I like main thrust
I don't see it as "privilege"
avoid watering things down, fitting too much in
solstice service was uninspiring, academic descriptions of
	an arbitrary bunch of traditions.
	no saturnalia, no science, no eclipse, no 'responses' section

FOCUS ON TEACHINGS, not RELIGIONS!

hold up selected teachings of a broad variety of religions,
but only very rarely focus a service on a particular tradition.
e.g. easter for christianity (or christmas if the christians
would rather have that), september high holy days for judaism,
solstice for december, with borrowings from christianity, kwanzaa,
	
   What do you need from your church during particular holidays?
	April - Earth day is perhaps the most important holiday for me.
	 UUism, Boulder and our church draw much strength from our
	 environment, and finding ways to hold up the need to preserve
	 it is critical to our future.

	December: The Solstice (not as a pagan ceremony, but as a singular
	 time of year with recurrent themes.  Scientific background, etc.)
	 Honoring darkness, anticipating light.

	Recognizing summer solstice and the two equinoxes is also
	 a favorite of mine.

	UU holidays are great: flower ceremony, water ceremony.
		I need UU tradition on those holidays.

	October - I honor the Day-of-the-dead Pumpkin ritual deeply.
	 The [other one] didn't strike a chord with me.

	Kwanzaa is cool - the principles are meaningful and inspiring,
	 the traditions are fun and it celebrates the thing that really
	 brings me to UUCB: the community.

	September - Jewish High Holy Days - Though I was raised in more
	 Christian traditions, I personally would rather hear a Sunday
	 service focussed on Judiaism than Christianity.  An evening
	 service would also be fun.

	I personally would wish that services focussed on "Christmas"
	 be done at extra evening services, rather than during Sunday
	 morning services.  The theme that resonates most with me
	 is focussing on love and family, and helping people deal
	 with the oppressive commercialism that has overpowered it.

	Most things I've heard about Chanukah over many decades lead
	 me to believe that it is a relatively minor part of the Jewish
	 year, and has sometimes gotten distorted by the commercial
	 interests into an alternative form of Christmas.  It isn't
	 very meaningful for me personally.


 Of course teachings from christianity can fit in at other times, along
	with the many other traditions we draw frum.  But they should
	come up because they are independently valuable as teachings,
	not because we need to be addressing "Christmas".
	For All Ages is often an appropriate vehicle for sharing
	diverse traditions.

   What helps you feel welcome?
	Services focused on meaningful themes from a UU perspective
	that address both head and heart.  It is rare that it makes
	sense for the theme to be explicitly tied to a particular
	religion other than UU.

   What can you do without?
   Are there practices which make you uncomfortable or make you feel
	   unwelcome?

	I'm working hard on the word "God", which has evoked knee-jerk
	reactions from me for decades.  Now I've come up with a
	personal interpretation of the word "God" which works well in
	many contexts.  But often the term "Lord", or "King", is used
	(e.g. in many Christmas carols, Biblical readings).  Or "God"
	is invoked as a supreme authority, or the source of meaning in
	life.  This leaves me feeling bereft of the "Inherent Worth
	and Dignity" that is the hallmark of UUism.  It tells me that
	I should be fatalistic, leaving things up to the Lord rather
	than being respected to work to make the world a better place
	in my own proactive, diverse way.

   What could you do to make everyone feel spiritually welcomed at UUCB?

	Focus on incorporating the bright ideas and comforting
	metaphors of the various spiritual traditions into UU
	Principles and Purposes, rather than forming services around
	any specific religion.


hold for later - policy:
	I personally perceive a few spiritual followings in the
	congregation that are so strong that they deserve a special time.