Justice GA 2012 will be unlike any other. All aspects of GA from the Exhibit Hall to the Service projects will be focused on justice and human rights. One way you can be part of this historic moment is to attend as a volunteer.

Coordinators for the GA Volunteer Committee sub-committees are needed by November 15 to attend a meeting in December. There are 4 of these position open and these coordinators have all expenses paid for GA.

Other volunteers who will be members of the sub-committees will apply online in March, 2012. Approximately 200 of these volunteers are needed.

The General Assembly (GA) Volunteer Committee provides GA registration in exchange for volunteer work at GA. Adult volunteers are required to contribute 24 hours. Youth (grades 9-12) volunteers and those who qualify for reduced registration rates are required to contribute 14 hours.

Applications will be available on the UUA website March 1 and are due no later than March 31. For more information, contact Carolyn Saunders, 299-3854, c_saunders1@msn.com or see the Volunteer Brochure available

AIDSWALK

October16, on the University of Arizona campus. For more information, contact www.aidswalktucson.com or Pat Desai, www.csdesai@comcast.net

Name Tags Need Names

We currently have a huge surplus of name tags with no names on them. You don't have to be a member of our congregation to wear one of these beautifully crafted tags. Whether you're a member, friend, visitor, or have an old blurry tag, just ask one of the greeters for a form, fill it out, and turn it in to a greeter. Then in a week or two you should find your new tag hanging on the wall.

UUCT Book/Media Festival

MVUU members and friends are cordially invited to a three-day fund-raising Book/Media Festival Sale at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Tucson, Friday through Sunday, Oct. 21-23. . "On sale will be a wide variety of non-fiction and fiction hardcover and paperback books, magazines, DVDs and CDs," said Beth Britton, who heads the sale committee.

The schedule

Friday, Oct. 21, 5 to 9 p.m., sale preview for UUs and their guests. Several UU authors and their books will be present for a book signing from 5 to 7 p.m. There will be a $5 meal available - pizza, salad, cookies and a drink. Those attending will get first choice of all books and other merchandise. Family game activities are planned as well.

*The public book/media sale will run Saturday, Oct. 22, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 23, from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. There'll be special reduced bargain prices Sunday,.

More information or questions--call book sale chair Beth Britton at 881-0633. Or email her at beth.britton@hotmail.com

Concert

Tucson Chamber Artists, Southern Arizona's professional chamber choir and orchestra--presents Urah Hanevel: Jewish Music Comes Alive! Saturday, October 29, 7:30pm, and Sunday, October 30, 2:00pm at Temple Emanu-El and Grace St. Paul's Episcopal Church, respectively. Works by Mendelssohn, Copland, Bernstein and others will be performed. For tickets: www.TucsonChamberArtists.org or 401.2651.

Bethanne Simpson, Featured Artist in November Exhibit

The Kaleidoscope Gallery will be presenting its final exhibit from Sunday October 30 to Saturday December 3. The featured artist is Bethanne Simpson, a fine watercolorist. She is a signature member of the Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild who has shown her work in Michigan, California and Arizona. "My love of watercolor as a medium started early in my study of art. The flow of the water as well as the mark of the brush continues to intrigue me. My career as an illustrator cemented my love of form." All are cordially invited to her artist's reception Sunday, November 6 right after the service.

An Evening at UUCT with David Fitzsimmons

Tucson's favorite editorial cartoonist, David Fitzsimmons, will be entertaining us with his political humor and caricatures. He'll probably poke fun at us UUs too! Saturday, Nov. 5th at 7:00 pm. $10 per person; beverages and snacks by donation. It's a fund raiser for UUCT, so invite family and friends to come too!

Talent Show Date and Time Changed

If you think America's got Talent, you should see our church! The young people led by Ashlen Brennan want to hold a Talent show and we need you. We need talent; singing, dancing, acting, singles, duets, groups and novelty acts. We need help; ticket sellers, ushers, stagehands and an audience. Ashlen will be signing up talent and the kids will be selling tickets very soon. Look for them and support this fundraiser for the Kid's Camp DeBenneville fund. The show will be held on Saturday, November 12th at 7 pm.

