Check out this story about the efforts of David Petras, a Unitarian Universalist from Columbus, OH. He has been traveling all over the district trying to raise money to help local people attend our historic Justice General Assembly this summer in Phoenix, AZ.
http://uuworld.org/news/articles/191575.shtml
Spiritual Cinema will meet tonight, Jan. 18th in Fessenden Hall at 7:30 P.M. Our movie will be “Monty Python’s Life of Brian”. This is an R-rated movie; teens are welcome with parental consent. After the film we will have a short discussion of the ideas within it. Light snacks will be provided .If you have any questions contact Cheryl Spoehr
Budget Submissions for the next Fiscal Year – The deadline to submit your budget requests for FY2013 is quickly approaching. Please see below.
TO: All committee chairs, program directors, staff members, and others with budgetary authority.
FROM: Gene Wenninger, chairperson, Finance Committee
SUBJECT: Budget submissions for next Fiscal Year. Please submit to MaryBeth, Church Administrator by paper or email, [email protected] before February 1.
The Finance Committee is beginning work on developing the Church budget for Fiscal Year 2013, which begins on July 1 of 2012. We need your input as we begin this process. As you know, our fiscal aspirations have exceeded our fiscal resources the past few years. We expect this to hold true this next year. Therefore, based upon your experience or that of your predecessor we ask for your best estimates as follows:
COMMENTS:
If a figure is not submitted, the Committee will work from the current year’s budget and expenditure records. Thanks for your cooperation with this very important request.
January 22, 2012 Sunday Services: The Forest and the Trees
Led by: Rev. Melissa Carvill-Ziemer and Worship Associate Kathy Kerns
When a person is so tangled up with details that they can’t see the big picture, people often say that person can’t see the forest for the trees. On this morning our services will playfully consider what it takes to see clearly.
Training For New Website
Our new website runs a powerful but simple technology called “WordPress” designed to empower leaders of the church to easily update the website themselves. It is about as easy to use as email and includes the ability for each committee to have their own “blog” within the site. This Sunday Dan Flippo from the web team will provide training on how to post and update information on the website after second service in the Annex. All board and committee leaders are invited to attend. We are hoping to train as many people as possible over the next month so that our website can serve as a key communication tool for the congregation. We have identified a number of people to maintain different pages on the website and will begin sending out usernames and passwords shortly via email.
The web team will be offering additional dates and times for the training. However, if you are unable to attend or if you would like to learn more about WordPress, you can also visit the WordPress Online Tutorial. This tutorial is also includes details on how someone can create their own blog using WordPress but most of the information also applies to our site.
Please contact Dan Flippo at [email protected] or Jen May if you have any questions about the website or the training.
SOCIAL JUSTICE SOCIAL HOUR, Take 2
Amid the recent seasonal festivities the Social Justice Social Hour I proposed to take place during second service got OBE. No, not an Out-of-Body-Experience , or even the Order of the British Empire (though we can always hope) but an old military term “Overtaken By Events.”
I’d like to try again, beginning 11:15 this Sunday January 15, in Fessenden Hall.
These will be informal friendly discussions – no programmed topics, agendas or speakers — about how we as churches, communities and social entities deal with issues of common justice and the common good.
I plan to facilitate – not lead – explorations of ideas of both substance and process. We won’t be limited to certain topics, nor excused from controversial ones. We will tackle timely and difficult issues – drone killings, campaign practices, WikiLeaks, abortion, gun control, sexual abuse, nuclear energy & weapons, predatory capitalism.
My hope is that these discussions may help us get to know one another and our priorities, generate conviviality and solidarity within the church, and create a little more focus and direction on the moral, political, economic and environmental parameters of the justice and injustice we face as a church and as citizens of a world community.
See the December Chalice Flame for more details.
Caroline Arnold
Coffee Hour Challenge and Opportunity
Marion Yeagler has done a wonderful job coordinating coffee hour for the past couple of years. In addition to her coordination role, Marion has also been setting up for coffee hour on the 2nd, 4th and 5th Sundays of the month. Thanks to her generosity of spirit and hard work, we have been able to offer a warm and lively social hour as part of our Sunday morning hospitality. However, Marion has decided the time has come for her to step down from her coffee hour coordination position effective the first of February.
Appeals have been made for someone to volunteer to make coffee on the Sundays Marion covers as well as to assume the coffee hour coordination role. Unless we have some additional volunteers, we will not be able to have coffee hour on the 2nd, 4th and 5th Sundays of each month. Ann Waters sets up on the 1st Sunday, and Dan Hayes on the 3rd Sunday of each month, for which we are grateful. If you are interested in the possibility of taking one Sunday a month (or even every other month) and want to know more about what it entails, you are welcome to talk to Ann or Dan. We welcome individuals, families or even small groups to volunteer to serve in this way together.
If you think you might be interested in taking on the role of coffee hour coordinator, please speak with Trustee for Fellowship Julie Lineburgh or the Rev. Melissa Carvill-Ziemer. We’d be glad to help you consider if this might be a good way for you to serve our beloved community. In addition, Marion has offered to train the new coordinator; this would not be reinventing the wheel!
The coffee hour cleanup schedule has been made through May. Will you be the person to help us make sure there is something for them to clean up?
Big Changes in Our Nursery Promote Comfort and Safety
Due to our recent baby boom, we now need more space for the nursery. The Library Committee has graciously allowed us to expand into their former space (the library is now housed in Founders’ Lounge). This will help us eliminate the crowded conditions and allow us to better care for our littlest Unitarian Universalists. Please stop in before or after the services to admire the spaciousness!
A Chance To Live Your Values!
The Coming Of Age program at the Kent UU church challenges 8th, 9th and 10th graders to begin the important passage into adulthood through discussion and activities. As one of their activities the group is going to prepare and serve a meal for Kent Social Services. They need donations to purchase food items. Randy Leeson will be manning a table in Fessenden Hall during coffee hour on January 22, and 29. He will graciously receive your donations for this wonderful growing opportunity.
Art in the Sanctuary
We can still use one or two exhibits for this February through April. May is a month when RE art is displayed. If there is anyone who would like to do an art or craft exhibit, who knows of an artist who would be willing to exhibit or who has a collection of art they would be willing to show, contact John Kluth.
