March 25, 2011

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San DieguitoPhoto. First Church in Hillcrest will be the site of an all day symposium on April 2 called Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream.

Palomar Concert. The Musicians and Singers Concert is an annual event you won't want to miss this Sunday (March 27) beginning at 1 p.m. at Palomar UU Fellowship (PUUF) in Vista. Proceeds will go to support the music program at PUUF.

With Fantasy to Nonsense songs, this year's program should please young and old alike. The Fellowship Ensemble will perform sweeping fantasies of sound. Singers—soloists, duos and groups—plus dazzling dancers are bound to entertain everyone. The concert is choreographed and directed by Kimberly Lilley and accompanied by pianists/keyboardists Caroline Celia and Deanna Pierson.

Advance adult tickets are $9.00, with $10.00 charged at the door. Tickets for non-performing children 6-16 are $5.00 with no charge for younger children.

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Breaking News
UUFSD Auction. The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of San Dieguito is holding its annual Auction, “Dare to Dream”, on Saturday (May 7) from 5-8:30 p.m. Admission is free. Call (858) 755-9225 or check out the Fellowship's website at www.uufsd.org for directions and more information. Bid for items such as vacation getaways, art work, jewelry, antiques, event tickets, and much more while you enjoy live music, and a wine tasting event at $3.00 a glass. Bring the kids. Monitored child care will be available with pizza.

UUFSD Concert. Emma's Revolution (Pat Humphries and Sandy O) perform at UUFSD in Solana Beach on Friday, March 25, beginning at 8 p.m. Tickets are $18.00 in advance and $20.00 at the door.

Look to the Future. The Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream Symposium will be held at First Church in Hillcrest on Saturday, April 2, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Datebook
Friday/March 25/UUFSD. Emma's Revolution (Pat Humphries and Sandy O) in concert beginning at 8 p.m. Tickets are $18.00 in advance and $20.00 at the door. Contact Lisa Shaffer at emmasrevolutionUUFSD@gmail.com.

Saturday/April 2/First Church/Hillcrest. Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream Symposium from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. $10 donation requested at the door. Download brochure. (436 KB PDF.) You can register by going to awakeningthedreamer.org.

April 8, 9, 15, 16/First Church/Hillcrest. Seussical the Musical will be performed by the Looking Glass Theater. For more information: www.lookingglasssd.org.
Contact Elsie Sleeter at (619) 575-3191 or elsie5@cox.net.

Friday-Sunday/April 15-17/Camp de Benneville Pines. UU Men's Fellowship Spring Renewal. This year's theme is The Wounded Male: From Vulnerability to Trust. Please keep in mind there will be a maximum of 90 men who can attend this retreat. To register, please print, complete and mail in the registration form. (The registration form is an 86 KB PDF.)


Camp de Benneville Pines is located in Angelus Oaks, California, about 90 miles east of Los Angeles. Here's the link to see last year's Spring Renewal group picture.


Saturday-Sunday/May 20-21/Pasadena. PSWD's District Assembly at Neighborhood Church.
Cluster Buzz
Generosity. Chalice UU Congregation in Escondido provided a Winter Shelter again this year.

Quotable. “Sometimes our need to contribute to the greater good, or our desire to participate more fully in the lives of others, calls for us to relinquish a bit of our own control, or desires or need for individualistic behavior.” —Rev. David Miller of UU Fellowship of San Dieguito.

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The San Diego County Unitarian Universalist Network comprises five Unitarian Universalist congregations:

Chalice
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