Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington, Indiana
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Our Online Holiday Bazaar Starts Today!
Click on "Catalog" at the top of the bazaar site to browse many offerings of gourmet treats, cookies, quality collectables, and a whole variety of goods including jewelry, handmade puppets, hats, scarves, soup and more! The congregation has done an amazing job at setting up the best bazaar for you. You'll be inspired by the outpouring of talents.
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Sunday, November 21, 2021
10:15 am Livestream
Apocalyptic Living: Suggestions for surviving perilous times with grace and dignity
Reverend Bill Breeden
Reverend Emily Manvel Leite
Limited In-Person Attendance is 50 for this Sunday
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Covid Memorial Installation Update
As we approach Thanksgiving, we are grateful to be making steady progress on the Covid Memorial Installation—thank you so much to the many of you who came to help write numbers in honor of Reverend Mary Ann’s birthday on Tuesday and to those of you writing at home. This is a labor of love and witness, and your co-creation is invaluable.
As you finish your scrolls, you can drop them off in the bin at the portico entrance—we have switched to a gray plastic bin to better protect them from the elements.
If you might have time to write over Thanksgiving, please let us know by Sunday at 6 pm how many number rolls you can take on. Then staff can leave them outside the portico entrance for you to pick up on Monday. Thanks again for your participation!
Contact Reverend Emily Manvel Leite via text 812-333-9822 or email leite(at)uubloomington.org to request number rolls or if you have questions.
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We Are Looking for a New Connections Coordinator
Our gifted and highly valued Connections Coordinator Ann LeDuc will be leaving Indiana soon with her family, for a big adventure in moving to Winnipeg, Manitoba, where her husband has a new position. We will miss Ann’s cheerful outlook, team spirit, and phenomenal organizational skills in helping our members and newcomers feel welcome and connected to our congregation. As a result of this change, we are now seeking applicants for Ann’s position. Please see the related information, below. We encourage you to share this information with anyone you might know who might be interested in applying.
SEEKING CONNECTIONS COORDINATOR. The Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington is seeking a Connections Coordinator. 30 hour a week salaried membership development position oversees hospitality to newcomers, members, and friends and works to connect them to the religious community. Some evenings and weekend hours. Full job description can be found here: Connections Coordinator Job Description. Salary commensurate with experience. We are an LGBTQA Welcoming Congregation and members of historically marginalized groups are encouraged to apply. To apply, please send a letter of interest and resume to admin@uubloomington.org, or mail to UU Church, 2120 N. Fee Lane, Bloomington, IN 47408. Hiring for this position could take place as early as December.
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Updated guidelines for gatherings in the church
The NEST Committee: Abby Gitlitz, Judy Klein, Rich LeDuc, Dan Lodge-Rigal, Jane McLeod, Sarah Sanchez, Melinda Swenson, Ann LeDuc, and Mary Ann Macklin
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Greeters are Great!
Whether you have been a Greeter in the past, or are looking for a new volunteer opportunity, you are invited to be a Greeter on Sunday mornings. Sign up today!
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There is room for you at in-person Sunday worship
When deciding whether or not to attend in-person services, please take into account your health risk factors and that we cannot ensure that all participants are vaccinated.
If you have any trouble registering, please email Carol Marks at admin(at)uubloomington.org anytime, but definitely before 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, and we will register you.
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RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Updates
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Education Matters
Please subscribe now to receive a new monthly newsletter from Religious Education!
While we hope that all children and their families will continue to be actively engaged with religious education, we also hope that in the near future every member of our community will find programs that help them learn and grow in their UU faith, throughout their lifespans. Our Interim Religious Education Consultant, Michele Grove, is leading a process of discernment this year to help us determine what these programs will look like.
Why subscribe? Each month, this newsletter will highlight events and program offerings happening during the month, along with links for registration and more information. There will also be highlights from recent events, updates from Michele and Stephanie on our emerging programs, and announcements of changes due to COVID and other factors.
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UU Freethinkers Meet November 21, 12:45 pm
The UU Freethinkers will meet this Sunday at 12:45 pm via Zoom for an open discussion of social, political, and theological/religious issues. If you'd like to join us, please contact Harold Ogren or Ann Watzel for the link to the Zoom meetings and to be added to our email discussion list.
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Time for Tea with the Women's Alliance
Reserve your tea treat bag by Nov. 22!
Please join us on Thursday, December 2 at 11:30 and be a Queen of the Tea!! Since the Women's Alliance can't have an in-person tea this year, we will gather on Zoom and share a cup of tea, a scone, a little chocolate, and some warming tea stories. For more information, please read the November 16 Prologue or contact Michele at mmccaffrey(at)smcvt.edu to reserve your tea treat bag by November 22.
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Multi-faith Thanksgiving Celebration of Community Resilience
Tuesday, November 23, 7 pm
Trinity Episcopal Church
111 South Grant Street, Bloomington
Reverend Bill Breeden will be representing the Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington in this multi-faith service at Trinity Episcopal. More info
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Mission: Joy
A free movie offering from Interfaith Power & Light
November 19 - December 2
Brought to you by the Green Sanctuary Task Force.
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UU Online Book Club reads...
The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times by Jane Goodall and Douglas Abrams
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Your Church Office Staff is Available Monday-Friday
You can reach a member of the church administrative staff each weekday. Here is the info:
The land line at the church, 812-332-3695, is checked for messages twice weekly.
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Change of Address Back to 2120 N. Fee Lane
Since April of 2020, we have had our church mail forwarded to our PO Box in Nashville, Indiana, so that our church administrator who lives there could manage our bank deposits and bill paying, as she was exclusively working from home until fairly recently. Now that our staff is in the church building more often, we will now once again be receiving all church mail at 2120 N. Fee Lane, Bloomington, IN 47408. Mail sent to the PO Box in Nashville will be forwarded back to our address on Fee Lane for the next 18 months, so no worries if you forget and send your pledge checks to Nashville for a while. We will get them. Thanks for your patience during these unusual times.
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We will be doing background webhosting maintenance on our website to make it more secure, on 11/23 and 11/24 between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m., so our site will not be available at those dates and times. Thank you for your patience. --Carol Marks, Church Administrator
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Our collection for Beacon is also continuing
Look for bins at the Portico entrance
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Research Participants Needed for Voice & Gender Study at IU
Do you identify as either Transmaculine or FtM Transgender OR are cis-gendered and want to help with a Voice & Gender study at IU? If so, Rainbow Rights can connect you to the opportunity to participate in the study, which includes small monetary compensation. For more information, contact rainbowrights(at)uubloomington.org.
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Free online course on using Google Drive
The Leadership Cultivation Committee encourages everyone to utilize the free online Google Drive training available through the Monroe County Public Library (MCPL). Our congregation uses Google Drive to share many documents within our committees and task forces.
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Covid-19 Booster Vaccines are now available
UPDATE
1) people who received the J&J shot at least 2 months ago are eligible for boosters regardless of age or health status, and 2) kids 5-11 can now be vaccinated.
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Beware Email Fraud
Our ministers, staff, lay leaders, and board members will never send you email asking you for any money besides your pledge payment! This also means they will never use email to ask you to buy gift cards for them or anyone else.
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Masthead photo by Marcia Hart.
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Deadline for submissions to the Order of service and Friday UU Update
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Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington, Indiana
2120 N. Fee Lane, Bloomington, Indiana 47408
Church mobile phone: 812-287-9615
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