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First Unitarian Universalist
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1187 Franklin Street at Geary
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San
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Upcoming This Week - see our weekly e-newsletter The Flame below for a description of each week's Sunday service, RE program, Forum, and other highlights of our church week. Published every Friday morning.
Worship at 11am offers live music and lively topics that will engage your heart and
your mind. Begin your Sunday with a breakfast buffet, engaging speakers, and interesting discussions at the Sunday Morning Forum at 9:30am. View the upcoming Calendar of Forum Speakers. At our sociable coffee hour you can talk to members about
activities from Art to Zen.
If you are looking for a place where you can explore your spirituality
without fear of being told exactly what to believe, you are home.
Going
on in our Church Community
See our monthly newsletter
to learn about special events and activities. Check out our weekly e-newsletter The Flame (below) for what's coming up in the next 7 days.
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From Our Community Scrapbook
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FUUSF Seeks Director of Religious Education
The Society has an open staff position for Director of Religious Education. See the Job Postings page for details.
All-Church Retreat, May 26-28, 2012
Time to Register for the 2012 All Church Retreat! The beautiful CYO Retreat Center in Occidental features new cabins, swimming pools, lots of open space, hiking trails, and beautiful redwood trees. Please plan to join us from May 26 to May 28 for another relaxing weekend of fun, entertainment, reflection, and fellowship. For questions, stop by the Retreat Sign-Up table during coffee hour on Sunday or call Linda Enger at 650-591-2930 or email us at allchurchretreat@uusf.org. Register online below or download and print the Retreat Registration Form. (Mailing instructions on form).
Register online for the all-church retreat at: http://uusf.eventbrite.com/. This year, the only discount is for early bird, so buy your tickets now! Early Bird is for those who PAY before May 6th. If you qualify, use the code ‘EB’ to get a 5% discount on your tickets. Click the ‘Use Promotion Code’ when selecting the number of attendees. The link is under the number of attendees drop down list.
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| Images of Mother | Sunday at 11 am in the Church Sanctuary
the Rev. Dr. Stephen Furrer preaching
|  All of us have been profoundly affected by motherhood. Sunday the Rev. Furrer and the Worship Associates will invite the congregation to contemplate their experience of having a mother, being a mother, knowing a mother, Mother Earth, and the Great Mother.
Mother's Day services will include poetry by Audre Lorde, Sharon Olds, Julia Kasdorf, and Chana Bloch, plus prose by Eudora Welty, Elizabeth Strout, Florida Scott-Maxwell, and others read by the Worship Associates with brief interpretive remarks by Reverend Furrer regarding the many meanings of Mother. Music will be by renowned soprano Naomi Lopin Osborne. |
Celebrate the Last Sunday School Classes of the Church Year
| | Teacher Appreciation Reception in the Chapel from 12:15
from the Rev. Alyson Jacks, Interim Director of Religious Education
|  Come to the last Sunday school classes of the year starting at 11 am.
Program Schedule
9:45-12:00
Pre K childcare
10:00-11:00 FUUNS (games for everyone in Fireside)
10:00-11:00 Children's Choir Rehearsal
10:00 - 11:00
Parent Meeting
11:00-12:00 Religious Education Classes for K-12th. The final Our Whole Lives (OWL) class has been moved to May 20th -- class members are invited to come to church for the party.
 Starting at 12:15 in the Chapel, you're invited for cake and sparkling juice, presents and praise for the teachers, and a hearty congratulations for the children and youth.
Families participating in the religious education program are invited to keep an eye out for an email from Rev. Jacks with a link to Survey Monkey where you can express your ideas. Next week's Flame will have a link to the religious education survey for the general membership. The Religious Education team looks forward to hearing what you have to say as they look to strengthen and improve the Religious Education program.
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Building the Green Economy
| Breakfast Forum Sunday at 9:30 in the Martin Luther King Room
from Karen Melander-Magoon | 
Dr. Kevin Danaher, Outreach Program Manager of the San Francisco Department of Environment, Co-Founder, Global Exchange and Green Festivals, and author of Building the Green Economy: Success Stories from the Grassroots will talk to the Forum about the economic aspects of going green.