Diary of a Crazy Gardner

By Alberta Gunther

Dateline: October

I must be loco. Only a crazy person would keep planting things that didn't come up the last time I planted them. But I never claimed to be smart. In the front I have my salad garden. The radishes are already coming up and I've good luck in the past with lettuce. That said I again planted green onions. I have never had them grow large enough to eat. That isn't all bad since I never eat them but Don likes them.

I have redug the back garden adding compost and leaves. I'll plant either tomorrow of the next day. I'm going to try spinach, bush beans, and peas.

On a related subject I would look kindly on anyone who came by Nov. 4 & 5 to water the front. I'll have the back on the watering system. On an unrelated subject, spell check doesn't like the word redug. Tough! It stays in. Keep your fingers crossed for me. I need some good luck for all that digging.

Aluminum Cans Needed!

Please bring your empty aluminum cans to church and place in the special bin. The price of aluminum is currently 81 cents a pound. Proceeds from cans go to the Camp de Benneville Pines Scholarship Fund. Thank you to Emily Ricketts for sponsoring this worthwhile project.

UU Wine Country Tours

This is the sixth year that our little UU Fellowship in Napa, CA. has depended upon the kindness of strangers to move closer to our goal of moving from rented space to a home of our own. We are doing this by conducting "Wine Country Excursions," inviting UUs from across the nation to stay in our homes and tour the Napa Valley, tasting wines,

enjoying beautiful scenery, art and history. The proceeds from this enterprise go to the building fund. We have made substantial progress but still have some distance to go.

We hope you will assist us. For more information, contact Tom Wilson at 2wilsons1dog@comcast.net

Soups, Sandwiches, and Sweets October 16

Please come join us this Sunday for food and fellowship after the service. We will have a buffet luncheon, proceeds of which will benefit our youth going to Camp de Benneville Pines or GA 2012. If you cannot afford the $5 donation. please join is anyway. The more the merrier!

If you are able and willing to help we could use soups, sandwich makings, deserts, chips and drinks to serve. Let us know at UUSybelle@gmail.com or Larabuggy3@gmail.com
Hope to see you all there!

Two Finding Heart Groups Start This Week
Sign Up on Sunday

Tuesday morning, October 18 at 10:00 am, "Life Stories and Values" at the Meikles'.

Tuesday evening, October 18 at 6:30 pm, "Discovering and Sharing Values" with Romy Fouad and Diane Szollosi in the Small RE Room.

Sign up today with Bill Casey or the Group Leader.

Groups starting in January will be announced in December.

Take this opportunity to get to know others better and to share deeper. There is still time to sign up -- contact Elizabeth Reed at reedeliz@gmail.com or 520-269-3414, for more information, or to sign up.

Activities and Events

Hikers

We have a group who hike on the first Friday of each month during the cooler part of the year. For October we're planning a hike at the top of Mount Lemmon. An email with details has been sent to the usual hikers. If you'd like to be added to our list, or want more information, contact Gene McCormick at genemick@comcast.net or leave a message at 297-9498.

Book Discussion Group

The Sunday Morning Book Group has chosen our next book for discussion, Storycatcher: Making sense of our Lives Through the Power and Practice of Story,

by Christina Baldwin, $10.70 at Amazon. We will be discussing the first ~= 50 pages on Sunday Oct. 2. We meet at 8:30. Come one, come all.
Tom Blackburn

Movie Outing October 22

Foothills Mall Cinemas, time to be announced, "Ides of March" stars George Clooney. An idealistic staffer for a newbie presidential candidate gets a crash course on dirty politics during his stint on the campaign trail. Supper after at Café Tremolo outside the mall. Look for a poster, a review, a signup and directions at Mountain View UU. Please sign up to be notified of the time for the movie. We will aim for a late afternoon showing. john.wilcox2008@comcast.net 531-1413

Bookaholics Unanimous October 26

Freedom by Jonathan Franzen has been anticipated, read, reviewed, compared, contrasted, sliced, and diced since word of its existence leaked out years ago. Does it live up to the hype? Most readers think so. You're in good hands with Franzen, who obviously loves his characters, flawed though they might be. Stay with the Berglunds and their family and friends, and you'll bump up against Republicans and Democrats, liberals and conservatives, Rednecks and city slickers, cranky eco-nuts and vile corrupt polluting Cheney cronies. Get the idea? It's worth the ride.

