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Welcome to the Thoreau Woods UU Church of Huntsville, Texas 144 East Mosley Lane See our map and directions 9:30 - 10:15: Religious Education 10:00 - 10:30: we gather and have coffee. 10:30: Sunday morning service For more information call (936) 295-3170. Recognizing no distinction of class, nationality, race, gender, or sexual orientation, we welcome everyone to our congregation.
For more news and details, see this month's newsletter To hear our radio advertisement from President James Moore, click here.
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January Services January 1, 2012 – Beth Williamson is planning to open the building. The group will sing a few songs, and then go to Golden Corral for lunch. No RE for children.
January 8, 2012 – Dr. Alan Clune, Dept. of Psychology & Philosophy, SHSU, “What Philosophers Say About Animals and Ethics”. The talk will cover three ethical theories that have been employed to answer the question of the moral status of animals. The contractarian theory concludes that animals have no moral status. The utilitarian theory concludes that the moral status of animals is a function of their ability to suffer. The rights theory concludes that the moral status of animals is a function of their autonomy.
Dr. Clune grew up in Rhode Island, went to Mt. St. Charles Academy in Woonsocket RI, received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Massachusetts in 1988, received his M.S. in Philosophy from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York in 1992, and received his Ph.D. Philosophy from The State University of New York at Buffalo in 2000. He has taught at Buffalo State University of New York College, Fredonia College Misericordia in PA, and SHSU 2004 to present.
January 15, 2012 – Dr. Marsha Harman, Director, Professional and Academic Center for Excellence (PACE) SHSU, “Bullying: It Doesn't Happen to Just Children and Adolescents” As might be expected, individuals who bully others in younger years may grow up to be adult bullies, especially if there were no interventions or consequences for the behavior in younger years. You might meet adult bullies in college, the workplace, in church or other social groups, PTA, sports groups, in your neighborhood or even in your extended family. Through strategic actions, an individual is able to lessen the impact of bullying, which for some is devastating. Marsha Harman was born in Houston, Texas; graduated from Stephen F. Austin High School in Houston, attended Asbury College in Wilmore, Kentucky, for two years before transferring to University of Houston where she graduated with a B.S. in Elementary Education with a minor in Psychology. She taught in Houston I.S.D. and Coldspring-Oakhurst Consolidated I.S.D. She received her M.Ed. in Counseling Education from Sam Houston State University in 1983 and worked for a few years as a school counselor in Coldspring. She obtained her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from University of Houston in 1991. She completed her internship at Montana State University’s Counseling Center in Bozeman, Montana. She briefly worked at Lamar University before moving to Sam Houston State University in 1992 as Assistant Director of Counseling Services. She later had a dual teaching appointment in Curriculum & Instruction and Psychology. In 2000, she became a Professor of Psychology. Currently, she is reassigned to Director of the Professional and Academic Center for Excellence (PACE) and Director of Assessment. January 22, 2012 – James Moore, Pam Johnson, Linda Parks, Beth Williamson, and Marcus Gillespie “The Five Smooth Stones of James Luther Adams”. The stones are A Living Tradition, Freedom in Relations, A Just and Loving Community, Good Works, and Hope for the Future.
 January 29, 2012 – Melissa Templeton “Anthony DeMello”. Fr. Tony de Mello was the director of the Sadhana Institute of Pastoral Counseling near Poona, India. Author of five best-selling books, renowned worldwide for his workshops, retreats, and prayer courses, he aimed simply to teach people how to WAKE UP AND LIVE. People need to wake up, open up their eyes, see what is real, both inside and outside of themselves. The greatest human gift is to be aware, to be in touch with oneself, one's body, mind, feelings, thoughts, sensations. Melissa is a member of the church. She is an LPC/LMFT in private practice, and is adjunct faculty at SHSU.
See the Past Services and Events page for past Thoreau Woods services.
| | RELIGIOUS EDUCATION R.E. for adults meets every Sunday from 9:30 to 10:15 A.M. UUA Tapestry of Faith Adult RE Program Resistance and Transformation: UU Social Justice History Thoreau Woods UU Church Fall 2011 I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one... And from what I see I am sure it bends towards justice. — Theodore Parker 19th-century Unitarian minister and abolitionist
Adult RE Group Covenant: “How We Agree to Be With Each Other” We agree to start and end programs on time; practice respectful dialogue; honor diversity of opinion and approach; preserve participants’ confidentiality if requested; learn from one another in every meeting; and nurture our spirits in a loving and peaceful community. Facilitator contact information: James Moore 936-439-5718 jamesmoore@shsu.edu
DATE and TIME Workshop 1/08 @ 9:30am 15.The Struggle for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Equality
1/15 @ 9:30am 16.Is There More?
