April 28   “Earth Day – Yes, You Can Make a Difference”

This Sunday, environmental advocate and friend of Thoreau, Jan Poscovsky, will take the stage to shed light on actionable steps the average citizen can take to safeguard our Earth's precious resources. Her talk, titled "Yes, you can make a difference."   Jan, a Texas Master Naturalist, hopes to inspire individuals to make a difference in preserving our planet. In recognition of Earth Day, Poscovsky will discuss the importance of personal responsibility in environmental stewardship. She believes that each of us has a role to play in protecting and conserving natural resources. By making small changes in our daily lives, we can collectively make a significant impact.  

Join us in-person for our weekly gathering.

During in-person worship service, Religious Education is offered for children 5 and over, and a nursery is available. You are invited to join us for hospitality after the service.

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April 28 @ 9:45AM in Clark’s Cabin:DAVE HOUSEHOLDER on The Eleven Nations : A History of the 11 Rival Regional Cultures of North America by Colin Woodard

An illuminating history of North Americas‘s eleven rival cultural regions that explodes the red state- blue state myth. North America was settled by people with distinct religious, political and ethnographic characteristics, creating regional cultures that have been at odds with one another ever since.*

Adult Discussion Group will be meeting in person @ 9:45AM in Thoreau’s Clark Cabin except on the third Sunday of each month when we will meet in the Sanctuary @ 11AM.

The AC and HEPA filter will be running to keep Clark Cabin & the Sanctuary as safe as possible.

For those that prefer: We will provide ZOOM via the OWL system when we meet in the cabin & our Moderator Tamara will recognize your hand up and add you to the queue.

Thoreauvians and friends will be notified each week (tuucannounce@groups.io) of our ADG topic, time and zoom login.
Please keep an eye out for our notices.

Interested in joining this discussion? Get in Touch!

AE Lunchitarians

This is a recurring virtual meeting every Wednesday from noon - 1:30 PM.

Thoreau Lunchitarians discuss books, or other matters arising

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April 21-Third Sunday 11 AM (in sanctuary): Ron Masters: Mark Twain Aphorisms

Mark Twain aphorisms will be presented and discussed- such as: Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

Last time we presented this it was an absolutely wonderful experience. Everyone had something to say in response, even the quiet ones. .

Join us in-person in Thoreau’s Sanctuary or via Zoom for our discussion service.

On one Sunday a month, our Adult Discussion Group coordinates the speaker for our weekly gathering.

During ADG Sunday Service, Religious Education is offered for children 5 and over, and a nursery is available.

You are invited to join us for light snacks after ADG..

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AE Lunchitarians - “Poverty, by America” by Matthew Desmond

This is a recurring virtual meeting every Wednesday from noon - 1:30 PM.

Thoreau Lunchitarians discuss books, or other matters arising

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April 14   "Celebrating the Rhythms of Humanity: The Power of Drums in Global Culture"

Drums have served as the heartbeat of humanity throughout history, transcending cultural boundaries and connecting people to their communities, spiritual beliefs, and ancestral heritage. The rhythmic beat of the drum speaks to the universal language of human experience and remains a powerful tool for healing, communication, and cultural preservation, echoing through the ages as a testament to the enduring spirit of humanity. Come join us for a brief history of the Drum followed by a Drum Circle presented by music teacher and Thoreau pianist extraordinaire, James Westfall.

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During in-person worship service, Religious Education is offered for children 5 and over, and a nursery is available. You are invited to join us for hospitality after the service.

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 April 14: GARNA CHRISTIAN on the Yellow Rose of Texas : “Print The Legend “

In popular thought, "The Yellow Rose of Texas" musically describes a heroine of the Texas Revolution, Emily Morgan, who sealed independence from Mexico on the banks of the San Jacinto on April 21, 1836, despite an absence of evidence for the act or her existence. How did history's love for irony and improbability pair an indistinctive minstrel song and a barroom story to forge an enduring myth of Texana?

