Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009, 6:00 – 10:00 PM

Ahoy mateys!! The auction steering committee is already hard at work planning the 4th annual auction gala. Anyone who wants to be involved in helping with the event should contact Jeanne Martinet at Jeanne@Jeannemartinet.com or Liz Wolfe at lwolfe@wintecgroup.com.

Now is the time for you to begin soliciting donations from your neighborhood businesses, professional contacts, and your friends and family to help us make this a bountiful, spectacular night for 4th U. Some ideas for donations include: restaurant certificates; tickets to performances of all kinds - theatre, ballet, music, sports, etc; a week or weekend in a vacation home, valuable artifacts, sports memorabilia, new designerwear, fine jewelry, gift certificates, gift baskets, or any items from your own personal treasure chest.

Let’s hoist the sails high for this year’s event!

The sessions will meet on the following Thursday nights at 7:00 pm: June 25, July 9 and 23, Aug. 13 and 27, and will end Sept. 10.  Each session will last an hour and a half, participants must agree to miss no more than one circle and to read all materials in advance. The Heart to Heart books will be available for loan or purchase from Fourth U. Come enter the circle of listening and sharing.

Is God Great? There are three ways people perceive God:

1) as an illusion
2) as a metaphor
3) as reality
The clash of the world’s religions is a greater threat to society than ever, and this discussion will present a
positive way to deal with this challenge. It will include a discussion of the determining role that the Jesus
symbol plays in the Western civilization.

Rev. Joseph Ben-David who wrote a not yet published path breaking essay on this important subject will be the speaker and moderator of the meeting. He is a life-long humanist Unitarian and human rights activist.
Please join us. All are welcome.
Information: 212-877-5662.
Email: HumFriend@aol.com
Web site: Churchofhumanism.org
On YOUTUBE put in search the words: Ben-David Humanist

Join co-leaders Rev. Beth Putnam, Fourth U Affiliate  Community Minister, and Tom McGuinness, Fourth U Music Director, for brief services of reflection built around music, poetry and silence offered one Wednesday a month at 7:00 p.m. at Fourth U.

Each month will focus on a different spiritual tradition.  Here are the topics for this summer:

• June 17th – Earth-based traditions can connect us to a sense of our place in time and space, especially by focusing our attention on the changes in the world around us. The Summer Solstice celebrates the beginning of summer, come celebrate with chants and reflection.
• July 15th- In many Buddhist traditions, sitting meditation combines chant meditation and silent meditation to expand each participant’s consciousness of themselves and their connection to the world. Come share an evening of mantra chanting and silent meditation with others.
• August 19th- Summer is time when many of us explore nature, come explore nature inside our own heads at Refresh and Revive. This nature meditation will combine simple songs with the poetry of Mary Oliver and times of silence.