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September 9
Ingathering Service and potluck
September 13-16 October 30
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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 10:30 service. (no children's program in summer)
REFRESHMENT HOUR in the Courtyard or
Fireside Room follows the services.
There are 4 "Sunday First Time Visitor" parking spots at the top of the parking lot.
Come, join us!
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Staff Links
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Minister:
Vacation & Study Leave
July 2 - September 9
Minister of Religious Education: Dara Olandt
mre@uumarin.org
Administrator: Janette Morrow
office@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
Vacation July 2 - Sept. 9 |
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August 23, 2012
Issue #178
Next issue September 6, 2012
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Sunday Worship Service
| August 26, 10:30 AM: "Participation Service"
Dick Park with Worship Associate Sue Fleckles
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.
September 2, 10:30 am: Paradise Now Lindasusan Ulrich with Worship Associate Rodney Gothelf When violence and empire dominate the frameworks we use to understand the world, paradise can seem a long way off or gone forever. But when we return to the deep beauty of this embodied world, we can discover new frameworks that give our lives joy and meaning, even in the midst of loss. Join us for this service led by Lindasusan Ulrich, a Candidate for UU ministry and a seminarian at Starr King School for the Ministry. September 9, Bring water or stones from your summer.
September Sunday Service flyer
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Contemplative Service
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Our Lay led Contemplative Service is off for the summer and will resume on September 9.
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Chip's Clips
| |  Reverend Chip Wright
September, 2012
The summer is ending and our 2012-13 church year begins. I am looking forward to all of the new energy and excitement ahead as we come together this year. We welcome one another back into a full church program at our anointment service on Sept. 9th, and we also will be welcoming a new staff member, Rev. Dara Olandt. She started her new position in our RE program on the 15th of Aug. so some of you may have already had the chance to meet her. A recent graduate of Starr King School, Dara will be operating under the title of MRE or 'Minister of Religious Education' rather than DRE or Director. I know you will enjoy her and I look forward to what she will bring to our religious education program here at UUCM.
We also will be operating our Music program through the rest of this year differently. As you know our music director, Phil Hildreth, moved to Florida last summer so until we find a new choir director various members of the choir, Milton, and a few possible new directors here and there, will be filling in. We hope to have located someone to fill this critical role by the end of Jan 2013 so our choir folks can go back to just enjoying singing which they do so well!
And, we will add another new face to the mix. Stepping into the role as a teaching congregation, we will be hosting an intern this year, Irene Boczek, a Starr King student. She will be with us for the whole church year through June. She also will be bringing her energy and unique talents to our church life and into our pulpit. Please welcome her as well when you get the chance to meet.
So see ya'll on Sept. 9th as we start what promises to be another year of exciting abundance!
Rev. Chip
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Greetings - Minister of Religious Education
| |  Dara's Dispatch I am delighted to join the team at UUCM as your Minister of Religious Education. My name is Dara Olandt. Wondering how to pronounce my name? "Dara" rhymes with "Sarah"! I am a minister in fellowship with the Unitarian Universalist Association and received my master's of divinity degree from Starr King School for the Ministry in 2010. I have been a UU religious educator since 2006 and have worked in UU congregations including the Boulder Valley UU Fellowship of Lafayette, Colorado and First Unitarian Church of Oakland, just across the Bay. I am a life-long Unitarian Universalist with a background in creative arts education, theater and embodied-movement facilitation and interfaith work. To UUCM I bring a love of creativity and a passion for supporting spiritual growth and religious education for seekers of all ages! The season of fall brings opportunities for new connections! I look forward to getting to know you. I welcome you to share with me your questions, hopes and dreams about Religious Education at UUCM. In early September, please join me for a "Meet and Greet" and formal "RE Kick-Off!" for this year's religious education program. Look for the date and more details coming soon! Until then, if you have questions about Religious Education or are interested in being a "teacher" or assistant in our program, please be in touch! Email me at mre@uumarin.org or call (415) 374-0656. I look forward to co-creating a thriving religious education program at UUCM together! Bright Blessings, Rev. Dara Minister of Religious Education mre@uumarin.org (415) 479-4131 |
Staff Summer Schedule
| |  Rev. Chip will be on summer leave as of July 2 (four weeks vacation + four weeks study leave). He will return to the pulpit Sept. 9.
