This Sunday, November 11 9:30 a.m. FORUM: 2012 Summer Social Justice Internship Report
Leaders: Adele Hanson & Youth.
10:30 a.m. Risk and Sacrifice
Speaker: Rev. Dr. Pam Allen-Thompson.
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Greetings from Mount Curve! 
Join us for some excellent Sunday morning programming followed by a delicious soup lunch benefiting FUS youth. Read the first edition of Confluence, a newsletter from the FUS Board of Trustees. Click here to view the FUS calendar, and scroll through the dates to see descriptions of upcoming Sunday programs.
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Soup Lunch
Sunday, November 11 
Join us immediately following the assembly for a delicious soup lunch to benefit the youth's fund for their trip to Boston. A vegetarian option is always served at each soup lunch. Suggested donation rates are: $7/adult, $3/child, with a maximum of $15 per family. However if this cost is prohibitive, please be our guest.
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 Volunteers Needed
Sunday, November 11
Keep our building warm! Keep our children safe! Immediately following the soup lunch many hands are needed to install window plastic in our classroom wing. Additional help is needed to install hardware (made possible by funds raised at the 2012 Service Auction) to make our many stair railings child safe. No need to bring tools. Fill up on soup - then lend us a hand! FFI Bruce Nelson or Chris Bubser.
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Miss Representation 
The Women's Awareness Group (WAG) will meet Monday, November 12 to show the film, Miss Representation, an award winning film about the images of women and girls in the current media. Meeting starts at 6:30pm sharp, with the film beginning at 7:00pm in the Dietrich Room at FUS.
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Confluence
Confluence is a twice-a-month communication from the First Unitarian Society (FUS) Board of Trustees to keep members and friends of FUS up to date on the Trustee's work and leadership. Click here to read the first edition.
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Help Folks Stay Warm 
Help Dignity Center clients stay warm this winter by donating winter jackets and gloves for adults! The greatest needs are extra-large men's jackets and ski gloves. Deposit donations in the large box in the main entrance at FUS through November 18.
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 Lost and Found Items All lost and found items will go to the clothing drive for the homeless on November 18. Please check with the office if you might have something in the lost and found. |
Current Exhibit Donna Nesser is the current exhibitor of art in the gallery. She works in watercolor and multimedia. Her show will be on view through November 25.
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Music Lessons at FUS
Instructor Russell Packard will be leading the RE Music Program during the Holiday term this year. In addition to this he is offering classes on Middle Eastern music and Irish music and tin whistle, open to both children and adults, on Sunday afternoons November 25-December 23 for $40. For more information contact Russell.
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Music Sunday 
Sunday, December 2
Join us for Majesty, Magic, & Mystery as The First Unitarian Chorus and Orchestra present a morning of incredible music featuring Bach's Magnificat, Britten's Ceremony of Carols, Resphighi's "Adoration of the Magi" and Britten's "Sword and the Stone." Don't miss this magnificent morning of masterpieces! Click here for more information.
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Winter Solstice
Winter Solstice Celebration
December 21 & 22
An intergenerational humanist celebration of the season! As the year closes - on the longest night - we celebrate the ongoing cycle of life. Share a festive dinner, our unique Midwinter Revels program featuring a modern version of a traditional Mummers' Play, dancing, and a Yule Fire Ring. For information click here.
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FUS Bookstore  The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future by Joseph Stiglitz, and The Party is Over: How Republicans went crazy, the Democrats became useless, and the middle class got shafted by Mike Lofgren. Check out these titles and more in the Bookstore today!
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Help a Senior Citizen
Get in shape and help your neighbor! Develop strong muscles by shoveling the snow off a grateful senior citizen's walkways and driveway. Work with a partner and you can take turns shoveling. Family teams and small groups welcome; youth must be age 7 or older and supervised by an adult. One time opportunities are also available. Contact Jeanne at NIP Seniors Program 612-746-8549.
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