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Invitation to Volunteer

An Invitation to UUCOC Friends and Families:

Are you a NEW dad? Have you recently become a SURROGATE or FOSTER dad? Are you negotiating a new role as a GRANDFATHER, or anticipating becoming a FATHER yourself? Do you have “DAD WISDOM” to share with other fathers?

Reverend Marcia Shannon is looking for four or five [...]

2nd Annual Pancake Breakfast This Saturday

A Reminder – This Saturday! 7:00am – 11:00am
Our 2nd Annual Pancake Breakfast
Police, Firefighters, EMTs and their families Eat Free!

Everyone else: All you can eat for $5.00!
Please R.S.V.P and let us know if you’re coming for breakfast.

(We need to let our volunteers know how many to expect.)

YOUR GREEN TIP

Some of you may have seen the “Popcorn” YouTube video which shows teens popping popcorn by pointing their ringing cell phones toward unpopped kernals. It horrified me! I had been reading on www.Mercola.com how Dr. Mercola believes cell phones are dangerous. He suggests you do not sit with your cell phone [...]

Annual NTAUUS Awards Luncheon

Hello all! This is Raven, your newly volunteered NTAUUS rep. Wanted to let you know/remind you of the:

NORTH TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SOCIETIES
Spring Luncheon

March 27, 2010
First Unitarian Dallas, 4015 Normandy Avenue, Dallas, TX 75205-1750
Social Hour, 12.30, Lunch at 1.00 p.m.
Tickets are only $10 and are purchased from your Churchʼs NTAUUS board member.
Parking – There [...]

Sometimes Standing on the Side of Love involves Marching in a Parade

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On Sunday, February 7th, several members of the UUCOC family Stood on the Side of Love by marching in a parade. Despite the cold and the rain, they brought our values and our campaign to the streets of our city.

A round of applause, please, for this [...]

Planned Parenthood Volunteer Night

Planned Parenthood of North Texas will hold Volunteer Night on Feb. 24 6-7:30 pm in their Dallas and Ft. Worth offices. For details and to RSVP: http://www.ppaction.org/ppntx/events/Dallas_Volunteer_Night/details.tcl

Tell CBS: Don’t air anti-abortion Super Bowl ad

The broadcast networks that air the Super Bowl have historically rejected advocacy ads. Yet CBS, which is airing the Super Bowl this year, has accepted an anti-choice ad by the ultra-conservative group Focus on the Family.

Focus on the Family’s “celebrate life” (read: anti-choice) ad features Heisman Trophy-winning college football star Tim Tebow. And CBS [...]

In Memory of Rev. Suzanne Meyer

We have learned of Rev. Meyer’s last wishes:

“Suzanne asked that her friends send donations to the Cheyenne church, her final tour of duty, because the fellowship supported her tirelessly with food, rides, companionship, animal care, hand-holding, and love during her final months. Though she had served them relatively briefly, this church stepped up with [...]

UUA & UUSC Launch Joint Relief Fund for Haiti

From the UUSC website:

Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, was devastated by a major earthquake around 5 p.m. Eastern Time on January 12. UUSC and the Unitarian Universalist Association have launched a joint earthquake relief fund to help the survivors.

Most people in the capital spent the night outdoors, without shelter, or joined those frantically digging in [...]

UUCOC Winter Coat Drive

It’s time again dear friends, for our annual winter coat drive!  I’d like to ask each of you to take a moment to consider the following:

According to the Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance (MDHA, 2008), in their annual “Point in Time” homeless census count, in 2008 there were 5,869 homless persons counted, which was [...]