(Previously Prime Time Lunch)

Join us for our annual Thanksgiving Lunch for our over 70 crowd. We will have music and great food from Pok-e-jo's Smokehouse and great time for fellowship.

Wear some working clothes to worship! After worship, everyone is invited to join staff and Trustees for a church-wide workday after worship.

We'll meet in the Fellowship Hall following worship for a quick brown-bag lunch and to hear more about the various work areas. There will be indoor and outdoor projects for persons of all ages and capabilities to participate.

Our last workday was a great success and we appreciate all who are able to come and join us as tend to the building and campus ahead of the beautiful and busy Advent and Christmas season. Bring your own simple lunch. Drinks will be provided.

Join Jillian and Natasha in the Fellowship Hall for lunch and fellowship! We'll work on cleaning, painting and spiffying up the courtyard to make it as lovely as possible. Please bring lunch and clothes to get dirty! Pickup at the church at 2:30!

Questions? Contact Jillian at jillian@uumc.org or Natasha at natasha@uumc.org

Sundays
November 17 - December 1

Pastor Earl will be leading a three-week Sunday School class for those interested in learning more about Methodist beliefs and The United Methodist Church. The class will meet during the Sunday School hour from 9:45-10:45 in the Fellowship Hall.

The Caregivers Support Group will meet via Zoom on the Second Tuesday of each month at 6:30 pm. It is a safe place for persons to gather and share confidentially about the joys and challenges of caregiving.

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Megan and Earl will lead a "Power of Planning" seminar during the Sunday School hour on November 10. This seminar is an opportunity for persons to gain information that can assist in end of life care decisions as well as memorial/funeral service planning. A few take-home resources will be provided and the time together will include the presentation of materials as well as time to visit with others at your table. Members of The UUMC Foundation will also provide information about opportunities to give to The Foundation.

Youth parents, come hang out by the fire in the Ulack's backyard. Bring your favorite beverage or nibble or just bring yourselves. Looking forward to a kid-free catch-up & getting to know you.

Questions? Contact Natasha at natasha@uumc.org!

An Election Connection Event!

Join us for a community dinner! This day of community building is an opportunity for us to connect, lean on one another, enjoy some fun and to remind one another that God is with us as we await election results.

We’ll have some soup and baked potatoes for dinner, and invite you to bring a side to share. After dinner, we’ll divide up into teams (making sure we have people from every generation on each team) and answer trivia questions!

We’d love to see you there!

An Election Connection Event!

Join us for a free yoga class in the chapel. This gentle yoga class is open to all ages and all levels of experience. Participants are encouraged to bring a towel or yoga mat, but not necessary. The main thing is to bring yourself and an openness to this experience that promises to ground us and center us on this momentous day.

Chris Leigh P. has been teaching hatha yoga for almost a decade and is one of Pastor Teresa’s favorite yoga instructors at Flow Yoga here in Austin. Chris received her Hatha teaching certification under the guidance of her beloved teacher Sat Nam Joti Kaur Khalsi at the Blue Cypress School of Holism in Wimberley Texas.

Join us for an intergenerational day of fellowship on Election Day, Tuesday November 5. Doors open at 11 am and we'll be here through the evening with cut off time for children and youth at 8 pm. This come-and-go day of community building is an opportunity for us to connect, lean on one another, enjoy some fun and to remind one another that God is with us as we await election results.

Schedule

11 am - Make Your Own Pizza Lunch
1 pm - Yoga with Chris Leigh Parker
2-6 pm - Crafts, Games and More!
6 pm - Community Dinner
7 pm - All Generations Trivia

Any questions? Contact AV at alicia@uumc.org or Natasha at natasha@uumc.org!

Join Natasha and Jillian right after church in the Fellowship Hall to eat lunch before we head to our host's house for our annual Olympic games. Tweens vs. youth- we'll see who wins this year! Please bring lunch and play clothes. Pickup is 2:30 at the church!