Adult Discussion Group will be meeting in person @ 9:45AM in Thoreau’s Clark Cabin except on the third Sunday of each month when we will meet in the Sanctuary @ 11AM.

The AC and HEPA filter will be running to keep Clark Cabin & the Sanctuary as safe as possible.

For those that prefer: We will provide ZOOM via the OWL system when we meet in the cabin & our Moderator Tamara will recognize your hand up and add you to the queue.

Thoreauvians and friends will be notified each week (tuucannounce@groups.io) of our ADG topic, time and zoom login.
Please keep an eye out for our notices.

Interested in joining this discussion? Get in Touch!

2nd Friday Discussion Group will meet April 12th at Becks Prime:
1822 SH-6 S, Sugar Land, TX  77478.  
Near the Sugar Land Whole Foods.  
Here’s the menu: https://www.becksprime.com/menu/menu.pdf  

TITLE:  What is a mind?

Our minds will take us where they will on this one, maybe to such topics as: 

Will digital brains ever work like ours…and should they?

NOTE:  If you don’t see the bartender’s dilemma, please see: https://www.livescience.com/63645-optical-illusion-young-old-woman.html

As always, this Second Friday session is open to all Thoreauvians, visitors, and guests.  All are welcome, even if you didn’t RSVP earlier to the requested head count.

Hope to see you there!

Reoccurring monthly on the Third Friday.

Interested in joining this discussion? Get in Touch!

Please join us for the Men's monthly dinner group.

Reoccurring monthly on the Second Thursday, gathering at 6:30 PM.

Location: Becks Prime 1822 Hwy 6 Sugar Land, TX 77478

Let us know to look out for you! Get in Touch.

AE Lunchitarians

This is a recurring virtual meeting every Wednesday from noon - 1:30 PM.

Thoreau Lunchitarians discuss books, or other matters arising

Check your email for topic details and the Zoom link!

Interested in joining this discussion? Get in Touch!

April 7   "The G.O.D. Experiments"

This week after Christians celebrate the ancient Paschal rituals associated with the Resurrection of Jesus, our Minister Emeritus Rev. Dan returns to share personal reflections and theological questions prompted by his reading of "The G.O.D. Experiments" by a 21st century Arizona professor, Gary Schwartz, PhD.   

Join us in-person or via Facebook Live as for our weekly gathering.

During in-person worship service, Religious Education is offered for children 5 and over, and a nursery is available. You are invited to join us for hospitality after the service.

Masks are now optional

Interested in joining this service in person? Get in Touch!

April 7@9:45AM in Clark’s Cabin- JIM SHERIDAN on Michael Pollan’s How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence 

 Michael Pollan's new book surveys the highly controversial terrain of the renaissance of both the science and popular usage of psychedelic substances. As one of our most brilliant and clear-eyed explorers of such topics as plant intelligence and how we feed ourselves, Michael will share his luminous insights from what began as investigative reportage and became a very personal interior journey into the mystery of consciousness and the nature of spirituality.

Adult Discussion Group will be meeting in person @ 9:45AM in Thoreau’s Clark Cabin except on the third Sunday of each month when we will meet in the Sanctuary @ 11AM.

Masks are now optional. The AC and HEPA filter will be running to keep Clark Cabin & the Sanctuary as safe as possible.

For those that prefer: We will provide ZOOM via the OWL system when we meet in the cabin & our Moderator Tamara will recognize your hand up and add you to the queue.

Thoreauvians and friends will be notified each week (tuucannounce@groups.io) of our ADG topic, time and zoom login.
Please keep an eye out for our notices.

Interested in joining this discussion? Get in Touch!

AE Lunchitarians

This is a recurring virtual meeting every Wednesday from noon - 1:30 PM.

Thoreau Lunchitarians discuss books, or other matters arising

Check your email for topic details and the Zoom link!

Interested in joining this discussion? Get in Touch!

This month we'll be reading The Women by Kristin Hannah.

Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these words, it is a revelation. Raised in the sun-drenched, idyllic world of Southern California and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing. But in 1965, the world is changing, and she suddenly dares to imagine a different future for herself. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows his path.

As green and inexperienced as the men sent to Vietnam to fight, Frankie is over-whelmed by the chaos and destruction of war. Each day is a gamble of life and death, hope and betrayal; friendships run deep and can be shattered in an instant. In war, she meets—and becomes one of—the lucky, the brave, the broken, and the lost.

But war is just the beginning for Frankie and her veteran friends. The real battle lies in coming home to a changed and divided America, to angry protesters, and to a country that wants to forget Vietnam.

The Women is the story of one woman gone to war, but it shines a light on all women who put themselves in harm’s way and whose sacrifice and commitment to their country has too often been forgotten. A novel about deep friendships and bold patriotism, The Women is a richly drawn story with a memorable heroine whose idealism and courage under fire will come to define an era.

Books are selected by the members of the Women’s Book Club

Reoccurring monthly on the First Monday, starting at 1:00 PM; we meet in members’ homes.

Interested in joining this discussion? Get in Touch!

March 31   “Can There be Justice in Texas”

Heather Malkawi of the Texas Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry will talk about bending the moral arc in Texas towards justice.

Join us in-person or via Facebook Live as for our weekly gathering.

During in-person worship service, Religious Education is offered for children 5 and over, and a nursery is available. You are invited to join us for hospitality after the service.

Masks are now optional

Interested in joining this service in person? Get in Touch!

March 31:  :( Jody’s daughter) MARISA ROBERTSON’s  career involving the Merchant Marine, piloting ships (including through Panama Canal), and teaching physics.  This ADG honors March as Women’s History month because none of these careers would have been likely for a female in years not all that long  past…

Adult Discussion Group will be meeting in person @ 9:45AM in Thoreau’s Clark Cabin except on the third Sunday of each month when we will meet in the Sanctuary @ 11AM.

Masks are now optional. The AC and HEPA filter will be running to keep Clark Cabin & the Sanctuary as safe as possible.

For those that prefer: We will provide ZOOM via the OWL system when we meet in the cabin & our Moderator Tamara will recognize your hand up and add you to the queue.

Thoreauvians and friends will be notified each week (tuucannounce@groups.io) of our ADG topic, time and zoom login.
Please keep an eye out for our notices.

Interested in joining this discussion? Get in Touch!

AE Lunchitarians - March 27

This is a recurring virtual meeting every Wednesday from noon - 1:30 PM.

Thoreau Lunchitarians discuss books, or other matters arising

Check your email for topic details and the Zoom link!

Interested in joining this discussion? Get in Touch!

March 24     “The Hindu Festival of Holi”

Holi is the Hindu festival about the arrival of spring. Shera Mogri will be at Thoreau to tell us about this Hindu tradition that is full of gaiety and color. After the service, you can join the children outside to participate in the celebrational tossing of color!

Join us in-person or via Facebook Live as for our weekly gathering.

During in-person worship service, Religious Education is offered for children 5 and over, and a nursery is available. You are invited to join us for hospitality after the service.

Masks are now optional

Interested in joining this service in person? Get in Touch!

March 24th @ 9:45AM in Clark’s Cabin:  JOHN VENERUSO 

The U.S. is so addicted to coal, oil, and natural gas that it's willingly undermining Capitalism, Baking us All

We know that at some point we need to stopping emitting more CO2 into our atmosphere as they are now more than they were a few million years ago when temps were 2.7F hotter than they are today.  Currently, our oceans are temporarily sinking the extra heat.  But even if we stop all global emissions of CO2 today, temps will climb that +2.7F by 2100.  Fortunately, renewable power from wind and solar are now less expensive to build and maintain over their life cycle than coal, oil, natural gas, and nuclear.  But even with this unsubsidized cost difference, the U.S. is not decreasing the amount of power generated by carbon-based fuel out to 2050 and beyond. China is committed to generating all of its electricity from renewables by 2060, enabling their manufacturing sector to out compete the U.S. with less expensive power.  Why is the U.S. capitalistic system failing to act given the compelling profit motivation?  Why are we willing to bake ourselves in sweltering heat and pay more for A/C when we don't have to?

