March Sunday Morning Programs

March 9: Social Justice Sunday (Potluck Afterward)
March 16: Ed Kearns--St. Patrick's Day
March 23: Easter, Egg Hunt, Kites & Susan Cogan will give a talk
March 30: Emilie Steele--"We are What We Worship"

March New Member/Old Member Dinner Party

6:30 p.m., March 27 at the Himalayas on Barry Road. Invite your friends or anyone interested in learning more about UUism. (Every month on the 4th Thursday.)

DARWIN DAY EVENTS

Have Questions About Evolution? Ask the experts at the Darwin Day Forum, 7PM Tuesday, February 12 at the Baird Lounge in the Oklahoma Memorial Union, What’s the evidence for evolution? Isn’t it just a theory? Are there gaps in the fossil record? Did humans come from apes? What about Intelligent Design or Creationism? Science professors and doctoral candidates will answer the tough questions for you. Scheduled to appear, among others: Ola Fincke, Richard Broughton and Abbie Smith. Sponsored by Center for Inquiry on Campus. For more information contact Brett.Z.Sullivan-1@ou.edu

A FLOCK OF DODOS, a documentary film about evolution and Intelligent Design. 7:30 PM, Monday, February 11, at the Norman UU Fellowship, 1309 W. Boyd.
In a light-hearted take on the culture wars, FLOCK OF DODOS tweaks egos and pokes fun at both sides in the evolution vs. intelligent design debate. Afterward, there will be a discussion of the issues raised on the film. Sponsored by the Norman Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. For more information contact 226-9712.

January Sunday Programs

January 13: Ann Roberts Executive Director of the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy

January 20: Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

January 27: Don Holyoke: A Brief History of My Life

NUUF Float Wins 1st Place Trophy!

NUUF won Best Adult Float at the Norman Holiday Parade on Sat.  They must have a very loose definition of Adult.  
   
  We had the Pirate Ship decorated for the Season.  The sides were covered with green butcher paper that said Happy Holidays and listed the different faiths with Winter Festivals in glitter.  This included Pagan.  And, we had a good showing of CUUPS folk.
   
  Everyone was done up in black with red foil garland scarves and black top hats.  We had the Beatles blasting and the three Christmas Ghosts.  Steph was the Ghost of Christmas Future.  She was wearing a black robe of her Mom's and really looked the part.  It was really wild when she got off the float and walked up Main Street with Adam on her shoulders.
   
  Ed Kearns had his bike done up for Winter with a two foot wagon wheel hanging up and covered in tin foil, wrapped in blue snowflake garland, and a big Stag ornament in the middle of it.  He also had big Pagan Winter Sun and Moon symbols hanging up. And, was shouting Blessed Be to the crowd.

A Good Time Was Had By All

December Sunday Programs

December 9:
Don Holyoke will present “The Life and Times of Don Holyoke”

December 16
Emilie Steele will present the next installment in the ongoing series on the Principles & Purposes and Sources. She will talk about the 4th Source “Jewish and Christian teachings which call us to respond to God’s love by loving our neighbors as ourselves”

December 26:
The Christmas Holiday program: The children are cooking up something special

December 30:
The New Year Program: Greeting the New Year with Hope and Gladness

NUUF Night at the Movies: The Golden Compass

NUUF Night at the Movies
The Golden Compass
Saturday, December 15
Contact person:  Jesseca Timmons

This is the infamous “Christmastime atheist” movie that is being targeted by the right wing.  Based upon the first book of an award-winning, fantasy trilogy by  British author Philip Pullman, the movie is New Line Cinema’s latest effort to  follow up on the tremendous successes of its Lord of the Rings movies.  The  controversial critiques of organized religion found in the books have been greatly  diluted, so the objections, warnings, and boycotts of The Golden Compass by  religious conservatives are mostly based upon the fact that Pullman said he wrote the books to counter the religiosity of the Narnia books. In reality The Golden Compass is a fabulous fantasy story and  is suitable for all age groups.  Contact Jesseca for more information at 321-1973  or jpt10570@sbcglobal.net.