Flowers: The flowers for this morning's service are donated in memory of Robert M. and Josephine P. Driver by their daughters, Susan and Henrietta.

Steeple Lighting: The steeple lighting for this week has been donated by Pat Skibbee and Michael Fosburg in fond and thankful memory of Ralph Lang and Bob and Euvenza Fosburg.

Coffee Hour: Kit Dyer and Katrina Turner.

FRS Current Events Forum: 9:30 - 10:15 a.m. in Lower Meetinghouse Conference Room – Does Jane Need Tarzan? Part III – Jane Speaks – Still more on Sorting out Relationships between Men and Women.

Meet the Minister: There will be an opportunity to meet the minister, Harold Babcock, following the service, at 11:45 am in the lower church.

Ushers: Stan and Carol Kilty.

Flowers: The flowers for today's service are donated by Carolyn Dawson in loving memory of her mother, Nan Kemp.

Steeple Lighting: The steeple lighting for this week has been donated by Marj, Harold and Sabrina Babcock in loving memory of Marj's mother, Gertrude, on her birthday November 30, and of Philip Babcock.

Coffee Hour: Walter and Ann Power.

• Lunch and short story discussion with the minister - Tuesday, November 22, at noon - Conference Room, Lower Meetinghouse - We will be discussing Frank O'Connor's story "First Confession." Bring your lunch. All are welcome!

• There will be a community interfaith Thanksgiving service on Wednesday, November 23, at 7:00 pm at the Old South Church. Join the faith communities of Newburyport as we gather to give thanks together.

• I will be out of town from November 28 through November 30 at a meeting of my minister's study group.

(Donations of gently-used toys, books, and clothes for children ages newborn to three years are being collected for Dare Family Services of Newburyport. This is a residential facility for emotionally troubled adolescent mothers. Dare also needs things such as kitchen utensils, pots and pans, and toiletries. Donation boxes are placed around the meetinghouse and parish hall. Donations will be taken until November 27. Thank you!)

Want to Tame the Christmas Machine?
Young Church parents are invited to breakfast and conversation about simplifying the holidays on November 20 at 9:45 in the Lower Meetinghouse. If you feel that your holidays should feel a little less crazy, please join us in the conversation! Perhaps we can inspire one another with great ideas for simplifying. Please contact Julie Parker Amery if you would like childcare for this event. Hope to see you there!

Knitting Yarn Needed
Can you donate leftover yarn? The 8th Graders will be knitting scarves to donate to the needy. If you have yarn to donate, please send e-mail to Nancy Crochiere at ncrochiere@adelphia.net, or just bring it in to church and leave it in or near Julie's office.

First Religious Society is working to update the photo portion of our directory of members and friends. The directory has not been updated for photos since 2003. Many new members have joined since that time, and we’re not sure that we have everyone’s picture. To make this portion of our directory as up to date as possible, the Membership Committee will be holding photo shoots for all who have yet to have their pictures taken (or are unsure if they have) on these Sundays: November 20, November 27, and December 4. The photo sessions will be held upstairs at the Parish Hall, during coffee hour. Get your cup of coffee, come upstairs and join us for just a few minutes, get your picture taken and be on your way.

The Annual Toy Drive for Turning Point, a shelter for mothers and their children, will begin Sunday, November 27. There will be a sign-up table at coffee hour with the children's wish lists. Last year we were able to provide toys to all the children due to everyone's generosity. We are hoping to do it again this year.

For 30 years now, UU communities nationwide have participated in Guest at Your Table. They have come together for this special tradition to give thanks, celebrate UU values and partner with UUSC to change the world.

This year's Guest at Your Table program emphasizes the work of UUSC and its partners to strengthen workers rights; protect the right to safe, affordable water; defend civil liberties and democratic processes; and preserve the rights of vulnerable people after disasters.

Guest at Your Table is our UU tradition for educating our communities about human needs and human rights, and sharing our blessings.

Professor Benjamin Labaree has agreed to present again his course on Newburyport history, in the spring, in the daytime, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., on Thursdays, March 2, 9 and 16.

Knitting Workshop - Every other Saturday in the Lower Meetinghouse Conference Room, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Next workshop is November 19.

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It is a seven-time Best Documentary award-winning film, the most comprehensive and mind-blowing investigation of humankind's relationship with death ever captured on film. Hailed by many viewers as a life-transformational film, Flight from Death uncovers death anxiety as a possible root cause of many of our behaviors on a psychological, spiritual, and cultural level. Following the work of the late cultural anthropologist Ernest Becker and his Pulitzer Prize-winning book Denial of Death, this documentary explores the ongoing research of a group of social psychologists that may forever change the way we look at ourselves and the world. Over the last twenty-five years, this team of researchers has conducted over 300 laboratory studies, which substantiate Becker's claim that death anxiety is a primary motivator of human behavior, specifically aggression and violence. Borrow this CD as well as the other books and tapes available in the Parish Library.

Patriots, Stand Up!, written by Russell Peterson, a 50-year member of the First Unitarian Church of Wilmington, Delaware, and former governor of Delaware, is a slim little volume that really packs a punch. Well reviewed and well received in UU circles, the book describes many government actions that threaten our American way of life and "calls on patriots to stand up and use democracy now to correct the problem."

Wanted - Band Rehearsal Space to Rent - The band to which we belong is seeking a rehearsal space to rent, preferably in the West Newbury area (other area towns would do, too). The space needs to be heated (or be heatable with space heaters) and secure enough that we can leave our equipment there. We are willing to pay to add security (stronger doors, locks, etc.) within reason. A barn or detached garage would be fine. We currently practice twice a month, generally on weekend evenings, but would like to use the space one weekday evening as well. If you have a space that might fit our needs, please call Alicia or Gary Raddatz.