The annual UU Chili Cook Off is coming January 29th. Cooks can register their chili in one of four different categories: best meat, best vegetarian, most exotic, and hottest. Cooks want to remember that having enough food for people will allow people to vote for your chili. If you come to eat, adults are $5 and children 10 and under are $3. That will get you a ballot and the opportunity to sample as many chilies as you want. There will also be chips and sauces available as well as drinks.
Peter and the Wolf Puppet Show will be presented on January 29th in the Sanctuary at 2:45 pm, following the Chili Cook-off. Come see this classic tale brought to life by Heidrun Hultgren Donations will benefit the UU Church of Kent.
New UU class scheduled
Whether you are new to the UU Church of Kent or you have been here awhile, you are encouraged to attend the class that will be held on Sunday, February 5 from 9 to 11 am. We will meet at the Annex, the yellow house next to the church.
If you are contemplating membership with us, the information you receive in this class may answer many of your questions. We share information about the history of Unitarian Universalism in general, and the UU Church of Kent in particular.
All are welcome and you may drop in if you like, but if you know that you are attending or if you have any questions, please contact Claudia Miller or Marion Yeagler.
UUCK 6th Annual “Soup”er Bowl
Sunday, Feb. 5 is the date for our annual “soup”er bowl to collect cans of hearty soup (as well as chili, stew & ravioli) and cash/coin for Kent Social Services. Please bring your cans and all your spare change that you’ve saved during January on Sunday, Feb. 5 and look for the football themed table in Fessenden Hall – before, between and after services. Make a donation and enter to win a pot of homemade soup of your choice from Creative Cuisine. It’s a win-win game!
Questions? E-mail Coach Bowen at [email protected].
New or not, do you know your niche?
Come learn more about the various ways to get involved and find your way at UUCK!
Join us on February 12th for a coffee chat with your trustee for fellowship (Julie Lineburgh) and trustee for programming (Cheryl Spoehr).
There will be a fun presentation for ways to get involved and a Q and A session for all your burning questions.
All are welcome! We hope to see you there!
The Book Group will be meeting on Tuesday, February 14 at 7 pm in the home of Betty Kendrick, 175 Graham Rd. Apt. 12, Cuyahoga Falls. This month we are reading Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks. In 1665, a young man from Martha’s Vineyard became the first Native American to graduate from Harvard College. Upon this slender factual scaffold, the author has created a luminous tale of love and faith, magic and adventure. In April we will be reading the book Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghesse. If you have any questions you may contact Bonnie Harper.
Navigating the Waters: Social Media and Middle Schoolers
A Panel Discussion presented Saturday, Jan. 14th , 10:00 am – 12:00 pm in Fessenden Hall at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Kent which is free and open to the public.
Flyer for Panel Discussion (right click to download to you your computer)
January 15, 2012 Sunday Services: A Dangerous Vision?
Led by: Rev. Melissa Carvill-Ziemer and Worship Associate Bonnie Harper
Every year we take another look at the vision that inspired the ministry of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Many people remember King talking about his dream; fewer remember when he began saying that his dream had become a nightmare. This morning we will explore what he meant by that and what meaning his message still has today.
Congregational Information Meeting Scheduled between services on Sunday, January 15
The Feasibility Team recently had another meeting with Doug Fuller and Tim Coerver of Fuller Design Group. We don’t yet have final financial estimates for our proposed sanctuary reorientation project; we hope to have final figures by the end of January. However, we do have many updates to share about our recent asbestos survey and the forensic analysis the Fuller Design Group completed as well as initial sketches of how the reoriented sanctuary and balcony levels would look upon completion. Please plan to attend the brief congregational meeting held between services on January 15 for more information.
SOCIAL JUSTICE SOCIAL HOUR, Take 2
Amid the recent seasonal festivities the Social Justice Social Hour I proposed to take place during second service got OBE. No, not an Out-of-Body-Experience , or even the Order of the British Empire (though we can always hope) but an old military term “Overtaken By Events.”
I’d like to try again, beginning 11:15 this Sunday January 15, in Fessenden Hall.
These will be informal friendly discussions – no programmed topics, agendas or speakers — about how we as churches, communities and social entities deal with issues of common justice and the common good.
I plan to facilitate – not lead – explorations of ideas of both substance and process. We won’t be limited to certain topics, nor excused from controversial ones. We will tackle timely and difficult issues – drone killings, campaign practices, WikiLeaks, abortion, gun control, sexual abuse, nuclear energy & weapons, predatory capitalism.
My hope is that these discussions may help us get to know one another and our priorities, generate conviviality and solidarity within the church, and create a little more focus and direction on the moral, political, economic and environmental parameters of the justice and injustice we face as a church and as citizens of a world community.
See the December Chalice Flame for more details.
Caroline Arnold
Denominational Affairs Meeting
On Jan. 15th after 2nd service a Denominational Affairs open meeting will take place in the Annex to solicit input for the UUA congregational certification section on social justice. We will review the list of potential new study action ideas to be voted on at the Phoenix GA and develop a response for the Commission on Social Witness on our work on Immigration Reform study action issue. Details of what we will be doing can be found using this link:http://www.uua.org/statements/
All are welcome.
Mac Goekler
Our Participation in the Guest At Your Table Program Ends This Sunday.
We are joining Unitarian Universalists across the country in supporting the work of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee by our participation in their “Guest At Your Table” program. Doing so allows us to both financially support and learn about our service committee’s human-rights work and to read this year’s featured “Stories of Hope”. Our donations in support of this program will be collected during the worship services on Sunday, January 15th. If you used a GAYT collection box, please convert the cash to a check. Donations envelopes will be available. Please make checks payable to UUSC or Unitarian Universalist Service Committee.
Big Changes in Our Nursery Promote Comfort and Safety
Due to our recent baby boom, we now need more space for the nursery. The Library Committee has graciously allowed us to expand into their former space (the library is now housed in Founders’ Lounge). This will help us eliminate the crowded conditions and allow us to better care for our littlest Unitarian Universalists. Please stop in before or after the services to admire the spaciousness!
