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April 27, 2017
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THE UUC WEEK AT A GLANCE...
Unitarian Universalists of Clearwater
2470 Nursery Rd., Clearwater, FL 33764 727-531-7704 www.uuc.org
Upcoming Events from April 28th to May 4th, 2017
--Open Issues, 9:30-10:30 am, Patio Room
Ann & Mark Kanuck and Christina & Ned Bellamy share their recent
ten day visit to Cuba with Witness for Peace. Four timely lessons for
Americans are inspired by the Cubans’ experience: solidarity
resilience, creativity, & the power of dreams. It will be a beautiful
slide show -- and more.
--Worship Service, 10:30-11:45 am, Octagon.
Service Leader: Rev. Denise Tracy. Sermon Title: "All You Need is Love -- The Theology of the Beatles"
--Black Lives Matter Committee Meeting, 12:15-2:15 pm, Chorale Room.
--PSI Symposium/Buddhist Fellowship, 12:30-2:00 pm, Patio Rm
April 28, Fri: Fourth Friday in the Food Forest, 5:00 -10:00 pm, Food Forest Shelter
ENJOY, FOOD, FUN, FROLIC and A GROWING COMMUNITY!!!
We host these monthly gatherings to bring a diverse, intergenerational, multicultural, multiracial, interfaith crowd to our garden to share food , fun and community. It is FREE to the public, so invite all of your friends!
This is also a POTLUCK, for those inclined to share food (optional). We also prepare produce directly from the garden to share.
May 1, Monday: 8 Days 8 Borders, A special showing with the filmmaker, 7:00-9:00 pm Social Hall.
May 4, Thursday: Women's Lunch, 12:00 - 2:00 pm, Benedicts Family Restaurant, 768 Belcher Rd.
May 4, Thursday: Compassion and Choices, 1:30-3:00 pm, Patio Rm.
Dr Janet K
eating will speak at our meeting on May 4th. Dr. Keating will speak about the hospice and palliative care philosophy which is important knowledge when we think about choices for our end of life care. As you can see below Dr. Keating also has been involved in clinical ethics. This should be a great meeting following our consideration of VSED as palliative care and hospice are suggested and the ethics questions are relevant.
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(Click
HERE
for link to UUC's full May Calendar)
May 1, MONDAY: 8 Days 8 Borders, Social Justice special showing, 7:00-9:00 pm, Social Hall
May 4, Thurs:
Women's Lunch, 12:00- 2:00 PM,
Benedicts Family Restaurant, 768 Belcher Rd.
May 4, Thurs: Compassion and Choices, 1:30-3:00 pm, Patio Rm
May 7, Sun:
Open Issues 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM, Patio Rm
May 7, Sun: Worship Service 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM, Octagon
May 7, Sun: Environment Action Committee, 12:30-1:45, Patio Rm
May 14, Sun: Open Issues 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM, Patio Rm
May 14, Sun: Worship Service 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM, Octagon
May 14, Sun: New Member Recognition, 11-11:15 am, Octagon.
May 14, Sun: pre-General Assembly (GA) meeting, Patio Rm
May 20, Sat: Members' Art Show Opening Reception, 7-9:00 pm, Octagon
May 21, Sun: Open Issues 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM, Patio Rm
May 21, Sun: Worship Service 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM, Octagon
May 21, Sun: ANNUAL CONGREGATIONAL MEETING, Octagon.
May 21, Sun: A Course in Mindfulness , 12:30-2:00 pm, Patio Rm
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Meet with Rev. Patrice Curtis
If you would like to meet with Rev. Patrice contact the office at 727-531-7704. If you wish to contact her, please call
(510) 852-9304.
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April 30, 2017
"All You Need Is Love
The Theology of the Beatles
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Service leader:
Reverend Denise Tracy
Theme for April:
Creativity
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Pastoral Care Associates
UUC has a strong team of lay Pastoral Associates who offer confidential, emotional
support and spiritual companionship to fellow church members. You can access pastoral care by contacting Rev. Patrice Curtis at 727-531-7704 ext. 5 or revpatrice@uuc.org.
Please note that emails sent to the front office are not confidential; emails to Rev. Patrice are.
This week’s pastoral care associate is Drinda Lombardi and is available at 727-531-7704 ext. 5.
