Nursery care (ages 0-3) will be provided as usual. For more information, contact Erin Reid, our Director of Religious Education (DRE) (256.694.6786 or eereid@hotmail.com).  

Company is Coming! Let's Clean House!

Church-Wide Clean-up Day, June 7th

9:00 a.m. until Noon, at our current church home on Governors Drive!

Our realtor is hosting an Open House at the church at 2:00 p.m. on June 8th. In anticipation of this important event, we must have a church clean-up day!

You all have seen the TV shows where the seller hurries to stage and de-clutter her house in order to get the best offer? That's Us! And with your help, de-cluttering and cleaning is what we will do on June 7th!   There will be small jobs, large jobs, sorting, and much throwing away!

Our idea is to go ahead and move the "stuff" we won't need for awhile (for example, Christmas and Halloween decorations) to our new church, so if you have a truck, van, or a large Prius, please show up! If you have concerns about anything you treasure being inadvertently thrown out, please think ahead and make arrangements to save it, or show up for clean-up day on June 7th to save it!!

As always, Hospitality Committee will have energy-building snacks! Please join us as we continue along this road to our new church home.

This quarter, we are sharing our plate with the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) in support of their "100 Gardens for Haitian Families" project.

The UUSC is encouraging congregations, families, individuals, youth groups, community groups, and others to build food gardens in our communities, and to sponsor urban food gardens in Haiti. The UUCH Social Justice Committee has decided to support this project and to make it the recipient of this quarter's Share the Plate. 

For each $250 donated, one family in Haiti will receive training and materials for their gardens. The goal of this program is to help 100 Haitian families grow their own food and achieve food sovereignty and sustainability. Once families don't have to buy all their food, they are better able to cover other basic expenses, like school fees for their children. Food sustainability can be at the heart of lifelong sustainability for thriving families and communities in Haiti--and you can help make it happen!

More information on this project can be obtained from the web site below:

http://www.uusc.org/reflect-understand-act#garden

*When we "Share the Plate," all cash collected on the first Sunday of each month in the quarter (April, May, and June), along with any checks noted as "Share the Plate," will be halved with the "100 Gardens" project.

Great progress was made last week on the roof and in the RE Wing. Our roofer completed the initial layout of the roofing insulation and membrane, and is working on the details (edges, corners, transitions, penetrations, etc.) this week. In addition, several volunteer crews led by Nancy Finley have made great progress towards finishing the painting in the RE Wing.

The Renovation Committee is working with our architect and prospective general contractor to finalize the contract for the sanctuary bathroom renovation, new supply water installation, and RE Wing and Fellowship Hall window replacement.

Carey Snowden: "I am happy to have my Mom and Dad visiting with me today."

Tim and Theresa Miller: "Our daughter Alli expects/hopes to give birth to the twins (a boy and a girl) next weekend. We will possibly be in North Carolina to be with her and her family.

If you have pastoral care needs, please contact the Reverend Alice Syltie at revaluu@aol.com. Barbara Hitt is Chair of the Care Committee, and may be reached at home, (256) 881.2531; on her cell, (256) 348.5845; or by email at bghitt1@comcast.net.

Vice-President:  Denise Hunter-Gilbert 

Secretary: Bobby Hall           

Treasurer: Jerome Belcher   

Trustees: Nancy Finley, Kathy Heath, & Laurel Bollinger