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In This Issue
Leadership Meeting
Poetry Group
Gathering the Waters
Bidder 70
Potluck Meet & Greet
Sign Up Sunday
Work O' The Weavers at FUS
WotW 
Hear your favorite Weavers songs such as Sloop John B and This Land is Your Land plus forward-singing songs!

Friday, October 18
7:30 p.m., FUS
To Benefit the Downtown Congregations to End Homelessness

For more details including ticket information, visit the FUS web site.
    

This Sunday,

August 25

 
9:30am  
BOOK CLUB
Dietrich Room
This final meeting of the summer book club, reading "The New Jim Crow", will focus on solutions to the issue of mass incarceration.
 
10:30am  ASSEMBLY
The New Jim Crow
Speaker:  Judge Pam Alexander
Lower Assembly Hall
"Jim Crow" laws, which hobbled - even killed -so many Americans for a century after slavery ended, have not gone away; they are reappearing in new and devious forms. Informed, we can resist together and restore community. 
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FUS Office Hours 
The FUS office is open Monday-Friday from 10am-4pm. Please call ahead if you need building access at other times: 612-377-6608. 
 
The office will be closed on Monday, September 2 in observance of Labor Day.

Greetings from Mount Curve!           


 
 
As the sun begins to set on summer, we want to thank Rev. Wendy Jerome and all involved with summer assemblies! We begin to look forward to September which will bring assemblies by Rev. Dr. David Breeden and many exciting activities planned for you!  
 
This issue is a preview of just some of those activities.
 

Click here to view the FUS calendar, and scroll through the dates to see descriptions of upcoming Sunday programs and events. 


But August Isn't Over Yet!....
 
Leadership Meeting
Saturday, August 24
9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Chalice Room

All are welcome to attend this open meeting of the FUS Leadership.

At this meeting, committee chairs, staff, lay leaders, and board of trustee members will be listing calendar events, receiving updates on the web site and governance work, and hearing from Rev. Breeden on his ministerial focus.
Poetry Group:  Speaking of Doubt
Friday, August 30th, 7pm

Dietrich Room

 

This month, we will scour the works of poets to find apt expressions of our cognitive and/or emotional dissonances.   Whether it be the personal doubt of one's abilities or choices that weighs us down, or the existential doubt that arises from religious, moral, ideological or cultural beliefs, let's explore the contours and implications of this inescapable human condition.  Bring your own poet of choice to the conversation on doubt; if you find a poem or two to share, make copies (8-10 should do) to distribute for ease of reading. Or just come to participate in the discussion with others.  Facilitated by Audrey Kingstrom. 

 
SEPTEMBER EVENTS PREVIEW
Please mark your calendars for these events.
 
 
Assembly:  Gathering the Waters
water chalice
Sunday, September 8
10:30 Assembly, Upper Assembly Hall




 
Dinner and Film "Bidder 70" - September 11

"A shocking look at how far the energy industry and the government will go to crush just one voice."

-Michael Moore

 

6:30 P.M.

LOWER ASSEMBLY HALL, FUS 

bidder 70 poster

Click here to watch the movie trailer.
 For more information, visit the FUS web site. 

 

Let There Be Music for the Children!
 
Five weeks - September 15 - October 13.
Russell Packard is back at FUS for 5 weeks to do a special children's music program!!!   It will take place at 9:30 here at FUS for 5 weeks with the performance Sunday on Oct. 13.  All children K-5 are invited to this free group of singing and drumming!! To register, just email Jan Devor.
 
Potluck Meet & Greet - September 18

Potluck dinner - 6 p.m. - Lower Assembly Hall
Please bring a dish to pass; beverages provided.
Hosted by Membership Coordinator Wendy Reynolds, the Membership Committee and the May 2013 class of new members.


 

Meet & Greet Program - 7 p.m. - Upper Assembly Hall

Learn from our new minister, leadership and staff about what's in store for the coming year.

 

Childcare will be available.

 

For more information please email Wendy Reynolds or call the office: 612-377-6608.

  

 

Autumn Equinox Celebration - September 22

 

autumn field  

10:30 a.m. ASSEMBLY: "The Sublime Season: Celebrating Beauty, Gratitude and Reminiscence in our lives." Welcome the arrival of autumn - a time to reflect on the humanist and UU perspectives that the harvest season brings.  

 

Please remember to bring non-perishable food items for a collection for local food shelves. 

 

A festive luncheon will follow the Assembly.  

 

Committees and Affinity Groups - Time to Reserve Your Spot at Sign Up Sunday!

 

 

 
Sign Up Sunday is September 29.
 
For more information or to find out how your group or committee can be represented, contact: Wendy Reynolds by email or call the office at 612-377-6608.