Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of San Miguel De Allende

to The Day of UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST The FELLOWSHIP OF SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE Dead. This Do you indigenous holiday understand the NEWSLETTER of Mexico celebrates significance of the the loving calavera as a connection between symbol? Want to The Mission of this Fellowship is to serve the living and our learn more about the spirit as each individual understands departed loved ones Calaveras and it; that is so deeply Mexican folk art? To serve the educational and pastoral missing in Western Find a friend who needs of our own community; culture. celebrates Día de los and to serve our multicultural community Cultural Muertos and ask if appropriation you can join next through actions that further social justice. occurs when the year. In general, dominant culture people are usually Sharing borrows aspects willing to share their Community from minority culture and Happy birthday to cultures outside of knowledge as long Stew Hammer who their intended as you approach it is celebrating NOB. context. So the with respect and an Our sorrow question is, are the open mind. and hope for a “Mexican” and Participation kinder world goes “Sugar Skull” may not give you out to all those costumes cultural rights to a culture, affected by appropriation? but it does give both terrorism. Appropriation There is most perspective and Dorie Beach vs. Appreciation certainly a proper understanding. is forming a new way of going about Remember, group addressing We’ve recently it. If you find context is “grieving”, open to concluded the yourself wanting to everything. If you our fellowship annual Day of the include sugar skulls find yourself still members. Details to Dead festivities and I in artwork , décor or uncertain as to come. find myself costume, but you whether or not Found: black concerned about don’t know how, the something is cultural jacket, label is North how we can first step is to stop appropriation, stay End, size medium. participate without and think. Analyze safe and don’t Right lapel: “Baker falling into the why you want to include it. And above Tilly”. It’s locked in cultural include calaveras. If all, remember this: the storage closet appropriation trap. it’s “Because I want Día de los Muertos is upstairs. Let me begin to show my NOT Mexican by saying it is appreciation for the Halloween. Food for completely natural vibrancy of Mexican As we gear up Thought: that we would find culture.” Please next year to paint Cultural ourselves attracted proceed, but with our faces and create caution. our altars, let us participate in and Pueblito), Local #7. for member input Memories of enjoy the festivities, Stuffed burritos, this year so that you traditional and use this time to potatoes, Weds. can participate in Thanksgiving truly remember Specials are steak or decisions for this celebrations from those who have salmon. Fellowship. The the past may surface preceded us in Long Range with nostalgic death. Day of the Thursday, Planning Committee thought of good Dead provides a November 19, 1:00 wants to hear your times spent with perfect time for us to pm, UU Board thoughts. A family and friends. learn from our Meeting, questionnaire will What could a new neighbors and hosts SmartSpace, Salida a be handed out and vision of gratitude in this country, and Celaya 34. If you discussed after the look like in our to share with them a would like to service so you can imperfect world of human universal: observe, please let tell the board control oriented remembrance and Arlene know so we specifically about people? longing for those can arrange for your dreams and we’ve loved and lost. seating. what you want to Thursday, Nov. 26, -Arlene [email protected] see in the future. UU Thanksgiving m. Dinner, White The board will Lantern Event Calendar of review those Events Sunday, Nov. 22. 12 Center, Organos 19 noon (following recommendations (Barbara Poole’s service) Long and the results will place, Casa de la Tuesday Range Planning be presented to the Noche, same as last Discussion Group, Workshop. members along with year). $150 pesos Nov 17, 10:15 a.m. some demographic and bring a side dish The group will Our bylaws direct information about for 8 to share. Next tackle: Helping the Board to act on our congregation. If week is your last hands: we all try to behalf of the actions are desired chance to purchase a be helpful, but is congregation. As the that require a ticket to this fun well-meaning help Board does so, it membership vote, annual event. We always the right articulates a vision that will be will provide water, thing to do? Have based on what it requested at the punch and coffee to we inquired if help is learns from members next annual drink. If you want really needed? What of the congregation. membership something stronger, things should we The danger is that if meeting. # it’s “byob”. Contact consider as we offer we don’t keep our bobdoupe@wavecab help? Join us for Sunday Service, communication le.com. these meaningful open, some of our Nov. 22. 