The Flame
published Thursday, August 21, 2008

The Church and Center will be closed to all Member and guest activities for
Maintenance Week, August 25 through August 30.

Bernell: Something About Assumptions
Sunday, August 24 at 11 am in the Church Sanctuary
service conducted by Rev. Dr. Gordon Gibson

Many years ago I had an experience that hammered home to me just how wrong I could be when I relied too securely on assumptions.

This Sunday you will get to hear about that experience, but you will also hear a challenge to some of the assumptions we sometimes make about ourselves as Unitarian Universalists.

— Rev. Gordon Gibson

Summer Art Celebration
Meet at the Church 10 am Sunday
Mandala created during the summer
program
from Betty Skwarek, Acting Director of Religious Education

The Religious Education program will celebrate Summer Art's last session this Sunday. Participants will reflect on what they have accomplished together.

The photograph above is of the mandala created during the summer. It is now complete and is hanging in the Seed gallery at the Thoreau Center in the Presidio.

Good and Welfare
Our condolences and loving thoughts go to Thad and Lucy Smith on the death of Thad's mother, Ruth Griffin Smith, who passed away Tuesday evening at the age of 87. She had been in a rest home in El Cerrito, and Thad and Lucy were closely involved with her care for many years.

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Words to Live By

During last week's worship service Christine Patch-Lindsay spoke of prophecy and words.

She shares all of the words of her credo online.

phone: 415 776-4580

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