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This Sunday: Last summer the Anchorage Assembly faced one of it’s most controversial issues—whether to ban discrimination in the city based on sexual orientation. Assembly member Harriet Drummond will speak about her experience. Lay Leader, Mike Walleri. Speaker, Harriet Drummond. Accompanist, Vera Alexander.

After the service (12:30) there will be a “Community Conversation” on GLT issues and development of an action agenda. A light lunch will be provided. Potluck items appreciated.

This very simple, but very important weekly task needs a new volunteer. We need someone to water the indoor plants and perform the minor maintenance necessary to keep our sanctuary and foyer
adorned with healthy green, living plants. The plants need weekly watering and occasional trimming of dead leaves. Sharing is fine too — find another UUFFer who can alternate Sundays with you or just add to the fun. If you are interested, please contact Anna Plager or Suzanne Osborn, who helps with this task.

COMMITTEE CHAIR NEEDED FOR BUILDING INTERIOR: Anna Plager will step down as Interiors Committee Chair at the end of December 2009. There is a 2-page activity guide for the Interiors Committee that can be used or revised by the incoming committee chair. Read More »

Treasurer Julia Stewart is looking for someone who is willing to become treasurer next year. We have an accountant for the computer work. The treasurer must keep track of cash flow through the accounts and help plan the budget and chair the finance company. It requires 3-4 hours a week. If you think you could help, contact Julia in the office after services or contact us by email.

Green Sanctuary resumes. That’s re-zooms, not reh-zoo-mays, in case you were wondering.  With the upcoming world-wide attention on October 24th, 350 Day (see www.350.org), it reminds us that we have no time to waste.  The Green Sanctuary Committee will reconvene for their first meeting of the season on Thursday, October 29th, at Gulliver’s Second Story Cafe back room at 11:30 AM.  We welcome new, interested planet-lovers to join us for a strategy-storming session on how to kick-off our UUFF efforts this winter. Read More »

UUFF has signed up to answer phones at KUAC on Saturday, October 24, from 7:00 to 10:00 am. (Note: That’s the 2nd weekend of the pledge drive.) We’ll be looking for 4 people to take pledge calls. Contact us if you are interested. We’ll send a confirmation email in return with more information.

Sunday, October 4th at noon is the end of the current silent auction. The October table will feature tableware, baskets, etc. If you have anything to contribute, please bring it into the office. November’s table will feature jewelry. We thought it would be a good pre-holiday gift finding offering.

Bring your treasures to sell for hard cash or bring your hard cash to trade for treasures. Come one and all to the Super-Dooper Garage Sale and UUFF fundraiser for UUFF exteriors projects this Saturday the 8th & Sunday the 9th, from 10 AM to 4 PM each day. The sale will be held at Anna Plager’s house at the top of Dalton Trail, just north of UAF. You can drop off sale items to donate or you can donate a percentage of your items’ sale price. Please help with the sale if you can. All volunteers are welcome.

An Amazon Kindle e-book reader, an 11′ x 7′ braided rug, a red fleece blanket, a silver candelabra, a book of the collected works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: We are setting up a new silent auction table. It is part of our fund raising effort. It also promotes our stated objective of being a greener community and recycling. If we receive too many items for one table, we’ll hold them for next month. If you have something to contribute, bring it to the office on Sunday. We’d also like to do a large garage sale/recycle sale. Any volunteers to help organize it? Contact Julia Stewart.