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Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church
www.cedarlane.org
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eNewsletter Volume 5, Issue 29
March 1, 2013
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March 3, 2013, 9 and 11 a.m.
"Holding Vision"
Rev. Louise Green, Sabbatical Minister
Worship Associate: Brian Belanger
In congregational communities, we are always building with the future in mind. How do we anchor our vision, and hold fast to what we say we will become? How do we hear many voices, and move forward with a sense of unity? How might we support the vision of other UU congregations as well?
Volunteers for the Service:
Ushers: 9 a.m.: Carol & Terry Ireland, Dianne & Perry Seiffert
11 a.m.: John Daniel, Rick & Julie Offner, Cedric Powell
Coffee Servers: 10 a.m.: Carol & Terry Ireland; noon: Helen & Bob Pechacek
Audio: Rick Lohmeyer
Board Member at the Office Desk: 10 a.m.: Tim Persons; noon: Rick Offner
Welcome Center: 10 a.m.: Allison Cox; noon: Chris Garland
The flowers in the sanctuary are given by Millie Mader in loving memory of Donn. The flowers were arranged by Maria Dinger. The flowers in the chapel were arranged by Barbara Potzick.
In the Lounge: Alliance Books ◊ Beacon Books Cart ◊ Concert Series ◊ Donuts & Bagels ◊ Environmental Task Force ◊ Fair Trade Coffee & Tea ◊ Palestinian olive oil for sale to support peace in the Middle East ◊ Passport to Adventure Auction ◊ Social Justice Council ◊ UU Legislative Ministry of Maryland
This Sunday's Morning Forum: Assisted Living and Other Arrangements for Seniors: an Insider's Perspective, with Kent Stansberry, Board of Directors, Chesterbrook Residences in Falls Church.
Don't forget to find Cedar Lane on Facebook! Click here to find us :o)
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Dear Cedar Laners and Friends of Cedar Lane,
Please take a moment to answer this survey on communications; please let us know how we are doing so that we may better connect with you.
We appreciate your assistance with this very much!
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NEXT SUNDAY!
Washington Saxophone Quartet
Sunday, March 10, 2013, 4 p.m.
Have you ever heard a saxophone quartet? Maybe you have and just didn't know it. The Washington Saxophone Quartet is heard daily on the NPR Broadcasts of "All Things Considered," performing it's own original tunes that are heard inter-mittently throughout the program. The quartet, with soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone saxophones, will offer a program brimming with variety and excellence. Whether performing fugues by J.S. Bach, rags by Scott Joplin, Broadway ballads, Sousa marches, or the impressionistic music of Claude Debussy, the Washington Saxophone Quartet's music will be a banquet for the ears. Admission is free and parking will be plentiful. Put the date on your calendar now. We'll see you there!
All performances free. Donations support Concerts at Cedar Lane.
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Upcoming Sundays
March 10, 2013, 9 and 11 a.m.
"Our People"
Rev. Evan Keely, Interim Senior Minister
Worship Associate: Duncan Ferguson
Many religious communities (including ours) strive to strike a balance between all who would partake of the journey while also seeking a sense of coherent communal identity.
Forum: Repealing the Death Penalty in Maryland, with Delegate Heather Mizeur.
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We Care
We Care is a network for short-term pastoral needs, led by lay volunteers. Examples are food delivery, a ride to a doctor, or listening during a difficult time. Cedar Lane is organized by geographic
neighborhoods, with chairpersons who coordinate support. Neighborhood numbers are listed on name tags, and shown on a map in the church office. Contact the church to determine chairs in your region.
Our thoughts and healing prayers are with
Tracey Stein (N9), who is recovering from a fall and back injury in Baltimore. She is in physical therapy there, and glad to be with good friends. We also think of Barbara Ricketts, who is living in her home and providing cat care for Tracey. Be in touch with Tracey through her cell phone listed in the CL Directory.
We hold in our hearts all those in ongoing medical treatment, including Cherry Wunderlich (N3). May each know we are with them as they navigate the many steps of the journey.
We rejoice with Michael Benefiel (N13), proud father: Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur, a minister at the UU Community Church of Santa Monica, has been received into final fellowship with the UU Ministers Association.
Visitors Welcome:
Wanda Van Goor (N2) is home, living with a health aide, and enjoying contact from Cedar Lane friends. Be in touch with her by phone to set up a visit.
