What's Up at UCG?
The United Church of Granville
July 23, 2014
The United Church of Granville
     
Coming Up at UCG 

 

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

 

Wednesday, July 23

Feminist Class meets at 211 W. Elm St., Granville, 7 PM 

 

Thursday, July 24

Cleaning the Pews Work Party, 3 PM in the Sanctuary 

 

Friday, July 25    

Swim Party at Evergreen Hills Pool, 5-8 PM 

AA in the Annex, 7 PM 

 
Saturday, July 26
Farm & Craft Market on Annex Lawn, 8 AM - Noon

Sunday, July 27   

7th Sunday of Pentecost

Worship & Communion, 10 AM

Lunches on the Square preparation after worship 

Nursery care from 10-11:15 AM   

Monday,  July 28  

Pastor's vacation

"The Solace of Nature" Reading Group, 3 PM, in the Martin Reading Room

Meditation/Contemplation in the Chapel, 4:15-4:45 

 

Tuesday, July 29 

Pastor's vacation  

SPARK "Soup Kitchen" (free meal) in the Annex, Noon-1 PM 

 

Friday, Aug 1 

Pastor's vacation  

AA in the Annex, 7 PM  

 

Saturday, Aug 2 

Pastor's vacation  

Farm & Craft Market on Annex Lawn, 8 AM - Noon  

 

Sunday, Aug 3 

8th Sunday of Pentecost 

Worship, with Rev. Dr. Henry Mugabe preaching, 10 AM

Women Have Options presentation in the Chapel, 11:30 AM 

 Nursery care from 10-11:15 AM

Dates to Remember  

Jul 23 Feminist Class at S. Richardson's, 7 PM
Jul 25 UCG Swim Party!
Jul 26-Aug 9 Pastor's Vacation
Aug 3 Rev. Dr. Henry Mugabe visiting UCG
Aug 6 Men's Breakfast at the Sparta, 6:30 AM
Aug 10 Rev. Carolyn Piper preaching in Sunday worship
Aug 14 Feminist Class, 7 PM
Aug 17  Rev. Bob Erikson, Director of The Hunger Network in worship
Aug 18-22 Administrator Louise Gemmell's vacation
Aug 20 Granville Schools begin
"Cooking up Health" in the Chapel, 7 PM
Aug 22 Porch & Patio Party
Aug 31 "Sacredness of Labor Sunday" with Cathi Steele of Mid-Ohio Workers Association in worship
Sep 7 Fall Sunday School Kickoff
Sep 26-27 Annual Gathering of the ABC/RGR
Oct 12 Congregational Meeting 
Good Causes

 

SPARK "Soup Kitchen"

Tuesdays, Noon-1 PM

UCG Annex Gym 

Denison University and SPARK have partnered to make a hot lunch available to the community at no charge.  Come enjoy a free meal with friends!  For more info, call 740-587-0200.

This is both an opportunity for SPARKlers, who get a chance to serve the meal, and for folks to come together in community. 


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

July is Canned Fruit 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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Thought for the Day

"Humility does not rob people or take anything from them.  Rather, it holds together everything in love.  The way of humility, of reconnecting to the humus, remembers the sacred Ground of being within us all."

- John Philip Newell,
from A New Harmony
Friends,

How about taking a moment to enjoy this clip Doug Swift posted of Sunday night's Pete Seeger Tribute with Bill Cohen and Carl Yaffey...

Turn turn turn
"Turn, Turn, Turn"

And thanks so much to all of you--particularly to Judith Waite Allee, Anne Crowley, Judith Thomas, Lyn & Mike Robertson, Tom & Jeff Burkett, & Kitty Leatham--who helped us provide a great evening of fun & inspiration.

Peace,

Dwight
Announcements
 
Tonight--The Feminist Class
...meets at Susan Richardson's, 211 W. Elm St. Granville, 7-8:30 PM.

This Thursday, July 24th --
A Cleaning up the Pews Work Party!

Well, to quote Property Committee chair, Sandy Ellinger: "Going, going, gone!"  Our pew cushions, made by Ostermoor & Co., Inc. had served their time--and then some.  We don't know exactly when the cushions were installed, but the image on the tags was trademarked in 1905, if that gives you any hint of their tenure in our grand old building. 

