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. This is a dynamic page with 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!
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"In the mind of the beginner there are many possibilities, in the mind of the expert there are few."―Shunyru Suzuki |
Upcoming Services
Social Justice
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Community Life
UU Santa Fe News (bottom of this page)
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Upcoming ServicesWorship from the Old English weorthscipe meaning to "shape things of worth." |
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Sunday, August 25 | Rev. Gail Marriner | Thinking for Ourselves: Part Two
We continue our exploration of heresy this Sunday. While we UUs are theologically unflappable these days there are plenty of other notions that challenge our UU world view. What do we count as heresy now? And what resources does our tradition offer for coping with difficult ideas? |
Lifelong Learning
FELLOWSHIP AND FAMILY NIGHT -
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SCHOOL SUPPLY COLLECTION!
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A joint project between UU Santa Fe and Joy Montessori (one of our renters)
Through August | Collection bin in the Foyer Collecting new and gently used school supplies for Santa Fe public schools. Please donate the following supplies:
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Adult Lifelong Learning
Below are abbreviated descriptions of our Adult Learning offerings; for complete information, click here then scroll down the page.
Just so you know: most of our adult programming is scheduled between September and May. We are taking some needed time this summer to regroup and plan our next year's offerings. Check back soon to see what emerges!
Just so you know: most of our adult programming is scheduled between September and May. We are taking some needed time this summer to regroup and plan our next year's offerings. Check back soon to see what emerges!
Harriet Kidder Library makeover
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*NEW* Coming this fall, the Harriet Kidder Memorial Library Makeover
By slow turns in 2018 and 2019, our adult library has gotten new lighting, paint, chairs and window treatment. We have cleaned the clutter out from the corners. Now is the time for new books! Our Library Team has purged our shelves to make room for new titles (watch for the old ones in the 2019 book sale). For the first time (we think ever), we are making a bulk purchase of new library books for your spiritual and intellectual journeys. We queried our subject matter experts both at UU Santa Fe and the UUA InSpirit bookstore staff. We will soon order $1,000+ of new titles. We are making purchases to pursue the following criteria:
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T'ai Chi Chih Group
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T'ai Chi Chih
A Lifelong Learning Group Dates. This group meets to practice "The 19 Forms." Meeting weekly, Tuesdays, 10 am. Location Fogelson Hall Facilitated by Jim Eagle and others Sponsored by Adult Lifelong Learning Team For more information, click here and scroll down the page! |
UU Mindfulness Meditation GroupThe most important thing is to find out the most important thing.―Zen master, Suzuki Roshi |
The UU Mindfulness Meditation group meets weekly on Monday mornings at 9 am in our library. At the meeting, we will have silent meditation for 30 minutes and then discuss a short reading. The group is open to all. If you have questions or would like a copy of the reading, please contact Suzanne Ronneau, through the UU Santa Fe office.
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COMMUNITY life events
Fellowship and Family NightFriday, September 13
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Fellowship and family Nights, 5:30 pm
Fellowship and Family Night sign up here. |
A Poetry Reading
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Ambassador Huddleston's book is available here.
“Few on this side of the Florida Straits know Cuba better than Vicki Huddleston . . . She has written an extraordinary firsthand account and one that only an intrepid diplomat― serving both Republican and Democratic presidents―could have experienced, and written.” |
UUWF Luncheon | Returns September 21
"A Rapid Reversal, Closing the Door to Havana That Obama Opened"
Ambassador Vicki Huddleston Ambassador Huddleston will give us the full story of the U.S.’s complex relationship with that country. Her courageous, insightful and nuanced dealings with the Castro regime show how the relationship might have flowered following President Obama’s opening to Cuba, and how it all came to naught because of a handful of Cuban Americans. Ambassador Huddleston also served as U.S. ambassador to Madagascar and Mali and acting ambassador to Ethiopia. She was Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Africa and a USAID contractor in Haiti. Her unvarnished tale of events during her mission in Cuba from 1999 to 2002 will be of interest to everyone interested in international relations and Cuba in particular. Cost
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Acoustic Musicians on Barcelona | Sunday, August 25
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Acoustic Musicians on Barcelona will gather from 6-7:30 pm in Fogelson Hall. 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 at Meetup. (Yes! Now meeting twice a month on the second and fourth Sundays of the month!)
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Art on barcelona | July and August
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Our 2019 summer exhibit at Art On Barcelona is a trilogy of the work of three local Santa Fe artists. Each artist chose her own theme: Mary Jo Dorr describes her oils, acrylics and watercolors as Reflections in Time, Sandra Sparks is showing acrylics and acrylic pours in Coloring My World, and Kathy Urmson has titled her acrylic and mixed media paintings Alive in Repose. Find out more here.
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COMING TO AMERICA! | Art On Barcelona Upcoming Exhibit for SEPTEMBER and october
CALL FOR VISUAL and PERFORMANCE ARTISTS, WRITERS | Please contact ArtOnBarcelona@gmail.com to express your interest in participating in this exhibit, get on our mailing list, and receive an application with more details.
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Why are so many people COMING TO AMERICA? What are they seeking? Can America welcome them all? Is it a crisis? How do we respond, what can we do? Is it necessary to severely restrict immigration? If so, how can it be done? Should we build a wall to keep immigrants out or should we create Welcome Centers? How can we create a system that works for all sides of the issue? Is it a fear of loss of political power? Can America assimilate half a million people every year? Should it?
