lakeshore uu newsletter may 2013
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MAY 2013LAKE SHOREUNITARIANUNIVERSAL ISTFELLOWSHIP NEWS LETTER
May 19th: Annual Board Meeting -Following the service. Everyone is welcome, butto vote on officers or issues, you’ll need to be amember. It’s a good time to join!
May 26—Our Annual Memorial DayPotluck in the Park: We’ll be in Union Park,singing led by our own musical group, In GoodTimes. Do join us for a delicious picnic andharmonious sing-a-long.
Choir Practice
1st & 3rd Wednesday of each month at 6:30
Feel free to come share your voice in song
MAY SERVICES
May 5—“The Lorax” the RE studentsand Arthur Thexton Max Alexander has workedwith the children to present a short play and a song ortwo, and Arthur Thexton will extend that theme.Arthur has a degree in theology, but he’s also alawyer for the state of Wisconsin. He’s been comingto us for several years now, and we know he willbring interesting additional insights. And the play andsong will be terrific!
May 12: Storyteller, Kristia WildflowerReturns to the fellowship as “Mother Nature”. Kristiadelighted and enlightened us with her “GypsyWoman” story and character in February, 2012. Shereturns on Mother’s Day this year with an entertainingand informational story, sharing her love and concernfor Mother Earth. "With creative abandon Kristinesurrounds a theme with humanitarian elements;ecology, humor and joy." Winifred Spring, RetiredElementary School Principal
May 19—Flower Communion ~GailSlaughter During our annual flower ceremony, (atradition celebrated by Unitarian Universalistscongregations all over the world), we will mark thecoming of the spring. Each person is invited tocontribute a flower and take a different one; in thisway, we honor the unique contributions of eachperson in our Fellowship community andacknowledge that we each receive something gimportant from our participation. Please bring a flowerto share.
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U N I V E R S A L I S T F E L L O W S H I P
L U U F L A Y M I N I S T E R SDan Fischer (920) 323-3475 [email protected] Hunter (920) 684-5590 [email protected] Strauss (920) 629-0924 [email protected] Sustman (920) 973-7391 [email protected]
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MEET YOUR LUUF BOARD MEMBERS, WHO SERVED FOR THE PAST YEARMANY THANKS TO THEM ALL, FOR STEERING US THROUGH ANOTHER WONDERFUL YEAR.
President ~ Dan Fischer Board Members at LargeVice President ~ John Thompson Dick UrbanTreasury ~ Joel Marquardt Steve AblerSecretary ~ Kathie Fishbeck Tammy Hoeltke
LUUF BOARD NEWS
Our Annual Meeting (the most important Fellowship meeting of the year), will be held on May 19th
right after the service. At this meeting we will review what has been done during the past year,approve the budget for the upcoming fiscal year, have elections for some of our Board positions,and plan for our future. Whether you are a member or a friend, we need you to attend. Pleasemark your calendar now to attend this important meeting.
PLEDGES
Thanks to most of you for completing your pledge forms and turning them in. If you have nottaken care of this, we would very much appreciate hearing from you soon. It helps put togethera more accurate picture of next year’s budget if we have as much information as possible.Thanks for addressing this.
SUMMER SERVICES
We need your participation this summer at our Sunday services. In the summer, we ask ourmembers and friends to make presentations. These are not difficult and we are very open aboutwhat you could present. Tell us about an area of special interest, a good book you’ve read, agreat vacation you’ve taken, or some other item you’d like to present. Our group loves to beeducated about any number of subjects and we know that you have something interesting youcould share with us. Plan for at least a ten minute presentation with some time afterward forquestions and discussion. Either sign the schedule on the table in the back of the sanctuary orlet Dan Fischer know which Sunday would be best for your presentation. Thanks for participating.
EMAIL LUUF Newsletter submissions to [email protected]
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The day-to-day life of our fellowship is the glue that holds our spiritual community together. UnitarianUniversalism approaches the more "secular" aspects of fellowship life with the same religious intent as it'sworship. Our religious education classes, adult activities groups, community volunteerism and buildingfacilities committees are essential aspects of our spiritual work. We believe it is our deeds, not our creeds,which are most important. Volunteer opportunities abound! Please consider signing up for coffee service,greeter, shoveling, or any other activity or job that helps to keep our fellowship moving forward and runningsmoothly. Volunteer sign up sheets are in the coat room.
"We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love.”Mother Teresa -
Every day we have people helping the Fellowship in ways that allow our community to thrive. Whether youare a board member, on a committee, you make coffee, do dishes, vacuum, shovel snow, rack leaves, plan agarden, help coordinate a service or you do one of the other countless tasks, the time and talents you share
is incredibly important for our Fellowship community. Please know you are immensely appreciated.
Adult Religious EducationBuild your own Theology - Part 2
BUILDING YOUR OWN THEOLOGY 2 will meetTuesday, May 14 at 6:30. The topic of Session 9 will be"Death and Immortality: How Do We Celebrate Life":Kathy Fishback will facilitate, and if you'd like toparticipate but don't have the study guide, please e-mailJean ([email protected]) and she'll send you thehomework reading.
"The reasons for living are not withdrawn when life is abroken arc." --Frederick R. Griffin
The Children’s Religious Education Program,Free to Believe welcomes all children, ages 5 to 10.
This year’s curriculum uses Unitarian Universalistsources to “explore UU principles and answers toquestions about: life and death, spirit and God, and thebeginnings of the world and life.” Each session willinclude a sharing and activity time, hands onexperiences, stories, songs, short plays and discussions.When suitable, parts of last year’s program“Experiences with the Web of Life” will be integratedinto the lessons.
The Free to Believe Program was developed by theUnitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock inManhasset, NY along with Green Timber Publications.This program was recommended by the First UnitarianSociety of Madison, WI.
Yours in growing understandingThe Religious Education committee
Evie Sustman, