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Best wishes to you from UU Fellowship of Visalia! We've got lots of interesting things going on this month! Remember, Sunday services are always at 5 p.m., with a potluck dinner afterwards. But we've got several early programs this month - 3 p.m.on October 1 for "An Inconvenient Truth" and 4 p.m.on October 8 for a "Drumming Circle." Hope to see you at the Fellowship!
October 1, 2006 - 5 p.m. - "Save
Darfur" - A
PowerPoint presentation and discussion on Darfur by Visalian
Irene Morse. She will talk about the politics and geography of
the genocide, and her group's efforts to aid the Iridimi
Refugee Camp. She and her co-presenter will explain their
decision to provide Solar Cookers to help these people who
have suffered so much. A demonstration of the Solar
Cookers will also take place.
October 15, 2006 - 5 p.m. - United Nations Sunday Learn what the UU Office of the United Nations does and is planning for the future. A special collection will be taken this day for the benefit of the UU-UNO. October 22, 2006 - 5 p.m.. - Celebrate Divali (The Indian Festival of Light) Hear the words of the ancient scriptures that have shaped Indian thought. The potluck will feature Indian Food. If you need a recipe, please contact Katherine. October 29,2006 - 5 p.m. - A service of remembrance. Members and friends are asked to bring a picture of a loved one who has died, and a story to tell about the individual (optional) This will be a candlelight service. If possible, please bring pictures to the Fellowship in the weeks preceding the service so that the appropriate number of luminaria can be prepared. Regular Fellowship Events Each Wednesday at 6:30 – Meditation Practice at Friends Meeting House. For information, contact Rick Meyers at meditation@uuvisalia.org. 2nd Sunday 6PM – Social Justice/Green Sanctuary Meeting. All welcome! For info, Harold Wood, green@uuvisalia.org or visit our Green Sanctuary blog. 4th Sunday 6PM – Membership / Growth Committee Meeting in odd-numbered months, Newcomer Orientation in even- numbered months. For info, April Hill, president@uuvisalia.org 3rd Sunday 3PM - Fellowship Board Meeting at Friends Meeting House. Join us October 22! For info: April Hill, president@uuvisalia.org 22nd of each month – newsletter deadline. Send items for newsletter to: editor@uuvisalia.org .
The UU Fellowship of Visalia is sponsoring a new Sunday Forum at the beginning of each month on a crucial contemporary issue involving justice and equity for our planet and its inhabitants. Our inaugral event is a FREE SCREENING of the new film with Al Gore, "An Inconvenient Truth." Join us on October 1 at 3 p.m. at the Friends Meeting House for this important film! Please invite your friends and neighbors to attend this free film about one of the most crucial issues of our time.
In September we had some wonderful programs during our Sunday services! On Labor Day, we had a fascinating discussion among congregants about the meaning of work and life. It is wonderful we had so many social workers and professional "caregivers" in our congregation! We might not all be engaged in such noble professions, but we all agreed that the dignity of good work at fair wages is something that should be available to everyone. Too many people even in America are working with "sweat shop wages" and cannot make ends meet. On September 10, we had our special "Ingathering" service to welcome everyone back from their summer comings and goings! Members shared water and experiences from vacation travels across America and as far as Scotland! We had a Child Dedication to welcome baby Emma to our congregation. Proud parents Kim and Dennis were joined by "Gramma Sue" and their other children. We especially enjoyed welcoming four new members to our congregation! A warm welcome to Ben, Lesley, Mona, and Connie. On September 17, our Fellowship celebrated the International Day of Peace. An Action of Immediate Witness was adopted at our UU national General Assembly in 2006 to join the Declaration of Peace Campaign. The story of Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes was shared and peace songs sung. Also, Pete Mora, Special Operations Military Intelligence Officer for the US Army at Camp Delta, Abu Graib Prison in Iraq, Bosnia, Kosovo, and Afghanistan shared his experiences in these places, and his views on the future of peace in Iraq. On September 24th the meaning of the Islamic Month of Ramadan was defined in poetry and song. Then, David Hodges provided guidance on "living alone and liking it" as well as his experiences in introspection and reflection in his presentation on "Solitude" which was followed by a terrific group discussion in the Sun Room prior to the potluck.
The UU Fellowship of Visalia was featured in a special column on the Religion page of the Fresno Bee in September! Read the article on their website with the link below...
"Articulating Your UU Faith" Study
Group - 5 Week small group study begins on Thursday,
October 12, 2006. - Meets on second and fourth Thursdays
at members' homes (except Thanksgiving).
October 21, 2006 - UU Visalia Fundraiser Garage sale! We're having a fundraiser to support our "Green Sanctuary" program and to purchase an "Energy Star" approved "Green Refrigerator." The sale will be held on Saturday, October 21, 2006. Call Katherine Singh to donate your items for this event: 734-7213.
