Monday Shambhala Meditation is Ongoing

Join us at 12 noon every Monday in the Meeting Room for an hour of Shambhala Meditation with Sarah Flint. Please bring your own cushion; sitting in one of the Meeting Room chairs is also fine.

Our Whole Lives for Young Adults and Adults

Over 18?  Wondering when will there be an Our Whole Lives (OWL) Sexuality Program for you? January 2015 to early March 2015!  Information Session for Adult/Young Adult OWL,  Sunday Nov 2, 12:30-1:30 in Room 208.  Meet the trained course facilitators: the Rev. Doug Wadkins and Amy Taylor, learn about the program,  & help schedule.  Starts Sunday, Jan 11, 1-4 pm.  This will be a safe space to learn & question.  Interested and can't make Nov 2? Please contact office@uubloomington.org, or 812-332-3695 ext 204 with your contact information.  -Amy Taylor  

Ready to become a member of UU Bloomington?

If this is your community, if you feel at home here, join us! If you would like to make the commitment and become a member of UU Bloomington, the next opportunity is Sunday, November 2nd, at 10:30am in Room 207B.  (We ask for participation in our "Exploring UU" class prior to signing the membership book.)

Contact Judy Bennett, Membership Coordinator, 

332-3695 memcoord@uubloomington.org by Wednesday, October 29th.

How does the idea of Inheritance help you Seek the Spirit, Build Community, and Change the World?

[photo by John Woodcock]  

How Can We Help?    

Get To Know The UU Caring Committee

The UU Caring Committee can provide assistance to members of our congregation in many ways, with the help of volunteers. Here is a list of ways we can help: transportation to medical appointments; provide prepared meals (for up to one week) after a hospital stay or rehabilitation stay at Bell Trace or Meadowood health pavilion or a new baby arrival; assist with food preparation, presentation and clean-up for UU member memorial services in our Fellowship Hall. 

Caring Committee: Sharon Yarber, Chair; Reverend Mary Ann Macklin, Reverend Doug Wadkins            

Anna Wiley - Transportation; Doris Wittenburg - Memorial Receptions; Marlin Howard - Memorial Receptions; Ruth Ann Cooper - Cards; Kathy Sideli, Von Welch, Judy Bennett, Mary Hambly

Elder Focus Task Force: Barb Backler, Chair; Reverend Emily Manvel Leite, Judy Allensworth,

Judy Berkshire, Patsy Flint, Mary Hambly, Jean Knowlton, Jenae McElwain, Paul McElwain, 

Sue Medland, Pat Reitemeier, Will Watt

If you would like to volunteer to help, please contact Sharon Yarber at  yarbersharon766@gmail.com To request one of the services of the Caring Committee, please contact one of the ministers at 332-3695.

White Elephant Items for the Holiday Bazaar

The White Elephant knows that all UUs have valuable items they no longer need or want but that will be desired by others shopping at the Bazaar.   If you have items such as holiday decorations, children's toys, exotic collectibles, or truly White Elephants, please donate them to the White Elephant's Trunk at this year's Bazaar. We can receive donations starting Nov. 30. Want to help organize and price items? please contact Doris Wittenburg, (336-4993 or dwittenb@indiana.edu) 

Read and Recycle

Support the Holiday Bazaar Book Sale!  Cull through your library and find those books you are ready to pass along to another reader.  DVD's and CD's also welcome but please no VHS tapes, magazines or sheet music. For ease of shelving, please sort books by fiction/nonfiction.  Drop your items off at the church beginning Sunday, November 30 at 1:00 p.m. You may continue to bring books until Thursday, December 4. No book donations after December 4, please! Questions? Contact Abby at abdowney45@gmail.com or 812-824-7755.  

Cookie Bakers!

First comes autumn, then Thanksgiving, and then..the 56th ANNUAL UU HOLIDAY ART FAIR AND BAZAAR!  Start now on your plans for cookies to contribute; it's fine to make ahead and freeze them. Last year's cookie variety was a delight, and we sold them all! Rolled ones, frosted ones, bar cookies and new surprises - we love them all! Questions? Mary Jo Conley ( 988-6130 or brwnbeyond@msn.com) and 

Meg Sears, your Cookie Walk co-chairs 

Gourmet Galaxy Seeks Donors of Deliciousness

It's not too early to start looking up those treasured holiday recipes and deciding which ones you'd like to prepare and donate in December. That's when the church asks for contributions to the Gourmet Galaxy of the Holiday Art Fair and Bazaar to be held on December 6th and 7th. Look for sign-up sheets in Fellowship Hall in November.

Ann LeDuc and Molly Gleeson, Co-chairs of the Gourmet Galaxy

Aging and Spirituality Becomes Experiencing Aging

Spencer Pride Special Film at the Tivoli October 8

Celebrating LGBT History Month, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry starring Adam Sandler will be shown at the Tivoli Theater in Spencer. Just drive 30 minutes west on State Road 46, through Ellettsville to Spencer on October 8th at 7 PM.

For more information about the silent auction, entertainment and library display at the Monroe County Public Library, visit Spencer Pride on Facebook, Twitter (@SpencerPrideInc), LinkedIn, and at www.spencerpride.org. 

