Join us this Sunday
June 17, 2018
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10:30 am Morning Servi
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Flower Communion.
Bring a flower (or several) and join us on this last Sunday of the “regular” church year for a multi-generational celebration of our community, our flowering, our Earth, and summertime!
—Rev. Peggy Meeker
9:15 am Drop-In Discussion:
Signs of Hope
. What things give you hope for our nation and the world? Phil Ebersole will lead a discussion. If you have a topic you would like discussed or, better still, would like to lead a discussion, speak to Beth Ares or David Damico.
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Church Picnic:
The annual picnic will start around 1:00 pm. It will be held at the Long House Shelter in Seneca Park.
Maps
are posted on the bulletin board. Bring a dish to pass, something to grill, and your drinks. Please make a sign, for your dish to pass, with the ingredients for people with food sensitivities. The shelter and restrooms are handicap accessible. Questions? Karl Abbott via
office@uuroc.org.
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RAIHN* Week and Training
During RAIHN Week, July 8-15, we will turn our church into a home for temporarily homeless families by converting our classrooms into bedrooms, cooking meals, staying overnight, and providing other help. To join our volunteer team, sign up in the lounge after church on Sunday, or contact Chris DeGolyer, via office@uuroc.org.
If you haven't trained yet, this training is for you: Tuesday, June 12, 6:30-8:30 pm at Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 4115 Dewey Ave., Rochester. Also, if you'd like to learn more before volunteering, ask about "shadowing" experienced volunteers.
*Rochester Area Interfaith Hospitality Network: Keeping Families Together, Bringing Families Home
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Virtual General Assembly
Join Rev. Meeker to watch General Assembly from the comfort of the Volunteer Room! She’ll be there at the following times: Wed. 6/20, 8 pm to 9:30 pm for the Welcoming Celebration and General Session I; Thursday 6/21 for Morning Worship, 9 to 9:45 am, General Session II, 10:15 am to 1:15 pm, and Service of the Living Tradition, 8 pm to 9:30 pm; Saturday 6/23 for the Ware Lecture (Brittany Packnett, “a leader at the intersection of culture and justice”), 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm; and Sunday 6/24 for General Session VIII, 2:30 pm to 5 pm, and the Closing Celebration, 5:30 pm to 6 pm.
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Book Group
The selection for June will be the book
Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe. This book is a classic narrative about Africa's encounter with Europe as it establishes a presence on the continent. Please join us June 24th at 12 noon upstairs in the Chalice Room for a lively discussion! You do not have to have read the book; your insights will be gratefully received and shared. Hope to see you then. Also for those of you that wish to get a head start, July's selection will be
Behold the Dreamers
by Imbole Mbue.
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MUSIC AT FIRST UNIVERSALIST:
A special thanks goes to Lisa Gwinner, Chair of the Music Committee, for coordinating—on very short notice!—the music for these last four Sundays of the regular church year (May 27th through June 17th). We are blessed with a wonderful music program. If you have any questions, concerns, or thanks, please let Lisa know.
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CALLING ALL MUSICIANS!
Our summer services will be starting on June 24th, and music for those services is provided by volunteer musicians. Could you be one of them? Even if you have just one piece you’ve always wanted to try to perform, we’ll make a time and place for you to do it, whatever your voice or instrument. Please contact the summer music coordinator, Ann Rhody, via
office@uuroc.org
for more information.
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THE HARVESTING JUSTICE SOCIAL JUSTICE CIRCLE:
We urge you to express your outrage for the children who are being separated from their parents at the border, as the parents apply for asylum. Leave a message at
202-401-9246
, the Office of Refugee Resettlement.
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SAVE THE DATE FOR PRIDE!
The Annual Pride Parade will be
Saturday, July 21st from 1:00 to 3:00 pm. Contact either Connie Valk or Carole Hoffman for details. Be proud to support our LGBTQ friends behind our First Universalist banner.
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OPPORTUNITY TO ADD NATURAL BEAUTY TO THE SANCTUARY:
We have enjoyed having regularly added fresh or dried flowers in the vases on the ledges above the pulpit platform for some years. Lyle Jenks is now releasing this "mini ministry" to others who feel so led. On weeks when no one brings branches or flowers, the "Bristoleaf" vases from the Wizard of Clay, given in honor of Joyce and Richard Gilbert, can stand alone as a lovely enhancement of our worship space.
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ORGAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY:
Nathan Laube, co-chair of the OHS 2018 Convention and assistant professor of organ at the Eastman School of Music, along with graduate student Margaret-Mary Owens, will orchestrate the presentation of the Hope Jones OHS Citation Award in conjunction with the July 2018 convention. Watch for details.
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CHURCH LIBRARY & BOOKSTORE SUMMER HOURS:
The church library and bookstore will be closed starting this Sunday through August 26th but will open July 15th and August 19th. We will resume our regular weekly schedule again starting on September 2nd.
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SUMMER READING:
The FIAC recommends
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir,
by Patrisse Khan-Cullors and Asha Bandele.
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o submit an item for "This Week at First Universalist," e-mail
office@uuroc.org
no later than Wednesday at noon.
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Staff:
The Reverend Peggy Meeker
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Minister
Rev. Michelle Yates
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Minister of Life Span Faith Development
Director of Music
Andrea Lewis
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Office Administrator / Editor
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Office Hours:
Tuesday - Friday
9 :00 am- 3:45 pm (closed Mondays)
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