March 10, Sunday: Transformation
Getting Out of Our Own Way
9:15 and 11:15 am
Spring is coming and the butterfly is a classic symbol of transformation. We humans, too, often go through stages to reach our potential. Sometimes, though, we get in our own way. Come hear ideas about opening up to stillness, to nurture, and supporting others. Rev. Alexandra McGee will preach and Bob Gross will co-lead.
Click
HERE
for link to This Week's Order of Service
Click
HERE
for link to This Week's Announcements
[Note:
The new Order of Service and Announcements will be posted by the end of the day on Friday each week. Please check back later if you see last week's OOS.]
Our liturgical year is organized around the four seasons and four fundamental issues or questions we humans have danced with for millennia. Within this larger context, each month has its own thematic focus.
In March, our focus is Transformation.
For information about our Lifespan Faith Development Program and classes for children, youth and adults--contact
Leia Durland-Jones
, Director of Faith Development.
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Don't forget to spring forward on Saturday, March 9... Daylight savings time begins Sunday, March 10!
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TJMC's Inclement Weather Policy: TJMCUU follows the inclement weather decisions made by the Charlottesville City Schools for inclement weather delays or closings. For Sunday Services, if there is a delay or closing, TJMC will send an email and post on Facebook. Please contact your event/meeting coordinator directly if you need information about whether a specific church meeting or event is delayed or cancelled. Thanks!
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THIS WEEK AT CHURCH
(see Faith Development section for additional events)
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Get-away to Charlottesville!
TJMCUU BED & BREAKFAST
:
Do you have family or UU friends who need a place to stay
while visiting in the Charlottesville area? Encourage them to inquire about the TJMCUU Bed & Breakfast program, which provides comfortable, friendly, affordable accommodations with fellow UUs. Proceeds help support TJMC. For details:
bevandjim5@comcast.net
,
bandb@uucharlottesville.org
or call Bev Thierwechter at 434-205-4087.
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Golden Spoon Award: March 10th
One of the best, most active social justice activities that we participate in is the Soup Kitchen. With a consortium of downtown churches, the hungry are fed lunch every day. We feed folks on Sunday. Bet you didn’t know that Satyendra Huja is our founder? He has just retired as a Soup Kitchen captain and we’d like to give him a Golden Spoon Award. Please come to church on March 10 at the 11:15 service to hoot and holler for his leadership and for everyone who loves to do this work.
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Adult Faith Development: Faithful Practices (offered from 11:15 AM to 12:30 PM on Sundays March 10 and April 14.)
See Faith Development section for more details.
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PERSPECTIVES ON THE LORD’S PRAYER - Sunday, March 10
from 10-11 AM in Summit 1 led by Rev. Karen Foley. Rev. Foley will present this service with her perspectives on The Lord’s Prayer. She is currently a spiritual director, but was formerly a UU minister from Maine. She retired here in Charlottesville and has been with us for three years at TJMC UU. All are welcome to this worship service.
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Second Sunday Soup Lunch
today following the 11:15 service. Join your church friends for all the soup you can eat for a $5. Choose from vegan potato or turkey taco soup. All proceeds benefit the church’s general fund and go to help reduce our $17,000.00 (and growing) deficit. Thanks to Lorie Craddock and Beth Jaeger-Landis, TJMC Board Members, for their leadership with this luncheon. Come enjoy fellowship and lunch!
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Pride Alliance Potluck and Game Night March 12th at 6pm, Social Hall.
Bring a dish to share, a beverage for yourself, and a game you like. We'll decide which games to play after we see all the possibilities. All are welcome. We'll get child care if you let us know in advance. (
Katefraleigh@gmail.com
)
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Wednesday Wonderings, 12:15-1:15 PM, Church Parlor.
Join us for thoughtful readings and discussions in an open-minded and open-hearted atmosphere. Take a mid-week break to feed your mind and spirit. Contact: Lou Centore,
loucentore@gmail.com
.
