Weekly Update ~~~Are you feeling like I am feeling? All this snow and cold seeming a bit like a burden in your life? The other day as I went out to shovel my drive, I looked at the mountains of snow everywhere, and felt so defeated as I thought, “I’ve got no place left to put all this snow!” I re-arranged my thinking, and managed to get it all shoveled into, well, hmm its approaching Mt. Everest—as we all seem to be doing. But it made me think that we should be THRIVING and not just SURVIVING. We can thrive if we put some joy and community spirit into this winter. I’d like to start a “Snow Angels” group. If you could possibly help to shovel snow, at the church, at someone’s house, would like to be part of a group effort—maybe want to participate in some random acts of kindness. Let me know. If you want to co-captain this effort, let me know!
Part 2: If you are feeling beat up by winter, and need a bit of help, able bodied and just tired of battling winter, or not-so able bodied . . . let me know. I WILL come help! And I just bet some Snow Angels out there will be coming with me. Maybe you could make us some cocoa?
Send me an e-mail, call my cell, leave a note on my Facebook wall . . . . just say yes to being part of a THRIVING community this winter!
I’ll be at Cup of Joe for a cup of something warm today from 4:30 to 6pm. Join me if you’d like!
~Eva
This Sunday
8:30 am Music Rehearsal
9:30 am “Teach us Love” Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday
Help us to welcome the “Artistic Youth Ensemble” of Minnesota, which brings special music to celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in this Service For All Ages. Join Worship Team members, the choir and band, and the Rev. Eva Cameron for this special day of memory and hope.
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: A talk about “Breast Cancer Edu-Action” with our own Christine
Carpenter.
12:15 pm All Church Luncheon: The Couple’s Enrichment Small Group is offering a soup luncheon for all. A variety of meat and vegetarian soups along with bread and dessert will be provided. The suggested donation is $4 per adult and $3 per child or $10 per family. All donations will help fund Child Care services for Small Group Ministry.
2 pm Board Meeting
Upcoming Week
Wednesday
WOW! Workshops on Wednesdays
5:30 pm Dinner (Please RSVP)
6:15 pm Family Choir Practice
6:15 pm Workshop on “Self-Realization” with Crystal King
7:15 pm Theoretical String Band Practice
Thursday
7:30 pm Buddhist Path
Friday
6:30 pm Buddhist Movie Night
Chalice Lighter Sunday Is Only 1 Week Away!
Many UUSBHC members have been Chalice Lighters since
1989 when the program began. A Chalice Lighter pledges to respond with a contribution of $20.00 or more, when the call comes to “light the chalice” somewhere in the Prairie Star District. There are three calls each year. Chalice Lighter funds are used to support growth in our Unitarian Universalist congregations in Prairie Star District through Chalice Lighters Grants to new or existing congregations for a minister, RE professional, music, social justice, office staff, building or land and innovative growth strategies. To enroll as a Chalice Lighter, complete the registration form and place it in the Chalice Lighters box in Fellowship Hall. For more information or to enroll online, visit the Prairie Star District website at www.psduua.org/ <http://www.psduua.org/>
International Convocation of Unitarian and Universalist Women will be meeting in Houston on Feb 26 through March 1st. This will be the first time! And even Unitarian women from the Khasi Hills of India will be there. I will be attending! More information can be found at:
http://www.icuuw.com/index.htm
Is the flood of ’08 still affecting your quality of life? The Black Hawk Co. Long Term Recovery Committee has funds available to assist those with unmet needs. Call them at 272-2465 to request help (share this with those you know).
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Think wider still! Learn about International U&SU <www.icuu.net>
Rev. Eva Cameron, minister
Unitarian Universalist Society of Black Hawk Co.
3912 Cedar Heights Dr.
Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613
USA
m: 319.610.6605
Friday, January 16, 2009
Friday, January 9, 2009
Weekly Update
Hello! Are you starting to get back into your more normal life patterns after the excitement and confusion of the holidays? It’s a great time to take a look at your life patterns, and add something new and life-affirming, self-affirming. I’ve added walking regularly back into my routine this month. I’ve been going over to the mall, College Square, in the mornings to stretch my legs a bit (tired of doing the Iowa Ice Shuffle!!) Its great and inspiring to see so many people out walking even on very cold days. That’s dedication, and love of self! This is so nice to see. If you’d ever like to walk and talk with me, let me know and we can plan to exercise our minds and bodies at the same time!
I’ll be back at Cup of Joe today from 4:30pm to 6pm, so come visit if you’d like! (no walking shoes required)
See you in church!