Trudy Morse (N9) is in home hospice care. She enjoys company, coordinated by daughter Sarah, at morsekathan@gmail.com. Please go for short visits of about half an hour so as not to tire her. Our thoughts are with Mike, Mary, Adam, Lauren, and Erica Morse; and the extended family.
If you learn of a congregant in need, please do offer assistance, asking how you might support the situation. If the person would like church response, or you have a concern to share, please contact Louise Green, lgreen@cedarlane.org, Sabbatical Minister for Pastoral Care. You may also contact Evan Keely or Karen Lee Scrivo, as all members of the ministerial team offer pastoral support to the congregation.
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From the Administrator
Sara Deshler
Good news! Pedro Diaz faced retirement and changed his mind! He will remain working with us on a half-time basis. Those of you who contributed towards a retirement gift, thank you, we will be returning the money until he retires completely.
Thanks to those of you who have completed the communications survey online. If you have not completed it yet, please take a few minutes to fill it out. Click here to view. For those who prefer a paper copy, we will have those available in the back of the sanctuary.
Church building news - It's only a matter of time until we have our new phone system installed and up and running. Also, the new security system has been installed and will be in use shortly. We will also be re-keying the locks.
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Upcoming Events at Cedar Lane!
TOMORROW!
Saturday, March 2, at 7 p.m.
For All Ages Potluck at 5:30 p.m. in the Chalice House & Holy Musical B@man!
Do you long to make new connections at Cedar Lane? Would you like the opportunity to slow down, leave committee work behind and simply enjoy a meal and conversation with people of all ages? Then our inter-generational potluck is just the answer. We'll start with an early dinner; bring whatever you'd like to share. Afterwards, we'll head over to the sanctuary to see the musical (rated PG). Don't miss this opportunity to support our Senior High. For additional information, contact Membership Coordinator, Allison Cox, at
membership@cedarlane.org.
THIS SUNDAY!
Community Lunch after the Second Service
The Denominational Affairs Committeeand the Partner Church Committee are hosting this month's Community Lunch! Members and visitors are welcome to attend our Community Lunch on Sunday, March 3, in the Chalice House around 12:15 p.m. following the second service. Plan to come for fellowship, enjoy delicious food, and learn more about the great work of this important CLUUC group! No RSVP required.
March 9 & 10 - Cedar Lane's
Circle Dinner Program.
Would you like the chance to meet new people and renew old acquaintance? Have time for conversations deeper than possible during the rush of coffee hour? Sign up for Circle Dinners! Circle dinners are rotating monthly social dinners held at a volunteer hosts' homes. Sign up each month to be placed in a group. If we have enough interest, we'll organize Family groupings. The next Circle Dinners will be held on Sat. March 9 and Sun. March 10 (your choice). Sign up here, or from the Circle Dinner email. The deadline for sign-ups is this Sunday, March 3! Paper survey forms also available in the lounge in the old Visitor Center Area. Questions? Email Membership Coordinator Allison Cox (membership@cedar.lane.org).
Meet the Moderator Candidates for the UUA!
(chief governance officer &
highest volunteer position)
Sunday, April 14, 3 p.m. at Cedar Lane
Reception follows.
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Help Make Cedar Lane's
Annual Auction a Success!
Cedar Lane's Passport to Adventure auction is on Saturday, May 4. We need your help to make sure that there are many wonderful items for attendees to bid on. An online donation form is now available. Just click here. Paper forms also are available at the church office.
Wondering what to donate? Consider a dinner in your home, handyman services, gardening, a ride to the doctor or airport, baked goods on demand, a delicious company dinner delivered, or some other item that you think would appeal to our generous bidders. The deadline for submissions is April 1.
Questions? Just ask the auction chairs, Kate Harrison (301-652-5018) or Kathie Bryant (301-587-4615).
Thank you for your support of the 2013 Passport to Adventure Auction.
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Around the Church
REMINDER ABOUT NAME PLATES:
Just a reminder that today, March 1, is the deadline for requesting a name plate to be added to Cedar Lane's Memory Wall in time for the dedication of new plates in May. Please email Lyn Peters at
lynpeters@verizon.net if you are contemplating this memorial of a loved one.
50-50 Offering Results
Congratulations, donors! The recent 50-50 offering produced $1,327.14 for Manna. Thank you from the Social Justice Council.
