107 West Barcelona Road Santa Fe, New Mexico
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Welcome to
UU Santa Fe!
We are a busy place. 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. Introduce yourself and we will help you find the things that will make your heart sing. Please visit our Online Welcome Table.
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INSPIRATION
Wonder| the December Theme
Sunday, December 4
Rev. Gail Marriner x
Sunday, December 4 | From Gratitude to Wonder We ended November with gratitude – deep appreciation of our natural world, our democracy and of the wisdom and resilience of folks struggling to cast off the painful heritage of inherited settler colonialism. As we move into the winter holidays we widen our gaze from gratitude to its close relative, wonder, which for me is sometimes an experience of awe and other times a prompt for curiosity and always brings me right back to gratitude again! The story for the morning is titled “Where Wonder Grows.” The service is informed by the book Tracking Wonder by Jeffrey Davis. |
CONNECTION
Men's Odyssey
7 pm in the Library and on Zoom
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An odyssey is a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune; an intellectual or spiritual quest. Open to any man in the community, Men’s Odyssey meets to discuss matters of mutual interest. We do personal 'check ins' as well, and consider everything shared to be confidential. We welcome new members! In the fall there is a weekend retreat which participants have greatly enjoyed. The group considers service to UU Santa Fe to be an important part of its activities and has, for example, assisted at weddings and memorial services, as well as UU Santa Fe fundraisers. For more information email Rod Morgan at morgansf@newmexico.com. |
JUSTICE
Giving Back to the Community
December Community Partner Giving Opportunities
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December continues to be a giving month. We invite you to consider several giving opportunities. Details on the Tree for Gifts for Esperanza families and our Christmas Eve donation partner will be shared soon. Our Sunday Giving Partner in November (formerly First Sunday Giving) for November: Solace Sexual Assault Services. |
LEARNING
Thursday Coffee Discussion and
UU Santa Fe Common Read Thursdays, 10 am - 12 pm in the library
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We are trying something new! Come join us on Thursdays, at 10 am in the library to help establish a new Thursday morning group. Coffee and Conversation Thursday Morning Group.
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UPCOMING EVENTS & GATHERINGS
For more information about our programming, click the navigation tabs above! For news, click on the UU Santa Fe News tab above.
COVID-19 GUIDANCE
UU Santa Fe COVID Guidelines
- Sunday gatherings are designed as a hybrid experience with 75 masked and vaccinated folks welcomed in Fogelson Hall with overflow seating in Fellowship. You may watch live-stream gatherings here.
- Masks are optional outdoors on UU Santa Fe property. Indoor events over 25 offered by the church will remain mask-required, including worship, but rental groups are permitted to set their own guidelines.
- Groups, Teams, and Committees decide how they will meet. Check with the leader of the gatherings you are interested in to verify how they are meeting–onsite, online, or hybrid, and to check if they are continuing to mask when meeting in-person.
- If you have been diagnosed with COVID and you have been on campus within the previous five days, please let our Office Administrator know.
Inspiration
Upcoming Sunday Gatherings
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Sunday, December 4 | From Gratitude to Wonder
We ended November with gratitude – deep appreciation of our natural world, our democracy and of the wisdom and resilience of folks struggling to cast off the painful heritage of inherited settler colonialism. As we move into the winter holidays we widen our gaze from gratitude to its close relative, wonder, which for me is sometimes an experience of awe and other times a prompt for curiosity and always brings me right back to gratitude again! The story for the morning is titled “Where Wonder Grows.” The service is informed by the book Tracking Wonder by Jeffrey Davis. |
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SUPPORTING OUR NEIGHBORSEVERY $UNDAY GIVING (financial donations)―The Sunday Giving Partner in November is Solace Sexual Assault Services. This local organization helps people who are mostly low-income. One-fourth of their clients are under the age of 17. Please give generously.
EVERYDAY GIVING ― We are collecting new children and youth winter coats, hats, and gloves for Adelante through November. Please leave items in the collection barrels. There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.―Mohandas Gandhi |
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UU MYSTICS GROUPUU Mystics Group • Online
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 us from 6:30–8 pm MT on the second Tuesday of the month. Bring your imagination and your spiritual resources and I am confident that together we can create a UU soul circle to nurture the inner light in each of us. RSVP online to join this Group.—Blessings, Rev. Gail Nothing here below is profane. On the contrary, everything is sacred. |
Connection
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Join a GROUP! MEETING TIMESFor more information about our Groups. To get connected with any of these groups, contact Program Ministry or our Office Administrator.
