|
Sky Island Unitarian Universalist Church
Weekly Connections
Minister: Rev. Linda Lawrence
Office hours: 11am-3pm on Tuesdays &
by appointment on Wednesdays and Thursdays
Office, Service Location, & Mailing Address:
4533A N. Commerce Dr.
Sierra Vista, AZ 85635
Email Address:
[email protected]
Office Open:
Tuesdays & Fridays 11am-3pm
Phone: 520-378-0197
Sunday Services: 10:30am
|
|
Newsletter for the week of May 1, 2016
|
|
This congregation affirms and promotes the full participation of persons in all our activities and endeavors without regard to race, color, gender, physical or mental challenge, affectional or sexual orientation, class or national origin.
|
|
| |
|
Click HERE for Important Links and Recurring Information for May.
The May Members/Friends Directory is
HERE. It is password protected. Contact Terry Z @
[email protected] if you need the password. Changes or corrections to the directory should also be submitted to
[email protected].
|
|
Flowers for UU Traditional Flower Communion on May 1
If you have them available, please bring flowers for the Flower Communion. Flowers to share are appreciated as many of our members don't have gardens. But come regardless of whether you have a flower; there is an abundance of blossoms for everyone.
|
World Records, Bylaws, & Name Change
Thank you to Dave Weigel for an efficiently run and well organized Annual Congregational Meeting. It was a world record for Sky Island UUC. We almost finished before we started!
Thank you to Jerry Beale for all his persistent and meticulous work on the revision of the bylaws. They have been adopted.
The Corporation Commission has approved our name change from Unitarian Universalist Church of Southeastern Arizona to Sky Island Unitarian Universalist Church. Thank you to Dave Weigel for his work on making this name change official. |
|
| |
|
Sunday Services Information
Sky Island UU Sunday Service
May 1 @ 10:30 AM
Paying It Forward, Celebrating diversity - A Multi-generational Flower Communion
Rev. Linda Lawrence, Terry Zapatocky, and a cast of characters will initiate the May worship theme, Future Earth, with story, song, crafts, and dance. We will end the service with a traditional UU flower communion. Bring a flower if you can, but if you can't, come anyway. There will be enough flowers for everyone!
Presenters: Rev. Linda Lawrence and Terry Zapotocky
No Religious Education class this week as children will be with the congregation.
Sky Island UU Sunday Service
May 8 @ 10:30 AM
One hundred years ago this spring, journalist and poet Don Marquis created Archy the cockroach and Mehitabel the alley cat to fill space in a newspaper column. Over the next twenty years, Archy and Mehitabel provided America with clear-eyed yet charitable observations about the world and the human predicament. Two years ago this summer, I brought them back to help 21st century Americans deal with the troubled times in which we find ourselves. So what's the news from Shinbone Alley this week?
Presenter Biography
Wallace R. Hoggatt, a member of this congregation since 2008, lives in Sierra Vista with his family. He has been a Superior Court judge for the past twenty years.
Presenter: Wallace Hoggatt
Facilitator:
Children's Religious Education for May 8
The
Create a Country lesson will continue.
Instructor: Teresa Longmore
|
|
Financial Update
The church's financial position, as reported at the annual meeting, shows us with a net worth (on paper) of just over $464K. We have $37,830.95 in our various cash accounts as of 3/31/16. This is $5,000 more than we had in those accounts when we started the fiscal year on July 1, 2015. (Submitted by Tricia Gerrodette)
|
|
Amado UU Congregation Calls Rev. Matthew Crary
The UU Church of Green Valley (@ Amado) has called the Reverend Matthew Crary as their first full-time minister. Many of us have heard Rev. Matthew preach as part of the Baja-Four exchanges. He also led us in the process of creating our Covenant of Right Relations. Congratulations to UUCGV and to Reverend Crary.
|
Ninety and Pedaling Strong
Church member Gwynne Boucher completed his annual birthday ride on April 26; he says this is the last one. Gwynne rode 91 miles in celebration of his upcoming 90th birthday.
Details:
Time expended:
5:47 AM - 7;
07 PM (13 hrs. 20min)
Actual time pedaling: 7 hrs. 25 min. 01 sec.
Bicycle: Bike
Friday, 21 speed, 20 inch wheels
|
|
From Standing on the Side of Love
Send a letter of support, hope and encouragement to mothers in detention at this
LINK
|
|
New Board Members for Sky Island UU Church Elected for 2016-17
Board President: David Weigel
Board Secretary: Ginger Ryan
Board Treasurer: Tricia Gerrodette
Member-at-Large: Sharon Travis (one-year term)
Member-at-Large: Jan Anderson (two-year term)
Member-at-Large: Jerry Beale (two-year term)
Note: Lola McElwain will be completing the second year of her two-year term.
Nominating Committee 2016-17
Merrie Longbottom
Lex Herron
Richard Nielsen
Thanks to all those who agreed to serve and to the 2015-16 Nominating Committee members for their work:
Virginia Farrar & Merrie Longbottom
|
Church Calendar
Recurring Events
1st and 3rd Sundays of the month @ 2:30-4PM: Free Thinkers
3rd Monday of the month @ 4PM: Cooking at Good Neighbor Alliance. Sign up at the Information Table in the Community Room
3rd Monday of the month @ 5:30PM: Board Meeting
Every Tuesday @ 7PM: Dharma Buddhists
1st Wednesday of the month @ 10:00AM: Sunday Services Committee
1st Wednesday of the month @ 6:30PM: PFLAG
3rd Thursday of the month @ 11:30AM: UU Men's lunch at the Landmark Cafe
2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month @ Noon-3PM: UU Quilters. Beginners welcome
2nd Friday of the month @ 9AM: UU Women's Breakfast at the Landmark Cafe
1st and 3rd Saturday of the month @ 10AM: Coffee House
1st & 3rd Saturdays of the month: Kadampa Buddhists Meditation Class @ 4PM starting May 6
2nd Saturday of the month at 5:30PM: Rev. Tina Squire: Progressive Christian Community
All meetings are open to members and friends unless otherwise stated.
|
Church Calendar
One Time, or Irregularly Occurring, Events
Tuesday, April 26 @ Noon: Membership Plus Committee
Saturday, April 30 @ 4PM: Kadampa Buddhist Meditation
Sunday, May 1 @ 1 PM: Exploring Membership
Wednesday, May 4 @ 10:30AM: Sunday Services Committee
Tuesday, May 10 @ 2:30PM: RE Committee Meeting.
This meeting has been rescheduled from May 3.
All meetings are open to members and friends unless otherwise stated.
|
|
Keep Our Congregation Strong Even After You're Gone!
You can keep our UU voice going by
naming Sky Island UU Church
in your will or
as
a beneficiary of
your investment accoun
t. See Dave Weigel if you have questions.
|
|
|
Submitting Items for Newsletter, Calendar, Directory, Etc.
The deadline for submitting newsletter items is Wednesday at 5PM. For those without email, please place a typed copy in the folder in the wall file holder in the office marked "Newsletter". For directory changes, calendar entries, or for issues with podcasts, the Sky Island UUC web site or the office computers, please contact: [email protected].
|
Disclaimer: The Sky Island Unitarian Universalist Church is responsible for keeping the congregation informed about local, regional and national UU news. If you have decided that you are receiving more emails than you want, please use the SafeUnsubscribe link below to remove your name from our contact.
|
|
Sincerely,
Sky Island UU Communications Sky Island Unitarian Universalist Church
520-378-0197 [email protected]
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
