AE Lunchitarians

This is a recurring virtual meeting every Wednesday from noon - 1:30 PM.

Thoreau Lunchitarians discuss books, or other matters arising

Check your email for topic details and the Zoom link!

Interested in joining this discussion? Get in Touch!

Sunday, May 10, 11 am    Thoreau’s Annual Flower Ceremony and Charter Sunday

Join us for that most UU of ceremonies, the annual flower communion. Bring flowers from your garden to share with the congregation.  We will also be celebrating 30 years since Thoreau was first chartered and Mother’s Day.

Join us in-person for our weekly gathering.

Because this is an intergenerational service, there will be no K-8 Religious Exploration. You are invited to join us for hospitality after the service.

Interested in joining this service in person? Get in Touch!

Sunday,  May 10, 9:45 am  “International Day of Light” 

The International Day of Light (IDL) is celebrated annually on May 16 to recognize the pivotal role light plays in science, culture, education, and sustainable development. Proclaimed by UNESCO, this global initiative commemorates the first successful laser operation on May 16, 1960, and promotes appreciation for light-based technologies.  Tony Veneruso presenting.

Adult Discussion Group will be meeting in person @ 9:45 AM in Thoreau’s Clark Cabin except on the third Sunday of each month when we will meet in the Sanctuary @ 11 AM.

The AC and HEPA filter will be running to keep Clark Cabin & the Sanctuary as safe as possible.

For those that prefer: We will provide ZOOM via the OWL system when we meet in the cabin & our Moderator Tamara will recognize your hand up and add you to the queue.

Thoreauvians and friends will be notified each week (tuucannounce@groups.io) of our ADG topic, time and zoom login.
Please keep an eye out for our notices.

Interested in joining this discussion? Get in Touch!

The May 8 gathering of Thoreau’s Second Friday discussion group will be a FIELD TRIP to Houston’s new Ismaili Center.  ALL are welcome!

Location: The Ismaili Center
Address: 2290 West Dallas Street, Houston, TX 77019
Date: May 8
Time: Tour begins at 11:00 am.  
Admission: FREE

Reoccurring monthly on the Second Friday.

Interested in attending? Get in Touch!

AE Lunchitarians

This is a recurring virtual meeting every Wednesday from noon - 1:30 PM.

Thoreau Lunchitarians discuss books, or other matters arising

Check your email for topic details and the Zoom link!

Interested in joining this discussion? Get in Touch!

Sunday, May 3,  11 am   "UU Christians & Scholars Want to Know: Who's the REAL Jesus?"

In this week's winning Thoreau auction topic, our Emeritus Minister, Rev. Dan King, returns to share a summary of some of the many reflections and speculation from modern scholars about the role and persona of Christ (born as Jeshua ben Josef).

Many self-identified Evangelical Christians have accepted the dogma of the organized Church which declares the inerrancy of what is commonly accepted as Holy Scripture (whether the Hebrew Bible or the "New Testament") as the literal Word of God recorded by the Prophets or their scribes or the words and acts of Jesus faithfully recounted by his followers. However, scholars (especially since 1500 C.E.) have examined the context of multiple collections of writings excluded from the "canon" along with the often purposeful evolution of translations of oral traditions from Aramaic, Greek, and Latin scribes. The long-running schism which eventually resulted in the identification of Unitarianism as a separate and originally purely Christian identity was about the interpretation of Jesus as less than purely Divine. Although now a small minority of UU members, contemporary UU Christians now generally refer to their own theology as a faith in the META- messages of Jesus.

Join us in-person for our weekly gathering.

During in-person worship service, Religious Education is offered for children grade K-8. You are invited to join us for hospitality after the service.

Interested in joining this service in person? Get in Touch!

Sunday,  May 3, 9:45 am   “World Humor Day ”

Jim Sheridan on humor and then everybody will have the opportunity to share their “best jokes"

Adult Discussion Group will be meeting in person @ 9:45 AM in Thoreau’s Clark Cabin except on the third Sunday of each month when we will meet in the Sanctuary @ 11 AM.

