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Coming Up at UCG
You can always access a detailed calendar on the church website. Click here & bookmark it if you'd like!
Thursday, August 14
Feminist Class at Barbara Klatt's home, 58 Rose Dr., 7 PM
Friday, August 15
Office Administrator's vacation
AA in the Annex, 7 PM
Saturday, August 16
Farm & Craft Market on Annex Lawn, 8 AM - Noon
Great Granville Picnic, 4 PM
Sunday, August 17
10th Sunday of Pentecost
Worship with Emlyn Walsh's baptism & guest speaker, Bob Erikson of the Hunger Network of Ohio, 10 AM
Panel Conversation in the Chapel--"Growing Food & Justice," 11:30-12:15
Nursery care from 10-11:15 AM
Open Board Meeting, 12:30 in the Annex
Monday, August 18
Office Administrator's vacation
Long Range Planning Group meeting at L. Robertson's, 7 PM
Tuesday, August 19
Office Administrator's vacation
SPARK "Soup Kitchen" (free meal) in the Annex, Noon-1 PM
Wednesday, August 20
Office Administrator's vacation
Granville schools begin
"Cooking Up Health" in the Chapel, 7 PM
Thursday, August 21
Office Administrator's vacation
Granville Parent Cooperative Preschool Open House, 6-8 PM
Friday, August 22
Office Administrator's vacation Porch & Patio Party on W. Elm St., 7-9 PM
AA in the Annex 7 PM
Saturday, August 23
Farm & Craft Market on Annex Lawn, 8 AM - Noon
Special Delegates Meeting of the CSEOA/UCC, Grace UCC in Lancaster, 10 AM
Sunday, August 24
11th Sunday of Pentecost
Worship & Communion, 10 AM
Lunches on the Square Preparations after worship
Worship Planning Team meeting, 11:30 AM
Nursery care from 10-11:15 AM
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Aug 28 Denison classes begin;
"Burn" Showing at Glassworker's Union Hall, 6 PM
Aug 31 "Sacredness of Labor Sunday" with Cathi Steele of Mid-Ohio Workers Association in worship
Sep 1 Fall Beacon deadline
Sep 7 Fall Sunday School Kickoff
Sep 21 "Chasing Ice" Showing in the Chapel, 2 PM
Sep 26-27 Annual Gathering of the ABC/RGR
Oct 12 Congregational Meeting
Oct 18 Last Farm & Craft Market
Oct 24 Mystery Dinner, 6 PM
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Good Causes
Help Meet the Needs of Students at Ben Franklin Elementary School!
The South Newark Civic Association (SNCA) is collecting items to meet the needs of students at Ben Franklin School.
There is an immediate need for backpacks. There is an ongoing need for children's sweatpants and tennis shoes. Tennis shoes can be gently used. A box for donated items is located near the Welcome Table.
Envelopes are also available for monetary donations. Please make checks out to South Newark Civic Association. Donations are tax deductible.
Contact Linda Mossholder if you have questions: 522-6350 or [email protected].
SPARK "Soup Kitchen" Tuesdays, Noon-1 PM UCG Annex Gym Denison University and SPARK have partnered to make a hot lunch available to the community at no charge. Come enjoy a free meal with friends! For more info, call 740-587-0200. This is both an opportunity for SPARKlers, who get a chance to serve the meal, and for folks to come together in community.
Consider joining the Justice & Peace Action Network! Did you know that the UCC has a Justice and Peace Action Network you can be a part of? Click here to join and get news of ways you can speak your mind on issues of peace and justice to those in positions of leadership.
Progressives for Social Justice in Licking County, Ohio Facebook Group
Feel free to send the church an e-mail if you'd like to join this closed Facebook group, and someone in the group can add you as a member.
The Food Pantry
August is Canned Fruit & Tuna Month for the Food Pantry. A donation basket is next to the Welcome Table in the Sanctuary. Remember that you may also give financially as well (envelopes are available by the donation basket).
For more information, see
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A Note about
"What's Up at UCG?"We hope you find these e-mails informative and useful, but we also know that many of you have full in-boxes already! If you'd rather not receive these mid-week updates from UCG, you may unsubscribe by following the link at the bottom of this page. We'll be sad to see you go, but we understand!
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SW Corner of Broadway & Main
Granville, OH 43023
(740) 587-0336
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Electronic Giving
UCG now has a system in place which allows you to contribute by automatic deposit. Click here to find out more or to sign up.
