On this page, you will find featured activities at UU Santa Fe and in our wider community that can enrich your life and that of those you love. This is a dynamic page with ever-changing content. Visit often. This page and our weekly eNewsletter are your best sources about UU Santa Fe events, news, and initiatives. Website text in copper color is a link to more information somewhere else, click if you want to go there for additional information!
UU SAnta Fe Featured NEWS and Events At-A-Glance
Most of our gatherings are conducted via Zoom video conferencing. The gathering's host is responsible for getting the Zoom meeting ID and password to those interested in participating. For safety reasons, we will not post meeting ID links on our website.
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Welcome to UU Santa Fe! We are a busy place as you will find. Newcomers should know that we are interested in community rather than conversion. You don't need to join UU Santa Fe to enjoy our inspiring worship, make meaningful connections, experience transformative learning or participate in justice-making initiatives. By letting us know "what is shifting in you," we can introduce you to the things you will find here that will make your heart sing. To introduce yourself, click here.
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Love is not cancelled. UU Santa Fe expects the loss of rental income, postponed fundraising events, and reductions in plate income and pledge payments. Please continue your UU Santa Fe support as you are able. 
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Upcoming Gatherings | Being
Lifelong Learning | Becoming
Adult Learning Classes
Leadership and UU Santa Fe News | Serving
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Community Life | Belonging
There are more than 30 groups and 200 people participating in our Community Life Groups. Check our calendar and various web pages for more information.
Justice-Making | Engaging
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upcoming Sunday GatheringForget everything you've ever done. Make no comparisons. Simply listen. Listen with your eyes, as if the story you are hearing is happening right now. |
Sunday, October 25 | IMAGINE: IF WE HAD ONLY KNOWN | Rev. Dr. Leona Stuckey Abbott
If we had only known that chickens can teach us how to be 160% better at what we do, we might have achieved peace by now. This talk takes us from the world of science, agriculture and song to a path that we can imagine, know, and travel. |
supporting our neighbors
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First Sunday Giving
Give until your heart sings!
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Change for Change is a weekly collection of the congregation’s loose change collected in our offering basket when we were meeting in public. This year's recipient is the Chainbreaker Collective of Santa Fe. Because you might be interested in contributing online to this cause, click here.
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UU Mystics Group
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UU Mystics Group
Is your heart hungry? Do you crave silence and chanting, poetry, candlelight and guided meditation? Me too, and sometimes the brightness of Sunday morning just isn’t the right setting for that sort of practice. If you are a mystic at heart, I invite you to join me online from 7–8:30 pm on the second Tuesday of the month. I will bring poetry and candles and my singing bowls. If you will bring your imagination and your spiritual resources, I am confident that together we can create a UU soul circle to nurture the inner light in each of us. Part of this gathering will be practice, part of it will be exploring what we might create together. Please RSVP online to join this Group, click here.—Blessings, Rev. Gail |
BECOMING | Lifelong Learning |
Below are highlights of our Family and Adult Learning programs.
FAmily program |
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Below are abbreviated descriptions of our Adult Learning offerings; for complete information, click here then scroll down the page.
Lifelong Learning Groups
“Wisdom tells me I am nothing, |
Our Learning Groups gather online via Zoom video conferencing.
The most important thing is to find out the most important thing.―Zen master, Suzuki Roshi |
Lifelong Learning classes
Adult Self-Study October content posted—over (25) articles and much more! Use these wide-ranging resources to inspire, challenge and create a life of sacred purpose for yourself and enrich the lives of those around you.—curated content by Steven Mead, Program Ministry. *NEW* Particularly recommended is the Unitarian Universalist Common Read 2020-2021, Breathe: A Letter to My Sons by Imani Perry, published by Beacon Press.
Seven Thousand Ways to Listen
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Seven Thousand Ways to Listen | The work of Mark Nepo
Dates 3 sessions, November 4-11-18, 1-2:30 pm Location online Facilitator Steven Mead, Lifespan Religious Educator Sponsor Adult Lifelong Learning Cost none Registration required; to register, click here. When you register, we will send you the Zoom Meeting ID link For more information, click here. Through readings, meditation, and dialog, we will explore the many gifts and challenges of deep listening as we reflect on the meaning of the life we are living. |
tHE sTONEWALL gENERATION
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October is LGBTQ History Month and the author Jane Fleishman and many of the elders featured in The Stonewall Generation will be participating in two virtual events held by independent bookstores! On October 29 at 6 pm ET, East End Books in Provincetown will host a second virtual event. Jane Fleishman will be in conversation with David Velasco Bermudez and Bob Isadore—register online. These events are free and open to all but please consider purchasing a copy from us or these incredible bookstores.
From the inSpirit UU Book and Gift Shop. |
Belonging | COMMUNITY life events |
There are more than 30 groups and 200 people participating in our Community Life Groups and events. Check our calendar and various web pages for more information.
uuwf Online
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Unitarian Universalist Women's Fellowship
Our next online presentation takes place in November 14, 11 am. For more information and to receive the zoom link for the presentation, contact UUWF at uuwf@uusantafe.org. |
Art on Barcelona
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A Romantic Symphony | Lynne J. McCarthy
Ceramic sculpture, nature photography, and poetry by Lynne J. McCarthy, Sensitive Stone Artistry. "As an artist and a woman, I’m touched by the beauty and gentleness inherent in creation. My goal is to merely give credence and expression to the wonder and mystery of divine essence, whether through clay sculpture, nature photography, and or poetry." Exhibit may be viewed through October by appointment 505.316.4180. More information here. |
UU SANTA FE Cookbook
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Our one-of-a-kind cookbook, Treasured Traditions, is still available. 96 members, friends and family of UU Santa Fe have compiled their tastiest tried-and-true recipes into a single book that will be treasured for generations to come. This mouthwatering cookbook contains 407 recipes—everything you need from appetizers to desserts to pet foods! Each recipe includes the contributor’s name, so it’s easy to find the recipes of friends and loved ones.