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| September 9 Ingathering Potluck |
|  Save the date and take out your favorite recipe for the Back-together-again potluck after the service on Sunday,September 9. Food assignments: A-G dessert or fruit ; H-M main dish; N-W salad. About 8 volunteers are needed for set up and clean up. If you can help, please contact Monique Webster. Also please consider serving on the Hospitality Committee this year, it is much in need of members to keep it going. |
Thank you
| |  A big thank you to all who provided refreshments after the Sunday services this summer.
Included are Carole and Art Rosvold, Don Beck, Sher Sheldon, Marje and Dick Park, Valerie Taylor, Marge Hollinger, Mary Bicknell, Kristen Jensen and Roddie Pistilli. |
Coastal Clean Up Days Sept. 15-16
| |  For Coastal Clean Up Days please join in this celebration of the waters that support life in Marin. You can contact the organizers directly or me to join a UUCM contingent: Katherine Da Silva Jain at 492-9497 or jandkdj@yahoo.com
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Book Group
| |  Our UUCM Book Group meets the third Wednesday of each month, 7:30 to 9:00 PM in the Clara Barton Room. We welcome new members. Contact: Nani Ranken: 898-8558.
The book for September 19 is The Path to Power by Robert Caro, winner of the 1982 National Book Critics Circle Award.
"This is the story of the rise to national power of a desperately poor young man from the Texas Hill Country. The Path to Power reveals in extraordinary detail the genesis of the almost superhuman drive, energy, and ambition that set LBJ apart. It follows him from the Hill Country to New Deal Washington, from his boyhood through the years of the Depression to his debut as Congressman, his heartbreaking defeat in his first race for the Senate, and his attainment, nonetheless, at age 31, of the national power for which he hungered." (Marin Library)
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| UU Animal Ministry |  UUAM celebrates the goal of a more compassionate world! Please join us.
With loving kindness, we advocate greater moral consideration of animals.
With humility, we are rethinking our treatment of other species.
With gratitude, we cherish our multispecies planet.
With joy, we practice compassion.
Still, at times, this prophetic task challenges the spirit-
And when we walk together, the way becomes easier and more joyful.
How can I be in touch with UUAM?
More information is at our website. What is the Reverence for Life Program?
UUAM created this program in 2010 to provide steps for greater Unitarian Universalist engagement about how we relate to other animals. Several UU congregations piloted the program beginning in 2011, and now the RFL program is available for everyone. Learn more.
Announcing two free webinars starting in September 2012 "Transforming Belief into Practice" is a 1-session webinar designed for UUs interested in beginning, supporting, or growing animal ministries in their congregations. "Compassionately Creating the Beloving Transpecies Community" is an 8-session course covering communication skills, spiritual practices, ethics, animal behavior and communication, and more! Learn more. |
| UU College of Social Justice | |  Service-Learning Trips Last month at the 2012 Justice General Assembly in Phoenix, Ariz., we officially launched the UU College of Social Justice (UUCSJ). Please visit our website for details on UUCSJ programs - and register for a trip today. |
| 2012-2013 UU Partner Church Council Trips | |  This year, as we celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the founding of the Unitarian Universalist Partner Church Council, we are excited to share with you the spiritually meaningful and life-changing experiences that hundreds of UUs have had through their participation in the UUPCC Travel Program.
Visit www.uupcc.org/trips.html or call us (781) 275-1710 to sign up today to join a UUPCC Pilgrimage!
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Part Time Youth Advisor Needed - Position still available
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Our Congregation is seeking a Part-time Paid Youth Advisor to work with our senior high youth group (YRUU) mid-September through mid-June. A link to the job description is included below. All applicants should send a resume to jobs@uumarin.org
Part-Time Paid Youth Advisor
Job Description
The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Marin
Updated 4/19/12
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Music Fans Needed -
Positions still available
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AcoUUstic Cafe Coordinator
Are you a music fan? Would you like to see the AcoUUstic Cafes continue? Then, can you contact music groups in Marin and bring them to UUCM.
AcoUUstic Cafe Program Scheduler
Are you an organized person who likes to make things happen? Then volunteer to be the person who makes sure the AcoUUstic Cafe events run smoothly.
(One person can do both jobs if desired)
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Social Concerns Items
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ST. VINCENT'S SOUP KITCHEN: Summer dinners will be prepared FOR US--at St. Vincent's soup kitchen--by volunteers from the street community. So mark your calendars for September 10, October 8. There will be an open mike for anyone who wants to sing, recite, or otherwise perform for the gathering. Contact figleafjoan@comcast.net(453-6221) to reserve your seat at the table.
If you care about an issue or cause that you want UUCM members to know about, please bring it to our attention at the Social Concerns information table at refreshment time.
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