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What Is 'Spirit Space'?
It's the space on the upper level of the Sanctuary where children can go during service for quiet activities. Be sure to go check it out with your little ones.
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Open Issues
Sundays at 9:30 a.m.,
Patio Room
April 30th
30 Apr. Ann & Mark Kanuck and Christina & Ned Bellamy share their recent ten day visit to Cuba with Witness for Peace. Four timely lessons for
Americans are inspired by the Cubans’ experience: solidarity resilience, creativity, & the power of dreams. It will be a beautiful slide show -- and more.
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Flowers for Sunday Services
If you would like to supply the flowers for an upcoming Sunday service in honor of a special event or person in your life, please email Patricia
here. She will help you coordinate your contribution.
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We are getting there but we still have many who haven't submitted their 17-18 pledge.
Lighting the way together is a unifying commitment members and friends of UUC make to ourselves and to each other. Supporting each other’s growth is fundamental to our faith.
To make a pledge of financial commitment go the 2017-18 Pledge Drive, please click on the following link: 2017-18 Pledge Form ***OR fulfill your pledge ONLINE, go to PLEDGE FULFILLMENT. (Do you need help with our new online pledge fulfillment site? Contact Carol Kay at the UUC office at 727-531-7704 and I can walk you through it.)
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A Gathering for Sitting and Moving Mindfulness.
Third Wednesday of every month thru May 2017. Next Exhale and Soup Supper is May 17th
6:15 to 6:45 in the Sanctuary.
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5:30 - pre service soup potluck
6:15 - 6:45 Exhale! service in Octagon
6;45 - 7:30 post service soup potluck
Love offerings are accepted to help cover shared costs.
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Wednesday Soup Supper
pre and post Exhale! service
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Extend the moments of nourishment for the body and spirit by joining fellow Exhale participants pre AND/OR post service at our Soup Supper.
It's easy. Just bring some soup to share, or bread or salad, maybe a dessert. Crockpots are great. Listing ingredients is very helpful.
To support ease of cleanup and to keep our footprint tiny, please plan on bringing your own bowls or help with cleanup.
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UUC’s Blog (uucblog.org) needs your input!
Have you attended an event? Taken pictures? Have something interesting to say about your faith? Please share with the congregation and post on our blog. Editor, Cara Boos, will assist you in getting across your point. If you are uncomfortable writing, she will write for you. Just email or call with your thoughts. Did your kids participate in the Spring Fling? We’d love to hear from them! Are you attending the Nehemiah Action? Please write about your experience.
We want this to be a shared blog with multi-authors. Most of us have a lot of things to say about our UUC experiences that would be interesting, helpful, and entertaining to others. You can email Cara at blogmail@uuc.org
Text Link
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Have you completed the Spring 2017 Info Update?
It's a salmon colored form on a clipboard in the narthex on Sundays or here in the UUC office Tues-Fri. 9-12.
We want to make sure your contact info is up to date AND -- very importantly -- what areas of interest you might want to participate in. This really helps us help you to find your happy place within the UUC community.
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UUC In Action... Upcoming Committee Meetings
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Please get your meeting information to events@uuc.org NO LATER than one week before the next E-Octagram (publishes on Thursdays). If there are changes, they must get to the above email NO LATER than the Wednesday before publishing. Thank you.
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-- Fourth Friday in the Food Forest, Friday, April 28th, 5-10:00 pm
ENJOY, FOOD, FUN, FROLIC and A GROWING COMMUNITY!!!
We host these monthly gatherings to bring a diverse, intergenerational, multicultural, multiracial, interfaith crowd to our garden to share food , fun and community. It is FREE to the public, so invite all of your friends!
This is also a POTLUCK, for those inclined to share food (optional). We also prepare produce directly from the garden to share.
We are crowdsourcing ideas and energy to determine how YOU, our beloved community, would like to see our garden evolve and grow.
Input from the invested will be directly incorporated into the planning for creation of the space that will best serve the needs of the growing local community. YOUR INPUT IS VALUED!!
Check out the facebook page for more information HERE.
-- Black Lives Matter, Sunday, April 30th, 12:15-2:15 pm, Chorale Rm.
