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 Upcoming Sundays!
Sunday, October 30, 9 & 11 a.m.
"TheGift of Presence" How do we, together, fulfill our mission to care for each other? Reverend Roberta will collaborate with members of the Care Network Ministry to present a service that invites us to reflect on what it means to care, and to allow ourselves to be cared for.
Sunday, November 6, 9 & 11 a.m.
"Faithful Democracy: An Election Day Reflection" Fully at the heart of our Seven Principles are the words, "We covenant to affirm and promote the right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our congregations and in society at large." As Election Day approaches, let us reflect together on what it means to be faithfully democratic
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 Roberta and Martha Need Help Setting the Table!Do you have a candlestick or candle that is precious to you? A vase for flowers? Do you bake bread or make wine? If so, we would like you to participate in our ritual "Setting the Table" Thanksgiving service on Sunday November 20th. If you and your family would like to participate get in touch with either Rev. Roberta or Martha Dallas. |
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 JUMP Bags are Coming!
At the church service on November 6, the JUMP Thanksgiving bags will be available for members of the UU congregation to take home and fill. Once you have filled your bags, they should be returned to church at the November 20 service.
We need help transporting all of the filled JUMP bags to the First Congregational Church (home of JUMP) on Tuesday, November 22 at 11:30. It is one of those jobs for which literally "many hands make light work". If you have an hour and a half to spare on that day, please contact Ellen Wollensack at 864-5523 or ewollen@burlingtontelecom.net.
The Joint Urban Ministry Project (JUMP) is an interfaith nonprofit founded in 1988 and is currently supported by 27 congregations in Chittenden County. FUUSB is a supporting congregation that supplies volunteers for the daily operations of the drop-in center where clients receive financial assistance with basic needs (such as food, transportation, laundry, identification, medication, and utilities); take-away items (food, toiletries, household necessities, and diapers); and compassionate listening with individualized referrals. JUMP also assists with used clothing and household goods, Opportunities Credit Union membership, and smoking cessation program fees. FUUSB member, Jean Palmer, is one of the two paid, part-time staff members working at JUMP.
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Board Forum This Sunday
This Sunday, the Board of Trustees will be holding their 2nd in a series of open forums with discussions about our Society as we transition towards a new called minister. You are cordially invited to join us after each service in the Sanctuary this Sunday starting at 10:15 and 12:15. We will be addressing questions about the tasks that lay ahead over the next two years. For a review of our two year plan, please refer to the Board of Trustees page under the members section of our website. - Bill West, Board President |
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Make your own environmentally sensitive household cleaners
The next workshop in the Self-Reliance series offers a chance to make your own environmentally safe household cleaners! Join herbalist Melanie Brotz, bring your empty spray bottles/containers/jars and a small materials fee (<$5) and plan to take home several cleaning products and their recipes. Wednesday, November 16, 6:45-8:15 pm. Register with Valerie Wood-Lewis at valerie@burlingtontelecom.net or 859-0049, and request childcare by Nov. 9
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 Order Your Pies!!!
The annual 6th grade Pie Sale is coming and there's plenty of time to purchase an apple or pumpkin pie for the Thanksgiving holiday. Pies will be pre-sold each Sunday from now until November 13th, after each service, in the parlors upstairs and in the community room downstairs, by parents and students in the 6th grade class. Each pie is $12 and available for pick-up on Sunday, November 20th after the service. A 6th grade soup fundraiser will be held on the same day as pie pick-up day, so plan to come for lunch and leave with your homemade, yummy Thanksgiving pie. Apple pies will be un-baked and frozen, ready to bake with instructions included. Pumpkin pies will be baked and ready to eat. Contact Susan Rutherford at 951-2571 or susanrutherford@hotmail.com with any questions. Thank you in advance for the support in sending our students to Boston to learn UU history and grow important friendships.
