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Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church
www.cedarlane.org
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eNewsletter Volume 5, Issue 15
November 16, 2012
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November 18, 2012, 9 a.m. and 11 a.m.
"Sitting at the Welcome Table"
Karen Lee Scrivo, Interim Director of Religious Education
Worship Associate: Jim Laurenson
On this Sunday before Thanksgiving, we will explore the spiritual practice of radical hospitality and how we can widen the circle of those we welcome at our table. This service also kicks off the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee's annual Guest-At-Your Table campaign, which fosters awareness of the UUSC's human rights work and our shared belief in social justice. Children and youth will join us for the first part of the service before heading to their Religious Education classes.
Volunteers for the Service:
Ushers: 9 a.m.: Bill Michie, Jack & Judy Rodgers, Laura Pillette
11 a.m.: Glenis Bellais, Debbie Goodwin, Fred Bowen, Mary Beth Nowinski
Coffee Servers: 10 a.m.: Kate Harrison; noon: Glenis Bellais
Audio: Warren Thompson
Board Member at the Office Desk: 10 a.m.: Anne Fretz; noon: John Wing
Visitors' Center: 10 a.m.: Michael Murray; noon: Lyn Peters
The flowers in the sanctuary are given by Jo Ellen Bilanin and Julie, Natalia and Andy Norton in loving memory of Olga Bilanin. The flowers were arranged by Lois Delaha.
In the Lounge: Alliance Books ◊ Beacon Books Cart ◊ Donuts & Bagels ◊ Environmental Task Force ◊ Fair Trade Coffee & Tea ◊ Fred Bowen Book Signing ◊ Holiday Craft Day Registration ◊ Palestinian olive oil for sale to support peace in the Middle East ◊ Senior Minister Search Committee ◊ Social Justice Council
This Sunday's Morning Forum: Post-Election 2012: How did It happen, Why did it happen, and What it means for the next 4 years. Our speaker is Peter Fenn, Democratic strategist and member of Cedar Lane.
Hurricane Sandy Relief: As you know, Hurricane Sandy has caused widespread devastation in the Mid-Atlantic region. Some are still without electricity, and needs are overwhelming. The Central East Regional Group of Unitarian Universalist congregations have set up a fund to collect donations. There are immediate personal needs and storm damage cleanup needs, as well as rebuilding later. The funds will be used for UU congregations and their members or for general relief, or both.
Cedar Lane will be sending 100% of the offering this Sunday, Nov. 18, to this effort. Please be generous with your cash donations or checks made payable to CLUUC, with Hurricane Sandy written on the memo line.
The world is only made livable by our caring for one another.
Thanks, The Social Justice Council
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The United States
AIR FORCE BAND
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W A S H I N G T O N , D. C.
THE OFFICIAL CHORUS OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
Singing Sergeants
FREE CONCERT
THIS Sunday, November 18
7:00 p.m. in the sanctuary
★ FREE admission ★ No reserved seats ★ Fire-come, first seated
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Upcoming Sundays
November 25, 2012, 9 and 11 a.m.
"T"
The Rev. Evan Keely
Worship Associate: Susan Clark
As a Welcoming Congregation, Cedar Lane UU Church has covenanted to stand in solidarity with the social, political, spiritual and personal struggles of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender persons. This will always be a work in progress. How are we progressing on that last initial, the "T"? How are we as a faith community fulfilling our aspirations to affirm the worth and dignity of transgender persons?
Forum: Possible open forum to be announced.
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Calendar
Please visit the church calendar here.
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We Care
The We Care program is a network led by volunteers who reach out to address short-term needs - food deliveries, rides to doctor's appointments, a listening ear in the event of a loss. The Cedar Lane congregation is organized geographically by "neighborhoods"; each neighborhood has at least one chairperson to coordinate support. Look at your name-tag or the map in the church office to find your neighborhood. Our hearts go out to Debra, Alex and Katie Klein (Neighborhood 23) with the death of Debra's mother, Jean Leonard, on Nov. 11 after an acute illness. A memorial is scheduled for this evening, Nov. 16, at 4:00 p.m. in the Cedar Lane chapel. All are welcome. We celebrate with Carole Rogentine (N5) who is recovering well from her second surgery and has been discharged from the hospital so she may recover at home. Should you know of a member of our community in personal need, you are encouraged to reach out to them. If you learn that this person wishes to receive a response from the church, please contact Heather Janules at hjanules@cedarlane.org. All ministers offer pastoral care to our members so you are also encouraged to contact any member of the ministerial team. |
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The Cedar Lane LGBT Task Force
Invites You to Join Us for a
Book Talk and Celebration
Friday, November 30 at
7 p.m. in the library
CLUUC member Sylvia Fisher will discuss her new book, "Improving Emotional and Behavioral Outcomes for LGBT Youth". The book is a collection of best practices for working with LGBT youth and their families.
