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Unitarian Universalist Church of the North Hills
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Nourish your spirit. Celebrate life. Cherish the connectedness of all things.
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This Week's Upcoming Service
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December 16, 2018
FIND THE SPIRIT IN WINTER
Rev. Don Rollins
Regular classes; Youth Group meets at 6:15 pm
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SUBMISSIONS & BLURBS DEADLINE CHANGES
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INTERCOM SUBMISSION FOR JANUARY
– January Intercom submissions deadline will be
December 14
th
. PLEASE NOTE THIS DEADLINE IS A WEEK EARLIER THAN USUAL.
BLURBS FOR WEEKLY ANNOUNCEMENTS & E-NEWS
– The office will be closed December 24th and 25th and the Office Administrator will be away from the office thru January 2nd. The blurbs for the OOS Announcements and E-NEWS for
December 22nd & 29th will be due
Monday, December 17
th
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Your cooperation is greatly appreciated.
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Has Your Family Welcomed A New Child This Year?
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This Christmas Eve, we would like to honor all the babies born during the past year in our evening service. If your family had a new baby or newly adopted child in 2018, please send her/his name, birth dates, and parents’ names to Dana Poss at
dlfd@uucnh.org
. We will light a candle for each child during our Christmas Eve evening service.
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Guest At Your Table - Thru January 16th
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Guest at Your Table (GaYT) is the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee’s (UUSC) annual intergenerational program to raise support for and awareness of their work to advance human rights. Since UUSC works in over 25 countries, with over 75 grassroots partners, there are thousands of individuals involved and who benefit from the work that our members make possible. GaYT is an opportunity to celebrate grassroots partnership, support human rights, and learn about just four of these individuals – the “guests” in Guest at Your Table.
Take a box home with you and put it near your kitchen table. “Invite” a guest to your table by putting coins in it. Then bring it back to church and turn it in on January 6th or donate it to the UUSC yourself. This is an affiliate organization of the Unitarian Universalist Association. If you’d like more information about its history and great work, please go to
uusc.org
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Equal Exchange Gifts For The Holidays
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To give a Fair Trade item for the holidays is way better than to receive! Consider giving a Fair Trade Item and remember you’ll be supporting small farmers. That means they earn a fair amount for their work, allowing them to pay for healthcare, education and other basic necessities. Consider giving some:
- Organic Coffee-French Roast, Breakfast Blend, Mind, Body & Soul, or Decaf, available in whole bean or drip grind ($9/bag)
- Organic Dark Chocolate bars-with Almonds, With Mint, with Lemon, Ginger, & Black Pepper (NEW!) and Very Dark (up to 80%!) plus Organic Milk Chocolate with a hint of hazelnut ($4 each, or 3 for $10)
- And we have a Chamomile, Rooibos and Chai Teas ($4 each) to warm you up!
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Resumes on
Friday,
December 14th, from 7:30 - 9:00 pm
and we will discuss
MIDDLESEX
by Jeffrey Eugenides. Cal recounts how 5-alpha-reductase deficiency, a recessive condition, caused him to be born with female characteristics. Book is loosely based on aspects of Eugenide's life and Greek heritage. Book for January is
FATHERS and SONS
by Ivan Turgenev. All are welcome, any questions, call Ruth Horwitz 603-903-3566
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Will be held
December 16th @ noon – 1:15
, upstairs, follow the yellow signs. The swirl of extra-biblical gospels includes several that don’t tell a story; rather, they list the ideas of Jesus in seemingly random order. To see their development and their influences, one must look closer. This session, we’ll discuss the Gospel of Thomas, part primitive, part canonical, part Gnostic.
Just a reminder – last JDG for 2018. Yeah, we’ll start up again in January.
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Our next Wonderful Wednesday will take place on
January 2nd
. Please join us for a potluck supper and some quiet time. The potluck starts at
6:00 pm
with the vespers led by Don at
6:45 pm
. Help with the potluck setup/cleanup is appreciated.
Look forward to seeing you at our upcoming Coffeehouse and Wonderful Wednesdays!
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The next Coffeehouse will be held on
Friday, January 4th at 7:30 - 9:00 pm
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Coffeehouse format is open-mic and will be held in the West Room (sanctuary). Note: The Coffeehouse is a substance-free environment.