~Eva
This Sunday:
8:30 am Music Rehearsal
9:30 am Service: “Meet Everett Hale” Hale once said, “I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something I can do.” The Rev. Eva Cameron is preaching joined by Worship Associate Al Hays.
10:45 am Fellowship Time
11 am Children’s Chapel
11:15 am Sunday School for children & youth
11:15 am Adult Classes:
Circle Way: Chris Rediske will lead us in work on Words of Power. We will also have time to share what is happening in our lives.
Stories: Please join us for “stories”. Individuals tell of a particular event, activity or other occurrence that has had an impact on their lives. This month we’ll hear from Keri Brecht.
Sunday Reading Group: Patrick Malloy will be facilitating a reading group that will discuss the book Reinventing the Sacred: A New View of Science, Reason, and Religion by Stuart Kauffman. For more information about this group, please contact Pat Malloy.
11:15 am Finance Committee Meeting
7 pm What’s Up Doc?umentary “Blue Butterfly” A dramatic adventure about courage, redemption and love, filmed in the rain forest of Costa Rica and in Montreal. Based on a true story.
Upcoming Week:
Tuesday
7 pm Religious Services Committee
Wednesday
note: it is the Calendar Deadline
WOW! Workshops on Wednesdays
5:30 pm Dinner (Please RSVP)
6:15 pm Family Choir Practice
6:15 pm Workshop on “Self-Realization” with Crystal King
6:30 pm Couples Small Group Meeting
7:15 pm Theoretical String Band Practice
Thursday
7:30 pm Buddhist Path
Friday
note: it is the Newsletter Deadline
9:30 YoUUng Child Playgroup (open to all!)
Other News:
Chalice Lighter Sunday Is Only 2 Weeks Away!
Many UUSBHC members have been Chalice Lighters since 1989 when the program began. A Chalice Lighter pledges to respond with a contribution of $20.00 or more, when the call comes to “light the chalice” somewhere in the Prairie Star District.
There are three calls each year. Chalice Lighter funds are used to support growth in our Unitarian Universalist congregations in Prairie Star District through Chalice Lighters Grants to new or existing congregations for a minister, RE professional, music, social justice, office staff, building or land and innovative growth strategies.
To enroll as a Chalice Lighter, complete the registration form and place it in the Chalice Lighters box in Fellowship Hall. For more information or to enroll online, visit the Prairie Star District website at www.psduua.org/ <http://www.psduua.org/>
Community Help from EMA:
The EMA is hosting a (VITA) Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Site each Saturday in February and March. There will be trained tax preparers available to assist low and moderate income families in getting their taxes done. The tax returns will be prepared and filed at no cost to the families. This service is provided to prevent families from being taken advantage of with the high interest loan that income tax preparers are charging to get a rapid refund. The average time to receive a refund is 5 business days.
The EMA is a designated (ICAP) Iowa Career Access Point Center. The Center is for designed for the community to access Iowa Workforce Development Center to search for jobs and apply for other resources provided by Workforce Development. We are in the process of setting up classes to assist clients with Resume Writing and job interview techniques.
The EMA Free Medical Clinic is opened Thursday night from 6-8 pm. The clinic provides free service to uninsured or underinsured families including general medicine, minor injuries, school physicals, senior physicals, dermatology and chiropractic services.
For more information on these programs or the Crisis Intervention and Prevention Program that provides rental and utility assistance to the community, please call the EMA Center at 235-5580. Martha Frazier is the Director of the EMA Center.
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Stay informed! Read the World! <www.uuworld.org>
Stay connected! Check out our Facebook Group: uusbhc
Find something out! Look it up on our webpage: <www.uusbhc.org>
Think wider thoughts! Learn about the UU Assn: <www.uua.org>
Think wider still! Learn about International U&SU <www.icuu.net>
Rev. Eva Cameron, minister
Unitarian Universalist Society of Black Hawk Co.
3912 Cedar Heights Dr.
Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613
USA
m: 319.610.6605
I’ll be back at Cup of Joe today from 4:30pm to 6pm, so come visit if you’d like! (no walking shoes required)
See you in church!
~Eva
This Sunday:
8:30 am Music Rehearsal
9:30 am Service: “Meet Everett Hale” Hale once said, “I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something I can do.” The Rev. Eva Cameron is preaching joined by Worship Associate Al Hays.
10:45 am Fellowship Time
11 am Children’s Chapel
11:15 am Sunday School for children & youth
11:15 am Adult Classes:
Circle Way: Chris Rediske will lead us in work on Words of Power. We will also have time to share what is happening in our lives.
Stories: Please join us for “stories”. Individuals tell of a particular event, activity or other occurrence that has had an impact on their lives. This month we’ll hear from Keri Brecht.
