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Sunday, September 13, 10:30am
Posada de la Aldea
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/414604040
Password: 294513
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Sunday Service
Speaker: Frank Thoms
By Kate Greenaway, UUFSMA member
In troubled times, it can be easy to lose sight of the sheer wonder of being here. Drawing on the wisdom of poet Mary Oliver and physicist and writer Alan Lightman, guest speaker Frank Thoms will invite us to reflect on the extraordinary miracle of being alive.
Guided by the Unitarian Universalist principle for children, “We should accept one another and learn together,” Frank will share stories from his teaching in three very different settings — the United States, England, and the Soviet Union. Looking back, Frank wonders whether he always recognized the miracle unfolding in his classrooms. He hopes, however, that he passed some of that wonder to his students along the way.
Frank, now in his mid-80s, spent forty years as a classroom teacher, followed by twelve years as an educational consultant, and has now been writing for twenty years. Throughout his teaching career, he had the unusual freedom to create much of his own curriculum, materials, and teaching methods—experiences that continue to shape his writing today.
Frank and his wife, Kathleen Cammarata, are in their fifteenth year in San Miguel. He has published seven books and writes the Substack Teacher in the Rye. His latest book, Teacher in the Rye: Doing It My Way, is a memoir of his life in the classroom, told through episodes from a long and unconventional teaching career.
Unitarian Universalism is a liberal faith centered on shared values for living. Our UU Fellowship welcomes people of all ages, races, religions, sexual orientations, and gender identities. We gather not around a belief in divinity, but around community, love, compassion, social justice, reverence for nature, and the spirituality of music within the interconnected web of existence.
The UUFSMA Social Justice Foundation supports local nonprofits that provide health, educational, environmental, and other services. Learn more at https://www.uufsma.org/foundation.html .
We meet on Sundays at 10:30 a.m. at the Hotel Posada de la Aldea, Ancha de San Antonio 15, in San Miguel de Allende. Join us in person, or from anywhere on Zoom. Enjoy previous services at https://www.youtube.com/UUFSMA.
Young Explorers is UUFSMA’s bilingual religious education program for children and youth ages 5-15. Classes are held twice a month. Everyone is welcome. Contact Anne Geyer at annegeyer12@gmail.com to learn more.
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