November 06, 2005
Morning Groups
Discussion Forum - Channing Room: Maintaining Your Self
Three scenarios, three possible consistent answers.
Music group rehearsal - Livingston Hall
Buddhist study group - Jefferson Room
Each group meets at 9:30 a.m.
Worship Service
In 2004, Sam Harris published a book whose central thesis is that humans will not ever be able to get along until we discard all faiths. If this is true, how can we live together and prosper as a society? The REV. JEFF BRIERE leads this service about the End of Faith.
November 07, 2005
Twisted Knitters
Tangled Up in Blue
Bob Dylan invites all knitters to bring their knitting projects to the khurch at 7 pm, Konday, Kovember 7th. He promises kollegiality, koffee, konversation and of kourse, knitting!
November 09, 2005
November 11, 2005
Religious Education
RE Classes led by the Hoyts, Helen Solomon, and Bonny Sinclair:
Hebrew Family Tree
RE Middle & High school, led by Jim Joyner and Jerry Smith:
Two Suttas
Mangala Sutta - Protection, and Nidhi Kanda - The Reserve Fund
RE Classes are held downstairs during the service; students meet with congregation and are led downstairs before the Offertory.
November 12, 2005
CHIONS
Chions meet next on November 12 at 10:30 am. The program is A Cultural Critique from a Spiritual Slant, presented by Dr. Don Klinefelter.
Dr. Klinefelter will discuss the rise of a secular culture in the West, including an increasing focus on science and secular politics. He will address religion and the state and how spirituality affects the culture. He will also share highlights of his own spiritual journey.
Game Night
Intergenerational Game Night at the church, 6:30 p.m., Saturday, October 12. Bring your self, your kids, and your favorite games and get ready for a good time for all.
November 13, 2005
Morning Groups
Discussion Forum - Channing Room: Two Parables of Jesus
The Unleavened Bread and The Mustard Seed.
Music group rehearsal - Livingston Hall
Buddhist study group - Jefferson Room
Each group meets at 9:30 a.m.
Worship Service
Talk & Pick, Pick & Talk
Today we welcome to our pulpit Chattanooga’s only retired politician who is also a songwriter of renown and a columnist for the Times Free Press. Dalton Roberts, once a Hamilton County Commissioner, now a celebrated boulevardier and troubadour, visits us once a year. What he’ll pick on is his guitar, but what he’ll talk about is anyone’s guess.
November 16, 2005
Night Out
River Street Deli, 151 River St., North Shore
November 17, 2005
Book Club
The Book club meets at 7 pm November 17th to discuss A Thread of Grace, by Mary Doria Russell.
November 20, 2005
Morning Groups
Discussion Forum - Channing Room: Ten Questions for Atheists
Music group rehearsal - Livingston Hall
Buddhist study group - Jefferson Room
Each group meets at 9:30 a.m.
Worship Service
Thanks So Much
Potluck Sunday
Parking Lot Dedication
Playground Dedication
Being thankful is important to our mental and emotional health, so today, as we did last year, we’ll give thanks. Please use a 3x5 card to complete this expression: “I am most thankful for...” in 25 words or less. And bring the card to the service. We’ll dedicate our new parking lot and the playground, too. A potluck follows the service.
November 24, 2005
Welcome Table
by Kate & Jeff Briere
We cannot claim credit for this idea. The minister of The First UU Society of Syracuse, the Rev. David Blanchard, cooked this one up. Nonetheless, anyone who ever had a good idea has been ripped off, so, with David’s blessing, we invite you to Thanksgiving Dinner at the church. Our contribution to the idea was to give it a good name: Come to the Welcome Table!
The rules are pretty simple:
1. Sign up if you want to participate. This is important. The roster is on the window near the kitchen.
2. We’ll prepare the turkey and stuffing.
3. Y’all come and bring a dish to pass and your own beverage.
Some folks like to eat at noon and sleep it off; others like to eat after the football games and then sleep it off. We’ll split the difference and eat at 3 pm.
Adults and children, vegetarians and omnivores, believers and infidels, turkeys and bald eagles—everyone is encouraged to make this holiday their own. We can all sit down at the welcome table.
We hope to see you Thursday, November 24th.
November 27, 2005
Morning Groups
Discussion Forum - Channing Room: The Transcendentalists
Another in a series about our Unitarian Universalist ancestors. This one looks at Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau and Margaret Fuller.
Music group rehearsal - Livingston Hall
Buddhist study group - Jefferson Room
Each group meets at 9:30 a.m.
Worship Service
Are You Too Full?
It’s tempting to take another spoonful of mashed potatoes or another slice of apple pie, just as it’s tempting to take on more responsibility than you can bear. In this service, the Rev. JEFF BRIERE will ask if your plate is too full, whether you have room for family and friends.