Upcoming Dates
| Jan. 27
Readers' Theatre
Jan. 29
Sock Hop
Flyer
Feb. 2
UU Voices for Health Care Reform
Feb. 5
Crab Dinner
UU Partner Church Council Party at UUSM
Feb. 6
UU Salon
Feb. 10
Readers' Theatre
Feb. 12
AcoUUstic Cafe
C*JAM Jazz Quartet
Feb. 16
Book Club
Feb. 17
Kirtan
Feb. 20
New to Unitarian Universalism
Jan. 16 - Feb 24
Non-Juried Art Show
Feb. 24
Readers' Theatre
Feb. 29
Rev. Lazar
March 4-6
Women & Religion UUA Retreat
March 27 & April 10
Class on Islam
Adult ed. after service
12:30 - 3:00
More Dates
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welcome among us
people of all races,
cultures, ages,
abilities, sexual
identities/
orientations, and
faith perspectives.
GUESTS are always welcome.
Sunday worship is a time for
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CHILDREN AND YOUTH
Join adults during the first part of the
service, and then attend Religious
Education classes. Nursery and
toddler care is provided during the
11:00 service.
REFRESHMENT HOUR
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Fireside Room follows the services.
Come, join us!
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Staff Links
| Minister:
Rev. Chip Wright
minister@uumarin.org
415-479-4131
Director of Religious Education:
Linda Haumann
dre@uumarin.org
Administrator:
Janette Morrow
office@uumarin.org
President, Board of Directors:
Jennifer Gennari
board@uumarin.org
Director of Music:
Philip Hildreth
music@uumarin.org
Pianist:
Milton Wong
milton.wong@goaaa.com
Pastoral Care:
Chair: Carol Littrell 883-9676
Partial Resource List
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Minister's Schedule
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Rev. Chip Wright
Office Hours
Tues., Wed., Thurs.
10:00am to 3:00 pm.
Or available by appt.:
or
phone (415)479-4131
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Jan. 27th, 2011
Issue #102
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 Sunday Worship Service
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| Jan. 30, 11 am: "What A Difference A Change Makes"
Rev. Paul Gaffney, Chaplain with the Marin Interfaith Street Chaplaincy with Worship Associate Joan Nelson
Rev. Paul recognizes the sacred spark in everyone. Particularly in those who are down on their luck, and thus overlooked and otherwise disrespected. At the soup kitchen, in jails, hospitals, and community service organizations, Rev. Paul is himself a spiritual presence, a movable sacred space. He will give us the deeper story that lies behind what we see in the news and on the streets.
View and Print January Services Read Past Sermons Online |
Contemplative Service
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Our Lay led Contemplative Service is from
9:00-9:50 am on Sundays (not available in summer).
Readings introduce a silent period to reflect on a topic or idea, followed by an opportunity to share individual thoughts.
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Sign Up to Volunteer Online!
| | All events need helpers.
To sign up online click on the appropriate address:
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UUCM's Second Annual
Sock Hop
| UUCM's Second Annual Sock Hop
benefitting UUCM
and the
Marin Interfaith Street Chaplaincy
on Saturday, January 29, 7-10pm.
Admission to the fun evening is a little cash and a package (or more) of men's white athletic socks.
All the family can join in the fun of dancing or listening to "That Old Time Rock 'n' Roll" music of the 50's and 60's! Professional ballroom dance teacher Michelle Parodi will teach us some basic steps. Last year we learned "The Stroll" from our own musical artist Karen Auroy and collected over 100 pairs of socks for the Street Chaplaincy. Let's make this year's Sock Hop even bigger and better!
Please click on the link to volunteer with setup, serving or cleanup:
*Sign-up to help online form*
Bring your friends too!!
Please distribute:
FLYER
Thank you!
Judith Pomeroy, Event Coordinator |
Rev. Chip's Clips: Alliteration
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 Rev. Chip Wright
February, 2011
In honor of the new year of 2011 I am now titling my monthly newsletter offering Rev. Chip's Clips, a more reflective title for thoughts on a busy congregation which lends itself to slices or clips of our life together in all its diversity and abundance.
