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We join together to encourage spiritual growth,
build a beloved community, and act for peace and justice.
9:30am & 11:30am
"What Do You Really Think?
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- The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg
Special music by the UUCF Adult Choir
Invite a Friend
Unitarian Universalism is a "big tent" religious movement, so we rightly spend a lot of time covering a widely diversity of subjects. But for any of us individually, some angles and approaches are more helpful than others, and on Sunday, December 9, Rev. Carl sermon will respond to the question, "What Do You Really Think?" If a friend, family member, or colleague might be particularly interested in this topic, invite them to join you. Special music by Nick Int Veldt.
 This Sunday
9:30 a.m.
Early Service
(Sanctuary)
Children 3rd-grade & younger sung to "Arts & Exploration" (Room 123)
10:30 a.m. Religious Education for All Ages:
- Winter Pageant Rehearsals (Rooms 120, 123, Sanctuary)
- Earth-centered Spirituality Service(Chapel)
- RE Youth Group (Room 125)
- UU Parenting Forum: "UU Elevator Speeches: for You, Other Parents, Your Kids" (Room 124)
- Friendly Forum: December's Split-plate Recipient: Kenya Connection (Room 113)
11:30 a.m. Late Service (Sanctuary)
Children 3rd-grade & younger sung to "Arts & Exploration" (Room 123)
12:40 a.m. Holiday Decorations Team: If you are available after the Late Service, please stay to help us decorate UUCF for the holidays. Many hands make light work. (Decorating took approximate 45 minutes last year.)
Friendly Forum: December's Split-plate Recipient, Kenya Connection.Bob Ladner and Mary Bowman-Kruhm will provide an update on UUCF's Kenya Connection including some background for new members about how we got involved and how both Lilian's studies and Oltorotua's well and school are doing, Bob will discuss meeting Lilian and Jackson when we visited Kenya, and hopefully will see them on our return trip (now scheduled for Dec. 2019). Our s-p to support the Kenya Connection will be Dec. 16 and we hope all SAC members will be able to answer questions from newer UUCF members about why maintaining our support is so personally necessary for both Lilian and her family and the villagers of Oltorotua.
 Toys for Tots Holiday Collection: We are collecting new, unwrapped toys for children in need for distribution during the holidays. Boxes are by the entry coat closet for your convenience. Bring a smile to a child during the holidays! Thanks to Di Creedon for being our liaison with Toys for Tots again this year.
This Week
Feldenkrais with Katie: **canceled for tonight**
UU Buddhists Group Meditation:
Thursdays, 7:00 p.m. (Chapel)
Retired UU Ladies Eating Out (RUULEO): Tuesday, December 11, 11:30 a.m. (Wegman's Food Court) All are welcome.
Social Action Committee Monthly Meeting: Tuesday, December 11, 5:30 p.m. (Room 113)
Daytime Meditation Group:
Wednesdays, 11:00 a.m. (Chapel)
Holiday Events
In Loving Memory of Ray Fannin, Scarlet's father: Ray died on Monday, November 26 at the age of 81. Please keep his family in your thoughts and prayers. Condolences can be sent to: Scarlet Fannin, 3012 Old National Pike, Middleton MD 21769.
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Religious Education News
Holiday Events
 SAVE THE DATE! Chili Potluck and Carol Sing: Sunday, December 23, 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. This is a delightful event: SUNDAY DEC 23, FROM 5-7:30 PM. It brings all generations together for a tasty meal, lots of fun for the kids, good conversation for the adults, and a Carol Sing to top off the evening. We do need the following: Commitments for various kinds of Chili, a few people to bring cornbread, a few to bring cookies or desserts, others to make gingerbread cookies (using our special recipe) and some to help in the kitchen. Contact
[email protected]
or 301 662 8506.
Multigenerational Christmas Eve Services: Monday, December 24, 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. (both services will be identical)
Classes and Events
Climate Change Working Group Meeting: Saturday, December 8, 10:00 a.m. (Room 113)
This meeting will feature a presentation by Working Group chair Karen Russell that introduces climate change concepts and highlights what we can expect locally. New attendees are encouraged.
