The worship theme for October is
Belonging.
Sunday, October 20 – 9:30 and 11:00 am
“Belonging to Joy” – the Rev. Roger Bertschausen
About today’s guest speaker: Rev. Roger is the Executive Director of the UU Partner Church Council and a church governance consultant with Unity Consulting.
Featured Musicians: Klezundheit! Klezmer Band; Eliot Choir; Dr. David Nalesnik, piano.
|
|
Sharing the Offering
In
October, we will be sharing our plate with the
Migrant and Immigrant Community Action Project (MICA Project). MICA Project is a community organization committed to working with low-income immigrants to overcome barriers to justice. The MICA Project utilizes legal services, organizing, advocacy, and education to promote the voice and human dignity of immigrant communities. Their vision is that we live in a safe and welcoming community for immigrants, demonstrating a shared understanding of the dignity and worth of all people.
Religious Education
At 9:30, children in kindergarten and older should attend the first 15 minutes of the worship service. Preschool children (ages 3-5) and nursery children (2 and younger) go directly to their class.
At 11:00, children who are in kindergarten through 6th grade attend the first 15 minutes of the worship service. Nursery children (age 4 and younger) and youth in 9th-12th grade go directly to their classes.
Notes: Junior High Youth (7th & 8th grade) should attend the worship service with their family. 5th & 6th grade children may attend the worship service OR join the 11:00 3rd & 4th grade group at 11:15.
Sunday at a Glance
Eliot Choir – 8:30 am in the Sanctuary
Children’s Chalice Choir – 10:35 am in the Music Room
Saunders/McVoy Covenant Group – 12:15 pm in the Bergfried Room
Madrigal Actors – 1:00 pm in Rooms 001/002
OWL Parent Orientation – 1:00 pm in Room 006
Friends of Music Concert – 3:00 pm in the Sanctuary
Eliot Meditation Group – 7:00 pm in the DuBois Library
|
|
2019 Eliot Chapel Board of Trustees Survey Now Open
Your responses will assist the Board in its duties under our governance model to ensure we have the right ends and that we are making progress towards each end. Your input is important to us and we look forward to hearing from you!
Accommodations will be made for those who cannot access the survey online. Contact the front office for assistance.
|
|
REALM UPDATE
You will receive an invitation link to REALM and our new EliotConnect system via email next week. When you follow the link, you will use your existing user name but you'll need to create a new password. Once logged in, you'll be able to view your past giving, your pledge amount, your pledge total plus the outstanding balance. REALM and EliotConnect will give you more control over your giving than you had with Access EUC.
You'll be able to update your profile. We encourage you to add at least your birth year as it will help us plan so many events at Eliot Chapel. If you don't wish to give your full birthdate, use January 1 as your birth month and year. It's the year that's important.
Watch for a link to the new EliotConnect app so you'll have a church directory and calendar at your fingertips – now you'll be EliotConnected!
|
|
Eliot Eats at Panda on Sunday!
Join us for a bonus Eliot Eats! at Panda Chinese Restaurant in the Woodbine Center (487 S. Kirkwood Rd., between First Watch and Domino’s) from 4:00 to 10:00 pm this Sunday, October 20. The large menu of this family-owned restaurant focuses on Cantonese cuisine and includes vegetarian and lite dishes! Panda will donate 10% of their sales back to Eliot. Hope to see you Sunday!
Parking Spot Raffle
Chances for November will be on sale in Adams Hall each Sunday. Winter is coming! Wouldn't it be nice to have a shorter walk to the door each time you visit Eliot Chapel 24/7/30? Take a chance for $10!
Ritual of Healing and Recharging Webinar
Many of us are at our carrying capacity for stress; we feel overwhelmed by the crises and events facing us. The UUA MidAmerica Region will present a Ritual of Healing and Recharging Webinar on Tuesday, October 29 at 6:45 pm. This ritual will help to heal us, to strengthen our resilience, and find shared hope for our living planet. Rev. Chip Roush of the First Unitarian Church of South Bend, Indiana will serve as presenter. He is the co-author (with Leslie Takahashi and Leon Spencer) of
The Arc of the Universe is Long. You must use the Zoom application to attend this webinar;
find out how. You can
register online to attend.
Madrigal Spots Going Fast
Reservations are now available and the ever-popular spots are filling up! Download the form and see details of the invitation on the
Eliot website. Our annual fundraising festival of theater, music, and merriment leading into the holiday season will be held on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights, December 5-7.
Reminder:
This Week at Eliot
Delivery
If you feel a sense of deja vu while browsing your email inbox, you may not be wrong!
This Week at Eliot is delivered each Friday afternoon, but if it isn't opened, the email program will resend the message on Monday. Though you've missed the weekend, often you'll find a week's worth of activities still waiting for you!
|
|
Please be aware:
Care of Your Minister After Lung Transplant
I am now taking medications to suppress my immune system to avoid rejecting my brand-new lungs. This makes me very vulnerable to viruses, especially in crowds of people. Here are some precautions I will need to take and need your help with. Instead of doing the receiving line and the coffee hour, I will remain on the chancel near the pulpit after worship. If you would like to talk with me, please come up, but please also keep some distance. If you are sick, even with a tiny cold, I ask you to stay home from church if I am preaching that day. If you have come to church and find yourself coughing, sneezing, etc., please sit in the back. As I've said earlier, I need to avoid shaking hands with and hugging people. This is wisdom I have received from people who have been transplanted years ago, and are thriving today. Thank you for your continued care of me.
– Rev. Barbara
|
|
All Reads
Read more about the
All Read selected titles on Eliot’s website or stop by the SJA table in Adams Hall to find out how to join a book discussion group. This fall, we're reading
Democracy in Chains by Nancy MacLean.
Waking Up White by Debby Irving will remain as our racial justice book selection and is recommended as an introduction to understanding white privilege. Email
allread@eliotchapel.org with questions or to sign up.
Children’s Clothing Drive for KAEChP:
Kirkwood Area Every Child Promise
KAEChP provides a variety of services to assure that all children and families in the Kirkwood school district communities are ready for success in Kindergarten. Among these services is Promise Place. Promise Place is a room at the Webster Groves Christian Church which has clothes for children. Clothes are organized by size and type. KAEChP has a need for more clothing items for sizes 2T-4T (fall/winter and spring/summer). Promise Place usually takes new clothes but will take used clothes that are in very good shape with no stains or tears. Also, gift cards (Aldi, Walmart, gas, Uber/Lyft) are much appreciated. These are given to families as needed throughout the school year. Watch for a donation box outside Adams Hall. Thank you for your support!
|
|
Monday, October 21
A Course in Miracles – 7:00 pm in Room 001
UU Christian Group – 7:15 pm in the Triplett Room
Tuesday, October 22
Women's Alliance Speaker Series – 9:30 am in Adams Hall
Vigil for Hope & Healing – 5:00 pm outside Eliot
Immigration Justice – 6:00 pm in Room 006
Eliot Choir – 7:00 pm in the Music Room
Madrigal Greenleaf – 7:00 pm in the Sanctuary
Wednesday, October 23
Interfaith Dialogue – 11:00 am in Adams Hall
Madrigal Actors – 7:00 pm in the Sanctuary
Women’s Chorale – 7:00 pm in the Music Room
Thursday, October 24
Handbells – 7:00 pm in the Music Room
Friday, October 25
Friday Freethinkers – 10:00 am in Adams Hall
Saturday, October 26
Silver Saturday – 8:00 am in Adams Hall
|
|
Jennifer MacKenzie Memorial Service
The family of Jennifer MacKenzie invites you to a memorial service in her honor at 10:00 am on
Saturday, October 19 in the Sanctuary at Eliot Chapel. A reception will follow in Adams Hall. The Nursery will be open from 9:30-11:30 am during the service for any families needing childcare. Heather Flick and Noel Burke are the scheduled staff.
Friends of Music Concert
Friends of Music present their second Fabulous Free Classical Music concert of the season on
Sunday, October 20 at 3:00 pm in the Sanctuary. The program will include the Osler Quartet playing Brahms
Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 24 and W. Mark Aiken, guitarist, playing music from England, Spain, and Brazil.
Meditation
Join the Eliot Meditation Group on
Sunday, October 20 at 7:00 pm in the DuBois Library to explore this calming practice.
Women's Alliance
Women’s Alliance will meet on
Tuesday, October 22 to hear about legislative updates from Glen Koenen of the Oakville Democrats Club. All Eliot women are welcome to attend. Coffee and conversation begin at 9:30 am.
|
|
|
|
Join us for
Vigil for Hope and Healing #257
Tuesday, October 22
at 5:00 pm outside Eliot.
Please note the time change.
|
|
|
Come. Volunteer. Give. DO SOMETHING.
Eliot Chapel became a Sanctuary church 17 months ago. With no request for shelter during this time, we decided to expand Sanctuary into our community by sponsoring and hosting asylum-seeking families and individuals. This is how we love in concrete ways. This is why Eliot Chapel has decided to offer asylum sponsorship. Many of you have volunteered your time, talent and treasure. We are grateful. But to date our efforts are not adequate to initiate an asylum sponsorship. You can help. Here's how:
- COME to our next Immigration Justice team meeting Tuesday, October 22 at 6:00 pm in Room 006. We need YOU!
- COMMIT to your role in sponsorship. Complete the form for volunteering which you can find here. Volunteer meal preparation, health care, translation, or some service equally necessary.
- OFFER YOUR HOME. Or “mother-in-law” suite. Or unused rec room. Or a vacant rental property. We do not have a commitment of space yet. We cannot invite an asylum seeker until we do.
