Weekly Update 1/30/09 . . . .This month in our services we will be exploring the ideas of freedom and transformation, as part of our year of “Daring to Grow.” These are themes that are a deep part of what it means to be Unitarian Universalist. As we are deliberately reaching out to more people to join us, we are choosing to shift and make room in our ways of doing things to include more people.
One of the most dramatic shifts, for people who have been around for a while, is the change to functioning like a Program sized church. This means that our energy is focused on creating programs (and teams) that help us living our values. We have found a powerful strength in having small groups for people to share and work on their own journey with others who care about them. With this model, individuals will find that not every one will know our story, but as long as there is at least one circle of people who do, you will have some connection and support. As an institution we will find we have room for about 350 plus members, before we need to start changing our institutional model again!
With this shift in model of how things are organized, we all must realize that decisions are rarely made as a body of the whole. We have many good people who spend hours and hours discussing decisions in committee meetings. If you feel strongly about something, I would suggest that you not only bring your idea to that committee, but that you sit with them, and not only bring an idea, but listen to their thoughts. Our decisions are made with a lot of ideas being tossed around in the committee, concerns shared, passionate dialogue and deep listening on all sides. After passing through this stage, larger decisions then move up to the next level, or are activated. So think of it as ‘representative democracy.’ This means that you share your voice with those who are most interested in the same things you are in—the right committee. But it also means you won’t always know what is happening all the time. This is part of creating a different structure. The power isn’t top down, hierarchical, but rather a hierarchy of commitment. Those who invest the most time, energy, willingness to listen and share their thoughts and dreams with love, are those who will most influence the choices this church makes.
The church energy is high, and the building is buzzing with life and purpose. Let’s continue to build a community with arms wide enough to hold all who dare to grow with us in spirit. Continue to build a community of love and trust, where each feels safe enough to dare to grow!
See you in church!
Unless you meet me at Cup of Joe in just a few minutes!
Eva
This Sunday
8:30 am Music Rehearsal
9:30 am “Facing Our Fears” What are we afraid of, and why? In order to "dare to grow," we need to face these questions. The UU Youth will lead us in a service exploring the theme of fear.
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: The Conscious Living Group and Green Sanctuary Committee will sponsor a Draft-Stopper Making Workshop during Second Hour! Bring measurements for those drafty doors and windows and we'll have materials and sewing machines set up in the Fellowship Hall to construct them and take them home that day. Any donations will go toward supporting the work of these 2 groups.
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. There will be an opportunity to sign the membership book.
Upcoming Week
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 pm Small Group Facilitators meeting
7:15 pm Theoretical String Band Practice
Thursday
7:30 pm Buddhist Path
Friday
9:30 am YoUUng Child Playgroup
6 pm First Friday “Brazilian Carnival”
Find a costume! Invite a friend. Bring your kids! It’s going to be FUN!!!! Join Adele Queiroz, a Brazilian member of the church, in this GREAT way bring a little life into mid-winter. Bring a dish to share!
Phoenix Rising: our newest art installation
This month the themes are freedom and transformation. When the Creative Spiritz team heard that, we started our usual discussion as to ‘what it means to each of us’. Nate Callahan came up with the idea of a phoenix. That night Kathy Klink-Zeitz dreamed of a phoenix rising out of a Unitarian Universalist chalice. (She probably saw one at General Assembly!) The next day Kathy searched for a model to show her fellow members what she was thinking of doing for February. Although it was not that clear to all, they let her ‘run with the idea’. After last month’s theme of struggle, this idea of the phoenix rising from the struggle and transforming into a beautiful bird seemed most appealing. The branch in his beak is an olive branch the symbol of peace and freedom. ~The Creative Arts Group
From our UU United Nations Office . . .
To those interested - a teleseminar directly related to our Spring Seminar for anyone to participate in. Please email office@uu-uno.org for phone-in instructions and access code. Thanks!
Building a Culture of Peace:
How Can UUs Lead the Way?
You are warmly invited to join in a series of informal discussions by teleconference featuring noted UU leaders and scholars, on the topic of how UUs can provide leadership in building a culture of peace. This presentation is sponsored by the UU Peacemaking Congregational Study/Action Core Team.
