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Upcoming Events
Please note that all meetings, worship services, and gatherings will be held online until further notice. Please check our Facebook page and website for updated information and links.
Sun. August 16
CYRE Kids Chat with Other UU Kids
(for ages 4-12)
9:00 a.m.
Worship Service
Angel Scott-Bottoms
10:45 a.m
Meeting ID:
229 305 601
Soul Circle
(Group D)
2:00 p.m.
CYRE Summer R.E.
3:00 p.m.
Jr./Sr. High
YOUUTH Group
(upcoming 7th-12th)
4:30 p.m.
Mon. Aug 17
LaDawn's Garden Social (weather
dependent)
10:00 a.m.
Tue. August 18
Council Meeting
6:30 p.m.
5:00 p.m.
Meeting ID:
847 8458 5916
Worship Committee
5:30 p.m.
Thur. August 20 ARE Book Discussion
Sun. August 23
Worship Service 10:45 a.m.
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If you're interested in getting involved with UUCH's young adult group, we invite you to reach out to us. For questions or more information, please contact Nicole and Shalin.
Sponsored by the Adult Religious Education Committee
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UUCH's Free Food Pantry is installed in the parking lot and is now stocked. The Social Justice Committee will restock the pantry with non-perishables, as needed, and you can, too.
Sign up HERE to help provide items and fill the pantry.
Sponsored by the Social Justice Committee
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UUCH 2020-21
Board Members
President:
John Schulz
Vice President:
Nick Wilbourn
Secretary:
Nancy Finley
Treasurer:
Bob Locklear
Trustees:
Suzey Delacey
Jack Long
Bryan Walls
Minister:
Rev. Jaimie Dingus
Do you have an agenda item for the Board?
The Board respectfully requests that all agenda items for the meeting be submitted to Board President John Schulz via email no later than one week prior to the meeting (i.e. the Tuesday before). The next board meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, August 25.
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The Overlook is a publication of The Unitarian Universalist Church, 3921 Broadmor Rd., Huntsville, AL 35810
Minister:
Rev. Jaimie Dingus
Board President:
John Schulz
Editor:
Laurel Bollinger
Main Office Hours:
Monday-Thursday
9:30 am-1:30 pm
*Please email office if you need building access.
Minister's Office Hours:
By appointment only.
Office Phone:
Sunday Services are held 10:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Children's Religious Education held concurrently. Nursery available for ages 3 years and under.
For more info on any event, contact the church office.
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Upcoming Service
"Being UU in the UK: An Outsider's Perspective on Values"
Angel Scott-Bottoms
August 16, 2020
10:45 a.m.
This week we welcome back to the pulpit a former UUCH Worship Chair, Angel Scott-Bottoms (formerly Hundley). About her virtual homecoming sermon, Angel writes...
"I was a member of UUCH for nearly a decade, raising my children in this church. But then in 2017, we moved to Manchester, England, and a lot of things changed for us. For one thing, there's no such thing as Unitarian Universalism. There's just the Unitarian bit, which isn't quite the same. But then, nothing in the UK is quite the same: it tricks you sometimes, because so many things are so similar, but then something happens and you realize how foreign you are. "And that's what this sermon is about-it's about belonging and not belonging, it's about having a community and then not having that community. And it's about realizing that sometimes, the differences in a new way of life can make it a little easier to be who you want to be. Moving to the UK has sharpened my sense of the things that I most value, even as I've had to leave behind the place where I learned many of those values. I hope that these reflections on a personal journey will have something in them that resonates for you too." -Angel
Meeting ID: 229 305 601
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This Sunday in Children and Youth Religious Education (CYRE)
Every other Sunday this summer we will use a UU LEGO curriculum to "piece together" our six UU sources. Families, join us this Sunday from 3-4 p.m. to build a better understanding of "Science and Reason."
Following CYRE, we will meet for our biweekly YOUUTH Group from 4:30-6:00 p.m.
R.E. Collaboration
In addition to traditional R.E., on Sunday mornings at 9 a.m. during August, there will be an opportunity for kids ages 4 years-6th grade to join an R.E.-style Zoom call with fellow UU kids from around the country. These calls will last around 30 minutes and feature stories, lessons, and activities. This is a great way for your kids to meet UUs from beyond our Huntsville bubble. More information will be emailed to families.
Meeting links will be emailed to registered families. More details about our summer schedule can be found on our CYRE Facebook page and via email. If you are interested in joining us but you're not registered in the CYRE program, send an email to DRE Erin Reid. You can also click here to register your children and youth. We'd love to include you in our joyful and welcoming community of all ages.
Submitted by the Children and Youth Religious Education Committee
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New Church Office Mailing Address
Update those address books, because we have a new church mailing address. Please send all mail to our new P.O. Box, effective immediately.
P.O. Box 5545
Huntsville, AL 35814
Submitted by the Office
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New Book Discussion
August 13th & 20th
6:30 p.m.
