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HOT SPOT!
Check out our summer Sunday schedule
HERE!
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ALBANY UU WEBSITES
Outreach:
albanyuu.org
Resources for members and friends:
members.albanyuu.org
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TO SIGN UP FOR A CLASS OR EVENT:
-Sign up at the Sign Up Site
in Channing Hall
OR
-Call the church office, 518.436.7135
If childcare is offered for the event, please let us know you need it when you register. (Include names and ages of children.)
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SERVICE
Sunday, July 23, 10:00 AM "You Are the Salt of the Earth," Diane Cameron
Human life is not possible without sodium chloride, and salt is the only mineral found in every cell of the human body, so salt is a biological necessity. Decency and kindness are also necessities, hence we admire "the salt of the earth."
Diane Cameron is a writer/teacher/coach and a Times Union columnist. She is passionate about social justice, advocacy for people living in poverty, and helping family caregivers. Author of "Never Leave Your Dead" and "Out of the Woods", she loves talking with us at Albany UU.
Music: Sean Obach
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NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS
Reading of John Hersey's "Hiroshima"
Sunday, August 6, 11:00 AM
Hosted at Albany UU by Rev. Sam Trumbore
This event is free and open to the public. Those interested in reading can sign up to participate when they arrive. The reading will be held outside, please bring folding chairs. Rain site is Channing Hall.
On August 6, 1945 the United States of America used the atomic bomb for the first time to destroy the city of Hiroshima, Japan; on August 9, the U.S. used the atomic bomb again on Nagasaki, Japan. Over 200,000 people died immediately in the two bombings and over a hundred thousand more died in the following decades as a result of the effects of the radiation.
Hiroshima, by John Hersey tells the story of the bombing on August 6, 1945 by following the story of six of the survivors. The book version has been in print since 1945.
Co-sponsored by the Poetry Motel Foundation, the Tom Paine Chapter Veterans for Peace, Upper Hudson Peace Action, Bethlehem Neighbors for Peace. For more information, contact Dan Wilcox, 482.0262, [email protected].
All Sides Considered to meet in August
All Sides Considered is a discussion group focused on sharing information and insights on current political and social news. Next meeting will be August 16, 1-2:30 pm in Room B-7.
Photos wanted: UUs in social action
Share your activism by sending photos of yourself and other UUs at social justice events. Send photos to [email protected]. Be sure to include what event you're attending, where it is, a brief description and who is in the picture, if appropriate. We will then post them to our Face Book page or other social media. Thank you!
Sunday morning volunteers - still needed for Summer Services
Part of what makes our Sunday morning services so organized and enjoyable is our volunteers! You can volunteer for any Sunday as far in advance as you would like by visiting SignUp.com
.
Check it out, we couldn't do it without you!
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Social Responsibilities Council (SRC)
Green Sanctuary suggests:
Buy locally so that 80% of your money will stay in the community. (Otherwise, that money goes elsewhere.) Local farmers' markets are great places to buy fresh food. Small food items, like blueberries, raspberries, chopped pepper and onions, beans, can be washed, dried, spread on cookie sheets, then frozen for winter consumption. Put the items into freezer bags and squeeze out as much air as possible. Also consider freezing liquid items like stock or vegetable juices in ice cube trays, then pop cubes out into freezer bags. Remember to label and date them.
Please continue to bring your recyclables to the collection box in the coatroom at AlbanyUU. Our collection goes on all summer.
How is your DO MORE PLEDGE coming along? Let GSC know. Send your accomplishments to Betsy at [email protected], and let me know if I can announce them.
Do you have a suggestion for green living that you would like to include in Preview? Send it to Betsy at
[email protected]
. Let me know if I can publish your suggestion with your name.
Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world. Howard Zinn
Peace Team Recommends:
A Walk for Water, Peace, Justice
Saturday, July 22
A 13 day walk to highlight water and peace will begin near Ramapough and end at the Grafton Peace Pagoda August 5. For more detail click HERE.
Resistors! Indivisible, Huddlers, Science supporters....
On Thursday, July 27, 5:30 pm, Indivisible Rensselaer County will hold a family friendly Potluck Picnic at Schodack Park. Have fun, support each other.
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RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NOTES
-Leah Purcell, Director of Religious Education
Keep up with what's happening for children and families and other events by visiting
We need adult volunteers to staff Summer Session - our more casual program for children in Pre-k through 5th grade. Parents and current or past RE volunteers are eligible. Each week we have art projects and free play in room 24/25. When we have presenters for workshops, those are usually held next door in room 26.
Do you have a talent or skill that could be a hands-on project for the kids? Cooking, woodworking, making or assembling things, science, sewing, crafts, etc. - Leah Purcell can help you create a workshop with any skill like that. You can volunteer to staff or present a workshop one Sunday or as many as you like. Email Leah at [email protected] or indicate your interest to volunteer in room 24/25 or lead or assist a workshop in room 26 on the sign-up sheet on the Summer Bulletin Board in the main level hallway.
Surveys about your RE experience
Parents/caretakers and RE Guides - Have you filled out your survey yet? Please check your email for a parent/caretaker survey to help the REC and Leah make our RE program even better.
Now is the time to register your child for RE for 2017-18
You can register on line
HERE, pick up a form at the RE office or Leah can mail it to you.
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First Unitarian Universalist Society of Albany
Phone: 518.463.7135
Address: 405 Washington Ave., Albany NY 12206
Main entrance is on Washington Avenue. Rear entrance is on West St. Both have ramp access. The building is fully handicapped accessible.
Parking: Parking is available on the street. On Sundays (and for some special events) Albany UU has permission to use the University at Albany's downtown campus parking lot: the Hawley Lot on Robin Street at Washington Avenue.
Office hours:
September-June: Monday-Friday, 9:00-3:00
July-August: Monday-Thursday 9:00-1:00
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