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MOVE TO AMEND's David Cobb will be presenting a Public Forum on the move to permanently prohibit corporations from receiving benefits of "personhood" which free them to fund candidates and political agendas. Saturday, December 17, 1-3pm, at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Key West, 801 Georgia Street (at Petronia). More information on the link. Please share!

EASTER SUNDAY with an Island Twist . . . At 11am on Sunday, April 24, all the traditional elements of the Easter Story will be here . . . familiar hymns, Christian Scripture readings . . . but with a little Key West twist. What? Come and find out. (actually, it is all there in the story, but usually no one notices).

BENDING TIME and Other Linear Constraints Sunday’s Service at 11am will challenge the way we look at linear systems of all kinds . . . as we remember that religion is the past grand master at challenging linearity. Are we coming full circle as science and religion meet? Come and find out on Sunday, as we explore time, space, and meaning in new (and also old) ways.

SPECIAL CONGREGATIONAL MEETING Sunday, April 17 A Special Congregational Meeting has been called for Sunday, April 17, 2011, at 12:30 pm in the Fellowship Meeting Hall. The full Agenda was mailed directly to all members. A light lunch will be served at noon and child care will be available during the meeting.

Sunday, February 6 -- 11am: UNTO THE CHURCH UNIVERSAL - What We Inherit From Roman Catholicism For centuries, when one spoke of the Christian Church, one meant the Roman Catholic Church, even for those traditions, like ours, which were considered heresy. The subtle interplay of orthodoxy and heresy has meant that we have often inherited desired elements from a traditional we also often tried to deny.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5: "KNOW LESS, WONDER MORE" with the Rev. Kathy Schmitz, minister of the First Unitarian Church of Orlando. 11am. One not to be missed!

Join us on Saturday, December 4, for the Key West Holiday Parade, where once again we will be sharing the message of a "Green Holiday," making our world a better place by tending to our environment. March with us kicking off at 7pm from the line-up area on Virginia Street between White and Jose Marti (Bayview Park), or cheer us on along the route. See you there!

Sunday, November 28 - "LAUGHING OUR WAY TO HEALTH AND HAPPINESS - What Jesus, Buddha, New Genetics, and the Rolling Stones have in common" 11am . . . and who says religion is no laughing matter?

At Thanksgiving 2010 at the Fellowship - what a great time we all had together! Plan to join us in 2011.

From Sunday, November 14th, the video portion of Dr. Becker's sermon

HELP US ALL BUILD THE WORLD WE DREAM ABOUT Our Wednesday workshops exploring how we build a welcoming, inclusive, empowering, multi-cultural world begin tonight (November 10) at 6pm. Join Us!

LAST CHANCE for OKTOBERFEST This Friday, November 12, at 6pm, will be our festive OKTOBERFEST. Surrounding a main dish of wurst und kraut mit schweinflesch will be a variety of side dishes and desserts brought by our attendees. Beverages will freely flow, songs will be sung, and a good time will be had by all. This for only $10 per adult, $3 per child! However, no walk-ins please.

OK - it's Sunday morning, November 7, and if you have set your clocks back an hour you will be right on time!!! Time for what? "REACHING BEYOND SUFFERING - What We Inherit from Buddhism," our 11am service today. Join Us!

Join us tonight (Thursday, November 4) at 8pm for the first of our three-part series on Thanksgiving Movies - movies about appreciation, abundance, redemption. Tonight's movie is "As It Is in Heaven," from Sweden (subtitles) - a story of several persons' searches for fulfillment. See if you can identify the magic Universalist moment in the film!

What a day for our value of "the inherent worth and dignity of every person"! The Florida restrictions which prohibited adoption by gays not only have been overturned by the courts but the state has decided not to appeal. Now, all people are equal to be adopted parents.And a Federal Court has ordered the US military to stop enforcing the "Don't Ask - Don't Tell" edict, again upholding the worth and dignity of everyone.

.Sunday, September 26, join us as Captain Thom Harris shares some of his spiritual journey with us in "Under the Lamp Post" at our 11am service. "I've gotten a preview of his sermon," comments our Minister, Dr. Becker, "and this will be an engaging service not to be missed."

. Two letters about religious acceptance - the first from our friend Mike Mongo, and the second from our minister, Dr. Becker

Some great Unitarian Universalist history, now in the Oval Office.

Join us Sunday morning at 11am on August 22, as Dr. Becker presents "A Religion of Sunshine, Not of Shadows" - a provocative look at the central and essential tenets of Unitarian Universalism. And then at noon we will honor founding member and former Fellowship president, C. Howard Crane, in remembering his life with us and mourn his recent death. All are welcome to join us for both or either of services.