The AC and HEPA filter will be running to keep Clark Cabin & the Sanctuary as safe as possible.

For those that prefer: We will provide ZOOM via the OWL system when we meet in the cabin & our Moderator Tamara will recognize your hand up and add you to the queue.

Thoreauvians and friends will be notified each week (tuucannounce@groups.io) of our ADG topic, time and zoom login.
Please keep an eye out for our notices.

Interested in joining this discussion? Get in Touch!

Saturday, May 2,  2:00-5:00 pm 🎲 Thoreau Game Night 🎲

Join us for an evening of fun, connection, and friendly competition at Thoreau Game Night! Whether you’re a board game enthusiast, a card game casual, or someone who just enjoys good company, this night is for you.

We’ll have a variety of games available, and you’re welcome to bring a favorite to share. Come solo, bring a friend, or make new ones as we gather for laughter, low-pressure play, and community building.

No prior game experience is needed—just bring your curiosity and your playful spirit.

👉 Interested in attending? Get in Touch!

We can’t wait to play with you!

Friday, May 1st, 6:30PM    “Beltane Celebration and Feast”

Join us next Friday, May 1st at 6:30PM at our home on 3515 Clayhead Rd for a May Day/Beltane Celebration! Beltane is a time for joy, community, and honoring the "bright fire" (Bel-fire) that protects and blesses us for the coming season. Festive attire is absolutely encouraged! Please bring a spring-themed dish for the potluck (think abundance, dairy, floral flavors, and early spring greens), flower petals or small natural offerings for the Fairies to help bless our garden, and be ready to dance the Maypole to weave your intentions for the year. We can’t wait to celebrate the turning of the wheel with you. See you by the fire!

If you’d like to dance the Maypole, please Get in Touch! so we can coordinate the ribbons.

AE Lunchitarians

This is a recurring virtual meeting every Wednesday from noon - 1:30 PM.

Thoreau Lunchitarians discuss books, or other matters arising

Check your email for topic details and the Zoom link!

Interested in joining this discussion? Get in Touch!

Sunday, April 26, 11 am    “UU values: Countering a Banality of Evil?”

Sociologist Hannah Arendt noted a "collapse of truth" in the rise of National Socialist power during the Great Depression. Our Emeritus Minister Rev. Dan King will share another perspective on how some current developments may be echoes of recent history, and ideas on how we might choose to act in response.

Join us in-person for our weekly gathering.

During in-person worship service, Religious Education is offered for children 5 and over. You are invited to join us for hospitality after the service.

Interested in joining this service in person? Get in Touch!

Sunday,  April 26, 9:45 am    “Peru”

Peru is a country in South America that's home to a section of Amazon rainforest and Machu Picchu, an ancient Incan city high in the Andes mountains. The region around Machu Picchu, including the Sacred Valley, Inca Trail and colonial city of Cusco, is rich in archaeological sites. On Peru’s arid Pacific coast is Lima, the capital, with a preserved colonial center and important collections of pre-Columbian art. Paarth Mathur speaking.

Adult Discussion Group will be meeting in person @ 9:45 AM in Thoreau’s Clark Cabin except on the third Sunday of each month when we will meet in the Sanctuary @ 11 AM.

The AC and HEPA filter will be running to keep Clark Cabin & the Sanctuary as safe as possible.

For those that prefer: We will provide ZOOM via the OWL system when we meet in the cabin & our Moderator Tamara will recognize your hand up and add you to the queue.

Thoreauvians and friends will be notified each week (tuucannounce@groups.io) of our ADG topic, time and zoom login.
Please keep an eye out for our notices.

Interested in joining this discussion? Get in Touch!

AE Lunchitarians

This is a recurring virtual meeting every Wednesday from noon - 1:30 PM.

Thoreau Lunchitarians discuss books, or other matters arising

Check your email for topic details and the Zoom link!

Interested in joining this discussion? Get in Touch!

Please join us for the Men's monthly dinner group.

Location: Beck’s Prime 1822 Hwy 6 Sugar Land, TX 77478

Let us know to look out for you! Get in Touch.

