January 31, 2013

UU News You Can Use

Sunday Service: February 3, 2013. 10:45 AM Speaker: Paul Derrick, UU Waco: Yesterday and Today RE This Sunday: 9:45 AM
Adult RE: Discussion of topics related to the UU Faith Journey, Lead by Bruce Allen Children's RE: Mardi Gras: taught by Randy and John, assisted by Sonny Love Nursery: Natalie Allen, assisted by Jennifer Seagle

This week at UUFW

Circle Supper: Sat, February 2. 6:30-9:30 PM.
POC: John Nobis, jrandjo@hotmail.com or phone: 756-4653

*Remember* Cereal Sunday: This Sun, February 4. Bring a dry cereal item to Sundays morning
services for the Caritas pantry. Thank you for your contribution!

Meditation Covenant: Mon, February 4. 7:10-7:30 PM. At the home of Cheryl Babers Hagar
POC: Cheryl Babers Hagar, salinebabers@att.net *This covenant meets weekly on Mondays. Future meetings scheduled for Feb 11, 18, and 25.

UUFW Reading Circle: Mon, February 4. At the home of Cheryl Foster.

POC: Cheryl Foster, Cheryl.foster@uuwaco.org contact Cheryl for directions and details.

Groundbreaking for the Fellowship Xeriscape project: Sat, February 9. We will break ground
on a project to beautify the area directly in the front lawn of the fellowship sanctuary. POC: Randy Culp, randy.culp@uuwaco.org

Meals on Wheels: Every Wednesday and Friday. POC: Cheryl Foster, cheryl.foster@uuwaco.org

Coming Up at UUFW: February 2013

Humanist Covenant: Wed, February 13. 6:30-8:30 PM. UUFW Kitchen.

POC: Jane Derrick, jane.derrick@uuwaco.org UUWaco Board Meeting: Wed, February 20. 6:30-8:00 PM. UUFW Board Room. POC: Bruce Allen, president@uuwaco.org Southwest UU Womens Conference: Fri and Sat, February 22-23. Omni Bayfront Hotel, Corpus Christi, TX. www.swuuw.org POC: Jane Kittner, jane.kittner@uuwaco.org Vegetarian Potluck: Sat, February 23. 12:30-2:30 PM. UUFW Fellowship Hall. POC: Cheryl Babers Hagar, salinebabers@att.net UU Womens Group: Tues, February 26. 6:30-9:00 PM. UUFW Fellowship Hall. POC: Cindie Young, cindie.young@uuwaco.org

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A look at Februarys Sermons

Feb 10. Katherine Stewart. The Good News Club; The Fundamentalist Assault on Public Education See the article on page 3. Feb 17. Kathy Reid. When Jesus said, Love your enemies, he probably didnt mean kill them Feb 24. Vickie Johnson; title TBA

Childrens RE Calendar:
Sunday, Feb 10: Chinese New Year. with Randy, John and Melissa Garn Sunday, Feb 17: Japanese Childrens Day. with Becky Warren and Paige Davis Sunday, Feb 24: Unicef Day. With Randy, John, and Samantha Lenora POC: Melissa Garn, melissa.garn@uuwaco.org

In Our Nursery:
Sunday, Feb 10: Natalie Allen with Becky Fox Sunday, Feb 17: Natalie Allen with Brian Gates Sunday, Feb 24: Natalie Allen with Joy Hayes Gates

Our Central Texas Community

McLennan County Hunger Coalition. Thurs, February 14. 11:45 AM. At Caritas of Waco, 300
South 15th Street, Waco, TX. www.mclennanhunger.org POC: Esther Morales, hungeroutreach@grandecom.net

Heart of Texas Homeless Coaltion Meeting. Fri, February 15. 11:45 AM. Location TBA. Visit
the website for more information http://www.heartoftexashomeless.org/

Save Texas Schools Rally at the Capitol. Sat, February 23. March on Congress Ave in
Austin, TX and Speakers. Legislators need to hear loud and clear that underfunding, over-testing and a using school vouchers to give away public dollars to private schools are unacceptable. Go to www.savetxschools.org for more information. Save Texas Schools is a non-partisan coalition of parents, teachers, students, and community members working to strengthen public schools for ALL Texas children. POC: texaskidscantwait@gmail.com

