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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.
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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Director of Religious Education:
Jeffrey Melcher
Office Hours:
Sunday 12:30 - 1:30 pm
Wednesday 3:00 - 5:00 pm
Friday Noon - 4:00 pm
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Sunday Worship Service 
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September 8, 2013: 'Ingathering Service'
Rev. Chip Wright with Worship Associate Sue Fleckles and Congregational Sharing
Come gather and celebrate the beginning of the new church year! Don't forget to bring water and objects from your summer adventures!
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| Congregational Potluck September 8th | |  It's time to pull out those recipes for our September 8th ingathering potluck (after Sunday service in the courtyard).
Food assignments:
A-G main dish
H-M salad
N-W fruit or dessert
Volunteers are needed for set up and clean up. If you can help, please contact Dani Lundbaek. |
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Contemplative Service
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Invitation to Join the Contemplative Service Beginning September 15
UUCM's early Sunday morning Contemplative Service was started more than ten years ago as an experiment in order to open up more parking spots for the later service. The 9 a.m. lay-led service has become a quiet reflective mainstay for the circle of 2 to 8 regulars who attend and we always welcome those who would like to try this alternative. Those of us who regularly attend the early service find it is a spiritual foundation for our week and a quiet source of inspiration. It is typically led by members in a volunteer sequence and we welcome the participation of the Minister whenever possible. Each lay leader prepares a service based on what speaks to her/him/them that week or season (of weather or life!)
The service follows this general format:
- Welcome
- Opening Reading while lighting the Chalice
- First Contemplative Reading followed by about a 5 minute period for silent reflection
- Opportunity to share thoughts that arose from the reading or in the silence
- Joys or Sorrows: Whomever wishes can light a candle and share verbally or not
- A second reading is followed by a longer time for silent reflection
- Opportunity to share thoughts that arose from the reading or in the silence
- (Optional) Hymn or song accompanied by piano or not
- Closing: While in a circle holding hands, we say these words:
"Keep Alert! Stand Firm in Your Faith
Be Courageous, Be Strong
Let All that You Do Be Done in Love (Lines 1-3 are from #713 in our Hymnal)
And Go Shining!" (Closing line words are from Rev. Norma Cordell)
We invite all at any time (even if you arrive after 9 am you may come in quietly and join us). We meet in the Fireside Room, beginning September 15 and will continue weekly through June 15. If you have further questions, email Carol Kerr at drckerr@pacbell.net.
Come and widen our circle. All are welcome!
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| Religious Education nUUs | |  RE information:
Parent Meeting - Sept. 15th after Service
I have scheduled a meeting for all parent/caregivers after the service on Sept. 15th. I am going to try and keep it to fifteen minutes of presentation and then be available for questions and chat. Topics: Registration, inviting friend's kids, RE calendar on website and Google Calendar, event volunteering, Spring UU Revival 2014, UUCM RE Values and Goals, Curriculum, Google Group for parents, and Oct 19th Spaghetti Feed/Talent Show. Snacks and childcare provided.
Family Farm Trip Sept. 15th 1-4pm
Joanne Derby has invited us to come out and pick apples on their farm. Bring bags or a box, be ready to bob for apples. You might even get a chance to feed one of the horses. Carpooling from UUCM. Bring a sack lunch.
Warm Wishes,
Jeffrey Melcher,
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Join us at the Classical Concert
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Saturday, September 14
Doors open at 1:30 and concert starts at 2:00 pm.
Concert features Milton Wong, Hans Brightbill and 7 friends.
Tickets: Adult $15, Youth (17 and under) $10
There will be a "gift basket" raffle also (tickets $2.00 each, 6 for $10.00).
Help us get the word out to your friends and neighbors about this great concert......better yet why not bring a friend or neighbor along with you.
Flyer to give to friends.
