Recent Sunday Programs

January 31 - "Transforming Belief Into Action" - Pat Pore

February 7 - "Chocolate" -  Ann Isham January 10 - "Banned Books" - Tom Moran

January 17 - "Cuba Libre: An attempt to understand half a century of conflict  between the world's most powerful nation and its most stubborn" - Jerry Buttery

January 24 - "What Do We Really Know About Islam?" - Hina Azam

December 27 - "Conversations With Coyote------God's Dog" -  Tom Camp

December 20 - "Celebrate Light Over Darkness Through Music of Diverse Cultures" - Tom Camp, facilitator:

December 13 - "Islam and Us" -   Rabbi Michael LeBurkien

December 6 -  "Religion and the Formation of Human Nature" - Gary Bennett

November 29 - "Chalice and Cauldron: UUs and Paganism" - Jacob Williamson

November 8  - "Buddha's Teachings and Modern Psychology:  Major Similarities and Differences" - Larry Brownstein

November 15 - "Diversity and Community" - Jim Berry

October 25 - "UUs Negotiating the Local/Global Divide:  Toward Equitable Partnerships" - Jean Davidson

October 18 - "Notable Notes" - facilitated by Judy Muessel

October 4 - "Single-Payer Universal Health Care With Comparison to Other Proposed Reform" - Edward Kopas

 Mr. Kopas is Vice-President of Health Care for All Texas.  After retiring as a sales representative for a large pharmaceutical company, he has been actively involved in speaking about health care reform and "single payer"for     over two years.

October 11 - "Making a Difference in Your Corner of the World" - Clare Wuellner

September 20 - "What Do Twins, Sex, Spotted Hyenas, ADHD and Sexual Orientation Have in Common?" - Dennis McFadden

September 13 - "Texas in Transition: The Last Legislative Session and the Election to Come" - Harvey Kronberg

September 6 - Fall Ingathering and Water Ceremony - Facilitated by Mike Pore

August 30 - "Workers Who Have Inspired Us" - Facilitated by Dallas Calhoun

August 23 - "What the State Board of Education Has Been Up To" - Dr. Lorenzo Sadun

Dr. Sadun is Associate Chair in charge of graduate program, department of mathematics at the University of Texas and was a candidate for Congress in 2004. He worked on political campaigns from 1976 to 2008, including presidential primaries in IA, NH, MA, CT, NV, CA, and TX.

August 16 - "Experiences That Led to Unexpected Outcomes - Part 2"- Tom and Gelya Camp.

August 9 - "Experiences That Led to Unexpected Outcomes"- Tom and Gelya Camp.

Tom and Gelya facilitated tales by members who will tell about experiences which brought about various emotions such as frustration, fear, sadness, great joy, anger, embarrassment, or adventures in travel.

August 2 - "Economic Vignettes From Real Life" - Daniel Hamermesh

Dr. Hamermesh will discuss how economic principles can be found everywhere from popular film to political rhetoric to family dynamics.

July 26 - "Critical Incident Behavior and Law Enforcement" - Detective Greg Lawson

Greg Lawson began his law enforcement career in 1985 as a deputy with the Travis County Sheriff’s Office. He is currently assigned to the Major Crimes Division as a homicide investigator. He is also the author of several books including "The Disorient Express" and "The Carrion."

July 19 - "Resentment and the Willingness to Be Free" - Nate Havlick

July 12 - "What Are You Reading? - Facilitated by Judy Lazarus"

July 5 - "The Texas Black History Project" - Michael Hurd

Michael Hurd is currently co-editor-in-chief for the Texas Black History Preservation Project which is documenting the almost 500-year history of African Americans in Texas.

June 28 - "Moral Dilemmas in Vichy, France" - Michele and Dan Aynesworth

Dan and Michele have been coming to the Fellowship since 1998. Their talk is a result of their respective writing projects and interest in the subject.

June 21 - "What Makes A Good Father" - Facilitated by Kathy Akers

June 14 - "Remarkable Plants of Texas: Uncommon Accounts of Our Common Natives" - Matt Turner

Matt is a naturalist, teacher, and free-lance writer who works at the University of Texas McCombs School of Business. An active member of the Native Plant Society of Texas, he has published both scientific and popular articles on botanical topics.

