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Family Service 5 - 6 PM
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Dec. 24-Jan. 1
UUCM Office Closed
January 6
New to UU class
Jan 13, 20
Our American Roots
February 16
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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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Rev. Chip Wright
415-479-4131
Administrator: Janette Morrow
office@uumarin.org
Pianist: Milton Wong milton.wong@goaaa.com
Pastoral Care:
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MRE's Schedule
| Director of Religious Education
Rev. Dara Olandt
Office Hours:
Wed.,Thurs.
10am-3pm
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Intern's Schedule
| Ministerial Intern
Irene Stefanko
Office Hours:
Tues., Wed., Thurs
9am-2pm
intern@uumarin.org
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December 20, 2012
Issue #194
Merry Christmas
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Sunday Worship Service 
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Dec. 23, 10:30 am: The Story of Christmas(rescheduled from Dec. 16) Rev. Chip Wright with Worship Associate Rodney GothelfOur Unitarian Universalist tradition is rooted in Christian history. We actually know very little about much of it. Today we look at the origins of Christmas and why keeping it alive in our hearts and not at Costco or on the online shopping network is important. Dec. 24, 5:00 PM: Family and Children's Christmas ServiceRev. Chip Wright Christmas songs and fun for the whole family! Dec. 24, 7:00 PM: Traditional Christmas Candlelight ServiceRev. Chip Wright & Rev. Lisa Wiggins We gather, share the old stories, sing together and rejoice. This night in our temple we once again raise the candles of hope and celebrate another Christmas Eve together.
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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.
The Contemplative Service is a small circle gathering that includes short readings and time for discussion and sharing of joys and concerns. Leadership for the remainder of the year is as follows:
Sunday 12/23/12 Susan Pryor
Sunday 12/30/12 Carol Kerr
All are welcome to join us.
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| Christmas Eve Reception | |  Bring your favorite savory or sweet finger food for the reception following the 7:00 p.m. service on Christmas Eve. Helpers are needed for set up and clean up. Please contact Monique Webster if you can help.
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| UUCM Office Closed | |  The office will be closed Dec. 24-Jan. 1. |
New to UU, January 6
| |  New to Unitarian Universalism with Rev. Chip - Fireside Room, 12 noon
If you have questions or are curious about Unitarian Universalism or liberal religion in general, this class, the first in a series of three Pathway to Membership classes, is for you! Please RSVP to Janette at office@uumarin.org or 415-479-4131.
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Toiletries for the homeless
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UUCM Congregational Retreat
May 3-5, 2013
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WORKSHOP THEMES ARE NEEDED! 
To start the process, Thomas Ervin, your Retreat Chairman, has agreed to hold a workshop on Climate Change. This workshop will present dramatic evidence of climate change based on changes in glaciers and ice caps and will be designed to promote lively discussion of this important issue. This workshop will be a followup to the popular Deep Green workshop held last year.
Look for more program themes in future eblasts. If you would like to see a particular workshop or activity, or would like to offer one, please email Thomas at thomas.ervin@comcast.net.
The pricing/application sheet for the 2013 UUCM Congregational Retreat is linked below. Application and full payment is due on March 24, 2013. If you would like to join the Retreat Committee for this year, we would love to hear from you!
Pricing/application sheet
Release form for attendees under 18
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| Basket Share Ideas Needed! | |  Put on your thinking caps: It's time to nominate great local nonprofits for our Basket Share program!
Ideally, a nominee should be a Bay Area organization that a congregant is truly involved with (e.g. as a volunteer or client.)
By sharing our offering basket with a different local nonprofit for four Sundays this year, we live our UU principles while gaining valuable nonprofit partners that have similar goals. Our first Basket Share Sunday will be January 13. It will benefit our partner church.
We need three more nominations! Send suggestions to figleafjoan@comcast.net 415-453-6221
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| Adult Education classes | |  Sunday January 13, January 20
12:00 PM, Fireside Room
"Our American Roots" led by Rev. Chip and Ministerial Intern Irene Stefanko. Details to come.