And remember that you can always listen to past
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Friends, I hope you're all enjoying this beautiful summer... A special word of thanks to Louise Gemmell Joanna Samuelson & Carolyn Piper--and to all the rest of you who carried an extra load while our family was enjoying a couple of weeks of vacation. It's great to be back in Granville, and to plunge back into all the exciting things that are happening as we gear up for the fall! This month, we welcome Ceciel Shaw to our staff as part-time Director of Ministry to Children & Families! Along with her husband Jack Shuler and kids, Amelie ("AJ") and Frankie, Ceciel is already well-loved at UCG. With formal education at both Rutgers (B.A.) and the Teacher's College at Columbia University (M.A.), and bringing with her a wealth of experience in teaching and with children, we're blessed to have Ceciel agree to serve in this way. Welcome, Ceciel! Shalom, Dwight |
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Announcements
Youth Canoeing & Camping Trip
THIS Thursday & Friday!
A good group of youth are "signed up" to go out with chaperones, Doug Swift & Amy Mock for a few days of fun in nature. Doug writes: "A reminder we are meeting Thursday morning at UCG at 9:30 for 10 a.m. departure. Please bring the following: $30 to cover food, camping and canoeing expenses. Make checks payable to UCG.
Lunch for Thursday.
Sleeping bag (tents are being arranged, so don't bring one of those unless you were asked).
Camp mattress.
Snacks.
Games if you'd like.
Bathing suit (campsite has a pool).
Sunscreen and bug spray if you use them (no aerosols).
Flashlight.
Water bottle and other necessities. Provided: Thursday Dinner and Friday Breakfast and Lunch
Tents
Cook and dishware
Water
Fun Questions, call Doug (740-454-1835) or Amy (740-454-0120) Weather should be great. All systems go!"
Feminist Class Summer Schedule
During the summer, we will continue our discussion of Sue Monk Kidd's The Invention of Wings. We will meet once a month in the evening at members' homes.
THIS Thursday, August 14, 7:00-8:30
at 58 Rose Dr., Granville
Discussion leader: Mindy Essex on the Great Migration from South to North.beginning in the 1920s
Directory Up-Date in Progress-- Your Help Needed! The UCG directory is made up of members and friends of UCG. Its purpose is to facilitate communication with each other. So, whether you're old or new to the church, we hope you'll help us keep it up to date. Please go online ( www.unitedchurchgranville.org) and look for the directory under the CHURCH FAMILY RESOURCES tab (the password is "redcarpet") to see if you're in the directory and whether the information is correct. If it's not, please send your corrected information to [email protected]. If you're not in the directory, and you'd like to be, please send your contact information (name, address, phone, email) and a current photo (optional) to [email protected]. Thank you!
"Licking County Local Food Week"
starts Friday, Aug. 15th 
This Sunday, August 17th
Worship, 10 AM
This Sunday in worship, Brian and Bryn's daughter, Emlyn Walsh, will be baptize d. We welcome you into our family, little Emlyn! Later in the service special guest, Bob Erikson, Director of The Hunger Network in Ohio, will be sharing a message.
"Growing Food and Justice"
In the Chapel after Worship, 11:30-12:15
A panel Discussion with Bob Erikson and several members of UCG who are already active in the food justice movement.
Open Board Meeting, 12:30 in the Annex.
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Speak up for Sunday Transportation!
The Licking County Transit Board will vote on cuts to transit service on Thursday, August 21 at 5:30 PM at the Transit Board Headquarters on 763 East Main Street., Newark, OH 43055. Contact County Commissioner Tim Bubb to make your views known. Tim Bubb, Chair, Licking County Transit Board 20 S. Second Street, Newark, Ohio 43055 740-670-5118 (office) 740-670-5119 (fax) 740-334-5387 (cell) [email protected] http://www.lcounty.com/lctb/default.aspx "Burn" Film Showing, Aug. 28th, 6-9PM Glassworkers Union Hall (GMP) 350 Hudson Ave., Newark, OH "Burn is a character-driven documentary about Detroit, told through the eyes of Detroiters who are on the front lines, trying to rescue and rebuild it." Sponsored by the Freedom School in Licking County and supported by the Central Ohio AFL-CIO Labor Council & Firefighters Local 109.
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Staff & Office News...
Administrator Louise Gemmell will be on vacation from this Friday, August 15 to Friday, August 22. The next "What's Up" e-mail will be sent on August 27th. The fall Beacon deadline is Sept. 1st!
Note about Monday groups! The Monday afternoon Book Study and Meditation Group will not be meeting during August and will resume in September. Be Informed... These links are regularly updated! Check out the latest news from:
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Thought for the Day
"The central problem for the Christian church in America today is that most of us fear the cure more than the illness. Most of us prefer the plausible lie that we can't be cured to the fantastic truth that we can be. And there's a reason: if it's hell to be guilty, it's scarier to be responsible--response-able, able to respond to God's visionary and creative love."
- Rev. William Sloane Coffin
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