The Book Group will be meeting on Tuesday, January 17 at 7 pm in the home of Betty Kendrick at 175 Graham Rd. Apt. 12 in Cuyahoga Falls. This month we are reading Winter Garden by Kristen Hannah. The dying wish of a loving father ignites a family drama that brings two sisters and their acid-tongued, Russian-born mother together in a story that reaches back to WWII. In February we will be reading Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks. In 1665, a young man from Martha’s Vineyard became the first Native American to graduate from Harvard College. Upon this slender factual scaffold, the author has created a luminous tale of love and faith, magic and adventure. In April we will be reading the book Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghesse. If you have any questions you may contact Bonnie Harper.
Spiritual Cinema will meet in Fessenden Hall on Jan.18th.,at 7:30 P.M. Our movie will be “Monty Python’s Life of Brian”. This is an R-rated movie; teens are welcome with parental consent. After the film we will have a short discussion of the ideas within it. Light snacks will be provided. If you have any questions contact Cheryl Spoehr.
A Chance To Live Your Values!
The Coming Of Age program at the Kent UU church challenges 8th, 9th and 10th graders to begin the important passage into adulthood through discussion and activities. As one of their activities the group is going to prepare and serve a meal for Kent Social Services. They need donations to purchase food items. Randy Leeson will be manning a table in Fessenden Hall during coffee hour on January 8, 15, 22, and 29. He will graciously receive your donations for this wonderful growing opportunity.
The Annual UU Chili Cook Off is coming January 29th. Cooks can register their chili in one of four different categories: best meat, best vegetarian, most exotic, and hottest. Cooks want to remember that having enough food for people will allow people to vote for your chili. If you come to eat, adults are $5 and children 10 and under are $3. That will get you a ballot and the opportunity to sample as many chilies as you want. There will also be chips and sauces available as well as drinks.
Peter and the Wolf Puppet Show will be presented on January 29th in the Sanctuary at 2:45 pm, following the Chili Cook-off. Come see this classic tale brought to life by Heidrun Hultgren. Donations with benefit the UU Church of Kent.
Art in the Sanctuary
We can still use one or two exhibits for this February through April. May is a month when RE art is displayed. If there is anyone who would like to do an art or craft exhibit, who knows of an artist who would be willing to exhibit or who has a collection of art they would be willing to show, contact John Kluth.
UUCK 6th Annual “Soup”er Bowl
Sunday, Feb. 5 is the date for our annual “soup”er bowl to collect cans of hearty soup (as well as chili, stew & ravioli) and cash/coin for Kent Social Services. Please bring your cans and all your spare change that you’ve saved during January on Sunday, Feb. 5 and look for the football themed table in Fessenden Hall – before, between and after services. Make a donation and enter to win a pot of homemade soup of your choice from Creative Cuisine. It’s a win-win game!
Questions? E-mail Coach Bowen.
Our Kent Church is well known for its social justice programs. Three members of the Social Justice Committee will tell the history of our justice seeking church while bringing the congregation up to date on current efforts. We have much to be proud of and we want to celebrate and honor our social justice past, our present, and share our future dreams.
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The Cuyahoga River concert Series presents The Kent Community Sing (a-long)
7- 8:30 pm in the Sanctuary
Did you know that the UU Church of Kent has the best acoustical space for group singing in Kent? Yes, it’s true. Join Hal Walker and WKSU’s Matt Watroba in a warm evening of singing to bring in the new year. All are welcome! 7-8:30 pm
A Chance To Live Your Values!
The Coming Of Age program at the Kent UU church challenges 8th, 9th and 10th graders to begin the important passage into adulthood through discussion and activities. As one of their activities the group is going to prepare and serve a meal for Kent Social Services. They need donations to purchase food items. Randy Leeson will be manning a table in Fessenden Hall during coffee hour on January 8, 15, 22, and 29. He will graciously receive your donations for this wonderful growing opportunity.
January 8, 2012 Sunday Services: Social Justice: Then & Now
Led by: Caroline Arnold, Paulette Thurman, and Mac Goekler
Our Kent Church is well known for its social justice programs. Three members of the Social Justice Committee will tell the history of our justice seeking church while bringing the congregation up to date on current efforts. We have much to be proud of and we want to celebrate and honor our social justice past, our present, and share our future dreams.
Special Offering for Heifer International – Jan. 8, 2012
Heifer International is a nonprofit, humanitarian organization dedicated to ending hunger and poverty and caring for the Earth. Heifer currently provides livestock, trees, seeds and training in environmentally sound agriculture to families in more than 50 countries, including the United States. Heifer’s recipients agrees to share one or more of their animals’ offspring, and also the training they receive, with others in need in what Heifer calls Passing on the Gift.
“Lucky to Have You” reception on January 13th is for those individuals who raised their pledges to 2 1/2% or more of their income —- not BY 2 1/2% as stated in the newsletter.
Congregational Information Meeting Scheduled between services on Sunday, January 15
The Feasibility Team recently had another meeting with Doug Fuller and Tim Coerver of Fuller Design Group. We don’t yet have final financial estimates for our proposed sanctuary reorientation project; we hope to have final figures by the end of January. However, we do have many updates to share about our recent asbestos survey and the forensic analysis the Fuller Design Group completed as well as initial sketches of how the reoriented sanctuary and balcony levels would look upon completion. Please plan to attend the brief congregational meeting held between services on January 15 for more information.
Denominational Affairs Meeting
On Jan. 15th after 2nd service a Denominational Affairs open meeting will take place in the Annex to solicit input for the UUA congregational certification section on social justice. We will review the list of potential new study action ideas to be voted on at the Phoenix GA and develop a response for the Commission on Social Witness on our work on Immigration Reform study action issue. Details of what we will be doing can be found using this link:http://www.uua.org/statements/
All are welcome.
Mac Goekler
The UU Service Committee’s Guest At Your Table Program Donations will be Collected on January 15th.
We are joining Unitarian Universalists across the country in supporting the work of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee by our participation in their “Guest At Your Table” program. Doing so allows us to both financially support and learn about our service committee’s human-rights work and to read this year’s featured “Stories of Hope”.
It’s not too late to take home a donation box or, if you prefer, a donation envelope. On each side of the box there is a photograph of one of the people from a Story of Hope. Use the box as a symbol of hospitality and generosity as you “feed your guest with your donations” . Many folks like to put the box on their dining table as a reminder of our faith in action. The boxes, donation envelopes and booklet which includes the stories of hope are available in the lift lobby by the coat rack. We will be collecting the donations for the UUSC on Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday, which is January 15th.
