This Week at UUP: July 10-16, 2008

The Unitarian Universalists of Petaluma
Nurture Your Spirit. Help Heal Our World.


ANNOUNCEMENTS AND UPCOMING EVENTS

Share the Plate this Sunday
In keeping with our commitment to supporting our community, on Sunday UUP will share its non-pledge offering with the Petaluma Educational Foundation. PEF is a broadly based community foundation that secures and distributes contributions from the private sector (local businesses, parents, individuals, service clubs and private foundations) to benefit the educational program in Petaluma area schools. PEF provides grants to teachers, offers scholarships to graduating seniors and manages designated funds for school programs and activities. Founded in 1982, PEF serves ten school districts incorporating 31 public and non-profit private schools in our community.

Gather Ye Water and Stones
When you're out and about on travels, journeys and adventures this summer, remember to gather water and stones to share at our annual Water and Stones participation worship service tentatively scheduled for September 7th.

Religious Education Garage & Bake Sale, Saturday August 23rd
Save the date and save your stuff! Help support religious education programming by donating items and baked goods for our annual sale on August 23rd, 9-2pm, 8 Nob Hill Terrace. Drop offs welcome starting Monday, August 11th at the Greaney or Harrison-Lee households. For more information contact Leslie Harrison.

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, July 13, 2008: Better Tomorrows by Seeing Yesterdays
Guest speaker: Jeffrey Melcher
Worship leader: Joyce Tischler
How is knowledge relevant? How does our experience inform our life? Why is knowing Unitarian Universalist history important to our psycho-social-spiritual health? Are spirituality and politics connected? Some reflections on the relevance of our UU History.

Sunday, July 20, 2008: The Tempting Temptations
Guest Speaker: Rev. Timothy Locke, Ph.D.
Worship Associate: Meredith Guest
We often think of temptation as the urge to do something we clearly know is wrong. Yet many temptations are really "tempting". That is, they appeal to us because we can see some good that may come of them, something desirable beyond their simply being "forbidden". How do we make choices when there is promise in following a different course than the one that may have been presented to us as the "right" one?
Rev. Timothy Locke, Ph.D., is director of Four Springs Retreat near Middletown, an historic center for studies in depth psychology and the teachings of Jesus. He is also a pastoral counselor, coach and consultant with the Lloyd Center of San Francisco Theological Seminary in their Napa branch office.


REGULARLY SCHEDULED GATHERING
The next meeting of the UUP Men's Group is Friday, July 11th at 7 pm at Dick Allen's house.

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