Coming Up This Week at UCG
You can always access a detailed calendar on the church website. Click here & bookmark it if you'd like!
Friday, Sept. 12
Pastor at Chaplain's Table, DU's Slayter Dining Hall, Noon-1 PM
AA in the Annex, 7 PM
Saturday, Sept. 13
Farm & Craft Market on Annex Lawn, 8 AM - Noon
Sunday, Sept. 14
14th Sunday of Pentecost
Worship, 10 AM
Programs for all ages after worship, 11:30-12:15
Nursery care from 9:45-12:15
Open Board Meeting, 12:30
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Sep 17 "Cooking Up Health: Minerals & Salts," Chapel, 7 PM Sep 21 Birthday Party Bash after worship;
"Chasing Ice" Showing in the Chapel, 2 PM
Youth BYC Bonfire, 6-9 PM
Sep 26-27 Annual Gathering of the ABC/RGR
Sep 28 Lunches on the Square
Oct 5 World Communion Sunday
Oct 12 Indigenous Peoples' Day Worship; Congregational Meeting afterwards
Oct 24 Mystery Dinner, 6 PM
Oct 26 Lunches on the Square
Nov 2 All Saints Day Worship
Nov 23 Granville Ecumenical Thanksgiving Service at St. Luke's, 7 PM
Nov 27 Thanksgiving
Nov 30 Advent Begins
Dec 6 Granville Candlelight Walking Tour
Dec 24 Christmas Eve Service
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Good Causes
September is "Hunger Action Month"
Did you know that...
...In 2013, the Food Pantry Network of Licking County supplied food for more than 3,600 meals every day, reflecting a 9.79 percent increase in meals from 2012?
This is one of the reasons we continue to have a collect donations at the Welcome Table every week. The needs are not diminishing.
The SNAP CHALLENGE
Seminarian Joanna Samuelson is inviting anyone at UCG who'd like to try to eat for a week on a SNAP budget ($4.50/day), to join her in the SNAP Challenge, Sept. 15-21. Sign up at the Welcome Table!
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly food stamps) provides monthly benefits to supplement the food budgets of families in need, but in many cases these households still struggle to put food on the table. While it is impossible to fully comprehend the difficult decisions low-income families face, the SNAP Challenge will help raise awareness about the issue of hunger in America and will give you a sense of what life is like for millions of low-income Americans facing hunger.
Freedom School Event--
"Candidates and Issues Town Hall Meeting"
Saturday, Sept. 20th
2-4 PM, Newark Library, 101 W. Main St., Newark
A good chance to dialogue with candidates about where they stand on issues of importance to the community.
Earthkeeping Summit 2014 in Columbus
October 12 and 13th!
Dr. Gregory Hitzhusen, Ohio Interfaith Power and Light Board Chair, says, "The Summit will provide an opportunity to examine the challenges of the energy, climate, and environment work of our time, revisit the moral and ethical foundations of our response and offer resources to equip congregations to fulfill their responsibility for the stewardship of creation."
"Join us for one or both days--meet people from throughout the state who are engaged in earthkeeping: get ideas for your house of worship, share best practices and challenges, and be encouraged by the many faithful actions already underway."
"We're thrilled to have leading climate scientist and communicator, Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, with us on the evening of October 12th. Dr. Hayhoe was recently named to TIME's 2014 list of the 100 most influential people in the world and appeared in the climate change documentary Years of Living Dangerously. She co-authored a book with her husband, a minister, Climate for Change: Global Warming Facts for Faith-based Decisions."
For MORE INFORMATION or to REGISTER for the Summit,
Click here.
Early bird registrations until September 15th!
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
September is Personal Items 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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SW Corner of Broadway & Main
Granville, OH 43023
(740) 587-0336
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Electronic Giving
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And remember that you can always listen to past
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Something a little different this week... ____________________________________ Words from "Blue Heron" by Mary Oliver ( White Pines: Poems & Prose, 1991) You can die for it-- an idea, or the world. People have done so, brilliantly, letting their small bodies be bound to the stake, creating an unforgettable fury of light. But This morning, climbing the familiar hills in the familiar fabric of dawn, I thought . . . how the sun blazes for everyone just so joyfully as it rises under the lashes of my own eyes, and I thought I am so many! What is my name? ___________________________________ Peace, Dwight |
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This Sunday, Sept. 14th
- Worship, 10 a.m., welcoming some new members into our church family!
