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Sunday Worship Service
Contemplative Service
RE nUUs
Ingathering September 7
Chip's summer schedule
Congregational Retreat
Summer Changes
Rev. Chip's Sabbatical
Transformative Change Symposium
Current Immigration / Refugee Crisis
Social Justice Education/Action Activities
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CHILDREN AND YOUTH 

join adults during the first part of the service, and then join a summer Religious Education program. The nursery is open for families.   

 

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
 ext. 102 
Jeffrey Melcher
[email protected] 
 

 

Administrator: 

Janette Morrow
            

Choir director

Amanda Morando

[email protected]   

 

Pianist:

Milton Wong 
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Membership Coordinator:

Carolyn Bopp

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Pastoral Care:  

 Chair:

  Carol Littrell 883-9676
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Minister's Schedule
Minister:
 Rev. Chip Wright 
See summer schedule article
DRE's Schedule
Director of Religious Education:
Jeffrey Melcher

Office Hours: (as of 6/16)

Sundays 12:30-1:30 at UUCM, and by appointment.

 

Home office hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10AM-12pm reachable by email and phone.

 

August 7, 2014
Issue #272
No eweekly next Thursday

Sunday Worship Service  10:30 amchalice

August 10, 2014: "Our Stories, Ourselves: The importance of our narratives, past, present and future for drawing meaning and creating hope in our lives"

Robert Drake, with Bev Munyon, Worship Associate

 

Recognizing the importance of our stories - one's personal narrative, to every day living through adversity, change, illness, loss and grief, is the first step toward creating reasons to hope and struggle forward.  We are as dependent upon hope for survival as we are for clean water and air.  The future narrative we create for ourselves provides meaning... or it does not.  Your story gives your life meaning, reasons to believe in your past and reason to hope in your future... something to believe in, to survive for - to live for.    Today we talk about story, narrative, and ways to generate hope, meaning and resilience.

 

August 17, 2014: "The Most Important Discovery of Science"

John Severinghaus, with Nani Ranken, Worship Associate

Oxygen, often called the most important discovery, isn't. After seven oxygen discoverers, an eighth scientist discovered that the world of science was wrong about water. That made possible the great revolution of chemistry.

 

John Severinghaus and wife Elinor joined our fellowship in the early 1960s as friends of Chip's father Sam Wright.  Their four children were brought up here. John joined the UCSF medical school faculty in 1958. His research has been in respiratory physiology, altitude, and physical monitoring devices like the pulse oximeter and blood gas analyzers, his invention.

  

                      

Upcoming services    

Contemplative Service 9 am

The Contemplative Service  will take a break in July and August and resume in September.  

 

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RE nUUs
jef melcher

Summer RE

 

August 9th - Canoe, kayak and explore our watershed with Art Reichert. RSVP to Jef. If you are going to bring your own boat, please contact Art: art-earth-sky(at)Comcast(dot)net. 

 

 

Jeffrey Melcher, M.Div.

[email protected] 

Message from the Board President 

Hello everyone.  This is the first monthly message from the Board President.   

 

There is a lot going on and a lot of excitement all around.  Our first official meeting of the incoming Board is August 26.  The new board will also be coming together on September 6 for a "Board Retreat", to get to know each other and learn what it means to be a board member. The Board of Trustees consists of: Margaret Johnston, Treasurer; Dani Lundbaek, Secretary; and Michael Jenkins, Ali Jenkins, Norm Davidson, Kristin Jensen, and Henry Kingdon, General Trustees.  We have one opening, and the Vice President has yet to be named.

 

Have you seen the new photos on our photo wall, at the end of the hall?  If not, check it out!  If you would like an updated photo, please place your name on the sign-up sheet that is also on the wall. 

 

Please mark your calendars for the first Congregational Conversation of the new program year, which is happening September 14, after the service.  The agenda is not yet finalized, but we will certainly be exploring our hopes, fears, and priorities for the upcoming program year, and in the process strengthening our community.  Please be sure to come, so that your voice and ideas can be included! 

