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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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Featured Events

INSPIRATION
Christmas Eve
Candle Circles
Friday, December 24, 5:30, 6:30 pm
​Led by Rev. Gail
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Friday, December 24, 5:30 and 6:30 | Christmas Eve Candle Circles 
  • 5:30 pm in the Courtyard. Dress warm! There will be farolitos and a luminaria, candles and a little bit of caroling as we gather to bless one another and the year to come.
  • 6:30 pm MT in Fogelson Hall and online.
CONNECTION
Upstart Readers Present
​A Christmas Carol
December 19, 7 pm MT
Fogelson Hall and Online​
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​Three dramatic readers present Dickens' Christmas classic
in Fogelson Hall and livestreamed. With Scott Harrison, Amy Meilander and Tracey Mitchell

Access the reading from our website on December 19; just click Livestream on the top menu bar at 7 pm.
JUSTICE
Join a Community Partnership Team
New Teams forming. Join one!
Adelante
​Esperanza
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UU Santa Fe is adopting a community partnership justice model. Two new teams are forming. More info
LEARNING
Spring 2022 Teaser
We take a holiday break.
Adult classes resume February 2022.
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  • ​Faithful and Virtuous Night by Louise Gluck, led by Maj-Britt Eagle, Led by Maj-Britt Eagle, February 19-26-March 5, 1-3 pm MT online
  • ​Widening the Circle/Doctrine of Discovery with Dave Weiman, three sessions beginning February, dates TBD
  • Justice Book Discussion Series continued - three more sessions, dates TBD
  • Creativity Matters--if you liked what you saw in November--three more sessions with Jill Cowley, dates TBD
  • UU Writers Workshop, five monthly sessions beginning Feb 2022--we connect you to national writer's groups!


​UPCOMING EVENTS & GATHERINGS

For more information about our programming, click the navigation tabs above! For news, click on the News tab above.
INSPIRATION​
  • Worship, Every Sunday, 10:30 am MT, sanctuary and livestream​
  • Friday, December 24, 5:30 and 6:30 pm Christmas Eve Candle Circles. Join us at one of our 20-minute Candle Circles. 5:30 in our Courtyard, and 6:30 pm MT in Fogelson Hall and online
  • Friday, December 31, 6:30 pm MT | A Pre-Recorded Great Story Gathering | Rev. Gail Marriner
  • ​​​UU Mystics, 2nd Tuesdays, 6:30 pm MT online 
CONNECTION
Friendship, Spirituality, and Support Groups―for regular meeting times click on the Connection Tab above
  • The Healing Circle, Led by Natalie Burtenshaw, Thursdays, 6-8 pm, weekly
  • New Neighborhood groups forming, Central Santa Fe and North Central Santa Fe
  • ​UU Women’s Fellowship of Santa Fe (UUWF) December 11, 2021, 11:00 to 12:15 MT, online
JUSTICE​​
Justice Teams―for regular meeting times click on the Justice Tab above​

​New Teams Forming.  Join one!
  • Adelante
  • Esperanza
  • Afghan Family Refugee Resettlement
  • Hunger-Poverty-Homelessness

*NEW* VOTING JUSTICE - NM Listens Presents "Telling Reflections of New Mexico" Sunday, December 5, 2021, 7:00pm-8:00pm. St. John's Methodist Church, in person and Zoom. For Zoom, register with link
LEARNING
  • Adult Groups―for regular meeting times click on the Learning Tab above
  • ​​Adult Classes​​​–online. We take a holiday break. Classes resume February 2022
Family Programming
  • December 9, 6:30 pm MT, online, Taking Flight Program, Conversations for Parents. Register here.
  • January 2022 Taking Flight Human Sexuality for 7-9th graders, parent orientation, date/time TBD
  • February-April Taking Flight Human Sexuality, Sundays, beginning February 10, 6:30 pm in the library, weekly thereafter

Have a COVID SAFE holiday

We want everyone to stay healthy this holiday so in addition to masking and distancing, we are asking everyone to let the office know when you have had your COVID-19 booster so we can update your entry in our database and check you in more quickly on Sunday mornings and at holiday services. 

Alternatively, bring your vaccination card (or a photo on your phone) and show it to the greeter when you arrive. If neither of those options works for you, all of our Sunday and holiday gatherings are livestreamed so you can participate from home or wherever you might be traveling! – Rev. Gail

​COVID-19 GUIDANCE

Vaccinated status and masks required on campus.
  • In response to COVID-19 Delta, masks must be worn anytime, indoors and outdoors on campus, regardless of your vaccination status.
  • Social distancing encouraged.
  • No indoor food service or beverages at this time.
  • Our COVID-19 Advisory Workgroup encourages you to get your booster shot!

