Help Light up the Night at our Annual Auction, scheduled for Saturday, November 22, at 6:00 PM. We selected The Wedding Party as this year’s charity recipient. The Wedding Party (www.theweddingparty.org) is an organization that is dedicated to legalizing same-sex marriage and closely aligns with the activism at Fourth U.
The final ingredient needed to make this evening a success is you — ALL OF YOU. Please come and lend us your support – and have a really fun evening.
Click here for the invitation and RSVP form
If you cannot attend, please show your support by making a donation to the Auction Benefit. You can fax this form to 212-579-6375 or submit it by e-mail to 4thuauction@4thu.org.
For more information on any aspect of the auction, you can email Liz Wolfe at lwolfe@wintecgroup.com or call her at 646.334.9427.
In order to better serve the community at Fourth U, we would like to ask people to volunteer to be a Greeter/Usher. Please contact Joe Tigner at jctbay17@aol.com if you would like more information.
The Best Friends Animal Society received $50.00 in contributions from members of Fourth U who made donations on 9/28. Best Friends is the largest nonprofit animal rescue and welfare organization in the U.S., finding new homes for animals deemed “unadoptable” by other shelter organizations. UUs have heart!
Please join us for an auction meeting to be held on Sunday, October 5, at 12:45 PM right after the service. Be part of the social event of the season! Come to hear about all our fabulous plans for this year’s auction and meet a representative from The Wedding Party, this year’s charity recipient (www.theweddingparty.org). We’d love your help with donations, event planning and many other facets of this important fundraising event. Snacks provided. Questions? Please contact Alison Davy at divadavy2003@yahoo.com or 917.439.6160.
Three opportunities for spiritual reflection are available this fall at Fourth U, in workshops led by our senior and affiliated ministers that will begin in October. The one-time fee for each series is $15, and preregistration is encouraged; just phone our office and speak to Alex at ext. 21 to let him know which series you plan to attend. Sign up sheets will also be available in the back of the Church during services; alternatively, email office@4thu.org to reserve space.
1) On Sunday afternoons each week, beginning at 1 p.m. on Oct. 5, The Rev. Jennifer Pader will offer an all-new participatory adult workshop adapted for UUs from The Virtues Project In weekly workshops, participants will use sharing circles to talk about and do exercises based on such virtues as idealism, joyfulness, kindness, integrity, trustworthiness and others. A variety of faith traditions will be used to inform our own growth as UUs.
2) On the second Thursday of each month beginning at 6:30 p.m., on Oct. 9, The Rev. Rosemary Bray McNatt will offer a monthly series of readings on “The Spirituality of Leadership.” In this cumulative series on spiritual growth, we will explore what it means to be a Unitarian Universalist leader. The goal is to provide a welcoming and thoughtful place for congregational leaders to develop their awareness of themselves as spiritual people who hold the privilege of leadership. These monthly gatherings are limited to committee chairs, MAC members, and members of the Board of Trustees.
3) On the third Thursday of each month beginning at 6:30 p.m., on Oct. 16, The Rev. Jill Bowden will offer a time of readings and reflections on “The Leadership of Spirituality.” In this cumulative series on spiritual growth, we will explore what it means to be a Unitarian Universalist every day. The social issues of our time, and the conscious commitment toward change challenge us all to live our truth, to stand together in faith and in love. But our faith is hollow if we fail to live our beliefs. The group will explore the question: What can one person do?
