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JOYS AND CARING CORNER
To share your Joy or Sorrow with our Albany UU community, you may submit it on a yellow card during the service or by using our online form.
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ALBANY UU WEBSITES
Outreach:
albanyuu.org
Resources for members and friends:
members.albanyuu.org
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TO SIGN UP FOR A CLASS OR EVENT:
-Sign up at the Sign Up Site
in Channing Hall
OR
-Call the church office, 518.463.7135
If childcare is offered for the event, please let us know you need it when you register. (Include names and ages of children.)
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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES:
Would you like to be involved in the Sunday service in a more meaningful way?
Visit
Sunday Hospitality Sign Up to find out about all the ways you can volunteer. We thank you and could not do it without you!
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SERVICE
Sunday, March 18, 10:00 AM,
"A More Perfect Union" Rev. Sam Trumbore
Ten years ago, candidate for President Barack Obama gave a powerful and transformative speech by this name on race in America. Let us pause and return to its vision at a time when we have a President going the other way. We need to remember his words and to keep that vision alive.
Music:
Joseph Bruchac (author, musician, and storyteller)
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Do Your Part to Keep our
Beacon Bright
Once again, many thanks to those who have done their part and returned their pledge! Our momentum is really rolling along. We're pleased to announce that
we are at 62
% of our goal! Please, everybody with pledges still outstanding return those right away. Our deadline of April 1 is just a couple of weeks away!
For those who haven't picked up your pledge packet, it will be either mailed or delivered to you directly.
We need to get all pledges returned by April 1
so don't delay. Remember to include your UU Bucks raffle ticket when you return your pledge. If you missed the Sunday Service Stewardship Kick-off you can view an edited video
here.
To Return Your Pledge by April 1, you can:
4 Mail or return your pledge to the Albany UU office
4 Put your pledge in the stewardship box in Channing Hall on Sundays
4 Bring your pledge form to service this Sunday, March
18
when we'll be collecting them during the offertory.
We'd like to know what Albany UU means to you.
We've asked you to think about what Albany UU means to you when you make your pledge this year. If you are willing to share your answer to this question, we would like to share it with the congregation. You can email Patti Jo Newell at
patti.jo.newell@gmail.com. Thank you!!
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DENOMINATIONAL CONNECTIONS
Singing Our Faith To Life! March 24-25
10th annual Hudson-Mohawk UUs celebration
Come explore a different approach to worship, community and connection with UUs from across the Capital Region and Hudson Valley. Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout, Director of Worship and Music at the First UU Congregation of Ann Arbor, Michigan - along with our region's ministers, and our singers and musicians - will lead us in a new way of using music and of blending our voices together to bring our UU faith to life.
On SATURDAY, March 24, join us at 9:00 am to worship and sing together, then travel (by foot and by car) to West Capitol Park to lend our voices and presence to support the March for Our Lives (for more information on the march, see the SRC section below). We will then return to Albany UU around 11:30 am to have a soup lunch and begin singing together around noon. You don't have to read music - or be an adult - to join us. All are welcome! Parking is available for this event in the UAlbany Hawley Lot at the corner of Washington and Robin.
Our SUNDAY WORSHIP on March 25 will be a joyous celebration
at Doane Stuart School - the service will be welcoming and engaging for all ages.
*Please bring
finger foods to share during the post-service fellowship!*
We are SEEKING VOLUNTEERS to assist on Sunday with greeting, ushering, parking, and coffee hour. Please contact our liaison Kathy Harris at 518-727-9251 or harr70@nycap.rr.com.
****There will be NO SERVICE OR ACTIVITIES at Albany UU on Sunday, March 25.
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You Can't Spell Church without J-O-Y: 2018 Seaway Spring Gathering
The "event formerly known as District Assembly" has a new name but has kept the elements that most of you enjoyed! Join UUs from across New York for a day of worshiping, learning and connecting at First UU Society of Syracuse, Friday, Apr. 13 and Saturday, Apr. 14.
See flyer for details.
Your Invitation to General Assembly
Would you like to represent Albany UU at the 2018 General Assembly in Kansas City, Missouri, June 20-24?
Albany UU will pay the registration fee for members who serve as delegates. This year, thanks to an Endowment Trust grant, travel stipends are available for young adults and emerging congregational leaders. Let the Board of Trustees know that you are interested by completing a quick form available at our member site
here
or in the office! Registration for GA and GA housing opened March 1.
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THIS WEEK AT ALBANY UU
The Auction Is Coming! The Auction Is Coming!
Only 2 days to go! Ride your flying monkeys and horses of a different color to the Over the Rainbow Auction this Saturday at 6:15 PM at Albany UU. Bid on wonderful items and enjoy tasty appetizers, beverages, and desserts with old and new friends.
We appreciate your payment on the night of the auction for any items you purchase.
