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!
COVID-19 Campus Access - september
Masks Required
In response to COVID-19 Delta, masks must be worn anytime and anywhere on campus, regardless of your vaccination status. No food service or beverages at this time.
In response to COVID-19 Delta, masks must be worn anytime and anywhere on campus, regardless of your vaccination status. No food service or beverages at this time.
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Indoor Gatherings - Masks Required
We're more interested in moving you forward than bringing you back. |
Outdoor Gatherings - Masks Required
With COVID infection rates surging in many communities and with the even more highly contagious Delta variant circulating, the UUA created updated guidance on gathering on August 20th, 2021.
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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. Please continue your UU Santa Fe support as you are able. |
For more information about these At-A-Glance activities, scroll down the page!
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upcoming Sunday Gathering
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Sunday, September 19 | Confidence in Science, Confidence in Humankind | Rev. Gail Marriner
What is the relationship between science, Humanism and Unitarian Universalism? Why might that be important now? |
supporting our neighbors
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Give to our Every Sunday Giving recipients year 'round. Donation links can be found here.
"There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread."―Mohandas Gandhi |
Everyday Giving | School Supplies for SFPS Adelante Program, September. Donation barrels are on the courtyard and ready for your contribution. Drop off anytime the courtyard is open. The Santa Fe Public Schools (SFPS) Adelante Program provides advocacy, direct support services, and basic needs services for children, teens, and their families experiencing homelessness in Santa Fe. SFPS Adelante plays a crucial role in educating the community about child homelessness, and advocates for our families’ needs with schools, human service agencies, and the community at large. You may also donate here.
Afghan Refugees. Support Afghan refugees who will soon be arriving in ABQ. Lutheran Family Services Rocky Mountain (LFSRM) is coordinating this effort. Lots of resources are needed.
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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 | EXplore! |
Below are highlights of our Family and Adult Learning programs.
FAmily program |
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Our shared journey is expressed at UU Santa Fe by four core experiences and their corresponding spiritual practices:
Below are abbreviated descriptions of our Adult Learning offerings; for complete information, click here then scroll down the page. Recommended read: The Once and Future Liberal: After Identity Politics by Mark Lilla |
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Lifelong Learning Groups
“Wisdom tells me I am nothing, Something Good Coming 2022!
Look for our "flagship" 2022 adult offering of Widening the Circle with Dave Weiman, et al. as well as related worship, small group, and justice initiatives too! More info on this vital issue to follow this fall! |
Our Learning Groups gather onsite and online via Zoom video conferencing.
"The most important thing is to find out the most important thing."―Zen master, Suzuki Roshi |
Lifelong Learning classes • Times below are All Mountain Time
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September 17 & 24, 10-11:30 am. Inconspicuous Consumption, the Environmental Impacts You Don’t Know You Have by Tatiana Schlossberg, led by Maj-Britt and Jim Eagle. This urgent call to action will empower you to stand up to climate change and environmental pollution by making simple but impactful everyday choices.
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October 6, 6 pm. Bullets into Bells - Poets & Citizens Respond to Gun Violence, Beacon Press, led by Kathryn Holladay and Carrie Morgan-Cannella. Bullets into Bells: Poets & Citizens Respond to Gun Violence brings together the voices of poets and citizens most impacted to call for the end of gun violence with the activist power of poetry.
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The UU Blessing Path
The Vinegar Tasters
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The UU Blessing Path—A UU Framework to Spiritual Maturity
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Belonging | COMMUNITY life events |
There are more than 25 groups and 200 people participating in our Community Life Groups and events—most of which gather online. Check our calendar and various web pages for more information
Art On barcelona
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Contrastar la Fantasía
Sally Chiu / Virginia Asman July-September 2021 Sally Chiu’s color field paintings and Virginia Asman’s graphic renderings combine to create an exhibition of contrasting fantasy. More information click here. |
uuwf Online
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Unitarian Universalist Women's Fellowship (UUWF)
UUWF is taking the summer off and resumes its programming this Fall. Join us then!
UUWF also hosts these online gatherings:
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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.
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
The Mother Load of Anti-Oppression Resources (compiled by RESULTS Volunteer Leaders and Staff)
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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Environmental Justice
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The UU Ministry for Earth has unveiled an updated version of the Green Sanctuary program. Take a look.
Global Warming Resources. Click here. “When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.”―John Muir |
Education and action*NEW* GREENING OF UU SANTA FE – LANDSCAPING
We want to capture more rain that falls on our property and also become part of the Santa Fe Pollinator Corridor. You can help! There are now "smile berms" around our vulnerable trees, to capture more rain water that comes their way. The berms slow down the water and help it sink in. The mulch (free from Buckman Transfer Station!) protects the soil from drying out too fast and also breaks down into humus the plant can absorb nutrients from. You are invited to bring a rock or two, softball to football sized, to add to the berms. Note, the berms curve around the downhill portion of the root zone. --Environmental Justice team and the UUSF Facilities Committee, with a grant from the UU Santa Fe Permanent Endowment Fund 
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. Earth Day book recommendations, click here. |
Domestic Violence Awareness
“Deal with yourself as an individual worthy of respect, and make everyone else deal with you the same way.”―Nikki Giovanni |
If you are interested in joining UU Santa Fe's Domestic Violence Awareness Team, contact Leona Stucky-Abbott via our office.
Informational domestic violence booklet used by legislators, funders, and media, among others.
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Governing | UU SANTA FE & Board NEWS |
 Our UU Santa Fe Starfish Model
The Five Arms of our Starfish!
Busy people have goals; productive people have priorities.―Anonymous Register now!
Reflect, Rejoice, Renew: Pacific Western Regional Assembly 2022 When: Friday, February 4 through Sunday, February 6, 2022 Where: Hyatt Regency Mission Bay, 1441 Quivira Road, San Diego, CA |
“The best way to predict your future is to create it.”―Peter Drucker Board of Trustees News. At its August 25, 2021, meeting, the Board:
The next regular Board of Trustees meeting will be Wednesday, August 25, 5:30 pm in the Committee Room, open to all. Contact secretary@uusantafe.org for more information. The final report of the Ministerial Review Task Force and the final report for the 2021-2022 Pledge Campaign have been posted on the Members and Friends page of the website. Contact the office if you need access. |
Job Opening
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UU Santa Fe is looking to hire one remarkable contracted employee to fill a 20 hour per week Business Manager position. UU Santa Fe is a stable congregation with approximately 230 members. This valued position will work closely with the Office Administrator and Minister and also with several key volunteers and committees. The Business Manager position is benefit eligible. This position is responsible for the day-to-day financial and administrative operations of the church. Bachelor’s degree in a business related major and/or at least 2 years in comparable work experience needed with specific education in accounting. Support this dynamic, caring and liberal thinking Unitarian Universalist congregation by reviewing the job description and applying for this position by sending cover letter and resume to admin@uusantafe.org.
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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