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April 18, 2019
Issue #496
Pesach Sameach (Happy Passover) and
Happy Easter!
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April 21, 2019: Jesus, Kid Logic, and an Idea Worth Dying For
What's Easter without a divine sacrifice, atonement for original sin, and a miraculous resurrection? What value does this story have for us who would fast to our reason alongside our religion? "Practice resurrection," instructs Wendell Berry, and so, despite the odds, we attempt to resurrect again one of the most radical ideas ever expressed.
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Upcoming Topics and Leaders
4/21/19 Mission and Vision: Where Does Spiritual Practice Lead
Carol Kerr
4/28/19 Meditating and Contemplating to Protect Our Health and the Health Care System
Jim Prochaska
The Sunday Circle is held from 9:00 am to 10:00 am each Sunday in the Fireside Room.
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Wholeness like balance is found with intention. Keeping the vision and then relaxing into the desired pattern is an inviting way to move into change and wholeness. We have this subscription to share for all families. All parents and grandparents are invited to use the
Soulful Home for families
material at this
link to the April Soulful Home
. You can find a way to use these stories, blessings, songs, and curated resources to engage.
Try the
Treasure Hunt for Wholeness, or the At the Bedside story "The Old Gardener and the Fig Tree".
Egg Hunt on April 21st. At the end of the service, the children will be led by Peter Cottontail to the yard for an egg hunt. Real eggs and some candy-filled plastic eggs. We will again use fair trade chocolate and also a few jelly beans. Invite your friends to join us. The more the merrier.
Children's Passover Seder on April 28th. We really hope your child can participate. Each family will be given the opportunity to sign up to bring one of the traditional ritual food items. There may also be an opportunity to come early that day to prepare some of the food.
The sign up poster is on my office door and at
this
link.
Children's birthday greetings via e-card. Thanks to technology we will be sending e-cards to your children in their birthday month. Usually, at the beginning of their birthday month. The e-card will arrive in the parent's email box from
rhdjy(at)aol(dot)com
or
Jacquie Lawson
cards
. The cards will be "signed" from Marcus, Joyce, and me.
The aim is to let your child know we value them and are glad of their presence among us. (Thank you, Joyce Rhodes, for stepping up into organizing this.)
Appreciatively Yours,
Jeffrey Melcher
Jeffrey Melcher, M.Div.
Director of Family Ministries
415.578.9788
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Upcoming dates link to the UUCM calendar for saving on iCal, Outlook, etc.
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Fourth Wednesday evenings, 6:30 - 9:00 pm, offsite
Knitters and crocheters of all skill levels are invited to join in ongoing efforts to create handmade items for children and adults facing challenging life circumstances. Recipients have included Syrian refugees, Afghan babies, emergency shelter women and premature babies and, recently, breast cancer survivors.
Patterns, guidance, encouragement, camaraderie and some materials provided. Beginners welcome. The next monthly meeting will be
Wednesday, April 24th. For location or more information, email:
crafting@uumarin.org.
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Remarkable People - April 19
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And Remarkable People returns again: April 19, 7-9 pm in the Fireside Room
Brian Hunwick and
Rich Panter are our Remarkable People for April.
This ongoing series gives us time to learn about each other from the interesting stories of individual lives. Whether you already know them by name or not, you will learn what you don't know in the evening of sharing and community. Each person talks and there is time for questions and general sociability and usually some sustaining snacks
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Rich Panter,
a first-year Board member, is in no way new to Unitarianism, having been active across three decades in congregations in Massachusetts, South Carolina, and Napa. Rich grew up in Michigan, grew to love jazz from his detective dad who also played in a dance band and has tales to tell about his career as a documentary film-maker. (A winter storm kept Rich trapped in Bodega Bay when he was to be featured earlier and Julie Prentice stepped up then...but now we predict fair weather....)
As a child of American Baptist missionaries,
Brian Hunwick was born in the southern hills of India and had circled the globe by the age of 10. You will hear about the culture shock, after growing up in a mission school, of coming to live in the US in 1969. And there is more to learn about the 70s, his decade as a medicine man's apprentice and all that has evolved since then.