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 Religious Education News! Trick or Treat for Unicef A small number of Unicef boxes will be available this Sunday on the Welcome Table in the Community Room. Please help yourselves on a first come basis. Donations collected Halloween Eve must be sent by families directly to Unicef. Instructions about how to contribute online can be found on your box. Thanks for supporting Unicef's important work for children around the world! Fresh Sundays! The Religious Education Committee is excited to announce the first of two Fresh Sundays in which the young people in FUUSB's RE program will gather together to work on projects related to our congregation's social missions. On November 6, children and teens will be working with the Social Action Committee on hunger issues, learning about how families make decisions about food, and how we can help address hunger in our community through our gathering items for JUMP and other projects. Can we ask you to help? Please email Cheryl Herrick at herrickvt@gmail.com if you're interested in helping young UU's make soup mixes for JUMP, or have a field trip to City Market, or learn about how to create a healthy breakfast and why some families don't. We look forward to gathering together to learn and to help! |
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2nd Saturday Potluck 
You are invited to a POTLUCK, November 12. The 2nd Saturday potlucks will begin at 6 PM (dinner at 6:30) in the parlors. Come for conversation, singing, new friendships, and a good dinner. Please call Helen Douglas at 862-7722 and make a reservation. Let us know if you are bringing an appetizer, main dish, salad, or dessert. Also include how many people and if you need childcare (it's free!). We ask for a $2 per person donation to cover the costs of wine, cider, soft drinks, and supplies. Help the environment and bring your own dishes. We hope to see you there.
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Spirit in Practice
Feeling stressed and busy?
Want to connect to other UU's?
Take time to nourish your own spiritual practice by registering for this 10 session UU Tapestry of Faith adult education class. We'll meet two Wednesdays a month from 6:45-8:15; childcare upon request. Registration required: valerie@burlingtontelecom.net.net or 859-0049 |
Office Hours!
We will be open Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. through 2 p.m. If you come during those hours and the door is locked, please ring the doorbell! |
 JUMP Dinner4 more lasagnas to go! Please help with this important JUMP fundraiser. And call Woody Fulton or Ginger Hobbs for tickets to this delightful 'church supper".
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 The 3rd Annual Silent Auction is almost here! Its larger than ever-- over 100 items! BID BOOKLETS will be handed out after the services this coming Sunday, October 30. Additional booklets will be available in the parlors as the auction begins. If you won't be attending services this coming Sunday but would like to see the booklet, email Hope Swanson hope.swanson@myfairpoint.net and she will send a pdf file of the booklet for your review. Auction begins on Sunday, November 6th after services, in the parlor. |
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 Come to a UU Family Potluck!
Looking to get to know other families better? Build community? Have some family fun! The RE Committee is starting a monthly family potluck. The first is November 12th, 5pm-8pm. Fun for the kids- games, dancing. Bring a dish to share and RSVP please to sarhforbesdesign@comcast.net or planetrupp@gmail.com so we can be sure our food groups are covered, or call Sarah Forbes at 872-8743. See you there!
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 Vermont's Emerging Human Rights Issue: Migrant Farm Workers
Joseph Gainza of Vermont Action for Peace and Gustavo Teran, long-time social justice activist, will lead a forum on immigration issues in Vermont on
Sunday, Nov. 13 at 12:30 PM in the Susan B. Anthony Room. Sponsored by the Denominational Affairs Committee and several other committees, Joseph and Gustavo will help us address the current UUA Congregational Study/Action Issue (CSAI) of "Immigration as a Moral Issue" from a Vermont perspective.
Joseph will provide an overview of the present immigration situation and Gustavo will show a short film, "Silenced Voices," that he and a colleague produced. Nearly a third of Vermont's 1500 migrant farm workers come from the Mexican state of Chiapas where Gustavo, Brendan O'Neill and a filmmaker traveled after a young farm worker died on a Vermont farm. The film looks at the life of Jose Obeth Santiz Cruz and the lives of other workers who have come to Vermont from the village where Jose lived. Gustavo will share with us what he learned while in Mexico.
