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UU SAnta Fe Featured Events and news At-A-Glance
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Our April theme is Wholeness. |
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, April 21 | Rev. Gail Marriner | Tikkun Olam: Broken and Whole
Passover, Easter and Earth Day, holidays focused on different sorts of renewal all happen in the same few days this year. In our time resurrection, renewal and repair require the ability to see and reconcile wholeness and brokenness, damage and beauty. The idea of visible mending, the poetry of Mary Oliver and insights from Trebbe Johnson will guide our explorations in this service. |
“Now this is very profound, what rhythm is, and goes far deeper than words. A sight, an emotion, creates this wave in the mind, long before it makes words to fit it ...”―Virginia Woolf |
Matt Meyer leads our 10:30 SERVICE may 19Join us May 19, 10:30 am when UU Musical artist, Matt Meyer is our special guest artist and worship leader. UU Santa Fe is collaborating with First Unitarian in Albuquerque to bring Matt to the Southwest from his home in Boston. Our Board of Trustees leads a Town Hall sneak-preview of our annual congregational meeting (which convenes the following Sunday, May 26) directly after the May 19 service and a special drumming circle led by Matt immediately follows our community town hall. Take advantage of these workshops:
Albuquerque/Santa Fe Matt Meyer Workshops
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Lifelong Learning
Refresh! Fellowship and family Night2nd and 4th Sundays
Schedule through May 12
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Adult Lifelong Learning
Below are abbreviated descriptions of our Adult Learning offerings; for complete information, click here and scroll down the page.
T'ai Chi Chih
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T'ai Chi Chih
A New Lifelong Learning Group Dates. This new group is forming around a recent adult learning offering of the same name. Metting 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! |
Eco-TheologyThe death you yield to, that you go into, out of that emptiness pregnant with nothingness, god was born.―Meister Eckhart |
Seeking the Ground of an Eco-theology In Times of Climate Disruption
Date(s) Six Saturday sessions, weekly April 13-May 18, 10-11:30 am Location in the UU Santa Fe Library Facilitated by Maj-Britt Eagle Sponsored by Adult Lifelong Learning Team Registration required, click here Additional Resources, click here For more information, click here and scroll down the page! |
Is Religion Dangerous?Part of Refresh! Fellowship and Family Night. Come for potluck (5 pm). Stay for conversation (6 pm).
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Is Religion Dangerous? A Narrative Conversation with Benjamin Tercero
Date(s) One Sunday session only April 28, 6-7:30 pm Location UU Santa Fe Library Facilitated by Benjamin Tercero, Co-Founder & Vision Director of Narrative Church Sponsored by Adult Lifelong Learning Team Registration not required For more information, click here and scroll down the page! |
Spirituality and the Writer & Writing the Spiritual Memoir
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Spirituality and the Writer: An Interview with Thomas Larson
Friday evening, May 3, 7 pm, memoirist Thomas Larson, author of the new book, Spirituality and the Writer, from Swallow Press, and award-winning Santa Fe poet, Jane Lipman, discuss the art and craft of writing spiritually with a focus on life-writing. Book signing afterward. Free and open to the public. Writing the Spiritual Memoir | Workshop Saturday morning, May 4 at 9:30 am, “Writing the Spiritual Memoir.” Join Thomas Larson, author of Spirituality and the Writer, for a three-hour workshop, Saturday morning, May 4, on writing spiritually. We begin by discussing, with examples, the differences between religious autobiography and spiritual memoir. Though these forms may overlap, our focus is on exploring personal questions about our lives’ purpose, mystery and inner experience via the craft of nonfiction narrative. $40 workshop fee. Open to the public. |
The Wisdom of Childhood…for Those With MothersL. Carol Scott - Author, TEDx Speaker, Trainer, and recent past president of the Center for Spiritual Living-St. Louis
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The Wisdom of Childhood…for Those With Mothers - L. Carol Scott Workshop
May 11, 1-5 pm, Fogelson Hall Spiritual freedom begins in the cradle. Before we are four years old, our developmental programming sets us up to Trust; to own and value our unique selves—our Independence; and to open our hearts and minds to Faith. Yet, as adults, many of us struggle to see the face of God in everyone we meet. We value love, kindness, and compassion, yet cannot always live those values. Why? Dr. L. Carol Scott brings you inspiration, affirmation, and motivation in her talks and workshops on the Wisdom of Childhood. She reveals that 7 Childhood Treasures, to be mined from birth to seven years of age, are the solution for many of our challenges. Dr. Scott’s message is that it is never too late for “developmental do-overs.” She helps each of us be a Self-governed, Ego-Aware, Leading, Free S.E.L.F., in all our relationships with each other. $35 workshop fee. Open to the public. |
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 | October through May
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! | Big Messy Something Family Activity
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UUWF Luncheon | April 20 | Fogelson Hall
Madame Lizzie McGrath: A Woman on Her Own
Join us in April to find out what life was like for women in the 19th Century American West. What opportunities were open to women and what rights did they have? What can we learn from those women? Carole Sullivan, a long-time theatre actor and producer, will bring a wicked sense of humor to her portrayal of Lizzie McGrath, whose colorful life as a madame from 1882-1920 in Albuquerque became a part of New Mexico lore. She was an astute and intelligent businesswomen who was a financial success. It is said that her ghost inhabited the McGrath restaurant in the downtown Hyatt until 2011. What “Lizzie” saw in the 1880s, 1890s, and early 20th century informs the women’s liberty movement of yesterday and today.
