Weekly Update 12/05/08

Weekly Update 12/5/08     Wow! Is it cold outside!  And it doesn’t seem at all necessary to sing “I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas” . . . but our musical folk will be singing and playing all sorts of delightful and amusing stuff this Sunday afternoon. I hope you’ll plan on being there! I may just sing a song or two (details below). . . . Meanwhile, activity is underway for this year’s Christmas Pageant, which is a week away. Our own Gary Kroeger returns to narrate. This is an awesome way to introduce your friends who just aren’t sure what to think about Christmas to the many and varied possibilities that we hold in our midst. So, think of someone you can invite now!
 
Tonight:
First Friday Potluck @6pm Come and learn about the Muslim Hajj (pilgrimage) from our guests. A time for people of all ages. Kids and grandparents welcomed alike.
Because of this, I won’t be at Cup of Joe this afternoon.
 
This Sunday:
8:30 am Music Rehearsals
9:30 am Service “Hurry Up! Slow Down!” A time think about what the “holiday season” really means. Are you hurrying up this time of year? Or slowing down?
10:45 am Fellowship Time
11 am Children’s Chapel
11:15 am Sunday School for children & youth
11:15 am Adult Classes
Conscious Living: A short segment of the documentary “Renewal” will be shown.
New Member Meeting: If you’re new to the UU’s then this would be a good time to sit down with Rev. Eva Cameron and Mica Lorenz in a relaxed atmosphere and learn more about being a UU member.
12:30 – 3 pm Holiday Potluck & Variety Show
We begin with a potluck right after Sunday School. Then come to the sanctuary at 1:00 p.m. for entertainment guaranteed to please—fabulous music performed by talented members and friends, an occasional joke, plus a sing-along. The concert is part of the Music Committee’s fund-raising commitment; your $10 per person suggested donation will help us move toward our Music Director fund-raising goal. Additional amounts are, of course, welcome! Tim Purdum is impresario for the event.
 
7 pm What’s Up Doc?umentaries “To Wong Foo, Thanks forEverything! Julie Newmar” Three New York drag queens embark on a road trip. The film’s title refers to a totemic autographed photo of Julie Newmar that the trio carries with them on their journey.

This Coming Week
Tuesday
7 pm Religious Services Committee
WOW! Workshops on Wednesdays
5:30 pm Dinner (Please RSVP)
6:15 pm Family Choir
6:30 pm Workshop “Spiritual Meanings of the Season”
7:15 pm Theoretical String Band—play an instrument, or just play it ‘in theory’? That’s just right for this group where all are welcome to come and have fun making music.
7:30 pm Small Group Ministry
Thursday
7:30 pm Buddhist Path—all invited to share in a time of learning about Buddhism and meditation.
 
Save the Date:
Christmas Eve service will be at 6:30pm. Its followed by a potluck reception/party. Come and be with us on this special night of new stories and old.
 
Pastoral Update:
Tyler Vincent’s wife Angie fell and broke her leg this past week. She’ll need surgery on Tuesday. Keep them in your thoughts and prayers. Esther and the Caring Committee are arranging to bring them some meals, contact her if you’d like to help out. (emkieffer@cfu.net)
 
Eleanore Stark is receiving Chemotherapy currently, and could really use some more cards and calls to help keep her spirits up1  Even if you don’t know her, you could send her a card—she’s fairly new.  2215 Victory Dr. CF 50613, ph: 277-5531
 
Something big happening in your life, need a little extra TLC? Please let us know. We care, and would like to offer help and love.

See you in church!
Eva
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Rev. Eva Cameron, minister
Unitarian Universalist Society of Black Hawk Co.
3912 Cedar Heights Dr.
Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613
USA

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Snowy Sunday

Yes! On this snowy Sunday, there will be church service.
~Eva

Weekly Update 11/28/08

Weekly Update 11/28/08---Hope you had a meaningful holiday!! It’s so easy to feast your way, or cook and clean your way through this holiday without stopping for moment to be truly thankful for all that we do have. This is one of my favorite holidays, because I think gratitude is such an important spiritual practice. So I hope you got that moment, captured it in your soul, and will have to hold close to you when you get to one of those evitable grumpy moments we, each one of us, has from time to time.
 
I also hope that if you didn’t have family to spend the holiday with, you created a “family” of friends and strangers to make your day fun. I want to say a special thanks to those I got to spend Thanksgiving with, and to those who invited me to spend thanksgiving with them. Even if I didn’t end up at your dinner, I was sure glad for the invitations—since I don’t have any family here in town.
 
