of William James, and a somewhat unfocused UU minister, maneuver their way, sometimes comically, sometimes movingly, toward a fuller existence.
Future selections for Spring 2016, if you want to order them all at once, include: Fortune Smiles: Stories by Adam Johnson; We Are Called to Rise by Laura McBride; and Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf.
Contact: Dick Moseley
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Women's Simply Salad &Soup Fellowship
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Wednesday, January 27, 6:30 PM
Our women's group meets every 2nd and 4th Wednesday for good food and great conversation. The meetings on 2nd Wednesdays are at the Fellowship-potluck style. On the 4th Wednesdays, the women meet at a different restaurant each month.
Contact: Ann Benedetti
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Wednesday, January 27, 6:30 PM at AUUF
 Every 4th Wednesday of each month the Men's Brotherhood meets from 6:30-8:00 PM in Chandler Hall. This covenant group provides men a private place for discussing feelings, for developing the trust to share without judgment in a confidential and safe environment, for permitting open discussion of concerns and receipt of the collective wisdom of others who have dealt with similar problems, and for finding ways to use new insights to improve one's everyday life.
Contact: Rick Todd
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Richard S Gilbert, Growing Up Absorbed: Religious Education among the Unitarian Universalists (2014).
In the forward by Peter Morales, UUA President, argues this book provides perspective, historical context, and philosophical clarity about religious education within UU churches. Gilbert divides his book into four parts: history, span of life faith development, the big questions (challenges) facing religious education, and useable truths to accomplish the goal. He addresses the needs at various stages of life-intellectually, emotionally, spiritually, and ethically or morally. This expansively documented analysis should be required reading for every UU, especially those administering religious education whether for children or adults.
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Public Performance of Eve Ensler's Play
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 Friday, February 19, 7 PM at AUUF
Amarillo Feminists is presenting Eve Ensler's play, A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant, and a Prayer, consisting of twenty monologues unified by the theme of violence against women. Women are victims of violence not only in foreign countries and large cities, but also here in Amarillo.
For this reason, we feel that it is imperative that we support organizations like Martha's Home, a 501(c)3 organization, which provides shelter and support services for women who have been victims of violence. ALL proceeds from this performance go directly to Martha's Home. All work on this production has been done on a volunteer basis. (This play deals with adult themes and contains adult language and may not be suitable for young children. Viewer discretion is advised.)
 Pizza and soft drinks will be sold at intermission. Wine will be available; freewill donations for wine will be gratefully received.
Ticket prices are purposefully low to enable more people to attend and experience this important performance-only $5 in advance and $10 at the door. If you pay by check, make it out to Martha's Home. All proceeds go to Martha's Home so tickets and donations are tax-deductible. A tax form will be provided if you purchase tickets or donate at the Fellowship. Otherwise, a form will be mailed to those expressing interest with a return envelope addressed to the AUUF.
We ask you to make an additional donation, as you are able, to support the work of Martha's Home in Amarillo. MARK YOUR CALENDAR NOW!!
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 Amarillo Symphony
Friday & Saturday, January 22 & 23, 7:30 PM
Globe-News Center for the Performing Arts
Yuriy Bekker, conductor and violin, presents Four for Tango (Plazzolia), The Four Seasons (Vivalldi), and Symphony No. 9 in E minor "From the New World" (Dvorak). Tickets begin at $19, click here to get your tickets online.
FireSongs Songwriter Series
 Wednesday, January 20, 6:30-8:30 PM
FireSongs Songwriter Series is a new, weekly series that is unique in Amarillo, in that each Wednesday night, a different area songwriter or combo will perform entirely original material---no covers. We have a wealth of creative energy here in the Panhandle and this series aims to celebrate those who express this energy through songwriting.
The shows are at Fire Slice Pizzeria (7301 SW 34th Space 10, Summit Shopping Center) on Wednesdays from 6:30 - 8:30 PM. It's a listening environment, so talking is discouraged in the concert room while the show is going on, but this makes it a much nicer environment, and of course Fire Slice has wonderful food which may be enjoyed throughout the show. There is no cover, but reservations are suggested to guarantee seating in the listening room. Call (806) 331-2232. The artist performing January 27 is Blues Boy Willie. The next performance, February 3, is by The Dust Jackets.
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