A Message From Jennifer Hommel

I am reaching out to you to remind all the children that this month we are collecting some wonderful items to help those who really need them. Please remember to bring lightly used or new socks for our Sox Box and toiletries for the Not Included in Food Stamps Collection. In addition, we will have the opportunity to hear our guest speaker, Kevin, answer some questions the kids have prepared for him about his experience at Standing Rock. We will also present to him a framed Thank You letter to show our appreciation for his courageous effort during the protest. We will be spending 10 extra minutes in the service to ask our questions and then we will head over to embark on our lesson about Defining Justice and how as Unitarian Universalists we practice peace and what it means to us. I would love for you to discuss this with your children at home this week. Our group is filled with such amazing minds that I have no doubt the children will come up with some pretty mind blowing definitions. As always, I am so honored and grateful to be a part of such an inspiring group of children and I can't wait to hear their definitions of what peace means to them! See you all on Sunday and enjoy the rest of your week!! 

Blessed Be!
Your Religious Education Interim, Jennifer

Holiday Potluck and Singalong, Dec 15

Bruce Holden will lead us in a Singalong of carols and traditional holiday music on Thursday, December 15 at 6:30pm in the Sanctuary. Prior to the Singalong. a potluck dinner will be held at 5:45pm in Ministers Hall.  Everyone is welcome.

NewsTalk Topics for Sunday, December 11

Homework Assignment

international trade:  make an inventory of your home (cupboards, closets, electronics, foods, etc.) to determine the country of origin of the things you own; how dependent are you on international trade?

- Trump's Cabinet picks

- should one lose their citizenship for burning the American flag?

- should women be required to register for the draft?

- Texas continues its attack on abortions

- California wants to bar sex between attorneys and clients -- a violation of fundamental privacy rights?

Dec 25th Social Hour

Nobody signed up for Social Hour hospitality on Dec 25^th. How about a Potluck Lunch? Please bring food to share. 

Need volunteers for set up and clean up.

Contact Barbara Hatzfeld, uniuni2@att.net or 561-627-6105.

Congregational Assembly, Dec 11, 12:15pm

There will be a Congregational town hall meeting on Sunday, December 11th, from 12:15 to 1.30pm in the Sanctuary. The Board of Trustees president will share the results of the ministerial survey with the Congregation, which will be followed by an opportunity for members and friends of the Congregation to ask questions and share observations. The conversation will help guide members of the Board of Trustees in their subsequent decision-making on behalf of the Congregation.
Paul Ward, president, 1stUUPB Board of Trustees

Second Saturday Book Group

1stUUPB’s Second Saturday Book Group will be meeting in the Sanctuary at 10am on Saturday, December 10, to discuss Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston.  An American classic first published in 1937, this novel has inspired writers and readers for close to 70 years.  Hurston brings us the story of Janie Crawford, a Southern Black woman in the 1930s, showing her journeys from a free-spirited girl to a woman of independence and substance.  Set in central and southern Florida in the early 20th century, the novel was initially poorly received for its rejection of “racial uplift literary prescriptions.” Today, it has come to be regarded as a seminal work in both African-American literature and women's literature.

Holiday Teacup Auction

We will be having one of our popular teacup auctions on 

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18

MINISTERS HALL 

During Coffee hour

We will be offering a variety of items for all ages.

Hope to see YOU there.

Raffle tickets will be $1 each

or

$5 for 6

$10 for 12

BRING MONEY!!!

and

HAVE A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY

Kathe B. and Pat K.