Come to the Fireside room for a Friday evening of sharing, and learning more about our common interests and intriguing differences in life experience.
All are welcome and there will be sustaining snacks too.
And for next month if you want to mark your calendar,
May 17 will bring life stories from
Sarah Tiederman
and
Anne Spatola.
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Poet Laureate Reading Schedule for April
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April 18: Participating in "Night of the Poets," San Anselmo Library, 7 p.m.
April 25: Poet Laureate Passing the Torch Reading at Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, 7:30 p.m. (doors open at 7:00 for refreshments and mingling)
April 26: Tree Planting Ceremony, Civic Center Lagoon, 11 a.m.
Terry Lucas (UUCM member) is the new Poet Laureate for Marin
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Online PCD Annual Meeting
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The 2019 PCD Annual Meeting will be held online on Saturday, May 11, 2019, 2:00-3:30 p.m. PDT. This will be exclusively an online meeting. There will be no local gathering, as originally anticipated.
Please
RSVP
if you plan to participate in this virtual meeting. The RSVP form also allows you to indicate if you are interested in serving as a delegate for your congregation. Your minister, president, or their designee will certify delegates by submitting the Delegate Certification Form. (One form per congregation.)
Instructions for connecting to the meeting will be shared by May 8 with congregations and all who RSVP. Links and instructions, along with business meeting materials, will be posted on the PCD Annual Meeting page as they become available.
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Become a Worship Associate or Lead a Summer Service
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Become a Worship Associate or Lead a Summer Service
We are seeking interest from those who like to help lead Sunday services! Being a Worship Associate is a rich and powerful way to deepen your experience of Unitarian Universalism as we work together to craft services throughout the year. Summer is a wonderful opportunity to offer a message or lead a different kind of creative service if there's something you've always wanted to share with the community.
The Worship Associates and I have created an interest form to clearly explain the expectations of these roles and invite those interested to reflect on a few questions as you consider serving in these roles. Please don't be intimidated by the process, we would love to have your gifts involved in the worship life of our community!
Or download a pdf to print
Summer Leader interest form
Google doc:
https://forms.gle/d3wAwh63b2ccohum7
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Refreshment Provider Opening
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Requesting one person to assist and provide refreshments on 5/12/19. See Judy Finn or Marge Hollinger if able and willing.
Contact Judy Finn
415-328-4516
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Touch of Beauty Volunteers Needed for June
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We are looking for volunteers to bring flowers (or other Touch of Beauty) on Sundays in June. No experience necessary! Please email sallyrschroeder@comcast.net if you're interested.
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Register for General Assembly - June 19-23
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General Assembly is the annual meeting of our Unitarian Universalist Association. Attendees worship, witness, learn, connect, and make policy for the Association through democratic process. Anyone may attend; congregations must certify annually to send voting delegates.
The 2019 General Assembly will be June 19-23 in Spokane, Washington. Most General Assembly events will be held in the Spokane Convention Center.
https://www.uua.org/ga
GA HOUSING AND REGISTRATION ARE NOW OPEN
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Social Justice Education/Action
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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:
socialjustice@uumarin.org
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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
http://shop.uusc.org
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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)
Office hours:
Wed 10:30-2:00
Thursday 10:30-2:00
Sunday 9:00-1:00
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I appreciate any feedback about this weekly newsletter.
eWeekly Deadline for Thursday issue:
Tuesday by 7 am - activities and announcements, staff columns, committee reports
Weekly articles can contain:
- Notices of UUCM sponsored events, meetings, or other activities which involve the entire congregation.
- Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) or Pacific Central District (PCD) announcements of interest to the entire congregation.
(Staff article length 250 words)
Weekly, UUCM Connect and Special Announcements Editor: Lisa Cohen and Victoria Holdridge
Backup Production Editor: Valerie Taylor
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Marin
415-479-4131
240 Channing Way
San Rafael, CA 94903
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