Time Marches On
Sunday, October 15 at 11 am in the Sanctuary
service conducted by Rev. Fred Rabidoux, Pastoral
Care Minister
We've all heard a lot about the Baby Boomer
generation, what with two US presidents turning 60
this year.
For some, their 60th is a hallmark for celebration;
for others it's an unavoidable dread they'd rather
have pass silently by. Still other members of our
congregation look back on their 60th year as a
10-20-30-year ago memory.
This Sunday Rev. Rabidoux will explore issues around
"getting older" and how we are sharing the
experience with one another. We can't stop time,
but we can appreciate it together as a
community that cherishes the values of Elderhood.
Mason Ingram will be the Worship
Associate.
Senior Minister Gregory Stewart is participating in the
Board Retreat this Sunday. Rev. Stewart's next
sermon will be The gods Before God delivered
on October 22nd.
Pressures On The Family and What We Can Do
Forum Sunday at 9:30 in the Martin Luther King Room
from Nancy Deutsch
Stressed about schools? Housing? Rising healthcare
costs?
Join Eleanor Milroy, Senior Organizer for the Bay
Area Organizing Committee (BAOC), as she explores
the economic, social, political, cultural, and
spiritual pressures on families. Eleanor will help
us look at our own lives and stories and the
multiple challenges we face.
She believes that by naming these challenges, we
are no longer powerless to address them. Eleanor
will also examine power — particularly the levels of
power that impact our daily lives and what we need
to do so that our families are not isolated,
disconnected, and overwhelmed.
The Forum is pleased to have Eleanor share a
shortened version of this popular workshop she has
been presenting to Bay Area schools, churches, and
communities. BAOC is made up of congregations --
including ours -- and unions. Eleanor was formerly
Assistant Dean at Colorado College. She
welcomes families of all ages, shapes, and sizes to
attend this presentation.
The program will begin in the Martin Luther King
Room at 9:45. Come at 9:30 for conversation, coffee,
and (for a slight charge) a light breakfast
Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers
Sunday in the Chapel at 1:15
from Anna Sylvester
The Forum will sponsor a screening of the Iraq
for Sale: The War Profiteers by acclaimed
director Robert
Greenwald Sunday at 1:15 in the Chapel. The film
will take you inside the story of what happens to
everyday Americans when corporations go to war.
Curtis P. Fallgren, Editor and Publisher of
“Teslacle Times”, a densely-packed newsletter about
Ethics in American life, will introduce the film and
moderate the discussion.
Of Mice and Men
Friday (October 13) from 7 to 9 pm
from Natalie Freeburg,
Acting Director of Religious Education
The Classic Film Lover's Group will have its first
screening of this church year Friday (October 13)
from 7 to 9 pm. This month's film is Of Mice and
Men, produced in 1992, starring John Malkovich and
Gary Sinese.
Horton Foote's screen adaptation of John Steinbeck's
1937 novel, explores the friendship between two men
who wander the country during the Depression, and
explores questions of strength, weakness,
usefulness, reality and utopia.
Requested donation for the movie is $5. Future film
nights are November 17, December 8, January 12 and
February 16.
On the Side of Love
Moderator Linda Enger and The Rev.
Gregory L. Stewart reacted to the October 5th
state appeals court decision upholding the ban on
same-sex marriage by writing a statement citing
the Unitarian Universalist history of support for
civil-marriage equality for same-sex couples. The
San Francisco Chronicle published their letter
October 7th.
Great statement of our values!
Another Door, Nicaragua: Spoken Reflections
Next Thursday (October 19th) at 7 pm in the Starr King Room
Rev. Meg Whitaker-Greene talks about her time
in Nicaragua next Thursday (October 19).
She explored that country with the Interfaith Fact
Finding Group in 1985 and with Witness for Peace in
1987 during the Contra attacks. In 2001-2004 she made
3 more trips.
Rev. Whitaker-Greene will give a talk on her
journeys and discoveries in connection to the
exhibit of her photographs in the Starr King Room.
There will be time for others
to share insights and experiences.
The program is free and the public is invited.
Reverend Gregory L. Stewart Installed!
The Congregation and people from the Bay Area and
beyond last Sunday participated in the installation
of The Rev. Gregory L. Stewart as the First Unitarian
Universalist Society of San Francisco's Senior
Minister.
The afternoon was meaningful, beautiful, and full of
friends. Both Members and guests remarked on our
hospitality, organization, and festivities. Thank
you to each and every volunteer and staff member who
contributed to this beautiful event.
Thank you to photographer Sonnie Willis for
sharing her views of the afternoon.