The Cedar Lane LGBT Task Force will also give an update on the country's historic election gains and what is next for the Maryland LGBT movement.
Come to Learn, Stay to Celebrate!
"A must read for anyone interested in effectively meeting the needs of LGBT youth" Robin McHaelen, Exec. Dir. True Colors, Inc.
Cost is $5, unless already registered through Adult Programs.
Refreshments will be served (including alcoholic & non-alcoholic beverages).
Monetary donations will be collected for LGBT youth organizations impacted by Hurricane Sandy.
*The book is geared to health and school professionals, but we urge everyone interested in LGBT or youth issues, social justice, church advocacy, or mental health care to attend*
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Around the Church
The Senior High Youth Group
invites you to join us in a game-a-thon for charity! THIS Sunday, Nov 18, from 12:30-3 p.m. in the Chalice House. Please come and challenge our youth to chess, Monopoly, Settlers of Catan and many more games. $5/person; $15/family. See you there!
Please stop by the Olive Oil Ministry table on Sunday to pick up a supply of Palestinian Olive Oil. It makes a great Thanksgiving Day gift. Only $15 per bottle.
Thanks to the 100+ who celebrated the crafts and enjoyed the food of Afghanistan in support Afghan literacy and orphanages, last Friday, Nov. 9, here at Cedar Lane!
Our special thanks to these Cedar Lane volunteers who made it happen: Jo Ellen Bilanin, Charlotte Brewer, Gerry Castillo, Don Cleary, Sara Davidson, Anne Fretz, Kay Gottesman, Molly Hauck , Nancy Janssen, Sally and Norm Lauben Mike McKenna, Jeremy Newkirk, Joan Riggs, Helen Strang, Warren Thompson, Debbie Trent, Becky and John White.
With respect and affection,
Annette Scarpitta
What Is a Child Dedication?
Most faith traditions have a way to welcome young ones into our spiritual community. Our Child Dedication service is an opportunity for all of us - parents, family, friends, church - to promise to the child and to each other that we will love and nurture her or him, that we will teach the best of what we know, dedicating ourselves to this responsibility of raising a child and joyously celebrating the possibilities of a new life.
On Sunday, Dec. 23, we will have a dedication ceremony within the regular worship service, which will be at 10 a.m. and include all ages because of holidays. If you and your family would like to participate, please contact Interim DRE Karen Lee Scrivo at
kscrivo@cedarlane.org or (301-493-8300) by Dec. 16.
So You Think You Can Dance? Sing? Read Poetry?
We think so too, and we're putting on a show. Join us Saturday evening, May 18, 2013 at 8 p.m. in Cedar Lane's main auditorium. The Music Committee is sponsoring a talent show featuring a wide variety of talent people singing, playing an instrument, reading poetry, dancing, hamming it up in a skit, juggling, telling jokes - you name it, we hope to have it. All kinds of people have talent - young people, old people, beginners, polished professionals - and everyone is welcome, even people who are not members of Cedar Lane.
Let us know if you'd like to be in the show - acts should be 2-3 minutes long - by contacting Mary E. Farrar (maryefarrar@verizon.net) or Leslie Backus (backusle@verizon.net). If you have talents that are better used backstage (production, technical support, baking cookies), we'd like to include you too, so send us an email! Admission will be free - we want to build community and show appreciation for talented individuals and groups. Join us for this fun event!
A Win-Win Holiday Gift Idea
Got
a young sports fan on your shopping list? We've got an interesting gift idea that will thrill your young fan and help Cedar Lane too!
Church member Fred Bowen writes sports stories for kids ages 7-12. (He also writes the weekly Washington Post/KidsPost sports column.) And he has donated 100 of his books to Cedar Lane to sell during the holidays. And here's what will make the gift extra special: between Thanksgiving and Christmas, Fred will try to be around between our two Sunday services to autograph the books (while your kids aren't looking!).
The books are $5 each and 100 percent of the proceeds will go to the Cedar Lane general fund. You will find his books for sale in the book corner in the lounge on Sundays from Nov. 25-Dec. 23.
