For flowers that bloom about our feet;
For tender grass, so fresh, so sweet;
For song of bird, and hum of bee;
For all things fair we hear or see,
Father in heaven, we thank Thee!
--Ralph Waldo Emerson
Huntsville UU Services
Services are held on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of each month at 10:30 a.m. in the Laura Chapel of Huntsville Memorial Hospital.
Visitors are always welcome. For more information, call 295-3170.
Please come at 10:00 for coffee and conversation before the service. Coffee will not be served after the service. Post-service conversation will continue over lunch.
Sun. November 11: We will have a guest speaker whose topic will be "Syria and the Situation in the Middle East".
Sun. November 25: Rev. Tom Capo’s sermon will be “The Many Faces of Hinduism.” Rev. Capo writes, "After I went to Bali, Indonesia, and was exposed to a culture that described their indigenous religion with Hindu's religious terms, I wondered about the many varieties of practice within the Hindu religion. I also wondered what is common among all Hindu practice".
Huntsville UU Women
On November 7th at 12:30 pm the UU Women will meet at the Black Eyed Pea restaurant in Conroe to have lunch with Alice Schulman. If you want to carpool, meet at Gail Phillips house no later than noon. All UU Women and Friends are invited. The Black Eyed Pea restaurant is located in the same shopping center as Academy Sports.
Welcome to Our New Members
We welcome our newest members, Roy and Carol Turner.
We are delighted that they have decided to join our fellowship.
Building Committee
The Building Committee will be meeting at 7:00 pm on Friday, November 2, at the Siglers' home.
Fall Picnic and Business Meeting
The fall picnic was a complete success and we thank Anne and Kelley Sigler for the use of their beautiful home. Several motions were passed during the subsequent business meeting. The proposed mission statement was accepted. It was also decided to start a religious education program for the youth of the church and to have a children's sermon preached at each service. At this point we are looking into finding a place to hold the RE program as well as developing the curriculum. Finally, it was agreed to release up to $3000.00 from the general fund for the building committee to use to conduct a study of the needs of the congregation and to develop plans for a church building.
Update on Dean Hubbard
Dean Hubbard is doing well and is now at Ella Smither in Huntsville in room 105. He began occupational therapy last week. He will be there for the next couple of weeks and it is hoped that he can return home soon. He enjoys visitors and is allowed to leave for short outings.
Brigid's Paradigm Tour
Brigid's Paradigm would like to invite members of the public to a tour of their salvaged material home and other salvaged material homes in Huntsville. The tour will take place on November 3rd at 11am and another at 2pm beginning at 1410 13th Street. This event is free but will serve as a fundraiser for the program; donations are gladly accepted. Please RSVP to amanda.tullos@hva.cc Brigid's Paradigm is a model for families building their own houses, with free, salvaged and recycled building materials, under the guidance of a mentor. Our first home has been built in Huntsville, TX in collaboration with Dan Phillips of the Phoenix Commotion.
Recommended Books
In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World It Made by Norman F. Cantor. Text 220 pages + critical bibliography.
Submitted by Anne Stpls
Newsletter
Please send all announcements for both the Order of Service and monthly newsletter to Anne True.
Annual Meeting
On May 6, 2007, we elected officers for the church year 2006-2007.
Officers
President: Mardi Sale
Vice Pres./ Program Chair: Beth Williamson
Treasurer: Richard Lane
Secretary: Mary Welborn
Appointed Positions
Organist: Dixon Lichtenauer
Co-Song Leaders: Melissa Templeton-Mahaffey, Beth Williamson
Reading Leaders: Anne Sigler; Rick Norman
Growth/Membership Chair: Joan Stringer
Newsletter/Order of Service Editor: Anne True
Website Coordinator: Roberta Krock
Publicist: Paul Culp
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