The work of our congregation is moving on in all kind of positive ways. I'm so appreciative of the level of quality and participation of our congregation: The class on Issues of Aging this fall was by all accounts successful. It was well attended with 50+ folks at every meeting. A big 'Thank You' goes to the Pastoral Care Committee for organizing it and providing this critical service.We have had the Reader's Theater debut in our services this fall as well and this will continue when it fits the worship theme. Thank you, Readers Theater for adding another level of depth to our services. And as always our choir has filled our hall with lovely and inspiring sounds. Thank you for your continuing gift of music! And our AcoUUstic cafes are regular, wonderful events now, and a successful Fun-D raiser and outreach to the larger music loving community of Marin. Thank you Katie! As the New Year turns we continue to house homeless women on Sundays. Thanks to all of you who participate in this, and Joan for coordinating it.
There are just too many good and positive things going on to mention here, so thanks to all of you who have stepped up to help in the life of this community on the hill as well as representing us and our deep felt values elsewhere!
Looking forward: My next educational offering will be a class on Islam on March 27th and April 10th. It will be from 12:30 to 3:00 after church in the Fireside Room. If you have an interest in this fastest growing religious movement on the planet, please come and learn all about its traditions, its diversity and its theology of culture. A light lunch will be provided. (Donations to help in the food and materials costs will be happily accepted at the class.) Please let the RE Committee know if you plan on coming.
As we participate and take joy in this growing and enlivened community the energy created by that truly makes a difference. All kinds of fun things are on the horizon in 2011-12, from our Sock hop to benefit the Marin Interfaith Street Chaplaincy and folks who are down on their luck right now, to our crab feed, our upcoming UUCM auction and what I count on to be a very successful pledge drive, and our annual all church retreat. As we move into the days ahead keep in mind that it is 'we' who make this place work and keep it alive. And please consider the value that this congregation and this liberal religious movement brings to you and yours, and to the world when you decide on your generous pledge this year. Thank you for your deep consideration and financial generosity. We all need to step up our commitment and support to keep this place the vibrant and meaningful beacon of liberal religious community that it is. This county and our wider world desperately need a growing and expanding voice for the kind of values we hold dearly in our hearts and in our service to our neighbors!
Ah, so much to do, so many people to greet and come to know better. What an opportunity for all of us! Lets make this place "SHINE" in 2011-12. See ya'll at church.
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Readers' Theatre
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UU Readers Theatre always meets the second and fourth Thursday of the month, 7:30 to 9 pm, Fellowship Hall.
The next meetings are January 27 & February 10 and 24.
New members are welcome. Contact Jan Seagrave for more information.
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UU Voices for Health Care Reform
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Unitarian Universalist Legislative Ministry presents:
"UU Voices for Health Care Reform"
February 2nd
7-8:30 pm in Fellowship Hall
Flyer
Five follow-up sessions
co-facilitated by Joan Nelson and Linda Haumann, DRE
Weds., Feb. 9 & 16, March 2, 9 & 16.
Register with dre@uumarin.org
Topics include history of health care reform, health equity,
access to mental health care,
how to make a difference both locally and globally.
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UUCM 4th Annual Crab Dinner!
| February 5th at 6:30. All you can eat Dungeness crab! Cleaned and cracked by
Reverend Chip &
Bill Pryor (crab piece breaker and cracker extraordinaire!). Dinner Host and Menu Designer Sher will prepare her
Boston clam chowder.
Caesar salad & sourdough bread for all!
No host wine and beer.
Crab is a bargain at $30.00.
Kid's price for crab is $20.00 and
vegetarian/vegan pasta is $10.00. Corkage $15.00.
Reservations required.
Childcare provided by request.
Please make reservations as soon as possible but deadline will be February 2nd.