Adult Discussion Group will be meeting in person @ 9:45AM in Thoreau’s Clark Cabin except on the third Sunday of each month when we will meet in the Sanctuary @ 11AM.

Masks are now optional. The AC and HEPA filter will be running to keep Clark Cabin & the Sanctuary as safe as possible.

For those that prefer: We will provide ZOOM via the OWL system when we meet in the cabin & our Moderator Tamara will recognize your hand up and add you to the queue.

Thoreauvians and friends will be notified each week (tuucannounce@groups.io) of our ADG topic, time and zoom login.
Please keep an eye out for our notices.

Interested in joining this discussion? Get in Touch!

AE Lunchitarians - March 20

This is a recurring virtual meeting every Wednesday from noon - 1:30 PM.

Thoreau Lunchitarians discuss books, or other matters arising

Check your email for topic details and the Zoom link!

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Third Sunday March 17 ( @ 11AM in sanctuary): The Truth about Human Population Decline by Jennifer D. Sciubba/TED presentation by Jim Sheridan 

With birth rates falling, the worldwide human population is getting older and smaller. According to traditional thinking, this spells a future of labor shortages, bankrupt social security systems and overall economic collapse. Before you panic about the end of life as we know it, political demographer Jennifer D. Sciubba has a thoughtful playbook for managing the new normal – including ideas on the future of work and migration – and a reminder that a resilient future relies on present-day action.

Join us in-person in Thoreau’s Sanctuary or via Zoom for our discussion service.

On one Sunday a month, our Adult Discussion Group coordinates the speaker for our weekly gathering.

During ADG Sunday Service, Religious Education is offered for children 5 and over, and a nursery is available.

You are invited to join us for light snacks after ADG.

Masks are now optional.

Interested in joining this service in person? Get in Touch!

Please join us for the Men's monthly dinner group.

Reoccurring monthly on the Second Thursday, gathering at 6:30 PM.

Location: Becks Prime 1822 Hwy 6 Sugar Land, TX 77478

Let us know to look out for you! Get in Touch.

AE Lunchitarians - March 13

This is a recurring virtual meeting every Wednesday from noon - 1:30 PM.

Thoreau Lunchitarians discuss books, or other matters arising

Check your email for topic details and the Zoom link!

Interested in joining this discussion? Get in Touch!

March 10     “Rethinking Land Relationships Through an Indigenous Lens”

Native American spiritual thinking is spatial and land-based, it relies on relationship to nature, the non-human world, and on roundedness in particular places. This differs markedly from Western thinking in which humans are seen as the dominant creatures who should possess and manipulate the land. How do we as UUs frame our own land relationships, and what can we gain by understanding the indigenous perspective of total integration with the environments we inhabit?

Join us in-person or via Facebook Live as for our weekly gathering.

During in-person worship service, Religious Education is offered for children 5 and over, and a nursery is available. You are invited to join us for hospitality after the service.

Masks are now optional

Interested in joining this service in person? Get in Touch!

March 10th @ 9:45AM in Clark’s Cabin: RON MASTERS with Sabine Hossenfelder  “Why it now seems climate models have been wildly over-optimistic, and who will get hurt first and most”.

Is it time to worry about Climate Chaos?

Sabine Hossenfelder describes recent work on a key—but poorly publicized—feature of climate models, and how the reluctance of scientists to make policy statements hinders research objectivity. Then she sketches scenarios for how climate disruption might play out—who gets hurts first and worst, how bad news can cascade without breaking into the nightly news. None of this is a problem, if the “hot models” turn out to be wrong; or if all major nations and corporations get their acts together on adaptation and mitigation as of yesterday.

https://youtu.be/4S9sDyooxf4?si=JSDCyTDblOqNAWKL

Adult Discussion Group will be meeting in person @ 9:45AM in Thoreau’s Clark Cabin except on the third Sunday of each month when we will meet in the Sanctuary @ 11AM.

