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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.
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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
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Minister's Schedule
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Rev. Chip Wright
Vacation July 1 - Sept. 11
Contact office for emergencies
(415) 479-4131 |
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August 4, 2011
Issue #127 |
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Services start at 10:30 am.
August 7, 10:30 am: "Prayer and Poetry"
Sharon Wylie with Worship Associate Joan Nelson
Prayer is an ancient spiritual practice embraced across myriad religious traditions. We pray in praise, contrition, petition, and thanksgiving. We pray as individuals and as communities. We pray...even if we aren't sure who or what we're praying to. Let's gather this morning to consider prayer and to pray together.
August 14, 10:30 am: "Becoming White"
Sharon Wylie with Worship Associate Karen Auroy
Unitarian Universalist theologian Thandeka suggests that systems of class and racism shape the identity of white people in painful and abusive ways that our culture largely overlooks and ignores. Today's sermon will share and explore ideas from Thandeka's book "Learning to be White."
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.
July 3, 2011: TEXT "Traveling By Caravan" by Sharon Wylie (summer minister).
July 17, 2011: TEXT "To Be In Need" by Sharon Wylie (summer minister).
July 24, 2011: TEXT "Are We Christian?" by Sharon Wylie (summer minister).
(we may or may not have audio sermons this summer)
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Contemplative Service
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Refreshment Coordinator Needed
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Would you like to help your congregation by taking on a task that you can do entirely from home? Then Refreshment Coordinator is the job for you! The job runs from late August to early June and primarily requires reminding members to bring refreshments for the upcoming Sunday. Contact Sita Wendroff at (415) 485-9756 or sdwendroff@att.net for more info.
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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. |
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Book Club August 17
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UUCM Book Group meets the third Wednesday of each month, 7:30 to 9 PM, in the Clara Barton Room. New members are welcome to come and participate in our lively discussions. Contact Nani Ranken, nani@ranken.com. Our book for August, Middlesex, by Jeffrey Eugenides, is the story of three generations of a Greek-American family. "A colossal act of curiosity, of imagination, and of love". (NY Times Book Review).
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| 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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