January 23
“For Body, Mind and Spirit”
Rev. Alison Wilbur Eskildsen, Sabbatical Minister
Often our spiritual expressions and experiences remain in our heads.
Let's fully embody our Unitarian Universalist spirit!
If you wish to have a joy or sorrow named in the service,
VIRTUAL COFFEE HOUR: Please join Rachel Rose for this important time of connection. We meet here, via Zoom at 11:30 AM on Sunday. We have an icebreaker, randomly-assigned groups (it's fun!) time for sharing and fellowship, then a closing reading. We hope to see you there!
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THANKS TO:
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Larry Ross for coming down to the church to collaborate with Glenn on making a virtual recording for last Sunday.
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Jill and Terry Baker and the Community Concert Series team who helped in successfully bringing back our Concert Series last Friday.
TABLING DURING COFFEE HOUR:
- Annual Pledge Week/Community Day of Service
JOB OPENING FOR LIVESTREAM SUPERVISOR The Community Church is hoping to hire a Livestream Supervisor who can provide leadership on Sunday mornings and deliver high-quality, reliable online worship services. If you know of anyone who might be interested in this opportunity, please share! More information here.
WHAT'S HAPPENING THIS WEEK IN CHILDREN AND YOUTH MINISTRY? In January, children are learning about Living with Intention as their Soul Matters theme. This Sunday, we will focus on resilience in Zoom Family Worship at 9AM and In Person at 10AM. High School, 8th grade and 5th Grade OWLs continue this week and Middle School Youth Group and Coming of Age will meet online on Sunday. For more information about our Religious Education Program, contact Marion Hirsch or Kat Good.
GOT GAME? Feeling cooped up? How about online games with other UUs? It’s Sat., Jan. 22, 3-5PM. After the Annual Fall Auction, there are still a few places at our “table”. No stress – just fun. All you need is the ability to Zoom and the willingness to laugh. Bid is $10 (and no one can raise you). Contact Cecilia for more information.
SIDE WITH LOVE You Can Vote's 2022 Voter Empowerment Training on Zoom. Make sure YOU can empower and educate your community for the spring Primary. All You Can Vote volunteers are required to attend a training each year as voting rules change.
SIDE WITH LOVE Voting Rights - Call to Action! Call Sen. Burr (336-631-5125) and Sen. Tillis (202-224-6342) and tell them to vote for the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act. This bill would strengthen our democracy by making it easier for every citizen to vote and by restoring protections of the 1965 Voting Rights Act against discriminatory voting laws.
SIDE WITH LOVE 30 Days of Love Begins This Week! 30 Days of Love is our faith's annual season of spiritual nourishment, political deepening, and collective action to embody our values and work for collective liberation. Over the next month, you can enjoy weekly offerings including spiritual nourishment programming, weekly opportunities to take action for justice, both individually and collectively, through Side With Love’s Action Center and weekly Political Education Events to help us sharpen our analysis.
RARE WOMEN We are women (older, wiser, and mostly retired) who are meeting via Zoom and using a discussion guide to talk about Ashton Applewhite’s book, This Chair Rocks – A Manifesto Against Ageism. Bonnie Gilliom’s group will meet on Thursday, January 27 (10AM-noon) and discuss Chapter 7 – Long Life is a Team Sport: The Independence Trap. NEWCOMERS ARE WELCOME! Check our WEBPAGE for group meeting times and Zoom links. Contact us HERE to join our email list.
SHARE THE PLATE - UU JUSTICE NC On January 23, Side with Love encourages us all to give voice and amplify our UU values for a more just, equitable world through our financial support of UU Justice United, staffed by Rev. Lisa Garcia-Sampson. UU Justice NC helps us “give life the shape of justice” by supporting the social justice work of individual UUs and UU congregations in North Carolina. More information about UU Justice NC HERE.
ART IN THE SANCTUARY The art in the Sanctuary through January and February is paintings by Joe Rizzolo. Joe says "I enjoy creating abstract imagery. I like trying to find ways to make the spirit speak through the form, creating psychological, spiritual, and emotional landscapes. Making art is engaging and meditative for me, and I hope it may be for the viewer, also." For more information contact Joe here. Saturday, Jan 29 from 2-4PM will be an art opening for Joe's show.
WHAT IS IN A WORD? CLASS IS FULL Rev. Alison's class, What is in a Word? is full and registration is closed. If you registered for the class, you should have been contacted. The Saturday session has been moved online to Thursday evenings. Contact Rev. Alison with questions.
BOARD CALLS JAN 30 CONGREGATIONAL MTG FOR VOTE ON ORDINATION OF SARA GUSH The Board of Trustees is delighted to announce that Sara Gush has requested our church ordain her as a UU minister. Sara came to our church as a child and remained to become an active adult Member. A Congregational Meeting has been called for January 30, immediately following the Sunday service. The meeting will be both in person and here, on Zoom. (Ordination ceremony at a later date.) Questions? Contact Barb Chapman.
