1stUUPB Comedy Club, March 12

NewsTalk Topics for Feb 18

- is your fitness app a threat to national security?

- any more high level departures from the Trump administration?

- is the U.S. the odd man out on the Korean Peninsula?

- Trump's infrastructure plans vs. climate change

- can the Democrats revise their "memo" enough for Trump to declassify?

Teaching Thursday, Feb 15

Teaching Thursday, Feb 15, 7pm, Ministers Hall: Social Darwinism and the Gospel of Wealth presented by Bob Burns.

Dinner at 6pm in Ministers Hall will be catered by CR Chicks.

The menu is:

Wood-Fired Rotisserie Chicken

Penne Pasta

House Salad

Bread

Cookies & Ice Cream

B Y O B

Donation requested is $10 (note new amount) (Surplus will be donated to the Congregation)

Reservations are requested by Wednesday Feb 14 at 11am to Barbara at 561-627-6105 or uniuni2@att.net.

Order of Service, February 12, 2018

Prelude: Imagine Me by Kirk Franklin

Welcome

Lighting the Chalice Flame: Hymn #188: Come, Come Whoever You Are

Introductions

* Affirmation: (in unison) Love is the spirit of this Congregation and service is its law. This is our
great covenant: to dwell together in peace, to seek the truth in love and to help one another.

Sermon: Spirituality and Public Policy  Pam Keith

Quiet Time/ Meditation/Prayer

Offertory: You’ll Never Walk Alone by Rogers/Hammerstein

Extinguishing the Chalice Flame (in unison)
We extinguish this flame, but not the light of
truth, the warmth of community, or the fire of
commitment. These we carry in our hearts until
we are together again.

Postlude: I Can See Clearly Now by Johnny Nash
Gratitude & Applause
* Please stand in body or spirit
Join us for Refreshments & Fellowship in Ministers Hall
Hearing devices, and envelopes for cash pledges
are available on the hymnal cart or ask an usher.

This Week
Today: Social Hour 11:30am in Ministers Hall.
Council meeting 12pm in the Channing Room
Monday-Friday: Administration office hours 9:30am-12:30pm
Tuesday: Board of Trustees meeting 6:30pm in
the Channing Room
Thursday: JAM Meeting 5pm in Ministers Hall.
Catered dinner 6pm in Ministers Hall. Teaching
Thursday presentation at 7pm Social Darwinism
and the Gospel of Wealth - presented by Bob
Burns.
Sunday: News Talk at 9:15am in Ministers Hall.

Gratitude
Thank you to all who contribute to our service and fellowship hour each week. This week:
• Music coordinator: Peilin Ko
• Cover art: Larry Stauber
• Ushers: Betsy & Bob Shipley
• Fellowship hour hospitality: Shirley
Bloomquist and Selma Topper. Assisted
by Coleen Conway.
And to our permanent staff:
• Barbara Hatzfeld, office administrator
• Willie Nelson, sexton

Announcements
• Next Sunday: “Our Fourth Principle” Rev. Dan Lambert. JAM Grant Collection
• Rev. Dr. Dan Lambert Office Hours: Tuesday
5pm-8pm and Thursday 9am-Noon. His
office telephone # is 561-627-6106. His e-mail
is revdan@1stuupb.org.
• Food Items collected during the offertory are donated to the Lake Park Food Pantry,
• Shoes and Toiletry Articles collected are donated to the Haitian Community.

New UU Orientation March 3

First Unitarian Universalist Congregation

of the Palm Beaches 

635 Prosperity Farms Road, North Palm Beach FL 33408

www.1stuupb.org

New UU Orientation

On Saturday, March 3, 2018, we are offering a morning seminar in the sanctuary called New UU from 9:00 am until 12:30 pm, followed by lunch with our leaders, for those who wish to stay.   This program will provide an introduction to Unitarian Universalism –an overview of our principles, values, and history, and also to the workings of our own Congregation –all information that can be helpful to new members, to persons contemplating membership, or even to current members who seek a better understanding of our basics.

Participants will meet others who are new to the congregation, get to know some of our congregational members and leaders, and have questions answered in a small group setting.  Throughout the morning we’ll also take tours of the nooks and crannies of our buildings.

Childcare will be available if you let us know at least one week in advance.  Pre-registration is required, so please email the office at uniuni2@att.net by Tuesday, February 27^th, if you would like to join us. When registering, please provide your name, email, phone number, and mailing address. Let us know if you will be able to stay for lunch.

If you have questions about any of this or would like more information about the seminar, you can call the church at 561-627-6105 or speak with any Membership Committee volunteer.

We hold these seminars twice a year — in the spring and fall, so if you’re interested in this seminar but not able (or ready) to attend on March 3, we will be offering it again in November, 2018.

This seminar is sponsored by our Membership committee:  Gail Burwell,      Gary Evans, Janet Fryman, Brian Johnson, Dorie Maxwell and Betsy Shipley.

Second Saturday Book Club Meets Feb 10

Our 1stUUPB  Second Saturday Book Group meets on Saturday, February 10, from 10-12:15

or so in the Sanctuary to discuss Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Lowland.

Our group’s theme for this year is Family —  the Ties that Bind, and Sometimes Unravel.

Within Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Lowland we meet four generations of the Mitra family as they

move between Calcutta/Kolkata, India, and Rhode Island, USA.  We see what binds them

together — and also makes them unravel.  Does this happen in most families? Are there

lowlands in your family that impact multiple generations? We see this family deal with

challenges of immigration, varying cultural conventions, political and religious conflicts. 

Nominations: Booker Prize, National Book Award for Fiction, Goodreads Choice Awards Best

Fiction. In 2000 Jhumpa Lahiri won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for Interpreter of Maladies.

Feel free to join us—whether you’re a member or not, whether you've finished the book

or not. We like to --“Read so as to know the world.”  

Second Saturday Book Group --2017– 2018 Readings & Schedule

Date                Title & Author            # pages     First published

Nov. 11 Salvage the Bones  by Jesmyn Ward 288 pages    August 30, 2011

Dec. 9 Moonglow  by Michael Chabon      430 pages    November 22, 2016

Jan. 6 Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi      320 pages    June 7,   2016  

Feb. 10 The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri    340 pages    September 24, 2013 

Mar. 10 Pride and Prejudice  by Jane Austen 226 pages    January 28, 1813

Apr. 14 Imagine Me Gone by Adam Haslett  368 pages    May 3, 2016  

Teaching Thursday, Feb. 8

Important Spiritual Thinkers -- Mohammed, presented at 7pm in Ministers Hall by Rev. Dr. Dan Lambert.


Dinner at 6pm in Ministers Hall will be catered by Golden Star Restaurant.
The menu is:
Moo Goo Gai Pan
Roast Pork with Vegetables
Buddhas Delight
Fried Rice
Brown Rice
Cookies & Ice Cream
BYOB

Donation for dinner requested $15. (surplus will be returned to the Congregation)
Reservations for dinner by Wednesday Feb. 7 at 11AM to Barbara at 561-627-6105 or uniuni2@att.net