Sunday, May 13, 10:30 a.m., Laura Chapel at HMH
Dr. Frank Schulman's sermon will be "William Ellery Channing: A Study in Greatness." Dr. Schulman says, "Channing was one of the great religious thinkers of America. He was the leader in founding the Unitarian movement in America. His influence was enormous. Knowing about him teaches us about Unitarianism. You will find his life and ideas help you in your own spiritual pilgrimage."

Sunday, May 20
The Annual Business Meeting to elect officers and establish the budget for the year will be held at the home of Anne and Kelley Sigler, Sunday, May 20, at 10:30 a.m. A potluck lunch will follow.

Sunday, May 27, 10:30 a.m., Laura Chapel at HMH
Our guest speaker will be Deborah Greene. Her topic is midwifery.

UU Women
Sharing Circle: : Only a small number were available for the April evening meeting, but that group became a very productive planning committee. The consensus was that the Sharing Circle would be a more serious, rather than social, meeting. We will dispense with refreshments, except for coffee, and begin the meeting promptly with the scheduled program. Tentative topics with facilitators have been mapped out for the rest of the year. Also, we will go back to a morning meeting on the first Wednesday of each month (except for July 4th). The meetings will be held at the Huntsville Fire Station, 2109 Sam Houston Ave. (next to China House Restaurant--hmm, maybe some of us will lunch together afterwards). Topics for later months will include discussions of how the cultural images of women have affected us, our personal definition of spirituality, and our image of God; reviews of the books The Red Tent and The Last Gift of Time: Life Beyond Sixty; readings of poems and other short readings that have been a comfort or influence; and a viewing of the video He Said, She Said, a look at how men and women communicate differently.
Lunch: We will continue to meet once a month socially. Our unplanned conversations over lunch serve the very useful purpose of strengthening our friendships in addition to providing input on whatever topic interests us at the moment. Topics discussed in April included income tax questions, buying and selling houses, and the stock market. Hey! Sometimes we are serious; sometimes we are not.

Wed, May 2, 9:30-11:00 a.m.
The Women’s Sharing Circle will meet at Huntsville Fire Station, 2109 Sam Houston Ave. Theme: "Honoring the Voices of our Ancestors." Facilitator: Gail Phillips. At this May meeting, we will share stories of those who have come before us who helped to make us who we are-the women whom we have known either personally or historically who imparted their wisdom and guidance to us. Bring photos of these women to share as we reflect upon how the roots of our life were formed.

Wed, May 23, 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
In lieu of our monthly lunch on the 2nd Wednesday, we'll lunch together on the 23rd at the Women and Heart Luncheon to be held at the First Baptist Church Family Life Center. The guest speaker is Jacquelyn Mayer, Miss America of 1963, whose topic is "Stroke of Hope: A Survivor's Story." All proceeds will benefit the American Heart Association. Tickets are $15. Roberta Krock has reserved a table of 10 in the name of the Unitarian Women. Get a check to her please, made out to the American Heart Association, by May 8. If you miss that deadline, and she still has tickets available, write the check to her.

Thank you
The Fellowship received the following note from JoAnn Harper: "Thank you for the phone calls, visits, flowers and food you provided for Irl's family and me upon his death. I am blessed to be a part of the Unitarians.

Book Recommendation
Ann Staples borrowed the following book from the public library, has found it very interesting, and recommends it to you: Ethics for the New Millennium by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Riverhead Books, 1999. Amazon.com readers give the book 4 ½ stars out of 5. An Amazon reviewer from England writes, "One of the most remarkable things about this book is his assertion that each of the major faith traditions [is an] effective means of attaining human happiness. Stranger still for a major religious leader is his statement that, although religion is helpful, it is not actually essential if we are to be happy. What is essential is that we develop what he calls our basic human qualities. The first of these are love and compassion, but he also talks a lot about patience, tolerance, generosity and humility - each of which [presupposes] a degree of self discipline."

Audubon
Ann has also passed on the information that the May meeting of the Huntsville Audubon Society will be on the 17th at the Fire Station. Supper (Audubon provides the main course and people can bring side dishes) is at 6:30. The speaker at 7:00 is Dr. Douglas Slack, a professor in the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences at Texas A&M. The topic is "Habitat Fragmentation."

Just for fun
Go to www.selectsmart.com and click on Religion Selector near the top of the center section of the page to take a short quiz that purports to tell you which religion is right for you.

Newsletter Editor: Roberta Krock