FINAL WEEKEND!!
Farm Market Stand Open this Saturday, Nov. 17! 9-1 p.m.
in the upper parking lot of Cedar Lane
We are taking orders for turkeys. They are $3.99/lb. They are free-range.
Nov. 17 will be their last day at Cedar Lane! So come visit while you can!
Check out their website for more info.
Don't forget to check out Cedar Lane! Find us on...
If you would like your event posted on Cedar Lane's social media, please e-mail socialmedia@cedarlane.org.
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Religious Education for All Ages
Karen Lee Scrivo, Interim Director of RE
Vanessa Steck, Senior High Youth Coordinator
Gale Ginther Luce & Jeannette Wilson, Administrators
For information and to register for classes and programs call 301-493-8300 x207 or e-mail
Upcoming Calendar:
Sun Nov 18 Service for All Ages,
children go to class after first 15 minutes. Thanksgiving Food Collection
Sat Nov 25 Chapel K-6: "Family Ties"
with Rev. Heather Janules
Sat Dec 1 Holiday Craft Day, 10 a.m.
to 3 p.m. Register in the lounge on Nov. 11 & 18.
Welcoming Guest at Your Table
What's in a Name?
November Chapel Schedule
Thanksgiving Food Collection Nov. 18
Holiday Craft Day Needs. . .
Youth Notes (Grades 7-12)
Young Adults (Ages 18-35)
Adult Programs (AP)
Classes Beginning Soon!
AP Brochure Changes
The Sunday Morning Forum
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From the Music Director
Dr. Henry Sgrecci
Our Thanksgiving Service extends thoughts of welcome to all. The Youth Handbell Choir opens the service with Burning Bright, an arrangement of the Chalice Song that our children sing in their Chapel Services. The Children's Choir is joined by Eric Rosenthal and his cello in the Traditional Spiritual, This Little Light of Mine. The cello's weaving lines provide a lovely counterpoint to this simple melody from children's voices. In There is a Time, the Youth Choir sings about making good choices: "The time has come, the moment's with us, we stand at future's open door. Let's boldly walk together through it and pledge to leave the world much better than before... "
The Adult Choir reprises Thanksgiving Song by Mary Chapin-Carpenter. The gentle mood and simple melody frame a reminder for us all to share our good fortunes: "Grateful for each hand we hold, gathered 'round this table from far and near we traveled home...Say, Welcome, welcome, share this feast. Come in, away from sorrow...."
Special thanks to all our young musicians; of the Children's Choir - Asha Butterworth, Miles Carr, Natalia Malinin Dunn, Silvia Eisenberg, Adam Falcigno, Linnea Hultman, and Tessa McCollum; the Youth Choir - Claire Bergey, Sam Brinker, Walter Ellis, Sarah Falcigno, Christine Green, Franny McCollum, and Chris Walkup; and the Youth Handbell Choir - Claire Bergey Adam Falcigno, Sarah Falcigno, Madeleine Franke, Christine Green, Dominic Manzella, and Eric Rosenthal (plus "super" youths Leslie Backus, Susan Clark, Alison Durland, Mary Farrar, and Carole Richardson). We are grateful for their special talents and their commitment to share music with us this Sunday!
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From the Senior Minister Search Committee
Invitation from the Senior Minister Search Committee
"Will the new minister hear me? Will my concerns and needs be met? Will the minister understand what I'm living with? How will the community respond to our minister?"
In thinking about these questions, a picture of the ideal minister (categorized by age, gender, gender identity, nationality, physical ability, race and sexual orientation) comes to mind.
This week we would like to ask you to reflect on what your picture of "the ideal senior minister" for Cedar Lane looks like. Think about your picture and why it is important to you. Keep it in mind on Sunday, December 2, when UUA Director of Transitions, The Rev. Keith Kron, will give the sermons and then conduct a workshop from 1 - 4 p.m. on the theme of Beyond Categorical Thinking. This program is designed to encourage inclusive thinking and prevent discrimination in the search process for a new minister.
A light lunch will be provided after the second service followed by the workshop in the sanctuary. Please RSVP for the lunch by Tuesday, November 27 via email to lynpeters@verizon.net (so we know how much food to order).
In the workshop, you will:
- Consider the hopes, expectations and concerns you have for a new minister;
- Learn more about the ministerial search process;
- Explore how thinking categorically about people sometimes interferes with choosing the best candidate
The workshop is another opportunity for everyone in our congregation to be a part of the search process. Thank you for your interest. We look forward to seeing you there!
