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June 13, 2019
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Join Us for Worship This Sunday!
Pastoral Care Coverage for Summer
Memorial Service
Flower Team Donations
Potluck and Coffeehouse
From the Immigration Justice Team
Interfaith Shabbat
JUMP Donation Needs
Is Your Team Meeting This Summer?
Summer eNews Schedule
 




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Upcoming Services
Join us for worship on Sundays at 10 a.m. this summer!

June 23: Lay-led service
Worship Associate: 
Doug Facey

June 30: Guest minister Rev. Jennifer Pader
Worship Associate: 
Doug Facey

 



 

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Sunday, June 16 - 10 a.m. Service 
UU Flower Ceremony
 
Please bring a flower to add to 
the  communal bouquet

Join Us for Worship This Sunday!
Sunday, June 16 at 10 a.m. 

Worship Leaders: 
Rev. Susan Milnor,  Rev. Andrée Mol, 
Andrea Spencer-Linzie

Worship Associate: Judy Brook

"Let Love Continue"
In this, the last service of the regular congregational year and the last for three members of our senior staff, Rev. Susan, Rev. Andrée, and Andrea will each have some reflective words of farewell for the congregation. The title of the service comes from Universalist Hosea Ballou's counsel about what keeps people of good will together no matter the circumstance. Today's celebration will include an Irish Blessing by the Adult Choir and the nearly universally observed Flower Ceremony.  Please bring a flower for each member of your party to contribute to the communal bouquet. 

Pastoral Care Coverage for Summer
Join us in exploring Beloved Community at www.uusociety.org Rev. Susan Milnor, Interim Senior Minister

Our lay Pastoral Care Associates will be serving throughout the summer. In case of an emergency requiring a minister, the coverage will be as follows:

June 16-30:  Rev. Susan Milnor  
July 1-31:  Rev. Jane Dwinell
August:  Rev. Tricia Hart 

You may leave a message on the spiritual care line: 
(802) 870-0447. 
         
Also, from June 16-30, the quickest way to reach Rev. Susan is through an email at  revsusan@uusociety.org. Be sure to leave a number where she can call you.
 
Memorial Service for Bunny Wilkening

A memorial service will be held at FUUSB on  Saturday, June 22 at 1 p.m. 
f or longtime member Bunny Wilkening, who passed away on January 20 Rev. Susan will lead the service.
 
Flower Power Team Seeking Flower Donations
Peggy Berby

This summer we would love the opportunity to do Sunday flower arrangements with flowers from our members' gardens. This will not just keep cost down but will provide more variety and better quality, sustainable flowers.  When you have blooms that are ready or near ready please contact either Peggy Derby ( peggy1@sover.net)  or Susan Raimy ( shr05495@yahoo.com) .
 
Potluck and Coffeehouse
Todd Schlossberg

Join Us for Good Food, Friendship and Music at the Saturday, June 15 Potluck and Coffeehouse!
 
As the lake level drops, and at last reveals beaches
And we savor the taste of those first juicy peaches
We are finally convinced, and indeed none too soon
What the calendar tells us: Hoorah! It is June!
 
We throw open our windows, and pull down the screens
And hear kids next door jumping on their trampoline  
Do not feel surprised, 'cause this winter was long
If you find yourself - just like that - break out in song!
 
And join us dear friend, this Saturday night
To feast and make music, and share smiles bright
We'll eat, and tell stories, laugh and then sing 
At our monthly potluck and coffeehouse thing
 
At six starts the potluck, a feast to behold
From savory to sweet, from hot and to cold
Bring an entrée, dessert, a salad, or stew
If you can, something yummy, to nourish a few
 
Sign up, if you're psyched, for the open mic
Or sit back and listen, if that's what you'd like 
Share a poem, a story, a solo, or song
Tap your feet, clap your hands, or perhaps hum along
 
All ages are welcome, all talents are relished
It's a pretty sweet scene, I don't think we embellish
Truth be told, there's not much, that you must do
Apart from this one thing: that is, to bring you!
 
What : Our Monthly FUUSB Potluck and Coffeehouse
Who : Everyone! Friends and family welcome
Where : The Parlors, First UU Society of Burlington
When : Saturday, June 15, 6-8:30 p.m.
Bring : A potluck dish, a song, story or poem to perform, yourself
Questions?  Todd Schlossberg: 

From the FUUSB Immigration Justice Team
Carolyn SmilesImportant Date

Our Immigration Justice Team, the Interfaith Sanctuary Team, the Montpelier UU and other human rights groups have organized an important "Humanitarian Migrant Crisis Conference." It will be held on Sunday, June 16 at the Montpelier UU from 1-5 p.m.

Topics covered will be:
+ Legal issues of immigration & migration
+ Solidarity with Asylum Seekers and Migrants
+ Sanctuary
+ What you can do to assist in this Humanitarian Crisis

You can learn more and hopefully attend this important conference. Please see the bright orange poster outside the Parlors. Thank you.

From VIA: Interfaith Shabbat 
Join Ohavi Zedek Synagogue and Vermont Interfaith Action (VIA) for an Interfaith Shabbat on Friday, June 21 at 6:00 p.m. at Ohavi Zedek, 188 N. Prospect St. in Burlington. This event will celebrate our shared goal of freedom from oppression for all peoples and features a universalized celebration of the Sabbath, commemorating liberation. Please join us as we share stories, songs, prayer, and a special vegetarian meal (gluten-free options available). Everyone is welcome. New Americans will be our guests. Adults: $25; Teens: Free. RSVP by June 14 to 864-0218 or tari@ohavizedek.org. Proceeds benefit VIA.
 
JUMP Donation Needs
Linda Graves

Did you know?  FUUSB is the "Toilet Paper Church"! Or at least that's how we're known at JUMP (Joint Urban Ministry Project). Recently the supply of toilet paper in the JUMP cabinets has been so low that volunteers can only give one roll to each family, no matter their size! Yikes! Please, next time you come to the Meeting House for a service or a meeting, bring a six-pack with you. You can leave it on the shelf at the back of the Sanctuary and it will be delivered to JUMP. Thanks!
 
Is Your Team Meeting This Summer?
Opportunities - add to your calendar or click for the monthly web calendar Mary Williams, Society Administrator

Summer is almost here! Some of our FUUSB teams are on our facility schedule during the summer months and some are not. Please click here to visit our online calendar  if you want to double-check your meeting dates. 

If you still need to schedule your summer meetings, please submit an online space request at: 

If you need to cancel any meetings that are already on the calendar, please let me know soon by emailing mary@uusociety.orgThank you!

Summer eNews Schedule
Please note the following summer publication schedule for the eNews !
 
June 20 and 27
July 11 and 25
August 8 and 22

Beginning in September we will be back to our weekly schedule.