News for the week of January 12th-18th

Thursday January 15th
Book Group 12:00pm

Saturday January 17th
Citizens Climate Lobby from 10:00-1:00   
Please come and learn how we can help alter history by passing  bipartisan, meaningful climate change legislation.  Food will be provided during this three hour event.    For more information go to www.citizensclimatelobby.org or talk to Hollis. hollisbeth28@gmail.com    

Sunday January 18th- Service 10AM
Active Hope - Rev. Kelly Dignan
On this Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend, Rev. Kelly will explore the role of hope in creating the Beloved Community. She will share Joanna Macy’s work on Active Hope along with a process for creating a more sustainable and compassionate world. 

and after service:

Let’s Create Some Magic!  That’s the theme for our pledge canvass this year.  Not sure what a pledge canvass is?  It’s the process we go through to raise  money for our church.
We’ll kick it off by having a fun event after church on Sunday, January 18th. All children and adults are invited and encouraged to come.  Bring a sack lunch and join us for the movie Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. The church will provide popcorn and drinks.

• On February1st after the service there will be a Budget Forum where the Finance Ministry Group will present the Program Budget (how expenses are allocated across the programs we offer). A detailed line-item budget will be available, but not covered in depth.
  

• February 7th will be our annual canvass party. You’ll receive an official invitation closer to the time, but save the evening on your calendar. Be thinking about a costume you can wear (optional). And if you want to donate a pot of chili, think about how you might name it. (Yes - the chili competition lives on this year - with two prizes based on taste and name!) If you want to donate a pot of chili, contact Hollis Berendt hollisbeth28@gmail.com or Danelle Beauvais daughterofavalon@msn.com

Harry Potter finds a loving community at Hogwarts - a community that isn't his biological family, but one that has his back in every way. Through classes and experiences at Hogwarts, Harry is transformed and able to transcend the difficulties life presents.
Does that sound familiar? Unitarian Universalist Church of Greeley does the same for us! As an
expression of our gratitude for this community that has our back and helps us transform, let’s create some magic!

Monday, January 19
Join Rev. Kelly with our church banner at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  March and Celebration 2015.
The march begins at 10:30 a.m. and travels from the Greeley Chamber of Commerce building (7th Avenue and 9th Street) to the Union Colony Civic Center (701 10th Avenue), where the celebration begins at 11:00 a.m. with live music, poetry and guest speaker Dr. Avis Jones-DeWeever.

Save the date for our Second Annual UU Leadership Day
February 21, 2015; 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
First Universalist Church of Denver
Our theme this year is Connect and Communicate
Two featured speakers and six breakout sessions
Who should attend? Everyone serving our church in any way!
Registration will be available in early January, so stay tuned.