Sunday Reading Group: Patrick Malloy will be facilitating a reading group that will discuss the book Reinventing the Sacred: A New View of Science, Reason, and Religion by Stuart Kauffman. For more information about this group, please contact Pat Malloy.
11:15 am Finance Committee Meeting
7 pm What’s Up Doc?umentary “Blue Butterfly” A dramatic adventure about courage, redemption and love, filmed in the rain forest of Costa Rica and in Montreal. Based on a true story.
Upcoming Week:
Tuesday
7 pm Religious Services Committee
Wednesday
note: it is the Calendar Deadline
WOW! Workshops on Wednesdays
5:30 pm Dinner (Please RSVP)
6:15 pm Family Choir Practice
6:15 pm Workshop on “Self-Realization” with Crystal King
6:30 pm Couples Small Group Meeting
7:15 pm Theoretical String Band Practice
Thursday
7:30 pm Buddhist Path
Friday
note: it is the Newsletter Deadline
9:30 YoUUng Child Playgroup (open to all!)
Other News:
Chalice Lighter Sunday Is Only 2 Weeks Away!
Many UUSBHC members have been Chalice Lighters since 1989 when the program began. A Chalice Lighter pledges to respond with a contribution of $20.00 or more, when the call comes to “light the chalice” somewhere in the Prairie Star District.
There are three calls each year. Chalice Lighter funds are used to support growth in our Unitarian Universalist congregations in Prairie Star District through Chalice Lighters Grants to new or existing congregations for a minister, RE professional, music, social justice, office staff, building or land and innovative growth strategies.
To enroll as a Chalice Lighter, complete the registration form and place it in the Chalice Lighters box in Fellowship Hall. For more information or to enroll online, visit the Prairie Star District website at www.psduua.org/ <http://www.psduua.org/>
Community Help from EMA:
The EMA is hosting a (VITA) Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Site each Saturday in February and March. There will be trained tax preparers available to assist low and moderate income families in getting their taxes done. The tax returns will be prepared and filed at no cost to the families. This service is provided to prevent families from being taken advantage of with the high interest loan that income tax preparers are charging to get a rapid refund. The average time to receive a refund is 5 business days.
The EMA is a designated (ICAP) Iowa Career Access Point Center. The Center is for designed for the community to access Iowa Workforce Development Center to search for jobs and apply for other resources provided by Workforce Development. We are in the process of setting up classes to assist clients with Resume Writing and job interview techniques.
The EMA Free Medical Clinic is opened Thursday night from 6-8 pm. The clinic provides free service to uninsured or underinsured families including general medicine, minor injuries, school physicals, senior physicals, dermatology and chiropractic services.
For more information on these programs or the Crisis Intervention and Prevention Program that provides rental and utility assistance to the community, please call the EMA Center at 235-5580. Martha Frazier is the Director of the EMA Center.
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Stay informed! Read the World! <www.uuworld.org>
Stay connected! Check out our Facebook Group: uusbhc
Find something out! Look it up on our webpage: <www.uusbhc.org>
Think wider thoughts! Learn about the UU Assn: <www.uua.org>
Think wider still! Learn about International U&SU <www.icuu.net>
Rev. Eva Cameron, minister
Unitarian Universalist Society of Black Hawk Co.
3912 Cedar Heights Dr.
Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613
USA
m: 319.610.6605
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Sunday--I'm here
Hello on this cold and icy morning!
I’m here in church this morning. I didn’t have too bad a time on the roads here in town. The parking lot is icy. We’ve salted the walks and the parking lot ramp.
Come if you’d like to, and stay home if you’d feel safer. John & Karen Miller are here, with the home-made Communion Bread, and Tim is here to play our hymns of old . . . We’ll be celebrating 134 years of Universalism in the Cedar Valley.
Sunday School will be canceled, since several of the teachers cannot make it in.
~Eva
I’m here in church this morning. I didn’t have too bad a time on the roads here in town. The parking lot is icy. We’ve salted the walks and the parking lot ramp.
Come if you’d like to, and stay home if you’d feel safer. John & Karen Miller are here, with the home-made Communion Bread, and Tim is here to play our hymns of old . . . We’ll be celebrating 134 years of Universalism in the Cedar Valley.
Sunday School will be canceled, since several of the teachers cannot make it in.
~Eva
Friday, January 2, 2009
Weekly Update 1/2/09
Greetings from Chicago . . . where I’ve been welcoming in the New Year with my father and my daughter. Its fun to be here. People on the Southside are very friendly, and so many random strangers have wished me a happy 2009. It’s made me aware of what a gift it is to live in a community where people are happy to see you, even if they don’t know you. It’s rather infectious.