This Sunday is Manna First Sunday Food Drive: Please bring canned and dry boxed foods for the blue box. We also need kid friendly foods for Manna's Smart Sacks program; these foods are sent home with kids on the weekends. Lists of food items Manna needs can be found on Cedar Lane's website. Food may be left by the chapel doors or in the lobby downstairs.
Don't forget to check out
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If you would like your event posted on Cedar Lane's social media, please email
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:
- TONIGHT & TOMORROW! Fri-Sat, March 1-2, Musical: "Holy Musical, B@man!" at 7:30 p.m. both evenings. Some cussing, probably appropriate for upper elem school and above.
- Sun, March 17: Senior High Youth Service - Time for All Ages, Teacher Recognition
- Sat-Mon, March 23-25: 9th Grade Boston Trip
Holy Musical B@man tonight and tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. in the sanctuary!
Boston Trip
First Sunday Smart Sacks is this Sunday!
Model Churches
RE Bookcart
Got Eggs?
Casting Call
NEW Programs for Families
Youth Notes (Grades 7-12)
Young Adults (Ages 18-35)
Adult Programs
Sunday Morning Forum
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Calendar
Please visit the church calendar here.
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From the Music Director
Dr. Henry Sgrecci
This Sunday's music emits energy, beauty, and grace. Bell Canto rings a syncopated rendition of today's opening hymn. The arrangement of Feel the Spirit, by Lloyd Larson, builds excitement through repeating simple rhythmic motifs and adding higher and lower bells to realize a full and joyous sound from the bell choir.
Wana Baraka is a Kenyan religious song that arranger Shawn Kirchner learned at an agricultural missions conference in Ghana in 1994. The song, exalting the joy of prayer, begins as if in a distance with the sound of men's voices. As the singers come closer the arrangement adds vocal parts and volume, culminating in a grand explosion of brilliant voices. Wana Baraka wale waombao; They have blessings, those who pray; Yesu mwenyewe alisima. Alleluya! Jesus himself said so. Alleluia!
Clif Hardin's beautiful setting of the song Gracias por el amor comes from UUA's new songbook, "Las Voces del Camino" (Voices on the Journey). Clif's four part arrangement for choir exploits the changing colors of the various voices as they weave the melody through the counterpoint in the beautiful Spanish language.
This Sunday's offertory music features a recording of the Washington Saxophone Quartet performing a lovely, lyrical movement from Peter Warlock's "Capriol Suite." Warlock was the pen name of Philip Heseltine, a creative British composer who composed all his music under the pseudonym. His "Capriol Suite," originally composed as a piano duet and then set for string orchestra, has been lauded as his most creative work. Utilizing renaissance dances as a model, Warlock cleverly enveloped them in such unique harmonies and rhythms as to make them virtually unidentifiable from the originals. The four voices of the saxophone quartet bring poignancy to the dance whose title means "foot in the air."
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The Washington Saxophone Quartet is coming to Concerts at Cedar Lane!
Led by Rich Kleinfeldt, the familiar voice of WETA, the quartet will perform next Sunday, March 10, at 4 p.m. Admission is free and all are welcome. Click here to view the flyer!
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From the Senior Minister Search Committee
We see light at the end of the tunnel!
Thank you again for the outstanding support of the charge you gave us at last April's Annual Meeting to identify the best candidate to serve as our next Senior Minister. When we last communicated with you in early December, we explained that we were "going dark" for a time to continue the confidential interviewing process. We are in the midst of completing our assignment now. It has been a dynamic and uplifting experience that has been predicated on your feedback during Cottage Meetings, your participation in the Congregational Survey and scores of conversations that many of you have had with us.
By the end of March, we anticipate being able to announce the name of the outstanding minister selected to come to Cedar Lane for Candidating Week, Sunday April 7th to Sunday April 14th. During this time, you will have many opportunities to come to know the candidate, who will preach on Sunday morning, April 7th, meet with various groups during the following week, then preach again on Sunday, April 14th. After the second worship service on the 14th, we will hold our Annual Meeting, and all eligible members will vote on whether or not to call this final candidate to come to Cedar Lane as our new Senior Minister. Please mark your calendars now!
We believe that the minister we recommend will be someone profoundly interested in Cedar Lane's mission "to explore the eternal, nurture community and build a more just world." This individual will be an outstanding spiritual leader and motivator for all ages, a highly effective speaker, a person who possesses a strong intellectual capacity with an engaging and sympathetic personal style, and have the flexibility and experience to journey with us in implementing a Governance by Policy structure as affirmed recently by the Board of Trustees.
