Here 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.
UU SAnta Fe Featured Events and news At-A-Glance
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Our February theme is Trust. |
Upcoming Services
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Social Justice
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Upcoming ServicesWorship from the Old English weorthscipe meaning to "shape things of worth." |
Sunday, February 17 | Rabbi Jenny Amswych | "Trusting Yourself: The courage to know and the courage to act"
Next week, Jewish communities around the world will be celebrating the holiday of Purim. As part of this celebration, they will read from the book of Esther. Rabbi Jenny will look at the two women from the book of Esther - Vashti and Esther - and discuss their characters, the dilemmas the face and the choices they make. Both of these women will provide ways of looking at the theme of trust, in particular, how difficult it can be to trust yourself. Starting from this ancient story, Rabbi Jenny will explore the idea of trusting oneself and the courage it can take to do so, especially in the face of opposition, even danger. |
Lifelong LearningRefresh! Fellowship and Family Night. Signup here.
February 24, Sunday Refresh, 5 pm
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“Every aspect of our lives is, in a sense, a vote for the kind of world we want to live in.”―Frances Moore Lappé 
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Adult Lifelong LearningDaring Democracy: Igniting Power, Meaning and Connection for the America We Want
Dates 1 Remaining Sunday Session, February 24, 6 pm Location in the UU Santa Fe Library Facilitated by Sherry Kraemer Sponsored by Adult Lifelong Learning and the SJ Immigrant and Refugee Teams Book Daring Democracy: Igniting Power, Meaning and Connection for the America We Want by Frances Moore Lappe and Adam Eichen, Chapters 7, 8 and 9 Registration not necessary. You may come to any or all sessions! For more information, click here and scroll down the page! Part of Refresh! An evening of Potluck • Family Activities • Music • Adult Small Group Discussion • Beginning at 5 pm |
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Starting Point 2019 | Particularly for Newcomers
Dates 2 remaining Saturday sessions, February 16, and March 2, 2019, 10 am-12 pm Location in the UU Santa Fe Library Facilitated by Ministry, Lifelong Learning, and Membership & Hospitality Teams Sponsored by Adult Lifelong Learning Team Registration necessary, click here For more information, click here and scroll down the page! "It is good to have an end to the journey; but it is the journey that matters in the end.”―Ursula K. Le Guin |
T'ai Chi Chih
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T'ai Chi Chih
Dates 5 Remaining Tuesday sessions, February 19, 26, March 5, 12, 19, 10-11 am Location in the UU Santa Fe Fogelson Hall Facilitated by Jim Eagle Sponsored by Adult Lifelong Learning Team Registration appreciated but not required, click here Cost $5 donation to UU Santa Fe per class You may come to any or all sessions! For more information, click here and scroll down the page! |
Mary Oliver as a Spiritual Practice"That we keep the soul in the body, that we keep the deep water still, so it reflects without blurring, and that we know without knowing."―Ursula Le Guin |
Mary Oliver as a Spiritual Practice
Date(s) Saturday, February 16, 10:30-11:30 am - This class is still deciding on when and how often they will continue to meet. Location in the UU Santa Fe Fellowship Lounge Facilitated by Maj-Britt Eagle Sponsored by Adult Lifelong Learning Team Registration appreciated but not required, click here For more information, click here and scroll down the page! |
COMMUNITY life events
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Refresh! Fellowship and Family Night sign up here. |
Refresh! Fellowship and family Nights2nd & 4th Sundays 5-7 pm
Potluck • Family Activities • Music • Adult Small Group Hit your refresh button! Come share a meal. Meet with friends. Do you have children?—then come do Big Messy Something together. Musically inclined? Join the Acoustic Musicians on the fourth Sunday to play or just listen. Need to expand your mind? Join our Adult Book Discussion. Come, there is a place for you here at UU Santa Fe. Refresh Schedule | Big Messy Something Family Activity
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ACOUSTIC Musicians on BarcelonaSunday, February 24, 6-7:30 pm, Fogelson Hall
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Come join us for a fun-filled evening of delightful music! Enjoy folk, rock, jazz and classical offerings from local musicians and singer-songwriters in an intimate setting. Admission is free, families are welcome. If you'd like to play music at the event, please RSVP here.
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New Spirituality Groups Forming“Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.”―Albert Schweitzer |
For more information on these two new small groups, click here and scroll down the page. Both groups are open―anyone welcome at any time.
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UUWF Luncheon | february 16 | Fogelson Hall
“HOW OLD ARE YOU, REALLY?”
