This Week at UUP: February 8-13, 2008

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


ANNOUNCEMENTS AND UPCOMING EVENTS

Sunday is a Share-the-Plate Sunday
In keeping with our commitment to supporting our community, UUP will share its non-pledge offering collected during Sunday's service with the Petaluma Arts Council. The Petaluma Arts Council is "committed to making the arts accessible to all of our residents and helping Petaluma serve as an example of a community that values its artists and the role they play in the quality of life".

The Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream Symposium
Sunday, February 24 from 12:00 to 3:00pm at Petaluma Woman's Club
This Symposium explores the link between three of humanity's most critical concerns: environmental sustainability, social justice and spiritual fulfillment. The symposium invites participants to explore the nature of our time and to positively affect the direction of our world with our everyday choices. Cost is a sliding scale from $10 to $30.

Hymnal Amnesty and Drive!
Our Singing the Living Tradition hymnal is rich with rousing songs and profound readings…which is why we understand that a few may have drifted home for private perusal (we are missing about 15). If one may have found its way to your home, please quietly bring it back by Feb 17th (no questions asked!) so we can get an accurate count of how many we need to purchase in our Hymnal Drive in March! We will be taking donations for inscriptions in new copies and individuals may order hymnals for themselves (for home!) at this time as well. Any questions, please contact T Hathaway.

UUP Bi-Annual Women's Retreat!
We have two UUP Women's Retreats a year, in March and October, and this year the retreat was full before it was announced! Apologies to those of you who may have wanted to go, but we're not sure who you are! Or how much unmet interest is out there. PLEASE: if you are interested in the Women's Retreat (or the Women's Group) contact Elizabeth Hathaway as soon as possible to let us know, so we can plan accordingly for October. We may be at a critical point of change, needing to find a new venue or change our format or start a second group, and this will take some advance planning. Contact Elisabeth Hathaway.

UPCOMING 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. )

February 10, 2008: "Readings on Love"
Worship Leader: Stacey Meinzen
As Unitarians, our principles suggest that we should cultivate loving kindness for all living things. However, practicing this may be more challenging than it sounds. Albert Schweitzer said, "Those who believe in love for all creation must realize clearly the difficulties involved... To think out in every implication the ethic of love for all creation -- this is the difficult task which confronts our age." This kind of love is one of many that we will explore. Please bring your favorite reading on love to share.

REGULARLY SCHEDULED GATHERINGS

The next UUP Membership meeting is Sunday, Feb. 10 at 1pm at Hope's house.

Larking About, the UUP Singers, meets on Wednesday evenings from 8 to 9:30 at the home of Diana Spaulding and David Dodd