Two more great reads, good friends, are on the docket for November 16th: The Glass Castle and Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls. Literally thousands of readers rated both books with 4 1/2 stars out of five....rare praise for two memoirs. Enjoy the pleasure of knowing you have good stuff awaiting your perusal.....early holiday gifts from our readers to you.

Contact: Elaine azbooklover@comcast.net 290-1026

Religious Education News

Sunday, October 16th

1) Students will start in the sanctuary for a Story for All Ages, then be dismissed to their classrooms.

2) RE Fundraiser Luncheon: Sandwiches, Soups and Sweets in the Fireside Room, following the service. $5.00 suggested donation, although no hungry person will be turned away. If you can help by donating something to the luncheon, please contact Sybelle at www.UUSybelle@gmail.com

Upcoming Dates to Note

Sunday, October 23rd: "Beyond Categorical Thinking" Workshop. Youth are encouraged to attend. Babysitting will be provided for the younger kiddos.

Monday, October 24th: Everyone is invited to Rachel's Adoption Day Party, at the church, 5:30-8:30 PM. To help us plan the food, please RSVP a yes or no to mklo@earthlink.net by Friday, October 21st.

Sunday, October 30th: Halloween Social Hour in Fireside Room following service. All ages are encouraged to wear a costume and bring a carved pumpkin to church that day. Prizes will be awarded. Please bring a Halloween Goodie to share, if you can.

Saturday, November 12th: Talent Show. Please see Catalina or Ashlen if you would like to participate or help.

If you have any questions, please email or call me anytime, (406-5121).

Donna :-)

Beyond Categorical Thinking Workshop

Sunday, October 23 from 12-3 pm

PLEASE SIGN UP! You can do so in several ways: see a member of the Ministerial Search Committee after the Sunday service, call one of the MSC members, or email mscmountainvista@gmail.com with the names of those who will participate. Lunch and childcare will be provided. Teenagers are encouraged to attend both the service and the workshop.

You are invited

Rachel's Adoption Day Party

Donna Pratt (DRE/Administrator) would like to invite the congregation to join her family in celebrating the adoption of Rachel.

Monday, October 24th, 5:30-8:30 PM, at MVUU

Bring a hug and an appetite. Stay for a few minutes, or stay the entire time. We just really want you to be there with us on this very special day.

To help us plan for food, please RSVP to mklo@earthllink.net by 5 PM on Friday, October 21st.

Breakfast for Greeters October 29
and those who want to be just like them

There will be breakfast at the home of Jane Paul on

Saturday , October 29, 2011. Current greeters and anyone pondering the possibility of becoming a greeter are invited. It will start at 9 am and last until about 11 am. In addition to enjoying free food and talk, there will be an opportunity to review and offer suggestions about the greeting process. There will also be

Three Minutes of Intensive Training

for those who are new.

We love a crowd. Tell Jane your plans (Yes or No) by October 24. janerpaul@yahoo.com or 520-572-2011

New Member Recognition October 30

All members who have joined the congregation since the last formal recognition will be recognized during the service, as well as those who were not able to attend on that occasion.

Halloween Party October 30

All-Congregation Halloween Social Hour, Sunday, October 30, 11:30 AM For all ages. Please wear a costume to church and bring a carved pumpkin to church that day. Join us after the service for a Halloween Social Hour in the Fireside Room. There will be a prize for the best costume. and for the best jack 'o lantern . Please, if you'd like, bring a special goodie to add to the Treats Table.

Be a Buddy In Action

The Membership Team is very excited about our new Buddy Program and is now asking for members to step forward to be a Buddy to a new person of the congregation.

Hi, this is Steve McGeeney. Together with my lovely wife, Tandra Goodwin, we get to co-facilitate the new Buddy Program.

When you volunteer as a Buddy you get to be a liaison between a new person and our congregation. You get to enthusiastically welcome the new person and introduce her/him around to others. You also, of course, get to communicate about the many wonderful aspects of this place. You may also get to discuss Unitarian Universalism. Best of all, you get to know someone new.

The New Person gets a giant head start in learning what we're about and becoming more comfortable here.

To find out more about the Buddy Program, please email us at steveandtandra@q.com. Or feel free to call us at 572-4741.

Thank You from Poz Cafe!