The New Science of Optimal Aging Shall we die young or as late in life as possible? Join Karen Armitage to talk about the new science of optimal aging, exciting results of recent research on this topic, and simple tools you can use right now to be your best self at every age. Our speaker, Karen Armitage, is Interim Dean and Director of Health Policy at University of New Mexico (UNM) College of Population Health (COPH), with a secondary appointment as Associate Clinical Professor of Family and Community Medicine at UNM School of Medicine. She is a pediatrician and public health physician with two decades of service in the public health sector, finishing up as Chief Medical Officer for the New Mexico Department of Health in 2007-2010. Karen also co-chairs the UNMHSC Health Policy Committee and delivers a community-based, team-taught interdisciplinary curriculum in health policy to third year medical students. Her research interests include health policy, evidence-based population health interventions, innovative curricula in health sciences and integrating routine measurement of cardiorespiratory fitness into primary care settings. |
UU Humanist Group Meeting
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On Sunday, February 17, at 8:30 am, UU Member Natalie Delvaille will lead the UU Humanist group in a discussion about Humanity's Interdependence with Nature. For more information, please check our Meetup listing here. Plan to join us for what promises to be an interesting and informative discussion!
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SOCIAL JUSTICE EVENTS
PUBLIC ADVOCACYJustice Team Meeting Times
Open to All
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engage | Opportunities for Public Advocacy
The Social Justice Teams of UU Santa Fe are following several bills working their way through the 2019 New Mexico legislative session. They would like your help and support in contacting representatives and senators to support the successful passage of legislation the will improve our environment, reduce gun violence, support the democratic process and reduce the poverty of people in our state. You may follow the bills through the session by watching the discussion of the bills listed below and contacting the committee members of the House and Senate with support for the advancement of the bills through the legislature. Search for the bills by number on the New Mexico Legislature website. You may show up for hearings or follow the hearing here.
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Immigrant & Refugee Justice |
Immigrant and Refugee Justice Team |
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UU Santa Fe Sanctuary Discernment Moves Forward. At the February 3 Special Meeting of UU Santa Fe, voting members approved UU Santa Fe becoming a signer as a congregation of the New Sanctuary Movement Pledge. Information was also sought on two other sancuary-related matters to guide future activities.
New Sanctuary Movement - New Sanctuary Pledge “As people of faith and people of conscience, we pledge to resist the newly elected administration’s policy proposals to target and deport millions of undocumented immigrants and discriminate against marginalized communities. We will open up our congregations and communities as sanctuary spaces for those targeted by hate, and work alongside our friends, families, and neighbors to ensure the dignity and human rights of all people.” |
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MELD–meet each life with dignity (MELD - food & shelter team)PETE'S PLACE!! FEBRUARY 10-16 Please remember your commitments to our service at the homeless shelter this week. One of our volunteers will call or email you the day before. But try to keep in mind, if you have offered food, it needs to be at Pete’s by 5:30 pm that day. Thank you for your generosity in advance.
Cooking and serving at Pete's Place is one of UU Santa Fe's major social action initiatives! Your hands are needed!
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Chad Frischmann | We the Future
100 Solutions to Reverse Global Warming |
Environmental Justice team | Education and actionMark Your Calendars for Sunday, February 17: Santa Fe Film Festival showing of Sacred Land, Sacred Water: Confluences in the Rio Grande Valley 6 pm at UU Santa Fe, the story of science and citizens working together to resist the oil and gas lobby’s efforts to pass a fracking-friendly ordinance in Sandoval County, New Mexico. Followed by Drilling Mora County about the ordinance banning hydrocarbon extraction in Mora County.
For more information about upcoming ways to take action on climate change please check the events calendar at New Mexico Climate Action here. |
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Film Festival and JusticeSanta Fe Film Festival at UU Santa Fe
UU Santa Fe Social Justice Teams are proud to announce that we will be both a venue and a sponsor for the Annual Santa Fe Film Festival, with special presentations and ten films shown in our Fogelson Hall from February 14 to 17. Here (download and print) are details on the ten films being screened at UU Santa Fe. Join us and help us establish successful community wide activities to support our Social Justice programs. To express interest and/or willingness to help, stop by the Social Justice table in Fellowship on Sundays. |
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Mother Jones in Heaven (PostPoned)Mother Jones In Heaven
A Musical by Si Kahn Vivian Nesbit as Mother Jones John Dillon, Guitar Directed by Alice Jankell |
UU SANTA FE News
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News the Board of Trustees want you to knowSpecial Meeting of UU Santa Fe. A special meeting on February 3 addressed two important topics: Funding for replacing our very old HVAC systems and the UUA New Sanctuary Pledge. Funding for new HVAC was authorized with up to $65K available from our Permanent Endowment Fund. The voting members also approved UU Santa Fe becoming a signer as a congregation of the New Sanctuary Pledge. Information was also sought on two other sanctuary-related matters to guide further activities.
Board of Trustees (BoT) January News. Discussed monthly reports, planned for the February 3 Special Meeting, heard updates on intentional church initiative, stewardship/canvass and budget planning and child safety activities. The Upstart Crows of Santa Fe. Beginning February 8, The Upstart Crows of Santa Fe will provide our 6-12 graders with a youth group experience and theater arts programming. For more information, click here.
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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