June 7 - "Existential Philosophy as a Guide to Life" - Dr. Kathleen Higgens

Dr. Higginis is a professor at the University of Texas at Austin. Her main areas of research are 19th and 20th century European philosophy, philosophy of emotions, and aesthetics, particularly musical aesthetics.

May 31 - "How does Carbon Regulation--Cap-and-Trade--affect me?" - Brigid Shea

Brigid Shea is a long-time Austin environmental activist and former City Council member.

May 24 - "This I Believe" - presented by Don Laird, Dana Lehman and Jesse Ruder

May 17 - "Me and J.C." - Steve Brooks

Steve is a poet, protester, songwriter, activist, political satirist, and humorist. He is best-known for writing a song-a-week for Jim Hightower's radio show. He has a song for every occasion from the sublime to the ridiculous. If there's a common thread to his songs, it's that we can change the world when we look at it from a different angle - or from several angles at once.

May 10 - Mother's Day Program

May 3 - "Authority and Leadership" - Brian Ferguson

Brian Ferguson is serving as the ministerial intern for the Live Oak Unitarian Universalist Church in Cedar Park this year. He is a native of Scotland but has lived in California since 1986. Before attending seminary, he earned an Applied Physics degree from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland, and worked for 24 years as an Electronic Design engineer and project manager.

April 26 - "Energy Technologies of the Future" - Michael Webber

Michael is the Associate Director of the Center for International Energy and Environmental Policy in the Jackson School of Geosciences and Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. He is one of the originators of the Pecan Street Project, which is a citywide, multi-institutional effort in Austin to create the utility of the future by the innovation and implementation of smart grids, smart meters, and smart appliances.

April 19 - "From Community Activist to Counsel Member--Her First Year on the Job" - Laura Morrison

Laura was elected to serve as an Austin City Council Member in June of 2008. As a Council Member Laura sits on the City Council’s Emerging Technology and Telecommunications Committee and the Land Use and Transportation Committee. In addition, she represents the City on the Community Action Network Resource Council, the City of Austin/AISD/County Joint Subcommittee and the Capital Area Council of Governments.

April 12 - "Flower Communion & Twenty-Fifth Fellowship Anniversary Celebration"

April 5 - "Family Eldercare and Eldercare Resources" - Joyce Hefner

Joyce Hefner has worked for Family Eldercare since 1996. She is currently the Director of Housing and Community Services.

March 29 - "Celebrating Spring"

March 22 - What Are You Reading? - Group participation

March 15 - "Yoga and Meditation for physical, mental and spiritual health" - Peter Fleury

Peter Fleury is an ordained meditation teacher, he has been studying the spiritual practices of different religions and cultures for many years.

March 8 - "Giant Ice Sheets Threaten Globe?! - Climate change and the Greenland Ice Sheet" - Ginny Catania

Ms. Catania is a glaciologist with the Institute for Geophysics at The University of Texas at Austin, she specializes in understanding ice sheet motion using ice-penetrating radar and GPS.

March 1 - "Notable Notes" - Group participation facilitated by Kathy Akers

February 22 - "Our UU Roots" presented by Mike Poor

February 15 - "Love and Friendship" - Kathy Akers

February 8 - "Darwin's Legacy" - Bassett Maguire

February 1 - "Going Beyond Giving a Person a Fish..." - Michelle Balek

Michelle recently completed graduate studies at World Learning, the School for International Training Institute in Brattleboro, VT. She is currently serving as the Delegations Coordinator for the Foundation for Self-Sufficiency in Central America.

January 25 - "Mindful Gardening" - Toby Bernal

Mr. Bernal is a member of the Buddhist Center.

January 18 - "Conflict Resolution in Iraq" - Rev. Garland Robertson

Reverend Garland Robertson had served as pastor of the Austin Mennonite Church since July 2004. He has repeatedly participated in protests of the current war with Iraq both locally and in Washington, and recently he served a six-week assignment with Christian Peacemaker Teams in northern Iraq.

January 11 - "Are These the End Days?" - Raul Vasquez

January 4 - "Food Democracy: Austin's New Sustainable Food Policy Board" - Marla Camp

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