UUCF Coffeehouse Open Mic:
Saturday, December 8, 7:00 p.m. (Sanctuary)
Please join us. This is the perfect opportunity to share your talents with an appreciative crowd! Everyone gets a chance to do two or three pieces and if there's time at the end, one or two more!! Hope to see you there! Of course, if you aren't up to taking the stage, every performer LOVES an audience! Feel free to bring snacks or even dinner. As always, BYOB! This event is free, but donations are gratefully accepted. For more information, email
[email protected]
or check out our Facebook page
www.facebook.com/UUCFCoffeehouse
.
Sip'nStitch: Thursday, December 13, 6-ish pm. Sip'nStitch will meet at Mary Kruhm's Homewood house for a little sipping, dinner at 6:30-ish. Join us to stitch (if you wish), talk, eat, sip and talk some more; lots of laughs guaranteed. Contact Mary (
[email protected]) for specific directions. Bring potluck dish if possible.
UUCF Book Club: Friday, December, 14, 2018, at 7:30 at the home of Jane and Geary Hufstedler, 212 S. Market St., 501-658-8680. The book for discussion is
March, by Geraldine Brooks. From Louisa May Alcott's
Little Women, Geraldine Brooks has animated the character of the absent father, March, and crafted a story "filled with the ache of love and marriage and with the power of war upon the mind and heart of one unforgettable man" (Sue Monk Kidd). Please RSVP to Jane Hufstedler if you plan to attend. Hope to see you there!
Readings for Resistance & Resilience: Sunday, December 16, 10:40 a.m. (Sanctuary) The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Christmas Eve Sermon for Peace.
Retired UU Men Eating Out (RUUMEO): December 19, 8:00 a.m. Golden Corral (Rte. 355)
Daytime Meditation Group: Wednesdays, 11:00 a.m. (Room 115) Facilitated by Alice MacDonald (
[email protected], 240.815.5406). We will begin with 45 minutes of silent meditation, and everyone is welcome to meditate for less time (5 minutes) and then quietly slip out of the room! All are welcome, beginners to long-time meditators.
Feldenkrais at UUCF: Thursdays at 5:30 pm (Chapel) led by UUCF member, Katie Giarth. Guided attention and gentle movement with an emphasis on sensory learning. Improves posture, flexibility, coordination, athletic performance, mobility, chronic pain, tension and stress. $10/session). Visit:
brainbodymotion.com for more information.
UU Buddhist Meditation Group:
Thursdays, 7:00-8:30 p.m.(Chapel) The group explores a variety of Buddhist teachings, with a 30-40 minute meditation. All are welcome; no experience necessary! For more information, or to be added to the e-mail list for weekly notices, contact Lynn Wagner at
[email protected]
.
Social Action News
December's Social Action Committee Monthly Meeting: Tuesday, December 11, 5:30 p.m. (Room 113)
 UUsed Book Sale March 2019 - Call for "Snow Bird" Books Please Note: This request is only for books that we might miss from people that cannot deliver them at the normal time. The call for all book donations will be for delivery to the church about two weeks before the actual sale on March 30th. Please help us get ready by saving your books until then.
But if you or a family member, a friend or neighbor who are:
- Moving
- Downsizing
- Snow birding
We don't want to miss these books for the UUsed Book Sale, the major fundraiser for the Social Actions committee's to provide assistance to non profit organizations. Please contact Tom and Marilou Barratt at 240-235-2355 or [email protected]. Thank you so much.
Dismantling Racism Team News
Timely new books from Beacon Press:
Revive Us Again by The Reverend Dr. William J. Barber II:
In this age of political division and civic unrest, Rev. Barber's message is more necessary than ever. This volume features Rev. Barber's most stirring sermons and speeches, with response essays by prominent public intellectuals, activists, and faith leaders. Drawing from the history of social movements in the U.S., especially the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Poor People's Campaign, Rev. Barber and the contributors to this volume speak to the most pressing issues of our time.
