Thursday, January 10, 2013

Winter/Spring 2013 Schedule

San Juan Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Meetings are 
Sundays at 10:00 a.m. at the Mullis Community Senior Center. 
We do not meet on the first Sunday of each month.
 
Please feel welcome to join us! 
 
January 13   Dick Coffey will speak on Questions, Doubt, and Faith.

Jan 15       Board meeting (12:30, at a new place:  Islanders Bank community
meeting room---downstairs in the bank headquarters building)

Jan 20       Kurt Schwalbe       Science and Spirit: Across the Border

Jan 27       Kurt Schwalbe       Science and Spirit: The Higgs Boson
 
Feb 3        No Service; Pancake Breakfast at Mullis Center
 
Feb 10       Kurt Schwalbe       Indian Buddhism:  The Lost Religion
                                 Participants are welcome to stay after the service
                                 for a brief training for Lay Service Leaders 
 
Feb 17       Kurt Schwalbe       Tibetan Buddhism:  the  Last Stronghold 
             (last minute change:  this turned out to be Jack McKenna speaking about
              Joseph Campbell's thoughts on Meanings of Christian Symbols)
 

Feb 24       Jack McKenna        Roots of Religion
 

Mar 3        No Service; Pancake Breakfast at Mullis Center
 

March 10     Nicholas Corrin     Innocence and Sentience  
 

March 17     Vivien Burnett      The Sufi Poets:  Readings from Rumi, Kabir and Hafez
 

March 24     Kathryn Lindsay     Our UU Faith 
                                 Join us at 8:00 a.m. at Rocky Bay Cafe for 
                                 Breakfast with visitors from Orcas UU Fellowship
 

March 31     Joanruth Baumann    The Kingdom of God: Shifting Sands
 

April 7      No Service; Pancake Breakfast at Mullis Center
 

April 14     Sonja Zarek         Music Sunday; join us for an excellent musical 
                                 exploration of the UU hymnal with piano 
                                 accompaniment; other musicians may play also. 
 

April 21     Kurt Schwalbe       My Excellent River Rafting Adventure
 

April 28     Laura Concord       Walking the Labyrinth with Prayer and Meditation 
 

May 5        No Service; Pancake Breakfast at Mullis Center
 

May 12       Dick Coffey         Not-the-usual Mother's Day Readings
 

May 19       End-of-year potluck; details TBA
 

During the summer, we meet outdoors for potlucks, once per month. We have 
scheduled these meetings to coincide with super-low tides; these low tides
provide an opportunity for interesting beach-walking.
 
June 23      Fourth of July Beach  (10:00 a.m., brunch potluck)

July 21      South Beach (10:00 a.m., brunch potluck; we meet at the picnic table
             and fire-pit area that is near the tall rocks--turn right at the
             parking lot near the bathrooms, and drive a block farther
             down the road.
 
August 18    County Park (10:00 a.m., brunch potluck) 
 

Autumn meetings will begin September 8, 2013.

Friday, August 10, 2012

Autumn 2012 Program Schedule

 This is the first draft of the program schedule starting in September, 2012
 
Sept 2                Pancake Breakfast

Sept 9                Welcome Back/Social/Potluck

Sept 16              What it Means to be a SJUU Member/Renewal of UU Beliefs
                             Rev. Kurt Schwalbe

Sept 23               What am I Doing with my Wild and Precious 
                      Life/Mary Oliver
                              Steve and Joann Ashlock

Sept 30               My Personal Journey to Spirituality
                              John Lindsay

Oct 7                   Pancake Breakfast

Oct 14                 Gay Rights
                              Mary WillAllen
                        (this was a change from the original schedule) 
 
Oct 21                 Bible & Gay Marriage
                              John Lindsay

Oct 28                  Exploration of Mormonism
                              Rev. Kurt Schwalbe
                       (this was a change from the original schedule) 
 
Nov 4                   Pancake Breakfast

Nov 11                  Celtic Spirituality
                               Kathryn Lindsay

Nov 18                   Thanksgiving/Annual SJUU Meeting/Potluck
                                Rev. Kurt Schwalbe

Nov 25                   Holiday - no meeting

Dec 2                     Pancake Breakfast

Dec 9                     To be Arranged

Dec 16                    Christmas
                                 Rev. Kurt Schwalbe

Dec 23                    Holiday - no meeting

Dec 30                    "All things must pass, my sweet Lord"
                                  Steve Ryan

Thursday, May 17, 2012

2012 Summer Schedule

Updated schedule.  Join us!

