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March 16, 2018 - March 22, 2018
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Sunday Services
9:15 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.
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March 18
"It Matters"
Rev. Thom Belote, preaching
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One of my favorite UU elevator speeches, by Laila Ibrahim, begins, "It matters what we do with our lives."
Sunday's service is all about what honestly, truly matters and why our beloved community matters. The service will include a ceremony for welcoming our newest members and lots of uplifting singing!
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TABLING Capital Campaign, Sanctuary Committee
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Capital Campaign & Annual Pledge Drive
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Cottage Meeting (def.): 1. Gateway to making your annual pledge and your capital campaign contribution. 2. Opportunity to get to know other church members. 3. Social event.
Please sign up today!
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UU READERS On Saturday, March 17 at 10:30 a.m. in the Kirby Room, UU Readers are discussing We Were Eight Years in Power by Ta-Nehisi Coates. The book contains the author's reflections on the Obama years. Mary LeMay will be leading our discussion. Please join us if this topic interests you-we welcome folks on a drop-in basis.
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COMMUNITY CLICKERS The Clickers will meet on Monday, March 19 from 7-9 pm in the Straley Room. Come join us! We will design a shawl for UNC Hospice using our 7" x 9" washable acrylic, worsted weight (#4) blocks and then click and chat. You are also welcome to come click and chat the entire time! Can't knit or crochet? Come learn! Contact clickers@c3huu.org for more information. Next meeting: April 4 from 2-4 pm in the Commons Area.
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SPIRITUAL EXPLORATION FOR ADULTS (SEA)
Spring Classes
Register online
or after services. Next classes:
Transform Negative Judgement and Hate to Joy and Love through Dragon Dao Yin: An ancient Qigong Form. Led by Dave Gulick, Thurs 7-8 PM 4/5, 4/12, 4/19, 5/3, 5/10. Preaching Practicum. Thurs 7-9 PM 3/29, 4/5, 4/12, 4/19, 4/26. Contact Rev. Thom at revthomb@gmail.com if interested. Creative Time to Connect With Your Spirit. Led by Steevie Jane Parks. Thursday 4/26 7-9 PM. Visit the SEA web page for more information.
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ENDOWMENT FUND GRANT OPPORTUNITY!
Up to $3,500
from the Endowment Fund
will be available for special projects beginning July 2018. Further information and the grant proposal application form are available on our website
. Important dates include:
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March 30, 2018
@ 5:00 p.m. -
Grant proposals due
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June 10, 2018
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Selected grant proposal(s) to be approved for funding by congregation at their Annual Meeting.
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KEEP UP WITH THE KIOSK: There are many notices about local interesting meetings you may have missed seeing. Sip your coffee and be informed. You can also sign up to support the church at our next IFC dinner on
Tuesday, March 20th, in the old IFC building, corner of Rosemary & Colombia.
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SIGN-UPS BEGIN FOR PREACHING PRACTICUM 2018 Each spring Rev. Thom offers a sermon writing class to a small group of church members. Those members then deliver their sermons on Sundays during June and July. The class is a transformational experience. Preaching Practicum 2018 meets
on Thursday evenings from 3/29-4/26. If you are interested, please contact Rev. Thom at
revthomb@gmail.com
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SANCTUARY MATTERS
As we move forward in preparing to be a welcoming Sanctuary Congregation, we continue seeking all those interested in volunteering. Please follow this LINK to fill out a questionnaire for the Volunteer Coordination Team. This questionnaire can be shared with trusted individuals outside the congregation interested in volunteering with us. Sanctuary Ministry now has a mailbox in the office area and questions and comments can now be sent to c3hsanctuary@gmail.com
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SEEKING SOUNDROOM VOLUNTEERS
for Sunday services. No experience necessary. Are you interested in helping to operate the sound system during Sunday services? Training would only take 15-20 minutes, and could easily happen after any Sunday service, or at your convenience. If you're interested in helping, contact Glenn Mehrbach.
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Justice & Service Events
suggested by members/committees
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ALL LABOR HAS DIGNITY
Program to commemorate and celebrate March 18, 1968, speech of Martin Luther King Jr., given in Memphis during strike of city sanitation workers. King spoke of racism, unemployment and underemployment, poverty, wealth gap.
3 - 5:30 p.m., Sunday, March 18, United Church of Chapel Hill,
1321 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Co-sponsors: Chapel Hill/Carrboro NAACP, NC State AFL-CIO, Fight For $15 And A Union, Black Workers For Justice, NC Public Service Workers Union-U.E.Local 150. Submitted by Peace & Justice
THE THEOLOGY OF HOPE & DELIVERANCE: FOUNDATION OF THE BLACK CHURCH Speaker Reginald Hildebrand, Professor Emeritus of History at UNC-Chapel Hill. 1:15 p.m.,
UPDATE ON ISSUES IN ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOLS
Learn impact on two school districts, ask questions, and hear from Representative Verla Insko. Panelists include members of Orange County Schools: Pam Jones, Stephen Halkiotis, Brenda Stephens; and Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools: Pam Baldwin, Todd LoFrese, Rani Dasi. Topics: class size, planning, budgets, legislation, teacher pay. 7 - 8:30 p.m., Monday, March 19, Extraordinary Ventures, 200 S. Elliott Rd, Chapel Hill. Democratic Women of Orange County. 919-360-9498. Submitted by P&J
BUILDING A MOVEMENT AGAINST STRUCTURAL OPPRESSION Manzoor Cheema, Coordinator of Movement to End Racism and Islamophobia (MERI), challenges racism and islamophobia and discusses Islamophobia in schools and how to end all forms of bigotry at educational institutions. 6:30 - 8 p.m., Tuesday, March 20, Chapel Hill Public Library, 100 Library Drive. Co-sponsored by Campaign for Racial Equity in our Schools, Chapel Hill's Justice in Action Committee, Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP. Submitted by P&J
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QUAKER HOUSE AS FRONT-LINE MISSION FOR PEACE IN FAYETTEVILLE
Kindra Bradley, Executive Director, describes the work at Quaker House counseling men and women in army at Fort Bragg and their families, dealing with GI Rights, Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Moral Injury. 7 p.m., Tuesday, March 20, Highland United Methodist Church, 1901 Ridge Road, Raleigh. 3rd Tuesday Forum, 919-851-5596. Submitted by Peace & Justice Committee
LAWYERING FOR RACIAL JUSTICE Join Darius Charney, Senior Staff Attorney at Center for Constitutional Rights, in part of Human Rights in Practice series. 12:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 21, Duke Law School, Room 4047, Science Drive. Co-sponsored by International Human Rights Clinic and Center for International and Comparative Law. Lunch provided. ali.prince@law.duke.edu. Submitted by P&J
WHY IS THE HOLY LAND HOLY?
