Month: October 2012

Thanks 4 Giving Auction . . . A Taste of Kent. . . WE NEED YOU!

Posted on by MaryBeth Hannan

We’ve been busy working behind the scenes to bring you an exciting night full of new items and new ideas.  We we secured a new auctioneer, then we asked local restaurants and businesses to provide new food offerings and they came through big time!  After that we decided to try a new layout of the hall to give us more room.  We have free babysitting provided by an adult and older youth.  We even have a photo booth to commemorate your evening.

We procured awesome donations from businesses far and wide with a lot of NEW businesses donating this year like Disney, The Works, Cleveland Rock & Roll Hall of Fame & Museum, Kent Lanes, Subway, ProTech Auto Body, Kent Karate & Family Fitness martial arts school and more!  For your convenience, see the attached list of available items.

And Hal Walker is donating an opportunity for you to host a Hal Walker House Concert! Wow!

YOU have generously donated a plethora of items and services and the much sought after dinners and outings for the auction.  Now all we need is YOU to come and enjoy all the fun!  It’s a great way to support the church, hang out with fun people and fill up your social calendar.

Tickets are only $20 and are available at the door.  The festivities begin this Saturday, November 3 at 6pm at the United Church of Christ on Horning Rd.

See you there!

Share this:

Whose Democracy? – October 28, 2012

Posted on by MaryBeth Hannan

Join us at 10:00 or 11:30 am for a service led by the Rev. Melissa Carvill-Ziemer and Worship Associate Max Grubb – It is an important question in an age of factionalized media and big money. This morning we will explore the challenge of participation in the democratic process.

Click here download a copy of Rev. Melissa’s sermon.

Podcast: Download

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS

Share this:

A Taste of Kent Auction donations needed!

Posted on by MaryBeth Hannan

The Thanks 4 Giving Auction, A Taste of Kent, is coming soon.  It’s happening on Saturday, November 3, 6:00 pm at the United Church of Christ on Horning Rd in Kent.  Do you have your tickets?  Have you submitted your donation forms or donation baskets or items?

Do you know a local business owner who you would like represented at the auction?  Do you know the owner of a new business in Kent who would like to get in front of over 130 adults who like to shop locally?  If so, please let Meg Milko know and she will reach out to them and see if they have something to donate to help the church through our silent auction.

Last chance to drop off your donation forms at the Auction table is on Sunday October 28th.  Items may be left with the form, or brought to the church on Friday, November 2, between 12 and 8 pm.

Tickets are available this Sunday at the Auction table in Fessenden Hall.  Not only is this the biggest fundraiser of the UU Church of Kent after the annual Stewardship campaign, it’s a social event you won’t want to miss; fun, food and fund raising all wrapped up into one. Tickets are only $20, available every Sunday at the Auction table in Fessenden Hall.

New to the Auction this year is a photo booth.  Wear your finest dressy casual and have your photo taken as a souvenir of the evening!

Make your plans, buy your tickets, and we’ll see you at the Auction!

Share this:

Staying True and Staying Kind: Living Amidst Diverse Perspectives

Posted on by MaryBeth Hannan

Led by Kathy Kerns with Worship Associate Kristina Spaude – We live in a world where we constantly come into contact with people who espouse views that differ from our own. How can we respond to this, in ways that reflect our values? This service will consider ways of staying true to our beliefs while peacefully co-existing with others.

Podcast: Download

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS

Share this:

October 26 Spiritual Cinema – Dogma

Posted on by Dan Flippo

Please join us for Spiritual Cinema on Friday, October 26 at 7:00 PM. We will watch the motion picture, “Dogma” (1999). The movie is 130 minutes and will be followed by a short discussion of some of the topics raised by the movie. This month we will be screening the movie in Fessendon Hall. Please RSVP to Dan Flippo at [email protected].

Comments by Dan:

This movie is perhaps the most sacrilegious movie ever created and is a hilarious spoof on Catholic Dogma.  After the movie we will discuss some of the dogma’s involved and how they compare to  the views of those attending.

“Rufus: He still digs humanity, but it bothers Him to see the shit that gets carried out in His name – wars, bigotry, televangelism. But especially the factioning of all the religions. He said humanity took a good idea and, like always, built a belief structure on it.
Bethany: Having beliefs isn’t good?
Rufus: I think it’s better to have ideas. You can change an idea. Changing a belief is trickier…”

? Dogma

Description from Amazon.com:

Kevin Smith is a conundrum of a filmmaker: he’s a writer with brilliant, clever ideas who can’t set up a simple shot to save his life. It was fine back when Smith was making low-budget films like Clerks and Chasing Amy, both of which had an amiable, grungy feel to them, but now that he’s a rising director who’s attracting top talent and tackling bigger themes, it might behoove him to polish his filmmaking. That’s the main problem with Dogma–it’s an ambitious, funny, aggressively intelligent film about modern-day religion, but while Smith’s writing has matured significantly (anyone who thinks he’s not topnotch should take a look at Chasing Amy), his direction hasn’t. It’s too bad, because Dogma is ripe for near-classic status in its theological satire, which is hardly as blasphemous as the protests that greeted the movie would lead you to believe.

