Circle of Life

 

* Edee Sobel is recovering from surgery and would welcome hearing from friends.  Her address is P.O. Box 3587, Sunriver, OR 97707.

 

* Marion Erickson is now back at home. She welcomes calls and visitors. She needs help shopping for groceries and getting to the doctor's office, as she cannot drive right now.

 

The Green Basket Charity for October is

Singles Group Starting October 18 at MVUU

 

First meeting will be Friday, October 18th, at 7 PM in the Fireside Room.

 

Meetings will be held the 3rd Friday evening of each month.

For all singles: separated and divorced people, widows and widowers, single-by-choice, "still looking"

 

For persons looking for companionship, friendship and maybe even love.  

 

Adult singles, ages 18 and older.

The group will plan additional activities on and off the church campus.

 

For more info, call Keith MacLoughlin, 704-560-2879 or Debbi Meyers, 520-867-2518

Time and Talent

 

Please visit the Time and Talent Table outside the sanctuary for information about MVUU, all we have available to offer, and how you can participate. Or see Meg Kidwell, Ron Meikle, or Jane Paul.

 

Did You Know?

 

 

MVUU Connect

 

A fun and easy way to stay connected to your UU Friends!
MVUUConnect@yahoogroups.com is our Electronic Community Bulletin Board. Use it to share short messages. Post any notices of interest to our community that would not be official MVUU announcements, newsletter articles, or posted on our website. This group is not intended for discussions on religious questions, church practices or policies.  

 

If you have not received your invitation, and would like one, please let Donna know in the office, 579-7094, or email her at office@uucnwt.org

Sign Up for Daily Compass

 

Music Notes

 

Hymn of the Month

The Hymn of the Month for October is "I Brought My Spirit to the Sea," #4 in the gray hymnal. The Existential text by Max Kapp, a UU minister and professor of Theology, is about finding looking for self and meaning in nature. Rouzbeh will play it as one of his selections on the first Sunday of the month, the choir will sing it as a response on the second Sunday, we'll sing it as the preparatory hymn with me as song-leader on the third Sunday, and sing it in the second hymn-slot on the 4th Sunday.

 

Choir

 

The MVUU Choir is off to a great start and will continue singing on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of each month through March. In April and May we'll be on the 1st and 3rd Sundays. Our anthems for October are "Seize the Day" on October 13, and "The Road Not Taken" on October 27. "Seize the Day" is from the 1992 movie musical "Newsies" which was recently turned into a Broadway show. Its uplifting text is matched to an upbeat and jazzy tune. "The Road Not Taken" is a Randall Thompson's setting of the famous Robert Frost poem. The reflection on what might have been is well-suited to October's liturgical theme of Mystery and The Unknown.  

 

All are welcome to join the choir, just come to rehearsals on Thursday night at 7pm in the sanctuary. There's no audition or need for any previous experience, so drop in and check us out--we can always slide more chairs into the "choir loft."

Do you like helping others who are in need? Please consider joining the Pastoral Care Committee. Committee members help congregants with rides to doctor's appointments, errands and meal preparation, etc. Committee members also visit convalescing congregants at home or in the hospital, when requested.

Tucson Chamber Artists Concert October 11, 12, and 13 

 

Tucson Chamber Artists, Southern Arizona's professional chamber choir, of which our own LB is a member, will be presenting an upcoming concert entitled "How Sweet the Sound II," featuring American folk songs and spirituals. Concerts will be October 11, 12, and 13. The program features favorite songs by Aaron Copland and Stephen Foster, and beloved African-American spirituals and hymn, including "Precious Lord, Take My Hand," "Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel?" and "Amazing Grace." For more information and ticket prices, click here.  

 

http://www.playabonitaresort.com/rv.html
Puerto Peņasco, Sonora, Mexico

 

For many decades, we Arizona UUs have gone on an annual pilgrimage coinciding with the full moon in October (hence the name LUUNITARIAN) to Rocky Point, aka Puerto Peņasco.  We all stayed at the same RV Park on the beach or at a nearby hotel and reveled in each other's company, enjoyed great food and drink, and worshiped the beauty of the Sea of Cortez.  Good times were had by (most) all.

Well, now that the travel warning has been lifted by our State Department,  it's time for us to revive this annual tradition.

 

So, if you'd like to join us, come to the Playa Bonita RV Park west of town on the weekend of October 18th - 21st, 2013 (we'll be there Friday - Monday). Sites are $22/night & reservations can be made by mail, but they say they'll have plenty of sites if we just show up.  We will reserve our site by mail, so if you like, request to be near us when you arrive.  Unfortunately, no beach sites are available.  We will hold a Sunday morning sourdough waffle breakfast potluck!   

