Sunday Programs
Coming Services
Sundays at 11:15 AM
February 5, 2012 Rev. Lillie Henley
Slip Sliding Away
February is Black Heritage Month. Rev. Henley's sermon will ask the questions, “What do we really know about our lives?” and “How sure can we be about tomorrow?” She will focus on a poem by the great black poet Paul Laurence Dunbar.
February 12, 2012 Rev. Lillie Henley
Teachings of Jesus and Buddha
This Sunday Rev. Henley and participants from the ‘Wonderful Wednesday’ Bible study group will share reflections on the teachings of Jesus and Buddha.
February 19, 2012 Valerie Tolman
Scholarship Service
Three of our Thoreau Scholarship students and their families will visit our congregation as the students come to speak about their college experience and what their education means to them.
February 26, 2012 Rev. Lillie Henley
What Have We Learned So Far
Rev. Henley will challenge us to become selfless stewards of TUUC.
March 4, 2012 Intergenerational Service Rev. Henley, Betty Johnson, and Patti Withers
Searching for the Land of Milk and Honey
Our annual intergenerational stewardship service will be a narrated play based on the Moses story, supplemented by songs, readings, video clips, and even music by Metallica! We'll discover the universal truths revealed in the Old Testament tale.
Coming Adult Discussions
Sundays at 10:00 AM
February
5, 2012
Betty Johnson
Moral, or Prudential, Algebra
Moral, or Prudential, Algebra is a term coined by Benjamin Franklin in a letter sent to scientist and UU minister Jason Priestley in 1772. We will discuss if this idea is still relevant to our lives today, how it compares to absolutism, and relate these two concepts to modern political discourse.
February 12, 2012
David
Christian
Deep Time #29 From Villages to Cities
This lecture introduces the 5,000 years of human history that were dominated by the huge and powerful societies: agrarian civilizations. With the development of writing, we get the first era of recorded history.
February 19, 2012
Howard
Gerber and Cheryll Landis-Gerber
Greenman Ministry
From four men at one unit, the Gerbers’ prison ministry for Wiccan inmates has increased to over a thousand men and women who correspond, read their newsletter, and attend their Wiccan rituals at fifteen different Texas prisons. The Gerbers have gone through background checks, incorporation as a nonprofit religious corporation, and even expulsion from the Texas prison system for a period of time. Hear their courageous story and learn how a minority religion can survive in the prison system.
February 26, 2012
Dr. Michael
Crouch
How to Talk to Your Doctor
Doctors think in certain ways that may differ from how the average person (and patient) thinks. These differences can create obstacles to the doctor-patient relationship, understanding, and collaboration. Individual variations in doctors' and patients' personalities and backgrounds can enhance or undermine the doctor-patient relationship. Michael will briefly review these dynamics, and then facilitate a discussion of: (1) how to choose a compatible primary care doctor, (2) how to minimize doctor-patient communication problems, and (3) when and how to move on to another doctor (primary care provider or specialist).
Children and Youth Religious Education Topics for February
Patti Withers, DRE
Childcare: Professional childcare is provided in the RE Wing every Sunday for children of all ages from 10:00 until 11:15 and after RE until 1:00.
Nursery Care: Professional childcare is provided in the RE Wing for children ages 0-3 from 10:00-1:00.
Moral Tales (PreK – Grade 4)
2/5 – "Valentines for Veterans" The children make valentines for veterans as part of the Social Action project of the month.
2/12 – “Generosity” The children hear an Islamic tale of generosity and consider 'how much is enough.' They will pack the donations for veterans into boxes for delivery.
2/19 – "Footprints: Treading Softly on the Earth " The children hear the true story of the parachuting cats of Borneo and make "Living in Balance" posters.
2/26 – “Footprints II” The class hears a story about ecology and plays a game about helping or harming the earth.
Building Bridges (Grades 5-12)
2/5 – "Buddhism 2 - Living Right" The second workshop on Buddhism reinforces fundamental concepts of Buddhism introduced last week and introduces new ones. It familiarizes participants with some aspects of Zen Buddhism and illustrates how Buddhist concepts can be applied to our lives.
2/12 – "Taoism" This workshop on Taoism leads to understanding the fundamental tenets of the Tao and identifying similarities be-tween Taoism and Unitarian Universalism.
2/19 – The Youth will stay in the sanctuary for the annual Scholarship service.
2/26 – "Islam 1 - Peace by Surrender" This workshop introduces participants to some core aspects of Islam, acquaints participants with the life of Muhammad, founder of Islam, and encourages participants to think about how their own religion is man-ifest in their lives.