Hear Kevin discuss how as the natural resource base gets destroyed, the profitability of saving the environment goes up. Capital, policy, and careers are shifting in a green direction, and there are many ways we can strengthen this movement and help ourselves live healthier at the same time.
Please come to the Martin Luther King room at 9:15 to gather informally and discuss current events before breakfast ($3 fee to cover expenses) and the program at 9:30, followed by QA. See the calendar for upcoming Forums. |
| Books by the Rev. Dr. Rebecca Parker on Sale |
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Copies of A House for Hope ($12 - coauthored with Rev. John Buehrens, both pictured above), Saving Paradise ($15), and Proverbs of Ashes ($20) by the Rev. Dr. Rebecca Parker will be available at these special prices immediately after Sunday's worship service.
The Rev. Parker was in our pulpit preaching "A House for Love" and conducting a workshop two weeks ago.
Get these ground-breaking books at a special discount before they are sent back to the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations (UUA). You can also see the Rev. Jeremiah Kalendae during the week to obtain a copy.
Happy reading! |
| Discuss Bylaws and the Road Map to a Called Minister | Town Hall Informational Meeting 12:30 Sunday in the Thomas Starr King Room
from Stan Hartzell, Secretary of the Board of Trustees
|  You are invited to bring your questions to the Town Hall Meeting following services at 12:30 in the Thomas Starr King Room to discuss ballot items for consideration during the Annual Congregational Annual Meeting June 10th.
The topics will include the proposed "Road Map to Called Minister" and three Bylaw revisions regarding:
1. Article II - Membership Requirements and Classifications
2. Annual Audit Requirements, and
3. Methods of Congregational Notifications Election Correction
The candidates for Board of Trustees published in the monthly newsletter inadvertently included Emily Drennen. Emily's current term on the Board does not expire until June 30, 2013 and she will not be on the ballot this year.
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Grab Your Seat at the Faithful Fools' Free Movie Screening
| Poetry Starts Saturday (May 12) at 4 pm, Film Follows
from Sr. Carmen Barsody
|  It's movie poetry and movie weekend at Faithful Fools at 234 Hyde Street, Saturday. Open Mic Poetry hosted by Ed Bowers begins at 4. Then the Fools will screen a magnificent film -- because of licensing they cannot say the title. So, here ya go with a grand description to entice you.
Set in the Chosun dynasty of Korea, more than 500 years ago, it follows a pair of street performers who create a bawdy play mocking the king's relationship with one of his concubines. This lands them in prison, but the king's own reaction to their minstrelsy is unexpectedly sympathetic -- one of the pair in particular catches his eye.
Who knows if it was the eye-poppingly colorful pageantry of the royal court, the matter-of-fact treatment of same-sex romance, or simply a good story featuring interesting characters that drew Koreans to this film in huge numbers. Perhaps all these factors ensured that when it was released in 2005 it became the top-earning film in South Korean movie history.
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| Come Meditate with Unitarian Universalists | Wednesdays (Including May 16) at 6:30 in the Chapel
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 Peace comes from within.
Do not seek it without.
-- The Buddha
This week the community will discuss meditation practice before 30 minutes of silent meditation.
This chapel is free and open to the public.
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| 2012 Rheiner Award Nominations Open | Download the Nomination Form and Help Select This Year's Recipient
from Dolores Perez Priem
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The Rev. Conard Rheiner
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Nominations for this year's Rheiner Award have opened, and you are encouraged to help the community honor a member of the congregation who demonstrates Unitarian Universalist values in their daily life.
The Rheiner Award was established by the Board of Trustees in 1989 to recognize and celebrate a member of this Society for his or her social justice activism and community service.
The award is named in honor of the Rev. Conard Rheiner, an activist member of this congregation from 1961 until 1987. Although an ordained Universalist minister, his second career was as a social worker.
He challenged existing attitudes towards those with mental illness and developed new understandings of and treatments in that field. He inspired and empowered his colleagues so much that they named a transitional residence for adults after him, which for the past 50 years, has been known as Conard House located in this City.
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| This Week in Sonnie's Photos | Check Out the Slide Shows of The Congregation at Play and at Worship
photos by Sonnie Willis
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Photographer Sonnie Willis captured scenes of Unitarian Universalists partying, worshiping and celebrating last week. Thank you for sharing your visions, Sonnie!
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