August 18, 2013: 'No Grieving, No Healing'

Robert Drake, Pulpit Guest with Worship Associate Dianne Estrada, Worship Associate

The experience of loss is the origin of grief.  Grief is a response to loss.  Grief has to go somewhere.  If we do not process grief it is stored inside of us, and the storage costs of grief are high.  Because we are finite creatures who inevitably attach ourselves to people and things we love, we will grieve when we lose what we love.  But grief is not the same as grieving. We must actively grieve our losses to heal - No grieving, no healing.

Bob Drake calls himself a "spiritual ecologist."

August 25, 2013: 'The Power of Nothing'
Caitlin S. Cotter, Pulpit Guest with Worship Associate Sue Fleckles

Emptiness, Silence, the Unknown, these are powerful (and potentially frightening!) things.  We may discover a great deal when we trust ourselves to embrace Nothing, to let go of certainty.  Join Caitlin S. Cotter, M.Div. student at Starr King School for the Ministry, for a service about stepping away from noisy busyness into stillness and Mystery.

 

Our Social Campaign ended on August 9.
Twenty new people liked our Facebook page. Ten people ordered coupons to receive a $2 discount on event refreshment tickets which may be used at any future event.

Thank you to all who participated.

If you requested a coupon be sure to print and save it.

Our UUCM book group meets on third Wednesdays at 7:30 in the Clara Barton Room.  Members and visitors are welcome to join our discussions.

For August 21 we will be reading Oh the Glory of It All by Sean Wilsey, an "irreverent and remarkably candid memoir about growing up in wealthy eighties San Francisco . . . rollicking, ruthless . . . ultimately generous-hearted."  (Vogue)

"Sean Wilsey's magnificent memoir spares no one but forgives almost everything; it's a kindly act of retribution that's sure to ring a bell with any adult survivor of parental narcissism. . . a veritable carillon of remembered pain, never once losing its wise and worldly sense of humor."  (Armistead Maupin)

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Ever feel frustrated that you're not doing enough to make a difference in
the world?
Bring your concerns to the UUCM Social Justice Committee. Next Committee meeting:
Sun. Sep. 8 - Noon. (Clara Barton Room)

Because the Winter shelter is closed until mid-November, there will be an even more pressing need (if that's possible) at the Mill St. Shelter and for the Street Chaplain's Tuesday night dinners.