This Week at UUCD

 

 

We will begin our all congregation Ingathering Service on September 12, 2010 with these words.   It is good for me to be here beginning. I am energized by your good work, good works and good will.

 

I hope that you are able to keep comfortable in this heat. Many must work outdoors despite the heat. I gave the men mowing the lawn here at UUCD a few glasses of water. It was so hot in the afternoon. They were glad to accept them. I was grateful for their labors. The property looks good. 

 

I hope that this summertime, with all the news and issues of the current days, that has been excessively hot, has also given you the leisure time for the luxury of quiet breathing and calm reflection. In my quiet moments this weather puts me in mind of Emerson’s elegant meditation.

 

 

I hope that you have allowed yourself, if not yet, then perhaps on this Labor Day holiday weekend, the blessing of recreation, and some spiritual vacation from your routine of activities and responsibilities. 

 

May those times of re-creation leave you now refreshed and renewed, and ready, even glad, to begin again. I look forward to saying with you: It is good to be here together.

 

With love and in good faith,

 

My office hours will be: Tuesdays 3-6; Wednesdays 1- 4 and Fridays 2-5 and by appointment. Thursdays I write the sermon and Mondays are my day off.

 

The Music Committee will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall.

 

 

Naam Yoga will meet at 9:30 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall. 

 

One Sunday Service starting at 10:00 a.m. Our two Sunday services, one at 9:00 a.m. and one at 11:00 a.m. will resume on Sunday, September 19^th.  

 

Jeff Shaffer will lead the service on The Narrative of Humanity is written in the Margin. Marginalization and discrimination today, as it affects the growing number of citizens returning from incarceration.

 

 

The Knitting Ministry will meet at 10:00 a.m. in the Conference Room.

Kundalini Yoga Class will meet at 6:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall.

 

 

The Board of Trustees will meet at 7:00 p.m. in the Conference Room.

 

The Music Committee will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall.

 

UUCD Conversations will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Conference Room. September 9: Race Relations: Facilitator: Bruce Buzby. Source: The Help by Kathryn Stockett,2009, 464 pages, $13.72. This optimistic, uplifting novel set during the nascent civil rights movement in Jackson, Miss., where black women were trusted to raise white children but not to polish the household silver. Skeeter is just home from college in 1962, and, anxious to become a writer, is advised to hone her chops by writing about what disturbs you. The budding social activist begins to collect the stories of the black women on whom the country club sets relies and mistrusts enlisting the help of Aibileen, a maid who's raised 17 children, and Aibileen's best friend Minny, who's found herself unemployed more than a few times after mouthing off to her white employers. The book Skeeter puts together based on their stories is scathing and shocking, bringing pride and hope to the black community, while giving Skeeter the courage to break down her personal boundaries and pursue her dreams. Assured, layered, full of heart and history.

 

 

 

Women out to Breakfast meets on the 2^nd and 4^th Saturday of every month at 9:00 a.m. for informal coffee and conversation at Elmer's Diner. Our next meeting will be on Saturday, September 11^th.  Everyone is welcome. If you would like to attend, please contact Karen Gillotti.

Naam Yoga will meet at 9:30 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall.

RE Leader Orientation – Saturday, September 11^th, 9:30 a.m. in the Conference Room.  -

In-Gathering Service, Sunday, September 12^th. Join us on Sunday, September 12^th, to welcome Rev. Barbara Fast to UUCD. There will be one service at 10:00 a.m., with a “Summer’s Bounty” potluck immediately following outside (weather permitting).   There will be a sign-up sheet on the table in the back of Fellowship Hall.

 

 

The “New Earth” study group which began last March will resume on Monday, September 13^th, at 7:00 p.m. in the Conference Room. There will be a new group starting in January for anyone interested in joining. For more information, please contact Joe Gillotti.

You are Invited to Celebrate and Remember the Life of Scot Fritz (1961-2010) on Sunday, September 19, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. A reception and light luncheon will follow the service.

CALLING ALL WOMEN:  The Women’s Retreat Planners are holding a Women’s Pot Luck Dinner on Friday, September 24^th at 6:00 p.m. You are cordially invited to, and enthusiastically encouraged to join us. (In other words we really, really want you to come!!)

Come for a yummy pot luck dinner, to enjoy each other’s company, eat our delicious pot luck meal, talk about the upcoming retreat, find out about our new venue, The Guest House, contribute ideas and volunteer, and sign-up to attend the retreat. Please come even if you are not sure you can come to the retreat and especially if you have never attended the retreat before. Let us know you can come to the pot luck, and what you would like to bring, by signing up on the clipboard on the table at the back of the Fellowship Hall, or by contacting Sue Tarshis, Dara O’Toole, or Marie Dupree. 

 

UUCD Environmental Assessment Survey. Please note: THIS IS A NECESSARY COMPONENT OF UUCD’S EFFORTS TO BECOME A CERTIFIED “GREEN SANCTUARY.” We are conducting this survey with members of UUCD to measure personal efforts to reduce solid and energy waste, conserve water, reduce use of toxic substances, make better food choices and seek earth justice. Your responses will be used to guide our efforts to become a certified Green Sanctuary and will only be reviewed by members of Team Green or the Board of Trustees. Please support us as we continue our efforts to become a Green Sanctuary and make UUCD a sustainable community, just click on

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DYFJ9BR complete the survey. Thank you.

 

A Gentle Reminder: If you arrive late to Sunday services, please be sure to enter quietly so as not to disrupt the service or distract those already in attendance. Those who arrive early can help by sitting toward the front, leaving space at the back for latecomers to slip into a back row. Thank you!