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 August 16 Wellness Dinner
  August 22 Street Chaplain's Summer Supper
 
  
 
October 8  
Partner Church 
Inauguration Ceremony  
Sovata, Transylvania 
  
   
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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 children's activities. (no RE or nursery in summer)
  REFRESHMENT HOUR  in the Courtyard or Fireside Room follows the services. Come, join us!  |  
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 Minister: Rev. Chip Wright 
Vacation July 1 - Sept. 11 
 Director of Religious Education:Linda Haumann  Hiatus - June 13-August 15
 
 Administrator: Janette Morrow office@uumarin.org  
  President, Board of Trustees: Mikey Songster 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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 Rev. Chip Wright 
   
Vacation  July 1 - Sept. 11 
  Contact office for emergencies
 (415) 479-4131  
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 Services start at 10:30 am.   
July 24, 10:30 am "Are We Christians?"  
Sharon Wylie with Worship Associate Judith Pomeroy
  Unitarianism and Universalism both  began as Protestant Christian traditions. Our beliefs have broadened  beyond these origins, but what is our relationship with Christianity  today? What does it mean when we sing Christian hymns during worship?  Let's reflect together on what our relationship to Christianity might  be.
  July 31, 10:30 am: "Participation Service" Dick Park
  The Participation Service has its  roots in the Quaker Meeting. There is quiet music and introductory words  at the beginning, and quiet music at the end, but in between, the  silence is broken only by individuals sharing thoughts and feelings that  are significant to them. 
  
 August Sunday Service Flyer   
  
View future service information online.           
Past Sermons Online  
  
Most new sermons on the "web sermons index" are audio. Older sermons are text.  If you want a text version of an audio sermon please contact the minister.   
  
  
June 26, 2011: 
Text "Because Life is a Wild Ride - Guidelines for Raising a Sane and Successful Teen"   
by Mary Ann Maggiore, M.Div., Guest Speaker. 
 
June 19, 2011: 
Text: "Shout for Joy"  
with Sharon Wylie (summer minister). 
(we may or may not have audio sermons this summer) 
  
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 Contemplative Service  
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  |  | Contemplative Services will resume September 11  in the newly refurbished Fireside Room. |  
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 Summer Changes   
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 It's summer and we do things a little differently up on the hill.  Here is a quick reference.  
   
 1. Service time change: Services start at 10:30. Contemplative service on vacation.
  2. Music: There is no choir in the summer but we still have wonderful piano music.
  3. Refreshments: Nothing formal but please sign up in the foyer to serve cookies and lemonade. 
 4. Religious Education: No formal program, but sign up board is in the foyer for members to sign up to provide children's activities. 
 
5. Staff: Rev. Chip is on vacation but contact office for emergencies 479-4131. 
Linda Haumann is on hiatus (she works a 10 month year) 
 
 6. Weekly - (Every two weeks)   Newsletters will be published on the following Thursdays August 4, August 18 , September 1 and then back to normal schedule. Deadline is on the Monday at 8 pm prior to publication date. 
 7. Gather water or stones from your summer adventures or home for our Ingathering service September 11. 
 
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 Sunday Children's Activities  |  |    Parents - Remember there are activities for children during some summer Sunday services. Check with the office for the topic for any particular Sunday. Storytelling and crafts are some of the offerings. |  
 | Mill Street Shelter:  Sign Up Time Again |  | 
 On the first Sunday of every month, UUCM provides dinner for the residents of Mill Street Shelter.  This effort has been shared by many people over the past five years. It's sign -up time again.  If you would like to provide a main dish to serve 25, or a large salad, please let June Fesler know what month you can do so. She will make a schedule and contact you. 
Contributors bring food to the kitchen on Sunday morning, and it is delivered later that day. We will need volunteer contributors starting in July.  Contact June Fesler-  Junemfesler@gmail.com  
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 Interfaith Street Chaplain's 
 Summer Supper Series 
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 UUCM members and friends are invited to the Interfaith Street Chaplain's second annual Summer Supper Series.  
This time the homeless people prepare dinner for us! They even provide live entertainment! The monthly dinners are held at the St. Vincent de Paul Free Dining Room in San Rafael. So pick a date and contact Joan Nelson to make your reservation. (Mondays) August 22, September 19, October 10. 
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 Social Concerns News 
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 Social Concerns Summer Videos Your Social Concerns Committee is creating a new UUCM social justice education venue.  You are invited to share your favorite videos in the Fireside Room during the post service refreshment hour.  To schedule a date contact socialconcerns@uumarin.org. 
  
Social Concerns Information/Action Table 
The Social Concerns Committee hosts a Social Concerns Information/Action Table during coffee hour after Sunday Services.  To reserve a Sunday for your  table, you may fill out a reservation form online or pick one up in the foyer and  turn it into the Social Concerns box in the Robinson (Community) Room.   
  
print form Suggested topics: human values, rights and responsibilities, economic,  spiritual, race and gender, health and safety issues (housing, water,  health care).    
  
Social Concerns   
Green Sanctuary 
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 Wellness Dinner: Save the Date!   
Tuesday, August 16, 5 - 6:30 PM 
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This is our only opportunity this year to participate in the WELLNESS DINNER at the First Presbyterian Church in San Rafael. If you and your family wish to be involved, please email or call Carol at cjwlittrell@aol.com or 883-9676.  This an opportunity for social outreach in our community.  We bring a dish, set up the multi-purpose room, serve, eat with the homeless attendees to the Street Chaplain's Meeting, & clean up all by 6:30 pm.  I guarantee you will learn something and feel blessed for being there. 
 
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