FRIENDSHIP GROUPS
Neighborhood Groups
SPIRITUALITY GROUPS
SUPPORT GROUPS
If you wish to go fast, go alone. If you wish to go far, go together― |
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ART ON BARCELONAAs I See It | Ann Jennings and Will Karp
October/ November/ December From flowers to portraits, Ann shares her view of the world most delivered from Ann’s eye, through her camera, to you. Being color blind has made Will aware that the colors you see are not the colors he sees. While this has posed some challenges, it has also fueled his obsession with seeing the visual world foremost as defined by patterns, shapes, and lines. He assembled montages by combining favorite images that describe his world. More info and a preview video |
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UUWF IN PERSON and ONLINEUnitarian Universalist Women's Fellowship (UUWF)
Join us on Saturday, December 10 at 11am at UU Santa Fe, or via zoom, to hear Sharon G Cohen talk with us about her experience working in public health for King County, Seattle and how the community worked with the Afghan community to address lead poisoning among Afghan Refugee Children. UUWF is a community of women seeking to enrich the lives of its participants as well as the lives of the women and children of Santa Fe through donations to local Santa Fe charities. UUWF activities are open to any woman in the community, and it’s not necessary to be member of UU Santa Fe to participate. For more information about UUWF and to receive our emails about upcoming events, email us at uuwfsantafe@gmail.com. |
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Men’s Odyssey (a Men’s Friendship Group)An odyssey is a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune; an intellectual or spiritual quest. Open to any man in the community, Men’s Odyssey meets at 7 pm in the church library and on Zoom every first and third Tuesday of the month to discuss matters of mutual interest. In the fall there is a weekend retreat which participants have greatly enjoyed. The group considers service to UU Santa Fe to be an important part of its activities and has, for example, assisted at weddings and memorial services, as well as UU Santa Fe fundraisers. For more information please contact Rod Morgan or the office.
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Justice
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Below are initiatives and information regarding our justice activities.
Complete information on our justice teams. |
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Join a JUSTICE TEAM! MEETING TIMESJustice Teams | 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 Program Ministry and we will connect you.
Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public.—Cornel West |
At this time the Afghan Resettlement team desperately needs help shopping for a car! This would help our family become more self-reliant. If you can assist, contact the office.
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Afghan Refugee Family ResettlementWe continue to help this family with 6 children under the age of 12 get resettled and make Santa Fe their home. The two oldest children have started First Serve, a program that offers tennis lessons twice a week and requires a tutoring session on a different day. Luckily they can ride their bikes to the tennis lessons, so they are learning to navigate their way, both literally and figuratively. The three eldest children are all participating in Reading Quest, a weekly program to jumpstart their literacy skills. They love getting together with other kids in this playful environment.
Have you always wanted to tutor in SF Public Schools? If you sign up to be a tutor, you can help students in our family who need lots of support. Or you can help the kids with homework at their home. We can always use more people on our team. You do need to go through a clearance process with Lutheran Family Services, but then the fun begins. Lutheran Family Services Rocky Mountain (LFSRM) is coordinating the resettlement of refugees throughout New Mexico. Explore their website. We were all immigrants once. |
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Community Partner TeamsUU Santa Fe has an innovative Community Partner Justice Team approach to our justice-making in Santa Fe. In addition to our continuing issue workgroups, UU Santa will partner with local non profit justice organizations with whom to build relationships of trust and provide deep support. Our first partners are Adelante and Esperanza Shelter, led by Mary Ellen Gonzales and Gayle Boyd, and Leona Stucky-Abbott and Cheryl Ancell respectively.
This comprehensive approach will include justice actions (volunteerism, financial and in-kind donations) but also elements of worship, community life and learning. Join a Community Partner Justice Team and participate in this vital work! Community Partnerships are a major UU Santa Fe endeavor and we need everyone's help. We have all known the long loneliness and we have learned that the only solution is love and that love comes with community.―Dorothy Day, |
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ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
To stand at the edge of the sea, to sense the ebb and flow of the tides, to feel the breath of a mist, is to have knowledge of things that are as nearly eternal as any earthly life can be.―Rachel Carson |
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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESSIf you are interested in joining either the Esperanza Community Partner or UU Santa Fe's Domestic Violence Awareness Teams, contact Cheryl Ancell or Leona Stucky-Abbott via our office.
