This Week at UUP: November 23

For complete up-to-date info on the Unitarian Universalists of
Petaluma, see our website.
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(Social time with bagels / coffee / tea / juice begins at 10:00, at the Petaluma Woman's Club, 518 B Street. Worship service at 10:30)


Happy Thanksgiving to the UUP Community!



November 27: "Gratitude as a Spiritual Practice: A Participatory Service"

Gratitude as a spiritual practice only requires that we open ourselves to a sense of appreciation for all that surrounds us and walk on the earth with gratitude in every step. When we know we are part of this incredible creation/evolution, we know we are not alone and we can then support the world with our love, compassion, and strength. On Thanksgiving weekend, we welcome you to come to UUP and share your thoughts and feelings about what fills you with gratitude and thankfulness. Please plan to bring a few words of gratitude to share with the congregation during the service.

December 4: "Tarot, I Ching, and the WooWoo Sisterhood"
Leland Bond-Upson, Regular Guest Minister*

I am a hard rationalist, but I don't dismiss the ancient avenues to knowledge. There is much wisdom, insight, and foresight in those words and traditions. Yet believing in the supernatural, if only for a while, is almost necessary if one is to feel the full force and pleasure of the mystical, prophesying arts.

*Please plan to stay after the service for the congregational meeting.
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Save the Date for the Next Congregational Meeting on December 4th

Our next Congregational Meeting will be held after the service on Sunday, December 4th. We will be reviewing the budget and voting to fill the vacancies on the Board of Trustees. These are important issues, so please try to attend if you can. All members in good standing are eligible to vote. Lunch will be provided by the UUP Youth Group.
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Rev. Jeremy Taylor Returns to UUP on December 11

Jeremy Taylor, an ordained Unitarian Universalist minister, has worked with dreams for over thirty years; he blends the values of spirituality with an active social conscience and a Jungian perspective.

Founding member and past president of the Association for the Study of Dreams, he has written three books integrating dream symbolism, mythology, and archetypal energy. The latest is: The Living Labyrinth: Universal Themes in Myths, Dreams and the Symbolism of Waking Life. His earlier books, Where People Fly and Water Runs Uphill, and Dream Work, have been translated into many languages.

Rev. Taylor will be the Guest Minister for a service on December 11 entitled "A Lifetime of Dreaming"

Of this service he writes "When I was a child I spake as a child," did I dream as a child? "When I got old I spoke of meaningful things," what about my dreams? Is there a progression? How do our dream change as we age?"

For more about Jeremy Taylor's work visit his website
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Regularly Scheduled Gatherings:

-Larking About Holiday Schedule:

The Choir will not be meeting this Thursday (Thanksgiving). Next week we will meet at 8:00 P.M. on Tuesday the 29th. After that we'll be back to our regular Thursday night schedule for December.

-The Membership Committee will meet on Monday, November 28th at Stacey's at 7:30pm .
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