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recipient for July/August is Reston Interfaith's affordable housing programs. Reston Interfaith provides short-term emergency assistance and long-term supportive housing programs to rapidly re-house individuals and families, allowing them to care for themselves and their children and get back to self-sufficiency and independence.
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Rev. Mary
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Dear UUCF family,
Before you join us for services this weekend, I encourage you to take this quick quiz about interfaith literacy. Some of the answers may surprise you. I know I learned a lot. Our services this weekend will explore our potential for interfaith connections and where those connections can lead us. If you want to explore this topic a little more before the weekend, you might also watch Eboo Patel's Ware Lecture on interfaith cooperation at our recent Unitarian Universalist Association General Assembly. Eboo Patel is the author of a number of books, including "Sacred Ground: Pluralism, Prejudice and the Promise of America," and the founder and president of the Interfaith Youth Core. I look forward to seeing you this weekend.
Mary Katherine
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Family & Youth Movie Night
Thu., Aug. 8, 7 p.m., on the lawn
"Free Willy" and
"Pirates of the Caribbean"Free event. Email RSVP.
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on the lawn on Thursday night.
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In keeping with this summer's RE water theme, our first summer family movie night will feature two sea-faring adventures.
The first show, for all ages, is "Free Willy," at 7 p.m., followed by "Pirates of the Carribean," for Grade 6 and older, at around 9 p.m.
Bring snacks or buy treats at the movie from the youth as a trip fundraiser! You may also want to bring blankets, beach chairs and bug repellent!
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They may be empty now ...
... but fall RE is just around the corner
 To fill up these lonely-looking classrooms, we need your children! Sign them up today for fall Religious Exploration classes. You can register all of you children online at one time or stop by the RE table in the Commons after services. Teachers needed too! Our fall RE classes also need teachers, so sign up online to teach. Thanks for all you do for our children! |
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This week & weekend
All activities are open to all unless otherwise listed.
URGENT need for ushers, welcomers, coffee service and Fair Trade volunteers for the rest of the summer and into the fall. Please sign up today. Go to signupgenius.com, create a quick and easy username and password, click on "Find a signup," and search using mfoster@uucf.org. Thank you for your support!
Chairs! The new blue. We need more volunteers in August to finish refurbishing our Sanctuary chairs before Ingathering on Sep. 7. Please volunteer to help on Saturdays (longer and bigger work sessions) or for one of the short work sessions during the week. Email Judy Gallimore or stop by the table in the Commons after services.
Membership class. Sun., Aug. 11, 11:30 a.m. If you've been coming to UUCF for a while and feel it's time to make the commitment of membership, please sign up for this short minister-led session. Register with Carol Jensen.
Monday Night Book Club. Aug. 12 , 7:30-9 p.m., Program Building. This month reading "One Minute to Midnight," by Michael Dobbs. Questions to Don Andress.
Women's Personal Growth Group. Tue., Aug. 13, 10 a.m.-noon. Program Building. Contact Connie Drapeau.
Writer's Resource Group. Second Wed. of each month, Aug. 14, 7:30-9 p.m., Program Building. No registration needed; drop-ins welcome. Facilitated by Joy Hatfield, and Linda Hunt. Need to jump-start your creative writer's juices? No reading or critiquing; just encouragement and sharing tips, techniques, articles, books to read, etc. Occasional speakers and field trips.
Join the UUCF Climate Action Group this summer. Second and fourth Wednesdays, Aug. 14, 7-9 p.m., Social Hall. The group is working hard and generating tons of (non-polluting) energy throughout the summer. If you have not come to a meeting before, please join us. Fact sheets and discussion materials will be available. Bring a bag dinner at 7 p.m.; meeting starts at 7:30 p.m. Join our Linked In group. Information contact Eric Goplerud, 703-759-0218.
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Children & youth
RE this weekend. Sun., 10-11:15 a.m. Look for signage on Sunday about where you child's age group meets. Enjoy your coffee time after services. RE Classes are scheduled to last until 11:15 a.m. Children will miss planned activities if you pick them up early. Younger children through Grade 2 need to be walked to class and picked up by a parent or guardian.
RE Stream clean-up on Sunday is canceled.PlaygroUUp - free play. Tue., Aug. 20, 10-11:30 a.m., Teen Center. Fellowship group of young children (ages 0-5) and parents/caregivers. Contact Meghan Crowley. Family Retreat and hike over Labor Day weekend. You have a variety of choices for family fun and camaraderie in Shenandoah National Park this Labor Day weekend: 1) Join the Family Retreat at Big Meadows - Aug. 30-Sep. 2. Reserve your lodge room or cabin at Big Meadows ( camp sites are full for Sat. night, but open on Sun.); 2) join us after the last day of summer RE for a choice of Sunday hikes; or 3) stay one night, Sep. 1, at Big Meadows to cap off the weekend. Let Katherine Riddle know if you'd like to join us for the hike, the one-night stay or for the whole weekend. She will get you the necessary release, answer your questions and send more info as it becomes available. Leaders needed for the Sunday night gathering.