Bright Blessings on this bright November day!
~Eva
 

This Sunday:
9:30 am Service “Giving Thanks: Spirituality and Food”
After the Thanksgiving feast, come and reflect on the role that food plays in our spiritual lives. Join Sue Hill with Brittany Flokstra as Worship Associate.
10:45 am Fellowship Time
11 am Children’s Chapel
11:15 am Sunday School for children & youth
11:15 am Adult Classes
7 pm Small Group Ministry
 
This Weekend:
Buddhist Movie Night is tonight @ 6pm All invited!!
 
Young Adult Chili Dinner @ Eva’s House Saturday @ 6:30pm. RSVP on Facebook, or e-mail . . . so I know how much food to make. Location: 610 Franklin CF 50613
 
This Coming Week:
WOW! Workshops on Wednesdays
5:30 pm Dinner (Please RSVP)
6:15 pm Family Choir
6:30 pm Workshop “Gift Giving: Alternative and Traditional”
Juanita Williams and Pam Hays will lead us in a discussion of the meaning of gifts, the special challenges of gifts and parenting, and our own feelings about gifts. A list of types of alternative gifts will be provided.
7:15 pm Theoretical String Band
7:30 pm Small Group Facilitators Meeting
 
Thursday@ 7:30 pm Buddhist Path
 
Friday@ 6 pm First Friday Potluck “Hajj”
Join us as we welcome members of the Muslim community to share with us about their faith at this fun and informal family time. The Hajj is the pilgrimage to the Holy City of Makkah during the month of Dhu’l-Hijjah. The performance of the Hajj is the fifth of the five pillars of Islam. Bring a traditional Middle Eastern dish or something else you like. This is great event for bringing a guest.
 
Other Items:
Keys to the UUSBHC
Please contact the office if you have a key to the building. You can e-mail administrator@uusbhc.org
or call and leave a message at 266-5640.
 
Poinsettias for the Holidays
The Creative Spiritz are selling poinsettias from Harmony House, again this year.  The cost of each poinsettia is $11. You can choose red, white, pink or speckled.  The poinsettias will be used during the month of December to decorate the front of the sanctuary with the Holiday Spirit. You can buy them in someone's memory or honor.
You can take your poinsettias home after Christmas Eve service.  To order your poinsettias fill in the form using the link below or contact Deblyn Russell, her cell phone is 319-939-2789 or email her at deblynzart@cfu.net  You can also order them at church on Sundays – Nov. 30th, Dec.  7th and/or 14th. Payment is appreciated at time of order. (if you use the on-line order form, you can bring your payment in the next Sunday or send it to UUSBHC, 3912 Cedar Heights Dr. Cedar Falls, IA  50613   attn. Kathy) Here’s the online order-form: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pv7lTd1gi5uQhf5FNwobIJA

 ~Eva
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Rev. Eva Cameron, minister
Unitarian Universalist Society of Black Hawk Co.
3912 Cedar Heights Dr.
Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613
USA

m: 319.610.6605



 
 

Weekly Update 11/21/08

Weekly Update . . . as we near Thanksgiving our weather is turning brisk and sunny. Late autumn has its own charm, and I hope you are finding ways to enjoy it. I love making soups and stews this time of year, which I haven’t eaten all summer long.
Today, while munching on my stew at lunch, I thoughtfully chewed a bite of potato. I had left the skins on when I made it, and this one must have had a small pocket of earth remaining, as I got just a subtle taste of earth as a chewed. It shocked me with its rich, organic mustiness. Immediately, I was thrown into memories of planting gardens, the rich earth smell rising from the freshly tilled soil, or deep forests where each footstep overturns rich, loose soil, sending up a waft of rich, earthy splendor.
It made me realize again, just how easy it is to consume food without truly connecting with the powerful life-force that is a work to create it for us. My earthy-bite gave me a lucky reminder. I was able to pause and reflect on growing these potatoes. And on where the rest of the food came from. On the minor miracle it truly is, when we get to open our mouths, place food inside, and be nourished. It’s an awesome force of love at work in the universe. Our lives are sustained by the energy and resources of so many others, human and non-human.
This Thanksgiving, I hope that something will allow you to pause, with awareness and gratitude, and give thanks for this incredible richness that sustains us. I’m not saying you have to serve each of your Thanksgiving guests a spoonful of earth . . . but, you just might consider it!