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ALL
ARE WELCOME!
On
December 24
th
,
UUCNH will hold its annual UUCNH Christmas Eve potluck dinner. Sign up in Friendship Hall through December 23
rd
, or by emailing or calling the contact number below. You do not have to be a member to come! And last minute attendees are encouraged! Please bring your feastware for you and your party and a tasty potluck dish to share that will serve all of the people in your group
Plus
eight more people. Please sign up to bring a salad, a main dish, a side dish or a dessert. Warm mulled apple cider, a child-friendly citrus fruit holiday punch, tea and coffee will be provided. Anyone who would like to volunteer to help may do so by signing up, calling or emailing. For more information, please call Dawn FitzGerald-Swidal at
412-366-2472
or contact her by email at
rowan@octobermorning.com
.
Potluck begins at 5:30 pm; Christmas Eve service begins at 7:30 pm.
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Poinsettia Donations-UUCNH Brightened Up for the Holidays!
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We are most appreciative for the poinsettias purchased by these members & friends:
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John & Carol Ballance
In honor of
Ellie Eigenbrode
Sybil and Ivan Baumwell
In memory of
our parents
Chuck Berry
In memory of my parents, lifelong UUs,
Chuck
& Ann Berr
y
James & Kristen Clarke
In memory of
Mary Morrison Clarke
Stacy & Rick Conlin
In memory of
Great PopPop Conlin
and
PapPap Hazenstab
Kathy & Alan Cypher
In memory of
Lloyd & Nellie Garrett
, and
Robert & Erma Cypher
Hal Dixler
In memory of
Bob Turley
Sue Duda
In memory of John Duda, Kenneth &
Eleanor Happy
Kathi Finch, Abby & Tom Yeh
In memory of
Kay Martin
Dawn Fitz-Gerald Swidal
In memory of
Ed and Betty Swida
l; In honour
of
Viola King
Jen Fontaine & Dan Fritzsche
In memory of
Norman Langdoc, Claire
Fritzsche, Crispian Bake
r and
Frank Heny
Chris Hill & Sue Luebbert
In memory of
Col. William F. Luebbert and
Connie Hill
;
In memory of
Hannah Baldwin May
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Ruth and Michael Horwitz
In celebration of
Max Stansfield
Julie Kant
In memory of
Jeffrey Kant
Joyce Kepner
In memory of
Mary and Lester Kepner;
In memory of
George, Geraldine, &
Roger Easson
Kurt and Ellen Kuntz
In memory of our parents,
Lida George and
Rich & Jean Kuntz
Dawn Lindsay
In memory of
Sandra Lindsay
Lay Pastoral Care Team
In Memory of
John Bernhard & Rik Rodefer
Judy McAuley
In memory of my father,
Frank Libson
Charlotte Moore
In memory of my parents,
Alvin and Jean Hale
Bill Moul
In remembrance of
loved ones lost
Lynn Richards
In memory of
Marilyn June Altman
Lindsay Scott
In memory of
Rik Rodefer
Beth and Mike Zak
In memory of
Richard Zak
And
Randy Minnich, Joe Meier and Kathy Ke
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We have some plants that were donated by people who don’t want to take them home. If you want to take one (or more!) home after Christmas, please contact Chris Hill to purchase one.
Thanks to all for brightening up the church and supporting UUCNH!
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Muslin Association of Greater Pittsburgh (MAP)
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Memorial For Local Victims of Gun Violence
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Online Giving is Available
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It's easy and allows you to set up automatic recurring contributions and view your complete online giving history from anywhere you have access to the internet.
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Get started by going to our website at
www.UUCNH.org
and click on the
Giving Tab
. This will take you to a secure page to make your contributions with instructions on how to get started
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Another way to access our donation page is to download the
GivePlus
app. Once downloaded on your Phone you can search for our church and donate through the app similar to our website. Remember you can also make one time and recurring contributions by using online banking. The advantage to this method is it is FREE for you and the church. Text giving is also available for making contributions to the general fund. Text your contribution amount to 412-218-3380. You will need to register your personal information on your first text but once you are set up, it's an easy and quick method for donations.