Inspiration

Upcoming Sunday Gathering

Sunday, December 5 | Less Stuff, More Warmth | Rev. Gail Marriner
We know stuff won’t make us happy but what will? And how do we reimagine the holiday season so it focusses on the real happiness makers: connection, conversation, meaning, service and warmth?
JOIN US FOR ​COFFEE HOUR!
Visit online with friends for casual conversation immediately after our Sunday morning gathering―read your weekly or Sunday morning newsletter for the Zoom meeting ID link. Newcomers especially welcome. 

SUPPORTING OUR NEIGHBORS

EVERY $UNDAY GIVING (financial donations)―November & December―Interfaith Community Shelter at Pete's Place and Afghan Family Resettlement (information forthcoming).
EVERYDAY GIVING (in-kind donations)―November & December―Interfaith Community Shelter at Pete's Place and Afghan Family Resettlement (information forthcoming).
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Pete's Place clothing and personal care items.  Such as:
Clothing - Mostly Men's
  • Jeans, all sizes
  • T-shirts, all sizes
  • Sweat shirts
  • Winter jackets
  • Hats, gloves, scarves
  • Backpacks
  • Walking shoes, hiking boots
  • Socks (new only)
  • Underwear (new only)
​Personal Care Items
  • Toothbrush and toothpaste
  • Bandages
  • Wet wipes (individually wrapped)
  • Sunscreen
  • Lotion (unscented)
  • Nail clipper
  • Lip balm
  • Tissues
  • and more―follow link to Pete's Place
OUR DONATION BARRELS HAVE BEEN RELOCATED
INDOORS IN OUR LOBBY!!
*NEW* MEMORY CARE ALLIANCE. The Memory Care Alliance annual fund campaign is underway. The Memory Café, a UU Santa Fe affiliate support group of ours, meets weekly on Fridays at 11:30 in our Library. Give as you are able.
There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.―Mohandas Gandhi​

UU MYSTICS GROUP

UU Mystics Group • Onsite and 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

Connection
There are more than 25 groups and 200 people participating in our Community Life Groups and events—gathering variously onsite, online, and hybrid. Check our calendar and various web pages for more information.

Join a GROUP! MEETING TIMES

For more information about our Groups. To get connected with any of these groups, contact Program Ministry or our Office Administrator.
FRIENDSHIP GROUPS
  • Acoustic Musicians on Barcelona dormant
  • Art on Barcelona meets as necessary
  • Crafting Circle every Tuesday, 10 am MT online 
  • Different Drummers 1st and 3rd Sundays, 2 pm in Fogelson Hall
  • Men's Odyssey 1st and 3rd Tuesdays, 7 pm MT online
  • Sunday Lunch Bunch dormant
  • UU Women's Fellowship schedule varies
Neighborhood Groups
  • Baca Street 3rd Saturday, 11 am MT online and Fellowship Hall
  • Central Santa Fe, forming
  • Eldorado 3rd Saturday, 4 pm, location varies
  • El Castillo onsite residency
  • North Central Santa Fe, forming
  • Park Plazas 1st Saturday, 4 pm MT, via Zoom
  • Southside 2nd Saturday, 5 pm MT via Zoom
SPIRITUALITY GROUPS
  • UU Mystics 2nd Tuesdays, 6:30 pm MT online and Fellowship Hall
  • Zia Spirituality 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 6:30 pm MT online
Covenant Groups (open groups are seeking members)
  • Kindred Spirits, closed
  • La Resolana, closed
  • Reading and Film for Growth, dormant
  • Soul Fire, open, 2nd Sundays, 12:30 pm MT online
  • Soul Journeys, closed
  • Wellspring, closed
  • Women Becoming, closed
SUPPORT GROUPS
  • Caregivers Support Group 1st & 3rd Thursdays, 3 pm in the Library
  • The Healing Circle, every Thursday 6-8 pm in Fellowship Hall
  • Memory Café every Friday, 11:30 am in the Library

The Healing Circle

Now Forming • Led by Natalie Burtenshaw
Thursdays, 6-8 pm, weekly
Fellowship Hall • ​More info on Meetup
​A UU Santa Fe Support Group

If you’ve ever been to a “women’s circle” or a “men’s circle,” this group is a lot like that. (We welcome all genders.) We talk about what’s hard in life, and help individuals in the group to work through their “stuff.” We laugh together, and sometimes we cry together, too. We go to deep places and support each other in becoming our best selves.

When you feel held back by perfectionism, people-pleasing, and fear of letting people in — you know it's time to get reconnected to your spiritual center. Stop hiding your True Self. Join a vibrant community of spiritual seekers as we transform life's difficulties into Medicine. Learn to shine your light, live out loud, and fulfill your purpose for being on this planet. Find the places you have been giving away power, and reclaim your worthiness — for your own benefit, as well as for the good of everyone you love.

