This Week At UUP: September 7-13

The Unitarian Universalists of Petaluma
An Oasis for Heart and Mind Every Sunday in Downtown Petaluma

For complete up-to-date info on the Unitarian Universalists of Petaluma, see our website: www.uupetaluma.org
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SUNDAY SERVICES

(Social time with refreshments begins at 10:00 , at the Petaluma Woman's Club, 518 B Street. Worship service at 10:30)

Sunday, September 10: "Water and Stones Ingathering"
Join us this Sunday for this very special service as we gather in an all-ages ritual to welcome each other back from summer adventures near and far! Bring a small vial of water and/or a stone gathered from a location where you spent time this summer, and enjoy a service of sharing, music and community. Virtual water and stones are welcome, and water and stones will be available if you don't have your own to bring.

Sunday, September 17: "This I Do"
Speakers: UUP Members Tony Blake and Michael Pool
Two UUP members discuss how their spiritual values play out in their daily lives.

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Adult Religious Exploration Classes Forming

To join one of four small group classes and workshops offered in the coming months, look for the sign up sheet on the back table on Sunday and add your name and phone number.

The possibilities are:

1) Evensong, an experience of shared worship and an exploration of beliefs and spiritual journeys;

2) A book discussion group of A Chosen Faith, an introduction to Unitarian Universalism;

3) The Wider UU World, a discussion of topical articles from the national UU World magazine; and,

4) The Caring Congregation, a follow-up workshop to our August 27th service on living with mental disorders.

If interested but unable to sign up in person on Sunday, email Diana at weaverly at earthlink dot net.

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UUPDates" Newsletter Now Available!

Our quest for a graphic designer and layout artist has proven successful: Ruth Lorain volunteered her skills to put together the newsletter. It is ready, posted on our website for easy download as a pdf file. The newsletter debuts a regular column, "Preacher At Large," by Leland Bond-Upson, our regular guest minister; a nutshell history of UUP by David Dodd; an article on our use of Fair Trade coffee for social time by Dennis Zerbo; and photos by Hope Stewart. There is also an enlightening set of pie charts which make our financial picture clear and a listing of regular meetings and special events coming up. Take a look!

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Two Recent Sermons Now Available Online

"An Evergreen Tree of Diabolical Knowledge," a sermon on the topic of libraries delivered last Sunday by David Dodd and "Living With Depression," delivered the previous week by the Rev. Barbara Meyers, are posted on the UUP website, if you missed them, or want to check on anything you thought you might have heard.

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UUP Website Statistics for August

Our website did better in the past month than ever, with 404 unique visits in August and a total of 1,063 page views. While the vast majority of our hits were based on referrals from Google, we also received substantial results from links via the UUA.org website, and those visits resulted in far more visitors who actually looked up the directions to UUP! Sermons remained the most-visited content we provide, with Elisabeth Hathaway's Independence Day sermon of 2003 leading the pack with 26 visits. Once again, we had virtual visits from around the globe, including Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Korea, Jamaica, and the Netherlands.

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Regularly Scheduled Gatherings

- The UUP Board of Trustees will meet this Sunday morning at 8:30 am at the Woman's Club Fireside Room.

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