We’ve heard the news about the intolerable conditions in the left-behind countries, deaths in the desert, the transporting by “coyotes” whose fees leave their passengers penniless, family separations, detention centers, the ICE raids, attempts to end asylum protections for most Central American migrants. As artists, what are your feelings? your fears? your hopes? your ideas for a solution? Works will be accepted based on space to display, appropriateness for a public gallery, relationship to the theme. We are accepting all art forms: visual art (painting, prints, mixed media, sculpture, small installations), the written word (poems or short stories, up to one page), and musical and other performance pieces. We hope to represent a wide variety of experience and beliefs as well as factual information. |
SOCIAL JUSTICE Action
Below are initiatives and information regarding our social justice activities; for complete information on our social justice teams, click here then scroll down the page.
Social Justice TeamsSanta Fe Need and Deed needs seasonal items: sunscreen, lip balm, sun hats, shorts, bottled water in cases. Donation box in our foyer. Thanks! |
Social Justice Team Meeting Times | Open to All
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Immigrant & Refugee Justice
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Immigrant and Refugee Justice TeamMusic for Dreamers | Saturday, August 24, 4 pm at UU Santa Fe
The concert will benefit the Santa Fe Dreamers Project. Charly Drobeck (flute), Lin Raymond (piano) and Jeff Sussmann (percussion) will be performing music of Bach, Ginastera, Ravel, Barber and Martinu. A $20 suggested donation at the door, although any amount welcome! Reunite Migrant Families | Vigil supporting the reunification of migrant families | every Monday, 3-4 pm on the Santa Fe Plaza. The folks who began this protest wear black and bring signs. (They do have a few extra to share.) Your yellow shirt (or any color) is also welcome.
"This is what the system is made to do--it breaks you down and steals hope so you will feel like deportation is salvation—Piocha, asylum-seeking father and detainee. |
Environment
Environmental Justice Team Meetings | The EJT meets on the fourth Sunday of every month at 9:15 am in the Fellowship Lounge. The next meeting will be September 22. Newcomers are welcome.
“Paris to Pittsburgh” Sunday, August 25 at noon in Fogelson Hall | Join us for a FREE screening of Paris to Pittsburgh, a new film from National Geographic, produced by RadicalMedia in partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies – narrated by Emmy® and Golden Globe® Award-winning actress and activist Rachel Brosnahan (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”).
From coastal cities to America’s heartland, Americans are demanding and developing real solutions in the face of climate change. And as the weather grows more deadly and destructive, they aren’t waiting on Washington to act. Learn about their incredible stories in Paris to Pittsburgh, and be inspired to create change in your own community! |
Environmental Justice team | Education and actionFor more information about upcoming ways to take action on climate change please check the events calendar at New Mexico Climate Action here.
UPCOMING EVENTS
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Domestic Violence Prevention
National Day Of Action Against Domestic Violence Workshop
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Domestic Violence Prevention Task Force Now Forming - Led by Leona Stucky-Abbott
Our Task Force resources and flanks Healing Voices - Personal Stories. We are deeply involved in organizing the local response to the National Day of Action Against Domestic Violence, October 5, 2019. To watch the Die-In video that teaches groups around the country how to offer this ceremony to their community, click here. For more comprehensive information, click here. Contact Leona (or Steven Mead) if you are interested joining this team and supporting its efforts. "Domestic violence (also called intimate partner violence (IPV), domestic abuse or relationship abuse) is a pattern of behaviors used by one partner to maintain power and control over another partner in an intimate relationship." National Day Of Action Against Domestic Violence Workshop | September 22. Learn how you can be involved in the National Day Of Action Against Domestic Violence. We will:
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Veterans for Peace
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VFP member Sean Nestor of Toledo OH, has set up a GoFundMe (GFM) account to raise funds to help pay legal and other associated expenses of the Shannon Protest work that Ken and Tarak have been doing since their St. Patrick’s Day arrest on the airfield at Shannon. A link to the GFM page appears below. Ken and Tarak have already sent a 50% down payment to their solicitor for the 8,000 euro retainer (that's $9,022 USD). Any contribution will be greatly appreciated. The Santa Fe Chapter is acting as fiscal sponsor so donations made out to Santa Fe Veterans for Peace are tax deductible. Funds will be deposited in a special account at the chapter’s credit union.
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UU SANTA FE News
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News the Board of Trustees want you to knowBoard Led Town Halls - Long Term Assets Status
Sunday, September 8, 12 pm and Thursday, September 12, 6 pm. Learn what the status is of our long term assets, including our property on Rabbit Road. July Board of Trustees News. At their July meeting the Board reviewed the draft 2018-2019 financial reports, discussed an upcoming Board planning retreat, received the 2019-2020 Pledge Campaign report and heard an update on upcoming fundraisers, including September's Oktoberfest. Fogelson Hall chair replacement project. We invite interested members and friends to contribute to this project to fund 120 replacement chairs for the sanctuary. Suggested donation is $75 per chair and may be dropped off at the office or mailed. Thanks to those who have already contributed to this fund. We are all excited about replacing our very old orange chairs! |
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