10:30. Rev. discussions led by Claudia Frost will members can have Thursday, Liz Stone at the unarticulated speak on home of Farley Thanksgiving - the November 27, 1 visions, making p.m. Memorial Wheelwright, #24, progress difficult Rest of the Story. Quinta Loreto Each year at this Service for and preventing the Katharine complex, Loreto 15. board from carrying time many people from the U.S. and Greenhouse. those visions Katharine was a Wednesday, forward. Canada find their November 18, 1:30 thoughts of long time member pm,. La Frontera, We (UUFSMA) will gratitude swirling of our Fellowship Stirling Dickinson be holding another like Autumn leaves and we will honor #28, (Plaza special opportunity blowing in the wind. her memory at Hotel La Mansion all revisions made to input and comments del Bosque on the 2009 original: well prior to that. Aldama 61, 2010, 2011, 2012, directly across 2014 & 2015. I am Music – Our new from Parque being told this will humidifier parts Juarez. be completed have been brought Katharine’s shortly….. to SMA by Bob son William Rivera authorized an Doupe and Diane will come from Care Team – our overdraft of up to Daily. We are most Vienna, Virginia to thanks to all who 10%. At $28 each, grateful for their attend the service. visit, call and plus shipping, the help. Arrangements Jon Sievert will interact with cost of 40 was for its installation preside. Please call members – your approximately are being handled by Roberta La Torre time and caring is $1,100 US. This Liz and Paula. at 154-5218 if you appreciated by those month only there is plan to attend as in need. a 20% discount Nominating we need to know available for orders Committee how many people Circle Cena – will over 20 books. The members – were are coming. resume in December total would then be contacted by the with Susan Baker in $896 for that same Bylaws Task Force Ongoing: charge. number of books. for input into the Women’s If the board question of whether Saturday Breakfast Finance – We have concurs, we can buy or not to make the Group. The received several these out of reserves service term two Women's Breakfast overtures regarding (or buy now and years with rotation Group meets at directed pledges, solicit donations of half the Mama Mia, Umaran that is, pledges to be later). committee each 8, at 9:30 each used only for year. They Saturday morning. specific purposes. Internal Bylaws, unanimously All women The treasurer will be Policies and endorsed that are warmly invited. setting up a Procedures – The procedure. transparent system Task Force met Nov. Men’s Saturday to record what 11 and has Stay in Touch! Breakfast. Meet at comes in and out for forwarded its the Jardín at 9:30 in any specified recommendations to UU YAHOO GROUP front of the funding. the board. There is SITE: Members Parroquia and much to be regularly post decide where to eat. Hymnals - Due to discussed and input updates and growth in to be received. information on this site. We also post President’s attendance we have Although the final a need for more proposed bylaws meeting minutes Report hymnals. Currently must go to the and announcements we have about 60-65 members no later there. Administrative/go available for than March 6 for http://groups.yahoo vernance – Our new services. This their review prior to .com/neo/groups/U notary has decided it expense was not the March 20 UFSMA. is necessary to included in our 2015 meeting, we want to FACEBOOK: “Like” reorganize our budget, but could be distribute the us at: UU Fellowship Articles of met by taking funds document to our of SMA Incorporation again from reserves as our members for their Website: in order to include approved budget www.UUFSMA.Org Mail address: Judith Rosenthal, 2nd Unitarian VP 154-9659 Universalist Fellowship of SMA, [email protected] Apdo 798, San state.edu Miguel de Allende Jane Wilkinson, 37700 Guanajuato, Treasurer 152- Mexico 5024

BOARD OF jane.wilkinson@gma DIRECTORS: il.com We welcome Liz Stone, Secretary your interest and 154- hope to see many 8239 new names on the slate of candidates [email protected] for 2016. Job m descriptions for each Eleanor Goodwin position are 152- available by request 5700 [email protected] m. epgoodwin@hotmail If you are .com interested in Jim Harper running for a 152- particular board 2380. position, please contact nominating Harper672000@yah committee chair, oo.com Cliff DuRand, Jon Sievert global.justice.cliff@g 154- mail.com. 5058

CONTACT LIST: [email protected] Arlene Van Note, m President 154- John Simsarian 8504 154- 4771 [email protected] m jcsimsarian@yahoo. Bob Leonard, 1st VP com 152- Dick Snyder 121- 3120 0612 bleonard1988@gma [email protected] il.com