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Contemplative Service
RE nUUs
Poll about weekly publication
Kirtan - October 24
New Art Exhibit
Church/Community Day of the Dead Hike
PASTORAL CARE FOR ALL AGES
Budget Discussion on Nov 10th
Salad for Homeless
Book Group
Studio Art Sale Fundraiser
Social Justice Education/Action Activities
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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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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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Intern's Schedule
 Ministerial Intern:
Irene Stefanko

Office Hours:
Variable, please call cell 650-814-5375 or email to arrange appointments

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October 24, 2013

Issue #234

Sunday Worship Service chalice

October 27, 2013: 'Spiritual But Not Religious'
Rev Chip Wright with Worship Associate Karen Auroy

Mainline religious institutions are seeing their membership shrink as people identify more and more as spiritual but not religious. They find meaning and community outside traditional church models.

Note: This is a Response Sunday - there will be time to share your comments and observations following the sermon.

Past services

                      

Upcoming services    

 

Congregational Conversation Sundays:  Nov. 24,

Feb. 16, and March 20.
Contemplative Service

UUCM's early Sunday morning 9 am Contemplative Service in the Fireside Room is a lay led service.  Readings introduce a silent period to reflect on a topic or idea, followed by an opportunity to share individual thoughts.  

 

Come and widen our circle. All are welcome!  

Questions, email Carol Kerr at [email protected].

 

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 RE nUUs
jef melcher
We are giving kids the opportunity in class each Sunday to make a donation to the Giving Basket.  As of Oct 20th they have raised $23 and some change !! Do you or your child have a recipient organization to suggest?

Values
The RE Committee has adopted a set of words to express some of the core values we want to teach and encourage in our children. These are in addition to the UUA Principles and Sources. We want to give the children and parents of UUCM a clearer picture of the values we want to engender in ourselves and the world.

These values were "field tested" with the 4th-5th grade group. The one they added was "Joy". The RE Committee gladly added this to its list and is grateful for the wisdom of our children. To see the full list, go to the  UUCM RE page.

Jeffrey Melcher, M.Div.
Poll about weekly publication
logo with yellow Take a poll as to how often our email weekly should be published.
(a question brought up in the communications committee)
Kirtan - October 24
Kirtan is the fourth Thursday of the month in the Fireside Room 7:00 - 9:00 pm. In November the class is on Nov.21.
There is no Kirtan in Dec. and the class ends in May.

On Oct 24th there will be both a basic class in yoga forms and meditation and instructions in Raja Yoga techniques along with Kirtan.
New Art Exhibit
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There is a lovely new Art Exhibit in the Fireside Room.
        
 Abstract, Landscape and Still Life Paintings" By Kathy Truax

If you would like to meet and talk to Kathy (former member), she is having a reception on Sunday, October 27 from 2:00 to 5:00pm and invites the Congregation to attend.

Please RSVP if you are interested, so refreshments may be planned accordingly.

Carolyn Planakis ([email protected]) or ([email protected])
Church/Community Day of the Dead Hike

Saturday, November 2, 2013

10 am to 3 pm

 

Have lunch with your ancestors on San Pedro Mountain! Bring photos or mementos, if desired. Meet at the Marin Civic Center parking lot on Armory Drive near the post office. Bring a sack lunch, a liter of water and a sense of humor. We will have lunch at the Nike site with a 360 degree view. Those who wish can continue to the mountain top. However, due to trees, the view from the mountain top is mostly blocked. Click here for a map of the trail. This event is sponsored by the Religious Education Program. Please address questions to Thomas Ervin [email protected]) or Jeffry Melcher ([email protected]). See you there!

PASTORAL CARE FOR ALL AGES
If you or your friends have elderly parents for whom you/they will be responsible when a medical crisis arises (even if your folks don't live near or even in this state) consider attending the Senior Classes Nov. 3 & 17.

What kind of information should you have?  What are the decisions you will be asked to make?  What will be your responsibilities at that time?  The more info we have in advance, the more likely the crisis is going to be manageable, i.e. you will not be caught unaware of your tough choices and the data needed to make them.  Anything you learn can be shared with your siblings etc.

We are sponsoring Lisa Brinkman, a gerontologist, to lead us through the process.  BE BETTER PREPARED FOR THE INEVITABLE. Lisa will be at the November 3rd class and Rev. Chip will lead the November 17th class which will include Elder Planning Part II, Transportation, Giving, and other issues as well as a Q&A.
 
Call or email Carol Littrell to attend; lunch is provided & therefore, requires registration. (do not email the office).
Email [email protected] or call 883-9676.
Budget Discussion on Nov 10th
piggy_bank_money.jpg UUCM's Finance Committee will hold a budget discussion after the service on November 10th, 12:30PM.  All UUCM members are invited to attend.   Our agenda will be "Towards a balanced UUCM budget:  options and possibilities."  Please attend and we'll speak together!

If you need childcare while attending, please email [email protected]
Salad for Homeless
For all of us very busy UUers and friends, here's a way to do a service by reaching out to those who need us so much.  Bring a salad, any kind, to the 1st Presbyterian Church on Tuesday November 12 at 5:15pm.  We are invited to dine with people who are in need.  It will do your heart good and find folks are not so different than ourselves. Remember families are welcome!  It is over by 6:30pm so you still have your evening!  Please
call or email Carol [email protected] or 883-9676.  We are much needed and appreciated!
 
Many thanks to these wonderful volunteers for October: Richard R.,  Gene P., Sandra M., Joan N., Anise F., Linda S., Katherine & Jinendra J., Walter L. & Carol. If I have left you out, please inform me and forgive me.
Book Group
book pileOur 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 November 20 we will be reading Open Secrets , eight short stories by Alice Munro, this year's winner of the Nobel Prize for literature.  Mary Bicknell will lead the discussion.  

"Open Secrets is a book that dazzles with its faith in language and in life."-New York Times Book Review.
"With a few strokes of her pen, Munro has the unerring ability to familiarize us with a foreign country or the entire life of another person.  . . Munro's women must take repeated flight from the harshness of their realities -- bad spinsterhood, worse marriages -- into their imaginations, where wrongs are alternately redressed or allowed to fester into self-doubt and guilt."  (Kirkus Review)

Note: The Book Group will not meet in December.
Questions contact Nani.
Studio Art Sale Fundraiser November 30
UU  "Creationist " Joan Nelson has announced a studio art sale:
Proceeds to go to the Social Justice Committee's Homeless fund and then donated to St. Vincent de Paul Society and Ritter Center.

Here's  a link to her website.
Social Justice Education/Action Activities
Pachamama's annual fundraiser luncheon will take place on Thurs. Nov. 14, at Fort Mason in San Francisco.
Joan Nelson is taking reservations and planning a carpool. Contact her for details.
 
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.

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. Nov. 10, Noon. (Clara Barton Room)
 
JUSTICE ACTION TABLE - Take advantage of the UUCM Social Justice "Soapbox!" Help us activate our shared humanitarian values by showing us where we could make a difference by signing petitions, attending meetings, films, group actions, etc. Schedule your "Soapbox Table." [email protected]. 415-453-6221 Application for Social Justice Information Table.
 
BASKET SHARE: Do you have some kind of relationship with a local social or humanitarian agency that you would like UUCM to support financially? Would you like to sponsor your agency as a candidate for our Basket Share program? Please send a short paragraph describing what the service means to you and why UUCM should support it to [email protected] 415-453-6221.
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