Order Now for Yourself and Gifts
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Engaging | JUSTICE-Making |
Below are initiatives and information regarding our justice activities; for complete information on our justice teams, click here then scroll down the page.
First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.—Martin Niemöller
Our Justice Teams
"Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public."—Cornel West |
Justice Teams' Meeting Times | Open to All
Our Justice Teams gather online via Zoom video conferencing. Team leaders are responsible for providing Zoom Meeting IDs to their participants. If you would like to become involved and don't how to contact the Team leader, write Steven Mead.
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Immigrant & Refugee Justice |
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Widening the Circle of Concern |
Widening the Circle of Concern
The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) Commission on Institutional Change directly focuses on white supremacy and racism— within all UU levels, including our congregation. The Commission was charged with supporting long-term cultural and institutional change that redeems the essential promise and ideals of Unitarian Universalism. After a two-year period of study, the Commission completed its work in June 2020. Pledge to be a part of the growing multi¬faith community in support of the Movement for Black Lives. Pledge here.
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EveryDay Giving
“The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything.”—Albert Einstein |
Everyday Giving | In-Kind Donations Supporting our Neighbors
We variously collect food, personal care, and school supplies throughout the year. Three 32-gallon containers are just outside our front gate and available from 9 am-3 pm Monday-Friday (or whenever the front gates are unlocked). Collected supplies go to a variety of local recipients.
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Environmental JusticeThe UU Ministry for Earth has unveiled an updated version of the Green Sanctuary program. Take a look.
“What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?”―Henry David Thoreau, Familiar Letters |
Environmental Justice team | Education and action
Environmental Justice Team meeting | Getting Thirsty in New Mexico | Sunday, October 25 | noon via Zoom. We welcome guest speaker Rich Schrader from River Source, to discuss how we can help our watershed. You can find the link on the Meetup site here.
Climate Change. For more information about upcoming ways to take action on climate change please check the events calendar at New Mexico Climate Action here. Climate Crisis. If you are interested in UU responses to the Climate Crisis, you might want to get on the email list for the UU Ministry for Earth. |
UU the VoteClick here to receive UU Santa Fe UU the Vote initiative info Santa Fe Vote Early: 2020 General ElectionInformation from the Santa Fe County Clerk’s Office
(See poster for detailed information)
*NEW* Surviving Election Stress: Eight Questions That Can Help You Survive Election Stress |
Call to Action! UU the Vote is a non-partisan faith initiative to engage our neighbors, educate our communities, mobilize voters, and rally around key ballot initiatives. All through 2020 the UUA is supporting congregations and UU organizations in activating thousands of Unitarian Universalists to mobilize for electoral justice at the local, state and national levels.
Directly or indirectly, the issues so many of us care most deeply about–climate change, LGBTQ rights, immigration, racial justice and more—will be on ballots in 2020. As progressive people of faith we can seize the opportunity that the current electoral cycle offers us to fight for our values, counter voter suppression, expand democracy, and engage in spiritually grounded, values-based issue conversations with other voters in our own communities. Let’s UU the Vote in 2020. Values-Based Issue Resource Articles (the opinions expressed in these articles do not necessarily reflect the views of UU Santa Fe): “Legislators represent people, not trees or acres. Legislators are elected by voters, not farms or cities or economic interests. As long as ours is a representative form of government, and our legislatures are those instruments of government elected directly by and directly representative of the people, the right to elect legislators in a free and unimpaired fashion is a bedrock of our political system.”―Earl Warren |
Out of the ShadowIf your are interested in joining UU Santa Fe's Domestic Violence Awareness Team, contact Leona Stucky-Abbott via our office.
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Announcing our new film
Out of the Shadow: Shining Light on Domestic Violence We are pleased to share with you our new film based on the October 5, 2019 Day of Action Against Domestic Violence. The film includes footage from many of the events that brought together activists and artists to raise awareness of Domestic Violence. Healing Voices—Personal Stories supported various groups across the country in creating their individual events, held in Albuquerque, Española, and Santa Fe, NM; Fayetteville, AR; Dallas, TX; Hays, KS; Ithaca and New York, NY; and Salt Lake City, UT. October is designated as Domestic Violence Month. We hope you will find ways to share this new film along with our others. Visit our website to see descriptions of the films. Here's a direct link to Out of the Shadow. |
Governing | UU SANTA FE & Board NEWS |
 Our UU Santa Fe Starfish Model
The Five Arms of our Starfish!
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“The best way to predict your future is to create it.”―Peter Drucker Board of Trustees News. The next scheduled Board meeting is October 28 via Zoom; all are welcome to attend (please contact secretary@uusantafe.org for joining information).
Members and Friends—UU Santa Fe is considering adding solar panels to our roof. As we gather information on this project we will post it on the Members page of the website. Contact admin@uusantafe.org if you need access. Busy people have goals; productive people have priorities.―Anonymous |
Calvin: They say the world is a stage. But obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines.
Hobbes: Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
Calvin: We need more special effects and dance numbers.―Bill Watterson