Sunday:
8:45 am family choir rehearsal
9:30 am Service “Thanksgiving Festival with a Hunger Communion” Join us for a “Service For All Ages” as we celebrate the richness of life and all that we have for which to be thankful. In honor of those with gluten-free diets, this year’s communion uses rice cakes. We’ll have a  “Parade of Food” so bring some non-perishable food items to carry up front for you and your kids for the FoodBank. Plus, the “Walkin’ the Talk” collection will be for the FoodBank as well.
10:45 am Fellowship Time
11 am Children’s Chapel
11:15 am Sunday School for children & youth
11:15 am Adult Classes:
“Doc” Shorts “Granny D Goes to Washington” This rousing film tells the amazing story of iron-willed, upbeat, eighty-nine year old Doris Haddock who astonished the nation by walking across the entire continental United States to bring attention to the issue of campaign finance reform.
12:15 pm Outreach Committee Meeting
2 pm Small Group
6 pm Birthday Party & Potluck for Eva Cameron & Susan Janzen (all invited, see below)
 
This Coming Week:
Monday 6 pm:  Cedar Prairie Vegetarian Potluck
Tuesday 1 pm:  Committee on Ministry
Wednesday:  No WOW this week.
Friday: Buddhist Movie night! 6:30pm Socializing, 7pm Movie, offered by Ralph Burr.

 
Pastor Pals Plural Birthday Party:
Sunday, November 23 from  6:00pm - 9:00pm
Location:    UU SBHC Fellowship Hall
 Everyone, come celebrate with friends old and new! The whole family is invited. What's a party without food ... so bring a potluck dish to share. If you're adventurous, a taste of India or Greece would endear you forever to the hosts! No gifts, please.  But you can bring your instruments, and maybe we can make music!

Eva,  pastor for the UUSBHC (born 11/24), and Kathy, our UUSBHC director of religious education (born 11/20). Susan is pastor of Cedar Falls Mennonite Church. (born 11/24)

Anyone else with birthdays this week? Join in the fun so we can sing for you, too!

Other Items:
Poinsettias
Once again this year, there will be an opportunity to purchase Poinsettias from Harmony House to use to decorate the Sanctuary during the holiday season. Cost will be $11. Its for a good cause, and will be BEAUTIFUL!!  There will be an opportunity to offer them in memory or honor of someone dear to you. Please look for a sign up soon online, and after church in the Fellowship Hall.   Brought to you by the Creative Spiritz.
 
Pageant:
Is coming up Dec 14th, with rehearsal on the 13th. We’ve got roles for people of all ages. Let Eva know if you’d like to play a part, help with costumes, etc. . . . or briefly answer questions about meaning of the season (which is part of this UU version of the Pageant!)  
 
Pastoral Update
Mica Lorenz's stepmother had a heart attack and Mica has been at the hospital most of the week. Her Mom had 3 stints put in and is improving now. I am sure she would like calls/cards/FB messages: 1141 Independence Ave. W’loo, 50703 (610-1276)
 
Let’s continue to hold Bea Tate and her family in our thoughts and prayers on their long road to recovery. And Eleanor Stark as well.
 
Please keep us posted on your news. We want to help!
 
I’ll be at Cup of Joe today from 4:30 to 6pm. Feel free to join me for an informal conversation!
 
See you in church!
Eva
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Rev. Eva Cameron, minister
Unitarian Universalist Society of Black Hawk Co.
3912 Cedar Heights Dr.
Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613
USA

m: 319.610.6605



 

Weekly Update

Hello!  Are you excited as I am to see what the next steps are, for each of us, in bringing change to our country? The whole idea of ‘Community Organizing’ on a nation-wide scale is mind boggling to me. But I plan on having conversations with some of you who’ve lived through major times of change in this country—like the depression, or at the time of the Second World War. I’m wondering what did it feel like, and how did you build up momentum to keep us moving forward? Let’s all work on this together, to be ready, will and able to help shape what is to come. This is a big part of what is means to be a Unitarian Universalist: working to see our vision come alive on this planet.
 
Tomorrow!! Lot’s of exciting things going on:

Photo-directory: Last call!!
Few spots tonight and tomorrow afternoon left. Call Jan @ 240-0962 if you haven’t made it in yet!