1/22 @ 9:30am Workshop 1: Hosea Ballou
1/29 @ 9:30am Workshop 2: William Ellery Channing
2/05 @ 9:30am Workshop 3: Margaret Fuller
2/12 @ 9:30am Workshop 4: George de Benneville
2/19 @ 9:30am Workshop 5: Charles Chauncy
2/26 @ 9:30am Workshop 6: Sophia Lyon Fahs
3/04 @ 9:30am Workshop 7: James Luther Adams
3/11 @ 9:30am Workshop 8: Forrest Church
3/18 @ 9:30am Workshop 9: William F. Schulz
3/25 @ 9:30am Workshop 10: Thandeka R.E. for Youth: September-May Religious Education classes meet every Sunday morning from 9:30 to 10:15 with a class for youth junior high or older (current student population is the 3 Norman boys.) Additional students are welcome. Anne True will teach this class. We may call on others to teach this class. Curriculum guides will be available. Volunteers who would teach the class once a month are encouraged. We are required by UUA guidelines to have 2 adults in every class for children or youth and in every child care situation. The class for the younger children will be held during the Sunday morning service and will include a story and crafts. Beth Williamson will teach this class. We may call on others to teach this class. Curriculum guides will be available. Volunteers who would teach the class once a month are encouraged. We are working on having child care for children of adults who wish to attend the adult religious education class. We could employ two high school or college students for this task. Or we could use two adult volunteers willing to be present at 9:30. Volunteers supervise their play time and may hear the sermon over the loud speaker in the RE room. Please sign up at the name tag table or talk to Beth Williamson at 295-3170.
January 22 - Congregational Meeting - Parking Lot Vote. Directly after service, the congregation will meet to vote on the plan for the church parking lot. The ballot for the congregational meeting will read as follows:
"This vote is to approve the construction of a concrete parking lot as well as financing up to $25,000 through incorporation of the church and granting authority to the president to negotiate such a loan."
This will allow us to pay for a concrete parking lot in the front of the church that will eliminate the problems we have experienced of visitors getting their cars stuck in the mud and having difficulty walking on the uneven terrain. Concrete will cost more than asphalt initially, but because it requires less maintenance, the total cost will be less than asphalt (no sealer cost, weed control, wear,etc.). There is very little, if any, maintenance to be done for concrete. The map for the parking lot plan submitted by the Facility Management Committee is attached. For more information on the process and importance of incorporation for our organization prior to taking out a loan, please visit http://www.ehow.com/how_7190096_incorporate-church-texas_.html
Circle Dinners: You sign up as a participant and indicate which month (or months) most convenient for you to host the dinner in your home. The host/hostess provides the entrée and calls the people assigned to that home to arrange for the rest of the meal. We will plan for January, February, March, and April. Please call Joan Stringer at 291-6009 if you are interested in participating in these fun gatherings.
CHARITY OF THE MONTH We designate a different charity each month. Please make out checks directly to the charity and put in collection plate on Sunday morning. For more information about this month's charity, see the most recent newsletter. January 2012: Board Discretionary Fund
THOREAU WOODS COFFEEHOUSE Saturday, January 21: The next coffehouse will be Lu Mitchell & Catch 23. For details about this concert and for information about future concerts, go to Thoreau Woods Coffeehouse.
CUUPS SCHEDULE
The CUUPS group will meet the first and third Sundays at 2pm for study groups.
FOOD FOR PEACE
In September, Food for Peace was donated to firefighters and fire victims in Walker County. We will continue our social action project of collecting donations of non-perishable food items to be donated to those in need, along with information about compassionate communication. We will be distributing food both to those who are homeless, and those who are not. So donations of food that require no cooking are greatly appreciated. (Granola bars, vienna sausages, bottled water, and peanut butter are just a few suggestions.)
DONATE BLOOD There is a blood drive the 2nd Saturday of each month at Gibbs Elementary (on 19th St.) from 8-4 in the cafeteria. You can give blood in the name of our church. It is under Huntsville Unitarian and the code # is 4130.
PROPOSED NATURE TRAIL To those who would like to work with the Grounds Committee (currently a committee of one—myself!), there will be a work session this Saturday morning at 8:00. The purpose will be to "touch up" the Nature Trail that is a work in progress. It began with Bob Collier going over the circuitous path I laid out with his brush-hog, then considerable hand clearing. Many thanks to Todd Barber of Huntsville Steel (who fabricated the handrails for the Church) for cutting some galvanized steel trail markers. The beginning section of the Trail was more or less obliterated by the construction of the two new houses on Mosley Lane, so some sacks of pine straw or bark mulch would be welcome. I have parceled out those sacks that have been previously brought to the Church—mostly by Dixon Lichtenauer—and can use a lot more. Pine straw prevents weed growth and cuts down on sand tracked into the building. Be sure to bring work gloves if you come, and a simple tool or two (pruning shears, hoe, rake). Paul Culp p.s. I think the current trail is about one-third of a mile. When the weather cools down I plan to extend it into the additional property the Stringers donated.
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