Don't have a ticket? No worries. Buy one at the door for $7! Parents...Free child care will be offered for auction attendees.
It's time to follow the yellow brick road to find your pot of gold
! We look forward to seeing you there!
Parking is available in the UAlbany Hawley lot on the corner of Washington and Robin for this event. There's plenty of room for all!
Jody Zimmerman Memorial - date change
The date previously announced for Jody Zimmerman's memorial service has been changed. The correct date for Jody's memorial service is Saturday, May 19 at 11:00 AM in the Sanctuary with a reception to follow in Channing Hall.
Contributions of finger foods for the reception are welcomed and encouraged.
Did you miss Eileen's service last Sunday on Toxic Masculinity?
Or would you like to hear it again? It was not recorded in the usual way so you won't find it on our secure site. You can however, watch Eileen Casey-Campbell's March 11 Sunday service on YouTube HERE! Enjoy!
UU Humanists
Tuesday, March 20, 7:00 pm, Room B-8
All interested in learning more about humanism in Unitarian Universalism are welcome to join us.
"13th"
A film screening hosted by the Inclusivity Team
Wednesday, March 21, 11:00 AM, Channing Hall
You're invited to join members of the Inclusivity Team for a screening of the documentary "13th", directed by Ava DuVernay. This award-winning film explores the intersection of race, justice, and mass incarceration in the United States. To be followed by a discussion led by Anne Marie Haber and Patti Jo Newell. Participants are welcome to bring their own "brown bag" lunch.
Recycled Fabric Needed
As we work to bring beauty to the Community Hall for our April service series on Emerging Hope, we need your help to gather materials! If you have
blue fabric or ribbon
scraps to donate, please bring them to Albany UU this Sunday. You can leave fabric and ribbon donations in the bin in Channing Hall.
When-you-can class on Inclusivity
This is the second week of the weekly, when-you-can class on inclusivity. Each week we will send out a link to a video, audio, or reading that can be digested whenever and wherever, in part or in full. The links will be standalone for the most part, so you don't have to panic about falling behind or missing some weeks.
There is no assignment this week, but you can still do last week's assignment, the Robin DiAngelo lecture, What Does it Mean to be White, which can be found at
http://members.albanyuu.org/secure/
. The login credentials are fuusan / Emerson405. Her primary audience is white people.
New art show in Channing Hall
The quilts on display in Channing Hall are made by
Tina Raggio
, an
Albany UU member since 1979. Some are large--so they're hard to miss!
Tina's work has been shown in the Big Apple,
Long Island, Maine and Virginia.
Be sure to scroll down and check out the ways to support Social Action under our Social Responsibilities Council (SRC) heading. If you would like to learn more, stop by the SRC table during Coffee Hour on Sunday.
Also scroll down to learn more about what's happening in our Religious Education Program for children and youth. Our Director of Religious Education, Leah Purcell, can answer any questions: dre@albanyuu.org
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NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS
East of Hudson Potluck!
The next East of Hudson Potluck will be at Peter and Debbie Brown's home on
Friday, March 23. If you live east of the river, join us!
RSVP to Debbie Brown:
Join the Conversation Join the fun!
Want a chance to both help Albany UU become stronger AND to get to know some of your fellow members a little better? You can be a Growth Through Service Conversation Leader! We are looking for at least 10 more people to join the team. For more information, contact Jaye Holly (
jholly63@gmail.com) or Dick Dana (
rhdana@nycap.rr.com).
Renewal from Within: A Day of Meditation with Mark Hart
Saturday, March 31, 9:00 - 5:00
Set aside this Saturday in early spring to drop into presence, invite joy, and treat with kindness those sore spots in yourself you might encounter. This retreat devotes a day to communal silence, meditation, and mindfulness with instruction and dialogue to promote renewal at this turning of the season.
Lunch: Main dish provided; bring something to share and/or your own food.
Cost: $20.00 plus teacher donation.
Please register by sending an email to registration@albanyuu.org
Parking is available in the UAlbany Hawley Lot for this event.
Annual Fellowship Dinner
The Annual Fellowship Dinner will be held on
Friday, April 6, 6:00 pm at the Franklin Terrace in Troy. Come join us for an evening of fun, food, fellowship, and frivolity. There will be a cocktail hour and hors d'oeuvres, dinner, a few short (we hope) speeches, a fun parody skit, followed by dancing.
Invitations have been sent via email and for those without email, via post.
Please RSVP with your payment by Monday, April 2.
Details and RSVP
are in the
printable invitation
.
For more information
,
call the Church Office or Bob Franklin: 518.944.9960.
Getting to Know UU
We invite you to join us
Saturday, April 7
for "Getting to Know UU". This orientation for newcomers is from 8:45 am to noon. You'll learn about Unitarian Universalism and about our congregation, and you'll get a chance to ask all the questions you've been collecting. We'll talk about how to get involved in the Albany UU community and about becoming a member. All in all, it's a fun morning of conversation and fellowship, and a pleasant first step on the path to membership!