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Social Justice Luncheon Sept. 15
| |  Sun. Sept. 15 - Noon-Luncheon - Fellowship Hall. After her sermon, Toby Blomé will present details of her experiences in Iran and Washington with a slide show. Also, she and her husband will play the nykelharp. Come learn about all of this and share the potluck at the Social Justice luncheon. IF YOU WANT TO PREPARE A DISH...PLEASE...CONTACT figleafjoan@comcast.net. 415-453-6221 Talk details: DRONE WARFARE: The Reality on the Ground in Pakistan. Hear first hand accounts about life under daily drone surveillance in Waziristan, Pakistan, the civilians lost to hellfire missiles, the survivors' stories, and the many ways everyday life throughout Pakistan has been seriously altered by the U.S. War on Terror. |
Book Group
| |  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 September 18 we will be reading The Master Butcher's Singing Club, by Louise Erdrich.
"A German soldier straggles home from World War I, marries his best friend's pregnant widow, then picks up a set of butcher knives and heads for North Dakota, where he founds a singing club . . . If anyone can make a butcher sing, it's Erdrich." (Library Journal) "All of the virtues of Erdrich's best works-her lyrical precision, bleakly beautiful North Dakota settings, deft interweaving of characters and subplots, and haunting evocation of love and its attendant mysteries are on full display in this superb novel." (Publishers Weekly)
Joyce Rhodes will lead the discussion and is inviting readers "to look for descriptive phrases that please them."
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| Green Sanctuary/Trash Talk | | Think about what just one person can do!
One among us has begun to maintain the implied promise behind UUCM's Social Justice Committee's Green Sanctuary Certification by literally digging in the trash! Wayne Lechner has single-handedly (he really used two hands) eliminated the need for one of the big trash bins outside, thus whittling our annual trash bill by $1100! He's now working on eliminating can number two.
The Committee encourages each and every one of us to become "just one more person." Pay attention to the recycling instructions on the trash bins. And, when you have space in your containers at home, take some trash when you leave the UUCM building.
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| Basket Share | |  Want to nominate your favorite organization for a basket share?
Email socialjustice@uumarin.org. Tell us the organization's name, briefly describe its work, and include a link to its website.
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Wellness Dinners
| | Many thanks to members for bringing salads and attending the weekly Wellness Dinners provided by the Homeless of Marin led by Chaplain Paul Gaffney! Do we have any families with preteen and teens who would like to be involved?
Our week is the second Tuesday at 5:15pm in San Rafael. Email Joan Nelson or call 415-453-6221 to sign up & bring your family! We provide salads, they provide all else & we dine together. You will participate in a truly rewarding event! |
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Social Justice Education/Action Activities
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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 will be 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.
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Members and guests are invited to take advantage of the Sunday Social Justice "Table" to promote a favorite cause or project. Perhaps you want to circulate a handout or a written petition (or refer people to electronic online petitions.) Arrangements must be submitted for committee approval in advance. figleafjoan@comcast.net 453-6221
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Seminary & Theological Grad School Virtual Fair
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| Celebration of Transylvanian Thanksgiving | |  Fun, Food and Fotos -- Sunday, Sept. 29, starting 12:30pm Transylvanian Thanksgiving Reunion and Sharing Celebration for recent, past and prospective Transylvanian travelers. * Fireside room at UU Church of Berkeley*, 12:30 gathering for walk to Transylvanian Szekely Gate, with music from San Francisco/UC Alumni choir tour members * 1PM gather for finger food lunch, supplemented by your food offering * Meet and greet the 2013-2014 Balázs Scholar family, Rev. Karoly Vass, wife Gyöngyi and children, Bence and Vera. * Bring pictures from your Transylvania travels * Brief Video Presentation by Jo Green, our Starr King Immersion Scholar who was hosted in Transylvania this spring by former Balázs scholars. For further information contact Anne Greenwood at annegt1@sbcglobal.net For more information about the Starr King Balázs Scholar Program visit www.sksm.edu/balazs *Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley www.uucb.org 1 Lawson Road, Kensington CA |
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