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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." |
Sunday, June 30 | Rev. Gail Marriner | Life is a Riddle and a Mystery
The universe is inexhaustible. It changes and evolves and we will never know all that there is to know about it, about each other, or about ourselves. Mystics and poets have addressed this in a host of practices and metaphors – join us as we reflect on living the questions in a mysterious world. |
Lifelong Learning
FELLOWSHIP AND FAMILY NIGHT -
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HYDE MEMORIAL
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Everyone Welcome!!
Beautiful scenery, a quiet natural setting and easy access make Hyde Memorial State Park a favorite picnic area, campground, respite and base camp for excursion to the surrounding Santa Fe National Forest. Approximately 8,300 feet elevation. Seven miles from UU Santa Fe. Food! Fellowship! And Fun. Join our UU Santa Fe families for picnic, relaxation and a short hike from Group Shelter #3 to the waterfall—about 1.5 miles roundtrip. RSVP online. |
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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!
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 meet 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 email Suzanne Ronneau, sronneau@bellsouth.net, or call her at 505.699.7781.
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Starting Point
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Your Starting Point
As our journeys take new or unexpected turns, we all find ourselves looking for new kinds of companions. So, if you're a newcomer to UU Santa Fe or a long-timer looking to fall in love with UU Santa Fe and Unitarian Universalism all over again, consider Starting Point your spiritual “starting point.” We offer Starting Point two times per year (August and February). |
COMMUNITY life events
Now you'er cooking
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Calling all Lovers of Food! UU Santa Fe is publishing its first Cookbook! We are looking for your favorite recipes – you know, the ones you bring to potlucks or serve to guests and everybody asks for the recipe. Kick-off is at the July 7 picnic. So bring a dish and the recipe for it. Friends and members can contribute up to 5 recipes in all categories: main dishes, salads and sides, desserts – you name it! Recipes must be in by September 15 (but the sooner, the better!) so we can publish in November.
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Fellowship and Family Night sign up here. |
Fellowship and family Nights, 5:30 pm
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UUWF Luncheon | Returns Third Saturday in SeptemberCost
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Acoustic Musicians on Barcelona | Sundays, July 14 & 28
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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 | May and june
Ruth Glazing Outdoors
Ruth's Four Graces are displayed in the front of the sanctuary.
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Ruth Weston | Recent Drawings and Sculpture
Once again, Art On Barcelona is happy to exhibit the work of another of our talented UU Santa Fe artist-members—Ruth Weston. "My medium is glazed stoneware. I have developed my own matt glazes, which give a unique surface to my sculpture. A constant in my work is the feeling that I am painting with my glazes. A thin layer of glaze can have the appearance of a watercolor wash, where the underlying clay color becomes part of the final surface. My art is a celebration of the feminine, with distinctly female subject matter. There are many issues in women’s lives, which have not been addressed, seriously in modern sculpture. Through my art I have recaptured the ability to express aspects of my womanhood." |
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.
Gun Buy Back | Saturday, June 29, 10 am-2 pm, Santa Fe Police Station, 2515 Camino Entrada. For each gun turned in, a gift certificate with a value of $100 to $250 will be awarded. Free gun locks. No questions asked. Organized by New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence.
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
"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. Homestead: Who’s Profiting from Detaining Kids? Follow the money: child detention is big business in Trump's America.
Luz is one of hundreds of trans women who have been brutally detained by ICE. Let’s tell our leaders that we need to #EndTransDetention today!
