Friday Flash!

Hospitality, connection, and community are at the heart of both San Marcos Unitarian Universalist Fellowship and AFS-USA. By welcoming an exchange student into your home, you have the chance to share daily life, build lifelong connections, and live out the values of compassion and service. Whether for a semester or a school year, hosting is…

UU members and friends are welcome to attend the monthly Pet Loss Support group once or many times. The first Wednesday of each month on Zoom.  Email Reverend Ellevan at relleven@gmail.com. If you are interested in joining a UUAM group, please let Rebecca know by texting 512-787-8390 

Find out more about how amazing chickens are. For example, chickens protect their young, recognize people, they dream, they have better color vision than humans, and they have a large array of sounds to communicate with each other.  All creatures deserve fundamental respect, and the chicken is no exception. Our UU friend Kaitlyn said, “As…

Food Healers served Burrito Bowls and fruit on Monday, April 14th, at the Southside Center in San Marcos for food-insecure people. They loved it, and we loved them. Servers from SMUUF Food Healers in April were Lisa Cradit, Rebecca Allen, Rasmey Raymond, Judy Telford, and Barbara Jacobson. Several of the patrons asked about Unitarian Universalism…

Join us in collaborating and coordinating our actions so we all get better at what we do.  V-COP21: Vegan Convergence of the Peoples #21 – How to Make Big Change Happen.  Register here by Friday, 8 pm Central: http://ClimateHealers.org/v-cop Be a part of the change – transitioning from a world of normalized violence to a…

SMUUF’s Environmental/Animal Justice Small Group had a table at this past weekend’s Earth Day San Marcos! People asked us for recipes and talked about their current journeys of moving toward veganism. We enjoyed seeing the UUs who also dropped by. Photo left to right: Willow, Sophia, Becky, Rafael, Michael, and Anne.

VEGAN Convergence Of the Peoples #21, will met on Zoom and its Free, we have speakers on Making BIG things Happen! Register here and join us when we can. Each year more and more UUs attend! There are panels and keynote speakers, activists and authors, including Clare Mann, Jane Velez-Mitchell, Dr. K. V. Rangan, Dr.…

SMUUF’s Membership & Caring Committee, will offer Visitor Brochures for those interesting in attending a SMUUF service. To entice people over to our table, we will offer used books for sale at $3 each or 2/$5. All proceeds will be donated to SMUUF general fund. If you have any books to donate, please drop them…

We will discuss recent events and topics. Some of us attended and will attend the following. We hope you join us! 1)      Forks to Forest- UUAM- happened this week. 2)      Our booth at Earth Day San Marcos, Saturday April  19, from 10-4pm 3)      Upcoming Vegan Convergence (V-COP21 ) April…

Free Admission EARTHDAY.MEADOWSWATER.ORG The SMUUF Environmental Justice Small Group will have a booth at the Earth Day Fest on Saturday, April 19 at the Meadows Center for Water and the Environment at Spring Lake in San Marcos. The event will feature Educational & Recreational Opportunities for all ages, live music, food (including plant based), vendors…

Food Healers had a wonderful day serving Unity Stew and apples on Monday, March 10th, at the Southside Center in San Marcos for people who are food-insecure. The patrons loved it, and we loved them. The servers from SMUUF Food Healers in March were Rasmey Raymond, Willow, Judy Telford, and Barbara Jacobson. Also pictured are JJ…

Join the SMUUF Environmental Small Group in the Conference Room starting between 3 and 4 pm, after services and social hour, for a lively 45-minute presentation on “From Fork to Forest” (by UUAM) via a zoom meeting this coming Sunday 4/13. Hope to see you there!

Please join us for our book discussion on Sunday, March 9 on Zoom at 9:30 am in the SMUUF Zoom room on Of Blood and Sweat: Black Lives and the Making of White Power and Wealth by Clyde W. Ford. This is an incredible book and really can broaden our understanding of US history.

Please welcome Patricia (Trish) Passno to our congregation as our new Admin! She comes to us with years of experience working successfully setting up and running offices for a variety of different types of businesses. We are excited to have her join us to give everyone a point of contact to help streamline all forms…

We are planning a New Member Welcoming Ceremony for our Worship Service March 30.  According to our bylaws, “any person 14 years of age or older who is in sympathy with the principles of Unitarian Universalism and the purpose of this Fellowship, signs the membership book, and makes an annual contribution of record may become…

Food Healers  served Unity Stew and fruit on Monday March 10 at the Southside Center in San Marcos for people who are food-insecure. They loved it and we loved them. Servers from SMUUF Food Healers this week were Rasmey Raymond, Willow, Judy Telford, and Barbara Jacobson. Also pictured are JJ and James. On the second…

Three new science papers in prestigious journals point to animal agriculture as the number one cause of climate change. This means together we can stave off or reverse climate change depending on our will and perseverance. Join us March 16,  Sunday at 9:30 am on SMUUF Zoom to read a letter to the IPCC by Dr.…

UBarU is the only UUA-affiliated camp/retreat center in the South Central US and it’s located 20 miles NW of Kerrville.  Below are a few upcoming events; look for more details and registration at UBarU.org.

We had an amazing talk from one of our own members, Lynn Greene-Rooks this past Sunday! See this presentation link to review “Navigating the Overwhelm to Reclaim our Peace and Power”.