December’s Second Sunday Social justice collection will be going to Fresno Barrios Unidos (FBU). Fresno Barrios Unidos is a grass root organization created in 1994 as a result for the need of gang prevention and intervention programs.  FBU gives comprehensive reproductive education taught at Juvenile Hall and in after school programs. FBU also provides knowledge and opportunities to ensure that youth, families, and individuals reach their full potential in order to maintain nurturing and healthy environments by providing our community with parenting classes, after school programs, mentoring programs, and educational health fairs throughout Fresno County. Please come and support Fresno Barrios Unidos Sunday Dec. 13^th and give generously. For more information call Keith Ross, 974-1182

Please note room change 

Set up at 6:00 p.m.

This Monday Sarayu Yoga Class is sponsored by Adult RE

To practice the skills learned in the Compassionate Communication Class.

Youth to set up tables in grassy area between the Sanctuary and Kitchen, starting at 7:00 (setup) pancakes served at 8 to 10a.m. with cleanup to follow.
Will need 8 - 8' tables.

1st part of a 6 part series

"All Things Connect; Words, Gtifts and the Land", Dr. Jared Aldren, speaking

"Humankind did not weave the web of life, but is a strand within it." Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect: word, generosity, and the land.

Set up at noon. Will need DVD player, Video Screen, Sound Equipment

Tables in back for refreshments. Pulpit mic. Standing mic for sharing. Dvd player or computer to play DVD of slides of Cathy's life.

Global Hollywood: Colonizing the World's Imagination, Dr. John Moses, Ph.D, speaking.

Media conglomeration has created a vast global Hollywood that now dominates film production, distribution, and exhibition around the world, supressing cultural diversity in film art here and abroad. How serious is the problem, and what can be done about it?

Spirituality Through Music: Unitarian Universalism and Jazz, Bryan McAllister, speaking and performing

What can we learn from jazz that relates to our lives as Unitarian Universalist? Southern California jazz pianist, Bruce Mcallister, will explore why we might choose to practice Unitarian Universalism like jazz musicans.

The Spirit of Art, Jacqueline Pilar, speaking

Jacqueline Pilar, former curator of the Fresno Art Museum, will share her thoughts on the spirit  and expression of art.

Be a Friend, Be an Advocate: Community Support for Those with Mental Health Challenges, David Weikel, M.S.W., speaking

Dave Weikel, a local clinical social worker, will speak on the importance of friendship and advocacy; where this communitysupport becomes a vital link for those with mental health challenges.

Will need sound equipment and hand held mic.

Set up at noon