Caritas Feast of Caring. Tues, February 26. A soup cook-off, silent auction, and music by Beth
Ullman. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased on the Caritas website at www.caritas-waco.org. POC: (254) 753-4593 or caritas@grandecom.net

Every Saturday. Waco Downtown Farmers Market. 9:00 AM 1:00 PM. Support local
agriculture and eat healthier, too! www.wacodowntownfarmersmarket.com
For more ways to make a difference in the Waco area visit: www.actlocallywaco.org

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UUFW Welcomes Katherine Stewart on Sunday, February 10th

From Katherine Stewarts website: http://www.thegoodnewsclub.com/about

Christianity and encourage them to proselytize to their un-churched peers, all the while promoting the natural but false impression among the children that its activities are endorsed by the school. Astonished to discover that the U.S. Supreme Court has deemed thisand other forms of religious activity in public schoolslegal, Stewart set off on an investigative journey to dozens of cities and towns across the nation to document the impact. In this book she demonstrates that there is more religion in Americas public schools today than there has been for the past 100 years. The movement driving this agenda is stealthy. It is aggressive. It has our children in its sights. And its ultimate aim is to destroy the system of public education as we know it. Even those well-versed in the religious rights attempt to Christianize American institutions will likely be shocked by The Good News Club. Katherine Stewarts book about the fundamentalist assault on public education is lucid, alarming, and very important. MICHELLE GOLDBERG, author of Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism. Her talk promises to be informative and insightful for anyone interested in preserving the wall between church and state. We hope for an excellent turn-out for this important topic and hope you will join us.

Katherine Stewart started her career in

journalism working for investigative reporter Wayne Barrett at The Village Voice and freelanced for Newsweek International, Rolling Stone, Marie Claire and others. She co-wrote the book about the musical Rent and, after moving to Santa Barbara in 2005, published two novels about 21st century parenting. Most recently she has written for The New York Times, The Guardian, the Daily Beast, Bloomberg View, and Religion Dispatches. Her newest book, "The Good News Club: The Christian Right's Stealth Assault on America's Children" is a chilling expos of the wellfunded, highly coordinated effort by Christian Nationalists to use public schools to advance a fundamentalist agenda. In 2009, the Good News Club came to the public elementary school where she sent her children. The Club, which is sponsored by the Child Evangelism Fellowship, bills itself as an after-school program of Bible study. But Stewart soon discovered that the Clubs real mission is to convert children to fundamentalist

UUFW Community Camping Trip Anyone?

The Derricks, Nobises and VanWagners are going to Big Bend National Park for a week, leaving on or about Apr. 28 or 29. We'll be pulling our RV trailers and probably staying in the Rio Grande Village Campground (where tent camping is also available). (The Derricks will then spend the following week at the Davis Mts. State Park in Ft. Davis looking at stars and birds.) If anyone is interested in joining us, contact any of us for more details. Paul Derrick, et al.

Girl Scout Cookies

See Becky Fox and her daughter, Lindsey Fox, to get a box of your favorite flavor! Sale is ending soon. $4 per box.

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Unitarian Universalist Association News

30 Days of Love Project began on Sat, January 19. Standing on The
Side of Love is an interfaith public advocacy campaign that seeks to harness
love's power to stop oppression. It is sponsored by the Unitarian Univesalist Association. Visit the website for Standing on The Side of Love at www.standingonthesideoflove.org

Southwest UU Women's Conference. February 22-24. The Omni Bayfront Hotel in

Corpus Christi, TX. Keynote Speaker: Kimberly Dark. Visit www.swuuw.org for more information.

SWUUC Spring Conference and Annual Meeting: April 19-21. First Unitarian
Universalist Church of San Antonio. This years theme is Journey to Justice with keynote
speaker; Rev. Dr. William F. Shulz. Registration is now open! Visit this link for event details, breakout session topics, and registration. http://www.uusouthland.org/swuucspring2013.html