AE Lunchitarians

This is a recurring virtual meeting every Wednesday from noon - 1:30 PM.

Thoreau Lunchitarians discuss books, or other matters arising

Check your email for topic details and the Zoom link!

Interested in joining this discussion? Get in Touch!

Sunday, April 12, 11 am    “Evil of Ordinary People”

Religious Liberals generally don't talk about this much. But sometimes we have to. Most of all, it’s important to acknowledge our own propensity to evil. Rev. Dr. Daniel O'Connell preaching.

Join us in-person for our weekly gathering.

During in-person worship service, Religious Education is offered for children 5 and over. You are invited to join us for hospitality after the service.

Interested in joining this service in person? Get in Touch!

Sunday,  April 12, 9:45 am  “Sociopath: A Memoir” by Patric Gagne, Ph.D.

Jim Sheridan will share this exploration of the psychological patterns behind everyday interactions — especially the moments when someone’s behavior feels confusing, manipulative, or difficult to interpret.   Antisocial falls into the cluster B personalities. There are 3 clusters, Cluster A are the personality types that are odd or eccentric. Cluster B are dramatic, emotional or erratic and Cluster C are anxious or fearful.  With antisocial personality, there is a heavy emphasis on behavior that doesn't conform to societal norms with the additional attitude of being indifferent to the needs of others.

Adult Discussion Group will be meeting in person @ 9:45 AM in Thoreau’s Clark Cabin except on the third Sunday of each month when we will meet in the Sanctuary @ 11 AM.

The AC and HEPA filter will be running to keep Clark Cabin & the Sanctuary as safe as possible.

For those that prefer: We will provide ZOOM via the OWL system when we meet in the cabin & our Moderator Tamara will recognize your hand up and add you to the queue.

Thoreauvians and friends will be notified each week (tuucannounce@groups.io) of our ADG topic, time and zoom login.
Please keep an eye out for our notices.

Interested in joining this discussion? Get in Touch!

2nd Friday Discussion Group will meet on April 10th at Becks Prime:
1822 SH-6 S, Sugar Land, TX  77478.  
Near the Sugar Land Whole Foods.  
Here’s the menu: https://www.becksprime.com/menu/menu.pdf

TOPIC: TBD

Reoccurring monthly on the Second Friday.

Interested in joining this discussion? Get in Touch!

AE Lunchitarians

This is a recurring virtual meeting every Wednesday from noon - 1:30 PM.

Thoreau Lunchitarians discuss books, or other matters arising

Check your email for topic details and the Zoom link!

Interested in joining this discussion? Get in Touch!

The Astral Library by Kate Quinn 

From New York Times bestselling author Kate Quinn comes a gorgeously written fantastical adventure which poses the question: Have you ever wished you could live inside a book? Welcome to the Astral Library, where books are not just objects, but doors to new worlds, new lives, and new futures. Beautifully performed by award winning narrator, Saskia Maarleveld.

Alexandria “Alix” Watson has learned one lesson from her barren childhood in the foster-care system: unlike people, books will never let you down. Working three dead-end jobs to make ends meet and knowing college is a pipe dream, Alix takes nightly refuge in the high-vaulted reading room at the Boston Public Library, escaping into her favorite fantasy novels and dreaming of far-off lands. Until the day she stumbles through a hidden door and meets the Librarian: the ageless, acerbic guardian of a hidden library where the desperate and the lost escape to new lives...inside their favorite books.

The Librarian takes a dazzled Alix under her wing, but before she can escape into the pages of her new life, a shadowy enemy emerges to threaten everyone the Astral Library has ever helped protect. Aided by a dashing costume-shop owner, Alix and the Librarian flee through the Regency drawing rooms of Jane Austen to the back alleys of Sherlock Holmes and the champagne-soaked parties of The Great Gatsby as danger draws inexorably closer. But who does their enemy really wish to destroy—Alix, the Librarian, or the Library itself?

Books are selected by the members of the Women’s Book Club

Reoccurring monthly on the First Monday, starting at 1:00 PM; we meet in members’ homes.