Informational domestic violence booklet used by legislators, funders, and media, among others.
Deal with yourself as an individual worthy of respect, and make everyone else deal with you the same way.―Nikki Giovanni | ||||
Homelessness In New Mexico | Sunday, December 11, 1 pm, Fogelson Hall. Advocacy and Democracy is hosting Hank Hughes, the outgoing Executive Director of the New Mexico Coalition to End Homelessness and a current Santa Fe County Commissioner. The presentation and discussion will address measures at the state level to reduce homelessness and how we can advocate to assure their passage.
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Advocacy and DemocracyAdvocacy and Democracy led by Gayle Boyd and Kitty Sherlock. Advocacy and Democracy brings opportunities to advocate for legislation and regulations that reflects our UU values at the federal, state, and local levels, support our democracy, and learn about relevant social justice and democracy-related issues. We recently completed 2,500 letters to registered voters in under-represented areas urging them to actually vote, and we continue to provide opportunities to contact legislators and government officials regarding specific issues. Workshops on advocacy and special speakers on relevant topics are being planned. If you would like to be on a mailing list and receive updates from this group, please contact Gayle Boyd via our Office.
UUSJ Monthly News (that’s Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice), the UU presence in Washington DC that focuses on legislation and policies that reflect our UU values. UU Santa Fe is a partner congregation with UUSJ and we will now start giving you access to the UUSJ Monthly News Letter. Just follow this link. To see if it is worth your while (and it is!), these are some of the articles and news items you will find. They are never very long and it is a good way to keep up with what is happening in our nation’s capitol and take action.
There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'―Isaac Asimov |
2023
January 12—focus to be determined February 9—focus to be determined |
widerWIDER (Working for Inclusive, Diverse & Equitable Results) led by Dave Weiman, Diane Brown and Teresa Tunick is our most recently added Justice Group which grew out to the Widening the Circle of Concern study group. The group will meet the last Thursday of each month via Zoom. This group is guided by work for spiritual healing, moving toward a theology of liberation and the need to be bound together in an interdependent web of relationships.
To guide UU Santa Fe into deeper work in this area WIDER will be sponsoring ADORE (A Dialogue on Race and Ethnicity) with Paula Cole Jones this fall. The goal is to have every member and friend of the congregation attend at least one of the sessions. The third session will be Thursday, January 12, 6-8 pm, hybrid via Zoom and at UU Santa Fe to watch the presentation and take part in discussions. The final session will be on the second Thursday of February. The focus of these last two session will be announced soon. Register NOW for session 3. |
Learning
Below are highlights of our Family and Adult Learning programs.
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Family Programming
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ADULT LIFELONG LEARNING
Below are abbreviated descriptions of our Adult Learning offerings.
The most important thing is to find out the most important thing.―Suzuki Roshi, Zen Master |
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Join a LEARNING GROUP! MEETING TIMESBelow are abbreviated descriptions of our Adult Learning offerings. More info, then scroll down the page. Our Learning Groups gather onsite and online via Zoom video conferencing.
Wisdom tells me I am nothing, Love tells me I am everything. Between the two my life flows.―Nisargadatta Maharaj |
Adult Learning discussions
ADULT LEARNING
UU Santa Fe Common Read
Curated by Rev. Gail Marriner & Kimi Floyd Reisch
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Our 2022-2023 UU Santa Fe Common Read will continue the second Thursday of each month at 10 am in the Library through the spring. Each month will feature two related titles. You may choose to read one or both. If only one is listed, it will be added later after a second book is selected.
- December 8, World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments and The Way of the Wild Goose: Three Pilgrimages Starring Geese, Stars, and Hunches on the Camino de Santiago
- January 12, Breaking Bread: Essays from New England on Food, Hunger and Family and Food Justice: A Primer
- February 9, Wired for Love: A Neuroscientist's Journey Through Romance, Loss, and the Essence of Human Connection
- March 8, This month we will discuss the 2022-2023 UUA Common Read, Mistakes and Miracles: Congregations on the Road to Multiculteralism and Not a Nation of Immigrants: Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy, and a History of Erasure and Exclusion
- April 13, Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes Through Indigenous Science and The World As We Knew It: Dispatches from a Changing Climate
UU Santa Fe & Board News
Office Hours
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UU Santa Fe Board newsMeetings & Important Dates
Minutes of recent Board meetings may be found on the Members page of the website; contact admin@uusantafe.org for access. Busy people have goals; productive people have priorities.―Anonymous |