What's Up at UCG?
The United Church of Granville
April 2, 2014
The United Church of Granville
     
This Week at UCG 

 

You can always access a detailed calendar on the church website.  Click here & bookmark it if you'd like! 

 

Monday, March 31 

"Centering Prayer" Study Group, 3:00-4:30 PM

Meditation in the Chapel, 4:15-4:45 PM 

 

Wednesday, April 2    

"Story of Ruth" Study Group, 1:30 PM   

 

Thursday, April 3     

Long Range Planning Group,  

7 PM at the Robertson's 

Bell Choir Practice in Sanctuary, 7:30-8:30 PM 

 

Friday, April 4   

AA, 7 PM in the Annex 
 

Sunday, April 6     

5th Sunday of Lent  

Choir Practice, 9:10 AM 

Worship & Communion, 10 AM

Refreshments after worship

Activities for all ages, 11:30-12:15 

 

Nursery care from 9:30-12:15

 

Dates to Remember  

Apr 16 "Cooking up Health,"
7 PM
Apr 18
Granville Ecumenical CrossWalk, 10 AM
Good Friday Service at UCG,    7 PM
Apr 13 Palm Sunday
Apr 20  Easter
Apr 22 Earth Day
May 2-4 Alliance of Baptists Annual Gathering, Portland, ME
May 3 Annual Spring Meeting of the Central Southeast Ohio Association of the UCC at UCG
May 17 DU Graduation
Jun 1 GEVSD Graduation
Jun 9-13 Granville Ecumenical Vacation Bible School
Jun 14 Ohio Conference of the UCC Annual Gathering
Jun 21 Columbus Pride Parade
Jun 30-Jul 4 Baptist Youth Camp at Laurel Ridge, NC
Jul 14-19 Peace Fellowship Summer Conference, Brock University, St. Catherine's, Ontario
Sep 26-27 Annual Gathering of the ABC/RGR 
Good Causes!
 

"Transform Me, Transform You, Transform the World!"

May 19 - May 31, 2014

TWO WEEKS OF INTENSIVE TRAINING IN CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION 

MAY 19-31, 2014  LUTHERIDGE CONFERENCE CENTER ASHEVILLE, NC USA

Sponsored by the Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America. For more details, and instructions for registration, click here.

 

"Peace Camp" Registration now open!

Click here to read more about the Summer Conference of the Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America (AKA "Peace Camp").  This year, we're in Canada, and focusing on eco-justice!

Consider joining the Justice & Peace Action Network!
Did you know that the UCC has a Justice and Peace Action Network you can be a part of?  Click here to join and get news of ways you can speak your mind on issues of peace and justice to those in positions of leadership.

Progressives for Social Justice in Licking County, Ohio Facebook Group
Feel free to send the church an e-mail if you'd like to join this closed Facebook group, and someone in the group can add you as a member.

The Food Pantry

April is Canned Vegetables and Peanut Butter Month for the Food Pantry.  A donation basket is next to the Welcome Table in the Sanctuary.  Remember that you may also give financially as well (envelopes are available by the donation basket). 

For more information, see

 

 

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Hi friends,

May this week of thawing earth and opening buds draw us into expectation for new and even more wonderful things to come!

Join us this Sunday for fellowship together, as we finish out our winter worship series on "Spiritual Architecture."

 

Peace, 

Dwight

Announcements

Thank you!
...to Sandy Ellinger, who spent many, many hours at our building this week during a "Bid Blitz" as part of our Long Range Planning Task Group's information-gathering work.  Mathew McFarren, Doris Jane Conway, and Lyn Robertson have helped out quite a bit, as well.

...and thank you to the Staff Relations Committee and Congregational Life Committee for the hours of work they've offered this year, as well!  So much of what makes a church function goes on "behind the scenes!"

...and thanks to Judith & Jerry who also helped out with the "spring cleaning" of our flower beds last week!
 
Music News
This Thursday, the bell choir will practice from 7:30-8:30 PM.  The vocal choir will practice on Sunday morning from 9:10-9:40 AM.   

 

Chaplain's Table this Friday at Noon  

Pastor Dwight will be in Slayter Dining Hall from noon to 1 PM on Friday for conversation over lunch.  Stop by or stay for a meal!  UCGers are always welcome to come up the hill for this, too.  

Youth News  
Regular meeting after worship this Sunday!
   
Middlers News
This Sunday, "Becoming a Peacemaker at Home & at School" will continue, and we'll be talking about Choosing Words that Show Respect.  For 5th-7th graders--April 13th (Palm Sunday) will be our last meeting, where we'll talk about Forgiving Ourselves & Others! 
 
This Sunday... 
In morning worship, we'll finish up our "Spiritual Architecture" series by thinking together about Jesus' imperative to "seek first God's realm and the justice God desires" (Matt. 6:31-33).
 
After Worship this Sunday:
  • K-4th graders Open Gym 
  • 5th-7th graders Middler's Class 
  • PeaceJam (8th-12th graders)
  • Labor's Untold Story Study Group
  • The Feminist Class
  • Archives Group
  • Down to the Wire: Confronting Climate Collapse Study Group  
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Other news
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Order Easter Flowers... 
Easter Sunday will be April 20th.  If you'd like to order flowers to beautify the sanctuary on Easter (and then go home with you!), please have your order in by April 7th.  Click here to access a form which can be printed out and turned in, with a check, on Sunday. 
 
Lost & Found
Some of you may not be aware that we have a Lost & Found Table in the front office of the church.  Please stop by periodically and see if any of these items might be yours! 

Goodspeed Lectures at Denison
 
Click here for upcoming lectures in this series which brings to campus well-known scholars who work in areas related to Religious Studies.  The lectures are free and open to the public.

On Mondays:

New Book!   Taking the Leap, Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears
by Pema Chodron

A Reading & Discussion Group meets in the Martin Room at 3 PM.  
Meditation/Contemplation in the Chapel
on Mondays, 4:15-4:45.   Come join us to experience silence and stillness--a way to deepen your interior space.   

On Wednesdays:
The Story of Ruth: 12 Moments in Every Woman's Life
,
by Joan Chittister.  Book Group facilitated by Susan Conover and Doris Jane Conway in the Martin Reading Room at 1 PM. 

"Cooking Up Health," Wed., April 16th
from 7 - 8 p.m.  The evening's topic will be "Sweets for alll Ages."  Delicious seasonal foods will be available to sample.  All are welcomed. Registration is requested, but not required, and can be made by calling Mich�le (740-454-9557) or Kitty (412-799-4118).  Donations are accepted to cover the cost of food and class materials.
 
Good Friday CrossWalk,
10:45 AM - Noon

The CrossWalk is an ecumenical event which begins at St. Edward's Catholic Church in Granville.  Participants from many churches silently walk together through the village from there, following a large cross memorializing Jesus' execution.  The walk ends in front of Swasey Chapel on the Denison campus.  There are a few places where we stop, hear scripture and sing along the way.  This is a meaningful, meditative event--all are invited to attend.


Good Friday Service at UCG
, April 18, 7-8 PM
This year, we'll be meeting for a reflective Good Friday remembrance, with reflections on scripture shared by a number of different UCG members and music led by UCG youth group members. 


Easter Sunday, April 20th
Come celebrate our "resurrection faith!"  There will be an Easter Egg Hunt after morning worship for all interested kids...

Movie Night with Pizza and Salad
Friday, April 25th
Mark your calendars, details to come...  
Thought for the Day

"The sangha is the hope of the Buddha; the church is the hope of Jesus."  - Thich Nhat Hanh