 

Best, 

Dianne

Ingathering September 7
water and stones
Don't forget to gather stones and water from your vacation or home for our Annual Ingathering Ritual September 7.
 
Chip's summer schedule

I am not available for the remainder of the summer. Contact the office for emergency

Pastoral needs and contact numbers.

 

I will be returning to regular office hours on Sept 9th. - ending on Sept. 25. Then on sabbatical and I will be returning to office hours Dec. 16th through the end of the church year. 

Rev. Chip

Congregational Retreat, Oct. 24-26, 2014 

Great news! We have several brand new workshops lined up for the Retreat that you won't want to miss. We still need at least two craft offerings. Are you skilled in a hands-on craft-like activity that you would like to share with the congregation? Anyone for leather punching, origami folding, candle making, t-shirt bleaching/printing, silk painting, knitting, scrap booking, rock polishing or any other craft? The audience can be kids to adults.

 

Our draft schedule can be accessed at one of the links below just to whet your appetite. If you have already volunteered to present a workshop, please let us know if you prefer a different time period. We can be flexible!

 

Registration forms and Parent's/Guardian's Consent and Release Form. 

 

Draft Retreat Schedule

 

Watch this space for more information and updates.

 

Your Retreat Leaders (Thomas Ervin and Dianne Estrada)

Remarkable People
old-man-woman.jpgOur venerable and ever popular program -Remarkable People is coming back in September!  Mark your calendars for the

third Thursday, 7:30 to 9:30 September through May (skipping December.)

 

We invite a member of the older generation and one of the younger generation to share special events, people, or influences that shaped their lives and the formation of their values and beliefs.  

 

Nani Ranken is looking for a member familiar with the younger generation to help recruit participants when the time comes.
Summer Changes
uucmchaliceThings are slightly different in July and August. Chip and the nursery provider are on hiatus, (see Chip's summer schedule article). RE program is changed (see RE nUUs). The choir is on vacation. 
 
Services are given by Starr King Students and other guests. Light refreshments will be provided after the services, (to help with refreshments, sign up in foyer).
Questions - call 479-4131 or email the office

Newsletter Publication dates twice a month:

Aug. 21, Sept. 4

Rev. Chip's Sabbatical
Rev. Chip will be taking 10 weeks of his 20 weeks of accrued Sabbatical time this fall, starting Oct. 1st and running through Dec 15th.  

 

If you have any questions please contact us: The Board, the Committee on Ministry or Rev. Chip Wright.

 

More info

Transformative Change Symposium

"Transformative Change" - SKSM 2014

 

Symposium featuring our honored teacher Rev. angel Kyodo williams Sensei along with our new President Rev. Rosemary Bray McNatt and other community leaders on August 27-28, 2014. Please note the Symposium is free of charge.

 

More info and registration.

Current Immigration / Refugee Crisis

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People have been asking how they can help out with the refugees coming into the states in our District and Region.  Our congregations from San Diego County to Ventura County have been collecting needed items and connecting with refugees in the locations our government has placed them. We are also working with a number of local groups.  

 

We have set up a Refugee Fund at the Pacific SouthWest District for those that want to contribute money to help with the work with the refugees. Checks can be sent to the PSWD with Refugee Fund in the notes.  They can be sent to:

 

PSWD-UUA

2052 Norma Street

Oxnard, CA 93036-2711

 

These funds will be shared with the groups we are working with who are working directly with the refugees.

Social Justice Education/Action
Got a social issue/agency/organization or program that you would like to promote? 
You have a bully pulpit at the UUCM Sunday Social Justice table.

 

Contact [email protected] for approval to schedule your table.

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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.
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Continue your commitment to environmental and economic justice by shopping at http://shop.uusc.org/ 
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In support of the Social Justice Committee's support of Single Payer Healthcare/California, members Joel and Sandra Gluck and Joan Nelson marched in the Novato July 4th parade.

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