 

Please let us know if you plan to come. MVUU members who are not camping can coordinate with Jan Hatunen (520-245-4377 jhatunen@cox.net) for hotel, car pooling, etc. You may camp or stay in  a very nearby hotel for a nominal fee.  

curtissimo@mac.com 

Friends of Animals Pot-Luck Luncheon October 29

 

Mountain Vista UU Friends of Animals will host a pot-luck luncheon at 12 noon sharp on Sunday October 29. This is in honor of national Food Day and Food Day week,

 

This will be a plant-based menu, and we would love to have  dishes from members and friends of the congregation in addition to Friends of Animals members.

 

 A small donation in support of the luncheon will be requested. Please tell me know what you are able to bring at tjboothroyd@gmail.com.

 

We also need volunteers to set up and clean up. There is another group entering the premises for an event slightly before 2:00 pm, so we definitely need to be speedy.

Religious Education News

 
Upcoming Schedule

 

**October 6   Guest Speaker from Tucson Wildlife Center 

**October 13  Regular Class

**October 20    Regular Class

**October 27  Halloween Service (students will be in the service the entire time)

 

**Children will meet in Large RE Room at 10:25 and process into the sanctuary with Rev. Ron.  After the story, they may recess to their classroom during the 2nd verse of the hymn.

 

New Teachers Needed

 

The RE Department is still recruiting new teachers for our 2013-14 school year.  It's a fun and easy way to help.  No experience is necessary! Please contact Donna if you would like to help.

 

Assistance with Winterfest

 

The students will be performing a Winter Solstice play for the congregation on Sunday, December 15th.  We need help!!!  If you can help us create costumes and props, please let Donna or Margaret know.  Also, if you enjoy working with children and can help with the directing of the play, your assistance would be greatly appreciated.

 

Wish List

1. Snacks.

 

Special thanks to Bonnie Grant-Baird for donating an armful of snacks for the students!!!!. Thank you, too, to the person(s) who anonymously donated snacks recently. We appreciate your generosity!

 

2. Rocking Chair or Glider. Our rocking chair recently broke.  If you have a rocking chair or glider you can donate to the nursery, it would be greatly appreciated.

 

3. Toys, The nursery is in need of new toys. If your child or grandchild has outgrown some toys, dolls, dress-up items, etc, please consider donating them to the nursery.  We could also use some sandbox toys for the playground.  

 

P.S. (from Margaret) I recently substituted in the nursery and was amazed to find in the dress-up box some items I had donated years ago. One was a slinky dress I made for my youngest daughter's high school prom. She's 38 now.)

If you have any questions, please call Donna, the Director of Religious Ed,  at  (520) 441-0870 or email her at 

 

Silent Retreats

 

Sat., Oct 19, 2013,     9-2, including brown bag silent communal lunch

Sat, Jan 25th, 2014,   9-noon

Sat, March 29, 2014, 9-2, including brown bag silent communal lunch

 

Come to Mountain Vista for a renewing respite from your daily life busyness.  Simply be with yourself, let the silence, nature and the quiet presence of your fellow retreat members nurture you and your heartfelt intentions.

   

We begin with an opening circle at 9 to hear an inspirational reading and name your intention for this time of personal renewal.

 

The next two hours are yours to be with yourself, in nature, in silence.

 

The last half hour we return to the circle to share how your intention may have been enlivened, and how the quiet time in the company of others was for you.

 

All participation is voluntary.  Brown bag in a meal, if desired.  Reading, but not journaling, may be distracting from your silent retreat process and is discouraged.  No sign up necessary.  Guests are welcome.  Don't forget your water. Note October and March meetings go to 2 p.m.  On these days you might want to have a half hour sharing with one other person on your inner work process after lunch.  

  

Rev. Ron Phares and Kathy Kouzmanoff   

Sunday Morning Book Group, 8:30 

Wednesdays, 9:30 am, Writers' Workshop

Margaret Fleming at 888-7059 or margefleming@earthlink.net.   

 

1st and 3rd Mondays of the month at 6:30 pm at the church. We are interested in learning and discussing topics important to MVUU Community growth; Stewardship, Leadership, Membership and Outreach.  Currently discussing a book on long range planning: Holy Conversations; Strategic Planning as a Spiritual Practice for Congregations by Rendle and Mann.

October 7th-- pages 71-113."

 

1st and 3rd  Mondays, 6:30 pm, Global Chant Group 

 

Bookaholics Unanimous September 30 

  

Bookaholics Unanimous meets the last Monday of the month at 7:00 pm in the Goldblatt Building. We select a variety of books based on what has intrigued members. The one who suggests the book generally leads the discussion of that book.

 

Our next meeting is Monday, September 30. There has been a change in schedule. The September book will be Old Filth by Jane Gardam. Born in Malaya, educated in England, the hero of the novel becomes a successful lawyer in Hong Kong. He is a "child of the raj" which is central to his character. We will also be selecting books for the next season at the September meeting. You are welcome to participate. The October selection is Villette by Charlotte Brontë. (Jack Kerouac, On the Road, will be reviewed at the November meeting.)

Welcome newcomers and members. For more information contact: Anne Leonard anne@alartworks.com or 825-3449.

Movie Outing October 27 

 

"Wadjda"

 

Board Highlights--