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Sunday July 15, 2012
10:30 am
Sister Kathleen Beatty
To See, To Touch, To Be Enfolded in the Fabric of the Universe
 | | Sister Kathleen Beatty |
Worship Associate
 | | Jenn Bouchie |
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Music
 | | Linda Jones, Piano |
 | | Pat Rogers, Vocals |
 | | Don Ekberg, Bass |
 | | Ed Kraemer, Drums |
About Sunday's Service
Sister Kathleen Beatty will reflect on the writing of Annie Dillard in Pilgrim at Tinker Creek and Thich Naht Hanh in Peace is Every Step.
Born and raised in eastern Pennsylvania, Sister Kathleen has been a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph for 45 years. She has been an educator for most of her life. She is a lover of all things new and a seeker of wisdom that comes through lived experience.
Providing the music for the service will be Linda Jones (piano), Pat Rogers (voice), Don Ekberg (bass) and Ed Kraemer (drums). They will be playing three pieces by George Gershwin -Rialto Ripples Rag, Someone to Watch Over Me and Impromtu in Two Keys, and a piece by Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley - Feeling Good.
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. | |
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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
"My Big Gay Italian Wedding"
August 6, 2012 7:30 p.m.
American Stage Theatre
St. Petersburg
Pay-What-You-Will
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Earlier this year The Octagram posted a link to the Strategic Plan as created by Peter Goldhammer and others and presented by Linda Stoller & Pegotty Cooper. Our new President is intent on making the Strategic Plan, voted in at the annual meeting, a reality and thus we present once more, here, the Strategic Plan. From this day forward you will be able to view the Five-Year Strategic Plan from a link in our Quick Links section as well.
Neither Susan Hegner, nor the Board of Trustees, nay not even teamed with the formidable Knights Who Say Ni, can bring the Strategic Plan to life alone, it will take our whole community, each of us contributing our own unique gifts as we can, to make this Strategic Plan real.
Let us go Shining towards this goal. |
Open Issues
Sunday, July 15, 2012
John Chase
The 2nd half of the PBS documentary Electric Nation by Yul Kuon
| | This segment is about solutions to the challenges facing today's electric grid, as it grows to support growing population and electric cars. Key question is "When and how will we quit using fossil fuel for electricity?" |
Religious Education Happenings |
Please join us for faith, friendship and fun!
Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. - Sicilian Proverb Please join us this Sunday for a day to celebrate the importance of friendship. We will be getting dirty with clay and will have a variety of friendship themed activities. Our high school youth group will meet from 12-1 for open discussion. Religious Education Information |
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 Jumping Jehosophat! SUUSI is almost upon us. Now remember folks, with the coming apocalypse this could be your last chance to attend this one of a kind event. July 15 is the start date. Act now to sign up by going here. There will be more fun and excitement than you can shake a sharp stick in the eye at at SUUSI. Everyone is welcome to this most wholly remarkable event. |
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Hot on the heels of SUUSI come SWUUSI, a wonderful event starting July 22 and running through July 27. But don't take my word for it (after all I said SUUSI was unique). Check this out. |
Interweave Movie Night & Potluck |
 Friday, July 136:30 pm
UUC Social Hall
This month's movie is Go Fish. Potluck at 6:30 followed by discussion and Movie. Lynette Wood says her family made this movie. Rose Troche, the director, is her daughter-in-law. Lynette's son, Scout, was a producer and is in it. Lynette helped with fundraising. This was a breakthrough movie.(And a very good one. I saw this during its extremely limited run in Huntsville, Alabama when it first came out--Ed.) It won first place at Sundance Film Fest, Samuel Goldwyn picked it up and it went around the world. Please RSVP to Joe Weinstein at Joe before the evening. And bring a dish to share for potluck. If unable to bring food, please bring a $5 donation. |
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 The 2013 UU district choral festival will be held this year at the Unitarian Universalists of Clearwater on February 16-17. With the close proximity of the festival to Valentine's Day, this year's theme of LOVE seems rather fitting.