Buddhist Retreat is also Saturday!
Join Zen Monk Ted O’Toole from Minneapolis in this mini-retreat. A half a day of calm and quiet before the hecticness of the season. You may come at 7am if you are a meditator, or at 8am if you’d like meditation instructions. A light lunch will be served. Wear comfortable clothes, and feel free to bring your own cushions (although we have some).
 
Strong Backs? Love to Decorate?
As you can tell, we’ve got a lot going on Saturday. In order to make it all happen, we will be re-arranging some furniture and speed-decorating the Fellowship Hall with a jungle theme. If you could help either with Furniture moving (Sat @ 1pm), or decorating (Sat @ 2pm)  . . . please just show up with a smile!!
 
Treats and Talents Auction !!!
6pm social time, 7pm auction begins. Get out you pith helmet, your khaki clothes, and cobras for your neck . . . we are off on safari. Come for the fun! Come to buy fun gifts and good dinners. Come and meet someone new!  Also it’s not too late to turn an auction item in to Mike Knapp mikemica@mchsi.com

This Sunday:
8:30 am Music Rehearsal
9:30 am Service “Daring To Grow Our Church” What does it take to grow our church? Is growth really necessary? How can you help? We will have a New Member Ceremony this week. Join Rev. Eva with Lara Martinsen-Burrell as WA. Taylor Hanson will play violin for us!
10:45 am Fellowship Time
11 am Children’s Chapel
11:15 am Sunday School for children & youth
11:15 am Adult Classes:
Buddhist Path: Join Rev. Eva and others in exploring Buddhist spiritual practices.
Walking the Talk: We’ll talk about the Food Bank and Christmas Ham Dinner boxes.
Garden Meditation: Meditation is also available each week for those who would like to spend time outdoors.
2 pm Board Meeting
7 pm What’s Up Doc? “Nobelity” A stunning look at the world’s most pressing problems through the eyes of nine Nobel Laureates, Nobelity follows filmmaker Turk Pipkin’s personal journey to find enlightening answers about the kind of world our children and grandchildren will know. Filmed across the U.S. and in France, England, India, and Africa, Nobelity combines the insights of nine distinguished Nobelists with a first-person view of world problems and the children who are most challenged by them. Featuring Nobel Laureates: Steven Weinberg, Jody Williams, Ahmed Zewail, Rick Smalley, Wangari Maathai, Sir Joseph Rotblat, Dr. Harold Varmus, Desmond Tutu, Amartya Sen.
 
WOW! Workshops on Wednesdays
5:30 pm Dinner *Please RSVP*
6:15 pm Family Choir
6:30 pm Workshop: “Relationships at Holiday Times”
7:15 pm Theoretical String Band
 
Thursday
7:30 pm Buddhist Path
 
Friday
9:30 am YoUUng Child Play Group
7:30 pm DrUUming Circle
 
Next Sunday: November 23rd
9:30 am Service “Thanksgiving Festival with a Hunger Communion”
Join us for a “Service For All Ages” as we celebrate the richness of life and all that we have for which to be thankful. Guest At Your Table boxes will be passed out this Sunday. Special Note: Please bring non-perishable food for our “Parade of Food” procession during the service.
 
Pastoral Update:
Eleanor Stark: Esther wrote me saying, “I had a call from Eleanore Stark's daughter Ann.   She said her Mom was
at the doctor today and was told she has cancer of the liver (they do not know the initial site).  She maybe has months to live.  More tests will be done tomorrow regarding some blockage and what to do about it.  She is a fairly new member at UU. Ann said she really appreciated the cards she has received from folks at UU.” Let’s keep up the cards!! 2215 Victory Dr. CF 50613

Dorothy Wendt  has had a pacemaker installed, and is recovering from that. She and Don had plans to travel this weekend, and we are hoping they get to go.
 
Keri Brecht has hurt her foot, is in a cast, and will need some help getting around for the next little while. She can be reached at 442-7187, her email is: keribear18@gmail.com,
her address is 102 Main St #2 (right above Cup of Joes). She’s a member of the Theoretical String Band and one of our UNI students.
 
Please let me or Esther know if you are in need of care, or have some upcoming medical event!  We all want to help!
 
I plan to be at Cup of Joe this afternoon from 4:30 to 6pm. Drop by if you just want to hang out and visit.