Join us for a book study of Dr. Joy DeGruy's book, Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America's Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing. We will meet via Zoom on two Thursdays, August 13 and 20, at 6:30 p.m. Facilitators will be Summer Peters and Sally Locklear.
Patterns of beliefs and behaviors are passed down from parent to child generation after generation. Is it possible that the adaptive behaviors from the trauma of 300+ years of slavery, black codes, and Jim Crow are still be being taught to the descendants of formerly enslaved Americans? This is the question Dr. Joy DeGruy set out to answer for herself. Armed with 3 advanced degrees, experience teaching at Portland State University, and several trips to study behavior in Africa, she has named the phenomenon she observes in African descendants living in the Americas as "Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome."
Adult RE has a few copies of the book available. If you'd like to borrow one, let us know. You are welcome to join in the discussion even if you have not read the book. If interested in attending, please email to register, and we will send you the Zoom link. Submitted by the Adult Religious Education Committee
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COVID-19 Relief Funds Available
Funds are available for members of the congregation who have been negatively impacted financially by COVID-19.
If you are a member of UUCH and have financial needs caused by the pandemic, please contact Board President John Schulz or a member of the Care Committee.
Submitted by the Board
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To give a plate offering to UUCH from your mobile device, text the amount (without dollar sign) to 833-559-0257, and follow the instructions. Like our other online and mobile giving options, this is through Vanco, is secure, and has a good option for "plate" donations. Text giving is by debit or credit card only. To give from your bank account, you can still use the UUCH website or the GivePlus+ mobile app.
Submitted by the Finance Committee
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In Case You Missed It!
Worship Service Recording
Jim Smoot
"Climate Change & UU Principles"
August 9, 2020
Did you miss our virtual worship service last Sunday? Want a midweek re-watch?
Fear not, you can click here to see the recording.
Remember, the building is closed,
but CHURCH is open!
Submitted by the Worship Committee
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Our Little Food Pantry Needs You
Our outdoor food pantry is being heavily used, with an estimated 12 visitors per day, both families and homeless individuals. YOU can help keep it stocked by signing up on the SignUp Genius.
Remember to place vegetables in zip lock bags so that they do not leak if spoiling.
Current requested items:
- blankets
- sunblock
- bug spray
- wipes
- dog food
- school supplies
- soap & shampoo
- deodorant & other hygiene items
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This wonderful excerpt from Frances Moore Lappe's book appears on the UU Worship web. She wrote "Diet for a Small Planet" as well as a many other books.
FOOD IS OUR MOST COMMON BOND
By Frances Moore Lappé
To me, democracy is an exciting, living practice, what we do every day. To most, democracy doesn't relate to our daily lives and it sure isn't much fun. I now see that to engage in democracy, to jump into this living practice we all need something tangible to act on...
Because food is our most primal need and our common bond to the earth and to each other, it can ground us as we stretch ourselves to draw in all the interlaced threads-so we can weave a whole meaningful picture for ourselves.
With food as a starting point, we can choose to meet people and to encounter events so powerful that they can jar us out of our ordinary ways of seeing the world, and open us to new uplifting possibilities.
Source: "Hope's Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet" by Frances Moore Lappé
Frances Moore Lappé has written or co-authored fifteen books, received seventeen honorary degrees, and is co-founder of Food First, the American News Service, and the Small Planet Institute. She attends the First Church in Belmont, Massachusetts.
Submitted by the Hospitality Committee
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 Care List - 8/9/20
Maria Rhamstine lit a candle of joy: from Maria, Tom, and kids-thanking my UU family for the helpful and delicious meals. You all keep us going as we recover from Covid-19.
Kathy Fisher lit a candle of joy: I'm delighted to be teaching my grandson and great niece piano online!
Suz & Deb Delacey lit a candle of joy: Benjamin would like for everyone to know that his poison ivy is much better and thanks to all who checked in on him and sent him mental calamine lotion.
Paul & Bridgit De Moor lit a candle of concern: this morning Bridgit's niece is still in the hospital recovering from pancreatitis.
Suz & Deb Delacey lit a candle of joy: last weekend, Huntsville sent reinforcements to Florence to protest with Project Say Something because they were being counterprotested by the KKK. On Saturday, we made history. They had over 200 people! We are now regularly collaborating and BLM-Huntsville has reached out to Gadsden's BLM and will be sending reinforcements there in the future.
Tim and Theresa Miller lit a candle of joy: we were very happy to have our daughter Allie and four grandkids visit for a few days this week.
Lynda Goodman lit a candle of concern: My sister, Jeanette, confined to a nursing home in S. Georgia, has been diagnosed with COVID-19. About a week since the positive test, she has a dry cough & fever.
Barbara Hitt from the Care Committee lit a candle of sorrow: for Raine Snow who lost her mother this past weekend. She was 100 years old when she slipped away to eternity. Condolences to you and your family, Raine.
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