This Week at UUP: September 26-October 3, 2007

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


ANNOUNCEMENTS AND UPCOMING EVENTS

Come out for the Progressive Festival
UUP will have a table at the Progressive Festival this Sunday. See Earl Cruser if you are able and willing to help staff it. The time slots are noon to 2p, 2 to 4p and 4 to 6p.

Considering Becoming a Member of UUP? Welcoming Ceremony scheduled for October 7th!
We will hold a welcoming ceremony for new members during the Sunday service on October 7 th. If you have questions about membership, please contact David Dodd.

Join a UUP Outdoor Adventure
Come watch the Blue Angels fly by the top of Angel Island, Saturday, Oct. 6. The highest point of Angel Island, Mt. Livermore, is an excellent spot to watch the Blue's Angels' performance during Fleet Week, as the airplanes swoop by directly overhead. Carpool from in front of the Petaluma Women's Club, 9:45 am, to catch the Tiburon Ferry at 11 am. There will be a roundtrip hike of about 5 miles, with some climbing. Bring water, lunch, hiking shoes and fare for the ferry: Adults- $13.50, Children 6-12, $11.50, Children 3-5 $3.50, age 2 and under are free. Contact Marlene Abel for more information. Rain cancels.

October 20th: Save the date!
Join us for this first evening of a delightful, new UUP tradition: the UUP potluck/social evening! Members will be hosting potluck dinners in their homes for 8 or so UUP friends, some with children, some without. Interested in being a guest or host? These dinners will meet at various members' houses, maybe yours if you offer to host! Sign up at church, or contact Nancy Blake. Please indicate if you wish to host or be a guest. Guests will be contacted by hosts with ideas on what to bring, as these are potluck events. We hope to be enjoying a meal together soon!

Share your garden
Our October 21st service will be a brunch and sermon about Ethical Eating as a Unitarian Universalist. If you are growing food in your yard and would consider sharing it with UUP for this brunch, please contact Stacey Meinzen. Sharing food is a great way to build community and to be sure that your surplus does not go to waste. No food donation is too small.

THIS SUNDAY'S SERVICE
(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. )

September 30: "Fried Green Tomatoes: Dealing with life's incompletions"
Guest Speaker: Alexandra McGee, ministerial student at Starr King School for the Ministry
Worship Associate: Lara Abel
As the fall equinox passes and the days grow shorter, we may have to let go of some of the summer goals that never got finished. How is this a metaphor for so many incompleted things in our lives? Where do we get the strength to move forward when we don't have everything in place the way we'd planned? Alexandra McGee is studying for her Masters of Divinity at Starr King School for the Ministry in Berkeley, with a focus on Sanskrit, yoga and cooperative ecological spirituality.

REGULARLY SCHEDULED GATHERINGS
- UUP Worship Associates: meets Monday 8:15p at Diana Spaulding's house.

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