3/15/15 Jim Gronvold

 3/22/15 Doug Kerr 

 3/29/15 Jim Gronvold

 4/5/15 June Fesler

 4/12/15 Wisdom/Humor Potluck

Please Welcome Susan Britton.

Susan has just come on board to be our Nursery Care Provider. A professional childcare provider, she comes with plenty of experience, a degree in psychology, and a background as a paraeducator in the local schools. Susan will be happy to talk to you. Stop by and say hello in the Nursery.

The 4th - 8th grade group is going on a ROPES course 3/15, advance registration required. Contact Monique Webster. Then they will work at the Food Bank on 3/22.

Jeffrey Melcher, M.Div.

(415) 479-4131 ext. 104,   DRE@uuMarin.org

Our Gratitude and Commitment Campaign is coming along nicely.  Last Sunday, thanks to the participation of Karen Auroy and her fabulous barnyard animal sounds, the dapper Ben Gale as the hospitable bartender, the one and only Milton Wong with a cowboy musical theme we learned of the cowboy sustaining values of truth, honor and justice.  The (w)Rightful Reverend sang "Lavender Cowboy" which was written by UUCM's first minister.  Fun is being had by all.

And the annual commitments are still coming in.  So if you haven't yet gone to the website to make your pledge, please do so; or talk to Wrangler Janette in the office (or in the foyer this coming Sunday.). Remember the third time is a charm and in this third week we would be really charmed if you returned your form.  Then you can sit back and enjoy the antics of the Third Chance Saloon.  See you on Sunday at the UUCM Corral!

Pledge numbers as of March 11: 

36 households have pledged $82,314.

Represents about 1/3 of all households.

Lefty

(Lisa Wiggins, Head Wrangler of our Round-up)

To register, go to: http://www.pcd-uua.org and follow the DA2015 link.

Come meet two more REMARKABLE UU personalities.  Bev Munyon will share about what you know (and may not know) about how she has come to share her gifts in teaching and music with us and others. And you can learn more about our ever-ready, omnicompetent congregational Administrator (aka Chief Herder of UU Cats), Janette Morrow.  Sharing life stories renews us all.

Thursday March 19 at 7:30 pm in the Fireside Room.

The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Marin (uumarin.org) is now accepting proposals for a UU Young Adult organizer at UUCM. We are looking to hire someone for about five hrs per week to do a startup for us. Knowledge of UUYAN required. 

Please contact Jef Melcher, Director of Religious Education: DRE@uuMarin.org

Come understand the Exodus story in a contemporary light.

Our ongoing series of conversations with Reverend Robert (Bob) Drake, Reverend Chip Wright and Rev. Lisa Wiggins continues on March 22.  

March 22: The Exodus, with Rev. Lisa Wiggins
April 12: Genesis 1 and 2 (What? Two Creation Accounts?!) with Rev. Robert Drake

April 26: Adam and Eve and the Garden, with Rev. Robert Drake
May 24: Babel: What Tower? with Rev. Robert Drake

You may come to just one or all sessions; no prior commitment required. 

Bring your own bag lunch or loaves and fishes (if no other lunch is being offered by any UUCM group that Sunday). Beverages will be provided.  Sessions will be in the Clara Barton Room from "after the service" (approx. 12 noon) until 1:30 pm.

Really fun childcare provided, RSVP for childcare to Ilana Trumbull ilanala@comcast.net 510-501-3813 

More info

Thank you again and again to the grades 4-8 RE classes for providing and serving dinner to the women at Sunday night's homeless shelter!

Hannah Gothelf

Rachel Gothelf

Gavin Matthews

Gaelen Clayton

Ethan Lessin

Natalie Lessin

Alex Bopp

With the help of their parents:

Alison Clayton

Susan Matthews

Monique Webster

Nikki Gothelf and

Carolyn Bopp

The homeless ladies are SO appreciative!

You can be part of this rewarding community service by contacting figleafjoan@comcast.net 

415-506-4166. Cell: 415-595-6221)

Our own UUCM member, Geri Randall, came from a poor family. Her mother had only a sixth grade education, her father a GED obtained in the Navy. Her own education (she is an attorney) marked a "sea change" in her circumstances, and led to her desire to make advancement through education available to others.

At a San Francisco UU Sunday service, she became aware of ANSWER, a program founded and run by a UU which provides educational opportunities as an exit from caste and poverty in Nepal. She has already sponsored six  kids, and has even gone to Nepal to experience the program first hand.

Reminding us that ANSWER embodies the Chinese proverb: "If you give a man a fish you feed him for a day. If you teach a man to fish you feed him for a lifetime," she invites us all to attend the Social Justice Committee's educational luncheon on March 29. 12:30 Fellowship Hall.

Suggested food Donation $8 (or bring a dish to share.) Nobody turned away.

Experience a wonderful long weekend at a beautiful mountain camp where all ages are welcome, where delicious meals are cooked for you, where there are no committee meetings, no chores, and no instructions except to have fun.

UUCPA web site