Friday Flash!

The Yard Sale will be held on Saturday, November 9, 2024 from 8 am until 2 pm (this is the new date due to the weather report) at 903 W. Hopkins Street, San Marcos.  There will be refreshments and snacks for the volunteers. You can drop off your refreshments or snacks and leave, or stay and shop,…

Please join the Board of Trustees in the Fellowship Hall at 2:30 pm for the August Board Meeting. Click here for the October Agenda!

Please join us in donating our plat this week to the Lost River Film Festival. It is a long standing tradition in San Marcos to promote local filmmakers! Also join them in a few weeks for this year’s festival on October 17-20th! Every Second Tuesday of the month, San Marcos Unitarian Universalist Fellowship gathers and…

Voices at the Table experimented with showing a movie instead of having a panel or speaker last Sunday. After the movie, the congregation had a short guided review of impactful parts of the documentary, Eating For Tomorrow. There were thoughtful expressions of compassion and appreciation of the film. Thanks to Willow for organizing the event…

Reminder about Book Club this coming Sunday; just click on the zoom link! I’m so excited to discuss this amazing book!  Book: Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David GrannFacilitator: Jeffrey LatimerReview: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/193388249-killers-of-the-flower-moon?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=L8x6nbjN7R&rank=1

Please join the Board of Trustees in the Fellowship Hall at 2:30 pm for the August Board Meeting. Click here for the September Agenda!

BJ Allen, Judy Telford, Rasmey Raymond, Barbara Jacobson served chickpea salad and fruit salad at the Southside Center on Monday September 9. On the second Monday of each month from 4:00-5:00pm, SMUUF Food Healers serve fruit and a main dish, using a recipe from the Universal Meals program, to people who are food-insecure.  Universal Meals recipes avoid the top…

The progressive Caldwell/Hays Examiner (partly run by SMUUF friends Jordan Buckley & Shannon FitzPatrick) invite Caldwell County residents to show up to Commissioners Court on Tuesday morning at 8:30AM (Sept 24) to speak out against an an anti-immigrant Disaster Declaration passed there. Among other things, the resolution falsely states that non-citizens spread disease and commit crimes,…

Please gather with us in Wimberly for the 2024 Wimberly Pride Parade! Remember to wear your Yellow T-shirt or dress up with Pride for the parade! We will gather together between 6 and 6:30 in the Oak Drive Parking Lot; please see this link for more information: Gathering and Parade Information! We will update with…

We will focus on one of the sources of living traditions UU’s share: “Direct experience of that transcending mystery and wonder, affirmed in all cultures, which moves us to a renewal of the spirit and an openness to the forces which create and uphold life.” You are invited to join the conversation, led by Carmen…

We have been officially registered for the 2024 San Marcos Pride parade on September 14th! Join us as we walk or ride with PRIDE! We will gather at the intersection of MLK & LBJ (Gus Famous Chicken Parking Lot) downtown around 9:00 a.m. for the parade which will start at 9:30 a.m.  More details to…

I want to invite you to a good opportunity to help Get Out the Vote(GOTV) in the upcoming November 5 Election!  Our SMUUF Social Justice Team has applied for and received supplies to send postcards to low propensity voters encouraging them to vote.  We are hosting a Postcard Party in the Fellowship Hall after church…

Our Women’s UU Friendship Society (WUUFS) meets in the FCC Conference Room. To kick off PRIDE month, Dr. Erin Flynn, SMUUF Board President, will be presenting “What Makes a Good Ally.” Anyone who self-identifies as a woman is welcome to attend.

Saturday, Sep. 7—River Photo Deadline—12:00 pm As part of our Water Communion next Sunday, you are invited to share your favorite river photo! Just send it to jeffrasco@smuuf.org by noon Saturday for inclusion in our slideshow.

After talking about reproductive freedom, the SMUUF Women’s group (WUUFS) determined to “do something” and write a Letter to the Editor of the San Marcos Daily Record. The letter, published on Sept 1, 2024, was composed by Social Justice Co-Chairs Jeannie Lewis and Shannon FitzPatrick and approved by the SMUUF Board of Trustees. It defines…

Oh No! September is already here and that means BOOK CLUB is starting! So please join us this Sunday, Sept 1st at 9:30 am on the zoom link! We have done no planning for the upcoming year, so we are PLANNING together! Bring books and a desire to plan out this upcoming SMUUF BOOK CLUB year! We…

SMUUF Food Healers served fresh fruit at the Community Health Fair in Lockhart, TX on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024. SMUUF members brought apples and peaches from local farmers as well as delicious bananas and oranges. The uniqueness of this Community Fair was that each table was to bring something for the community in addition to…

Many thanks for our volunteers for  August:  (l-r) Robyn, Lisa, Rebecca, CC, Barbara We served another healthy and filling meal at Southside this month. Comments from some of our patrons included:  On the second Monday of each month from 4:00-5:00pm, SMUUF Food Healers serve fruit and a main dish, using a recipe from the Universal Meals program, to people who…

SMUUF Food Healers will be serving free delicious food at a Community Health Fair at the Dr. Eugene Clark Library, 217 S. Main Street Lockhart, Texas! The Community Health Fair is from 10-1pm on Saturday August 24. We are looking forward to serving! If you would like to help, please contact Rebecca Allen via text…

Please join the Board of Trustees in the Fellowship Hall at 2:30 for the August Board Meeting. Click here for the August Agenda!