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Sunday June 17, 2012
Father's Day
10:30 am
Ray Williamson & Others,
On Fathers and Fathering
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Music
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About Sunday's Service
On this Father's Day, our panel offers recollections of their fathers' influences on their lives, and of the experience of becoming and being a father.
Pianist Linda Jones, will be playing music by Bach and two of his sons in honor of Father's Day, Prelude in E Major by J.S.Bach, Dialogue by J.C.Bach, and Solfeggio in A Major by C.P.E.Bach. Cathy Costa will be singing The Living Years by Mike Rutherford and B.A.Robertson.
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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 & Sunday July 1
American Stage Theater
163 3rd St. N
St. Petersburg,
SUUSI 2012!
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That's what the future is for: to build the present, with real plans, made by living people.
From The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
I am writing to you as your new President filling in for Denise Seeber who had to withdraw because of her health. Denise and Roberta Watson worked well together and I am fortunate to have inherited the results from their work. Denise set up systems for the Board and other leaders to follow which will make our endeavors during the next year and in the future much easier. I am truly grateful to them both for all of their contributions to the health and vitality of UUC.
This year will be an exciting time for UUC and the future of liberal religion in our area as we move forward with the recently approved strategic long-term plan. I will ask the board to place a priority on communicating with the congregation as we progress with its implementation. If you have questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me via e-mail or Cassie Alderman, President Elect.
In faith and hope, Susan Hegner
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Open Issues
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Ed Ericson
Growing Up On Clearwater Bay 70 Years Ago
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Ed Ericson was born in Upper Pinellas in 1929. Many of us know Ed. It is impossible to overstate his credentials as a life-long Humanist, a Unitarian Universalist, and a speaker. |
Religious Education Happenings |
Please join us this Sunday as we kick off our summer programming with an ice cream social for the children and youth of our Religious Enrichment Program. We will begin the day together in the Maxwell Library for our chalice lighting and time for sharing. This Sunday is Father's Day! It is a day to recognize and honor all those who have been a "father" to us. Let's see if we can make a six-foot banana split! Come have some fun at UUC this summer! Volunteers are encouraged! Join us and be a kid again, and have some fun!
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Have you changed your mailing address, phone numbers or email address in the past six months? If so, and you haven't yet notified us, we'd like to get it updated in the UUC Community Directory. Please advise Eloise Hardman (Community Builders Chair) or contact the UUC office or phone 727-531-7704. Thank you! |
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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 PRIDE Fest will be held Saturday, June 30, 2012, in St. Petersburg. The West Central Cluster of Unitarian Universalist congregations will be marching in the promenade (no float this year) beginning at 9:00am and will have two adjacent booths for the Street Fest (10:00am to 3:00pm), booths 510 and 512 between 25th Street and 26th Street.
Marchers from each congregation will carry congregational banners. The Cluster organizers are encouraging participants to wear yellow/gold shirts if possible or congregational shirts.
Volunteers are needed to work one hour shifts in the booths and/or to march in the promenade.
Sign-up sheets will be available in church on Sunday for the next few weeks. Come out and be a part of this great day that affirms the dignity and worth of everyone!
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June 20 - 24
Phoenix Arizona
On Site registration will be available starting June 19 in Phoenix.
But here is some good news for those unable to attend.
The following events should be available via live-streaming here. All times are local, Mountain Standard Time (not Mountain Daylight Time), which is the same as Pacific Daylight Time.
See Social Justice notes below for a listing of events to be offered for viewing at UUC.
Wednesday, June 20, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Opening Celebration/Plenary I
Thursday, June 21, 7:45 to 8:30 a.m.
Plenary II
Thursday, June 21, 8:30 to 10:00 a.m.
Worship: May All Beings Be At Ease: On Co-creation
Thursday, June 21, 8:00 to 9:30 p.m.
"Synergy Worship: The Call Across All Ages"
Friday, June 22, 7:45 to 8:30 a.m.
Worshiping Together, Working Together for Social Justice
Friday, June 22, 8:30 to 10:15 a.m.
Plenary III
Friday, June 22, 10:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Candidates Forum
Friday, June 22, 5:00 to 6:45 p.m.
Service of the LivingTradition
Saturday, June 23, 7:45 to 8:30 a.m.
Worship: 50 Ways to Cross a Border
Saturday, June 23, 1:00 to 3:30 p.m.
Plenary IV
Saturday, June 23, 4:45 to 5:15 p.m.
Sing for Justice!
Saturday, June 23, 5:15 to 6:15 p.m.
Ware Lecture
Saturday, June 23, 7:00 to 7:45 p.m.
Saturday Evening Worship
Sunday, June 24, 9:00 to 10:15 a.m.
Sunday Morning Worship
Sunday, June 24, 2:15 to 6:00 p.m..
Plenary V
Sunday, June 24, 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.
Closing Celebration |
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Our Web Site's Social Justice page can be found here.
Justice GA at UUC
Not going to the GA this year? Don't despair. Some of the highlights of the GA will be shown in the Octagon June 21, June 22, June 23 and June 24th. Some of these events will be time delayed and others will be live streamed. Join the fun and experience the excitement of the GA on the big screen. Stop by the octagon during the times indicated below:
Thursday June 21, 7 PM-We will be viewing the opening Celebration that actually will haven taken place Wednesday night. This is a joyful, worshipful opening celebration with inspirational music and speakers. The opening celebration sets the tone for the whole GA
Friday June 22 , 8 PM we will be viewing the live stream of the Service of the Living Tradition. The sermon will be given by Rev. Karen I. Tse
Saturday June 23, 7 PM The Ware Lecture will be viewed. This year the Ware Lecturer is NPR broadcaster Maria Hinojosa
Sunday June 24 - After Sunday service at UUC, worship again at the GA Sunday worship being shown in the Octagon. The Sunday worship is always incredible. You will not want to miss it!
Environmental Justice
We are a Green Sanctuary
UUC is now the proud recipient of the official signed and framed certificate proclaiming our Green Sanctuary status. Thanks to all who have helped in this endeavor. Keep up the good work.
Green Team Meeting
The next meeting of the Green Team is this Saturday, the 16th, from 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. Everyone's invited.
Dump the Pump Lunch
Please join PTSA and the Sierra Club on Monday, June 18th, at noon for lunch and a presentation about public transit in Pinellas County. PTSA needs lots of public support. This will be at 3201 Scherer Dr in St Petersburg. You can take the #52 bus from Grand Central to get there. The presentation is called, "Dump the Pump."
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 Safe 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. Sunday, June 17 is Father's Day. It is also Watergate Day. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the day Frank Wills caught seven men trying to break into Democratic National Headquarters in the Watergate Hotel. So, Sunday I think I will watch All The President's Men again and write love sonnets to Woodward and Bernstein for having the courage and wherewithal to see this story through in the toughest of times and also to Robert Redford who encouraged the duo to tell, not just the story of Watergate, but their story of how they came to write the series of articles that stripped away the layers of deceit. So Happy Father's Day with Liberty and Justice for all. 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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