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Blurbs For Weekly Announcements & OOS
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Posting To The
UUCNH Calendar
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Please send your weekly blurbs to
office@uucnh.org
by
Tuesday morning
in order to be placed in the upcoming week's Announcements and E-News. For the Announcements, provide a single paragraph blurb (minimize due to space constraints). Please keep in mind that the E-News is sent out by 9 am on Thursdays and the finalizing of the Announcements are complete and ready for print by 10 am.
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In order to better coordinate the calendar all teams, committees, and groups are asked to contact the
office@uucnh.org
with your event plans as soon as possible, especially if you're not on a regular schedule. Thanks in advance for your help!
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Green Lights: Holiday Energy Savings
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Following up on our recent theme of energy, the Green Lights team has gathered a few ideas to keep in mind when preparing that special holiday meal that many of us will be serving. Preheating the oven is not necessary for long-slow cooking, as for turkey or ham; and oven heat can be turned off a few minutes early for most dishes, since cooking will continue as long as the oven door stays closed. Also, to check on the contents, it’s sometimes enough to use the oven light rather than opening the oven door (which can lower the temperature by up to 25 degrees). Food prepared in glass or ceramic pans can be cooked at temperatures about 25 degrees lower than your instructions or recipe calls for. One surprising tip: washing dishes in a dishwasher takes 37 percent less water than washing them by hand; and to save energy, avoid the ‘rinse hold’ setting, and use air-drying, (by appliance setting, or by just opening the door to let dishes dry). If you’re having a house-full of guests, keep the thermostat setting low, since body heat will help keep your rooms toasty. Many of these ideas and more (on lighting, gifts, trees etc.) can be found at sites like
www.resnet.com
(Residential Energy Services Network). Please send comments, questions, stories, to
jennfontaine@gmail.com
; and enjoy your holiday entertaining!
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Greylyn Patton
had tubes put in her ears on Tuesday, after 4 back-to-back ear infections. She wrote “I am feeling much better. I’m even more happy & giggly than I was before!”
Hal Dixler
said his home (with husband Nick) was part of the neighborhood holiday Victorian House tour.
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Note: There are times when you may not be able to share during a Service but want the Congregation to know what is on your heart. In that instance, just contact a member of the Lay Pastoral Care Team in person, by phone or email and we can make the announcement at service for you and/or add it to the e-News. Lay Pastoral Care Team (LPCT) contacts are listed online in the Intercom and on the LPC Team bulletin board outside the office. We welcome your sharing and would be honored to carry forth your message.
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Thursday - December 13
Craft Group
East Room
10 am - 12 pm
Choir Rehearsal
West Room
7:30 - 9:00 pm
Friday - December 14
Bellwood Board Mtg.
East Room
9:00 - 11:30 am
Book Club
East Room
7:30 - 9:00 pm
Saturday - December 15
No Meetings or Events
Sunday - December 16
Breakforth Ensemble
W/D Room
9 - 10 am
Safety Team Meeting
Justice Room
9 - 10 am
Choir Meets
West Room
9:45 - 10:15 am
SST Meeting
East Room
12:00 - 1:30 pm
Jesus Discussion Group
Upstairs
12:00 - 1:15
Youth Group Meeting
Youth Room
6:15 - 8:00 pm
Chair Yoga
East Room
6:30 - 7:30 pm
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Monday - December 17
Bellwood Musical Practice
West Room
9 am - 2 pm
Ukulele Group
East Room
7 - 9 pm
Tuesday - December 18
Safety Preparedness Team
East Room
5:30 - 7:00 pm
Board Meeting
East Room
7 - 9 pm
LCD Support Group
Youth Room
7:00 - 8:30 pm
Wednesday - December 19
Bellwood Holiday Musical
West Room
9 am - 3 pm
Ministry Council Meeting
Don's Office
6:30 - 8:30 pm
Connections Team Meeting
East Room
6:30 - 8:30 pm
Thursday - December 20
Craft Group
East Room
10 am - 12 pm
Recovery Support Group
East Room
6:30 - 8:00 pm
Choir Rehearsal
West Room
7:30 - 9:00 pm
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UU Church of the North Hills
2359 West Ingomar Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15237
Phone: 412-366-0244
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