The Book Group will be meeting on Tuesday, January 17 at 7 pm in the home of Betty Kendrick at 175 Graham Rd. Apt. 12 in Cuyahoga Falls. This month we are reading Winter Garden by Kristen Hannah. The dying wish of a loving father ignites a family drama that brings two sisters and their acid-tongued, Russian-born mother together in a story that reaches back to WWII. In February we will be reading Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks. In 1665, a young man from Martha’s Vineyard became the first Native American to graduate from Harvard College. Upon this slender factual scaffold, the author has created a luminous tale of love and faith, magic and adventure. In April we will be reading the book Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghesse. If you have any questions you may contact Bonnie Harper.
Dear UU Church of Kent members and friends,
I wanted to make sure you all knew about a wonderful leadership training opportunity coming up before it’s too late!
Our cluster is offering a “Heathy Congregations” training series, which I believe every congregational leader and potential leader should experience. You can find out more about Healthy Congregations here:http://www.cerguua.org/
I will be co-leading the first session with the Rev. Matt Alspaugh at the First UU Church of Youngstown on Saturday, January 14th.
Registration is only $33 for Saturday sessions (it’s usually much more, but the facilitators are doing this series without charging for their time). If you are interested and available, register here by this Saturday:https://ohiomeadville.wufoo.
I hope you will join us!
In faith and service,
Rev. Renee Zimelis Ruchotzke
Affiliated Community Minister
Thank you to Ann VerWiebe for creating a beautiful, new handmade Embracing Meditation book. This book is always available at the front of the sanctuary on the low, curved wooden table for those who would like to share a joy, sorrow, milestone or memorial with the members of our caring ministries. Anyone who would like to share more privately is always welcome to contact the minister.
The Christmas Eve coffee hour committee would like to thank all who contributed cookies and other goodies to the evening’s celebration. We received many expressions of appreciation for the quality and variety of the refreshments and for the “decor”. We couldn’t have done it without your generous help; it is a joy to be a part of such a responsive community. Happy New Year to all.
Marion Yaegler and Ann Waters
Sheetz Coupon Book Fundraiser
Purchase your Sheetz coupon books at coffee hour for only $10. The coupons are worth a minimum of $25. The church earns $4 for each booklet sold.
The Paper Retriever is here!
Please deposit your newspapers, magazines, office and school papers in the green and yellow bin behind the annex. We earn money for every pound of paper we collect.
UUCK 6th Annual “Soup”er Bowl
Sunday, Feb. 5 is the date for our annual “soup”er bowl to collect cans of hearty soup (as well as chili, stew & ravioli) and cash/coin for Kent Social Services. Please bring your cans and all your spare change that you’ve saved during January on Sunday, Feb. 5 and look for the football themed table in Fessenden Hall – before, between and after services. Make a donation and enter to win a pot of homemade soup of your choice from Creative Cuisine. It’s a win-win game!
Questions? E-mail Coach Bowen.
We regret that we have to announce that our Sexton, Cindy has resigned effective immediately; we wish her the best in her future pursuits. In the meantime, Michelle Bores is volunteering to fill the most essential duties for a few weeks allowing the Personnel Committee the time and opportunity to find a replacement as soon as possible. Thank you Michelle, we appreciate your help and assistance!
With winter weather arriving, we are aware that there may be occasions when we need to cancel programming at the church. Though we are unlikely to need to cancel Sunday services entirely (Rev. Melissa, our minister, and Hal Walker, our music director, live within walking distance), we may choose to have only the second service if the weather or the roads warrant a delay. It is more likely that we may need to cancel our religious education program in inclement weather as our Director of Religious Education, Karen Lapidus, and many of our volunteer teachers and advisors drive some distance to get to church.
If the weather or the condition of the roads cause you to wonder whether we are proceeding with our programming as scheduled, please check for cancellations before you head out.
You can check in one of three places:
Listed below are the TV stations, radio stations and websites that i-Alert notifies this year:
Television Stations powered by iAlert
WKYC-TV Channel 3
Radio Stations powered by iAlert
Newsradio WTAM 1100, AM
WMVX, Mix 106.5 FM
WMJI, Magic 105.7 FM
WGAR, My Country 99.5 FM
WAKS, KISS 96.5 FM
WMMS, 100.7 FM Cleveland’s Rock Station
WHLO, 640 AM
WKDD, 98.1 FM
RADIO FREE OHIO 1350 AM
90.3 WCPN ideastream
WCRF, 103.3 FM
WCLV, 104.9 FM
Websites
640whio.com
1350radiofreeohio.com
WKYC Severe Weather Website
http://www.wkyc.com/weather/
24 December 2011 Christmas Eve Candlelight Services
Rev. Melissa Carvill-Ziemer, Director of Religious Education Karen Lapidus, Affiliated Community Minister Rev. Renee Ruchotzke, and Worship Associate Elaine Bowen along with the Unitarian Universalist Church of Kent Choir directed by our Music Director Hal Walker, and possibly one wonderful musical group too!
6:30 pm A special family friendly service of lessons and carols to welcome the spirit of Christmas into the world.
8:30 pm A special service of lessons and carols to welcome the spirit of Christmas into the world.
We will have a special social hour between our two services with punch, coffee, and cookies. Everyone is invited to stop by Fessenden Hall between 7:30 and 8:30. There will be a fun ornament making activity that we hope children will especially enjoy. This is a special time of year when we celebrate families, express our gratitude and joy for the gift of families, both our church family and our individual families. We hope you will take a few minutes between services to have some refreshments, greet friends and share holiday greetings before going home to your own celebrations. Please note that the nursery will be open and staffed for infants and toddlers during both services.
25 December- 10:30 am service only Timeless Gifts
The Rev. Melissa Carvill-Ziemer and Worship Associate Max Grubb
This morning we offer you the timeless gifts of worship and community. We promise touching story, beautiful song and time for contemplation followed by a Christmas brunch for any who would like to stay and share a meal. Elaine and Bill Bowen will be preparing scrambled eggs and Bill’s Biscuits and offering orange juice, coffee and tea. You are welcome to bring a dish to round out the meal if you like, though bringing something is not required.