Interested in joining this discussion? Get in Touch!

Sunday, April 5,  11 am   “With the Soul or with the Spirit: Mary Magdalene and the Easter Story”

Mary Magdalene’s lessons of radical love and inherent limitlessness are buried under the stories told by men about a salvific Jesus. We’ll explore the only gospel written in the name of a woman and see what guidance she has about how to celebrate this time of renewal and rebirth. Seminarian Nina Kuxniak in the pulpit.

Join us in-person for our weekly gathering.

During in-person worship service, Religious Education is offered for children 5 and over. You are invited to join us for hospitality after the service.

Interested in joining this service in person? Get in Touch!

Sunday,  April 5, 9:45 am   “First Amendment Worthy? A history of the United States newspapers”

Prof. Barna Christian will lead this discussion about newspapers. Historical documents show that our nation’s founders considered a free press vital to a democratic society. After 2 1/2 centuries, how well has our printed Media justified this worthy assumption. We will peruse our past for road signs of progress and regression.

Adult Discussion Group will be meeting in person @ 9:45 AM in Thoreau’s Clark Cabin except on the third Sunday of each month when we will meet in the Sanctuary @ 11 AM.

The AC and HEPA filter will be running to keep Clark Cabin & the Sanctuary as safe as possible.

For those that prefer: We will provide ZOOM via the OWL system when we meet in the cabin & our Moderator Tamara will recognize your hand up and add you to the queue.

Thoreauvians and friends will be notified each week (tuucannounce@groups.io) of our ADG topic, time and zoom login.
Please keep an eye out for our notices.

Interested in joining this discussion? Get in Touch!

AE Lunchitarians

This is a recurring virtual meeting every Wednesday from noon - 1:30 PM.

Thoreau Lunchitarians discuss books, or other matters arising

Check your email for topic details and the Zoom link!

Interested in joining this discussion? Get in Touch!

Sunday, March 29,  11 am   “My Spiritual Journey”

The My Spiritual Journey service is an annual favorite at Thoreau. This year, Alliey Roche, Jim Sheridan and Dave Householder will share about their own spiritual journeys and current beliefs.

Join us in-person for our weekly gathering.

During in-person worship service, Religious Education is offered for children 5 and over.

Interested in joining this service in person? Get in Touch!

AE Lunchitarians

This is a recurring virtual meeting every Wednesday from noon - 1:30 PM.

Thoreau Lunchitarians discuss books, or other matters arising

Check your email for topic details and the Zoom link!

Interested in joining this discussion? Get in Touch!

Sunday, March 22,  11 am   “Drumming Circle”

In celebration of Ostara, we will welcome the spring with drumming! Ostara, or the Spring Equinox, is a modern Pagan and Wiccan holiday celebrated to mark the first day of spring. It honors the Germanic goddess Eostre, representing fertility, rebirth, and the balance of light and dark.  

Join us in-person for our weekly gathering.

During in-person worship service, Religious Education is offered for children 5 and over.

Interested in joining this service in person? Get in Touch!

Sunday, March 22, 9:45 am  "Peak Water”

 Peak Water is a concept that underlines the growing constraints on the availability, quality, and use of freshwater resources. Ron Masters will lead the discussion.

Adult Discussion Group will be meeting in person @ 9:45 AM in Thoreau’s Clark Cabin except on the third Sunday of each month when we will meet in the Sanctuary @ 11 AM.

The AC and HEPA filter will be running to keep Clark Cabin & the Sanctuary as safe as possible.

For those that prefer: We will provide ZOOM via the OWL system when we meet in the cabin & our Moderator Tamara will recognize your hand up and add you to the queue.

Thoreauvians and friends will be notified each week (tuucannounce@groups.io) of our ADG topic, time and zoom login.
Please keep an eye out for our notices.

Interested in joining this discussion? Get in Touch!

Please join us for the Men's monthly dinner group.

Location: Beck’s Prime 1822 Hwy 6 Sugar Land, TX 77478

Let us know to look out for you! Get in Touch.