Hello First UU Families & Friends,
I hope your times at First UU this month grant you some peaceful breathing space and cause for joy in the midst of a holiday season that can feel overwhelmingly frantic at times. We started off our holiday observances with the very reflective Advent Spiral, and held classes last week focusing on various aspects of the winter holidays, their rituals and meanings.
This Sunday will see our final classes of 2008, and the following week, Sunday, December 21, the entire congregation is invited to come together in a Sunday morning Celebration of Light. We are seeking 4-6 young people to light candles and take on reading parts of the service. If this could be you or a young person in your life, please let me know.
Finally, a reminder that the Mitten Tree is open for additional donations through December. Please bring, as you are willing and able, winter clothing or blankets that are in good condition and can go on or under the tree - mittens, hats, jackets, etc. These items will be donated at the beginning of January to local folks in need of them.
Thanks and see you at church!
Coleen Murphy
Director of Religious Education
First Unitarian Universalist Church of New Orleans
re@firstuuno.org
