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GUESTS are always welcome.
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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.
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There are 4 "Sunday First Time Visitor" parking spots at the top of the parking lot.
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Rev. Chip Wright
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Director of Religious Education:
Jeffrey Melcher
Office Hours:
Sunday 12:30-1:30pm
Wednesday 3:00-5:00pm
Friday Noon - 4:00pm
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Intern's Schedule
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Ministerial Intern:
Irene Stefanko
Office Hours:
Tues., Wed., Thurs
9am-2pm
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February 14, 2013
Issue #202
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY
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Sunday Worship Service 
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Feb. 17, 10:30 am: All We Need is Love' or 'Will You be My Valentine'
Rev. Chip Wright with Worship Associate Dianne Estrada
Come and enjoy a morning of poetry, songs and music of love.
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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.
All are welcome to join us.
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Crab Feed/Raffle - Sat. February 16, 6 pm
| |  The Crab Feed and Raffle is this Saturday. If you did not make a reservation, dinner is $40 for crab or $20 for pasta at the door. Raffle tickets $3 each or 6 for $15 on sale at dinner. Items include a basket from Revs Chip and Lisa, wine basket, photos by former members, massage, Weekend Get-Away at Sea Ranch, picnic backpack basket. Complete list of items. You can assign your tickets to the items you want. You will receive the ticket stubs you bought or that friends assigned to you, when you check in and you can buy more tickets at the event.
Musical Accompaniment throughout evening
We will have lively classical music from harpist Natalie Cox and her husband cellist Dan Reiter. To make life easier BRING CASH FOR RAFFLE AND BEVERAGE TICKETS and LEFTOVER CLAM CHOWDER AND CRAB. |
UUCM Congregational Retreat
May 3-5, 2013
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 The deadline for signing up for the Retreat is fast approaching. We need to know who is coming in order to complete plans for the Retreat. Please access the links below and complete your registration. You can place completed forms in the Retreat box in the Community Room or turn them in to Thomas Ervin, Dianne Estrada, or Janette Morrow on Sunday mornings until the 24th of March. You can pay your fee by submitting a check with your form or by accessing the church web site and using the donate button. If you pay online, please note that on your form.
Pricing/application sheet
Release form for attendees under 18
More information on our website
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| 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. |
Youth Advisor Position open
| |  Lead YRUU Advisor Sought - We are in search for a paid Youth Advisor for our Young Religious Unitarian Universalists (YRUU).
UUCM Lead Youth Advisor Job Description
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| Book Group | |  Our UUCM Book Group will meet on Wednesday, February 20, at 7:30 PM in the Clara Barton Room to discuss The Women by T. Coraghessan Boyle. This widely acclaimed novel is a fictionalized account of the life of Frank Lloyd Wright told through the experiences of the four women who loved him. "The befuddling complexity of Wright's personality keeps writers coming back. And it's this complexity that T. Coraghessan Boyle pursues with his own characteristic energy . . . His prose is full of vivid descriptions . . " (The New Yorker.) Dee Spake will lead the discussion. Members and visitors are welcome. Contact: Nani Ranken 898-8558.
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Pastoral Care - Tax Assistance
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 Here is more information on Tax Aide Services sponsored by AARP. Free Tax Assistance for low & middle income taxpayers from Feb. 1 through April 15. Special attention to Seniors! Mill Valley 383-1370 Mill Valley Community Center 180 Camino Alto: Tues & Thursdays 9:30am-1:30pm through April 11.
Novato 897-4147 Novato Human Needs Center 1907 Novato Blvd. Monday & Thursdays 10am-2pm through April 15.
San Rafael 485-3348 San Rafael Community Center 618 B Street, Tuesdays & Fridays 9:30am-2pm through April 12.
Northgate Marin Non Profit Resource Center 555 Northgate Dr. (near Sears) Tuesdays 10am-3pm, Wednesdays 4-7:30pm, Saturdays 10am-3pm through April 13.
Fairfax 453-8151 Fairfax Library, 209 Sir Francis Drake
Mondays & Wednesdays 10am-2:30am through April 15.
Pt. Reyes 663-8361 Dance Palace Community Center
503 B Street. Sat. Feb.23 10am-3:30pm *Spanish & Mandarin speaking counselors available, & Individual Tax Id Number.
Your tax return will be electronically filed at no cost.
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| Young Adult Climate Justice Workshop | |  Hi There!
The UU young adult network of UU Ministry for Earth is hosting our first PCD regional young adult gathering on climate justice this March 1-2 in Berkeley, at the Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists. Join other UU young adults for this mini climate justice training and organizing workshop. We will explore how UU values call us to ecological justice work:
How does the climate crisis intersect with race and class? How are we connected to climate-changing, community-destroying resource extraction and energy production processes? What economic, political, and social dynamics are at work? Come strategize with us for a more powerful, inspiring and effective movement and explore what we can do together as a community in the future.
What: UU young adult Climate Justice Workshop
When: March 1: 6-9pm, including pot luck dinner
March 2: 9-5pm, brown bag lunch
Where: Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists
1924 Cedar Street, Berkeley, CA, 94709
This is our first regional gathering, and we hope you can make it!!! This is where we will shape our identity as a group, what we want to do together, and our work for climate justice. If you need housing or can offer housing to a traveler for the night of March 1 or 2, please contact me(jenni.nordstrom@gmail.com; 718-290-6399). Contact me with any questions or offerings, and RSVP to me, so we have a rough head count. Please forward this to anyone you think would be interested--this is an open invitation.
Best,
Jennifer Nordstrom, UU Ministry for Earth Young Adult Intern
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| Summer UU youth program | |  The UU College of Social Justice is advancing our mission to engage the next generation of Unitarian Universalists - and you can help.
This summer, we're offering our National Youth Justice Training (NYJT) program, building on the success of our summer 2012 youth training. NYJT is a transformative three-week experience for high-school-aged youth. It will be held in Boston, Mass., June 30-July 21, 2013. The program will include interactive social justice education and real-world internships, grounded in Unitarian Universalist values and practices.
Apply today through our online application. We are accepting applications now through April 15. See more.
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Women and Religion Retreat
| |  The Women and Religion retreat is happening on March 1-3, 2013, at the Enchanted Hills Camp in the foothills above Napa, open to all UU women and friends. Our theme this year is "Courageous Women". You can learn more about Women and Religion and the retreat itself, or download forms at our website. View event flyer and registration form.
The cost for the retreat (including two nights lodging, seven meals, and two days of fun and fellowship) is $250 per person. Retreat FIRST TIMERS can join us for $200. You may register online and pay with PayPal, register online and mail a check (address follows), or print, complete and mail the form with your check to: W&R Registrar c/o UUFRC, 2124 Brewster Ave., Redwood City CA 94062.
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Social Justice Education/Action Activities
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Anyone can volunteer to prepare food for the women at the Sunday night homeless shelter.
Invite friends and neighbors to join you in this rewarding project. Food preparation is all that's really needed. However, it's always a rewarding experience to actually come to the REST shelter and dine with our lady guests.
Extra food is needed on first Sundays for the Mill St. shelter. Sign up on the board in the foyer or contact: figleafjoan@comcast.net 453-6221
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The homeless ladies seem to crave hugs. They light up at the mention of hand reflexology foot rubs, manicures and hair stylings.
If you're interested in doing this kind of hands-on outreach, contact figleafjoan@comcast.net - 453-6221.
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Please remember to buy white socks and nonperishable food items for our homeless friends. Just leave them in the foyer. And rest assured that they will be appreciated.
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Women's shelter volunteers this week included:
Katherine, Mary, Dianne and Lauren, Margaret and Thomas.
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