This Week at UUP: Nov. 22-28, 2007

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


ANNOUNCEMENTS AND UPCOMING EVENTS

Join a UUP Greeter Team
This Sunday during the service, members and friends will have the opportunity to join one of UUP's Greeter Teams. Greeters extend a warm welcome to new and returning visitors. Greeters may also meet as a small group outside of Sundays to get to know each other better, or to explore the Unitarian Universalism or other spiritual topics, or just to have fun.

"Stone Soup" this Sunday
This Sunday the congregation's youth group will be cooking a "stone soup" for us, and all ages will be with us during the service. Please bring a small bag of chopped veggies, dry noodles, or other soup ingredient, and plan to stay after the service for a light meal! In addition, please bring a can of nutritious food to give to our local food bank.

New Religious Education Committee
A new UUP religious education committee is forming. If you'd like to get involved and support our religious education program, please meet with us after the service on December 2nd. If you have questions, please contact Leslie Harrison.

Save the Date and Get into the holiday spirit!
On Saturday, Dec. 1st, come sing traditional Christmas Carols for some of our elderly and less mobile neighbors at Sunrise Assisted Living and Adobe House. Caroling from 3:00-4:00 p.m., with social time to follow. Contact Nancy Blake with questions or to RSVP.

Awakening the Dreamer Symposium
Sunday, December 2, 2007 (12:30 PM - 05:00 PM)
Woman's Club
518 B Street, Petaluma
Co-sponsored by the Pachamama Alliance and the Unitarian Universalists of Petaluma
The Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream Symposium explores the link between three of humanity's most critical concerns: environmental sustainability, social justice, and spiritual fulfillment. Using video clips from some of the world's most respected thinkers, along with inspiring short films and leading-edge information, the symposium invites participants to gain a new insight into the very nature of our time and the opportunity we have to shape and impact the direction of our world with our everyday choices and actions.
$10-$30 sliding scale. Light refreshments will be served. Visit www.awakeningthedreamer.org for more info.

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. )

Sunday, November 25th: "The Grateful Heart: A Stone-Soup Service"
Worship Associate: Diana Spaulding
Greeters: Jean Conrad, Nancy Blake, Phil and Jodi Boyle
In the folktale "Stone Soup", the soup is a gift that the once stingy villagers give to each other and to the travelers; creating the soup is at once an act of community and an act of hospitality. On this special Sunday, we gather to cook our own communally-created "stone soup," and pause to consider what it takes to open our hearts to giving and receiving freely.
The youth group will be cooking soup for us, and all ages will join us during this warm and wonderful service. Please bring a small bag of chopped veggies, dry noodles, or other soup ingredient, and plan to stay after the service for a light meal! Also, please bring a can of nutritious food to give to the Redwood Empire Food Bank.

REGULARLY SCHEDULED GATHERINGS
The Membership Committee meets next Monday, Nov 26th at 7:30pm at Hope Stewart's house.

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