Masks are now optional. The AC and HEPA filter will be running to keep Clark Cabin & the Sanctuary as safe as possible.

For those that prefer: We will provide ZOOM via the OWL system when we meet in the cabin & our Moderator Tamara will recognize your hand up and add you to the queue.

Thoreauvians and friends will be notified each week (tuucannounce@groups.io) of our ADG topic, time and zoom login.
Please keep an eye out for our notices.

Interested in joining this discussion? Get in Touch!

2nd Friday Discussion Group will meet March 8th at Becks Prime:
1822 SH-6 S, Sugar Land, TX  77478.  
Near the Sugar Land Whole Foods.  
Here’s the menu: https://www.becksprime.com/menu/menu.pdf  

TOPIC:  How have your moves and travels changed your perspectives on life?

Our topic for this month is  “How have your moves and travels changed your perspectives on life?”  Our title comes from Tony Veneruso’s  paraphrase of a quote from Muhammad:  Don’t tell me how educated you are.  Tell me how much you have travelled.

Come share how your moves and travels have changed your life — and do bring some ideas for next month’s discussion!

As always, this Second Friday session is open to all Thoreauvians, visitors, and guests.  All are welcome, even if you didn’t RSVP earlier to the requested head count.

Hope to see you there!

Reoccurring monthly on the Third Friday.

Interested in joining this discussion? Get in Touch!

AE Lunchitarians - March 6

This is a recurring virtual meeting every Wednesday from noon - 1:30 PM.

Thoreau Lunchitarians discuss books, or other matters arising

Check your email for topic details and the Zoom link!

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Our next book is The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector's Story

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

An extraordinary insight into life under one of the world’s most ruthless and secretive dictatorships – and the story of one woman’s terrifying struggle to avoid capture/repatriation and guide her family to freedom.

As a child growing up in North Korea, Hyeonseo Lee was one of millions trapped by a secretive and brutal communist regime. Her home on the border with China gave her some exposure to the world beyond the confines of the Hermit Kingdom and, as the famine of the 1990s struck, she began to wonder, question and to realise that she had been brainwashed her entire life. Given the repression, poverty and starvation she witnessed surely her country could not be, as she had been told “the best on the planet”?

Aged seventeen, she decided to escape North Korea. She could not have imagined that it would be twelve years before she was reunited with her family.

Books are selected by the members of the Women’s Book Club

Reoccurring monthly on the First Monday, starting at 1:00 PM; we meet in members’ homes.

Interested in joining this discussion? Get in Touch!

March 3      "The search for buried treasure: The Pirate at 70"

Jerry Hensel of Northwoods Unitarian Church in the Woodlands will talk about his personal search for buried treasure and what it means to be a pirate at 70.

Join us in-person or via Facebook Live as for our weekly gathering.

During in-person worship service, Religious Education is offered for children 5 and over, and a nursery is available. You are invited to join us for hospitality after the service.

Masks are now optional

Interested in joining this service in person? Get in Touch!

March 3rd @ 9:45AM in Clark’s Cabin: TONY VENERUSO : French and France (World International Francophone Day is March 20)

Adult Discussion Group will be meeting in person @ 9:45AM in Thoreau’s Clark Cabin except on the third Sunday of each month when we will meet in the Sanctuary @ 11AM.

Masks are now optional. The AC and HEPA filter will be running to keep Clark Cabin & the Sanctuary as safe as possible.

For those that prefer: We will provide ZOOM via the OWL system when we meet in the cabin & our Moderator Tamara will recognize your hand up and add you to the queue.

Thoreauvians and friends will be notified each week (tuucannounce@groups.io) of our ADG topic, time and zoom login.
Please keep an eye out for our notices.

Interested in joining this discussion? Get in Touch!