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Sunday, December 16, 2012
10:30 am
Celebrating Hope, Joy, & Love: A Spirited Worship Service
Rev. Abhi Janamanchi
UUC Chorale & TrUUbadores, UUC children & youth, the Spirited Worship team, pianist Linda Jones and music director David Katz present a special holiday music program focusing on the theme of "hope and joy." The service will include carols from around the world, stories, and readings.
A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow real poverty.
--David Hume
Music by:
Linda Jones
Dr. David Katz
UUC Chorale
TrUUbadores
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Chorale Sunday
Dec. 16
Celebrating Hope, Joy & Love with holiday music
Festival Ruah
Dec. 20
Christmas Eve Candlelight Service
Dec. 24, 6pm
Vespers Candlelight Service
Dec, 24 9pm
Christmas Day Potluck Dinner
Tuesday, December 25, 1pm
Hosted by the Janamanchi Family
Everything I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
Saturday, February 2, 2013
Awaken Your Female Voices Workshops
February 23, 2013 |
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Cassie & children |
With the upcoming architect discussions, and so many changes in the air, the board's greatest concern is in transparency. As part of our commitment to continue our communication efforts with all of UUC's members and friends, here is the latest update on the board happenings. Remember, there is also a member's section on our website where you can access all the minutes of the past board meetings to keep fully up to date. One of the ways that the board stays connected to the congregation is to invite our committee leaders to come to our meetings and report on the latest news. In this way, we hope to provide support and information to the many factions we have here at UUC. Our last board meeting was on November 14, 2012. --Cassandra Moll-Alderman Read the rest of this important Message from the Board |
Open Issues: Sunday December 16 |
 9:30 in the Patio Room Koreen Brennan Ms. Brennan is the Sustainable Urban Agriculture Coordinator for St Petersburg via a program initiated by the Chamber of Commerce and the Sustainable Urban Agriculture Coalition of St Pete. Prior to moving to Tampa Bay she was active in the LA area for 20 years in social justice and human rights. Her bio is at: www.permacultureguild.us/links/. |
Children's Religious Enrichment |
Please join us this Sunday for our holiday Spirited Worship service. Our children will attend the entire worship service full of music, stories and more! There will be no Religious Enrichment classes this week. Our nursery will still be open for our littlest UUs (ages 0-3 years. Our high school youth group will continue their exploration of Sikhism and will meet after the worship service from 12-1pm.
Are you looking for a way to give back to your spiritual home? The religious enrichment program has many volunteer opportunities available. Please contact Christine Pensa christinep@uuclearwater.org
I hope to see all on Sunday with a smile! Christine Pensa, UUC Religious Education Coordinator |
 Hats Off to Kathy Krohn and Betsy Toelle for chairing a very successful Bake Sale. The delicious and fun event raised more than $1,300 to support UUC services and programs. Thanks to all their volunteers: Tiffany Boggs; Sue Boone; Sage Chaney; Susan Golden; Eloise Hardman; Harriet HaSidi; Tia Huntley; Soledad Loba; Anne Myers; Charlotte Olson; Christine Pensa; Judy Pruess; Roxanna Sever; Joanne Shrewsbury See a slide show of the Bake Sale. Click on the first link. |
Make a Year End Contribution |
 As the year comes to an end, please consider making a tax deductible contribution to UUC in the form of a pledge payment, holiday offering, or to the Capital Improvement Fund earmarked for future improvements to the UUC buildings and grounds. For more information, call the UUC front office Tuesday through Friday, 9 a.m. until noon at 727-531-7704 or visit our web site at UUClearwater.org and click on the Pay Online at the bottom of the Quicklinks list. |
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On Friday, December 14th we continue discussing In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin, by Erik Larson.
Please bring ideas for the next book. Those in attendance on December 14, will select the book we begin discussing on January 4th. By the way, we will be taking December 28th off.
Reader's Forum is led by Catherine & John Conover and meets every Friday 10:00-11:30 AM in the Chorale Room. It is free, with only a suggested donation for coffee. All are welcome. For more information, go to http://uuclearwater.org/content/ReadersForum.htm
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 Our next UUC Humanist meeting will be Sunday, December 16, at 12:30 in the Octagon at the Unitarian Universalists of Clearwater church. The featured speaker is Bill Norsworthy who will be telling us about a new book entitled The Swerve. This book connects the dots of humanism from the ancient Greeks (e.g. Epicurus,) through Roman and Medieval Europe, to the Enlightenment. This will be a very interesting talk about the birth of rational empirical thought, its life, and growth. There will be plenty of time for Q & A and comments. |
Intergenerational Kayak Tour on the Hillsborough River |
 Saturday, December 22nd, 10am at John B. Sargeant Sr. Park, 12702 US 301, in Thonotosassa. |
Christmas Day Potluck Dinner
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 Hosted by the Janamanchi FamilyJoin the Janamanchis and your fellow UUs for a sumptuous holiday dinner at 1 pm, Dec 25th, in the Social Hall. Please sign-up to bring a dish to share. For more information or to volunteer to help, call Lalitha Janamanchi at 727-723-7252 or email her. |
The Ways and Means Committee Is Offering HoneyBaked Ham Gift Cards for Sale
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Thinking of a ham for your Christmas dinner? Or maybe you're trying to come up with a gift for that hard to please person in your life? Satisfy both of your needs and help UUC at the same time. Gift cards will be sold each Sunday in December in the social hall during coffee hour and in the front office. Come by or call, 727-531-7704. Or, you can email Judy Wade for more information.
