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Sunday June 10, 2012
10:30 am
Rev. Abhi Janamanchi, Christine Pensa & Others
Celebrating Our Children & Youth
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Music
 | | Linda Jones, Piano |
 | | Peter Goldhammer, Banjo |
 | | Ed Kraemer, Drums |
 | | Larry & Loretta Lacy, Vocals |
About Sunday's Service
Our last Spirited Worship service of the year featuring stories, wonderful music, recognition of Sunday School teachers, and a bridging ceremony for graduating youth.
Peter Goldhammer, Ed Kraemer and Larry & Loretta Lacy will be singing a spirited version of We've Got The Whole World In Our Hands
Linda Jones will be playing some lively selections by Schubert, Khachaturian, and Prokofiev.
A member of the Social Justice Council will deliver this month's Social Justice Report. The purpose of the Social Justice Report is to inform the congregation and the public about social justice concerns.
This is Share the Plate Sunday and our recipient this week is Heifer International
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UU Theism Study Group
Every Tuesday
7-8:30 pm
Anastasia Maxwell Library Contact: Katherine Torres, 727-482-6171 (text)
e-mail
Festival Ruah, Friday, June 29, 7 p.m.
Prelude to Pride: A Wizard of Oz
Monday June 25 & Monday July 2
American Stage Theater
163 3rd St. N
St. Petersburg,
SUUSI 2012!
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 In this month's column, I resurrect a custom from the early years of my ministry - providing an annotated list of titles for summer reading. The following is a list of some of the books I intend to get to this summer as well as ones that I read during the year that deserve special mention.
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Open Issues
Sunday, June 10, 2012
John Chase
Showing 1st 20 min. of Yul Kuon's PBS video "Electric Nation"
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Yul Kuon shows vivid footage of the challenges facing today's electric grid, as it grows to support growing population and electric cars. His "solutions" DVD will be shown at a July session. |
Religious Education Happenings
Christine Pensa has written a wonderful thank you to Joe Hill for his Memorial Day visit. Read it here. |
Please join us this Sunday for a special Spirited Worship Service as we honor our children, youth and dedicated volunteers who make our
Religious Enrichment Program truly wonderful! Through stories and music we will celebrate the year we had together and look to the future. Our youth will participant in a bridging ceremony that celebrates the transition into young adulthood. We will also recognize those transitioning from middle school to high school and welcome them to our youth group. We hope to see you on Sunday with a SMILE! Volunteers are encouraged! Join us and be a kid again and have some fun!
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Interweave Potluck & Movie Night |
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Friday, June 8
6:30 pm
UUC Social Hall
Come one and all to the Interweave Potluck and Movie night. This month's feature is The Birdcage starring Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman, Diane Wiest & Hank Azaria in a hilarious update of La Cage Aux Folles. (My favorite scene is Robin Williams' frantic instructions to a dancer--ED.)
Bring a covered dish, OR $5. Please RSVP by e-mailing Joe Weinstein or call Joe at 813-263-2989. |
Spring Spruce Up Successfull |
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Last Saturday's work party was very successful. UUC's grounds and buildings look a lot better now, thanks to the work of our tireless volunteer crew. Special recognition goes to Ken Nichols and Jacob Speranza who just became UUC members last week. In addition to these two, we had thirteen other stalwarts: Sue Boone, Bob Buesing, Ray Clayton, Rives Foster, Carl Hansen, Eloise and Jay Hardman, Susan Hegner (your new president), Earl Kipka, Bob Muir, Bill Norsworthy, Joanne Osburn and Frank Tedesco. Their work is much appreciated! Please mark your calendars and join us for our fall event on Sat., Sept 8th. |
Summer Book Club Starting |
A Summer Book Club will meet weekly the next few months beginning 10 a.m., Friday, June 15th, in the Chorale room. All are welcome. No fee. For more information, contact Alicia Addeo at 727-579-0548 or email Alicia. |
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 Excepting June 24, all the Sundays in the month of June are available for floral arrangements. If you have flowers in your garden, perhaps you would like to bring a bouquet to share with the congregation. |
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June 20 - 24
Phoenix Arizona
One week remains to pre-register for General Assembly. So hurry. On Site registration will be available starting June 19 in Phoenix. |
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 SUUSI is coming! Are you going? If not, why not? It is "The most wonderful thing in the whole world!" according to one leading Pancake Breakfast organizer. So find out more and register for SUUSI now! |
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Our Web Site's Social Justice page can be found here.
Environmental Justice
Hurricane Season
Hurricane Season is upon us. Remember to have your emergency information on file at UUC. Pack your emergency supplies including paperwork - insurance information, inventory of household goods, identification - passports, birth certificates and such, as well as flashlights and batteries, water, non-perishable foods, healthy snacks, tableware, pet food, cash and gasoline for the car.
Water Management Classes
Gardens and rain barrels throughout St. Pete Tampa Bay Living Green in cooperation with neighborhood associations and the support of the Southwest Florida Water Management District will be planting three demonstration gardens and presenting six "water smart" workshops during June and July. There will be 30 rain barrels available on a first come, first served basis at each of the six workshops. The public is welcome and there is no fee. Please see here or email Steve for further information.
Code Green Community
Check the website for Code Green Community and subscribe to their newsletter. See Code Green Community for event information.
Good e-mail Lists
Good email lists to join for excellent green information include the Sierra Club and Pinellas County Extension.
Economic Justice
Pinellas Safer Harbor Tour and Presentation
Please join us to tour Pinellas Safe Harbor, a local homeless shelter, and to present the collected underwear and $1000 check on June 22nd. We will be leaving the UUC parking lot at 10:30 and should be back around noon. The UUC Social Justice Council is considering building a closer relationship with this shelter. If this is a project you might be interested in, please come to the tour. Sign up for the tour at the Social Justice table after the service or contact Linda Stoller at 442-3551. |
PUBLICATION DEADLINES OCTAGRAM - WEEKLY EVERY THURSDAY The Octagram is intended to focus on activities taking place at UUC or those of interest to UUC members and friends. Send items in brief with a link to more information to Octagram. PLEASE DO NOT SEND INFORMATION FORMATTED, OR IN A FLIER. Provide text in an email, or as an attached Word file with any pictures/graphics attached to the email. Deadline is 10 a.m. every Wednesday. Prepared by Jeff Anderson, assisted by Leslie Conrad. Katherine and I had an occasion this past week to watch the old Clint Eastwood favorite The Good, The Bad & The Ugly. While watching this splendid movie, Katherine remarked to me that she had no idea who to root for in this movie since all the lead characters were reprehensible and involved in crime. How true this is, I thought. I suppose that the minor character flaws introduced in more recent movies are not really enough to qualify the characters as anti-heroes. I guess the Golden Age of the anti-hero is behind us now and we like to see more definition of good and evil in movies now. A pity, moral ambiguity is so delightful at times. ORDER OF SERVICE/ANNOUNCEMENTS - WEEKLY EVERY SUNDAY SERVICE: Deadline is 6 p.m. every Wednesday. Send appropriate items to Order of Service/Announcements. Prepared by Pat St. Clair. ITEMS RECEIVED AFTER THE DEADLINES WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE FOLLOWING PUBLICATION, IF APPLICABLE. Octagram headline artwork of the UUC courtyard pond by Lynette Wood. |
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