After brunch, anyone who wishes is welcome to stay for an afternoon of games. Bring your favorite game with you! One of our games will be a white elephant gift exchange. If you would like to participate in the gift exchange, please bring a wrapped gift (homemade or repurposed is fine) and indicate on a tag if the gift would be best received by an adult, youth or child or person of a particular gender. If you are going to purchase something for the gift exchange, please observe a $5 spending limit.
Please note – we will have only one service today at 10:30 am. No religious education classes will be offered. Children are invited to attend the service. Nursery care will be available for infants and toddlers.
1 January 2012 – 10:30 am service only Remembrance Service
Led by: Mac and Susan Goekler
This annual event will again be a celebration of life for those folks we have known or know about. We are what we are today because of all those who have gone before us.
Church Office Closed for the Holidays
Please know that the Church Office will be closed Dec. 26 – Jan. 2. Rev. Melissa will be on study leave Dec. 26 through Dec. 31 and MaryBeth will be on vacation through Jan. 2. If you have a pastoral concern or emergency, Rev. Melissa may be reached by cell phone (330-554-7268) through Dec. 31.
Please note that Rev. Melissa will be on vacation Jan. 1 – 7 and during that time Christie Anderson, Commissioned Lay Leader, and Rev. Renee Ruchotzke, Affiliated Community Minister, will be available for pastoral concerns and/or emergencies. Please note that Rev. Renee is not free on Jan. 7.
The Church Office will re-open on Tuesday, Jan. 3rd. We wish everyone a joyful Christmas and happy New Year!
Taking down our Holiday Decorations is not as glamorous as setting them up, but it is just as essential! Please help on January 1st,after Second Service. Many hands make light labors, and we always have fun working together. If you plan on helping, please contact Cheryl Spoehr, e-mail address [email protected],so I will know how many are coming, and provide some snacks. However, walk-ins are always welcome!
School is out, it’s cold and there are no subsidized meals for hungry children in need. Please consider bringing a child friendly food item to Christmas Eve or Christmas Day service for the many families served by Kent Social Services. Items to consider are peanut butter & jelly, dry cereal or oatmeal packets, canned fruit, macaroni & cheese mix, canned ravioli, tomato or chicken noodle soup & crackers.
Thank you for your generosity,
Elaine Bowen
With winter weather arriving, we are aware that there may be occasions when we need to cancel programming at the church. Though we are unlikely to need to cancel Sunday services entirely (Rev. Melissa, our minister, and Hal Walker, our music director, live within walking distance), we may choose to have only the second service if the weather or the roads warrant a delay. It is more likely that we may need to cancel our religious education program in inclement weather as our Director of Religious Education, Karen Lapidus, and many of our volunteer teachers and advisors drive some distance to get to church.
If the weather or the condition of the roads cause you to wonder whether we are proceeding with our programming as scheduled, please check for cancellations before you head out.
You can check in one of three places:
Listed below are the TV stations, radio stations and websites that i-Alert notifies this year:
Television Stations powered by iAlert
WKYC-TV Channel 3
Radio Stations powered by iAlert
Newsradio WTAM 1100, AM
WMVX, Mix 106.5 FM
WMJI, Magic 105.7 FM
WGAR, My Country 99.5 FM
WAKS, KISS 96.5 FM
WMMS, 100.7 FM Cleveland’s Rock Station
WHLO, 640 AM
WKDD, 98.1 FM
RADIO FREE OHIO 1350 AM
90.3 WCPN ideastream
WCRF, 103.3 FM
WCLV, 104.9 FM
Websites
1350radiofreeohio.com
WKYC Severe Weather Website
http://www.wkyc.com/weather/
Denominational Affairs Meeting
On Jan. 15th after 2nd service a Denominational Affairs open meeting will take place in the Annex to solicit input for the UUA congregational certification section on social justice. We will review the list of potential new study action ideas to be voted on at the Phoenix GA and develop a response for the Commission on Social Witness on our work on Immigration Reform study action issue. Details of what we will be doing can be found using this link:http://www.uua.org/statements/
All are welcome.
Mac Goekler
The Book Group will be meeting on Tuesday, January 17 at 7 pm in the home of Betty Kendrick at 175 Graham Rd. Apt. 12 in Cuyahoga Falls. This month we are reading Winter Garden by Kristen Hannah. The dying wish of a loving father ignites a family drama that brings two sisters and their acid-tongued, Russian-born mother together in a story that reaches back to WWII. In February we will be reading Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks. In 1665, a young man from Martha’s Vineyard became the first Native American to graduate from Harvard College. Upon this slender factual scaffold, the author has created a luminous tale of love and faith, magic and adventure. In April we will be reading the book Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghesse. If you have any questions you may contact Bonnie Harper at [email protected].
A “Thank You” we have received…
We the Board of the Ohio-Meadville District thank you for your generous support of the District and Unitarian Universalism through your fair share contribution to the Ohio-Meadville District in the 2010-2011 fiscal year.
Healthy Congregations Training
Are you interested in helping our congregation grow even healthier? We are looking for a small team of people to participate in the upcoming Healthy Congregations training in our cluster. Healthy Congregations, Inc. is an ecumenical, not for profit educational and consulting agency which focuses on providing resources for training in understanding emotional process in communities of faith, families and organizations. Initially begun as a project based on Peter Steinke’s book How Your Church Family Works, this series of six workshops has transformed congregations (including Unitarian Universalist) and synagogues all over the country by helping them understand and respond faithfully to emotional process in their communities of faith, their families and other organizations. More information can be found at:
http://www.cerguua.org/
The program includes three core sessions and three optional focus sessions. We are hoping that each person on our team will attend the three core sessions and divide up attendance at the supplemental sessions amongst themselves. The sessions will be held from approximately 9:30 to 4 on a series of Saturdays rotating between the Unitarian Universalist congregations in Kent, Akron, Youngstown and Canton. The schedule and topics are as follows:
Three core sessions:
Jan 14 – Creating Healthy Congregations
Feb 4 – Responding to Anxiety and Change
Feb 25 – Leadership in Healthy Congregations
Three focus sessions:
Mar 17 – Relationships in Healthy Congregations
Apr 7 – Stewardship and Generosity
Apr 28 – Spirituality of Healthy Congregations
There is a nominal cost for participation in this program which our church can help cover if needed. Please speak to Rev. Melissa Carvill-Ziemer if you are interested in participating.