ART ON BARCELONA

THE ART OF QUARANTINE, Work by Lisa Flynn
October–December, 2021
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Art On Barcelona’s new exhibit, The Art of Quarantine, features plein air paintings that UU Santa Fe member Lisa Flynn created while unexpectedly quarantined with seven other artists in Argentina during March of 2020. Additional related work (labeled “post”) was completed after her return home. More info and a preview video

UUWF ONLINE

Unitarian Universalist Women's Fellowship (UUWF)
UU Women’s Fellowship (UUWF) activities are mostly (see below) on hold until 2022 due to COVID restrictions. The UUWF Steering Committee hopes  to be able to continue luncheon presentations (or zoom presentations) in 2022. For more information, contact UUWF at uuwfsantafe@gmail.com.​​
Save the date! The UU Women’s Fellowship of Santa Fe (UUWF) will  have a special year-end zoom meeting December 11, 2021, 11:00 to 12:15 MT. The theme is “Sharing Winter Traditions.” Presenters will describe their spiritual or cultural traditions of the winter season, including Mexican/New Mexican, Jewish, and Solstice. Attendees will be invited to participate.

UUWF members and friends will receive a zoom link for the meeting in early December. If you are not on our email list and would like to be added, please send an email to us at uuwfsantafe@gmail.com. We look forward to seeing you again on December 11.  

Justice
Below are initiatives and information regarding our justice activities.
Complete information on our justice teams.
*NEW* The Poor People's Campaign • Moral Revival Events

Join a JUSTICE TEAM! MEETING TIMES

Justice 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.
  • Justice Council—2nd Thursday, 3:30 pm MT, online
  • Afghan Family Resettlement Workgroup--forming now
  • Adelante Team--forming now
  • Esperanza Team—1st Friday, 1:45 pm MT, online--forming now
  • Immigrant and Refugee Workgroup—meets as necessary
  • Domestic Violence Awareness Workgroup—meets as necessary
  • Environmental Workgroup—4th Sunday, 12 pm MT, online
  • Poverty-Hunger-Homelessness Workgroup--forming now
  • UUs United Against Gun Violence Workgroup—meets as necessary
  • See our Calendar (all the red buttons are justice initiatives) for more information!
UU Santa Fe hosts the Meetup Group, Santa Fe Justice Makers. Many of our justice initiatives and gatherings will appear on this group page. Join Meetup, then join Justice Makers! And visit often.
Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public.—Cornel West
    ​Afghan Resettlement Team
    This is an expression of interest in helping, not a commitment to join a Team.

Afghan Refugee Family Resettlement

  • The Challenge: Sponsoring a Family. Approximately 20 Afghan refugee families will soon be resettling in the Santa Fe area. UU Santa Fe is willing and able to reach out and support these displaced people. We are patnering with UU Los Alamos and UU Taos to sponsor a family. As a sponsor, we need to make a 9-month commitment to do the following:
    • Contribute $6,000 
    • Furnish an apartment
    • Create a team of 10-12 folks who will welcome the family, give them rides, and help them get oriented to a new city and a new way of life.
    • Rental housing needed! If you have a casita or other property available to rent, please contact the office. We can not house the evacuees in rooms within an otherwise occupied house.
  • Lutheran Family Services Rocky Mountain (LFSRM) is coordinating the resettlement of refugees throughout New Mexico. Explore their website.  
We were all immigrants once.

Community Partner Teams Forming!

UU Santa Fe is initiating 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.

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! This is a major UU Santa Fe endeavor and we need everyone's help.

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.―John Muir

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS

*NEW* You are encouraged to donate to Esperanza Shelter's 2021 Trees of Hope. See accompanying video.
If you are interested in joining either the Esperanza Community Partner or UU Santa Fe's Domestic Violence Awareness Teams, contact Leona Stucky-Abbott via our office.
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Deal with yourself as an individual worthy of respect, and make everyone else deal with you the same way.―Nikki Giovanni

Learning

Below are highlights of our Family and Adult Learning programs.

Family Programming
ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS!