We will observe All Saints Sunday on November 3 at 11am in the sanctuary with a special worship service. The Congregational Church of Austin will join us for a worship service including a lighting of candles for All Saints’ Sunday and the Brahms Requiem. We anticipate the service being 90 minutes to 2 hours. Due to the length of the requiem, we will celebrate Communion on November 10.

Under the direction of A. Villareal, the UUMC Sanctuary Choir accompanied by Dr. Eun Joo Fierro, other guest musicians and the Congregational Church of Austin Choir will present the Brahms Requiem. The Brahms’ Requiem is a renowned work, composed by Johannes Brahms during a time of personal grief to provide comfort and peace to others experiencing grief and loss. 

On November 3rd we will present Johannes Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem) as an integral part of our All Saints Service. This masterwork of the Romantic era features texts that Brahms himself selected from Luther’s translation of the Bible. The language was chosen for its accessibility to German congregations- deviating meaningfully from the Latin (Catholic) requiems. The opening line- “Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted” can serve as a succinct representation of the intention of the work: to comfort. Brahms began work on the requiem in 1857, a year after his friend Robert Schumann died. His mother Christiane passed away in 1865, and the work was completed in the summer of 1866. Many colleagues and conductors gave him guidance and feedback along this journey, including Clara Schumann.

Throughout the piece we meditate on the fleeting but meaningful qualities of life, the pain of loss in death, and the certainty of God comforting us both when we mourn, and when we die. We pass away, but the word of the Lord remains. And when we rest from our labors, our works follow after us. Together on November 3rd, amidst the lighting of candles and the voicing of names of those we have lost this year, we will have the opportunity to experience the breadth of emotions present in grief, and we will conclude with a reminder that there is great comfort to be found.

Choir: UUMC Sanctuary Choir and the Congregational Church of Austin Choir

Accompanists: Dr. Eun Joo Fierro

Conductor: A. Villarreal

Treat your kids fifth grade and under to a fun night out with friends at UUMC! We'll always have crafts, recreation, STEM, pizza, movie and dessert. This month our theme is All Saints/Dia De Los Muertos!

PNO is the perfect time to do something fun by yourselves or join other parents for community time together. We can't wait to see you there!

Questions? Contact Jillian!

Register Here by October 31

Can’t make it in November? We’ll have a couple more in February & May!

In this chaotic and polarizing presidential election season, it can be hard to discern a way forward. Rhetoric escalates into shouting. Disagreements degenerate into fights. Sometimes Christian voices in these disputes seem to be not very Christian. How does our faith have an impact on our voice and vote? Should it have an impact? This Lunch and Learn, lead by Dr. David Jensen, will focus on the variety of ways Christians can engage in politics and suggest some ways of navigating disagreements in our broader society.

Questions? Contact Pastor Earl at PastorEarl@uumc.org

About Dr. David Jensen

A professor at Austin Seminary, Dr. David Jensen’s teaching and research focus on Reformed theology, interfaith dialogue, and the interconnections between Christian theology and daily life. He received an MAR from Yale Divinity School in 1994 and a PhD in theology from Vanderbilt University in 1999. Dr. Jensen is also the editor of “Compass,” a book series that encourages theological reflection on everyday practices.

We’ll conclude our Stewardship season on October 20 by giving thanks for the life of UUMC and our ministries during worship. After worship, all are invited to a Stewardship Lunch catered by various microloan recipients “food truck” style lunch – we’ll have Sonoran Hotdogs, Tamales of multiple flavors, cakes and more. Everyone’s invited!

Join us for our annual Fall Festival in the Courtyard and Fellowship Hall! We have fun planned for everyone. There will be games, photo booth, and all kinds of yummy food! Wear your costume to church and then head to the Fellowship Hall for Stewardship lunch from T Locs. Looking forward to celebrating the Fall season with you!

EVERYONE is welcome to join Ray Williams and Melissa Wigginton in the chapel every Sunday October 20 - November 24.

This brilliant pair will coach you through telling wonderful, descriptive and engaging Bible stories. This is a safe place to learn new skills and make a new intergenerational friend. We’re thrilled that Ray and Melissa are up for teaching this class again and we look forward to seeing all of you there.

Questions? Contact Jillian!