- GIVE. We know how generous Eliot Chapel is. We need to see that generosity now. We must provide bond money and transportation to whoever we sponsor. What about a monthly recurring gift? No amount is too small—or too big--but please: give ‘til it hurts.
Hi-Yo! Silver Away!
Donate your long unused and unpolished sterling (.925) silver (flatware, pitchers, trays, etc.) on Eliot Chapel's
Silver Saturday, October 26 from 9:00 to 11:30 am in Adams Hall. We will get it appraised and sold to benefit Eliot Chapel. Donations are not applied towards your annual pledge, but do count as a contribution for tax purposes. After your donation is sold, you will receive a receipt acknowledging your contribution for your tax records. In addition to sterling, we can accept “coin” silver items and silver or gold coins or jewelry. Silver plate items have no monetary value, but if you bring them in we will recycle them for you. We will be happy to have the boxes that your flatware is stored in. If you can’t make it to Eliot on Saturday,
make an appointment with Jim Lyon to bring in your items before or after that. Email
silver@eliotchapel.org with your questions.
|
|
Click on the links below to learn more about the events listed and to sign up, or
check the newsletter
for more details.
|
|
Eliot Gardeners
Wednesday, October 30
10:00 am
Please join the Eliot Gardeners as we work on the Memorial Garden and review the information provided by the Audubon Society's Bring Conservation Home program.
The Gift of Inner Peace for the Holidays
Saturday, November 2
9:30 am to 12:30 pm in Adams Hall
Come to gain insight and tools for trading in the stress and embracing the holidays with a peaceful state of mind, one that looks forward to the connections possible and trusts that you can cultivate peace inside, regardless of what is transpiring in your outer world this season...or what has happened in the past. Many of the 12 principles of Attitudinal Healing will be woven into this morning conversation. It is the ultimate opportunity to learn, practice, and receive the gift of peace for the holiday season ahead.
Sign up online today. This workshop is open to all. Admission is free. A love donation is appreciated. The book on Attitudinal Healing
Teach Only Love will be available to purchase for $16. Questions? Please email Corinne Esneault or Carole Glauser at
attitudinalhealing@eliotchapel.org.
Partner Church Hungarian Dinner
Saturday, November 9
6:00 to 8:30 pm in Adams Hall
The Partner Church Hungarian Dinner will have delicious Hungarian food and entertainment. Besides providing a fun time, we hope to raise money towards bringing our partner church minister (and perhaps others) to Eliot in the summer of 2020. Our church has had a partnership with a Unitarian church in the Transylvanian area of Romania since 1990. The dinner will be a choice of Hungarian beef goulash or a vegan mushroom goulash, with noodles, Hungarian cucumber salad, dessert and wine. We will show slides taken this summer by three Eliot members who visited our partner village. And we will learn easy Hungarian dances.
Tickets for the dinner will be $25 each and $10 for children 12 and under. They're on sale each Sunday in Adams Hall. The cost is higher than in the past because we are trying to raise money to bring our partner church minister (and perhaps others) to Eliot Chapel. Since 2014 Sandor Kiss has been our partner church's minister. Prior to 2014, we brought the previous minister, Sandor Varga, over to Eliot three times. It's time for Eliot members to meet Reverend Kiss and him to meet us!
November SJA Assembly: Democracy and Government
Tuesday, November 19
7:00 pm in Adams Hall
Voter engagement is the topic of the November SJA Assembly. The speaker will be DeMarco Davidson, leader of Integrated Voter Engagement at MCU, Metropolitan Congregations United. He will inform our audience of critical voting issues that need immediate community action before the November 2020 election and how we can effectively work for change. Who doesn’t want major change in our government? Come, get informed, get involved – this is no time for sitting out!
We would like to build our Eliot team of signature collectors to be ready when the voters’ rights ballot initiative is ready. You don’t have to wait until November 19 – if you have concerns about the rights of voters, please contact us now at
democracy@eliotchapel.org to get involved in this comprehensive yet flexible collection of signatures to get critical initiatives on the November 2020 ballot.
|
|
Sunday, October 27 – 9:30 and 11:00 am
“A Day of Remembrance” – Rev. Jim Crawford
We will observe a Service of Remembrance as we remember those whom we have loved and who have passed away. You are invited to bring a memento of your loved one to place on the altar of remembrance during this very special service.
Featured Musicians: Shannon & Greg Davis, guitar and vocals; Chamber Singers;
& Dr. David Nalesnik, piano.
|
|
|
|
ourEliot promotes and enables healthy communications as promised to one another through the Congregational Covenant. If you have a compliment, suggestion, or concern that is important to communicate to a responsible party, please email
ourEliot@eliotchapel.org.
|
|
Connect with Eliot Chapel
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