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Book Group January 16
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There are about 30 copies in the library, in heavy use, so do get in line (also available in paperback.) This is a bestseller, while also being an excellent scholarly book focused on the rediscovery of a 5th century Roman text ten centuries later. Lucretius' De Rerum Natura ("a beautiful poem of the most dangerous ideas.") thus reappeared just in time for the Renaissance, the printing press, and the consequent reimagining of the world and humankind in humanistic terms. All members and visitors are welcome. Contact: Nani Ranken (898-8558.) |
| Social Justice Luncheons | |  Luncheon and speaker, 12 noon. A $6 donation is suggested,no one turned away.
February 17 - Cohousing
Joani Blank (UU─Oakland) has visited over 70 cohousing communities─urban, suburban and rural. She has lived in two of these practical, socially rich alternatives to apartments and single-family houses. She also ran an innovative San Francisco retail business as a worker-owned co-op.
March 17 - Bridge of Understanding
Jes Richardson, creator of the ten foot tall Gandhi Puppet, is building a "bridge of hearts" between the people of the United States, Israel, and Iran. The Dear Iran Project, established after his second trip to Iran in 2010, cuts through politics by creating direct people-to-people connections. Find out how you can participate by joining Jes on March 17. |
Compassionate Communication (NVC)
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"Four First Saturdays" Compassionate Communication (NVC) Practice Group 
Jan. 5 ~ Feb. 2 ~ Mar. 2 ~ April 6
9:00 -12:00
UU Church of Berkeley
(Meditation Room)
What is "Compassionate Communication"?
Compassionate Communication (aka Non Violent Communication) is both a spiritual practice and a very concrete set of tools for staying positively engaged and creating mutually satisfying connections in challenging situations. NVC holds the promise for everyone's needs - including yours - to be held with care when issues and potential conflicts arise, opening the way to solutions that work for all.
Registration is limited. Requested sliding fee scale: $240-$360 for the 4 month series (12 workshop hours).
Contact Rev. Cat for more information:
revcat@revcat.net or 707 853-0009. Rev. Cat is a former member of UUCM and was ordained here.
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| PCD January Leadership Workshop | |  Registration is now open for the January 2013 Leadership Workshop, "The Power of Language to Create Reality."
We will be gathering at the UU Church of Berkeley on Saturday, January 26, 2013 with workshop leaders Rev. Robert Latham and Rev. Jeanelyse Doran Adams.
For religions confronting a cultural revolution and the decline of the influence of organized religion, their future lies in the hands of those willing to use language as a tool of personal and social transformation.
Get More Information & Register Now! |
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Social Justice Education/Action Activities
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Homeless Outreach All year long, UUCM's Social Justice Committee enlists volunteers to provide meals for the Marin Street Chaplaincy dinners, also for the permanent Mill Street Shelter. Each year, with the approach of the holiday season, we dig a little deeper into our congregational heart to find extra volunteers to provide Sunday dinners for the Women's Winter Shelter. This year's sign-up board, with a full set of instructions, is in the foyer. Confirm with Joan Nelson 453-6221. Thanks from the homeless women go to UUCM dinner volunteers: Mary B., Dionne C. and Joyce R. Volunteers are encouraged to serve and dine with our homeless guests. Otherwise contributions may be left in church kitchen in the morning. -------------------------------------------- The UUCM Social Justice Committee has reinstalled a Food Donation Barrel where you can just drop in a food item on your way into the building. As you shop for the holidays this year, please pick up extra non-perishable packaged food items for the UUCM Food Bank barrel. Also WHITE SOCKS for the white sock basket.
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Mill Street shelter, a branch of New Beginnings, provides housing for about 60 people per night.
UUCM provides dinner on the first Sunday of each month. If you would like to be a once a month cook, please contact Junemfesler@gmail.com. Food should be brought to church - it will be taken to Mill Street.
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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 Justice information table at refreshment time. To reserve a date: figleafjoan@comcast.net
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UUCM encourages anyone and everyone to reach out and advocate for social justice (economic, environmental, civil) in the wider community. Please invite others to join you, and send photos of your action to the Social Justice Committee.
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