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February 14, 2020
Issue #531
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Upcoming Worship Services
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Sunday, February 16, 2020 at 10:30 am:
A Lamp In Every Corner
Rev. Greta Jo Seidohl
Community takes all of us. Let's explore what gifts we bring and how we build a community of love and hope together.
Greta Jo Seidohl is a UU minister based in New York City with her husband, infant daughter, and two four-leggers. With a background in anthropology and nerd culture, she graduated from Meadville Lombard in 2019. She's passionate about intergenerational worship and living our UU values out in the world.
Rev. Marcus will participate in the service as well.
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Upcoming Topics and Leaders
| 2/16/2020 |
Life and Death in the Intensive Care Nursery
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Jerene Delaney
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| 2/23/2020 |
Share Your Native Roots
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Meg Jordan
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| 3/1/2020 |
Learning from Children: Greta Thunberg and Other Youth Leaders
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Kim Holscher
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The Sunday Circle is held from 9:00 am to 10:00 am
each Sunday in the Fireside Room.
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Have something to share with the UU Marin church community? Send it to [email protected], by Tuesdays at 7 am for same week publications.
Order of Service announcements are due by Wednesday at 5 pm,
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This Week in Religious Education
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As we explore this month how to be a people of resilience, you might consider sharing with your family about resilience in your everyday activities. For example at the dinner table you could ask family members:
"What is the one thing you would never give up on?" or
"What does it feel like in your body when you do something you didn't think you could?"
In addition to the materials we have available for "Soul Matters" groups, there are also materials for a "Soulful Home." They include activities for our theme of the month with sections for:
Discussions "At the Dinner Table,"
Games for when venturing "Around the Neighborhood,"
Ideas for "At the Bedside," and more.
Let me know if you are interested, and I will be happy to share them with you.
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Youth Programs for Sunday, February 16th
Pre-K/K/1 - Learning more about the chalice we light.
Activity - making Tissue Paper Chalices.
Elementary Age - Learning to be Resilient like a rubber band, or a flower bulb, and hearing about Buddha's last words to his disciples.
Middle and High School Age - Exploring Resilience and the support we have through community with activities and discussion.
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For joy and justice in an imperfect world,
Rev. Lynne Scarpa
Director of Family Ministries
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This Sunday, Feb. 16 at Noon in the Fireside Room - Breeze Training!
Rev. Marcus and I are excited to demonstrate UUCM's new membership database to anyone interested in having online access to a directory of membership and friends, as well as looking up your own pledges and contributions this coming Sunday. As noted in last week's newsletter,
please plan to bring your wifi-enabled laptop, tablet, and/or smartphone to the training.
Please note if you only have a desktop computer at home, it would still be time well spent to attend the training so you can have access from home.
In the meantime, please use the links below to establish your account and download the app to your phone and/or tablet. For the phone app, our domain name is uumarin, which you'll be asked to enter during the setup process.
Create Account (for everyone, regardless of device)
Oh, and if you are not technically inclined, never fear - we'll still produce a paper directory periodically.
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Remarkable People Returns:
Mark Your Calendar for Friday, February 21!
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This ongoing series gives us time to learn about each other from the interesting stories of individual lives in an evening of sharing and community.
Each person talks briefly, followed by time for questions and general sociability and some sustaining snacks.
Jean Bee Chan and Ken Ross will be our Remarkable People for February.
You might know Jean Bee Chan as the energetic and effective fundraiser who has made our recent Auctions shine with success. But you may not know the story of her childhood journey from Southern China to life in China, Hong Kong and then to the US in 1956. You can also find out about her recent completion of an illustrated children's book.
And you probably know that Ken Ross is Jean Bee's husband (and also an agent of auction success). A Professor Emeritus from the University of Oregon, he might also tell a story about how families can be full of surprises. He didn't become a Mormon even though he grew up in Salt Lake City.
Come on February 21 at 7:00 pm to learn more.
Watch this space for more details: We will have other Remarkables to learn from on March 20, April 17, and May 15.
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Rep. Jared Huffman at UUCM
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On Thursday, February 20 at 6:00 pm, UUCM will host Rep. Jared Huffman to present him with the John Kouns Award for his efforts on human rights, civil rights, and the environment. A reception will follow at 7:00 pm.
A $20 donation is requested. Parking is limited! Please carpool.
Tickets are limited, please reserve early!
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The Poetry Connection's feature on Valentine's Day s the Open-Mic Reading, Love on the Line, February 14 at 7:00 pm in the Fireside Room. Bring a poem you love (one-page maximum) that you'll read aloud and something sweet you love to eat to add to Jerene De Laney's world-famous red velvet cake for refreshments.
Bringing someone you love is recommended, but not required.
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The Classic Book Group will next meet on Wednesday, February 19, at 1:30 pm in the Clara Barton Room to discuss George Eliot's Middlemarch, Chapters ("Books") 1 through 4. The Classic Book Group will subsequently meet on Wednesday, March 18, at 1:30 pm in the Clara Barton to discuss Books 5 through 8 of George Eliot's Middlemarch. (Middlemarch is a long book.)
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If you are not already receiving emails from the social justice committee and wish to receive them along with information about social justice actions/rallies in and around Marin, please send your email address to:
[email protected]
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Do you want to make a difference in our county and the world? We focus on local issues which are relevant to all of us. Bring your ideas and concerns to the
UUCM Social Justice Committee. We meet the third Sunday of each month at noon.
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Continue your commitment to environmental and economic justice by shopping at
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Staff Links
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Office Hours:
Tuesday-Thursday: mid-morning to late afternoon or into the evening.
Call, text or email to make an appointment.
415-578-9632 (direct), 510-213-0404 (cell)
Administrator:
Director of Family Ministries
Rev. Lynne Scarpa
Choir Director:
Amanda Nelson
Early Childhood Teacher: Glynda Christian
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Feedback about this weekly newsletter is appreciated. Please note change in email address:
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Tuesday by 7 am - activities and announcements, staff columns, committee reports
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- Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) or Pacific Western Region announcements of interest to the entire congregation.
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