- Nursery care, 9:45-12:15
- Children's Church in the Annex during worship time, led by Stephanie Antonetti
- "Kid's Club" (for K-5th graders, 11:30-12:15 in the Annex)--this week: "No Bake Cooking" with Patti Burkett
- And both Middlers (6th-8th graders) and High Schoolers (8-12th graders) will be sharpening their peace-building skills using the PeaceJam curriculum
- Russ and Susan Adams will be presenting local justice work they're involved in, in the Chapel, 11:30-12:15
- Open Board Meeting, 12:30
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Birthday Bash Event after worshipSept. 21st, 11:30 to 12:30  Get ready to sing Happy Birthday to yourself and others at the Annual UCG Birthday Bash on Sunday, Sept 21, immediately following worship and being held in the annex. Sit at your own Birthday Month table and share some FOOD: Giant Subs. Salads, and, of course, BIRTHDAY CAKE AND ICE CREAM! GAMES, SONGS AND OTHER SORTS OF MERRIMENT.....Cost is: a suggested donation of $5.00/adult - kids are free- and please bring a salad to pass. (Salads can be stored in the church refrigerator during the service.) We still need some CAKE BAKERS!!!! Questions? contact Jonathan, [email protected]; or Maureen, [email protected] Thanks! ___________________________________
Also on Sept. 21st, 2 PM in the Chapel
A Showing of "Chasing Ice"
Chasing Ice is an award-winning film that "depicts a photographer trying to deliver evidence and hope to our carbon-powered planet." Showing is sponsored by Licking County Citizens Concerned for Health & Environment. Discusssion will follow--all are welcome.
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 Youth!! BYC Bonfire
also on Sunday, Sept. 21, 6-9 PM
at the Reiswigs' house, 1603 Deeds Rd.
For everyone who has ever been to Baptist Youth Camp, it's a reunion. For everyone who wants to go to Baptist Youth Camp next summer, it's an introduction. Youth and parents welcome!
We'll have Hot dogs, drinks and s'mores. Bring something to share.
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ABC/RGR Annual Gathering
Rochester, NY, Sept. 26-27th
Pastor Dwight and a few other folks from church will be attending the Annual Gathering of the American Baptist Churches of the Rochester/Genesee region. If you'd like to join us on our pilgrimage to Rochester, NY as a delegate from UCG, contact the Pastor. A great opportunity to meet some fantastic people and to learn more about one of our denominational partners. ___________________________________
"Chaplain's Lunch" Resumes!
Fridays (Noon - 1 PM), DU's Slayter Dining Hall ...beginning this Friday. Just stop by or stay for lunch and conversation with Pastor Dwight--no program, just checking in and catching up. UCG members are welcome to come up for this, too, of course...
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"Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction"
Series at UCG
6:30 - 9 pm, UCG Chapel, Tuesdays, October 7 through November 25, 2014.
An 8-week program for increasing our capacity to live in difficult situations, facilitated by long-time friend of the church, Art Krumsee.
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is not simply a meditation class. It is an eight week program appropriate for all ages and physical abilities. It combines gentle Yoga, meditation, instructional materials, group dialog and one-on-one interaction. Taught internationally, MBSR was originally developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center. It is designed to examine the causes of stress and guide participants in changing their relationship to the stressful forces in their lives..."
See www.mindfulcolumbus.com for more details. Special pricing of $100 per person. Pre-registration required--contact Art directly at [email protected], or 614-325-9265.
Minimum registration by October 3rd of 8 for class to be held.
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Coming up on Sundays in October & following...The Feminist Class
Seekers "Faith & Practice Class"An adult group led by Patti Burkett "What do you think of Colossians?"A Good, Old-Fashioned Bible Study(led in postmodern style) by Pastor Dwight. A 6-session adult group. __________________________________
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Thought for the Day
"Teach us to count our days, that we may gain a wise heart."
- Psalm 90:12
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