May 20 End of year potluck  Mullis Center, 10:00

Jun 17  Potluck picnic, 10:00, Fourth of July beach

Jun 24  Potluck picnic with the Orcas UU Fellowship (place and time to
be set later)

Jun 19  (Tuesday, 12:30)      Board meeting at Key Bank

Jul 15  Potluck picnic 10:00, San Juan County Park

Jul 17  (Tuesday, 12:30)       Board meeting at Key Bank

Aug 12 Potluck picnic 10:00 South Beach

Aug 21 (Tuesday, 12:30)      Board meeting at Key Bank

Sep 3  No service (pancake breakfast)

Saturday, February 11, 2012

February -updated program schedule

We will attempt to keep the schedule "fresh" 
by occasionally leaving out the previous presentations. 
Scroll down if looking for historical information on our program topics.   
 
February 12    Dave Zeretzke  "Can the Principles of Restorative Justice
Get More Healing into Criminal Justice?"
 
Feb 19 Steve Ashlock        Criminal Justice? (with an intentional question-mark)

Feb 21 (Tuesday), 12:30    Board meeting at Key Bank; all are welcome

Feb 26  Joyce Harrell          Is Democracy Worth Saving?
 
Mar 4   No meeting (pancake breakfast)

Mar 11  Bruce Conway        New Paradigm

Mar 18 Joanruth Baumann: Forget Waldo; Where in the World Is Kurt?

Mar 20 (Tuesday, 12:30)   Board meeting at Key Bank; all are welcome

Mar 25 Dick Coffey:            Topic TBD

Apr 1  No meeting (pancake breakfast)

Apr 8  Easter potluck (details later)

Apr 15 Kurt Schwalbe:        The Bible:  An Adventurous Relationship

Apr 17 (Tuesday, 12:30)   Board meeting at Key Bank; all are welcome

Apr 22 Johnny Moses:         Native Stories

Apr 29 Kurt Schwalbe:         The Book of J

May 6  No meeting (pancake breakfast)

May 13 Kurt Schwalbe:        Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism

May 15 (Tuesday, 12:30)   Board meeting at Key Bank; all are welcome

May 20 End of year potluck (details later)

Jun ?? Potluck picnic (date and place later)

Jun 19 (Tuesday, 12:30)   Board meeting at Key Bank; all are welcome

Jul ?? Potluck picnic (date and place later)

Jul 17 (Tuesday, 12:30)   Board meeting at Key Bank; all are welcome

Aug ?? Potluck picnic (date and place later)

Aug 21 (Tuesday, 12:30)   Board meeting at Key Bank; all are welcome

Sep 3  No service (pancake breakfast) 

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

2011-2012 Winter Schedule

Here is the SJUUF schedule for the following two months:

Dec 18  Kurt Schwalbe      My Salvation

Dec 20  (Tuesday), 12:30   Board meeting at Key Bank; all are welcome

Dec 25 (Christmas Day)     No meeting

Jan 1   No meeting (New Year's Day)

Jan 8   Kurt Schwalbe       Story of India

Jan 15  Janet Thomas        India, India

Jan 17  (Tuesday), 12:30    Board meeting at Key Bank; all are welcome

Jan 22  Thrinley DiMarco    Personal Tibetan Buddhism

Jan 29  Kurt Schwalbe       Story of Tibet

Feb 5   No meeting (pancake breakfast)

Feb 12 Dave Zeretzke        Criminal Justice
 
Feb 19 Steve Ashlock        Criminal Justice? (with intentional question mark)
 
Feb 21 (Tuesday), 12:30    Board meeting at Key Bank; all are welcome

And remember that you can always get our schedule as far out as we
have it defined by sending a message to sjuufschedule@gmail.com.