The Chalice Children will be hiking in Rendija Canyon on Saturday, May 10th at 2:00 pm.  Meet at the parking area across from the cemetery gates. We can hike this in and out trail up the canyon to kid-friendly rock scrambling and exploring.  Part of the trail is in the stream, so we encourage water-friendly shoes or sandals.  Contacts: Kimberly and Mark Petersen.

Saturday, May 10th is Game Night! From 4-8 pm come play with all your church friends. Bring a favorite game or come and learn a new game. We'll have plenty of pizza and drinks. Come play with us!!

The Friday morning Covenant Circle, led by Mary Hrbek, will present a Gourmet Dessert Auction on Mother's Day, Sunday, May 11, during coffee hour in the Hearth Room. Money raised from this silent auction will go to purchase materials to make UU Kid Packs, packets of quiet activities for younger children to use during their time in the sanctuary with the adults, especially during intergenerational services. Please bid generously for a delicious, homemade dessert. There is also a fixed-price table.

For more information or to donate a dessert, please see a member of the circle:  Heather Cole, Jess Cullinan, Kathy Gursky, Mary Hrbek, KokHeong McNaughton, Ann Shafer, Nancy Tenbrink, or Liz Wilds.

The Wednesday night book discussion group has chosen to read and discuss Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan beginning on April 9th and continuing through the end of May. We will meet from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Assembly Room, unless there’s an accessibility need, in which case, we will meet in the Hearth Room. A book review can be found at http://www.michaelpollan.com/omnivore.php, where you can also read the introduction and the first chapter (a total of 31 pages) as a pdf file. One of the two CSAIs (Congregational Study/Action Issues) proposed by the UUA's Commission on Social Witness to be selected by delegates at this year's General Assembly in Fort Lauderdale is “Ethical Eating: Food and Environmental Justice”. This book would be an important one for us to become more informed regarding the social and environmental effects of our food choices.

The Third Thursday Bring-Your-Own-Lunch Get-Together for Women will be from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM in the Hearth Room. According to attendees, setting aside the Third Thursdays to meet with each other provides the chance to get acquainted and keep acquainted with friends, provide support to one another, and to have more personal, in-depth conversations than are feasible on Sunday mornings.

All women of the congregation are welcome to drop by. If you would like to receive a reminder postcard, call Marge Wolfe (see directory).

This issue will cover events during the next month. Please turn in your articles before the deadline and make sure you include all relevant details (who to contact about your event, their email or phone number, if this item should be placed on the calendar, if you wish for your information to be highlighted on the church web page, etc.). Please include room numbers for classes and discussion groups, if known. Please send items to voice@uulosalamos.org. All email submissions will be acknowledged with an email in return.

This issue will cover events during the next month. Please turn in your articles before the deadline and make sure you include all relevant details (who to contact about your event, their email or phone number, if this item should be placed on the calendar, if you wish for your information to be highlighted on the church web page, etc.). Please include room numbers for classes and discussion groups, if known. Please send items to voice@uulosalamos.org. All email submissions will be acknowledged with an email in return.