Sunday Service
Looking Forward-Part 2
The future is uncertain, but we have hopes and desires. Often our hope arises from our desire that the future will be better than our past. But what is the "new" desired state if we've never experienced it? How do we formulate an "ideal" state to work toward?
Worship Leader: Rev. Russ Menk
Worship Associate: Fred Seamon
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Sunday Hospitality Schedule
If the initial of your last name
is on the list below for this week, bring a dish ready to serve or ingredient for salad or soup.
Please help with the clean-up after hospitality hour.
Note new assignment schedule.
8/28 M
9/4 N-S
9/11 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 calendars,
click here
The calendar may also be accessed from our Fellowship Web Site under the "News" drop-down menu.
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TGIF Potluck for Friday, August 26th
Jan Taylor and Robert Aegerter
From Highway 1
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Park Ave
Exit, go toward Capitola Village (from 1 South, make a right off freeway,from 1 North,make a left and go under freeway)
Stay on Park till it ends at Monterey Ave.Make a left, and go over Railroad Tracks.
Immediately make a left turn into Depot Hill, onto Escalona Ave.
Go two blocks and make a right turn (only way you can turn) on Saxon Avenue.
We are the two story lavender house on the left, one block down.
Parking is OK on the street; (no permit needed)
Mark your Calendars:
Sept. 16th, Devi Tong, with special guest, Karen Ireland...Aptos
Sept 23rd, Ginny Aragon, Santa Cruz
(no TGIFs on Sept 2 or 9)
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LABOR OF LOVE DAY SEPTEMBER 4
Sunday September 4 will be our annual Labor of Love Day. The Sunday "service" will literally be service, as we all take time to do "hands on" service to provide repair and maintenance to our beloved Fellowship campus. There will be jobs for everyone, including children. There will be a very brief stand-up gathering at 10 AM led by Rev. Russ, and then we will all get to work. Around noon we will finish up and have our usual Hospitality time food and conversation.
If you have any questions, or suggestions for chores to be done, contact Bob Bates ( bates3@sbcglobal.net )
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Call Process Update from the Mutual Discernment Committee (MDC)
In July, the Board requested that the MDC reconvene to guide the process of calling Russ as our full-time settled minister. The MDC met in early August and developed a timeline of activities and milestone for the call process. It is the goal of the MDC and the Board that the process be clear, transparent, and with opportunities for members to provide input.
Here are the highlights in the process:
Key Milestones:
· Congregational meetings: September 11; December 11
· Open-input meeting: August 28
· Vote: February 5
General Goals:
- Generate awareness: Look for updates this one in Current Happenings and listen for Pulpit Editorials; these will each happen about once/month. Learn more details at periodic congregational meetings: 9/11 and 12/11.
- Gather information: Express your thoughts and concerns through different opportunities for the MDC to receive members' perspectives on the call process. Though ongoing, specific upcoming opportunities include a small group gathering on Sunday August 28 after the service for members and friends, and "visioning" conversations at each of the September Small Group Ministry meetings. Conflict Resolution Team members are also available for private conversations by request.
- Review and recommend: The MDC will review and summarize the information gathered, discuss the findings with Russ, the Committee on Shared Ministry and the Board, and make a formal recommendation by mid-January.
- Conduct congregational vote: With a recommendation to call Russ as our full-time settled minister, we will vote as a congregation on Sunday February 5.
Who's Involved:
- MDC Members: Sharon McGraham, Reggie McClain, Jen Choate, Lee Cavanaugh, Ben Sandel, and Carol Schimke.
- Conflict Resolution Team Members: Randy James, Jayne McCreadie, Ginny Aragon, and Carol Schimke.
Questions? Email Carol Schimke at cbschimke@sbcglobal.net.
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Pulpit
Editorials
As the Fellowship contemplatives Calling Rev Russ Menk to be our settled minister, members are presenting a series of pulpit editorials to help inform the Congregation about our progress. The current transcript of each of these editorials is posted above and the past editorials can be found by clicking the links below:
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HAVE YOU NOTICED?
Have you noticed a new addition to the front of our property, out by Freedom Boulevard? Give thanks to Ian Hunter (for the idea and design), Ernesto Munoz (for construction and design details), and Woody Wood (for construction assistance).
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Robert Strayer sermon: Letter to My Atheist Friend
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New Fellowship Directories Available
The
Member's Only
website is being rebuilt. Over the coming weeks and months more information for our Members and Friends will be made available on this private website.
To start with, there are new directories available on the Documents page.
To access this website, you must first login. To login, you must have an account on the system. Unfortunately, we were not able to move the accounts from the old Members site to the new one, so you will need to create a new account. Just click on the "
Create a New Account" button from the
Member's Site menu on the public Fellowship website (
www.uufscc.org ).
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Thoughts from Rev. Russ
Click Here
for some of my thoughts about our Fellowship and/or the world.
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Other Community Events
To learn about and engage our community and world:
Saturday, August 27. Watsonville Wetlands Watch sponsors Restoration Saturday (9-12 noon) PLUS Shorebirds Walk for the start of the fall migration (8-11am). Learn about and support a valuable local ecosystem. Free and family friendly (must register for birding activity). For more information, registration and map/directions:
http://www.watsonvillewetlandswatch.org/calendar.htm
UPCOMING: Sunday, August 28, 11am, Watsonville Gay Pride Parade and Festival, Town Plaza, Watsonville. For more information:
https://www.evensi.us/watsonville-pride-2016-somos-lgbt/180803377
UPCOMING: Sept. 10 &11, 9-5pm. Conference to "Explore Your Social Justice Community". Geared to young people interesting in diverse issues and community involvement i.e. Community organizing, food justice, mass transportation, LGBT rights. Sliding scale/scholarships available. Through Resource Center for Non-Violence. More information here.
Submit announcements to this section (or Helping Hands) for community events which relate to our mission: Spiritual Growth and Social Justice
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Contacts
Office Phone: (831) 684-0506
Fax: (831) 685-6736
www.uufscc.org
| Minister: Rev. Russ Menk |
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Office Hours by appointment Wednesday-Saturday
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| Office Administrator: Makai Powell |
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Office Hours:
Tue, Wed, Thurs. 10AM - 3PM
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Reserve space for a Fellowship event or place an item on the Fellowship public calendar
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| announce@uufscc.org |
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Submit announcements to
Current Happenings by Wednesday 5PM
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| helpinghands@uufscc.org |
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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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| webmaster@uufscc.org |
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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 Editors:
Bob Bates, Bruce Fihe, Sylvia Forsyth, and Devi Tong
You can reach us at at announce@uufscc.org
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