Panel discussion dealing with importance of Jerusalem to different Abrahamic religions. Background on Jerusalem historical and modern context, followed by a conversation among faith leaders from Muslim, Jewish , and Christian communities: Faisal Khan, Rabbi Melissa B. Simon, Pastor Jay Thomas. Moderated by Madison Perry. 6:30 - 8 p.m., Thursday, March 22, UNC's Gardner Hall 105, near Wilson Library on South Road. Sponsored by OneVoice Campus. emlaad@live.unc.edu. Submitted by P&J
YOUTH-LED MOVEMENT TO IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY Join Triangle area students and supporters in March for Our Lives. "We are high school students looking to make a change and stop gun violence. We are not personally victims of gun violence, but we feel we need to be the voice of those who are."
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MARCH 22 IS WORLD WATER DAY The 2018 theme is Nature for Water, which explores nature-based solutions to our water challenges. Some facts:
Today, around 1.8 billion people are affected by land degradation and desertification. An estimated 64-71% of natural wetlands have been lost since 1900 as a result of human activity. Some solutions: conservation agriculture, green roofs and walls, permeable pavements, and bioswales. For more details on these and other solutions, click here.
Submitted by ECO
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EARTH HOUR
started as a symbolic lights-out event in Sydney in 2007 and is now the world's largest grassroots movement for the environment, inspiring millions of people to take action for our planet and nature. Turn out your lights from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Saturday March 24 to be part of this worldwide movement. Click here
for more information. Submitted by ECO
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ISLAMOPHOBIA WORKSHOP AT UU FELLOWSHIP OF RALEIGH
UUFR Anti-Racism Ministry Team's invitation to participate in workshop presented by Movement to End Racism and Islamophobia (MERI) for its congregation. MERI offers workshops by people of color and Muslim presenters on Islamophobia to members of faith-based, peace and justice, educational and non-profit organizations. 2- 5 p.m., Saturday, March 24,
UUFR, 3313 Wade Avenue.
Contact: Pat Butler, patabutler3@gmail.com. Submitted by P&J
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BURNED: ARE TREES THE NEW COAL?
Woody biomass is the latest false solution to climate change. This film tells the story of how biomass companies, like Enviva, have hidden behind green labels and become the alternative-energy savior for the power-generation industry. April 6, 6:30-8:30 pm, Eno River Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (ERUUF), 4907 Garrett Road, Durham. Click here
for more information. Submitted by ECO
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UNC STUDENT FIGHT AGAINST WHITE SUPREMACY Effort to educate public about Silent Sam statue and build support to remove it. Submit comments to NC Historical Commission Monuments Study Committee: www.ncdcr.gov/comment-relocation-monuments. Join Women's International League for Peace and Freedom-Triangle Branch to vigil and distribute information about history of Silent Sam's presence on UNC campus. Noon to 2 p.m., Wednesdays, Silent Sam, East Franklin Street by Pettigrew Hall. Community contact: ekkeel2me@gmail.com or 252-944-7474. Submitted by P&J
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MORE WAYS TO ASSIST SENDING BOOKS TO NC PRISONERS Prison Books Collective's volunteer workdays packing free books remain 1 to 4 p. m, Sundays, 4312 Etta Rd, Durham, when books may be donated. From now to March 15, Ben and Jerry's, 102 W Franklin Street, will give a scoop of ice cream for each donated book and 2 scoops for every English, Spanish-English, medical, or law dictionary. Donate money online or mail. Directions and information:
https://prisonbooks.info/about/, prisonbooks@gmail.com. Submitted by P&J
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ART IN THE SANCTUARY
Alyssa Hinton's show, Earth Consciousness and Cultural Revelations, will be on exhibit in the sanctuary during March and April.
Using vibrant colors that awaken the soul, mixed media artist, Alyssa Hinton, illustrates a theme of cultural reawakening and regeneration through her unique southeastern Native American imagery.
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MEDITATION Please join us in the sanctuary for silent meditation. We regularly meet
on Tuesday evenings,
7:15 - 7:45 p.m. For more information contact
Delia Keefe.
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LECTIO (SACRED READING) MEDITATION GROUP meets at
noon every
Friday in the Commons. We use readings from poetry and the wisdom traditions of the world's religions
as prompts for reflection and sharing. No need to sign up ahead of time. Please join us.
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STAY CONNECTED
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