See you in church!
Eva
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Rev. Eva Cameron, minister
Unitarian Universalist Society of Black Hawk Co.
3912 Cedar Heights Dr.
Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613
USA

m: 319.610.6605

Weekly Update 10/31/08

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!   It’s a gorgeous day for the little ghosts and goblins to be out and about tonight. Afterwards, I’m going to build a little fire in the fire circle on my back patio. You are welcome to come by if you feel like its just to beautiful an evening to go indoors.
 
Coming Up This Sunday
(Don’t forget Daylight Savings Time Ends)
8:30 am Music Rehearsal
9:30 am Service “Day of the Dead”
Please bring a photo &/or a memento to decorate the altar, as we honor our loved ones who are no longer with us. We will also have candles for you to light. Join us for this service for all ages, where we pause, reflect and share some of the stories of people that have shaped our lives. Family Choir will be singing, and the band will play. Enjoy the silliness of Halloween on Friday and Saturday, and then come join us for the flipside of the holiday on Sunday morning.
 
10:45 am Fellowship Time
10:45 am “Alternative Gift Fair” Come and purchase gifts for your family and friends. Gifts that make a difference.  Don’t forget your checkbook!
11 am Children’s Chapel
11:15 am Sunday School classes for children & youth
11:15 am New Member Meeting Please join Mica Lorenz and me in a relaxed atmosphere and learn more about being a UU member.
7 pm Small Group Ministry “A Gathering of Women”
7 pm “What’s Up Doc?” “Fall From Grace”
“Fall From Grace” takes the viewer inside the surreal world of Rev. Fred Phelps and his followers, with rare interviews and footage of several pickets and church services. The film focuses on a group that represents a variety of contemporary American issues, including intolerance of homosexuality, the right to freedom of speech, separation of church and state, and the War in Iraq.
 
THIS WEEK:
WOW! Workshops on Wednesdays
5:30 pm Dinner (Please RSVP to Kathy Klink-Zeitz <klinkzeitz@gmail.com>
6:15 pm Family Choir (all invited to sing)
6:30 pm Workshop: “Our Holiday Intentions”
7:15 pm Theoretical String Band (all invited to play)
7:30 pm Small Group Facilitator’s Meeting

Thursday @7:30 pm Buddhist Path
 
Friday
9:30 am YoUUng Child Play Group
6 pm First Friday potluck: “Native American Spirituality”
This will be lots of fun. Try it! You might like it! Our guest will be George LeDuc who will entertain us with his stories and flute playing. We will start at 6:00 p.m. with a potluck dinner (bring a traditional Native American dish or something else you like). You can pick up recipes in the Fellowship Hall or go to our new webpage and click on Recipes. This is a great event for bringing a guest.
 
Saturday
6 pm Card Club: all invited to play poker or bridge. Have fun while raising a little money for the church!
 
Please note: This afternoon I won’t be at Cup of Joe because it is the annual Trick or Treat on the Parkade—what a wild time, with so many little kids all dressed up!  

I haven’t heard any new pastoral news to update you with. Several people are still recuperating, including Bea Tate and Margie Miller. Several elders remain in fragile health, including Mildred Pierce, Glenyce Butschy and Dottie Forsberg. Please keep them all in your thoughts and prayers.

See you in church!
~Eva
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Rev. Eva Cameron, minister
Unitarian Universalist Society of Black Hawk Co.
3912 Cedar Heights Dr.
Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613
USA

m: 319.610.6605

Weekly Update 10/24/08

Greetings! It feels like everything is changing. Fall is really settling in, and it seems we must truly face the coming winter and set aside our summer clothes for a while. The election is coming up, and no matter the outcome, we will be in for a change. The market keeps going up and down, and it’s hard to know what it means . . . only our plans for retirement seem less settled than before. And people who seemed untouchably without reproach, like Alan Greenspan are now being reproached. And I just checked the church’s Facebook page—its got 66 people on it, that’s about a third of our membership! We are learning new realms of computer communication. It’s a lot of change: a lot of shifting of ideas, concepts, and a fair amount of uncertainty.
 
Really, life is always changing. We all know that. But sometimes it seems it goes faster than other times. And sometimes it seem the things that are changing have really big implications. But, that may be because we haven’t considered the possibility of all the things that could intrude in even bigger, scarier ways. So, my strategy, when it seems like the change is just too much, too fast  . . . is to stop for a moment, right where I am, and look for what is going right in my life. It can be really basic stuff . . . I am breathing, I am standing, I had breakfast today. And it can be more sublime stuff . . . I have a spouse who loves me, kids who I care about, friends who admire me. Or even more global stuff .  . .  we have an African American who is a real contender in this presidential election, when only 50 years ago we had so much legalized segregation! This litany of the good is not to negate any troubles you are having in your life. But they do serve to put the troubles in the right perspective. Often, we have so much to pause and feel grateful for---at least, I know I do. God has blessed me. (Read: that which I have no control over has sustained me with all that I need for an amazing and rich life!)

