This Sunday, December 30
9:30am "The Narrows" Parenting Your Children During the Transition from Late Adolescence to Adulthood
Rachel Frazin will explore the challenges of parenting "emergent adults," a newly defined developmental phase that describes the milestones, characteristics, and problems of 18 to 30 year old young adults. Drawing from her experiences as a mother, in addition to work as a family nurse practitioner in urban clinics and the Alaskan Arctic, Rachel will debunk prevailing views about parenting young adults, discuss the obstacles that make parenting children this age so difficult, and make suggestions about how to better navigate this critical phase in family life.
10:30am Reclaiming Our Language: Moving Beyond Categorical Thinking
Speaker: Diggitt McLaughlin. Breaking on through to the other side of language that stops our thinking.
RE and Child Care
There will be no Religious Explorer classes meeting or child care available on December 30. These programs resume next week, January 6.
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FUS Email Contacts
Religious Education
Unitarian FLASH Editor
Phone: 612-377-6608
Fax: 612-377-2151 |
Reminders
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Greetings from Mount Curve!
Warm up at First Unitarian Society this winter! Join us for some fabulous programs. See more below! Click here to view the FUS calendar, and scroll through the dates to see descriptions of upcoming Sunday programs.
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End of Year Pledges and Donations 
You have been generous to FUS this year. Thank you. If you want to complete your annual pledge by the end of the month, put your check in any collection plate through December 30, identifying this as your PLEDGE PAYMENT or END OF THE YEAR DONATION in the memo line. You can also donate online by clicking here. Our heartfelt thanks for your amazing generosity that keeps our programs vibrant, our building in good condition, and our impact on people's lives strong and ongoing. |
 Monthly Poetry Group Friday, December 28, 7:00-9:00pm Library
Please join UUs and humanists for another evening of exploring human experience through poetry. Light refreshments will be served. Facilitated by Audrey Kingstrom.
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 Confluence
Read the latest issue of this publication from the First Unitarian Society (FUS) Board of Trustees by clicking here. Confluence keeps members and friends of FUS up to date on the Trustees' work and leadership.
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Service Auction Proposals Due  Sunday, January 13
The FUS Board of Trustees invites the committees and groups at FUS to submit proposals for participating in the planning of the annual Service Auction Saturday, March 23, 2013 and the subsequent sharing of the proceeds. We are fortunate to have Marcy Leussler as chair of this year's Service Auction. Proposals should include: 1. A description and budget of the proposed project 2. The approximate number of volunteers your group can realistically commit to the Service Auction - both planning and event volunteers. Click here to submit your proposal.
Your Board of Trustees
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 In the Gallery "Between Place" this month is the work of two artists with very different approaches to landscape painting. Jeannine Kitzhaber's work depicts bird's eye views of landscapes, while Adam P. Johnson's landscapes are created with broad brush strokes from a ground level viewpoint. Kitzhaber teaches studio art at the University of Wisconsin, River Falls, and lives in Coon Rapids. Johnson teaches studio art at the University of Minnesota. Both artists have had numerous shows in the Twin Cities and afar. The show continues through January 6.
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FUS Foundation News 
The Foundation is doing great things. Check here for details. Many thanks to all who have contributed to the Foundation during our year-end appeal. Your generosity allows the Foundation to distribute over $50,000 per year to FUS and our community, sustaining humanism far into the future.
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 Sound System Improvements The Upper Assembly Hall sound system is now connected to loudspeakers in the Dietrich Room, Nursery, Kitchen and Lower Assembly Hall. These, and other improvements, were made possible with funds raised from last year's service auction. Learn more here. |
Welcome Rachel!
We would like to welcome Rachel Adler who will be the main care provider in the FUS nursery from 9:30 to 11:30am every Sunday. Rachel is from New Jersey and is a recent graduate of Macalester College. She is Red Cross certified, has had training in shaken baby syndrome and is currently working during the week with toddlers at the JCC in St. Paul. She is also willing to do sitting for night meetings here at FUS! We are thrilled to have her here!
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Social Justice 
Your involvement is critical in shaping legislative priorities for housing! FUS is a member of the Downtown Congregations to End Homelessness (DCEH). DCEH congregations are gearing up for the next legislative session which begins January 8. Throughout January and February, there will be opportunities to get involved in the work of DCEH and ending homelessness. Information about these events can be found at the social justice table in the Lower Assembly Hall.
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Early Registration for Camp StarTrail
2013 Camp for 2012 Prices!  Join us July 28 - August 2, 2013. The theme speaker will be Rev. Meg Riley, a Huffington Post blogger and Senior Minister of the Church of the Larger Fellowship, a 3,500 member UU "church without walls." Register for Camp StarTrail during the month of December to receive a $20 per person discount. Online registration is open now. More information here. |
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