Huntsville Unitarian
Universalist Fellowship
Huntsville, Texas 
 
 Newsletter - March 2006 
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    Huntsville UU Services
  Sun. March 12: Our guest speaker will be deForest Ralph, a 
long-time Unitarian who has been active at the Emerson Unitarian Church in Houston for many years.  
He and his wife serve as the Co-chairs for Emerson's Partner Church Committee, working with a church 
in Transylvania.  Although semi-retired, he is a Chemical Engineering graduate of Rice University whose 
professional career has been in the energy industry.  
 In his talk "Giants Upon Whose Shoulders We Stand," Mr. Ralph will look 
at the lives, words, and deeds of four men who are of great importance to the development of the 
basic tenets of Unitarianism.  They are Jesus of Nazareth, John Huss, Martin Luther, and Frances David. 
 
   Sun. March 26: Our guest speaker will be Gwendolyn Thompson from the Bay 
Area UU Church in Houston.  In her talk "Waiting Develops Faith," Ms Thompson will explore how 
waiting is an opportunity to develop self and a greater sense of faith.
	
    Huntsville UU Women
  
 The free study guide can be downloaded on the internet 
from http://www.whatthebleep.com/guide/
  Tues. March 7: The UU Women will join the Red Hat Society for lunch 
at 11:30 at Martha's Bloomers in Navasota.
  Meet Our Newest Member
 Simone describes herself as a high-energy person who has tried a lot of different things. Besides raising two children, she and her husband owned a ranch and raised cattle and hay for l2 years. An RN with a specialty in geriatric nursing, she has worked in both hospital and nursing home settings. Simone has been widowed for three years, and her present interests are her three grandchildren (of course), travel, and reading. 
	 Huntsville UU Newsletter Deadline: To submit news to the UU newsletter, e-mail Gail Phillips.  Please have any news or announcements that you would like to have in this newsletter to the editor by the 20th of each month. 
	  Annual Meeting 
		 
	Officers 
   President: Carla McAdams   Co-Vice Pres./ Program Chairs: Scott and Anita Plummer   Treasurer: Lee Stringer   Secretary/Membership Chair: Joan Stringer  Immediate Past President:  Karl Mahaffey Appointed Positions
  Organist: Dixon Lichtenauer
		  Keyboardist: Sylvia DeVoss  Co-Song Leaders: Melissa Templeton-Mahaffey, Beth Williamson, Dixon Lichtenauer  Co-Reading Leaders: Ann Staples, Richard Lane  Newsletter Editor: Gail Phillips   Order of Service Editor: Roberta Krock  Publicist: Stuart Williamson   Hospitality Coordinator: Pam Johnson   |