January 18, 2007 - "Choices for Sustainable
Living" Study
Group begins. A 9 week discussion course from the
Northwest Earth Institute. For course
description, see:
The Church of the Larger Fellowship (CLF), a cyber-space congregation providing Unitarian Universalism to isolated religious liberals, offers a spiritual lifeline to incarcerated UUs. Almost 300 prisoners across the US have joined the UU Church of the Larger Fellowship, with more every month. With no access to the web or UU Sunday services, prisoners’ only way of learning more about UUism is through written publications, and letters exchanged with CLF staff and other UUs. Sadly, dozens of CLF prisoner-members have been waiting for many months to be matched with a UU penpal through the CLF’s Letter Writing Ministry. Members of any UU congregation who might like to write to a CLF prisoner-member are invited to visit the CLF website: Anyone interested in joining a prison pen-pal support group within our UU Visalia congregation? If so, please e- mail Social Justice chair: Harold Wood at harold@uuvisalia.org "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
10/14/06 – Leadership Development “Moral Beacon” Conference at UU Society of Sacramento 10/20-10/22/06 UU Men’s Retreat, Westminster Retreat Center, Alamo, CA. Info at www.pcd-uua.org “Men’s Pages.” 11/11/06 – Small Church Conference – More information to come, or contact PCD Director of Faith Development Yvonne Rochon at Yvonne@pcd-uua.org. 1/13/06 PCD Growth Conference with the Rev. Larry Peers. More information to come, or contact the District Office at pcd@pcd-uua.org. 1/27/06 – UU Legislative Ministry Conference “Liberal Voices in a Conservative Landscape” at Fresno UU Church. 4/27-29 – PCD District Assembly at the Foster City Crowne at the foot of the San Mateo Bridge. More information to come, or contact the District Office at pcd@pcd-uua.org. 6/20-24 – UUA General Assembly in Portland, Oregon. For more information see www.uua.org Subscribe to “PCD Currents” email newsletter to get news from the Pacific Central District of the UUA. Sign up on the PCD website (www.pcd-uua.org)
South Valley Peace Center - “Talk of the Town” Series – monthly audiovisual presentation and discussion on current issues at Tulare County Ofice of Education Building. October 27th - Voting Irregularities. Upcoming topics: Immigration, depleted uranium, Pakistan, Alternatives to Violence, Anniversary of the Iraq Occupation, Energy Sources and Peak Oil.
Independent Movies at Visalia Stadium 10 (120 S
Bridge St, Visalia) Wednesdays and Thursdays at 2:15 & 7PM
10/1/06 – Fresno Free College Foundation
Annual Banquet featuring KPFA historian, author & UC Santa
Cruz lecturer at “Love & Garlic”, 5351 N Diana St., Fresno
CA. #40 / person.
College of Sequoias Arts & Lectures 10/6/06 – David Hayes-Bautista – New California’s pattern of Latino growth as a positive force. $3 Room 350 at 7PM. 10/20/06 – Immigration Panel with Justin Stoner, communications director for Congressman Devin Nunes; Graciela Martinez, director of Proyecto Campesino, Visalia Mayor Jesus Gamboa. Free. Room 350 at 7PM. 11/3/06 – Gerald Haslam – native Central Valley author celebrating California’s rural and small town areas and poor and working class people. $3 Room 350 at 7PM. 11/17/06 – Eric Hetherington – COS geology instructor on Visalia’s topography. Free, Room 350 at 7PM.
More programs in 2007! View season program at:
Sierra Club Mineral King Group
10/7/06 Daytrip and hikes at Glacier Point in Yosemite. Meet at Mary’s Vineyard Taco Bell at 7AM. 10/21/06 Marble Falls – Meet at Mary’s Vineyard Taco Bell at 8:30AM. Current Conservation Efforts: http:// www.mineralking.sierraclub.org/efforts.html Tulare County Audubon Society – 10/14/06 Field Trip to Ponding Basins & Flood Fields of Alpaugh & Utica Ave. Meet at 7:15AM at the south side of the Sears Parking lot in Visalia (corner of Mooney & Caldwell). 10/20/06 – Chapter Meeting and Program at 7PM at Tulare Co. Office of Education More Events 10/7/06 – Annual Book Sale Fundraiser for Fresno Center for Nonviolence (Olive & Van Ness) 10/13-14/06 – Jesus Seminar on the Road –College Community Congregational Church, 5550 N Fresno St, Fresno. Info at events @westarinstitute.org World Meditation Day – Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual Organization, Fresno, 7319 N Fourth St, Fresno. 10/15/06 – Getting Hold of Anger; 11/19/06 Weaving the Threads of Unity, 12/10/06 The Heart of Giving. 10/27/06 – “Another World is Possible” – 7PM at UU Fresno. Hear from local activists who attended the 2006 World Social Forums in Venezuela and Pakistan. 10/28/06 – “Make A Difference” Day – 10/28/06 – Money Wi$e Women Forum, 9AM-4PM at College of the Sequoias. Free Admission. Register at www.moneywisewomen.net Purchase a box lunch for $10 10/29/06 Daylight Savings Time Ends (Clocks fall back)
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