ELIOT CHAPEL LIVE!
Sunday, January 2, 2022 – 10:00 am
“A New Year: Coffin and Cradle” – Rev. Barbara H. Gadon
To greet the new year, it helps us to let go of things from the previous one – to make room. It's also important to name the things that we are willing to labor for, to give birth to, in the new one. Join your Eliot family in our ceremony of letting go and taking up.
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We're going LIVE! on Zoom again. Here’s how it will work:
- Members and friends will receive the “Eliot on Zoom” email so you’ll have the zoom link for the service on Sunday morning. At 10:00 am, just call us up. Like all Zoom calls, you may do so with your computer or phone.
- If you would rather connect to us through our Facebook page or YouTube channel, you can join us there. You won’t be a little square on the screen, but you will see and hear everything in real time! The only things that will be different are that you can’t start at the beginning if you’re late, and you can’t skip ahead to your favorite parts.
- After the service has ended, it will be available as a recording.
See you there!
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Sharing the Offering
In January we will be sharing our Sunday collections with the Meacham Park Neighborhood Improvement Association (MPNIA). Meacham Park is a predominantly African American community in Kirkwood. Even before Meacham Park was annexed to Kirkwood, an intentionally diverse group of Meacham Park and Kirkwood residents formed to advocate for Meacham Park and Eliot Chapel has long ensured that we have one of our members at the table so that we are always ready to lend a hand. Learn more about MPNIA at meachamparknia.org.
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Here’s how you can give:
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Online: Click here. Make sure “Shared Plate” is your chosen fund.
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By Mail: Please write “MPNIA” in the memo line of your check and mail it to Eliot Unitarian Chapel, 100 South Taylor Ave., Kirkwood, MO 63122.
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By Text: Text "Eliot SharedPlate $(enter the amount)" to 73256. A link in the reply text will take you to our secure database webpage where you can complete your transaction. Please note, "SharedPlate" must be entered as one word to reach that preferred option.
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Religious Education & Youth Group
The Religious Education (RE) and youth program will resume on Sunday, January 9, 2022. Activities will be EITHER online OR in-person. Specific details and times will be announced next week to registered families.
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Zoom Coffee Hour
Zoom Coffee Hour takes place from 12:00 pm to 1:00 on Sunday. You are invited to “walk down the hall” and come to our Zoom Coffee Hour! We’ll take about 10 minutes or so to gather and let people settle in. We'll say a few words of welcome and then create break-out rooms – random groupings of 5 or 6 people. Everyone will likely make a new friend at Eliot from this exercise! You’ll have the chance to introduce yourself and then share your answers to a few questions, like “How has this week been for you?” and “What feelings has it brought up for you?” Each person has about 5 minutes to speak; you are welcome to pass if you like. In half an hour, everyone will return to the big group and we’ll say our goodbyes for the week. Please watch your email for "Eliot on Zoom" which will include a link to join the Zoom Coffee Hour. If you're not on our mailing list, sign up here.
Sunday at a Glance
Sunday Worship – 10:00 am via Zoom
Coffee Hour – 12:00 pm via Zoom
Young Adult Group – 12:30 pm on Discord
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Tuesday, January 4
Women's Alliance – 9:30 am via Zoom
Vigil for Hope & Healing – 4:00 pm in front of Eliot
Contact your group leader if you need login information for your meeting.
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Reminder: Getting Involved with Groups
Many groups at Eliot are meeting despite the distance between us all. Check with your group leader or get involved with a new group! Find contact information in our Getting Involved booklet.
Group leaders, have you set up an area for your group in Realm? You have a secure place to chat and share documents and photos. Contact Christie Lee to set up your group. |
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Stock Donations
If you donate stock or mutual funds to Eliot Chapel, please send an email to Camille Novak at admin@eliotchapel.org including in your email the name of the stock, date donated, and the number of shares. Your financial advisor should check with Camille before donating stock to confirm Eliot's brokerage ID and other information. Eliot is not informed when stock has been donated or by whom. Unless you and/or your financial advisor notify Camille that stock has been donated, she is unable to send you acknowledgement of your gift, and sell your donated stock or mutual funds for transfer into Eliot's checking account. |
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Eliot Celebrates A Staff Anniversary
Please join us in celebrating our staff! Tim Bubb celebrates his 5th anniversary as an RE staff member on January 1, 2022.
Thank you, Tim! We appreciate all you do to enrich our Eliot community!
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COVID Support Team
Our COVID team is here for you. If you are quarantining and need support having groceries and prescriptions picked up, please email pastoralcare@eliotchapel.org with your contact information.
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Reminder: Staying Up to Date
In an email letter to members and friends, Rev. Barbara outlined "How We Do Church Now" as Eliot Chapel suspended face-to-face meetings. As a guiding document, it was always open to changes as we found out what worked and what didn't in our response to this extraordinary situation. You can find this document on our website now. We will keep it updated as things change. We'll also try to let you know here of any changes.
All staff are working from home. The building and grounds are closed for general use. A staff person is checking on the building and grounds periodically throughout the week for any facilities or maintenance issues. If you need assistance or have any questions, please email the appropriate staff person.
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Women’s Alliance
Women’s Alliance will meet via Zoom on Tuesday, January 4, at 9:30 am. We’ll have conversation and a brief business meeting, then discuss the book, Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder. Sue Blandford will lead the discussion. Please feel free to join us, whether or not you’ve read the book. For more information, contact womensalliance@eliotchapel.org.
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Vigil for Hope & Healing
Tuesday, January 4
4:00 – 5:00 pm in front of Eliot Chapel
All are welcome; wearing a mask is required as is maintaining the 6-foot social distancing guideline. Please remember that the building is not open so there are no available restrooms.
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WHAT MOVES US:
Engaging Our Unitarian Universalist Theology
with Rev. Krista Taves
The second Monday of the month
7:00 - 8:30 pm on Zoom
When we say
- "I always love that song,"
- "I cry whenever we..."
- "I feel safe here,"
- "My heart is stronger," or
- "I'm ready for what comes next,"
we know what moves us as Unitarian Universalists: personal experience. These comments and so many others demonstrate that our religious and spiritual feelings and practices are changing and transforming us through direct personal experience as a major source of our Unitarian Universalist faith. In fact, it is our first source: "Direct experience of that transcending mystery and wonder, affirmed in all cultures, which moves us to an openness to the forces that create and sustain life." Yet, we often stumble when trying to explain our Unitarian Universalist theology of personal experience to ourselves and to others. We falter when we try to explain how our Unitarian Universalist faith heals, saves, liberates, holds, and moves us to ethical action and compassion.
"What Moves Us" peels back the theological language we use to affirm our faith experiences with one another and in the wider world. We will focus on a different UU theologian in every session, and through their story and the meaning they made of it, reflect on our direct experiences as the source of our faith. What Moves Us creates an adult faith journey for those who are new to this faith tradition and those who have long been Unitarian Universalists. Eight sessions, one each month, will take place on Zoom. You are welcome to register for the class after the first session as each session stands on its own.
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Upcoming Session Dates – 2nd Monday of the month, 7:00 to 8:30 pm
January 10, February 14,
March 14, April 11, & May 9
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Sunday, January 9 – Sunday Service
Join us in worship at Eliot Chapel. Please watch for upcoming details.
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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. |
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