Lots of great things happening here with RE. Spring energy came early this year and new growth is all around. We regrouped the classes into grades 1-3, and 4-8. The Nursery through Kindergarten set has several new toddlers hanging around and the cuteness factor is beyond description.

Everyone is invited to a Family Game Night on Saturday Feb 14th. See the separate article description.

The UUCM Parent Group is gaining momentum as it reconvenes Sunday Feb 22, 10:45-11:45 in the Clara Barton room, with Michael and Ali Jenkins facilitating a discussion based on author Brene' Brown's book Daring Greatly. This meeting is open to all parents. e-flier here. Invite your friends.

Blessings on you and yours,

Jeffrey Melcher, M.Div.

Family Game Night Invite - Valentine's Day

Hello Everybody,

For Valentine's Day February 14 I would like to invite you to a fun family game night at UUCM in the Fireside Room. 6-9pm. We will play charades, dominos and other board games. Bring a game to share. Light snacks provided. Please contact me directly. All are welcome. No age restrictions.

~ Carolyn Bopp, 415-812-3187.

This is a UUCM RE Enhancement Fund sponsored event.

Fireside Room

Thursday, February 19, 7:30

Thanks go to last week's Shelter volunteers who were Carol and Walt Littrell and Karen Reid.

Information on the sign-up board seems to disappear. So to provide food on Feb. 15, contact Joan directly: figleafjoan@comcast.net. NEW phone #415-506-4166 (cell: 415-453-6221)

Touch of Beauty is your chance to participate in a Sunday service. The only requirement is that you bring an object of beauty to display on the dais in front of the piano for everyone to appreciate during the service. Usually people bring a plant or a bit of greenery. Even if you don't have a garden, you can buy an inexpensive bunch of flowers from the farmers' market or Trader Joe's.

Bring them in Sunday morning, find a vase in the kitchen, place the flowers in it and voila! A Touch of Beauty. 

Almost all April, May and June dates are open, so email me your preference so that I can get the schedule into the office. Thank you!

This month's book choice is Elsewhere by Richard Russo. The Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist turns to memoir in this hilarious and bittersweet account of his lifelong bond with his high strung, spirited mother and the small town she spent her life trying to escape. Jean Russo instilled in her son her dream of a better life elsewhere, a dream that prompted her to follow him across the country when he went to college.

Their adventures and tribulations on that road trip were a preview of the hold his mother would continue to have on him as she kept trying desperately to change her life.  All are welcome to join us in the Clara Barton room at 7:30 pm for a discussion of the book facilitated by Pamela Lyons.  This is a new release so there is a short wait from the library (less than a week).

UUCM is one of many UU congregations that participate in the interfaith Standing on the Side of Love advocacy campaign.  

Each year we recognize a Marin County resident who lives and acts according to the SSL values of inclusion, diversity, and equality. This year's award will be presented at the Sunday service on Feb. 15. The recipient will be the Marin Interfaith Council's hardworking Street Chaplain, Rev. Paul Gaffney.