Volunteer to help:
Online Job Form
Job Descriptions
Invite your Friends:
FLYER
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It's Easy to Help Out at UUCM!
| | Have you ever wanted to help out at UUCM but didn't know what needed doing? Now you can go to our web site uumarin.org and click on the white and red volunteer button. It will take you to the UUCM task/leadership list. You can check any task you are interested in and the the information will go to the webmaster who will give the appropriate person your name. Then you will be contacted.
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UU Salon
| February 6 from 12:30-1:30 pm in the Fireside room:
The UU Salon, a quarterly Brown-Bag lunch discussion: UUCM members and guests to gather (families welcome) to share their lunches while the adults discuss an announced topic.
TOPIC:
This Salon's Topic comes from ongoing UUCM sermons
God Talk - Defining a common spiritual vocabulary
SUGGESTED READING:
Rev. Chip's sermons:Last week's sermon (Jan. 23, 2011 - coming soon...) & "To Believe Or..."
&
Sharon Wylie's sermon: "Tiptoeing Into God Talk"
Bring your lunches, bright thoughts, open minds and curious hearts. Reading is recommended, but not required, and copies will be at the Salon as well. Please feel free to bring other articles and books on this topic that you'd like to reference during the discussion.
For childcare RSVP by Jan 30 to dre@uumarin.org.
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Got an Eye for Future Leaders?
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The leadership development committee is looking for volunteers to help identify our future board and other leaders for UUCM. The time commitment is February to April with the goal of presenting a slate of leaders to be elected by the board at the April 25 meeting.
Please email jengennari@earthlink.net if you are interested!
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AcoUUstic Cafe -
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February 12 7:30-9:30 (doors open at 7 pm)
C*JAM Jazz Quartet
Special guest Vocalist Shelby Anguiano
substituting for Connie.
You may not like to dance or eat crab but that doesn't mean there is nothing to do in February.
We will have a fabulous quartet
performing unusual jazz and pop tunes with
innovative arrangements and an edgy but gentle feel.
Jay Stapleton
Andy Dudnick
Mike MacKenzie
Shelby Anguiano
Remember all events need helpers. To volunteer please fill out the job form online.
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UUCM Book Club
| | Our UUCM Book Club meets on third Wednesday evenings at 7:30 in the Clara Barton Room, and is open to new members. Our selection for February 16 is The Sea by John Banville. This novel was published in 2005 and is a winner of the Man Booker Prize.
Contact person: Nani Ranken, 898-8558.
Book Reviews of The Sea
Buy it from your local independent bookseller: Book Passage
Support our libraries: Marinet
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New to Unitarian Universalism
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Sunday February 20th, 12:30-1:30 in the Clara Barton room.
"New to Unitarian Universalism"
This session is geared for those visitors who are interested
in learning more about Unitarian Universalism
and about our congregation specifically.
Light finger food and childcare is provided. Please contact Linda Haumann, DRE at dre@uumarin.org for further information.
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Social Concerns Luncheon Speakers!
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UUCM hosts a Social Concerns Information/Action Table during coffee hour after Sunday services.
The Social Concerns Committee also hosts information/action speaker luncheons several times a year. Congregants are invited to bring suggestions for Social or Environmental Justice issues and speakers to: socialconcerns@uumarin.org.
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Weekly Shelter Report
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This week's shelter culinary thanks go to:
Peter Berridge, Carolyn Bopp, Grace Dearborn, Thomas Ervin, Marge Hollinger, Amy Likover, Judith Pomeroy, Ellen and Jay Thurmond.
Next week's (Jan. 30) volunteers are Linda Stoneall, Sean and Eileen Prendiville and Lee FitzGerald. Please...when you leave your food contribution in the kitchen ahead of time, use identifying labels. Shelter labels are on the refrigerator door. Need (literally) hands-on volunteers: Our sleep-over guests could use a lot of caring and morale building. Anyone interested in grooming including hair cuts? manicures? pedicures? How about massage? John Blickensderfer is no longer available on Sunday nights for his popular hand rubs, foot rubs, neck rubs, etc. Can someone else fill this void? Sleep over? Other churches have called it to our attention that our guests are more likely to have a peaceful night IF A MEMBER OF THE CONGREGATION IS SLEEPING WITH THEM. Anyone interested in this kind of spiritual practice? The program needs more volunteers to wash sleeping bags. (This involves a trip to a laundromat.)
