The Survey Is Coming! The Survey Is Coming!!

The Ministerial Search Committee needs all members and friends of the congregation to complete  the survey in September.  All ministerial candidates will be able to see the results of our survey.  The data from the survey will help the Ministerial Search Committee decide on the best candidate for settled minister for our Church.  The survey will be available online and in paper form on September 15.  

Thanks for a summer of beautiful music!!

Our summer services were made even more special by volunteer musicians!  Thanks to John Akers,  Monica Beck, Charles Courtsal, Glenda Brayman, Nancy Grear, Alain Perregaux, Gordon Porth,  Ann Rhody, Sarah Singal, Howard Spindler, and  Patricia Stott for sharing your talent with us this summer. 

This Week at First Universalist

Thank you for keeping us updated, both when you schedule events and when you need to cancel one!  Please continue to do so.  Send news of your events to [email protected] or call 546-2826.

ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR SEPTEMBER 8, 2013:

NEXT SERVICE: Sunday, September 15: Always Needing to Say "I'm Sorry". The High Holy Days are just concluded.  Or are they?  My experience suggests that one ritual atonement is a good thing, a very good thing, but that my need to apologize goes on and on.  Rev. Martha L. Munson

NEXT DROP-IN DISCUSSION: Sunday, September 15: Upheaval in the Middle East.  We'll try to figure out what is happening in Egypt, Syria and other Middle East countries and what U.S. policy should be.  Phil Ebersole will facilitate.

NURSERY CARE for babies and younger children is provided throughout the service on the second floor.  We also have seating in our second floor foyer, where parents can hold their little ones and listen to the service via speaker.

FOOD INGATHERING: The monthly food ingathering is today. Donations of non-perishable food items will be collected to benefit The Community Food Cupboard on Nester Street. Donations have dropped, and there is a particular need for canned vegetables, soup, and mac & cheese.

NEXT GARDEN PARTY: We will be moving soil from a large tarp into the raised beds on Monday, September 9th. A rain date is Wednesday September 11, but the weather looks good for the 9th so far. We have some people coming but could use a couple more; please let Sarah Singal know ([email protected]) if you are coming. We assume the soil will be delivered in the morning, but do not know when. If we know who you are we can call you when it's there.

THE SURVEY IS COMING! THE SURVEY IS COMING!!!  The Ministerial Search Committee needs all members and friends of the congregation to complete  the survey in September.  All ministerial candidates will be able to see the results of our survey.  The data from the survey will help the Ministerial Search Committee decide on the best candidate for settled minister for our Church.  The survey will beavailable online and in paper form on September 15.  

THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE is seeking 4 candidates who would like to attend the Annual Meeting of the New York State Convention of Universalists (NYSCU)  to be held  October 25-26, 2013 at St Paul's Universalist Church in Little Fall, NY.  Please contact Tom Williams at [email protected] if you are interested.    

BOOK CLUB: The next meeting is Sept. 22 at noon in the Adult Lounge. The book choice is "The Plague of Doves" by Louise Erdrich. Everyone is welcome to attend.

BRAND NEW RECYCLING SHEET in the Clara Barton Lounge where you can choose a convenient day to take out the recycling. Please affix your signature so we can reduce refuse removal costs and care for out little part of the interdependent web.

WITNESS PALESTINE The second annual film and panel discussion series runs Sept 8-23 at the Little Theater and at St. John Fisher College.  The first film, 5 broken Cameras, will be shown at 2 PM today at the Little Theater.  Further details are posted on the bulletin boards outside the office and in the Clara Barton Lounge.

CAR CITY IS HERE! Please help raise awareness of family homelessness - often hidden from view - by gathering pledges to help support RAIHN, the Rochester Area Interfaith Hospitality Network.  As you ask friends, neighbors and others for pledges, you will be spreading the word.  Further information and pledge forms are available on the bulletin Board in the Clara Barton Lounge.  Thank you.

RAIHN TRAINING: Thursday, Oct. 3rd from 7-9 PM at Summerville Presbyterian Church,

4845 St. Paul Blvd. Contact the RAIHN office at 585-506-9050or  [email protected]

PULLMAN MEMORIAL Universalist Church will present The Planned Parenthood of Albion with the 2013 Humanitarian Award for 40 years of providing rape crisis services to our community.  Sun, Oct 13, 2013, 11 am at Pullman.  All are welcome to attend.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY: Cameron Communities Ministries, 48 Cameron St, Tuesdays 9 am -1 pm in the clothing house. Please contact Eleanor Siegfried 465-0324.

THE FLOWERS IN THE SANCTUARY are provided by the Caring Committee in loving memory of Beryl Haas.

A CARING COMMITTEE REMINDER: When a family member enters the hospital, needs emergency meals, needs transportation to church, or wants home visits; please contact Ruth Fitzgerald [email protected] 225-0555,or Eileen Fernandez, [email protected] or 225-2301.

HEARING LOOP IN SANCTUARY: Please use the T setting on your hearing aid or see an usher for a receiver.