“Stories of Hope”: The UU Service Committee’s Guest At Your Table Program
This holiday season we are joining Unitarian Universalists across the country in supporting the work of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee by our participation in their “Guest At Your Table” program. Doing so allows us to both financially support and learn about our service committee’s human-rights work and to read this year’s featured “Stories of Hope”.
All are invited to take home a donation box or, if you prefer, a donation envelope. On each side of the box there is a photograph of one of the people from a Story of Hope. Use the box as a symbol of hospitality and generosity as you “feed your guest with your donations” throughout the holiday season. Many folks like to put the box on their dining table as a reminder of our faith in action. The boxes, donation envelopes and booklet which includes the stories of hope are available in the foyer just outside the sanctuary. We will be collecting the donations for the UUSC on Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday, which is January 15th.
Sunday, December 18 – The Last Straw, led by the Rev. Melissa Carvill-Ziemer and Karen Lapidus, Director of Religious Education. Join us for services on this Multi-generational Sunday at 9:30 or 11:15 am. This year we continue our tradition of making the Sunday before Christmas a family-friendly, multigenerational celebration of the season. Come hear the story of an old camel, a little lamb and the journey of lifetime. Come see what purpose may be found when we follow where we are led, even when we aren’t sure why.
The Christmas Eve refreshment committee is requesting cookie contributions for the holiday celebration between services on Christmas Eve. If you could bring 1 1/2 or 2 doz cookies to the church kitchen by 6 PM on Christmas Eve we would be very grateful.
Last Sunday for Holiday Share – December 18th!
Don’t miss out on the opportunity to both donate and purchase gifts and goodies for yourself and others. We offer homemade foods and handcrafted items along with other holiday decorations and gifts. Shop and donate through December 18th.
24 December 2011 Christmas Eve Candlelight Services
Rev. Melissa Carvill-Ziemer, Director of Religious Education Karen Lapidus
Affiliated Community Minister Rev. Renee Ruchotzke and Worship Associate Elaine Bowen along with the Unitarian Universalist Church of Kent Choir directed by our Music Director Hal Walker and possibly one wonderful musical group too!
6:30 pm A special family friendly service of lessons and carols to welcome the spirit of Christmas into the world.
8:30 pm A special service of lessons and carols to welcome the spirit of Christmas into the world.
We will have a special social hour between our two services with punch, coffee, and cookies. Everyone is invited to stop by Fessenden Hall between 7:30 and 8:30. There will be a fun ornament making activity that we hope children will especially enjoy. This is a special time of year when we celebrate families, express our gratitude and joy for the gift of families, both our church family and our individual families. We hope you will take a few minutes between services to have some refreshments, greet friends and share holiday greetings before going home to your own celebrations
Please note that the nursery will be open and staffed for infants and toddlers during both services.
Susan and I are doing a Remembrance Service on New Year’s Day. We will be doing a tribute to Sargent Shriver and the Peace Corps. We have a question that you might be able to help us with – other than Joanne, who else has been in the Peace Corps? We would like to talk with you about your Peace Corps experience.
Peace,
Mac Goekler
Church Office Closed for the Holidays
Please know that the Church Office will be closed Dec. 26 – Jan. 2. Rev. Melissa will be on study leave Dec. 26 through Dec. 31 and MaryBeth will be on vacation through Jan. 2. If you have a pastoral concern or emergency, Rev. Melissa may be reached by cell phone (330-554-7268) through Dec. 31.
Please note that Rev. Melissa will be on vacation Jan. 1 – 7 and during that time Christie Anderson, Commissioned Lay Leader, and Rev. Renee Ruchotzke, Affiliated Community Minister, will be available for pastoral concerns and/or emergencies. Please note that Rev. Renee is not free on Jan. 7.
The Church Office will re-open on Tuesday, Jan. 3rd. We wish everyone a joyful Christmas and happy New Year!
Denominational Affairs Meeting
On Jan. 15th after 2nd service a Denominational Affairs open meeting will take place in the Annex to solicit input for the UUA congregational certification section on social justice. We will review the list of potential new study action ideas to be voted on at the Phoenix GA and develop a response for the Commission on Social Witness on our work on Immigration Reform study action issue. Details of what we will be doing can be found using this link: http://www.uua.org/statements/
All are welcome.
Mac Goekler
The Book Group will be meeting on Tuesday, January 17 at 7 pm in the home of Betty Kendrick at 175 Graham Rd. Apt. 12 in Cuyahoga Falls. This month we are reading Winter Garden by Kristen Hannah. The dying wish of a loving father ignites a family drama that brings two sisters and their acid-tongued, Russian-born mother together in a story that reaches back to WWII. In February we will be reading Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks. In 1665, a young man from Martha’s Vineyard became the first Native American to graduate from Harvard College. Upon this slender factual scaffold, the author has created a luminous tale of love and faith, magic and adventure. In April we will be reading the bookCutting for Stone by Abraham Verghesse. If you have any questions you may contact Bonnie Harper at[email protected].
Healthy Congregations Training
Are you interested in helping our congregation grow even healthier? We are looking for a small team of people to participate in the upcoming Healthy Congregations training in our cluster. Healthy Congregations, Inc. is an ecumenical, not for profit educational and consulting agency which focuses on providing resources for training in understanding emotional process in communities of faith, families and organizations. Initially begun as a project based on Peter Steinke’s book How Your Church Family Works, this series of six workshops has transformed congregations (including Unitarian Universalist) and synagogues all over the country by helping them understand and respond faithfully to emotional process in their communities of faith, their families and other organizations.
The program includes three core sessions and three optional focus sessions. We are hoping that each person on our team will attend the three core sessions and divide up attendance at the supplemental sessions amongst themselves. The sessions will be held from approximately 9:30 to 4 on a series of Saturdays rotating between the Unitarian Universalist congregations in Kent, Akron, Youngstown and Canton. The schedule and topics are as follows:
Three core sessions:
Jan 14 – Creating Healthy Congregations
Feb 4 – Responding to Anxiety and Change
Feb 25 – Leadership in Healthy Congregations
Three focus sessions:
Mar 17 – Relationships in Healthy Congregations
Apr 7 – Stewardship and Generosity
Apr 28 – Spirituality of Healthy Congregations
There is a nominal cost for participation in this program which our church can help cover if needed. Please speak to Rev. Melissa Carvill-Ziemer if you are interested in participating.
