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Our online Bazaar is in full swing and ENDS ON MONDAY, November 29, at 5 pm.
You still have a chance to bid on or buy the many handmade goods and treats!
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Sunday, November 28, 2021
10:15 am Livestream
2021: A Spaciousness Odyssey
Reverend Mary Ann Macklin
Limited In-Person Attendance is 50 for this Sunday
Join us for this post-Thanksgiving worship service in which will invite and honor space and spaciousness in our lives. With the help of pianist and flight director, Ray Fellman, we will enter our solar system and cruise by some of Gustav Holst’s planets as we search for a pod bay door to open or depart into stellar space, allowing us to rest in the vastness of our universe. We will dance with the stars utilizing poetry, silence and spiritual reflection. If you want to ensure that you catch some of the popular cultural references, you may want to watch 2001: A Space Odyssey and maybe some Classic Trek in prep for this worship service. And Remember: Space-Is-Odd-I-See.
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The Procession of Giving
November 14 to December 3, 2021
Here are the instructions:
1. Choose an item.
2. Obtain the items(s). For the Positive Link requests (#121-145), choose one or more, no need to do them all.
3. Gift wrap or bag the item(s).
4. Very Important: write the item number on your bag and include names, ages for Head Start items (#1-20), and any number/gender codes for Stepping Stones (#21-30) and Positive Link (#121-145 forthcoming).
5. Bring your gift to our drive-through sing-along and Procession of Giving on Friday, December 3, between 5:30 and 7:30 PM.
If you have any questions about your tag or are unable to come on December 3, call or email Michele Grove at 605-237-1319/grove@uubloomington.org and will can make other arrangements.
Thank you for sharing in the joy of the winter season by sharing gifts of love with the Bloomington community.
--Dr. Michele Grove, Interim Religious Education Consultant
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We Are Looking for a New Connections Coordinator
Our gifted and highly valued Connections Coordinator Ann LeDuc will be leaving Indiana soon with her family, for a big adventure in moving to Winnipeg, Manitoba, where her husband has a new position. We will miss Ann’s cheerful outlook, team spirit, and phenomenal organizational skills in helping our members and newcomers feel welcome and connected to our congregation. As a result of this change, we are now seeking applicants for Ann’s position. Please see the related information, below. We encourage you to share this information with anyone you might know who might be interested in applying.
SEEKING CONNECTIONS COORDINATOR. The Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington is seeking a Connections Coordinator. 30 hour a week salaried membership development position oversees hospitality to newcomers, members, and friends and works to connect them to the religious community. Some evenings and weekend hours. Full job description can be found here: Connections Coordinator Job Description. Salary commensurate with experience. We are an LGBTQA Welcoming Congregation and members of historically marginalized groups are encouraged to apply. To apply, please send a letter of interest and resume to admin@uubloomington.org, or mail to UU Church, 2120 N. Fee Lane, Bloomington, IN 47408. Hiring for this position could take place as early as December.
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Updated guidelines for gatherings in the church
The NEST Committee: Abby Gitlitz, Judy Klein, Rich LeDuc, Dan Lodge-Rigal, Jane McLeod, Sarah Sanchez, Melinda Swenson, Ann LeDuc, and Mary Ann Macklin
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Greeters are Great!
Whether you have been a Greeter in the past, or are looking for a new volunteer opportunity, you are invited to be a Greeter on Sunday mornings. Sign up today!
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There is room for you at in-person Sunday worship
When deciding whether or not to attend in-person services, please take into account your health risk factors and that we cannot ensure that all participants are vaccinated.
If you have any trouble registering, please email Carol Marks at admin(at)uubloomington.org anytime, but definitely before 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, and we will register you.
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RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Updates |
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Education Matters
Please subscribe now to receive a new monthly newsletter from Religious Education!
Why subscribe? Each month, this newsletter will highlight events and program offerings happening during the month, along with links for registration and more information. There will also be highlights from recent events, updates on our emerging programs, and announcements of changes due to COVID and other factors.
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UU Humanists Meet November 28, 12:45 pm
The UU Humanist Forum will meet this Sunday at 12:45 pm via Zoom. Harold Ogren will lead a discussion on thoughts on cyber warfare. If you'd like to join us, please contact Harold Ogren or Ann Watzel for the link to the Zoom meetings and to be added to our email discussion list.
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Mission: Joy -- a Conversation Between the Dalai Lama and Dr. Desmond Tutu
Through the GSTF sponsorship of Interfaith Power and Light, we are able to offer this unique opportunity to be among the first to share the new film, Mission: JOY. Inspired by New York Times bestseller The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World, the film showcases the exchange between the Dalai Lama and Bishop Desmond Tutu that led to that book. The film will be available for free online viewing at home with family and friends, or screen it for your group, Nov. 19–Dec. 2. Register and watch the trailer here.
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Your Church Office Staff is Available Monday-Friday
You can reach a member of the church administrative staff each weekday (except not on Nov 25 or Nov 26). Here is the info:
We are not in the office at the church very often. The land line at the church, 812-332-3695, is checked for messages twice weekly.
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Change of Address Back to 2120 N. Fee Lane
Now that our staff is in the church building more often, we will now once again be receiving all church mail at 2120 N. Fee Lane, Bloomington, IN 47408. Mail sent to the PO Box in Nashville will be forwarded back to our address on Fee Lane for the next 18 months, so no worries if you forget and send your pledge checks to Nashville for a while.
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Our collection for Beacon is also continuing
Look for bins at the Portico entrance
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Covid-19 Booster Vaccines are now available
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Beware Email Fraud
Our ministers, staff, lay leaders, and board members will never send you email asking you for any money besides your pledge payment! This also means they will never use email to ask you to buy gift cards for them or anyone else.
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Masthead photo by Linda Mjolsnes.
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Deadline for submissions to the Order of service and Friday UU Update
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Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington, Indiana
2120 N. Fee Lane, Bloomington, Indiana 47408
Church mobile phone: 812-287-9615
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