With your help from the August "woven basket" contribution, we served 147 people at Poz Cafe in September! This number includes people living with HIV and their guests, congregational volunteers, TIHAN volunteers, and four TIHAN staff. We distributed 75 care packages, bags filled with donated toiletry items for our CarePartners living with HIV/ AIDS. We also gave out lots of bingo prizes and raffle prizes to our CarePartners.

And of course we can't forget the great meal and the hugs and the "safe space" that you help create at Poz Cafe every month where our clients can meet others living with HIV, increase their social support, and know that there are caring people from faith communities who welcome them and are working to end the stigma that still exists. Many Care Partners also took home leftovers for a second delicious meal.

Special appreciation to our own very hard-working volunteers: Christiane Heyde, Catalina Hall, Tandra and Steve Goodwin, Martha and Larry Casiotta, and Pat Desai.

Also many many thanks for the donation of toiletries and paper products from the congregation.

Thanksgiving Feast at MVUU

November 24 at 2 pm we will have a feast to celebrate the joy of living.
We will offer our thanks for the good things in our life, especially our UU fellowship.

The event will be open to all of you, and please invite friends. If weather is good, it will be outdoors. If not, it will be in the Goldblatt Building.

We will provide two roasted turkeys. If the response is large, we may call on you for more turkeys.

In order for it to come together properly please send an email to me indicating:

1. How many people will be in your party?
2. What you are bringing: side dish, salad, dessert, (including vegetarian dishes).
3. Are you willing to work on set up? Clean up?

When we get your responses we will balance out the menu offerings and make adjustments.

Please bring your own beverage, plates and tableware, and please bring a gift of several non-perishable food items, or a toiletry care package to be given to those in need.

Please contact Hobie Denney at hobied@gmail.com or 253-857-5171

Donations Wanted

For This Year's Service Auction
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Donations of all types welcome.

What type?

A dinner perhaps? Always a money maker for the congregation.

Or a gift basket-could be a bucket full of wine-or even craft beers, an assortment of beauty products, food items or spices, gardening implements--you name it.

How about offering a service, such as pet or house sitting, a ride to the airport, painting a room, a few hours of handyman work?

When? By Friday, October 21
How? Two ways to get your donations listed
1. Get your donation forms at Sunday Services and return to Jane Paul--put in the Membership box in the office.
2. E-mail the details to Jane at www.janerpaul@yahoo.com .

It's going to be a roaring good time when Mountain Vista UU Goes Back to the Roaring '20s on Friday, November 4, 2011. Doors open at 5:30 pm with wine to purchase and a silent auction. At 7 pm, the Silent Auction ends and the Live Auction begins. The menu will be wonderful and art deco desserts. Tickets are $10.00 in advance and $12.00 at the door. Call Catalina for more info, or for donation ideas, 572-1881.

Update on MVUU'S 2011 Holiday Giving Projects***

WHEN? Sundays after church, 11:30-12:45, November 6 to December 11, 2011

WHERE? At a table set up outside the Goldblatt Building

1. Alternative Gifts International (AGI)

MVUU is in its third year we of support for AGI, a small non-profit charity that is celebrating its 25th Anniversary this year. They are sponsoring 35 hand-chosen agencies

that give people around the world "gifts inspiring change" through donations of our financial support. Categories include Hunger, Education, Gender Equality, Child Mortality, Maternal Health, Medical Services, Environmental Sustainability, and others. When you choose the exact project to support, you can be assured that your donation

will go there.

Stop by our table on November 6 to December 11 and look at our catalogs. Volunteers will be happy to guide you through the purchasing process. The real beauty of AGI's program is that you can give $1 on up, meaning that MV's children, youth, and all adults can experience the joy of reaching out to others!

2. "Youth On Their Own" (YOTO)

Their Mission is "to support the high school graduation and continued success of homeless youth by providing financial assistance, basic human needs, and guidance." For 26 years, YOTO has been serving eligible teens ("without stable, permanent homes and parental involvement") through referrals by students' school counselors.

3. Teresa, the Executive Director, has decided to streamline and equalize donations by asking donors to purchase individual

*** $10 gift cards from TARGET, FRY'S, SAFEWAY, McDONALD'S, SUBWAY, BURGER KING or WALMART.

Deadline: Sunday, November 27,

Return gift cards to Debbie of Jim Gessaman at church.