“Stories of Hope”: The UU Service Committee’s Guest At Your Table Program
This holiday season we are joining Unitarian Universalists across the country in supporting the work of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee by our participation in their “Guest At Your Table” program. Doing so allows us to both financially support and learn about our service committee’s human-rights work and to read this year’s featured “Stories of Hope”.
All are invited to take home a donation box or, if you prefer, a donation envelope. On each side of the box there is a photograph of one of the people from a Story of Hope. Use the box as a symbol of hospitality and generosity as you “feed your guest with your donations” throughout the holiday season. Many folks like to put the box on their dining table as a reminder of our faith in action. The boxes, donation envelopes and booklet which includes the stories of hope are available in the foyer just outside the sanctuary. We will be collecting the donations for the UUSC on Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday, which is January 15th.
Sunday, Nov. 27th– The Education of God: Noah, led by The Revs. David & Beverly Bumbaugh and the Rev. Melissa Carvill-Ziemer. Join us for services at 9:30 or 11:15 am.
Beverly and David are natives of Hagerstown Maryland, where they met in High School. They are both graduates of Wilmington College in Ohio and alums of Meadville Lombard Theological School. They discovered Universalism and began serving Universalist churches while in college. Having served churches in Ohio, Illinois, Virginia, New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, they were named ministers emeriti of the Unitarian Church in Summit, New Jersey upon retirement. They have been married 55 years, have four children, four grandsons, and are living in Bristol Village, Waverly, Ohio.
Chancel Decoration Committee Meeting
Sunday Nov. 27
In the chancel after the 2nd Service
This will be a brief meeting to acquaint new members with the budget, seasonal plans, materials available, and tasks. Both planners and worker bees are welcome! The next seasonal change-over will be for St. Nicholas’s Birthday. The Hanging of the Greens will take place Sunday, December 4. Be part of the festivities!
The Bittersweet Christmas Band – Traditional and Contemporary Holiday Music
Friday December 3rd at 7:30 pm in the sanctuary.
The holidays are a mixed bag and so is the Bittersweet Christmas Band!
On Friday, December 3rd, traditional artists Phil Cooper, Margaret Nelson & Kate Early join forces with songwriter and “wise” woman Susan Urban for a show that presents every possible perspective on the holiday season from the reverent to the ridiculous.
Two to four-part harmonies and masterful instrumentation on guitar, banjo, mountain dulcimer, hand drum and other percussion instruments make the Bittersweet Christmas Band an act not to be missed!
Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door; Contact Lois Weir for tickets.
Support Kent Social Services and the Miller Community House this Holiday Season
The RE Committee is sponsoring the annual toy drive for Kent Social Services. Unwrapped, new toys can be placed in the box in Fessenden Hall from now until early December. They especially need toys for boys and gift card for teens from Walmart. If you are in need of ideas, look at the mittens hung in Fesenden Hall. Each mitten lists a great toy suggestion generated by the children in our religious education program. Donation deadline is Sunday, December 4th.
This year we are again supporting the “Adopt-a-Family” program of the Miller Community House, an emergency shelter for adults and children located in Portage County. We will be making purchases based on the wish lists of “our family”, who are mom. dad, two sons (age 16 and 8) and a daughter (age 14). Checks should be made payable to: Unitarian Universalist Church of Kent with “Miller Community House” in the memo line and placed in the container also located in Fessenden Hall. Donation deadline is Sunday, December 11th.
Children’s Choir Reforming!
We ran into some snags while trying to form our Children’s Choir, but now those have been cleared and we are ready to move forward once again. All children age 3 through grade 8 are invited to join our new Children’s Choir. The choir will be directed by Becky Haines with assistance from Beth Kuemerle.
This will be opportunity for our children to gather to have fun and deepen their faith through music, dance and drama. The Children’s Choir will be participating in our worship services from time to time, with the first time being Sunday, December 18th for our winter holidays multigenerational worship service.
The children’s choir will meet in the sanctuary by the piano from 10:40 until 11:05 on Sunday mornings. Children age 3 and 4 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Older children may attend alone, but their parents and guardians must be in the building. A special snack will be served to choir participants at 11:05 in Fessenden Hall, before the second service starts at 11:15.
The Lost and found is overflowing.
Please take a moment and take a peek to ensure that you have not recently left anything behind. Items not claimed soon will be donated. Thank you. P.S… Don’t forget to check the coat rack at the bottom of the stairs.
A SOCIAL JUSTICE SOCIAL HOUR
by Caroline Arnold
Social justice generally refers to the idea of creating a society or institution that is based on
the principles of equality and solidarity, that understands and values human rights,
and that recognizes the dignity of every human being. Wikipedia
What do we mean by social justice.? Is it religious? secular? political? moral? philosophical? economic? environmental? Is it defined by what it is not: socially-generated injustice?
Or is social justice the only kind of justice there is?
I propose that, above all, social justice is social, about the way we as a society – or in smaller social groups – think, talk and act about issues of justice, fairness, equality.
…and therefore I propose a Social Justice Social Hour – a [Fair-Traded] coffee hour Sunday mornings in Fessenden Hall during second service, starting December 4.
These will be informal friendly discussions – no programmed topics, agendas or speakers — about how we as churches, communities and social entities deal with issues of common justice and the common good.
I plan to facilitate – not lead – explorations of ideas of both substance and process. We won’t be limited to certain topics, nor excused from controversial ones. We will tackle timely and difficult issues – drone killings, WikiLeaks, abortion, gun control, sexual abuse, nuclear energy & weapons.
I hope that participants will bring their ideas and concerns
My hope is that these discussions may help us get to know each other, generate conviviality and solidarity within the church, and create a little more focus and direction on the moral, political, economic and environmental parameters of justice and injustice we face as a church and as citizens of a world community.
Join me on December 4!
