Upcoming Dates
| Feb. 10
Readers' Theatre
Feb. 11
Remarkable People
Feb. 12
AcoUUstic Cafe
C*JAM Jazz Quartet
Feb. 16
Book Club
Feb. 17 Kirtan
Feb. 19
Winter Carnival at UUSM
Feb. 20
New to Unitarian Universalism
Jan. 16 - Feb 24
Non-Juried Art Show
Feb. 24
Readers' Theatre
Feb. 29
Rev. Lazar
March 4
Pizza/Game night
March 4-6
Women & Religion UUA Retreat
March 27 & April 10
Class on Islam
Adult ed. after service
12:30 - 3:00
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We cherish
diversity and
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
inspiration, renewal, and connection.
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
in the Courtyard or
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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Feb. 10th, 2011
Issue #104 |
 Sunday Worship Service |
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Feb. 13, 11 am: "Can Love Conquer All?"
Noah Griffin with Worship Associate Joan Nelson
Harvard Law School graduate, radio talk show host, singer/songwriter and syndicated newspaper columnist, Noah Griffin, will update agape, philia and eros (including observations on same sex marriage and its spiritual implications) for the 21st century.
Basket Share: Lifehouse
View and Print February Services Read Past Sermons Online Basket Share Calendar Sunday, February 13 is a Basket Share Sunday, featuring another amazing local nonprofit. Lifehouse serves people with developmental disabilities by providing a lifetime of compassionate support in an atmosphere of respect, inspiration and purpose. Come to church that day ready to contribute: your financial support is a great way to serve your church and your local community! |
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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AcoUUstic Cafe -
Something for Everyone |
Preview the music.
Listen to clips of Andy playing keyboard
&
Shelby singing Yesterday and Black Coffee.
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February 12 7:30-9:30 (doors open at 7 pm)
C*JAM Jazz Quartet
Special guest Vocalist Shelby Anguiano
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.
Help Needed: (Contact Katie Blickensderfer) Bring Refreshments
Set Up
Take Down
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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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Seeking eWeekly Editorial Intern
| | Your eWeekly editor is ready to train an intern. Learn how to use online marketing software to produce the newsletter that keeps members informed of upcoming events. This is a skill that will serve your community and is very transferable to any online marketing venture. UUCM really needs more people who are capable of sharing this important weekly job. Please email Ilana Trumbull for more information.
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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 or directly. It will take you to the UUCM task/leadership list. You can check any task you are interested in and the information will go to the webmaster who will give the appropriate person your name. Then you will be contacted.
New items will be added and deleted from the list as needed. |
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 February 10 and 24.
New members are welcome. Contact Jan Seagrave for more information.
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| Pledge Canvassers Needed! | Want to help UUCM and get to know a few of your fellow congregants better? Become a pledge canvasser!
We need canvassers for our March pledge drive, and hope that new and long-standing members alike will jump onboard. We're continuing to simplify this year--canvassers will help encourage pledge-making during the Sunday coffee hour and make a few follow-up phone calls or visits. Contact Susan Ingersoll, the Pledge Drive chair, for more information and to sign-up. Remember, Susan can't canvass all 200 members by herself :). |
Remarkable People or Tell Us Your Story
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Remarkable People or Tell Us Your Story will meet Friday February 11 at 7:30 in the Fireside Room. Scott Merrick and Ken Hutchins will be our speakers.
Refreshments will be served. Call your hosts Marge Hollinger or Steve Webster if you have questions or would like to tell your story in the coming months. We have 2 speakers every month who kindly share their lives with us.
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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. Flyer
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| Pizza/Game Night for Families at UUCM! | | |
Friday, March 4, 2011 from 5:30-7:30pm
Fellowship Hall
Come share a meal and have some fun.
We'll try to "stump the Chip" again this year
as we get to know Rev. Chip even better!
Food and fun is provided by the RE committee
(donations accepted but are optional).
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| Partner Church Committee News | | Marilyn Nelson, Terry and Scott Merrick attended the evening reception on Feb 5 at the San Mateo UU church for the Partnership Council and area partner church committees. Some interesting information and pictures were shown of partner churches in various parts of the world, including India and the Philippines. And we finished up the evening with learning a couple of Hungarian folk dances which was fun.
Plan to stay for a potluck lunch after the service on Feb 27 at UUCM. Rev Levente Lazar will be in the pulpit and it will be interesting to see and hear him again during his American study and travel.
Terry Merrick, co-chair
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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. Online Registration Form Retreat Waiver Request for Proposals. The Retreat Committee is asking members to begin thinking about workshops they could offer on Saturday, April 30, at Walker Creek Ranch. We are planning three workshop sessions, two in the morning and one after lunch, 1 and 1/4 hour each. All topics are welcome, as long as the format allows for plenty of participation! Proposal forms will be available on the Web and in the Retreat box on the wall of the Community Room.
We would also welcome suggestions on workshops you would be interested in as a participant. We will then try to find a presenter.
Online Workshop Proposal Form More details will be coming. Visit our web page for general information and photos from previous years. |
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Social Concerns News
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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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Once again this week, volunteers came forward to provide food and/or companionship for our homeless ladies.
This week's volunteers were: Margaret and Thomas, Valerie, Joyce (R.), Andrea, Karen (S), Grace (and Owen) D.
On deck for next week (2/13): Nani, Lori, Carolyn (B), Don (B), and Linda (S).
The women invite anyone (preferably female) to stay all night for our weekly "slumber party."
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 haircuts? manicures? pedicures? How about massage? 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.
The Chaplain has put out requests for sleeping bags and ponchos for homeless men.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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Winter Carnival at UUSM
| Winter Carnivale at UUSM!
Saturday, February 19, 5:00-10:00 pm
Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo
300 E. Santa Inez, San Mateo, CA 94401
UUSM is celebrating the season of Carnival this year (from Jan. 6 Epiphany to March 8 Mardi Gras!). As a part of our celebration of collective joy, we are having a mid-season party - Winter Carnivale! This will be an all-ages celebration the likes of which has never been seen before!
-Live band
-Masked karaoke
-Auction to choose a song for lead minister Rev. Vail Weller to sing!
-Bidding to choose the Carnival royalty
-All ages mask and shoe box float crafts
-Second Line Parade
-Dancing, laughing, and storytelling
-Crowning of Carnival King and Queen
-Nursery care provided
-And the food - oh, the food! We'll even have King cake!
Tickets: Youth 17 and under FREE Adults $15/person, $25/couple Donations in higher denominations happily accepted!
For more information: visit www.uusanmateo.org or email office@uusanmateo.org.
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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
More info and registration form |
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UU United Nations Office
Intergenerational Spring Seminar
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The UU United Nations Office
2011 Intergenerational Spring Seminar
April 28-30
"Empower Women for a Better Tomorrow"
Details at www.uu-uno.org
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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
| | Artist Members and Associates. sponsored by Georgia Annwell
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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