How do you treat random people that you meet? As a gift, a present to unwrap and explore, as something precious? Or as something to be avoided or not bothered. Explore your reactions to people you see around you this week. Watch how you feel as people are friendly or ignore you! Together, we can work together to create more love and joy in the Cedar Valley—it doesn’t take so much. Just spreading the bug . . . and we’ve been spreading so many viruses around the Cedar Valley this winter already, its time to spread something else! Won’t you dare to grow with me a little bit this year, in this way?
First Friday tonight! You got the e-mail invitation yesterday.
This Coming Sunday:
8:30 am Music Rehearsal
9:30 am “Spreading Like Wildfire!” Anniversary Sunday
Once Universalist congregations spread across the Midwest with giant revival meetings. What message did they offer the spirit weary of the plains? Strong enough to leave Iowa with over 100 congregations at the turn of the last century! What can we learn from this past? We’ll serve Communion on our historic Universalist communion set with the children.
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: This ongoing group encourages us to live green, lessen our footprint, live out ecological values, think global/buy local, all the while encouraging ways we can be more ‘conscious’ in our daily lives. Join in with others who are eager to take care of our planet.
New Member Meeting: If you are new to our church, then this would be a good time to visit with Rev. Eva Cameron and Mica Lorenz and learn more about being a UU member.
7 pm What’s Up Doc?umentary “ Tales of the City” The stories of a group of people who meet and become friends in San Francisco.
Upcoming Week:
WOW! Workshops on Wednesdays
5:30 pm Dinner (Please RSVP)
6:15 pm Family Choir Practice
7:15 pm Theoretical String Band Practice
7:30 pm Small Group Facilitators Meeting
Thursday
7:30 pm Buddhist Path
Saturday
6:30 pm Card Club
I’ll be back for church on Sunday. Hope to see you there!
~Eva
How do you treat random people that you meet? As a gift, a present to unwrap and explore, as something precious? Or as something to be avoided or not bothered. Explore your reactions to people you see around you this week. Watch how you feel as people are friendly or ignore you! Together, we can work together to create more love and joy in the Cedar Valley—it doesn’t take so much. Just spreading the bug . . . and we’ve been spreading so many viruses around the Cedar Valley this winter already, its time to spread something else! Won’t you dare to grow with me a little bit this year, in this way?
First Friday tonight! You got the e-mail invitation yesterday.
This Coming Sunday:
8:30 am Music Rehearsal
9:30 am “Spreading Like Wildfire!” Anniversary Sunday
Once Universalist congregations spread across the Midwest with giant revival meetings. What message did they offer the spirit weary of the plains? Strong enough to leave Iowa with over 100 congregations at the turn of the last century! What can we learn from this past? We’ll serve Communion on our historic Universalist communion set with the children.
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: This ongoing group encourages us to live green, lessen our footprint, live out ecological values, think global/buy local, all the while encouraging ways we can be more ‘conscious’ in our daily lives. Join in with others who are eager to take care of our planet.
New Member Meeting: If you are new to our church, then this would be a good time to visit with Rev. Eva Cameron and Mica Lorenz and learn more about being a UU member.
7 pm What’s Up Doc?umentary “ Tales of the City” The stories of a group of people who meet and become friends in San Francisco.
Upcoming Week:
WOW! Workshops on Wednesdays
5:30 pm Dinner (Please RSVP)
6:15 pm Family Choir Practice
7:15 pm Theoretical String Band Practice
7:30 pm Small Group Facilitators Meeting
Thursday
7:30 pm Buddhist Path
Saturday
6:30 pm Card Club
I’ll be back for church on Sunday. Hope to see you there!
~Eva
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Weekly Update . . .
Weekly Update: Dec 27 2008 . . . . Here we are in this quiet period between Christmas and New Years. I always love it . . . it seems the world slows down a bit, things happen at a different speed (like me getting the Weekly Update out on Saturday instead of Friday!) It’s fun to have more time to connect with others—family we rarely see, and friends we often don’t have as much time to linger with. I hope that you had a delightful holiday, but know that for some of you, it was also a hard time. I’ve been holding you in my thoughts and prayers in this season. Let’s all do what we can to reach out to those who may be alone or lonely in this time of so much connecting and socializing.
This Sunday
9:30 am New Year’s Chapel with Esther Kieffer. Some say doing the same thing again expecting different results is foolish. Others say the variables are always changing so doing the same thing again expecting the same results is also foolish. Whether either or both views are correct, stopping to take a look back and a look forward is worth doing.