Stay tuned. We're all in this together!
SMSC members: John Gubbings, Bob Harrison, David Hawver, Emily Mellgren, Ann Meyer, Carolyn Morrissey, Lyn Peters
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Leadership Development and Nominations Committee
The Leadership Development and Nominations Committee is required, by its charter, to announce the candidates for the next year's Board of Trustees by March 1. We are pleased to present the following slate of candidates. The election will take place at the Annual Meeting on April 14 at 12:15 p.m. in the sanctuary.
The Candidates for the Board of Trustees are:
- Assistant Secretary (2013-2015): Susannah Vesey
- Assistant Treasurer (2013-2015): Paul Strella
- At Large candidates (2013-2016): Maryann Dillon, Lyn Peters and Michael Thoryn
- At Large candidate to replace unfilled term (2013-2014): John Wing
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Environmental Task Force
19 Cedar Laners went to the climate change rally on Sunday, February 17. The banner was carried by two girls, Phoebe Schindler (daughter of Katie Spurlock) and Julia Williams (daughter of Emily Mellgren). See photos on the website.
Thanks to Jon and Zach Axelrod, Mike Benefiel, Charlotte Brewer, Meg Clabault, Kate Curtis , Alison, Eric, Eddie, and Nate Durland, Molly Hauck, Becky Lupes, Julia Williams, Bill Michie, Katie Spurlock and Phoebe Schindler, Emma Vawter, Lynn Weidenschilling, and Liz Whiting for joining us!
Upcoming Recommended Green Event:
Spring is less than one month away! Want your lifestyle to match the greener color of the coming season? Help us celebrate spring by joining us at River Road Unitarian Church for an Energy Fair on Sunday, March 25, Members of the Green Team here at GreenSavings.Coop, along with about 14 of our supplier members, will be from there 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. It will be a great opportunity to celebrate the warmer weather and speak with "green" experts on how you can reduce your carbon footprint. Click here for more info!
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Stewardship Dates for Spring:
Please enter them in your calendar now
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April 26 - stewardship dinner @ Cedar Lane to begin raising funds for FY14
- May 4 - Annual church auction to supplement the current fiscal year
- May 5 - The auction committee celebrates meeting and exceeding their goal
- May 31 - Pledge drive is over and we enjoy the fact that all members and friends have pledged on time and with great generosity
- June 1 - The Finance Committee begins working frantically on the FY14 budge to have it ready by July 1, 2014 and they are gratified that everything we want will be fully funded.
- July 1 - The new church year begins and for the first time in 6 years, we have exceeded our goals.
- August 1 - We welcome our new Senior Minister and he or she is delighted that Cedar Lane enjoys much generosity from its members and friends.
Giving is a joyous process. It has the potential to help us grow spiritually. Please help us support the good work of this church and its staff and members with your generosity during the pledge drive and at the annual auction.
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Beyond the Church
You are invited to be a delegate to GA'13!
noticeofmeeting.pdf.
March 16, 2013
3:00-4:30 p.m. - Open House
2:00-3:00 p.m. - Performance of "Clara Barton: Red Cross Angel"
Clara Barton National Historic Site offers visitors the opportunity to see the actress's portrayal of Clara Barton at 2 p.m. on March 16, 2013. An open house will follow from 3 to 4:30 p.m. National Park Service rangers and volunteers stationed throughout the historic home will tell the fascinating story of Clara Barton's life and times. Get a feel for life in the early 1900s and learn about
Clara Barton's Red Cross operation. This program is appropriate for all ages.
Note: Reservations are required for this event. Please call 301-320 -1410.
On Saturday, March 23, River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation will hold its 20th annual PartnerFest in Bethesda, MD. The program will include a social hour beginning at 6 p.m., an ethnic Cuisine Dinner at 7 p.m., and, at 8 p.m., an Eastern European Folk Music performance by the group Orfeia. The price is $30.($20 is tax deductible.) Children 12 and under are $1 per year of age. To reserve tickets, go to www.rruuc.org, or call RRUUC at 301-229-0400. Proceeds from PartnerFest help benefit Unitarians in Fiatfalva, Romania, in the Carpathians, and in Kyrdem, N.E. India, in the Khasi Hills.
Click here to learn about some events sponsored by friends of Cedar Lane.
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eNews: Sara Davidson
Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church: www.cedarlane.org; 301-493-8300
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