Two banished angels (Ben Affleck and Matt Damon) have discovered a loophole that would allow them back into heaven; problem is, they’d destroy civilization in the process by proving God fallible. It’s up to Bethany (Linda Fiorentino), a lapsed Catholic who works in an abortion clinic, to save the day, with some help from two so-called prophets (Smith and Jason Mewes, as their perennial characters Jay and Silent Bob), the heretofore unknown 13th apostle (Chris Rock), and a sexy, heavenly muse (the sublime Salma Hayek, who almost single-handedly steals the film). In some ways Dogma is a shaggy dog of a road movie–which hits a comic peak when Affleck and Fiorentino banter drunkenly on a train to New Jersey, not realizing they’re mortal enemies–and segues into a comedy-action flick as the vengeful angels (who have a taste for blood) try to make their way into heaven. Smith’s cast is exceptional–with Fiorentino lending a sardonic gravity to the proceedings, and Jason Lee smirking evilly as the horned devil Azrael–and the film shuffles good-naturedly to its climax (featuring Alanis Morissette as a beatifically silent God), but it just looks so unrelentingly… subpar. Credit Smith with being a daring writer but a less-than-stellar director. –Mark Englehart

Share this:

Squirmy Patriotism – October 14, 2014

Posted on by MaryBeth Hannan

Service Leader: Elaine Yehle Bowen and Worship Associate John Marfy – A pacifist Unitarian Universalist living in a flag wrapped America can be a challenge. Come along with me on my journey to maintain a necessary separation of church and state. Together, let’s redefine what being a patriotic American means through a UU lens.

Podcast: Download

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS

Share this:

Auction Tickets Available!

Posted on by MaryBeth Hannan

A Taste of Kent Auction tickets available
The Thanks 4 Giving Auction, A Taste of Kent, will be here before we know it.  It’s happening on Saturday, November 3, 6:00 pm at the United Church of Christ on Horning Rd in Kent.  Put it on your calendar!

Tickets are available every Sunday at the Auction table in Fessenden Hall.  Not only is this the biggest fundraiser of the UU Church of Kent after the annual Stewardship campaign, it’s a social event you won’t want to miss; fun, food and fundraising all wrapped up into one. Tickets are only $20, available every Sunday at the Auction table in Fessenden Hall.

You may also drop off your donation forms and donation items at the Auction table.    Click Here  if you are in need of a donation form.

Make your plans, and buy your tickets, and I’ll see you at the Auction!

Share this:

Beef O’Brady’s Fundraising Event – October 21st

Posted on by MaryBeth Hannan

Save the Date:  Beef O’Brady’s in Stow Fundraising Event October 21st from 11AM to 11PM

If you like to eat out AND help the church then mark your calendars now for the Beef O’Brady’s fundraiser on October 21st.  For anyone eating at Beef O’Brady’s in Stow on Sunday October 21st who hands in a flyer about our fundraiser 20% of your food bill will be donated to the church!  (Alcoholic drinks & tips not included)  If you forget the flyer and mention you are there for the UUCK fundraiser they will add your bill to the fundraiser.

We have flyers for you to bring to Beef O’Brady’s posted in Fessenden Hall on the kitchen bulletin board and in the stairwell bulletin board so look for them and take a couple flyers to use and pass out to your friends.

This event is for ONE day only so please plan on eating out on October 21st and helping the church.  The Out to Lunch Bunch is going there that day to help out so let’s plan on joining them!

Thank you,

Meg Milko

Fundraising Chair

Share this:

The Fight for the Vote – October 7, 2012

Posted on by MaryBeth Hannan

Led by The Rev. Melissa Carvill-Ziemer, Director of Religious Education Karen Lapidus and Worship Associate Sophie Smith –  Susan B. Anthony devoted many years of her life fighting for women’s right to vote. She died before that right was won. In this multigenerational service, we will tell her story and reflect on the lessons we can still learn from that struggle. We will also welcome and celebrate the newest members of our congregation this morning.

Podcast: Download

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS

Share this:

“Transgender Identity & Inclusion” webinar – Wednesday, October 17, 7:00-8:15 pm ET

Posted on by MaryBeth Hannan

I grew up with many privileges. Privileges of color, class, gender, physical ability—even height! While my parents weren’t activists, they instilled in me an insistence that everyone be treated fairly.

My journey has been one of listening: listening to historically marginalized people, hearing their stories, coming gradually to understand better their struggles, their courage, and their wisdom. Over the years, I’ve learned a lot from books that shook my complacency and pierced my heart. Books like The Feminine Mystique, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Rubyfruit Jungle.

But I’ve learned even more from the people I’ve met who have challenged my assumptions, shattered my stereotypes, and deepened my compassion. Alex Kapitan is one of those people.

A few months ago, Alex visited my congregation in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and presented a workshop on transgender identity and inclusion. I can’t remember ever learning more in such a short time!

Now Standing on the Side of Love is offering Alex’s brilliant “Transgender Identity & Inclusion” workshop as a webinar on Wednesday, October 17, 7:00-8:15 pm ET. Click here to register.

Alex is funny, engaging, empathetic, self-deprecating, and wicked smart. He completely charmed my congregation, ranging from octogenarian Boston Brahmins to queer youth. I continue to draw regularly on the stories and insights Alex generously shared with us.

Alex’s interactive webinar will provide practical, concrete ways for increasing our mindfulness and support of people of all identities and ways of expressing gender. The workshop is for everyone—whether you’ve had zero exposure to these issues or live them every day. Participants will gain a greater understanding of terminology, the experiences of transgender people, and the ways in which all of us are impacted by gender norms and expectations.

Please join the “Transgender Identity and Inclusion” webinar. Click here to register.

Bring your questions and your curiosity and prepare to be informed, uplifted, and—perhaps most important—changed.

Blessings/Bendiciones,

Rev. Fred Small
Senior Minister
First Parish in Cambridge, Unitarian Universalist
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Share this: