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HOT SPOT!
The Albany UU Annual Meeting is this Sunday, May 21!
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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, 518.436.7135
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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SERVICE
Sunday, May 21, 10:00 AM
"This I Believe"
As Unitarian Universalists, we honor the voices of members of our congregation in their individual search for truth and meaning. This service provides an opportunity to hear the thoughts and reflections on life from three Albany UUs- Peter Meixner, Jacqui Williams, and Annie Metzger.
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ANNUAL MEETING
11:45 AM, (
this) Sunday, May 21
Please note: We CAN use the University's Hawley parking lot this Sunday. (Some of you may remember from past years that our Annual Meeting usually conflicts with their Commencement...This year there is no problem!)
Families needing child care for the Annual Meeting should reserve space by calling the office at 463-7135 so that we will be prepared with sufficient caregivers and snacks. Light snacks (for the adults) will be served in Emerson during the meeting.
You can read online the
proposed budget
and a
resolution
to be presented at the meeting or you can pick up paper copies in the lobby.
Absentee ballots are available for those who cannot attend the Annual Meeting. Absentee ballots are available at the church office and
must be returned by 11:00 AM, Friday (tomorrow!), May 19.
Meet our candidates!
The Nominating Committee
is proud to present the slate of candidates for leadership roles for the 2017-18 Church year. Read their biographies in May Windows here and check out the poster on your way out of service on Sunday.
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NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS
Office Closed
In celebration of the Memorial Day holiday, the Albany UU office will be closed on May 29.
Sundae Sunday!
Come have an ice cream sundae with us, as the Religious Education Council celebrates the RE teachers, children and youth. Activity begins at 10:30 am in Channing Hall on
Sunday, June 4th. Sign up to help serve or clean up on our sign up sheet on the billboard in Channing Hall.
Wellness Workshop
Do you desire to enjoy every day to the fullest now and for the rest of your life? Come and learn how your lifestyle can enable you to do so. Research is showing how exercise, stress management and a healthy diet can help you to live a quality life today and for many years to come.
Experience this one-day workshop on
Saturday, June 17, 10:00 - 4:00 pm. Sliding scale fee of $20.00 to $60.00; bring your own lunch. Dr. Bruce McEwen, workshop presenter, is a retired biochemist and a certified yoga instructor teaching yoga for the past 20 years. Sign up
HERE.
Pledge year alert!
As our church fiscal year (2016-17) winds to a close (June 30, to be exact) this is a good time to remind everyone to write on your checks which pledge year you are contributing to. Some folks have already started paying on their 2017-18 pledge, some still are on 2016-17. Please, please write 'Pledge' and the fiscal year you're paying toward on the memo line.
Year-end pledge statements will be coming out soon, check your email to find out what your balance is! (Or, log on to your record in ChurchDB and find your balance instantaneously.)
Craft Your Own Special UU Weekend at Silver Bay
Comradery, colorful fall scenery, campfires, and culinary pleasures await you at a coveted setting on Lake George.
Want to sleep in? Don't want to be on a workshop schedule? Here are a few of the activities you can enjoy on your own time table: archery, canoeing, fitness center, kayaking, walks on the labyrinth and self-guided trails, board games and puzzles, horseshoes, shuffleboard and tennis.
Remember May 29th is the last day to receive the 2015 price for UU Weekend at Silver Bay. First-timers receive an additional 10% discount! Children under 6 are free with substantial discounts for older children and youth.
Stop by the UU Weekend table during coffee hour to check out the latest schedule of activities and to fill out a registration form.
Reminder about food use at Albany UU
As always, we ask that you NOT leave any food trash in classrooms, especially during the week. The kitchen trash is emptied frequently, so it's the best place for food trash. And Channing Hall trash we expect to fill up on Sundays, so it will get emptied, too. There are extra bags in every trash can, so if you put food in a classroom trash can you can just take the bag to the kitchen on your way out (and set up a new bag in the can.)
The children are still composting their Sunday food waste in the classroom worm bins, but the kitchen composting is on hiatus. We'll let you know when we are able to re-start composting in the kitchen. Any questions please contact Amy Lent in the church office.
Photos wanted
If you are out and about, attending events that reflect our UU values. Or if you're at an event here at Albany UU that you think might be of interest to others, take some photos. Include yourself and others in them, if you can. Send those photos to
photos@albanyuu.org. Be sure to include what event you're attending, where it is, a brief description and who is in the picture, if appropriate. We will then post them to our Face Book page or other social media. Thank you!
