Save the Date: Work and Play at Camp de Benneville Pines.

We have reserved Craig’s Cabin over the weekend of May 8 to 10 for about 20 members of UU Santa Monica. That weekend is scheduled as the regular Spring Work Weekend, so UU’s from many churches will be there painting, repairing, and raking leaves for fire safety. You have two choices: agree to work and receive free room and meals, or just have a leisurely time in the mountains for reading, hiking, and hot-tubbing under the stars for a reduced rate of $100 for adults, $75 for accompanying children above grade 6, and $50 for grade 6 or below. First-come, first-served until our 7 rooms are spoken for.

Please contact Jerry Moore

 Note: Our regular church weekend at Camp de Benneville Pines is scheduled for September 18 to 20. 

Episode 9 will be shown on March 8

The FIA Peace and Social Justice Committee invites you to a screening of March’s Second Sunday Cinema film, “Occupation 101: Voices of the Silenced Majority,” on Sunday, March 8, at 7:30 p.m. in the Sanctuary. Produced in 2006, the documentary provides a comprehensive history of the roots of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, beginning with the rise of Zionism in the 1880s, and particularly focuses on the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. It questions the ethics of U.S. monetary/ military support of Israel and it presents interviews with Israeli and American scholars, religious leaders and humanitarian workers — more than half of whom are Jewish — who are critical of the injustices and human rights abuses stemming from Israeli policies in the occupied territories. A discussion will follow the screening. We hope you will join us.

Nica Eaton-Guinn is having a Building Your Own Theology class that will run for 6 sessions starting on Sunday March 22, from 4 to 6 p.m. There will be 3 weeks with one week off on April 12, followed by 3 more weeks through May 3. Classes will be held in the Warren Matthews Conference Room in the Cottage.

Exploring Our Values Through Poetry.  7 sessions will cover a variety of topics, including poems about spiritual journeys, connections with others, poetry of social conscience, and transformation. Workshop limited to 8 people, sign up at the Adult RE table in Forbes. C/o Rima Snyder