June 12, 2020
a whole-hearted community,
feeding body, mind & spirit

Theme for June: Good & Evil
Sunday, June 14
10:45am: Virtual Service , click HERE
Tuesday,June 16
3:00pm: Talk With our Elders , click HER
Thursday, June 18
8:30am: Breakfast Group , contact Pat Miller
Summer Church Office Hours
Your dedicated staff will continuing to work from their office and home.
You can reach us at our regular email addresses:
Worship
We will be offering Virtual Worship Service at 10:45 am
Beginning Sunday June 14th,
Services will be simple Gatherings with inspiration and conversation.
Click Here to Join by Zoom on Sunday at 10:45 am
Password: 253821 if needed.
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COMMUNITY
Caring Corner
The ripples of our lives touch those around us. We keep in mind all of our members and friends including...


  • All those who are sick, lonely, worried about loved ones, angry and scared. Our hearts are with you.

Please let us know of folks we should add to our list and share with our Caring Circle Coordinators. If you would like to be part of our caring tree and check up on fellow church members during this challenging time, please let Pam Fodor or Mary Getty know.
 
*You will find the Caring Circle list of Area Coordinators at the end of the Touchstone found on our website at http://www.hinsdaleunitarian.org/new/the-touchstone/
2020 UCH Annual Meeting

Dear Congregation,
 
We will be holding our annual meeting virtually this year on June 28, 2020. We need your participation; at least 20% of our membership must attend this required annual meeting. We will be voting on three items:

1.         2020/2021 Budget
2.        Election of new church leaders
3.        Proposed bylaw change

The meeting will be held via Zoom on June 28, 2020, immediately after a shortened service, which will start at 10:45. We anticipate starting the annual meeting at 11:00 am. You will be able to join the service and the meeting by clicking on the Zoom Meeting link provided below or calling into the meeting using the phone number provided below.
  
Because this is our first-ever virtual annual congregational meeting, we are providing detailed guidance below to help each of you take part. We have multiple members, working with our Board of Trustees, to help make the meeting run as smoothly as possible. We appreciate everyone’s patience, support, and good humor as we work together to hold this important annual event for our community.
 
Hard copies of materials regarding the three items that will require a congregational vote will be mailed out to every member on June 19, 2020. If you have not received the materials in the mail by June 25, please contact Pam Fodor, who will work with the Board to ensure you get a copy of the materials.    We hope having these materials in hand will help everyone be informed about the votes that will take place.    
 
Thank you all for your continued support and investment in our Church community,
 
Liz Reyes, President of the Unitarian Church of Hinsdale, on behalf of the Board of Trustees
Summer is Almost Here
The end of the church fiscal year, June 30, is coming up fast. UCH is grateful for the unending support, work, and cooperation through this trying time. We would like to be able to close our books before the annual meeting, so if you still have an outstanding balance or any questions about pledge, please contact Lily Fields at finance@hinsdaleunitarian.org. Thank you all very much and have a great, healthy and safe summer!
Roles and Responsibilities Project
Last week many of you were invited via email to take part in this on-line project. We targeted board members, finance committee members, circle coordinators and committee chairs. If you were not invited and would like to participate, please email Liz at libbyarsyes@gmial.com , as we would appreciate your input. Also, in case you missed it, this is information about the project:
 
The world continues to change around us and for the foreseeable future, church life may look different than we’re used to. Your church leaders and Rev. Pam have decided to take this challenging pandemic time and use it to proactively imagine how we can respond in a healthy and affirming way. Together, we will look at how UCH functions as a system of staff, volunteers, members, and friends, asking questions that will offer clarity to improve our community: 
 
Do we have any needs that are not being met? How will the balance between volunteer and paid staff change in the coming months? What roles do we need to add because church will be different in some ways moving forward? Rev. Pam asked a small group to get together to plan and implement a process to answer these questions in an open and participatory manner.  
 
The first step in this process is to capture all of the tasks it takes to run our church. So, as a group, on a simple Google Sheet, we are going to list every task we can think of, organized by Circle - Worship, Stewardship, Home and Garden, Growth and Learning, Community, and Social Justice.
 
After we are satisfied that we’ve captured 99% of the tasks, Sara Tepema, Julia Beckman, and Liz Reyes will organize the tasks into job categories. Next, you will be invited back to add the skills necessary to complete each job. The ultimate goal is to update staff, circle coordinator, board, and committee job descriptions, per the data we collected from this process. This will help us all work together in a more efficient manner and will help in the future recruitment of circle coordinators, board members, committee members, and other volunteers. 
Care Packages of Food
If you find yourself quarantined and you are not able to get to the
store for food and supplies please contact the church. We have made up
emergency care packages that we are willing to deliver to your door.
Please reach out if you are need of any kind of assistance. Be well!
In Celebration of UCH's 150th anniversary in 2020...... here are some interesting factoids and bit of history celebrating the long and storied history of our church.

In January of 1970 a potluck supper was held along with a discussion, "Everything you wanted to know about sex but was afraid to ask." About 70 attended for a "free exchange of ideas."
SOCIAL JUSTICE
This month's Racial Equity Team meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 16th at 7 p.m. via Zoom link. Contact Marian Honel-Wilson at mhonelwilson@gmail.com to receive the zoom link for the meeting. This month we'll discuss your concerns and comments about racism and recent news events, and we'll watch and discuss a clip on How to Actually Stop Police Brutality. Please join us.
Racial Equity Team Weekly Link:



Check out our Race Resources page with articles, videos & book suggestions to learn more. You can also subscribe to  Race/Related , a newsletter focused on race, identity and culture by the New York Times. It is published on Saturdays at 7 a.m. and edited by Lauretta Charlton.
and More.......
Emergency Exit Map
Please note that in the back of every Singing the Living Tradition hymnal there is an emergency exit route map. In case of an emergency, refer to this guide and please assist others who do not have a map.
SOCIAL MEDIA
Check Us Out and “Like" the UCH Facebook Page!
In addition to News and Notes and The Touchstone, we will be using our Facebook page to keep the congregation and the community informed about upcoming events and initiatives. Share our posts with your family and friends. Just click on the logo above and search for “Unitarian Church of Hinsdale” in the search bar.
You can also find us on Twitter at @UUHinsdale .