Dare to Lead by Brené Brown:
Bren
é
Brown has taught us what it means to dare greatly and rise strong in
Braving the Wilderness
. Now, based on new research conducted with leaders, change makers, and culture shifters, she's showing us how to put those ideas into practice so we can step up and lead. How do you cultivate braver, more daring leaders, and how do you embed the value of courage in your culture? In this new book, Brown uses research, stories, and examples to answer these questions in the refreshingly honest style that millions of readers have come to expect and love.
Community News
Care about women's issues? The Frederick County Commission for Women has a few vacancies to fill. Its mission is "to advise and counsel the residents of Frederick County and all government agencies on the needs of women and especially those matters relating to discrimination or prejudice on account of gender." The Commission is hosting an open house Tuesday, Dec. 11, 7 PM, at Winchester Hall, 12 East Church St., Frederick, to help people learn about its work before applying. Contact: Karen Czaoansky (
[email protected])
Culture of Consent Seminar
This Saturday, December 8, 4 - 6PM at Cedar Lane UU Church; 9601 Cedar Lane, Bethesda, MD 20814
Join us for a special parent and teacher seminar on teaching children about consent and creating a culture of consent in the home with guest speaker, CB (Cindy Beal, M.Div., they/them/theirs).
Lecture Topic: BEYOND NO, GO, TELL
Raising children and youth who understand, articulate, and respect boundaries and consent with CB BEAL, M.DIV. of Justice and Peace Consulting
Parents, caregivers, teachers, peers can all choose to practice consent in a way that deeply embeds the ideas of boundaries, noticing and respecting into our children's daily lives. CB calls this Preemptive Radical Consent. Whether it's playing ball, choosing snack, or deciding about a hug, wrestling, or sexual interaction, we can teach children and youth to notice their desires-what they do and do not want-and we can teach them to notice from the words and behaviors of others, what those people's desires may be or not. And we must model for them how noticing and respecting is experienced like as part of daily life. We do this when we are intentional about when and how we ask children and youth about their bodies, their feelings, what they want and what they do not want, and then respect their answers* we inoculate them. We can teach young people what healthy boundaries are like by commonly respecting theirs, let them experience and expect that their bodies will be respected, and to recognize what it feels like when it's not, and to know what to do if their boundary is violated. All of this is what teaches children and youth how to know when to say no, when they need to go, and which adults are going to help them when they tell.
When we develop a common language and set of expectations as a community for how healthy boundaries and consent are experienced, we develop herd immunity. We can create a community even beyond our family where children learn to be able to tell what healthy relationships are like, to notice that there are consistent and predictable boundaries and genuine respect for consent among both adults and peers in their lives. And notice when a peer or adult, or even they themselves, are not behaving in a consistent manner with what they know to be healthy. In this workshop parents and other adult caregivers and educators will be given the opportunity to explore a concrete framework of consent in daily family and community life. This workshop will include presentation, video, projected images and music, time for reflection, and small group discussion.
See you there! CB is the founder and director of Justice and Peace Consulting.
Coffee and tea and light snacks (inc GF and vegan) will be available starting at 3:45 pm, and the workshop will begin promptly at 4 pm.
Accessibility: this workshop will be held in an accessible space. The presenter and comments from the group will be mic'ed. There's a gender-free restroom adjacent. Please do not wear scents out of respect for others who are allergic.
Childcare will be offered.
Nothin' Fancy Bluegrass - ONE NIGHT ONLY!
Friday, December 14, 2018
6:00pm doors open, 7:30pm showtime
At the Bull Run Unitarian Universalists congregation in Old Town Manassas
9350 Main Street
Manassas, VA 20110
Nothin' Fancy was formed in 1994 to compete in a bluegrass competition. After discovering the undeniable camaraderie between its members, it has continued working together and gained a large fan base of loyal followers. The band has released 11 full length albums, and continues to perform at festivals all across the United States and Canada, and even in in Norway.
Tickets are $20, general admission, all ages. The building is a non-smoking venue.
Open parking is available in and around Old Town Manassas, including the city garage a couple short blocks away (and one handicapped space in front of the building).
For more information and questions, please email [email protected] or call 703-732-1000.
Make giving to UUCF easy this Holiday: make UUCF your charity of choice under the Amazon Smile program:
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