Inspire WINTER 2020 THE QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER OF FIRST UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF SAN ANTONIO INSPIRE
[email protected] CONTENTS Check us out on Facebook & Twitter Who Are We and What Do We Aspire To? 2 @FirstUUChurchSA Who Loves the Dark 3 EDITORS Trust Fund for Endowments 4 Mary Wright Protecting the Results 5 Amanda White People of the Land Series: 6 CONTRIBUTORS Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe of Texas Rev. Mark Skrabacz Election 2020: First UU SA Gets Out the Vote 7 Amanda White Rainbow Inclusion Happenings 9 Roy Ellzey Autumn Activities 10 Arlis Olson Jan Realini The Energy Innovation & Carbon Dividend Act 11 Linda Nash (EICDA, H.R. 763) Mary Barad Congregation Approves EIDL & PPP Loans 12 Diane Duesterhoeft First UU Hosts Drive Through Petition 13 Carol Collins th Sheri Phillabaum 75 Anniversary mUUsic Festival 15 Dorothy Wallace Black Healing Circle 16 Mary Wright Celestial Celebrations Circle 17 Sylvia Wheeler Glenna Jones-Kachtik Youth Religious Education 18 Diane Carl Adult Religious Education 18 Pam Illar Community Responsibility Endowment Fund 19 Facilities Update 19 Believing In Nothing 21 Harvesting the Co-Op of Love 23 Inspire is a publication of First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Antonio. We welcome submissions of original articles, short stories, or poetry that encompass a UU theme. All submissions become the property of First UU. Publication of submissions is not guaranteed and is at the discretion of the editor. Send submissions to
[email protected]. Who Are We and What Do We Aspire To? by Rev. Mark Skrabacz George Washington Carver said “Where there is Our Vision is firmly grounded in our Seven Principles, no vision, there is no hope.” With a vision we create and when we tell stories of what the world will be like concrete, compelling, shared images, and give ourselves when we make it so, we create our identity.