10:45 am BrUUnch! Join us for a brunch after the service this Sunday. Bring yourselves and a dish to share. See you there!
This Coming Week
Monday @ 6 pm Cedar Prairie Vegetarian Potluck
WOW! Workshops on Wednesdays
(on Holiday Break)
Thursday Buddhist Path on holiday break
Friday
@ 9:30 am YoUUng Child Playgroup
@ 6 pm First Friday “Shinto New Year”
Join us for this fun New Year’s Party with a Japanese twist! Bring a dish to share at the potluck—creative people can make Japanese food! Our own Joyce Boss will share some of the traditions from the Japanese religion called “Shinto” . . . Fun interactive time for the whole family. Hope you can join us!!
~Eva
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Stay informed! Read the World! <www.uuworld.org>
Stay connected! Check out our Facebook Group: uusbhc
Find something out! Look it up on our webpage: <www.uusbhc.org>
Think wider thoughts! Learn about the UU Assn: <www.uua.org>
Think wider still! Learn about International U&SU <www.icuu.net>
Rev. Eva Cameron, minister
Unitarian Universalist Society of Black Hawk Co.
3912 Cedar Heights Dr.
Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613
USA
m: 319.610.6605
This Sunday
9:30 am New Year’s Chapel with Esther Kieffer. Some say doing the same thing again expecting different results is foolish. Others say the variables are always changing so doing the same thing again expecting the same results is also foolish. Whether either or both views are correct, stopping to take a look back and a look forward is worth doing.
10:45 am BrUUnch! Join us for a brunch after the service this Sunday. Bring yourselves and a dish to share. See you there!
This Coming Week
Monday @ 6 pm Cedar Prairie Vegetarian Potluck
WOW! Workshops on Wednesdays
(on Holiday Break)
Thursday Buddhist Path on holiday break
Friday
@ 9:30 am YoUUng Child Playgroup
@ 6 pm First Friday “Shinto New Year”
Join us for this fun New Year’s Party with a Japanese twist! Bring a dish to share at the potluck—creative people can make Japanese food! Our own Joyce Boss will share some of the traditions from the Japanese religion called “Shinto” . . . Fun interactive time for the whole family. Hope you can join us!!
~Eva
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Stay informed! Read the World! <www.uuworld.org>
Stay connected! Check out our Facebook Group: uusbhc
Find something out! Look it up on our webpage: <www.uusbhc.org>
Think wider thoughts! Learn about the UU Assn: <www.uua.org>
Think wider still! Learn about International U&SU <www.icuu.net>
Rev. Eva Cameron, minister
Unitarian Universalist Society of Black Hawk Co.
3912 Cedar Heights Dr.
Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613
USA
m: 319.610.6605
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve Service 5:30 pm
. . . stories, songs and candlelight . . .
(and childcare for wee ones)
Holiday party following (6:30pm)
Come if you can. Bring family and friends.
~Eva
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Rev. Eva S. Cameron
UU Society of Black Hawk Co.
Cedar Falls, IA
USA
319-610-6605 mobile
319-266-5640 church
319-266-1111 home
www.uusbhc.org
Sunday, December 21, 2008
YES! We are open
Greetings on this cold morning!
Yes we are open, and the parking lot is clear, and the walks shoveled. If you don’t mind the cold, feel free to come. If you want to snuggle at home, please don’t feel any obligation to come (even if you said you’d do a job.)
Kathy Klink-Zeitz and I have decided to cancel Sunday School classes for children. If there is interest, after our Fellowship time, I can show you the Khasi Hills movie (fun for kids and adults.)
Take good care.
And if I don’t see you before Christmas, may it be a good one.
~Eva
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"The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings." ~ Eric Hoffer
Rev. Eva S. Cameron
UU Society of Black Hawk Co.
Cedar Falls, IA
USA
319-610-6605 mobile
319-266-5640 church
319-266-1111 home
www.uusbhc.org
Yes we are open, and the parking lot is clear, and the walks shoveled. If you don’t mind the cold, feel free to come. If you want to snuggle at home, please don’t feel any obligation to come (even if you said you’d do a job.)
Kathy Klink-Zeitz and I have decided to cancel Sunday School classes for children. If there is interest, after our Fellowship time, I can show you the Khasi Hills movie (fun for kids and adults.)
Take good care.
And if I don’t see you before Christmas, may it be a good one.
~Eva
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"The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings." ~ Eric Hoffer
Rev. Eva S. Cameron
UU Society of Black Hawk Co.
Cedar Falls, IA
USA
319-610-6605 mobile
319-266-5640 church
319-266-1111 home
www.uusbhc.org
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