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Contemplative Worship on Wednesdays from 11:30-12:30 (Labyrinth and Sanctuary):
Join others on the outdoor labyrinth for this mid-week sacred pause. In addition to the labyrinth, stones are available for stacking/meditation under the oak tree outside the social hall. Linger in the Remembrance Garden as you make your way to the sanctuary for readings, reflection, meditation, candles of Hope and Remembrance and/or writing in the sands of Atonement and Forgiveness. Bring your journal and write. Close your eyes and rest. Give yourself the gift of renewal during the week. All are welcome. Come and go as you need.
Contact a member of the Contemplative Worship Team,
Cindy Mick, Maggie Ober
,
Wendy Steeves
or
Leia Durland-Jones
, for more information.
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Save these dates
! Members and friends of the TJMC Congregation are invited and encouraged to attend the
IMPACT
Nehemiah ACTION Meeting on
April 11
, from 6:30-8pm at the Martin Luther King Performing Arts Center (Charlottesville High School) to convince local city and county leaders to support affordable housing. Have you noticed “affordable & accessible housing” appears often on local newscasts? It’s a serious problem in our area. TJMC is among 27 local congregations (IMPACT) who are engaged in extensive efforts to create policies and obtain resources to improve housing in this region! Want more information? Visit the IMPACT table in the TJMC Social Hall, Sunday,
March 10
, after each service for information about affordable housing needs/efforts in Charlottesville City and Albemarle County. Meanwhile, visit the
IMPACT blog
on the TJMC Website for details.
(add link)
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The next Newcomer Orientation is on March 24, 2019
, 12:45-2:30 pm in the Church Parlor.
Questions:
Sally Taylor
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TJMC UU Passover Seder, Saturday, April 20 from 5-7:30 PM
in the social hall. This family friendly event is loads of fun! For more information, contact Jeremy Gill
jeremyfgill@gmail.com
or Margo Gill
margolkgill@gmail.com
Sign-Up Genius with details about foods to potluck is coming soon!
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Celebrate the Jewish Festival of Purim Sunday, March 24 after both services!
The Gill family invites us to celebrate Purim or "The Feast of Lots" with them on Sunday March 24 during social hour after both services. Purim carnivals and celebrations come from the celebration of Esther "unmasking" herself to save the Jews from Haman. The idea is that a minority living in a possibly hostile majority culture may survive and even thrive. People are encouraged to wear costumes during the festival and many communities have a gift exchange. The carnivals tend to have various games for children with silly prizes. We will celebrate at TJMC by wearing costumes to church (wear any kind of costume you like) and playing carnival games. The Gill family will provide hamantaschen, which are the traditional triangular cookies shaped to look like the antagonist, Haman's, hat.
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Generous Gift to TJMC Endowment: Elizabeth Breeden says, “Dell Smith was one of our members who I called my mentor. She and her husband, Tony, were always the ones who volunteered both for jobs to help make decisions but also to do the physical work around the church. When we decided the alcove that now has the membership cabinet in it in the church foyer needed painting, Dell and Tony were seen painting it the next Saturday. Dell could always be counted on to review the new budget and hammer the Board with questions. I counted on the fact that she was noticing, supporting, and showing up. The Board has been notified by Dell and Tony’s son that Dell left $20,000 to our Endowment Fund. We are honored by her thoughtful support.”
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Social Action Collection Applications:
The TJMC-UU church has 12 Social Action Collections each year. We choose to whom we give each collection by asking our members to recommend non-profit organizations that they are involved with, that promote local social justice issues or UUA sanctioned international organizations, to apply to receive one of the monthly appeals. Because there are only 12 collections per year, it is a competitive process. Applications with our process can be found
HERE
or on the Social Action bulletin board. They can be submitted electronically to
socialjustice@uucharlottesville.org
or leave them in the Social Justice mailbox at church.
Deadline April 30
th
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Does listening to public radio go hand in hand with being a Unitarian Universalist? It does when your donations to public radio fund outreach announcements for UU churches in central Virginia. As we have done for many years, donations made to public radio by TJMC members are pooled with donations from the Roanoke, Lynchburg, and Blacksburg churches to purchase underwriting announcements. You can participate by writing your check to TJMC and putting "public radio" in the memo line. Your contribution is tax deductible and helps get the word out about our community. This year's fund drive is currently underway.