People's Climate March: Discussion and Potluck October 19

Whether you attended the People's Climate March in New York, the solidarity event in Bloomington or elsewhere, or were simply with the marchers in spirit, please come share your reflections on the march, the movement, and next steps in the fight against global climate disruption.  The Green Sanctuary Task Force will host a discussion and vegetarian potluck on Sunday, October 19 at 6:00 pm in Fellowship Hall.   Info, contact Stephanie Kimball (kimball.stephanie@gmail.com).

 Macaroni for Shalom!

Our congregation has been supplying Shalom Center with elbow macaroni and spaghetti for the past couple of years and this need continues. Please pick up a box or two of each the next time you grocery shop and place them in the drop box in the Commons. Thank you for helping to feed our hungry neighbors!

6pm - Showing of Gasland 2

8pm - Discussion with writer/director/producer Josh Fox

Information: info@mgrfirm.com

GASLAND 2, picked up where GASLAND left off, with Josh Fox's continued investigation into fracking, its side effects, and the industry's responses to the anti-fracking movement. The Huffington Post wrote, "GASLAND just might be the best film of the year."  And Variety wrote, "If a film can ever enact social change, which is rare, the potency of GASLAND suggests that this may be that film." Childcare provided; please contact Adrienne Summerlot, dre@uubloomington.org by October 18 if you will need childcare in order to attend.  

Do You Do Housecleaning, Errands, Home Repair, 

Pet Care?

Would you like to work for UUs?

The Elder Focus Task Force is creating a list of UU resource people who would like to work for other members of our congregation, elders and non-elders. Sometimes UUs need services they are happy to pay for, but they would prefer to hire another UU. Jobs could include light housekeeping, plumbing, electrical, gutter cleaning, construction, repairs, yard work, personal care, pet care, and so on.  The list of resource people will be made available on our website. We will ask the person hiring and the person hired to sign a disclosure stating they will not hold the church responsible for any obligations between the parties or other problems that might arise. If you have signed our membership book and would like to be on this resource list, please contact Barb Backler, Elder Focus Task Force chair, at bbackler@gmail.com.   

Contact a Minister

   Reverend Mary Ann Macklin, our Senior Minister, can be reached at 812-332-3695, ext. 201 on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, or macklin@uubloomington.org. For pastoral emergencies, please call her mobile, 812-322-0205.

   Reverend Doug Wadkins, our Interim Minister, can be reached at 812-332-3695, ext. 207 on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, or email wadkins@uubloomington.org. For pastoral emergencies, please call his home study number, 812-369-4179.

Both ministers have voicemail on their numbers so that you can leave a private message.  Both Mary Ann and Doug will be away from email October 6-8. 

It's Not Too Late to Pledge!

If you have not yet pledged for the fiscal year that started on July 1, it is not too late! Please call 812-332-3695, ext. 200 with your pledge, or send the info in an email to Church Administrator Carol Marks at admin@uubloomington.org or pledge online. See our Stewardship webpage at   http://tinyurl.com/uustewardship or go to the Donate page (tab to the far right at the top of the page) at www.uubloomington.org and click on "I want to make a Pledge."  Please call the office if you have questions, 812-332-3695.

BULLETIN BOARD

AVAILABLE: EXPERIENCED ASSISTANCE/CARE for persons with physical and/or memory-impaired needs; companionship and help with chores. Info, Pat Aungst, 219-9718.

GLASS PUMPKINS ON DISPLAY Friday Oct 10, 4;30-6:30, come to our Meeting Room and see over 500 hand made glass pumpkins made by the volunteers of the Bloomington Creative Glass Center before the Great Glass Pumpkin Patch, Oct 11. Free admission.

NEW MUSICAL:  The world premier of The Birthday Feast, a kids' musical written by UU member Scott Russell Sanders, with music by Alex Crowley, runs Oct 10-24 at Waldron Arts Center, details on Cardinal Stage's website or click here:  http://dft.ba/-b62X 

Attendance and Membership

Current Membership: 510      Certified Membership as of 2/1/2014: 492

Attendance

Sunday, September 21             9:15:      94;     11:15:  156;     RE:      109      Total:   359

Sunday, September 28             9:15:    114;     11:15   152;     RE:      102      Total:   368

Sunday, October 5                    9:15:      90;     11:15   125;     RE:      n/a       Total:   215

Non-Pledge Offering

9/21 - $580;  9/28- $486;  10/6- $485            Total to be donated to Susie's Place - $388

Grocery Card Sales

September 21   $875, income to UUCB $42         September 28  $ญญ825, income to UUCB $40

October 5        $2275, income to UUCB $109   

Calendar of all our congregational events can be found at www.uubloomington.org  Click on "Full Calendar" and then on the date you are interested in. You can also search for a specific event!

The Prologue

Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington       

2120 N. Fee Lane       Bloomington, IN   47408-1646      812-332-3695      www.uubloomington.org

Next issue, Monday, October 20. Deadline for articles about congregational events and projects is 10 a.m. on 10/20/14, to Carol Marks at admin@uubloomington.org