Youth Beach Trip. Thu.-Sun., Aug. 22-25. Rising Grade 9-rising Grade 12 visit Camp Henlopen in Lewes, DE. Kayaking, bonfires, beach fun and fellowship! Print, fill out and return the permission form to save your spot. Cost: $125 per youth and $75 per chaperone covers camp fee, food and transportation. $300 family maximum. Spaces still available. If financial assistance is needed contact Linnea Nelson. "Coming of Age" parent orientation. Sun., Sep. 8, 1-3 p.m. Do you have a rising 9th or 10th grader? Register your child for the Sunday 11:15 a.m. high school class to take part in this important rite of passage class. Mentors, UU history, exploration of UU identity are part of the program as each youth is supported in starting his/her spiritual journey. Also includes day trip to DC sights, overnight retreat on Oct. 12-13 and a Boston trip over the Nov. 1-5 long weekend. Fee for this not-to-be-missed class is $50, but talk to Linnea if you need to waive the fee. More info email parent volunteer Rob Creekmore. Boston Heritage Trip interest meeting. Sun. Sep. 15, 10:30 a.m., Room 11. High school youth will travel to Boston during Fairfax County Public Schools break, Sat., Nov. 1-Tue., Nov. 5., to learn about UU heritage and have a great time! Youth and parents should attend this interest meeting. Information contact Youth Ministry Coordinator James Forrest.
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Caring news
Condolences to Jan Cooper on the recent death of her brother-in-law.
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Grow
The following programs and opportunities help us grow as individuals and as a community.Multicultural Ministries Sharing Project. The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) wants to hear from you! Through Oct. 31, 2013. Project wants to hear from people who identify as UU and have historically marginalized identities or experiences around ability, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, race and/or ethnicity. Must be 13 or older to take survey. UUA will host virtual listening circles this fall to explore big questions raised by survey results. All information kept confidential. Questions to Barb Brehm. Results shared during the UUA's "Thirty Days of Love" (Jan. 18-Feb. 16, 2014). "Supporting Families: Working through Global Disasters with your Children." Adult Programs course. Sun., Sep. 29, 2-3:30 p.m., Chapel. Register at re@uucf.org. Elementary-age children welcome. Child care for younger children. Facilitated by Linnea Nelson, UUCF's DRE, and Dr. Sarah Hover, Licensed Clinical Psychologist. Events like the Newtown school shooting and Oklahoma tornado affect our children deeply. Knowing how much information to share with our children and how to express our own sorrow can be difficult. This worship/workshop service designed by Rev. Debra Hafner from the Religious Institute, provides language and sacred practices to use when crises occur. Information contact Linnea Nelson.
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Connect
Click here for a listing of ways to get involved and connect with each other at UUCF.Wednesday Morning Book Club. Aug. 21, 10 a.m.-noon, Program Building. This month reading "Unbroken," by Laura Hillenbrand. Questions to Polly Feuer. Travel Treks. Hotel Strasburg and Belle Grove Plantation. Fri., Sep. 27. Carpooling from UUCF parking lot at 10 a.m. sharp. Lunch at historic Hotel Strasburg from the menu with individual tickets. Admission to Belle Grove $8. Questions or signups to Elaine Keener, 571-528-8555. Please leave your name, email and phone number and note if you are willing to drive. Is your life overscheduled? Time to slow down, reconnect with yourself and other fellow UUs or just have fun at the Fall Adult Retreat, October 4-6. For more information or to register, click here, or visit the Retreat table in the Commons after services.
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Click here to find out about opportunities to live our values through service and advocacy within our congregation and beyond.
Help improve reading and math skills of needy children. Tutor at Beacon House. Two-hour-per-week commitment, Oct.-May. Mondays or Tuesdays, 6-8 p.m. Training in math and reading curriculum provided. Contact Barbara Clarke, 202-529-7376.
Coordinator needed for UUCF's participation in 50th Anniversary March on Washington. March held Sat., Aug. 24, 2013, 8 a.m., Lincoln Memorial. Help UUCF gather a large contingent to show support for a renewed commitment to freedom, justice and equality - the unfinished work of "realizing the dream." Organized by the National Action Network. Contact Marilyn Schuyler if you'd like to coordinate UUCF's organizing team. More information here.
Volunteer ESOL teachers needed. UUCF rotational teaching team seeks volunteers to teach English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) for adults in Reston on Tuesday mornings or Wednesday evenings. Plan lesson based on prepared curriculum. No experience needed; flexible schedule. Training Wed., Aug. 28, 7-9 p.m., and other dates. Please recycle your used binders with us for student use. Information contact Gladys Henrikson or Lily Reider.
UUCF Blood Drive. Sun., Sep. 22, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Did you know each donation can help save up to three lives and there's a chronic shortage of blood? Donating is easy, completely safe and can actually be fun in a loving and caring community like UUCF. Make your life-saving appointment today. Sign up online in about a minute. Or, sign up by email to Ken Foley, 703-242-0258, (provide your preferred time on the quarter-hour).
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From our friends
This section brings you announcements from UUCF members and friends as well as neighboring UU congregations, UU organizations or organizations affiliated with this congregation.
Documentary "Bidder 70." Fri., Sep. 6, 7 p.m., Founders Hall, UU Church of Rockville. Free and open to public. Film tells story of University of Utah student Tim DeChristopher who derailed a protested federal oil and gas land sale in 2008, bidding $1.2 million he didn't have to save thousands of pristine acres of land surrounding U.S parks.
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