We will be discussing the book Waking Up White by Debby Irving and watching some relevant videos. For this meeting, please read sections 25 Years of Tossing and Turning (pp. 113-156) and Leaving my Comfort Zone (pp. 157-184). Ordering info at www.debbyirving.com/the-book/. It is fine to come even if you haven’t done the reading.
-- Compassion and Choices, Thursday, May 4, 1:30-3:00 pm, Patio Room
Dr Janet Keating will speak at our meeting on May 4th. Dr. Keating will speak about the hospice and palliative care philosophy which is important knowledge when we think about choices for our end of life care. As you can see below Dr. Keating also has been involved in clinical ethics. This should be a great meeting following our consideration of VSED as palliative care and hospice are suggested and the ethics questions are relevant.
Dr. Keating is board certified in family medicine, practicing in a variety of settings since she graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine in 1987. She completed her residency at Duke University Medical Center, and still holds an appointment of Assistant Consulting Professor in Community and Family Medicine there. While still actively teaching at Duke, Dr. Keating served for 3 years on the Ethics Consult Service for the medical center, and taught clinical ethics at the medical school and family medicine residency. She is passionate about medical care that focuses on quality of life for the patient and family.
We look forward to seeing you. There will be a love offering for the use of the room, lights, air conditioning, etc.
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Environmental Justice Committee is on the March
The Peoples Climate Marches on April 29th
We must fight back. Donald Trump and his administration are intent on rolling back nearly every hard-earned climate regulation. Trump and Pruitt do not believe in climate change. Their agenda will close the small window of opportunity to prevent a climate crisis. We must send a strong message of solidarity against their agenda. There will be two local Peoples Climate Marches on April 29th, one in St Petersburg and another in Tampa.
St Petersburg Peoples Climate March
St Petersburg Peoples Climate March will begin at 10:30 am with a rally at Mirror Lake and 6th St. N. then march through downtown and back to Mirror Lake. The link for the event is: https://actionnetwork.org/events/st-petersburg-for-climate-action
Tampa Peoples Climate March
The Tampa Peoples Climate March will begin at 10:00 AM at Lykes Gaslight Park, 410 N Franklin St, Tampa. It will begin with a rally then a March. For more information, the link for the event is: HERE.
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Important Events on the Social Justice Calendar for May...
Clearwater/Upper Pinellas NAACP 43rd Freedom Fund Dinner and Award Banquet, Friday May 5, 2017, 6 pm reception, 7 pm program, Ruth Eckerd Hall, 1111 McMullen Booth Rd. Clearwater, FL 33756. Guest speaker, Adora Obi Nweze, NAACP Florida State President. Adult $50, child $25. Remit to Clearwater NAACP, P.O Box 2073, Clearwater, FL 33755. Form at Social Justice table.
7th Annual Hispanic Outreach Center Luncheon, Friday May 19, 2017, 11 am Silent Auction, 12 to 1:30 pm luncheon, Safety Harbor Resort and Spa, 105 N. Bayshore Drive, Safety Harbor, FL 34695. Invocation by Rev. Patrice Curtis. Keynote speaker, Wil. H. Florin, B.C.S. Florin-Roebig Firm. Adult $50. Remit to ICAI, 612 Franklin Street, Clearwater, FL 33756. RSVP by May 10, 727-445-9734, ext 211. Form at Social Justice table.
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Third and final FAST Event of the Series
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We had the rally and then Nehemiah Action. Now for the Celebration...
3. The Celebration will be on May 15 th at 7:00 PM at Blessed
Trinity Catholic Church at 1600 54 th Ave .s,
St. Petersburg.
If you have any questions regarding these major social justice
events contact UUC FAST Team Leaders, Linda Stoller, Mark
Kanuck, Gretchen Craig or Theo Betjemann
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From our Art Curator to all UUC artists...
The Members Art Show goes up May 18
This a special show that stays up
until
Thursday
after Labor Day. All members of all ages, including children, are invited to participate (that includes friends and employees of UUC). Artists do not have to be professional. If you are proud of your work, we will put it in the show. All types of art, paintings, drawings, photos, sculptures, etc. are acceptable. Art may be for sale but is not required. UUC receives 30% of all sales. Our hanging system requires wire for hanging over a 1/4 inch hook.
