(e) Candles of Community

Congrats to Karl Onsager who just purchased his first home...we'll all stay tuned for the housewarming party details!

Congrats to Eric Espinoza who will be moving to Peru to volunteer/work. We'll miss him but it's sure to be a meaningful trip. (If you're looking for a place to live, Eric knows of a great condo you can rent from him while he's gone)

January Calendar of Events

Jumping - Jan. 7th, 2010
Some of us Jumped into the new year in early January. There are sure to be more trips to Jump Street later this year.

Denver MLK Marade - Jan. 19th, 2010
A contingent of young adults attended the "marade" and had a wonderful time. Thank you Hunt family for the photos!
Theology on Tap - Monday, Jan. 25th, 2010 at 7pm
Rackhouse Pub located at 208 Kalamath St., Denver, CO, 80223(www.rackhousepub.com).
Join us this month as we discuss the idea of courage across different faiths. Email amanda@fistuniversalist.org if you have carpooling needs.

Mark your calendars! Snow Shoeing!
Our group will be going snow shoeing after the first service on Sunday, Feb 21st. Everyone is welcome and REI has affordable snow shoe rentals. More information to come.

Other Calendars

The Unigram can be found here

The First U master calendar can be found here

Giving Back

This holiday season the young adult group will be sponsoring the Mitten and Hat Tree at First Universalist.

On the next three Sundays (12/6, 12/13, and 12/20) bring mittens, gloves, and hats to decorate our giving tree. The warm items will be donated to Urban Peak, a resource center for homeless teens in the Denver area. Questions? email amanda@firstuniversalist.org.

December Calendar of Events

Parade of Lights - 12/5/09 - Meet at the DU light rail station at 5pm -
Join us for Denver's Annual parade of lights this weekend! The event features marching bands, dazzling floats, giant balloons,and special appearances by local Denver celebrities. The parade is free so bring the whole family!

The parade starts in downtown at 6p this Saturday Dec. 5th and is usually quite crowded. Meet at the DU light rail station (where there's lots of parking at the park and ride) at 5pm. RSVP to amanda@firistuniversalist.org so that we don't leave you behind!

Fist Sunday Brunch - 12/6/09 - Meet at the welcome desk after the 9:30a service -
First Sunday brunch is this week! Join us for yummy vegetarian food at WaterCourse. Yes, that's right, we're going to try WaterCourse again...last time, my car died and I didn't make. Wish me better "car"ma this time. WaterCourse is located at 837 E 17th Ave, Denver. We will meet after the first service (around 10:30) at the welcome desk.

"Oh My God?" Film Screening - 12/8/09, 7:15 at the Starz Film Center (900 Auraria Parkway, Denver, CO 80204) -
The Denver Starz Film Center is offering 2 for 1 tickets for the showing of "Oh My God?" on Tuesday, Dec. 8th. This brings the per ticket price down to $4.75. The film is a documentary about perceptions of God in 23 different countries. If you'd like to attend please email Amanda at amanda@firstuniversalist.org.


Annual First U Holiday Party - 12/13/09
Join your fellow church members for some fun holiday spirit

Theology on Tap - 12/21/09 at 7pm at Bull & Bush
Join some of your favorite conversationalist for a discussion of this month's worship theme "Grace." Bull & Bush is located at 4700 Cherry Creek South Drive
Denver, CO 80246. If you have carpool needs please contact Amanda at amanda@firstuniversalist.org.

(e)Candles of Community

I, personally, am quite happy that Fernando O. and his snow boarding pal walked away from a nasty car accident on Friday. Fernando, I'm sad your truck didn't make it out but I couldn't be happier that you and your friend are both safe.

Theology on Tap

Theology on Tap is next Monday!

Please join us at Hacienda (4100 E. Mexico Ave.).

This months topic is "What is your ideal society?" Over the past couple months we've talked a lot about responsibility and what we, as individuals, feel we should be doing. But we haven't really talked about the end goal. In other words, 10 years from now, what kind of world would you like to live in.

The jumping off point will be this article. I look forward to seeing you Monday.

Volunteering

Our group has long talked about how it would like to do more volunteer work. I, personally, think that giving back to and working with the community is a key part of maintaining my own spiritual health. Eventually, I'd like our group to have 1 or 2 ongoing hands-on projects but I thought maybe we'd start small.

Urban Peak is in need to hats and gloves for homeless teens. The YA group will be heading up the drive at First U during November and December. If you don't have a lot of time during the holiday season you can contribute by simply dropping off a hat or pair of gloves. If you have a little more time and would help to organize or expand the drive email Amanda at amanda@firstuniversalist.org.

Interfaith Community Services is offering opportunities to sponsor a senior citizen or family for the holidays. I think it's be great if we adopted a family (they have opportunities as small or as large as we'd like). I know that budgets are tight over the holidays but this might be an easy way to come together and make a big difference for an individual or family. Again, contact amanda@firstuniversalist.org for more info.