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ABOUT CAROLINE ARNOLD
Caroline Arnold retired in 1997 after 12 years on the staff of U.S. Senator John Glenn, both in Washington and in his Cleveland office, writing speeches and ceremonial prose, and monitoring environmental, technical and educational issues in Ohio. Since her retirement she has been a regular op-ed columnist for the Kent-Ravenna Record Courier. Over 100 of her essays have been posted on the progressive web site Common Dreams (www.commondreams.org )
Before going to Washington, Arnold was elected to three terms on the Kent Board of Education. She is a founding member of the Kent Environmental Council and serves on the board of Family & Community Services of Portage County. A member of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Kent since 1967, she recently stepped down as chair of the Social Justice Committee.
Daughter of long time KSU professor and peace activist, Dwight L. Arnold, she has taught at Ohio State University and Kent State University, and founded the Peaceable Kingdom Bakery in Kent.
Arnold is also a cellist and composer. She plays in the Stow Symphony and enjoys playing chamber music, gardening, rambling by the Cuyahoga River and spending time with her two children and their families.
“Stories of Hope”: The UU Service Committee’s Guest At Your Table Program
This holiday season we are joining Unitarian Universalists across the country in supporting the work of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee by our participation in their “Guest At Your Table” program. Doing so allows us to both financially support and learn about our service committee’s human-rights work and to read this year’s featured “Stories of Hope”.
All are invited to take home a donation box or, if you prefer, a donation envelope. On each side of the box there is a photograph of one of the people from a Story of Hope. Use the box as a symbol of hospitality and generosity as you “feed your guest with your donations” throughout the holiday season. Many folks like to put the box on their dining table as a reminder of our faith in action. The boxes, donation envelopes and booklet which includes the stories of hope are available in the foyer just outside the sanctuary. We will be collecting the donations for the UUSC on Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday, which is January 15th.
Holiday Share is coming soon!
Don’t miss out on the opportunity to both donate and purchase gifts and goodies for yourself and others. We offer homemade foods and handcrafted items along with other holiday decorations and gifts. Shop and donate from December 4-18.
Holiday Giving Opportunities
The RE Committee is sponsoring the annual toy drive for Kent Social Services. Unwrapped, new toys can be placed in the box in Fessenden Hall from now until early December. They especially need toys for boys and gift card for teens from Walmart.
This year we are again supporting the “Adopt-a-Family” program of the Miller Community House, an emergency shelter for adults and children located in Portage County. We will be making purchases based on the wish lists of “our family”, who are mom. dad, two sons (age 16 and 8) and a daughter (age 14). Checks should be made payable to: Unitarian Universalist Church of Kent with “Miller Community House” in the memo line and placed in the container also located in Fessenden Hall.
Holiday Food Basket Items Needed
Each year, Kent Social Services assembles and provides holiday food baskets for clients. They are serving more people than ever before and need our help. Between now and mid-December to cover Thanksgiving and Christmas, they are in need of turkey gravy (packet mix, canned or jars/bottles), canned vegetables, canned fruit, sweet potatoes, mashed potato flakes, scalloped potato mix, cake and gelatin mixes, cranberry sauce and Acme gift cards for turkeys and hams.
Gift card donations may be given at the Acme Bucks table in Fessenden Hall between services on Sundays; food items may be left in the closet on the lower level next to the elevator.
Thanks for helping a neighbor in need.
With gratitude,
Elaine Bowen
The Book Group will be meeting on Tuesday, December 13 at 7 pm in the home of Kay Wind at 4088 Bayberry Knoll Lane in Ravenna. This month we are reading a holiday reading of your choice. It may be a novel, short story, or poem. Please bring your reading and a snack to share. In January, we will be reading Winter Garden by Kristen Hannah. The dying wish of a loving father ignites a family drama that brings two sisters and their acid-tongued, Russian-born mother together in a story that reaches back to WWII. In February we will be readingCaleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks. In 1665, a young man from Martha’s Vineyard became the first Native American to graduate from Harvard College. Upon this slender factual scaffold, the author has created a luminous tale of love and faith, magic and adventure. If you have any questions you may contact Bonnie Harper.
Intergenerational Open Mic Night at the Akron UU Church
Unitarian Universalist Church
3300 Morewood Road
Akron, OH 44333
Saturday, December 3rd.
Signup starts at 7:00, performances start at 7:30 and go till 10:00.
$5.00 cover
Bands or solo acts, covers or original music is fine. Poetry or skits welcome. Adults and youth are welcome.
Any questions please contact Scott Evans
Is there “middle path” to the ethical eating dilemma? How can being mindful about our food choices can help us create a connection to the interdependent web? (This sermon is the winner of the 2010 Commission on Social Witness award)
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Reverend Katie Norris and Worship Associate Eric Van Baars – Many of us attend worship services and participate in social justice activities in order to live out our religious beliefs. How can we take our Unitarian Universalist faith into our lives not just at certain moments, but at all times? Why is it important to our children, adults, and the future of our religion to express our faith in our daily life?
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Rev. Melissa Carvill-Ziemer and Worship Associate Ted Voneida with special guest Dr. Thomas Grace – The tragic events that took place on May 4, 1970 left an indelible imprint on Kent State University and the larger Kent community. Today as we gather in worship we will mark the 40th anniversary of those events, reflect upon the importance of remembering and consider the significance of organized witness.
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Bobbi Beale, Debbie Silverstein, Ed Stolish, Kristina Spaude, Saunis Parsons, and worship associate Susan Goekler – Each speaker will each share an ongoing project that they do (paid or as a volunteer) that gives meaning to their lives and serves as a way to live their faith outside of Sunday services. Each is, in his or her own way, doing a little to make this world a better place. Organized by the Social Justice Committee.
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Kiya Heartwood and Linda Mishler – Kiya Heartwood will be our Guest in the Pulpit. For those of you who did not have the pleasure of hearing her at Summer Institute this past summer, or at the concert Saturday Nov. 1, Kiya is a partner in the group A Wishing Chair. Since 1995, Kiya has made an art of inspiring performances and award winning songs. Her songs are a passionate mix of intelligent lyrics & spell-binding storytelling.
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Rev. Melissa Carvill-Ziemer and Worship Associate Elaine Bowen – Each of us has inherited a great cloud of witnesses – our physical and spiritual ancestors, the people who have made our own lives possible, the ones we have loved and lost. This morning we will honor and remember our beloved dead. Please bring a photograph or some object that reminds you of the person or people you want to remember with you to church to share on our altar of memory.
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