Art must be delivered to Octagon by
12:00 noon
on
May 18
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A reception will be
Friday
night,
May 19
,
7:00-9:00 pm
Participants need to give me information for wall labels: Your name as you want it on label, title of art, medium and price if for sale. I need this by
Monday, May 15
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Taylor Ikin & Friends continues til May 17th
Octagon Arts Center
Gallery Hours:
9:00 am - 12:00
Tues-Fri
and Sunday
12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Sunday
FREE
Unitarian Universalists of Clearwater
2470 Nursery Road
Clearwater, FL
Contact: Charlene Carnes
727-789-3536
Text Link
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Our Librarian, Bruce Gotts reports he has ordered the book, "A House for Hope" for the library. The UUC Library is across from the Social Hall entrance. It is open on Sundays after service and books are available for check out with a self-checkout system. For more information contact our Librarian, Bruce Gotts bcgotts@gmail.com
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We finish Against Empathy by Paul Bloom on April 28, and start Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead on May 5th. As usual, read half way and we'll finish it on May 12. We meet Friday's in Chorale Room 10:30-11:30. All are welcome.
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Adult Religious Enrichment Presents
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UU PSI Symposium/Buddhist Forum, Sunday,
April 30th, 12:30 pm, Patio Room
This is the Regular Joint Meeting of the Clearwater Chapter of the UU PSI Symposium and the UU Buddhist Fellowship at UUC. Patricia McGivern will return to speak to us, and do a book signing, for her new book, Soul Explorer, which is coming out on April 11th. You may remember that we were her first audience right after she published her first book, Angel Babies. That book was earthshaking, and so is this one. She will have copies of her book to sell and will sign them for those who are interested, or you can get your copy from Amazon HERE – and she’ll sign it for you.
Coming Attractions – Future scheduled (or tentative) meetings are as follows (volunteers would be welcome):
May 28, 2017, June 25, 2017,
July 30, 2017 – Tammy Taylor will do a presentation on "SOUL SIGNS & SYMBOLS." Participants will define and design their own mini oracle decks. Further information about this program will be given later, but be sure to put the date on your calendar.
August 27, 2017, September 24, 2017
If any of you would like to arrange or lead a meeting’s discussion, please let me know. Possibilities for future topics include:
Apocalyptic Prophecies
Spirit Contact and Communication
Alien Abduction
ESP, Telepathy and Clairvoyance
Remote Viewing
Spiritual Healing
Mind-Body Connection
Creating Abundance
Human Evolution
Wicca and other Pagan Belief Systems
Esoterica from Other Belief Systems (Kabbalah, Certain Christian Sects)
Astrology
Native American Spirituality
Buddhism, Hinduism and other Eastern Religions
Ghosts
Near Death Experiences, positive and negative
Reincarnation and Past Life Regression
Quantum Physics and other theories as to how the Universe works
For More Information contact: Roberta(Bobbie)CasperWatson
rcwatson@wagnerlawgroup.com
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This course will begin by examining the common elements in mindfulness practices, how they address everyday psychological distress and how we can begin integrating mindfulness practice into a busy life. It will also address how to use mindfulness and meditation to engage with challenges such as alienation, aging, trauma, illness, and death. In addition the course will cover the role of wisdom and ethics in psychological well-being from both ancient and modern scientific perspectives.
Course contains 24 lectures for 12 individual sessions.Each session will discuss two 30 minute 'Great Courses' lectures featuring Dr. Ronald D. Siegel, a clinical psychologist on the faculty of Harvard Medical School.
These sessions will be followed by a discussion. Ruth Samuel, a member of UUC who has led the course at OLLI (Osher Learning Centers) for several years, will facilitate the series.
Lectures will be held in the Patio Room on Sundays starting at 12:30 p.m. Meets once each month, check calendar for specific dates.
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SUUSI Catalog now available!
Click link for *the best* vacation week of youur life and join us at the second largest gathering of UUs in the world!
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UUA GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2017 - New Orleans LA
From Wednesday, June 21, 2017 - 01:00pm
To Sunday, June 25, 2017 - 05:00pm
Events are local time unless noted. WEBINARS are Eastern time.
Location
Location TBD
Contact
generalassembly@uua.org
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