The price of inclusivity is eternal vigilance
Albany UU has an inclusivity team! If you have ideas on how to make our congregation more multiculturally inclusive or if you want to be a part of the process in any capacity, please contact one of the team chairpeople, Annika Pfluger <
annikafam@gmail.com
> and Patti Jo Newell <
pattijon@nycap.rr.com
>.
Sunday morning volunteers
Part of what makes our Sunday morning services so organized and enjoyable is our volunteers! We need volunteers each Sunday for a Lead Usher, Ushers, Greeters, a Coffee Host and the Welcome Table. You can volunteer for any Sunday as far in advance as you would like by visiting SignUp.com. Check it out, we couldn't do it without you!
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Social Responsibilities Council (SRC)
Peace Team Suggests:
Albany March To End Endless War
(through Negotiations, Justice & Democracy)
Sunday, May 21, 1:00 PM. Rally at Townsend Park, Albany
March to Lafayette Park (Washington Ave. near the Capitol)
Show opposition to war, racism, and militarism.
The Quaker Intentional Village-Canaan (QIVC) invites you to a workshop on Socialized into Whiteness, to be held on Saturday, May 20, 7:00 -8:30 PM, at 235 Bradley's Crossing Rd., East Chatham. This is the second in a series of discussions on Dismantling Racism: Building Capacity for White People to Understand Racial Injustice. They are stand-alone discussions, so you can attend this one without having attended the first one.
Workshops are free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. RSVP's are requested but not required to
info@qivc.org
. For more information:
www.qivc.org
.
Raise Your Voice for End of Life Choice
- Save the date
June 13, 12:15-2:00 at the Colonie Library: Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking (VSED
)
,
presentation by Judith Schwarz, RN, PHD and Clinical Director of End of Life Choices New York
.
Green Sanctuary Committee Reminders:
Once again, the temperature is rising. Simple ways to help stay cool and decrease energy usage (i.e. air conditioning) is to pull your curtains to block the sun, and use a fan. A tree planted on the west side of the house will provide shade in the heat of the afternoon. Also consider hanging some sort of reflective material in your heat-soaked windows to reflect the hot solar rays out of the house. (Even half a window will help.) Aluminum foil will do the trick -- or use aluminum insulation, which is a sturdier product and can be purchased at a hardware store -- or, this week, at the SRC table. Questions? Ask GSC.
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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
Mary Fellows
Volunteering in RE is a great way to give back while doing something totally different then weekday work. The kids always make me smile (if not laugh outright), challenge me, and help me grow. The parents are tremendously appreciative, and Leah keeps us all organized!
Jan McCracken
It's hard to pick a favorite thing about teaching in our RE program. There are so many joys! The curriculum is brilliant and easy to follow. I learn so much from the lessons, I don't fret when I miss the adult service. Leah is a dream to work with - how lucky we are to have her guidance, creativity and stamina. And then the best part is the children who bring their authentic selves to us, and it's really fun. The parents are pretty cool, too!
In Sunday School this week:
The nursery/toddler room
will be open starting at 9:45.
The Pre-k through 5th grade groups will start in Emerson Hall with their families and then go to their groups.
NOTE: The Yellow and Green groups will meet together in room B-6, the Green Group room, downstairs.
Blue/Violet Group (grades 4 and 5) will meet together in room B-3/4.
The 8th grade OWL group will have a field trip to Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood this week. Meet at Albany UU at 10:00; expect to return at noon. RSVP to Leah so the facilitators know who to expect: dre@albanyuu.org
Now is the time to register your child for RE for 2017-18. You can
register online or pick up a form at the RE office.
Summer Session Starts June 18
We need adult volunteers to staff Summer Session - our more casual program for children in Pre-k through 5th grade. Parents and current or past RE volunteers are eligible. We also invite other adults from the congregation to present workshops. Do you have a talent or skill that could be a hands-on project for the kids? Cooking, woodworking, making or assembling things, science, sewing, crafts - I can help you create a workshop with any skill like that. You can volunteer to staff or present a workshop one Sunday or as many as you like. Contact me here or email me at dre@albanyuu.org.
More about Summer session and ways to help out are at
Leah's blog.
As always, feel free to contact Leah Purcell at dre@albanyuu 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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