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Sunday Worship Service
Contemplative Service
Summer Changes
Sunday Children's Activities
Mill Street Shelter
Interfaith Street Chaplain's Summer Supper
Social Concerns News
Wellness Dinner
Upcoming Dates
 August 16
Wellness Dinner

August 22
Street Chaplain's Summer Supper

October 8 

Partner Church

Inauguration Ceremony

Sovata, Transylvania

 

  

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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!
 
Staff Links
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 

Minister's Schedule
Rev. Chip Wright
 
Vacation
July 1 - Sept. 11

Contact office for emergencies
(415) 479-4131

July 21,  2011

Issue #126

Sunday Worship Service       

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)

 

Contemplative Service


Contemplative Services will resume September 11 in the newly refurbished Fireside Room.

Summer Changes 

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.

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 

Interfaith Street Chaplain's

Summer Supper Series

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.

Social Concerns News

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.  

 

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Suggested topics: human values, rights and responsibilities, economic, spiritual, race and gender, health and safety issues (housing, water, health care). 

 

Web pages

Social Concerns  

Green Sanctuary

Wellness Dinner: Save the Date!  

Tuesday, August 16, 5 - 6:30 PM

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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