This Week at UUP: December 28, 2006-January 3, 2007

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

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SUNDAY SERVICES

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

Sunday, December 31: "Past, Present, Future"

Worship Associate: Michael Iritz

Join us for a time of Community & Sharing. We will be gathering as a community to share a [mostly] POTLUCK BRUNCH. While nourishing our bodies, we will fill our spirits as well. UUP & our Guests will be welcome to speak about memories of the past year and hopes for the coming one.

Sunday, January 7: "Saluting Five Years of UUP! Hurray!"
Several of UUP's founding members look back at why they believe our congregation is important, and how their vision has remained the same or changed since the beginning days of January 2002.

Sunday, January 14: " Choice in Doing Worship"

If we are uncertain, ambivalent or downright disbelieving of divinity, what relevance and form does worship have in our lives? Is this a personal choice? A community creation? What is it we UUs DO on Sunday anyway. Worship Associate Elisabeth Hathaway explores what is worship, and how can we choose and create it. As we begin a new year, come and consider how we can embrace and create new traditions together. This Sunday will be a Share-the-Plate Sunday, when we will share our offering with the Petaluma Education Foundation.

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Guest at Your Table boxes

If you've been dropping coins and bills into a Guest at Your Table box daily since November your box probably 'runneth over' by now! Diana Spaulding, the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee rep at UUP, will be collecting boxes beginning this Sunday, Dec. 31. Although it's fun to hear the boxes chime, checks to 'UUSC' rather than cash cut down on our administrative tasks. Didn't get a box? Envelopes with donations to benefit the UUSC are also available. Membership in UUSC comes with donations of $20 seniors, $40 general, $75 dual, or $10 student, so why not add to your box total to bring it up to a membership level?

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Book Club

A group led by Earl Cruser is meeting regularly to discuss A Chosen Faith, An Introduction to Unitarian Universalism . The group will meet next on January 7 and 14 directly after the conclusion of the service in the Woman's Club Fireside Room.

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Regularly Scheduled Gatherings

- Larking About (UUP Choir): Rehearsal Sunday, Dec. 31st, 9:30 am at the Woman's Club.

- Monthly Meeting of the UUP Board of Trustees : Sunday, Jan. 7th, 8:30 am at the Woman's Club.

- Monthly Meeting of the UUP Worship Associates: Monday, Jan. 8th, 8 pm.

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