Tomorrow afternoon at 3 PM, a group will be washing down the wooden pew seats with a mild cleaner--do come by and help if you have an hour or so in the afternoon free.  Many hands make light work!

This Friday - A FAMILY SWIM PARTY!
4th Friday--July 25th
5 PM -8 PM "rain or shine"
Evergreen Pool and Clubhouse
151 Pine Tree Ct. Granville 
Directions:  The pool is one block east of the Sharon Valley and Welsh Hills (or Price Rd.) intersection.  Turn right on Spruce, pool and clubhouse on the left.  You can park in the neighborhood or in a small field behind the pool.  Call Diane Jaquish  -  614-586-5285 or Kitty Leatham - 412-799-4118 if you need help!!

So grab your suits and towels and come for some cooling fun and good eats!   We will be serving Hotdogs, Burgers, Lemonade, Dessert and we are asking you to bring a dish to pass..think salads!  Tables and chairs, plates and cutlery provided...

PLEASE DO NOT BRING ANY GLASSWARE OR OTHER GLASS ITEMS.

Thanks to Diane Jaquish for sharing her club with us! 

This Sunday, July 27th
Worship, 10 AM
This Sunday in worship, seminarian Joanna Samuelson will be preaching on "Spacious Listening," and Anna Burkett will be sharing a testimony.
Lunches on the Square Preparations
after Worship!
It's a fourth Sunday, so do plan on staying, if you're able, to help make sack lunches for distribution in Newark.  Donations of baked goods--cookies, etc.--are always appreciated!

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Sunday, August 3rd
Special Guest, Rev. Dr. Henry Mugabe
President, Zimbabwe Theological Seminary in worship, 10 AM
Rev. Paula Dempsey of the Alliance of Baptists will be accompanying Dr. Mugabe who will be sharing a morning message with us.  Henry has been a strong supporter of liberty of conscience ("soul freedom") for many years, and has worked tirelessly to assure that an open-minded Christian witness continues to thrive in southern Africa.  You can read more about his struggle in this article:
 US Baptists support Zimbabwe Seminary  
Be sure to come and meet this well-known Christian leader!

Also, note that Rev. Carolyn Piper (who will be hosting Henry for the weekend) will be holding an "open house" so that people can spend some time with Henry later in the afternoon.  It will be at her home from 4-7 PM.  She writes, "Henry has an amazing story of survival and recovery in a very difficult situation that continues and serves as a reminder of God's grace.  Paula Dempsey, Alliance Minister of Partnership Relations,  will also be here to share stories of her recent tour of Eastern Europe."  

- Carolyn Piper and Norman Gearhart

   5892 Linworth Road

   1/3 mile south of 161, east side of the street

    Worthington, OH 43085

    RSVP:  614-436-2443  -  Thank you!

 

Also, Sunday, Aug 3rd, after worship
Women Have Options Presentation
11:30 in the Chapel, by Emily Rutherford

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Staff & Office News...
Pastor Dwight will be on vacation from July 27-August 9.  In case of a pastoral emergency, he may be contacted by cell phone (937-728-1681).  Louise will be on vacation August 18-22.   Also note that the next "What's Up at UCG?" will not come out until August 13th. 

 

Feminist Class Summer Schedule 

During the summer, we will continue our discussion of Sue Monk Kidd's The Invention of Wings.  We will meet once a month in the evening at members' homes.

  

Coming up:

Wed., July 23rd, 7:00-8:30  

at 211 W. Elm Street, Granville 

Discussion leader:  Susan Richardson on considering the meshing of history and fiction.

  

Tues., August 14, 7:00-8:30

at 58 Rose Dr., Granville 

Discussion leader:  Mindy Essex on the Great Migration from South to North.beginning in the 1920s

  

Continuing Spiritual Enrichment Opportunities...  

 

Mondays, 3 PM

Wild Comfort: The Solace of Nature

by Kathleen Dean Moore.  Discussion Group meets in the Martin Room.  

  

   

 

  

  

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.   

   

Men's Breakfast at the Sparta

Wednesday, August 6, 6:30 AM

Come and share good conversation and good food with us.  All are welcome.  We end promptly at 7:30.  

 

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