Volume 2, No. 08 aha-fw.freeyellow.com November 2000

Until further notice the Humanists of Ft. Worth will be meeting at Westside Unitarian Universalist Church.

There was just too much construction on the room we used at First Jefferson. We are, of course, happy that First Jefferson is able to renovate that portion of their building. However, meeting in the foyer was not very conducive to our meetings. Hopefully this change of venue will not deter any of you from attending our meetings!

Westside Unitarian Universalist Church is located at 6901 McCart Avenue in Ft. Worth. A map to the location is provided on our website. Anyone needing assistance to the meeting should contact Russell.

Mark your calendars now for Sunday December 17^th. We are declaring December 17^th Humanist Day! There will be two events on this very special day.

First, we will meet to do our second cleaning of our adopt-a-street program on Granbury Road. Our first cleaning of the spot was very successful. We must clean our spot at least four times each year. Our last cleaning was September 16^th.

Second, we have been invited to take part in the Winter Solstice Party hosted by the Metroplex Atheists. The event will take place in Weatherford and we are asked to bring our choice of beverage. The North Texas Skeptics will also be in attendance. This is a wonderful opportunity for us to mix and mingle with other similar minded folks. For pictures of prior parties see:

http://www.metroplexatheists.org/party0600.htm

http://www.metroplexatheists.org/party0300.htm

http://www.metroplexatheists.org/party1299.htm

Dr. Paul Geisel from the University of Texas at Arlington will be our featured speaker. His topic will be, "The Changing Face of Religion in North Texas."

Paul has a wonderful presentation style and has presented his research on a local PBS television program. Dr. Geisel is a professor of Urban and Public Affairs.

Dr. Gregg Franzwa joined us to talk about "The Churches of What's Happening Now: Sociobiology and Cognitive Science." Dr. Franzwa is Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Department at TCU. His presentation was well received and thought provoking!

Russell Elleven

Jeff Rodriguez

Bruce Berggren

Joel Bailey

Members of the Humanists of Ft. Worth are encouraged to join the American Humanist Association. A special introductory membership rate of $25 is now available. The Humanist magazine and Free Mind newsletter are benefits of membership.

If you have speakers you would like to see at our monthly meetings please let one of the officers know of your request. Without your input we will continue to make these decisions for you J

Think about sharing your ideas about humanism with the readers of The Cowtown Humanist. No doubt we all have opinions we’d like to let others know about…do it in your newsletter

WHO: Humanists of Ft. Worth

WHAT: Monthly Meeting

WHERE: Westside Unitarian Universalist Church

WHEN: Second Wednesday of Each Month - 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.

Russell Elleven is certified as a Humanist minister by the Humanist Society of Friends. He can officiate weddings, commitment ceremonies, naming ceremonies, and other life celebrating events. He is also available during periods of grief and to officiate memorial services.

817.370.2171 – hm

817.257.7870 – wk