Some reflections as the first year of a two-year interim ministry draws to a close.

Calendar 

Please visit the church calendar here.  

The We Care program is a network led by volunteers who reach out to address short-term needs - food deliveries, rides to doctor's appointments, a listening ear in the event of a loss. The Cedar Lane congregation is organized geographically by "neighborhoods"; each neighborhood has at least one chairperson to coordinate support. Look at your name-tag or the map in the church office to find your neighborhood.   

Our condolences are with Cathy, Stew, Julia and David Grubman (Neighborhood 8) and Al, Maggie, Caitlin, McKenzie and Conor Brodnick (Neighborhood 4) with the death of their twenty-year-old nephew/cousin, Nikolay Rauner, through a car crash in Harford County.

We rejoice with Warren and Ellen Thompson (N3) who are celebrating their 50th anniversary this weekend.

Our hearts go out to Barrie and Al Carr and their children Miles, Toby and Oliver (N8) as Barrie's mother, Rae Doliner, died on May 31st.

Best wishes are with Sandy, Betsy and Carrie Shaw (N2) as they embark on a multi-week bicycle ride across the country, beginning this Sunday. You can follow their experience through Carrie's blog. 

Healing wishes are with Dan Wilson (N7). Two weeks ago, Dan was diagnosed with a brain tumor. He is currently in rehab at ManorCare on Democracy Boulevard and leaving that facility regularly for radiation and chemotherapy treatments at Georgetown Hospital. Calls, cards and visits to his ManorCare room are welcome!

Should you know of a member of our community in personal need, you are encouraged to reach out to them. If you learn that this person wishes to receive a response from the church, please contact Heather Janules at hjanules@cedarlane.org.  All ministers offer pastoral care to our members so  you are also encouraged to contact any member of the ministerial team.  

Around the Church     

It is so easy to give Cedar Lane the amount you plan to pledge for our new fiscal year which starts this July. We need to hear from you so we can plan the budget.  Click here to pledge online.

If you have already pledged, thank you!

Join us for the Alliance Luncheon this Thursday, June 14 at 11:30 a.m.  Please bring a main dish, vegetable, salad or dessert to service six or eight.   All are welcome! We will elect officers for 2012-2013. The next luncheon will be in September. 

UUA General Assembly, June 20-24, in Phoenix AZ

For full coverage and live streaming go to www.uua.org/ga.  You are also invited to Cedar Lane's library to view the following GA sessions on our large screen (EDT): 

• Fri 6/22, 11:30 - 1:15 p.m., Plenary
• Fri 6/22,  8:00 p.m., Service of the Living Tradition
• Sat 6/23, 4 - 6:30 p.m., Plenary.  (Late dinner or a potluck to be planned Friday.)
• Sat 6/23, 8:15 pm, Ware lecture 
• Sun 6/24, noon, Sunday Service
• Sun 6/24, 5:15 - 9 p.m., Plenary. Bring food (plans to be made on Friday and Saturday).  Note: Currently, all debate and voting are planned for only this plenary.

Do you have a graduate in your family whether from high school or college?  Please contact Linda Gianessi (lgianessi@cedarlane.org) if we can announce their name, school and future plans in the next newsletter.

Meditation June mini series meets in the Chalice House four Mondays in June, 7:30-9 pm.  Drop-in's welcome.  All levels welcome.   

Come visit the Paper to Pearls table this Sunday, the last day before summer services. Newly arrived necklaces, bracelets, and earrings from Uganda await your browsing pleasure in the lounge. As always, proceeds go to the Ugandan women who made them as well as to AMCAV, our project enabling education in DR Congo. During the summer, please don't hesitate to contact Annette Scarpitta if the table is not in the lounge

(annettecedarlane@spamex.com.) 

JOIN the Joseph Priestley District's Jubilee Anti-Racism Training

When:  Fri, August 3 (6 pm to 10 pm); Sat, August 4 (8:30 am to 9 pm); Sun, August 5 (8:30 am to 5 pm - with a break for worship service).  

Do you wish to nurture your congregation's multicultural future in the face of opposing cultural currents?  Do you wish to deepen your understanding of how race and ethnicity play out in our institutions and our daily lives?

Farm Market Stand Open this Saturday, June 9! 

Sweet CHERRIES!  These are the early small dark ones! 

STRAWBERRIES are here! 

They are sweet and very good! 

Great Rhubarb! 

We have spinach, spring onions, radishes,  

lettuce, salad greens, asparagus, and spearmint tea. 

Arugala, stored potatoes.

..the list goes on! 

Environmental Task Force    

9 Ingredients to Watch

Because of the prevalence of soy and corn in processed foods, about 30,000 genetically modified food products sit on US grocery store shelves.

Here are the top 9 GM ingredients to watch for!

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In this together from CLARITY

What do Cedar Laners need to know and do about racism?

At the CLARITY-sponsored "Mapping the Journey" event on Dec. 11, 2011 over 50 Cedar Laners assessed where our church community lies on a continuum from "Maintaining" (the unexamined status quo) to "transforming" our culture to be inclusive in four areas of diversity.  Our collective appraisal was that one of our greatest opportunities for growth relates to "multicultural/multiracial" diversity.  

In order to set practical goals which will move us toward more inclusivity, it's essential that we understand "institutional" racism (different from individual prejudice).  The key program in the Joseph Priestley District's recommended diversity training is "Jubilee".  This program has not been available in our general locale for a couple of years, but on August 3-5 it will be held right here at Cedar Lane.  Enrollment is limited to 40 participants, so don't delay. Register at http://www.jpduua.org/news-and-notes/jubilee-anti-racism-training or by mail. Limited funds are available for financial assistance.  Contact Ariel Mora (ariel_mora1@hotmail.com ) regarding financial support, or with any other questions about this program.   

In this time of transition, what an encouraging statement it would be to fill 20 of those spots with Cedar Laners!  Let's demonstrate our group commitment to learning about and working on this issue.

Partner Church Scholarship Fundraising

This marks our final week of actively soliciting scholarships funds for our Partner Church congregation in Dicsöszentmárton, Romania. We'll be in the lounge after service on Sunday June 10, but contributions will be gratefully accepted at any time throughout the summer - simply mail or drop off a check to the church office. Checks should be made out to CLUUC with "Partner Church Scholarships" in the memo line. Thank you to all who have contributed thus far this year and in previous years: generous support from the Cedar Lane community has made attending university a feasible option for many young people in the Dicsö congregation.  

The final four students we are featuring this week are studying a variety of subjects. They all hope to make their parents proud by obtaining university degrees, and they all also hope to benefit society in some way with their chosen career paths.     

Beyond the Church     

Click here to learn about some events sponsored by friends of Cedar Lane.