  • Follow us on Instagram.com@uutreehouse to stay informed!
  • UU Treehouse, Sundays, 10:30 am
  • December 9, 6:30 pm MT, online, Taking Flight Conversations for Parents.  Register here • Taking Flight schedule and session content
  • Friday, December 24, 5:30, 6:30 | Christmas Eve Candle Circles in the Courtyard. To join us live sign up for a slot at one of our 20-minute Candle Circles in the Courtyard
  • Friday, December 31 | A Pre-Recorded Great Story Gathering | Rev. Gail Marriner
Online stories from the UU Treehouse with Mr. Steven
People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.―A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh

ADULT LIFELONG LEARNING

  • Our shared journey is expressed at UU Santa Fe by four core experiences and their corresponding spiritual practices:
  • The experience of Becoming by listening to our deepest self
  • The experience of Belonging by loving our neighbors
  • The experience of Engaging by serving needs greater than our own
  • The experience of Being by opening to life’s gifts.
Something Good Coming 2022!
​Look for our "flagship" 2022 adult offering of Widening the Circle/Doctrine of Discovery beginning February 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!
​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

Join a LEARNING GROUP! MEETING TIMES

Our Learning Groups gather onsite and online via Zoom video conferencing.
  • Freethinker's Forum: A HUUmanist Discussion Group—Online. ​Third Sundays at 8:30 am MT​. Find out more on the Santa Fe Freethinkers Meetup page. When you RSVP to attend, Meetup provides you the Zoom meeting ID link
  • Secular Alliance—Online. Discussion and activism. Third Sundays at noon MT. Find out more on the Santa Fe Freethinkers Meetup page. ​​When you RSVP to attend, Meetup provides you the Zoom meeting ID link
  • T'ai Chi Chih Group—Fellowship Hall, meeting weekly, Tuesdays, 10 am.  We practice "The 19 Forms." All skill levels and drop-ins welcome. $5 tuition per class—all proceeds donated to UU Santa Fe. Everyone welcome!
  • ​The UU Mindfulness Meditation Group—Online. Meets weekly on Monday mornings at 9 am MT. At the meeting, we have a guided meditation for 30 minutes and then discuss a short reading. 
  • Desert Rain Sangha—Online and in Fellowship Hall. UU Santa Fe hosts the Desert Rain Sangha, a Buddhist community practicing in the tradition the Ven. Thich Nhat Hanh―they are independent of UU Santa Fe. All are welcome! Mondays at 6:15 pm MT online via Zoom.
​Below are abbreviated descriptions of our Adult Learning offerings. More info, then scroll down the page.
Wisdom tells me I am nothing, Love tells me I am everything. Between the two my life flows.―Nisargadatta Maharaj


​Adult Learning Classes

Gathering times are all Mountain Time.
*NEW* ​Where Wonder Lives
Practices for Cultivating the Sacred in Your Daily Life
By Fabiana Vondevila
LEARNING
Spring 2022 Teaser
We take a holiday break.
Classes resume February 2022.
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  • ​Faithful and Virtuous Night by Louise Gluck, led by Maj-Britt Eagle, Led by Maj-Britt Eagle, February 19-26-March 5, 1-3 pm MT online
  • ​Widening the Circle/Doctrine of Discovery with Dave Weiman, Three sessions beginning February, dates TBD
  • Justice Book Discussion Series continued - three more sessions, dates TBD
  • Creativity Matters--if you liked what you saw in November--three more sessions with Jill Cowley, dates TBD
  • UU Writers Workshop, five monthly sessions beginning Feb 2022--we connect you to national writer's groups!

UU Santa Fe & Board News

New Office Hours
Effective December 5
  • Sunday 9 am - 12:30 pm
  • Monday-Friday 9 am-3 pm

UU Santa Fe Board news

Board of Trustees News
At its October 27, 2021 meeting, the Board:
  • Expressed thanks to the teams that put together our four new heaters and spread mulch under the linden trees
  • Discussed next steps following the recent Board/Program Council retreat and noted that discussion of our covenant and related matters will continue throughout the year
  • Approved the Rental Review Task Force Charter
  • Received a report on the recent Mountain Desert District Business Meeting
  • Heard a report from the Staffing Review Task Force; now that the Business Manager is in place, the next task is considering options for the Program Ministry position following Steven's planned retirement in June 2022
  • Received an update from Steven Mead on the impact of his moving to half time.
  • Noted that a work group has been established to discuss a policy for the disposition of unspecified bequests
  • Received an update on the development of a contract with Positive Energy Solar to install rooftop solar panels

​Minutes from this meeting and recent past meetings may be found on the Members Page (contact admin@uusantafe.org for access info).

The next regular Board of Trustees meeting will be Wednesday, December 8 (no November meeting), 5:30 pm via Zoom, open to all. Contact secretary@uusantafe.org for more information.
Busy people have goals; productive people have priorities.―Anonymous​

Pacific Western Region News

Reflect, Rejoice, Renew: Pacific Western Regional Assembly 2022
PWR Regional Assembly is that inspirational, radically inclusive, beyond-the-congregation UU community we’ve missed. February 4-6, we can engage fully, wherever we are. Whether onsite at the Hyatt along the bay in San Diego, or online in the comfort of our own homes, we will have opportunities for connection in small groups, inspirational worship, transformative learning, and just plain community fun. Join in the community.