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Acoustic Musicians on Barcelona | Sunday April 28
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Acoustic Musicians on Barcelona will gather at 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 | March and April
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HAVEN
Artist, Karren Sahler, works predominantly in acrylic and pastel. She creates vibrant abstracts and non-objective works as well as more traditional pastel landscapes. All are infused with a sense of texture and vivid color. “I think that art is everywhere and in everything. From my point of view, everything is art, including terrifying or unpalatable images.” To her, all nouns and objects are art and color is the descriptor, the adjective. Not just the “real” color but also the after-image color that you see when you close your eyes, or the color that bees see or the color of our dreams. All of these things influence her use of color and her interpretation of light and shadow. |
SOCIAL JUSTICE EVENTS
Santa Fe Asylum Seekers“Give me your tired, your poor, |
*NEW* Santa Fe plans to welcome, aid asylum-seekers
by Daniel J. Chacón - Santa Fe New Mexican Santa Fe clergy leaders, including those in the Interfaith Leadership Alliance, and including Rev. Gail, are becoming deeply involved in what may become a major Santa Fe community effort. Like all things related to immigration, things change hour-to-hour. More information to follow when it is known. |
Social Justice All Hands on Deck Info
All Hands on Deck!
Santa Fe Need and Deed needs seasonal items: sunscreen, lip balm, sun hats, shorts, bottled water in cases. Donation box in our lobby. Thanks! |
Notes from the April 7 All Hands on Deck Meeting
Immigration and Refugee Team
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Social Justice Team Meeting Times | Open to All
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Immigrant & Refugee JusticeImmigration Forum presented by the League of Women Voters, Saturday, April 27, 2-4 pm in Fogelson Hall.
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Immigrant and Refugee Justice TeamSupporting Cibola Asylum Seekers | Santa Fe's responsibility for asylum seekers released from Cibola Detention Center will be the first week of every month. The system put in place by the Interfaith Network for Immigrant Justice is now active. Here is the Cibola Release Volunteer Guide for your information. If you would like to be part of that system, please notify Mary Ellen Gonzales (contact the office). She will put you in contact with Sarah Grace who does the city-wide coordination. If YOU would like to help coordinate any of our efforts in this regard, please let Mary Ellen know.
Spanish Lessons To be more effective in our support to our community collaborators (principally, the Interfaith Network for Immigrant Justice), having a working knowledge of conversational Spanish is a great asset. So, we made arrangements to have an instructor teach two classes here on Mondays, 3:30-4:30 pm running through June 24, and on Wednesdays, 6-7 pm running through June 26. Both meet in the Committee Room. Gabriel, our instructor, has found word reference.com to be very useful. If you have a laptop, you might want to bring it. We will pay him $50 a session (plus GRT) and will pass a basket each session to cover that cost. Immigration Forum presented by the League of Women Voters, Saturday, April 27, 2-4 pm in Fogelson Hall. Learn about the League's position on this issue. Come get the latest updates, ask questions, and learn how you can help. Panelists include Marcela Diaz, Somos Un Pueblo Unido; Allegra Love, Santa Fe Dreamers Project; Rebekah Wolf, New Mexico Immigrant Law Center, and Mayor Alan Webber.
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Environment
Summary of 2019 NM Environmental Legislation presented by Rep. Steven McQueen on April 13
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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.
Have you noticed? There’s an environmental justice bulletin board with lots of current information on it hanging directly over the water fountain in the hallway leading to the Fellowship Room at UU Santa Fe.
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Ken Mayers and Tarak Kauff leaving Limerick Prison March 29 after being granted bail. PHOTO: ED HORGAN
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News the Board of Trustees want you to knowU.S. Veterans for Peace Held in Ireland After Protest at Military Base | Bring Them Home
Ken Mayers is a dedicated Peace Activist. He was a co-founder of Veterans for Peace, Santa Fe, and is a regular at noon on Fridays at the corner of Cerrillos and St. Francis. He regularly participates in protests and other actions calling for peace. Sometimes he is arrested for his activities. On March 19 he and a small group of Veterans for Peace activists flew to Shannon, Ireland, to protest Ireland’s permission for the United States military to use the Shannon airport for refueling military jets transporting U.S. military personnel from the U.S. mainland to fighting theaters in the Middle East and beyond and back again. They were arrested and detained in Ireland. You can find continuing updates at Stop These Wars here. HERE IS WHAT YOU CAN DO:
March Board of Trustees News. At their March meeting the Board continued discussion of immigrant justice issues, approved revisions to two of our governance documents, chartered a task force to look at UU Santa Fe Liquidity and Land Assets, heard a status report on budget planning and the Mardi Gras fundraiser and scheduled a Board of Trustees listening session with the congregation for May 5. 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