Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Santa Cruz County
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Current Happenings February 8, 2018
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Sunday Service - 10:00 AM February 11
Valentine's Day & Flowering Heart Ritual
In our annual ritual, we will build a heart of flowers in celebration of coming together in community. We will add our individual flowers to demonstrate that while a single flowers is beautiful, a community of diverse flowers is transformative.
Bring a short stem flower - or use one we'll provide.
Worship Leader: Rev. Russ Menk
Worship Associate: Sangye Hawke
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Sunday Hospitality Schedule
If the initial of your last name is on the list below, bring a dish ready to serve or an ingredient for soup or salad.
Also, please help with the clean-up after hospitality hour.
2/11 D-H
2/18 I-M
2/25 N-S
3/4 T-Z
If you will be absent on your week, please trade with someone for their week, or contribute the next week. Thank you!
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Fellowship Monthly Calendar
To access the Fellowship's monthly calendar,
click here.
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Open Mic
February 8, 2018, 7:00 to 9:00
Please join us or participate tonight at the Fellowship for Open Mic. We have a two song or 8-10 minutes format and will start over for a 3rd song if time permits. Also 8-10 minutes spots for magicians, poets, comics and other performing arts.
Sign-up starts at 6:30
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State of the UU Town Hall Meeting
Sunday, February 11 - 11:00 to 12:00
Please plan on attending the State of the UU Town Hall meeting this coming Sunday, Feb. 11 after service. Agenda:
* A report on the current state of the UUF - what we've accomplished and where we are now - Rev. Russ Menk
* An overview of the mission action planning process, including a report on the results of Board and congregational prioritization of UUF strengths - Sarah Marschall
* Announce the 2018 stewardship campaign - theme, key dates and planned activities - Ann McCow
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Book Club
February 15: Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward -
This trim, fiercely poetic novel takes place in the fictional town of Bois Sauvage, Miss., in the 10 days leading up to Hurricane Katrina. Salvage the Bones was the 2011 recipient of the National Book Award for Fiction.
March 15: Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders -
Please join us for a great discussion that lasts about an hour. Bring your own coffee or tea. If it's warm, we will meet on the patio, otherwise in the Gallery, at 10:30 AM.
For questions, call Linda Monk 724-4089
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Calling All Winter Shelter Volunteers
Your help is needed the week of February 25 - March 3. This is the week that members of the Fellowship will assist with this community effort. Please see Michele Pomroy for details and to sign-up.
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Saturday, February 17, 10 am - 12 noon, or
Wednesday, February 21 from 4 - 6 pm (please note new time)
Are you thinking of becoming a member of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship? Do you want to explore how to be more involved in this open faith community? Please attend one of these small group orientations to learn more, have your questions answered and understand the membership commitment more fully. You can also check the Fellowship website for more information about member expectations,
click here. There will be a new member welcome ceremony on Sunday, March 4 for those interested in joining at that time.
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Current Happenings is Evolving
We will be expanding the content and time horizon to allow the inclusion of more types of information to be published. Specific guidelines are under development and we may experiment a bit in the coming months to see what works. For the evolutionary history of Current Happenings,
click here
We have had a fantastic team of four volunteers, Bob Bates, Bruce Fihe, Sylvia Forsyth, and Devi Tong, that have been publishing Current Happenings for several years and they will help with the transition. With the expanded scope of Current Happenings, rather than ask our volunteers to pick up this additional work, it will be published/edited by our Office Administrator, Pamela Sundell.
To help Pamela keep her work organized, we ask that all submissions for Current Happenings be sent to [email protected]. The deadline for submissions is 5:00pm on Wednesday to be included in the next day's issue. Publishing target time will remain 12 Noon on Thursday.
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February Shared Plate Collection
The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship has selected the local chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) as our beneficiary organization for the shared plate collection in February. NAMI is the nation's largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. NAMI provides education programs, advocacy, a toll-free helpline, and public awareness events and activities.
Throughout the month, we will share information and stories about the mission and work of NAMI.
More information about the NAMI can be found click here.
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Sponsor a new Fellowship chair
New chairs for the Sanctuary will arrive in early February!
Please help support the cost of the new chairs by sponsoring one of the 25 more expensive armchairs with a
tax-deductible gift of
$75.
Your gift will be recognized with a plaque permanently affixed to the back of one of these beautiful new armchairs that will be engraved with your name or the name of a friend or loved one whom you would like to honor or memorialize.
For more information or to sponsor an armchair, please contact Ann McCrow at
[email protected]
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UU Fellowship Meditation Group
The Meditation Group meets weekly in the Sanctuary at the UU Fellowship on Tuesdays from 1 - 2 pm and is open to members and friends. Each session begins with a reading from an agreed-upon text. The group is currently reading Thich Nhat Hanh's book,
Fear: Essential Wisdom for Getting Through the Storm. This is followed by seated meditation and then a walking meditation. This is not a class and no formal instruction is given other than basic suggestions if needed. The next meeting is Tuesday, February 6. All are welcome.
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Sunday Sermon Recordings
Did you know that Sunday sermons are recorded? You can listen or download at your convenience. From our web page, they are under "Worship/Past Worship Services." For last week's message,
click here.
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Year End Donation Statements
Year end statements where mailed out at the end of January, to all who had donated to the Fellowship in 2017. We have had a number returned due to unreadable address labels damage by the Post Office. If you have not received your statement, please contact Pamela Sundell at
[email protected] or 831-684-0506.
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Other Community Events of Interest
To learn about and engage with our community and world
Saturday February 10 at 12:20-12:40 P.M. - There will be a dedication of the mobile shower trailer at Resurrection Catholic Church, corner of Soquel and State Park in Asptos.
Friday February 23, 6:00-8:00 P.M. - The third annual Chili cook-off to benefit the operational cost and proposed purchase of a second mobile shower. Please see Michele Pomroy for more details and to purchase ticket, which are $20.00.
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Contacts
Office Phone: 831.684.0506
Fax: 831.685.6736
Minister: Rev. Russ Menk
[email protected]
Office Hours by appointment Wednesday-Saturday
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Reserve space for a Fellowship event or place an item on the Fellowship public calendar
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Office Administrator:
Pamela Sundell
[email protected]
Office Hours: Monday-Friday
10:00-1:30
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Submit announcements to Current Happenings by Wednesday 5PM
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A private list server to advertise items or services needed or offered, events, or express thanks. An email sent to this address will be forwarded to the full list. Participation is restricted to Members and Friends of the Fellowship.
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Anything to do with the Fellowship website; edits, new content, questions, or comments
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Current Happenings is published weekly by Editor
Pamela Sundell.
You can reach me
at
[email protected]
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