Childcare is available: please let us know you need it when you register.
Sign up now!
If you have questions
about membership stop at the Welcome Table after service or call Barb Manning, chair of the Welcome Team (439-4226 or barbaracmanning@hotmail.com.)
Potluck and Game Night is back on!
REC sponsored Potluck and Game Night has been rescheduled to Friday, April 13! Find out more HERE!
Children's Peace Week, a program this summer from Aug. 13-17 for children entering grades 2 - 8
A fun and lively peace camp for kids will be held at the Friends Meetinghouse in Albany. Registrations are being accepted and scholarships are available. Positions for teachers and interns are open and stipends available. Pre-interns (teens) and volunteers are also needed. Find more information here
or
here. To support the program in any way, see or contact Jan McCracken at
jmccrack@nycap.rr.com.
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SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES COUNCIL (SRC)
March for Our Lives
Saturday, March 24, 10:00 AM
West Capitol Park, State St., Albany
Join us in marching to end gun violence in our country and in our schools. For more information on March for Our Lives, click HERE and HERE
Those not attending the HMUU workshop, may meet at Albany UU at 9:45 AM. Workshop attendees and those coming in just for the march can walk down to the park together. Parking is available in the UAlbany Hawley Lot for this event.
SRC Suggests:
Today, Thursday, March 15: Troy Launch of the Poor People's Campaign: Women in Poverty, Women in Leadership.
There will be childcare. 6 pm for light refreshments, 6:30 to 8 for program. At First United Presbyterian Church, 1915 Fifth Ave., Troy, NY. More info.
Friday to Sunday, March 16 to 18 -
performance of the play The Exonerated
, the true stories of six Americans who were convicted and sentenced to death for crimes they did not commit. 7 PM on Friday and Saturday, 1PM on Sunday, Roger Bacon Auditorium, Siena College, 515 Loudon Road, Loudonville.
More info
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Monday, March 19 - Film Cracking the Codes: The System of Racial Inequality by Shakti Butler. The film asks America to talk about the causes and consequences of systemic inequity. Presented as a three-part viewing/discussion group series (other two nights were March 5 and 12). 6 to 8PM, Howe Library, 105 Schuyler Street, Albany
Tuesday, March 20 - Forum by the International Solidarity Movement, a volunteer organization that participates in and documents the Palestinian campaign of nonviolent resistance to the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. An abridged version of the film
Radiance of Resistance will be screened and Joe Catron and a Palestinian coordinator from the occupied territories will be on hand to answer questions. 7 to 9 PM in Channing Hall.
More info.
Wednesday, March 21: Racism and the Food System Workshop. Led by Amani Olugbala, Assistant Program Director of Soul Fire Farm. Part of CD SURJ's on-going effort to lift up the work being done by People of Color in the Capital District to end racism and provide education to our community. Soul Fire Farm is committed to ending racism and injustice in the food system (
www.soulfirefarm.org). 6-8 PM, at the Albany Social Justice Center, 33 Central Ave. Albany
Green Sanctuary News
Countdown to Earth Day
- If you haven't yet, contact Chris or Betsy and let them know how you did on your
"Do More"
pledges! Chris (
bystrc@rpi.edu
) or Betsy (
pennywhistle111@gmail.com
), or e-mail Albany UU.
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RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NOTES
-Leah Purcell, Director of Religious Education
Keep up with what's happening for children and families and other events by visiting
For the faith development of the children and youth this week
Nursery/Toddler Room opens - starting at 9:45
The Red, Orange Yellow, Blue, Indigo and Violet Groups (pre-k through 6th grade)
will attend the service with their families in Community Hall, starting at 10:00. Then they will go to their usual groups.
7th/8th grade OWL s
tarts at 10:00 in their room.
High School UUth Group -
Trip to the ESCAPE ROOM -
we have a reservation for 8 people starting at 11:10 at Crossgates. I expect we'll have advisers drive youth over and parents/caretakers pick them up. The session ends at noon. If you haven't already email Leah at
dre@albanyuu.org
or call or text her to let her you know your youth plans to come.
As always, feel free to contact Leah Purcell at dre@albanyuu.org with questions.
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First Unitarian Universalist Society of Albany
Phone: 518.463.7135
Address: 405 Washington Ave., Albany NY 12206
Main entrance is on Washington Avenue. Rear entrance is on West St. Both have ramp access. The building is fully handicapped accessible.
Parking: Parking is available on the street. On Sundays (and for some special events) Albany UU has permission to use the University at Albany's downtown campus parking lot: the Hawley Lot on Robin Street at Washington Avenue.
Office hours:
September-June: Monday-Friday, 9:00-3:00
July-August: Monday-Thursday 9:00-1:00
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