I am looking for pieces that a choir of about 100 amateur, semi-professional and some professional musicians can perform as part of a service focusing on the theme of love. The pieces should be written for SATB. There can be some further splitting (ie.SSATTBB). However, the pieces are performed by a majority of amateur musicians who, though they learn the pieces ahead of time, have limited rehearsal time at the festival itself. The duration of the piece should be between 3-6 minutes. We do have some fine instrumentalists at our church so if you wanted to incorporate some sort of instrumental obligato, you can e-mail me privately regarding the possibilities.
The deadline for submission is September 30, 2012. If you are interested in submitting a work, please e-mail me the manuscript to me
Finally, please pass this information along to anybody within our UU family in Florida.
Thank you ahead of time for considering the sharing of your gifts in this very special and personal way.
Personally, I can't wait to see the results.
Blessed be and Shalom,
Dr. David Katz
Director of Music
Unitarian Universalists of Clearwater, Florida as a PDF attachment. Also, if you are able, please attach an MP3 formatted recording of the work as well. If your piece is selected, you will need to provide MP3 formatted recordings of all separate voice parts as well as the complete piece. You will also be giving UUC permission to post these recordings as well as the manuscript on its website and allow participants of the festival to download this material and use it for free. The choral festival service at UUC on Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013 will be streamed via the World Wide Web and in knowing that, you give us permission to include your piece as part of that streaming. Please understand that you will not be compensated in any financial form for its performance during the 2013 festival. However, you will have the thrill of hearing your wonderful creation of music performed in a fantastic musical space |
Sheriff's Debate Coming to UUC |
Interim Sheriff Bob Gualtieri will face former sheriff Everett Rice in a fight for a critical spot on the August 14 Primary ballot during a debate set for Tuesday, July 17, at UUC. The National Armed Services & Law Enforcement Memorial Museum sheriff debate will help determine which of the two Republican front-runner candidates will prevail in the county's most hotly contested and contentious year-long campaign.
Bay News 9 and Patch.com have joined to offer full county-wide coverage of the debate through Patch online live-streaming and with Bay News 9 On Demand Channel 342.
Challenging Gualtieri and Rice is Democrat Scott Swope and write-in candidate, Greg Pound. The four candidates will answer tough questions about personal qualifications, budget management, community policing and key campaign issues from moderator, Al Ruechel, Bay News 9 senior anchor. Organizer and event chairman, Harvey A. Smith, predicts a "sell-out" crowd in the 300-seat UUC Octagon Arts Center due to the emotionally-charged and highly competitive campaign duel between Gualtieri and Rice.
The debate is free and open to the public but Smith advises arriving early for best seating. Voter registration will take place in the lobby beginning at 6:30 p.m. |
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 We now have 250 friends on Facebook and counting. Huzzah to Alicia Addeo for her work in updating and maintaining the UUC presence on Facebook. Become a friend today. |
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Our Web Site's Social Justice page can be found here.
Here is the report on July's Share the Plate recipient.
Be A Repsonsible Steward
Don't take a vacation from conserving energy, recycling trash, and otherwise being a responsible steward of our environment.
Green Team in Action
We are following the activities of the Advisory Committee to the PSTA. A meeting was held on 7/09/12. They are involved in detailed planning to meet the transportation needs of Pinellas County. Watch for meetings to be held in your area. They will explain the planning process to date and solicit public comment.
Hands Across The Sands Save the date: Saturday, August 4th. Another "Hands Across the Sands" event will be held at beaches all along the coast to protest proposed oil drilling. Watch for or plan an event at your local beach. Earth 911 An interesting website with a newsletter is Earth911. Lots of up-to-date environmental news, as well as extensive recycling information. Economic Justice Safe Harbor Tour Report
Click here to read Linda Stoller's report on a recent trip by UUC members to Safe Harbor. |
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.
I'm going to miss O'Neal Jacobs. My heart and thoughts go out to Eileen and her children at this time. I got to share several lunches with O'Neal and Eileen during the 2010-2011 church year at the Lunch with the Ministers. O'Neal always was interesting and led a life committed to change. Farewell Friend. 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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