Programs - Unitarian Church of Los Alamos

Services start at 9:00 am and 11:00 am unless otherwise noted.

Sunday Forum takes place each Sunday during the church year (August-May) in Robinson Hall, following the first service. The forum starts at 10:10 a.m. and finishes at 10:50 a.m. with a 25-minute presentation and a 15-minute discussion period. Questions by audience members are limited to two minutes per person. Forum concentrates on church activities, community issues, denominational topics, books of note, and topics of interest to the Los Alamos Unitarian Church community.

August 1st (10:00 AM): "Camino de Santiago de Compostela Pilgrimage" by Dick and Judy Opsahl

The Camino to Santiago is a pilgrimage route with many variants, but all ending at Santiago de Compestella in NW Spain. The primary route funnels through Europe, crosses the Pyrenees into Spain, and from there goes 500 miles to Santiago. Dick and Judy Opsahl have walked and worked as volunteers in pilgrim refuges along this route on five separate occasions. On Sunday, August 1, they will give an illustrated talk about their experiences as pilgrims and hospitaleros (hosts in a refuge) and share information about how those interested can do the pilgrimage. See web site http://www.caminodesantiago.me.uk/

August 8th (10:00 AM): "A Month in San Miguel" by Sherry Hardage

Sherry Hardage will present a short talk with a slide show about spending the month of February 2010 in San Miguel, Guanajuato, Mexico. The little house she rented was in a compound with a beautiful garden and lovely views of the Colonial city nestled in its valley. She attended a writer?s conference where Barbara Kingslover was the Keynote Speaker. In between nude drawing classes and dancing wildly in the streets to Mariachi bands, she practiced her pathetic Spanish. She also took lots of photos and wrote an article about the Dogs of San Miguel who range from ?free? street dogs to pampered porch poodles. Join her for an entertaining look at modern Mexico steeped in Old World Charm.

August 15th (10:00 AM): "Poetry Readings" by Jon Wilkins

August 22nd (10:00 AM): "TBA" by Rev. John Cullinan

August 29th (10:00 AM): "Phoenix Reflections: One Month Later" by Rev. John Cullinan

A report on the Unitarian Univeralist gathering in Phoenix, AZ on July 29th of this year, and reflections on the difficult issue of immigration.