Join Us on Sunday, Dec 11

Join us for our 10:30am service this Sunday, December 11th and welcome Kevin Locke. Kevin is a member of the Sioux Standing Rock Tribe and is just returning from the Standing Rock Native American Reservation.

Kevin Locke (Tokaheya Inajin in Lakota translation “First to Rise”) is a world famous visionary Hoop Dancer, preeminent player of the Indigenous Northern Plains flute, traditional storyteller, cultural ambassador, recording artist and educator. Kevin is Lakota and Anishnabe. While his instructions were received from his immediate family and community, from extended family in every part of the world Kevin has learned many lessons in global citizenship and how we each can draw from our individual heritages to create a vibrant, evolving global civilization embracing and celebrating our collective heritage.

Seven Principles Under Siege

A 1stUUPB Post-Election Action Planning Session

Saturday , December 17^th, 1 to 2:30pm, Ministers Hall

The recent general election failed the test of Unitarian Universalism’s Seven Principles.

What should individual UU congregations do in response?

On Saturday, December 17^th, the Justice Action Ministry will host a 1 1/2 hour workshop to address that question from 1 to 2:30pm in Ministers Hall.

This workshop replaces the originally scheduled showing of a JAM film.

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