Please respond before March 15. Thanks for supporting both TJMC and WVTF! For more information, contact Maggie Ober at
ober1621@comcast.net
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March Artist:
Roban Griffin
" Stepping Through the Veil " ( Cosmic tales written in color) Roban Griffin-acrylic and ink on wood or canvas
Quantum science promises there are mysterious unseen worlds that cohabit space with our everyday ordinary experience. Energies, with characteristic frequencies, cross paths and purposes with our consciousness to create an infinite array of realities. Colors are visible frequencies that allow us to lift the veil and melt into the phantom ether. I am along for the ride.
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Our partners in Transylvania are inviting us to cooperate in a project.
The Déva church is proud to announce that they've just completed a brand new guesthouse for the many pilgrims who travel there each year to see the Citadel where Dávid Ferenc died. Now they are inviting UUs from around the globe to help out by furnishing the house. Here’s how you can learn more and donate:
https://faithify.org/projects/deva-guest-house/
. Questions, talk to Rev. Alex McGee.
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Young Adult Lunch
will be offered on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month (October-May) after the second Sunday service at 12:45PM in the Lower Hall Kitchen. Come enjoy deepening connections and building community together. For questions or more information: Colleen Anderson
ma@uucharlottesville.org
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Keep up with what we're thinking and talking about as a congregation!
Our blog, "
The Talk of TJMC
" is intended to be a place where members of our community can share their thinking -- whether it's "practical" thoughts about the church, reflections on the meaning of life, poetry, etc. Find the blog at
http://thetalkoftjmc.blogspot.com/
Email
revwik@uucharlottesville.org
about having something you've written posted on the blog so that it is something we all can talk about.
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Awesome faith development and learning opportunities (no matter the color of your skin) from
Black Lives of UU. Check out their website for more information and to subscribe to BluuBox. You can also sign up to receive (free) daily meditations. These materials are available to all UUs!
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Adult Faith Development: Faithful Practices (offered from 11:15 AM to 12:30 PM on Sundays March 10 and April 14.)
In 2018, Rev.Wik edited an anthology of writings about spiritual practices –
Faithful Practices: everyday ways to feed your spirit
. Come and learn more about the practices described in the book and see what piques your curiosity and whispers to your soul. Join Rev.Wik in Classroom 2 in the Lower Hall of the main church building.
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Adult Faith Development: Exploring White Privilege
This class is designed to offer an introduction for those interested in learning about white privilege. We will discuss how we see it in our own lives, as people who identify as white. If you are interested in learning about this topic or know a little bit and want to expand your knowledge, join us!
We look forward to creating an educational and non-threatening environment in which we can explore, learn from each other, and become better allies to people of color.
Facilitators: Donna Baker
& Ann Forno
Dates:
Sundays,
March 17, 31 and April 14, 1-3 PM
Location: March 17 Summit House 2, March 31 and April 14 Church Parlor
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2019 Attraction Coupon Books--only three are left! Stop by the Religious Education table in the social hall to purchase yours. This is a fundraiser for our senior high youth programming. All proceeds benefit leadership development opportunities for our high school youth including our service trip to Appalachia in July.
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Tai Chi at TJMC
*3-4 pm Tai Chi for Health. A series of exercises that are easy to learn and easy to practice. Drop-in class. Come by and try it out!
*4:15-4:45 pm Tai Chi Form for Beginners. Learn the form from the beginning.
*5:30-6:30 pm Advanced Tai Chi Form Class. For students who know the entire Cheng Man-Ching Short Form, or most of it.
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Adult Faith Development: Short Story Reading Group
meets Saturdays (ongoing) from 10-11:30 AM in the Church Parlor. Join others to share and discuss short stories. All are welcome. For more information contact Phil Vitielo (
vitiellos001@gmail.com
)
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Light a chalice at home Wednesday evenings.
The Religious Education/Family Ministry Team asks everyone in our congregation to light a chalice on Wednesday nights as a shared spiritual practice and symbolic way to unite our church family.
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Our Church
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