This Week at UUP: May 16-21, 2008

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


ANNOUNCEMENTS AND UPCOMING EVENTS

UUP Congregational Meeting Sunday, June 1st
Reminder that the UUP Congregational Meeting is Sunday, June 1st after the service. Please plan to attend!

Considering Becoming a Member of UUP? The next New Member Ingathering is Sunday, June 1st
If you've been attending UUP regularly and have been thinking about joining the congregation as a member, here's your chance! We will hold a new member welcome ceremony during the Sunday service on June 1st. For details, please contact Hope Stewart, for the UUP Membership Committee.

"New to UU" Visitors' Orientation this Sunday
Trying out UUP? Visiting for the first time, or for a while, and want to learn more about our congregation and about Unitarian Universalism? Gather with several UUP members to ask questions you might have, and to hear more about UUP. Meets near the fireplace immediately following the service on the third Sunday of each month.

Religious Education Volunteers Needed
Our program is growing! Please consider volunteering occasionally to help with the 7 to11 year old class on Sunday mornings. Volunteers will assist our regular teachers or help out on a service Sunday project. No advance preparation is required. This is a great opportunity to strengthen our intergenerational connections! Please contact Leslie Harrison for more information.

Spirit Rock Meditation Opportunity: A Note from UUP Member Dick Allen
Several of us went to hear Jack Kornfield speak at Copperfields recently…quite impressive. Several UUP'ers have also expressed interest in going to Spirit Rock. I have been going for over ten years, and it is always worthwhile. (It's only 45 minutes via D Street through Nicasio to Woodacre…. a lovely drive!) I am going to the day-long retreat lead by Jack on Saturday, May 31. Go to the Spirit Rock website for details. If you sign up, let me know at 762-4377. We'll carpool; maybe have dinner together in the evening. I anticipate this event will sell out, so moving quickly may assure you a spot. You also might want to read one of Jack's books; Copperfields has several.

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. )

This Sunday, May 18, 2008: "A Unitarian Considering Christ"
Speaker: Jim Weller, M.T.S.
Worship Leader: Lara Abel
How did a life-long Unitarian Universalist layman come to be a Christian theologian and religious scholar, preparing for ordination in the United Church of Christ? Grasped by the gospel of love, Jim Weller, a recent graduate of Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, will come tell us the story of his journey of faith.

REGULARLY SCHEDULED GATHERINGS
The Women's Group: meet at Jean Conrad's house Mon., May 19, 7:30 pm. Topic: Friendship. Please bring something representing what friendship means to you.
Larking About, the UUP Singers, meets on Wednesday evenings from 8 to 9:30 at the home of Diana Spaulding and David Dodd.