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Octagon Sound Help is on The Way! |
The UUClearwater Media Team is contracting with
How-To-Sound for Systems Analysis & Training (SAT) for a one-day session Monday, January 7, 2013. Mike Sokoll, an internationally acclaimed teacher, master electrician, acoustician & analyst, will assist us in resolving our sound problems. All tech volunteers will be needed about noon. New volunteers are particularly invited. Musicians (guitar, drums, horn players, pianist, singers) please reserve the afternoon of that important Monday to meet in the Octagon. Depending on the time we start, all folks involved in UUC music are requested to be present for the last 2 to 3 hours of the session. (We'll have more info later on times. Please put it on your calendar now!)
Please respond to Ches with your telephone number and/or email so that she can apprise you of updates on times. |
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You've heard of IQ. And maybe EQ. Now discover SQ: the new frontier of personal growth and organizational leadership.
Cindy Wigglesworth will appear on Friday, January 18th at 7:00pm in the Patio Room..
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Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast and Parade |
 To celebrate MLK's accomplishments, a courageous African-American man who changed this nation, on January 21st, 2013 there will be a breakfast at North Greenwood Recreationn Center, 900 N. MLK Jr. Ave. in Clearwater at 7:30am.
The event is co-sponsored by the Clearwater NAACP.
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Buy Your Tickets Early Online to All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
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 A Reader's Theater production based on books by Robert Fulghum. The play is sponsored by the UUC Ways and Means Committee, and is a fundraiser for UUC. All actors and crew are from the UUC community and are donating their talents and time.
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 Saturday, February 9th, 2013 from 10-2 in the UUC Octagon.
This will be a chance for Humanists and all interested people in the Tampa Bay area to hear talks given by nationally known speakers: Sean Faircloth from the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason; Ryan Cragun, Ph.D, former Mormon and now Free-thinker; Jim Strayer, Ph.D, retired biology professor and expert in Darwin Plus. There will be exhibits and displays from various scientific and Humanist groups.
Sponsored by the UUHumanists.
The cost is $15 per person if purchased by January 31st, or $20 at the door. Price includes a box lunch. See Mark Brandt for tickets or email Mark. |
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 Female Voices Opening Reception, Art Exhibition, Workshops (sorry Females Only), and a Performance of Vagina Monologues, Friday and Saturday, February 22 and 23. |
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 This Sunday after the service, pies again will be for sale to benefit the Uhuru Education Fund. You can pick up your pies at the UUC on Dec.23rd. |
Going, going, nearly gone...
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We've come a long way since Ibsen stood up for women's rights, but we've hardly gone the whole distance. Until we do, this important play will remain pertinent - and even obligatory. --Mark Lieb in Creative Loafing Henrik Ibsen's masterpiece "A Doll's House" speaks just as powerfully today as it did nearly 150 years ago, questioning how we define ourselves as individuals and as a society in the face of the challenging realities of life.
Ches will have $20 tickets for A DOLL'S HOUSE at American Stage, 163 3rd St. N. (at 2nd Avenue N.) in downtown St. Petersburg for Sunday matinee 3 p.m. December 23rd. See Ches at the CD/DVD table in the Social Hall this Sunday, the 16th or the 23d. Call her at 727-821-3521 or email her. |
Unitarian Universalist Animal Ministry
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 Here is a beautiful family film short created by the UU Animal Ministry. It shows beautiful images of animals and is set to lovely music. |
Whale Coast Alaska Program |
 Have you always dreamed of visiting Alaska? If so, "WhaleCoast Alaska 2013" is for you! Four Alaskan UU fellowships invite you to experience the eco-cultural and spiritual program this summer! See Alaska through the eyes of local UUs in Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, and Sitka with friendly homestays and unique tour activities. See wildlife, including moose, bear, whales, bald eagles, seals, and caribou. Visit Denali National Park. Experience Native Alaskan culture. Enjoy all that the beautiful state has to offer. Programs led by Dave Frey, a member of the Fairbanks, Alaska UU congregation, an expert in Alaska travel. For more information visit the website www.WhaleCoastAK.org or email Dave |
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Our Web Site's Social Justice page can be found here.
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 As the nights get colder, we are once again asking for your help in providing blankets for migrant worker families without heat . We will be collecting the blankets (queen size please) in the sanctuary entrance. Delivery to those in need: Saturday, December 15. Please let Harriet Ha-Sidi know if you would like to join us on that date or if you have any questions. |
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 Consult this information from the Pinellas County Extension Service which will tell you what you need to know about insects, plants, and diseases to make sure you have a perfect yard this year. |
PUBLICATION DEADLINES OCTAGRAM - WEEKLY EVERY THURSDAY The Octagram is intended to focus on activities taking place at UUC or those of interest to UUC members and friends. Send items in brief with a link to more information to Octagram. PLEASE DO NOT SEND INFORMATION FORMATTED, OR IN A FLIER. Provide text in an email, or as an attached Word file with any pictures/graphics attached to the email. Deadline is 10 a.m. every Wednesday. Prepared by Barbara Bird. ORDER OF SERVICE/ANNOUNCEMENTS - WEEKLY EVERY SUNDAY SERVICE: Deadline is 6 p.m. every Wednesday. Send appropriate items to Order of Service/Announcements. Prepared by Pat St. Clair. ITEMS RECEIVED AFTER THE DEADLINES WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE FOLLOWING PUBLICATION, IF APPLICABLE. |
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