QUUILTERS QUUilters meets the first Saturday of every month from 9:30 until 11AM in the Gathering Room. We get to know each other better by chatting and working together on quilts and other hand-sewn items for various local charities. Contact Rae Dawson to be added to our email list.
DAY OF SERVICE Please donate nutritional supplements like Ensure and Glucerna for Meals on Wheels as part of the Rare Women contribution to the Day of Service. The red box with snowflakes is inside the Commons. Thank you. Contact Donna Williams for more info.
DAY OF SERVICE ANNUAL PLEDGE WEEK Are you willing to lead a Community Day of Service project but don’t know how to help? Please contact Rae Dawson here for advice. The Day of Service Steering Committee has lots of projects waiting for willing leaders. Remember that we will help you find volunteers and publicize your project. Be a Coach - help us KNOCK IT OUT OF THE PARK!
CHILDREN’S BOOK DRIVE FOR FAMILY READING PARTNERS The Nonfiction Readers are running a children’s book drive to support family reading partners as our Day of Service project. We are looking for any new to lightly-used English or bilingual Spanish children's books and Spanish adult books (especially board books and picture books). Logistics on where the book drop-off is located at the church will be provided in early February, but you can start collecting books now! Contact the group here to ask further questions.
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COMMUNITY CHURCH IN ACTION
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LECTIO: Impromptu Gathering
On December 17, 2021, (a lovely Friday afternoon following regular Lectio Zoom), members of Lectio meditation group had an impromptu gathering on Barb Chapman's deck.
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CONTRIBUTION STATEMENTS TO BE EMAILED: SIGN UP FOR PAPER COPY BELOW At the end of January, The Community Church of Chapel Hill will be emailing out contribution statements showing households' contributions for the calendar year January 1 - December 31, 2021. We will be sending these statements using the email address we have on file for you. If you are interested in receiving a paper copy of your contribution statement in the mail instead, please fill out this form by January 24. Questions? Email Dana Lundquist or call 919-229-9452.
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VIRTUAL COFFEE HOUR CONTINUES! Please join Rachel Rose for the return to this important time of connection. We will be meeting here, via Zoom at 11:30 AM on Sunday. We will have an icebreaker, be assigned into random groups (it's fun!) and have a time of sharing and fellowship, followed by a closing reading. We hope to see you there!
LECTIO MEDITATION GROUP We meet at 12 noon every Friday on Zoom. Using readings from poetry and the sacred traditions of world religions, we practice meditation through deep listening. If you’re interested in joining or would like more information, contact Barb Chapman here. (Please put LECTIO in the subject line of your email.) All are welcome!
SUNDAY SERVICES FLOWER DONATIONS Would you like to donate flowers for The Community Church Sunday Services? Flowers can be shared to commemorate an anniversary, remember a loved one, or celebrate an important occasion. Please use this form to donate flowers to help make our Services more beautiful. Thank you!
COFFEE HOUR: (MASKED) FELLOWSHIP & TABLING INDOORS, BEVERAGES OUTDOORS As the weather gets colder, we'll gather indoors AND outdoors during Coffee Hour. Masks are required indoors, while coffee, tea and masks are optional outside! Please sign up here to Table during Coffee Hour - that is, have a table set up to share your important work with our community!
COMMUNITY SERVICE MINISTRY Containers for donations to the IFC Community Market have been set up in the Commons so that the collection of food and personal hygiene items can resume. What are needed most are toilet paper, baking mixes, snacks, cans of fruit, instant grits, and coffee. Church volunteers will take these donations to the IFC (Inter-faith Council for Social Services) pantry on Main Street in Carrboro.
FEATURED EVENTS IN THE ORDER OF SERVICE: These are the "ads" in the paper Order of Service we hand to parishioners on Sundays for Services. It is also posted on the church website under the description of the Service, and in the Sunday morning email Service Reminder. Submissions are due by noon on Wednesdays for the following Sunday. Please include any preferred images in a separate email to Rachel Rose, here. For convenience, here is the form.
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BEYOND THESE WALLS
EVENTS & MORE SUGGESTED BY CHURCH MEMBERS & GROUPS
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CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO NAACP BRANCH HOSTPING A SPECIAL TOWNHALL SAT JAN 22 The branch’s monthly general meeting on Jan 22 from 1-3 pm is a special Town Hall meeting featuring guests from Chapel Hill & Carrboro leadership on topics like political action, education, labor, economic development & more. Event free and open to non NAACP members in community. Check out the agenda and register here. Submitted by Joy Blevins
CAMPAIGN FOR RACIAL EQUITY (CFRE) IN OUR SCHOOLS PROGRAM ON JAN 26 The community is invited to join CFRE’s next program in the series “Ending School Racism: What Can White Parents Do?”: Taking Action Against the Black Inferiority Campaign: A History of Hysteria.” Program, presented by Center for Racial Equity in Education (CREED), will explore structural racism through the construct of Black inferiority & invite participants to take antiracism out of abstract realm & into concrete practices. Free public event on Jan 26, 6:30-8PM. Registration required. Register here. Submitted by Joy Blevins
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