You are warmly invited to meet and hear Joseph Gainza and Gustavo Teran on Sunday, Nov. 13 at 12:30 PM in the Meeting House. Refreshments will be served. For more information, please contact Dave Conrad, chair of Denominational Affairs, at dconrad@uvm.edu or 658-1047. |
 Memory Test for Youth!
Rev. Roberta challenges all the children and youth to learn by heart the chalice lighting words we speak together every Sunday. Parents, help your children learn the words, then find Roberta before or after a service. Children who recite the words by heart will get a chalice sticker. |
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Best JUMP Supper Ever
JUMP's delicious fundraiser, "The Best JUMP Supper Ever," is Saturday, November 5, at First United Methodist Church, South Winooski at Buell St., with seatings at 5 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. All of JUMP's supporting faith communities are invited to provide their favorite foods, so it's like 27 church suppers all in one! How can you resist? Tickets will be available ($10 adult, $5 child 6-10, free under 6) from our JUMP representatives after each service this Sunday, in the parlors or community room, or by calling Woody Fulton at 399-2643. If you cannot attend, consider buying tickets to donate to JUMP clients. Many came last year and really enjoyed the food, music and community conversation. |
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Volunteer Opportunities!!!
Fall Clean-up Day
Come and join the Property Committee with our annual fall clean-up day on Saturday, November 12th from 8:30 am to 12 noon! We will be leaf raking, tending the Memorial and flower gardens, touching up the fence, cleaning the front steps and more. Coffee, cider, fruit and donuts will be available along with lots of good cheer! Families and all ages are welcome. Bring a leaf rake if you have one.
The Property Committee
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The Occupy Movement and Us
Join Rev. Roberta for a discussion about the Occupy Wall Street movement and the place of UU's in the ongoing advocacy for economic justice. Saturday October 29th @ 11 am at the Meeting House.
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First Church of Christ, Scientist 420 South Union Street Burlington, Vermont 05401
October 21, 2011
Dear Members of the Unitarian Church in Burlington,
We are most grateful that you have made your church available for a free public talk we are sponsoring on Sunday, October 30, at 4 p.m.
And we extend a warm welcome to each of you, your friends, and families to attend what we anticipate will be an inspiring and thought-provoking talk.
Our speaker is John Q. Adams of New York. He's a Christian Science practitioner and teacher, and the title of his talk is: "If God is All, where is He at this moment?" It's a question many of us have probably asked ourselves in times of challenge.
Mr. Adams draws on his experience as a healer, including his own overcoming of drug addiction, in discussing God's ever-present help.
Additional information about Christian Science and this talk can be found at www.christianscience.com and on our local church's website, www.christianscienceburlington.org.
This lecture is one of our church's many forms of outreach. Our goal is to present facts about our religion (we know there are some misconceptions out there) and to promote a mutual sharing of ideas.
Mr. Adams would love to meet you on October 30th - and so would we!
Warmly,
The Members of First Church of Christ, Scientist, Burlington |
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UU Ghost Walk
Which of our founders made a fortune in railroads and died a pauper?
Which family paid the bills for our first meetinghouse and numerous musical instruments? Where is our first minister and why is his wife's grave unmarked? What prominent Unitarian took Ira Allen's land by a legal technicality?
To meet our beloved UU ghosts, good and bad, please join Elz Curtiss for a walking tour of Elmwood Cemetery after second service on October 30th. We will use the smoothest paths we can find, so all ages and mobilities are welcome.
Rain date will be the following Sunday.
For info please call Elz at 863-8403.
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 Child Dedication
Rev. Roberta Finkelstein and Director of Religious Education Martha Dallas would like to invite you to consider participating in a ceremony of Child Dedication at either the 9 am or 11 am service on Sunday November 20, 2011. We offer this opportunity to families when a new baby is born, when a child is adopted, or when a family with children joins our Society and wishes to have those children welcomed through Dedication. Please let us know if you would like to be part of the service on November 20th. Rev. Roberta would be happy to answer any questions you might have. revroberta@uusociety.org.
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