Do you enjoy reading, listening to, or writing poetry? Check out UUMC's poetry group! They meet on the third Tuesday of every month at 7 PM. We'll rotate meeting locations around the area (usually homes). Gatherings usually entail everyone bringing a couple of poems that they want to share aloud. The poems can be your own, old faithfuls from your favorite poets, or newly-discovered pieces.

Reach out to Lauren Hanks for more info: laurennicolehanks@gmail.com.

What can we do, and how should we live as Christians in this season of political battles? Let us get together and talk about the topics of faith and politics (the politics of Jesus, church and state, democracy and Christian faith, and more) as the presidential election approaches.

This class will run through the Tuesday after the election, where we search for ways to process and find home, regardless of the outcome.

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Treat your kids fifth grade and under to a fun night out with friends at UUMC! We'll always have crafts, recreation, STEM, pizza, movie and dessert. This month our theme is Halloween!

PNO is the perfect time to do something fun by yourselves or join other parents for community time together. We can't wait to see you there!

Questions? Contact Jillian!

Register Here by October 10

Can’t make it in October? We’ll have one last PNO in November before the end of the year!

No school! Drop your tween (4th-5th grd) and youth off at the church. We will head to Barton Springs to learn all about our beloved natural springs and how to protect it. Then, we'll have some swim/ fun time before heading back to the church. Pickup at 4pm!

Questions? Contact Jillian or Natasha!

All are invited to an information session led by Finance Chair John Bridges and other members of the Finance Committee. We'll meet during the Sunday School hour in the Fellowship Hall for a time of hearing updates, goal sharing, and discussion.

This 5th Sunday offering comes at the start of our 2024 Stewardship Season, “People of Possibility”

University UMC and other churches in the university area are collaborating on a Habitat for Humanity house-building project. As a partnering church, we are contributing $5,000 to the project, and our August and September communion altar rail offerings will assist us in raising the necessary funds. We are excited about this opportunity to be in mission and ministry together! Stay posted for more details, and let Pastor Earl know if you are interested in being a part of the building day and/or if you have any questions.

Questions? Ready to sign up to build? Contact Pastor Earl.

Come join us in a time of Queer Fellowship! We will break bread together, share our joys and concerns, and enjoy each others company.

All youth and tweens (4th-5th grade) meet Jillian and Natasha in the Fellowship Hall. We'll gather to eat lunch and catch up, then we'll work together to make dinner and care packages for our college kids! Please bring lunch. Pickup is 2:30pm at the church!

Questions? Contact Jillian or Natasha!

Kiddos are welcome to join our worship team. All are welcome to join Mx. AV during Sunday School to learn a song for the service. We will be lead by children of all ages in worship and 2nd graders will be presented with their bibles, so save the date! Tween Time to follow!

Questions? Contact Jillian!

Join us as we conclude our sermon series "Numbering Our Days" with a worship service including a Commitment to Service moment.

In recent weeks, sermons have been inspired by Psalm 90 which reads, "Teach us to number our days, that we might have a heart of wisdom." A life of faith can help us be intentional about spending our time in ways that foster joy and peace. And as members of a faith community, we make commitments to God and to one another about giving of our time and talent for the work of the church.

This Sunday in worship we will have an opportunity to complete a "Commitment to Service" card with a few specific areas of need in the church listed. We are grateful for the many ways you give from sorting Fig Leaf closet clothes to teaching Sunday School, from cooking for church events to setting up the altar on communion Sundays. And we celebrate how each might be led to volunteer in ways old and/or new.

Treat your kids fifth grade and under to a fun night out with friends at UUMC! We'll always have crafts, recreation, STEM, pizza, movie and dessert. This month our theme is Olympics!

PNO is the perfect time to do something fun by yourselves or join other parents for community time together. We can't wait to see you there!

Questions? Contact Jillian!

Register Here by September 5

Can’t make it in September? We’ll also have PNOs in October and November this year!

Join us Thursday morning at 10 a.m. for a time of good conversation

Each class will begin with the sharing of a short story, and then spending some time breaking down text and discussing the lessons each of these stories leaves with us.

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