All are invited to dine at our Sunday evening tables. Food preparers and servers should arrive by 5:30. There is no food offering required in order to dine with our guests at 6:00.
There are fewer homeless women than expected. This is good news for those who have found housing. But the number of homeless men is rising. The Chaplain has put out requests for sleeping bags and ponchos for them.These can be left in the community room at any time.
To participate in UUCM's Sunday Shelter...contact Joan Nelson 415-453-6221
(cell: 415-595-6221)
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Flowers for Sunday Visitors
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 people visiting the church for the first time. Do you have a garden or access to flowers? Would you be willing to bring flowers on Sunday? On a regular Sunday we need up to a dozen blooms; on the "Bring a Friend" Sundays we need two dozen. Please contact Valerie (v-taylor@pacbell.net, 415-827-0800 ) if you can help with this simple but rewarding contribution to Sunday's service.
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Save the Dates!
Walker Creek Ranch Retreat
April 29 - May 1, 2011
| |  Save the dates for the wonderful UUCM Congregational Retreat at Walker Creek Ranch.
Details will be coming but visit our web page for general information and photos from previous years. |
Partnership Committee News
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Partner Church Festival
With the UU Partner Church Council Board of Directors
Saturday, Feb. 5, 7:00-9:00 pm
Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo
300 E. Santa Inez Ave., San Mateo, CA 94401
Come learn more about what's new and exciting in the UU international partner church movement. The UU Partner Church Council Board of Directors will be sharing exciting news about partner church relationships. There will be wine and cheese, dancing and international guests. This event is free and open to all interested parties. Invite a friend!
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Women & Religion - Upcoming UUA Retreat
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WOMEN & RELIGION - UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST ASSOCIATION
"BUILDING THE WORLD
WE DREAM ABOUT"
MARCH 4-6, 2011
RETREAT @ ENCHANTED HILLS, NAPA
EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION DUE FEBRUARY 1ST
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Kirtan!
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Feb 17 - 7:00 To 8:30 PM (Approx.)
On February 17th at 7:00 PM in the Fireside room, Kirtan, chanting & meditation services continue.
 These services offer a refreshing reentry into the heart-centered world of meditation and deep joy. If you haven't come to one of these services before and wish to deepen your spiritual life or find a space to just relax into, please come. Looking forward to seeing you there!
Rev. Chip
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Cooks Needed for Mill Street Shelter
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Volunteers needed for our first-Sunday-of-the Month dinner for Mill Street. You cook it and it will be delivered. Aluminum pans are available. Contact Junemfesler@gmail.com for details and to schedule.
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Non Juried Art Show
Fireside Room
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PEOPLE AND PLACES January 16 - Feb 24, 2011
Georgia Annwell
This is a wonderful show. Make sure you take a look. All work should be picked up Thursday, February 24, between 12:30 - 2.
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It's the Year of the BAFS!
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 And you are invited! BAFS? Well, that is 'Bring a Friend Sundays.' Bring a friend(s) to service at LEAST once a month--or have them bring you! And you can anticipate a reward beyond heaven, on earth: Gourmet dinner at the home of Rev's Chip and Lisa!
Here's how it works.
Please note the BAFS Sundays:
Second half: Feb. 13, Mar. 13, Apr. 10 & May 15
All BAFS will offer an opportunity for any new folks to meet with the Minister, the RE Director, our Board President and other leaders of UUCM informally after the service.
So start calling your friends and telling them what a great place the UUCM is and inviting these special people to our special Sundays on top of the hill. A fun time will be had by all!
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