Huntsville Unitarian Universalist Fellowship

Huntsville UU Services
Sun. Oct 12: The Reverend Leonora Montgomery will deliver the sermon "Coming up to the Crossroad." There comes a time in everyone's life, sometimes more than once, when one is confronted with a difficult choice. It may involve a moral dilemma. It may be a life changing decision. One comes to a crossroad and there's no guarantee of the outcome whatever choice is made. Can the church help?

The Reverend Montgomery has served three Unitarian Universalist churches in the Houston area: Emerson, Bay Area and Thoreau. She is Minister Emerita of the Bay Area UU Church.

Sun. Oct 26: Dr. Schulman returns and will deliver the sermon "Servetus' Real Discovery." Michael Servetus was burned at the stake on October 27, 1553--exactly 450 years ago. There began Unitarian history and its plea for reason, tolerance and conscience. Servetus was a fine theologian. He knew his Bible and church history. He wrote a book in 1531 titled "On the Errors of the Trinity" and for that John Calvin had him burned at the stake. Let me tell you about Servetus and the important discoveries he made.

Kelley and Anne Sigler will provide the refreshments on Oct. 27. Thank you.

***Also*** October 26 has been designated as Loyalty Sunday. We will try to set a new attendance record by having more than 51 present. Each member is encouraged to invite friends and relatives to attend this meeting. Stuart Williamson assures us that 51 people attended one of our programs in February, 1993.

Huntsville UU Women
Wed. Oct 1: The Women's Sharing Circle will continue the study of UU curriculum Cakes for the Queen of Heaven and Carla McAdams will facilitate the session entitled "Reclaiming Mother-Daughter Relationships." This meeting will begin at 1:00 p.m. in the home of Gail Phillips at 74 Armadillo Drive.

Wed. Oct 10: The UU Women will join the Red Hat Society for lunch at 1:00 P.M. at The Brisket House, a restaurant in Crabbs Prairie. From Huntsville, travel north on Hwy 75 until you reach Crabbs Prairie. The restaurant is on the corner of Hwy 75 and FM 1696.

UU Book Club
In October, we will be discussing How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe by Thomas Cahill. Location and date will be announced later.

Other News
Ann Staples has recommended two more book titles for your consideration. The first is Digital Fortress by Dan Brown. If you enjoyed The Davinci Code and/or Angels and Demons, you will probably enjoy this book. Dan Brown is the author of all three books. The book is fiction and deals with code-cracking, government intrigue, computers and technology.

The second recommended book is Power Failure: The Inside Story of the Collapse of Enron by Mimi Swartz with Sherron Watkins. Sherron testified before both houses of Congress in Feb. 2002.

To submit news to the UU newsletter, e-mail Carla McAdams.

Annual Meeting
On April 20, 2003, we elected officers and approved appointments to various positions listed below for the church year 2003-2004.

Officers
President: Dr. Karl Mahaffey
Co-Vice Presidents/ Program Chairs: Ralph and Gail Phillips
Treasurer: Anne Isham
Secretary: Pete Kelly

Appointed Positions
Keyboardist: Sylvia DeVoss
Substitute Keyboardist: Dixon Lichtenauer
Co-Song Leaders: Dixon Lichtenauer & Melissa Templeton-Mahaffey
Co-Reading Leaders: Ann Staples & Richard Lane
Hospitality Coordinator: Pam Maine
Order of Service Editor: Roberta Krock
Newsletter Editor: Carla McAdams
Immediate Past President: Scott Plummer
Publicist: Stuart Williamson