We at MVUU can do our part to help some of the 500 students that depend on YOTO for a happy holiday.

Your outreach is a Gift of Peace, sharing that comes from your abundance to world neighbors in order to create-person by person-a more peaceful, equitable global community.

Volunteer of the Month

Who takes charge of the coffee every Sunday, making sure it gets made, that it gets served, that the urns are covered to keep warm, that the electricity is up to the job of keeping it hot? Who manages the annual rummage sale? Who is a major organizer of the service auction and the book sale? Catalina Hall, that's who.

Catalina is a take-charge kind of person. She organizes. She gets things done. She never seems to run out of energy. In addition to the things mentioned above, she also serves on the Buildings & Grounds Committee and takes notes at its meetings, she helps at the Poz Café, she participates in craft sessions, and does lots of other things behind the scenes. She was a mentor last spring for Coming of Age. She can always be counted on to demonstrate and teach belly dancing, a passion of hers, for events or for the kids in RE.

What an amazing person! We are really lucky to have her in our congregation.

Statement From Board of Trustees and Ministerial Search Committee

Congregational Message

Our MVUU Board of Trustees will call a congregational meeting for members and friends on a date in the near future to review the current budget and discuss strategies for the ongoing ministerial search process. At this time, no decisions have been made regarding our budget and current financial situation. That is why we are calling a congregational meeting. The Ministerial Search Committee will partner with the Board for that meeting.

Meanwhile, the Board urges everyone to attend the Beyond Categorical Thinking Workshop from noon until 3 p.m. on Sunday, October 23. That workshop will help us all gain tools and insights to help the success of our community and welcome a new minister in August 2012.

Conrad Paul, Board President and Anne Tatum, Ministerial Search Committee Chair

Sunday Services for October

Association Sunday

October 16, 2011

"""Parson Means Person: Reflections on the Ministry"

Rev. Joy Atkinson

As the search for a settled minister continues at Mountain Vista UU, our interim minister will explore some aspects of ministers and ministry, and the multiple roles required of ministers who serve our congregations. This Sunday is designated Association Sunday, and a special collection for the UUA to support programs that promote excellence in ministries in our Association will be taken during the service.

October 23, 2011
"Beyond Categorical Thinking"
Deb Hillgartner and Gil Guerrero

"Will the new minister hear me? Will my concerns and needs be met? Will the minister understand what I'm living with? How will the community respond to our minister?'

In answering these questions, a picture of the "ideal minister" (categorized by age, gender, gender identity, nationality, physical ability, race, and sexual orientation) comes to mind. With this picture in place, it can be easy to unintentionally exclude ministers who fall into certain categories. At times, as we get caught up in comparing candidates to our "picture," we can even forget what it is we hoped for in a minister. The Beyond Categorical Thinking program is designed to promote inclusive thinking and help prevent unfair discrimination in the search process for a new minister.

Co-facilitators Deb Hillgartner and Gil Guerrero from the UUA Transitions office will share their personal perspectives on the experience of identity, and how our understanding of identities impacts the ministerial search. After worship, we encourage everyone to attend their workshop entitled "Beyond Categorical Thinking" as we learn about the way that our personal experiences and biases can hinder us from finding the best minister for our congregation. Barbara Gates is Worship Associate. The choir will sing.

Halloween/ El Dia De Los Muertos Service
October 30, 2011

"Sympathy for the Devil"
Rev. Joy Atkinson

We Unitarian Universalists have long rejected the idea of hell and a literal devil figure, but what might the "devil" in human experience symbolize? The sermon will explore aspects of good and evil in human experience. We will also observe the Day of the Dead traditions of Central and South America with an altar, to which you are invited to bring pictures of loved ones who have died. Children of all ages, and adults too if they like, are invited to come in Halloween costumes.

All members who have joined the congregation since the last formal recognition will be recognized during the service, as well as those who were not able to attend on that occasion. Irene Sattinger is Worship Associate.

Halloween/ El Dia De Los Muertos Service October 30, 2011 "Sympathy for the Devil" Rev. Joy Atkinson

Halloween/ El Dia De Los Muertos Service
October 30, 2011

"Sympathy for the Devil"
Rev. Joy Atkinson