You may donate to Santa Fe Dreamers Project to provide legal services for trans detainees. |
Immigrant and Refugee Justice TeamPlease welcome new Team Leads, Gale Wasserman and Laura Brockington
Santa Fe’s Support for Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Here is a link (click title above) to ways you can donate and volunteer towards Santa Fe's refugee and asylum-seeker response. The Black Bean Project Wow! UU Santa Fe has once again opened its heart and hands. We have collected over 100 cans of beans and are prepared to feed any busloads of asylum-seekers who travel through Santa Fe. We will keep you informed, but have enough beans for this stage of the project. Again, thank you for your generosity. The Cibola Release Project A big shout out to UU Santa Fe! You have been generous with your time and hospitality in helping the trans women released from Cibola transition to their new homes in the U.S. These women continue to express their gratitude for your welcoming hearts. Without this congregation, the Faith Network for Immigrant Justice (FNIJ) would not have been able to successfully support this project. The focus of our efforts will now shift from supporting women who have been released from Cibola, to women who are still incarcerated. The faith network in Albuquerque, which has been coordinating the hosting of the released women, now has access to an apartment where women can stay. Since these asylum-seekers need access to offices in Albuquerque, it is more convenient for them to be housed there. Yet many women remain incarcerated, and they are in need of compassionate care. Consequently, FNIJ is currently exploring how we can best support those remaining in Cibola. The needs of those incarcerated will become clearer in the coming weeks. But we know that FNIJ will continue to rely on our congregation to implement their plans. So we will no longer be hosting transgender women in the near future. We will update you once we know the next steps forward. Again, a big heart-felt thanks for all you have done to support the trans women of Cibola, and for all you will do in the future. |
Environment
We Are Still In - Climate Change #WeAreStillIn
Two years ago today, the Federal Government announced its intention to leave the Paris Agreement. Ever since, cities, states, businesses and others have said it’s time for #ClimateActionNow. UU Santa Fe is a proud signatory. |
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. The Santa Fe Mountains Landscape Resiliency Project The Santa Fe Forest Coalition has published a white paper on the effects on thinning the Eastside Santa Fe National Forest. Click here for this information. Protecting the Santa Fe Forest. On the basis of possible environmental effects, and calling for a formal Environmental Impact Study, two New Mexico groups, Wild Watershed and the Multiple Chemical Sensitivities Task Force, sued to stop the extensive thinning and burning proposed for the Hyde Park and the Pacheco Canyon areas by the U.S. Forest Service. They argued that the projects didn’t take the best available science into account. U.S. District Judge James A. Parker’s rulings, however, determined that requirements for environmental studies on federal projects that could affect human populations don’t apply in this case. While not being part of the suit, the UU Environmental Justice Team has worked closely with Wild Watershed and other organizations on this issue. To find out more about “fire science, forest science, climate change and more” go to Tree Hugger Santa Fe. Summary of 2019 NM Environmental Legislation presented by Rep. Matthew McQueen, Chairman, House Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Committee on April 13.
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Domestic Violence Prevention
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*NEW* 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." |
Advocacy
For more information on the Mixed-Status Family Rule, click here.
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The Proposed “Mixed-Status" Family Rule | Public Comment
Support public housing, make your comment here: www.keep-families-together.org. How to Make a Public Comment: Although there is no limit to the length of your comment, make your rationale simple, not encyclopedic. Your comment must be unique to you – the agency rejects any letters, email, etc. that look like they are “cut and pasted” from someone else’s letter. The easiest way to make your comment is to type it into this website: www.keep-families-together.org. Also at this website, you will find in-depth information and discussion about the likely impact of this rule. This is the fourth time in 2019 that UU Santa Fe members are participating in making a Public Comment. This activity is co-sponsored by the UU Santa Fe Social Justice Advocacy Team and RESULTS-Santa Fe. For more information, contact Kitty Sherlock. |
Economic Justice Information |
William Barber's moral budget document presents a comprehensive response to the systemic racism, poverty, ecological devastation, militarism, and war economy plaguing our country today. For the 140 million people who are poor, or one emergency away from being poor, we know these demands are necessary.
This Budget shows that it is possible to invest our resources in the ways demanded by this Campaign and our moral and Constitutional values: to establish justice, domestic tranquility, security, and the general welfare for all. It shows, too, just how wasteful systemic injustice is. The abundance of our society will grow even greater when we stop investing in maintaining injustice to benefit the few, and turn instead to policies based on the needs of the many. |
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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Featuring UU Santa Fe member, Ken Mayers
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News the Board of Trustees want you to knowMay Board of Trustees News. At their May meeting the Board heard a report on the May 19 Town Hall, prepared for the May 26 annual meeting, approved the Communications Policy and approved the charter for an insurance review task force.
UU Santa Fe Annual Meeting. Our Annual Meeting was held on Sunday, May 26, with 64 voting members in attendance. An overview of the year's activities was presented, and the group approved the 2019-2020 budget and the slate of candidates for elected office. UUs In Community Western UU Life Festival at Ghost Ranch in northern NM will be June 24-30. Rev. Kim Mason will be with us as community minister helping us explore the Bones of Our Community. Enjoy a range of activities including rafting, kayaking, hiking, stimulating conversations or just kicking back under the Wisdom Tree with fellow UUs from the Western Region. Find more detailed information in the full catalog and registration. |
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