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James Wooten

Can We Travel Among the Stars?

James Wooten

April 6

Weekend retreat for all ages in the Texas Hill Country.  Great for families!


James Wooten is a native of Houston and is a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Rice University. He has been the Planetarium Astronomer at the Houston Museum on Natural Science since 1995.

He will discuss the size of space and the feasibility of traveling beyond the Earth/Moon system.

Presented as part of our “Future Visions, Future Selves” programming.

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U-Bar-U Spring Retreat

Plan to come. Register now!

Mar 23-25


Weekend retreat for all ages in the Texas Hill Country.  Great for families!


UBarU Church-wide Retreat – weekend at UBarU in Central Texas.

Monday is a day off for HISD schools, so that’s why we chose this weekend. If you can take off Monday from work, then do! Retreat starts on Saturday, March 29th. There is also an option to arrive on Friday.


Sign up HERE


Cost per person (includes workshops, sleeping spaces and these meals:  2 meals Saturday, 3 meals Sunday, breakfast Monday). $160 for adults/12 and over, and $100 for children up to 11 years. We can get a van, if there are those interested in riding together: there's a separate cost for transportation. Partial scholarships are available upon request through First UU, contact carol@firstuu.org.


Contact carol@firstuu.org for any questions or to work out the details.