Seminar #2 – “Strategic Options for Building a Culture of Peace” – presentation by Sharon Welch
8 pm Eastern Time, Monday, April 28
Presenter: Sharon Welch, provost of Meadville Lombard Theological Seminar, and author of several books including After Empire: the Art and Ethos of Enduring Peace. Sharon is a leader in the UU Peacemaking Congregational Study/Action Issue Program. Upcoming: Real Peace, Real Security.
Also . . . UU-UNO Spring Seminar:
All in the Name of Faith: Rights, Religion, and Responsibility April 16-18, 2009 (Youth program begins on the 15th.) in New York City
Join us to explore the role religion plays in our global fight for Human Rights. Come to hear excellent speakers. Leave empowered, with tools to create substantive change in your communities. Registration is now open! Email any questions to springseminar@uu-uno.org
Friday, January 30, 2009
Friday, January 23, 2009
Weekly Update
Weekly Update 1/23/09
It has been a powerful week of memory and hope, as we have looked back to the passionate witness to goodness and righteousness that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr . brought to the world, coupled with the inauguration, where hope did not linger unborn, and die. Instead it lived for many of the nation’s citizens as we realized we ourselves were living history. Already some are impatient . . . wondering what we are going to do next, how soon until all the problems begin getting fixed. President Obama encouraged us towards patience in his address. But more than that, I want to encourage us towards something else: and that is awareness and gratitude. Sometimes it does us good to stop, pause from our marathon race towards goodness and righteousness and peace . . . and simply be, in the amazing moment. Catch our breath. Breathing deeply, we can look back at just how far we have come. And plot our path ahead of us. There are many choices we can make as we navigate this journey of life. Let us look clearly at this goodness, at this moment of justice, so that we know what it looks like. Etch it on our souls, and all the work that brought us to this moment. It will help us, as we discern all that is to follow.
I’m off to Cup of Joe . . .I’ll be there from 4:30 to 6pm, if you care to join me.
~Eva
This Sunday:
8:30 am Music Rehearsal
9:30 am Service “Light the Flame!” Chalice Lighter Sunday. Come learn about our symbol “The Flaming Chalice” and about an important way we can share our enthusiasm for Unitarian Universalism around the district.
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
This Coming Week
Monday
6 pm Cedar Prairie Vegetarian Potluck
Tuesday
7:30 pm Committee on Ministry
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
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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
It has been a powerful week of memory and hope, as we have looked back to the passionate witness to goodness and righteousness that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr . brought to the world, coupled with the inauguration, where hope did not linger unborn, and die. Instead it lived for many of the nation’s citizens as we realized we ourselves were living history. Already some are impatient . . . wondering what we are going to do next, how soon until all the problems begin getting fixed. President Obama encouraged us towards patience in his address. But more than that, I want to encourage us towards something else: and that is awareness and gratitude. Sometimes it does us good to stop, pause from our marathon race towards goodness and righteousness and peace . . . and simply be, in the amazing moment. Catch our breath. Breathing deeply, we can look back at just how far we have come. And plot our path ahead of us. There are many choices we can make as we navigate this journey of life. Let us look clearly at this goodness, at this moment of justice, so that we know what it looks like. Etch it on our souls, and all the work that brought us to this moment. It will help us, as we discern all that is to follow.
I’m off to Cup of Joe . . .I’ll be there from 4:30 to 6pm, if you care to join me.
~Eva
This Sunday:
8:30 am Music Rehearsal
9:30 am Service “Light the Flame!” Chalice Lighter Sunday. Come learn about our symbol “The Flaming Chalice” and about an important way we can share our enthusiasm for Unitarian Universalism around the district.
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
This Coming Week
Monday
6 pm Cedar Prairie Vegetarian Potluck
Tuesday
7:30 pm Committee on Ministry
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
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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
Friday, January 16, 2009
Re: [uusbhc] Weekly Update
I compare snow every winter to the 7 feet in a week that fell in Flagstaff, Arizona, in 1967.
When I get a little tired of shoveling, I think of my paralyzed brother and am glad I'm able!
Warm winter wishes,
Ruth
From: Cameron Eva <cameron.eva@gmail.com>
To: Whole Church <uusbhc@yahoogroups.com>; Whole Church <cameron.eva.post@blogger.com>
Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 3:14:14 PM
Subject: [uusbhc] Weekly Update
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 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
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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).
--
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
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).
--
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
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 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
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