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September 9
Ingathering Service and potluck
September 13-16 UU Mini Vacation at Bass Lake
September 16
RE Kick-Off
September 23
Congregational Meeting
October 6
An Evening of Re-Membering: Member Appreciation Party
October 13
AcoUUstic Cafe: Classical Concert
October 30
More Dates
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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.
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:
Rev. Chip Wright
415-479-4131
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
Office Hours:
Tues., Wed., Thurs.
10am to 3pm
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office@uumarin.org
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phone: 415-479-4131
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September 6, 2012
Issue #179
Back on weekly schedule
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Sunday Worship Service
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WELCOME BACK EVERYONE!
Sept. 9, 10:30 am: 'Ingathering Anointment Sunday' Greeting and Welcome (intergenerational)
Rev. Chip Wright with Worship Associate Karen Auroy
This Sunday marks the beginning of our 2012-13 church year. Remember to bring water, stones or other symbols of your summer to help build our traditional ingathering altar and fill our Anointment Bowl, as we join together to begin our new church year at UUCM.
September Sunday Service flyer
Past Sermons (no new sermons available now)
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.
View future service information online
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Contemplative Service
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Our Lay led Contemplative Service is from 9:00-10:00 am on Sundays in the Fireside Room.
Readings introduce a silent period to reflect on a topic or idea, followed by an opportunity to share individual thoughts. (Service 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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Spark! - Religious Education Connection
| |  I am joyed to join UUCM as your Minister of Religious Education! My name is Dara Olandt. I am a life-long Unitarian Universalist and a minister in fellowship with the Unitarian Universalist Association. I received my master's of divinity degree from Starr King School for the Ministry in 2010, and have been a UU religious educator since 2006. To UUCM I bring a passion for supporting spiritual growth and religious education for seekers of all ages! I look forward to the journey of learning, growing and discovery that will take place over the course of our year together! Though I am a newcomer, the UUCM tradition of offering vibrant spiritual growth and religious learning for all ages continues! Religious Education at UUCM will to continue to offer something for everyone. Please look forward to Sunday morning nursery care, children and youth religious education, YRUU, multi-generational worship services and creative events, along with Small Groups for adult connection and growth. This year we'll also be finding ways to explore "Beloved Community" - a term made popular by Martin Luther King, Jr. In "Beloved Community" all are valued, and are connected to the larger whole. This theme recalls the purpose and promise of Unitarian Universalism! It reminds us that care for ourselves, for one another, and for the larger world is important because all are linked in the whole of life. I look forward to creatively exploring "Beloved Community" together this year. Also, I warmly welcome you to share with me your hopes, dreams and questions regarding Religious Education at UUCM. You can contact me directly at mre@uumarin.org or via cell phone at (415) 374-0656. RE updates for this week: CONNECT: Be an RE helper! If you are interested in being a Religious Education teacher or assisting with our RE program, please email Dara at mre@uumarin.org or call (415) 374-0656. SAVE THE DATES: "Ingathering Service" on Sunday, September 9th. Bring stones and water for this beloved intergenerational "service! I will see you there. Also, please stay-tuned for a formal "RE Kick-Off" and "Meet and Greet" with me on September 16. This will be a great time to mingle, ask questions and learn more about what's in-store in RE this year. Details for this gathering will be shared soon. As September arrives, I wish for you and your family several quiet moments wherein you can pause, catch your breath, and continue to appreciate the simple gifts of the late summer. Bright Blessings, Rev. Dara, Minister of Religious Education mre@uumarin.org Phone: Office (415) 479-4131 / Cell: (415) 374-0656 |
| 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. |
UUCM Monthly Book Sale
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Bring your single bills and quarters and buy used books for one dollar at UUCM on first Sundays. We'll be set up before and after the service. For now, we're not looking for more donations.
Want to volunteer? Sign up with Jennifer Gennari at the table Sept. 9 or via jengennari@gmail.com. Responsibilities will include set up at 10 am and take down at 12:30. In December, we'll need more volunteers for a book fair with used books and new books from the UUA.
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Building Repair Workshop - Sept. 22
| |  I am scheduling a Building Repair Workshop on Saturday, Sept. 22 between 9 AM and 3 PM. Maybe lunch. I invite all to let me know if you are coming. Also let me know what projects you have in mind getting done and any materials and tools you need to have available but won't bring yourself. This will help me to muster materials and tools.
Suggested work:
1. Repair the slope between the Foyer and the long hallway which is wearing down and showing chicken wire reinforcing.
2. Possible calking or other repairs to the junction between the lower deck surface and the building walls. Also how to go about waterproofing this junction.
Many other projects - I will send out a expanded list as soon as I get more ideas.
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Members Welcoming Visitors
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visitors and new attendees in a road to membership process. We are inviting volunteers to help welcome visitors after the service. A training workshop for greeters and welcome volunteers will be scheduled in October. This is a limited commitment (one Sunday a month?) and is a great way to help! For further information or to volunteer, please contact Nani Ranken. nani@ranken.com or 898-8558.
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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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Social Concerns Items
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Great turnout by UUCM for the Tuesday, August 21 Wellness Dinner! Considering this is the biggest month for travel, our members did a great job of feeding and serving about 50 people at the 1st Presbyterian Church in San Rafael. Many thanks to the following: Roddie & Fred Pistilli, June Fesler & sister Betty, Mary Bicknell: Peter & Diana Vine, Mary Jo Beery, Marje Hollinger, Joan Nelson, Don Beck, Dan Miller, Anne & John Kouns, Marilyn Nelson, Nani Ranken, Carolyn Planakis, Joyce Rhodes & Keith Bergman! Yes, it takes a village! Our last opportunity to serve is Tuesday, November 20th! The week of Thanks- giving. I can't think of a better way to give thanks for our good lives than to help those in need! Call or email Carol Littrell at 883-9676 or cjwlittrell@aol.com.
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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| Save the dates | | Kirtan Meditation begins Thursday October 25, 7:00 PM
AcoUUstic Cafe Classical concert with Milton Wong and friends, October 13, 7:30 PM.
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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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| UU Animal Ministry |  UUAM celebrates the goal of a more compassionate world! Please join us.
How can I be in touch with UUAM?
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. 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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