SMSC members: John Gubbings, Bob Harrison, David Hawver, Emily Mellgren, Ann Meyer, Carolyn Morrissey, Lyn Peters
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Volunteer for Cedar Lane's
6th annual rebuilding trip to New Orleans!
January 19-26, 2013 are the dates now set for our work week to help rebuild
NOLA's much needed housing. 1000s of New Orleans home owners still are out
of their homes 8 years after Hurricane Katrina. Personal livelihoods and NOLA's
economic recovery depend on having viable housing to live in. For info, look
for trip veterans in the lounge on Sundays, or email team leader extraordinaire
Mike Burski: mga1960@earthlink.net. Make this your year to be in NOLA.
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In This Together from CLARITY*
"Blacks in The Americas---Current State of Play"
Brunch and Brazil with Alison Moses, social economist
Sunday, November 25, 12:15 p.m. in the Chalice House
Alison Moses, having "grown up" in Brazil, will cover race, color and class, social exclusion and social mobility in that country. This is a follow-on to Alison's recent Cedar Lane Adult Programs class.
Lunch is free - all ages, members & friends welcome - no reservations needed.
*Members and friends of CLUUC who are committed to our work of anti-racism and multi-culturalism are encouraged to become part of our team! Join our group distribution list by simply sending a request to CLUUC-CLARITY-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. We use this Yahoo group for CLARITY meeting invitations, minutes, email notifications of events of interest, etc.
Questions? Contact nancyjanssen@verizon.net.
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Environmental Task Force
TOMORROW!
Saturday, Nov. 17
Baltimore launch of the Maryland Interfaith Power and Light
Please come to this important event and try to think of friends and colleagues you have in the Baltimore area that would be interested in connecting with Interfaith Power & Light.
Location: Notre Dame of Maryland University's Knott Science Center, 4701 North Charles Street 7 p.m.
- Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe
- An expo to connect with 14+ grassroots and religious environmental organizations
- Opportunities to share and celebrate the green work Baltimore religious groups are already doing, and then learn about new ways to engage in this good work.
Details on the website.
THIS Sunday, Nov. 18!
--two climate change events. Sign up for both.
If you would like to go with Charlotte Brewer and Molly Hauck, join us at the Environmental Task Force table at noon on Sunday and we will take the Metro to the Warner Theater, then walk to the White House.
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Beyond the Church
TOMORROW!
Saturday, November 17, 9:30 a.m.- 4:00 p.m., at Wesley Theological Seminary: Sabeel DC Metro Fall Seminar, Answering the Justice Call: Kairos-Palestine, Kairos-USA and the Call to Action for American Christians. Focus on Kairos USA, a theology-grounded response by American Christians to Kairos Palestine, the urgent call issued by Holy Land Christian leaders to the global community. Speaking are Dr. Mark Braverman, program director for Kairos USA and author of Fatal Embrace, Christians, Jews, and the Search for Peace in the Holy Land;also Prof. Elizabeth Corrie, peacebuilding strategist at Emory University's Candler School of Theology and author of forthcoming study guide to Call to Action: U.S. Response to the Kairos Palestine Document . Registration deadline: Nov. 12. Cost, including lunch: $35 (full-time students $10). To download the registration form, go to
www.sabeeldc.org. More info: Paul Verduin 301-518-5551 or Susan Bell 703-751-5646.
TOMORROW!!!
The Transgender Day of Remembrance and Action on Nov. 17 from 6 to 9 p.m. welcomes people of faith, allies, families and transgender persons to an interfaith service, breaking of bread and resource fair at Bethesda United Church of Christ, 10010 Fernwood Rd. 20817. Rev Janules and members of our LGBTQ task force helped to create and will participate in this event. We invite our congregation to come for an evening of remembering, connecting and education. If you are interested in providing bread and/or baked goods for this event, please mark them and leave them for pick-up in the CLUUC kitchen on Nov. 17. Please notify dstaff44@comcast.net if you leave a pick-up. We are also in need of helping hands to serve bread and soup, clean the kitchen and put the church back together for Sunday Service after the event is over. Cedar Lane's LGBTQ task force is small, so our wider CLUUC community is encouraged and invited to help with the above needs and share in this event that will open your eyes and warm your hearts. Additional information: dstaff44@comcast.net.
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Sara Davidson
Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church www.cedarlane.org 301-493-8300
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