This Sunday’s Schedule
8:30 am Band & 9 am Choir Rehearsal
 
9:30 am Service “God put a Rainbow in the Clouds for Me” This service explores the idea of Covenant, and just what it can mean for us UU’s. Our Band will help out on a theme song and Family Choir will sing! Join Esther Kieffer and Rev. Eva Cameron for this service that shows a lot of promise!
 
10:45 am Fellowship Time
11 am Children’s Chapel (balcony)
11:15 am Sunday School classes for children & youth
11:15 am Adult Classes:
“Doc” Shorts: Matamoros: The Human Face of Globalization is a documentary narrated by Edward James Olmos. This brief but revealing look at the small border
town of Matamoros, Mexico, exposes the alarming environmental and human toll of NAFTA, the “free trade” agreement of the Americas.
Garden Meditation: Join Julie Fischer in the garden for meditation in a meaningful way to you.
 
12:30 pm Halloween Party and Lunch
After the haunted house we will have pizza, salad, bread & a dessert for lunch. Suggested donation $4 person or $10 per family. Everyone is invited.  Please RSVP so we know how much pizza to buy. Kathryn Klink-Zeitz klinkzeitz@hotmail.com <mailto:klinkzeitz@hotmail.com>

2 pm Small Group Ministry
7 pm “What’s Up Doc?”
(new release) Michael Moore movie "Slacker Uprising"
 
This Week:
Monday
6 pm Cedar Prairie Vegetarian Potluck
Tuesday
1 pm Committee on Ministry
WOW! Workshops on Wednesdays
5:30 pm Dinner
6:15 pm Family Choir
6:30 pm “White Like Me” Book Discussion
6:30 pm Youth & Adult Program “Safety on the Web”
7:15 pm Theoretical String Band
Thursday
7:30 pm Buddhist Path
 
Other Items:
KUNI is having another fund drive.  Please support them through UUSBHC. Have you heard the ads for UU’s? For the past 6 months, we have been joining with Unitarian Universalist churches in Cedar Rapids, Ames, and Davenport in this advertising campaign. Just give your normal pledge to us, and that’s how we buy the airtime.  
 
Don’t forget to go online to our website and sign-up for your time slot for the photo-directory! (Nov 13, 14, 15) www.uusbhc.org <http://www.uusbhc.org>
 
Nov 15th  . . . it’s a BIG day here. Buddhist Retreat in the morning, picture taking throughout the day, and Treats & Talents Auction in the evening. Mark you calendars now!
 

Pastoral Update . . .  In Our Thoughts and Prayers:

Don and Dorothy Wendt who both are having some health issues. Hold them in your hearts.
 
Margie Miller who is recuperating from knee surgery at home. Cards to: 3715 Briarwood Dr CF IA

Frank and Mary Olson are both anticipating surgery. Franks will be done soon on his eye. And Mary’s will be a few months on her knee. Well-wishes to: 10728 Echo Valley Rd, West Union, IA, 52175,

Bea Tate who’s still in rehab. Cards to: 1007 W 9th St CF IA

Eleanore Stark who was hospitalized with breathing problems this past week. She’s now home, recuperating. 319-277-5531.  Or cards to: 2215 Victory Dr CF IA

We’ve heard that Linnea Sumner is finally feeling better after a linger bout of mono. That’s good news!  
 
 
Last but not least:
I will not be at Cup of Joe this afternoon, since I’ll be heading down to Cedar Rapids to lead People’s Church in a Start-Up workshop with their new minister, Rev. Tom Capo. Please enjoy the time without me!
 
And don’t forget . . . tonight is Buddhist Movie Night at the church. 6:30pm Socializing and 7pm Movie starts.
 
Please feel free to contact me with questions about any of these items, or to let me know about other pastoral concerns. We want you to feel connected!
See you in church!
 
~Eva
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Stay connected! Check out our Facebook Group: uusbhc
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Rev. Eva Cameron, minister
Unitarian Universalist Society of Black Hawk Co.
3912 Cedar Heights Dr.
Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613
USA

m: 319.610.6605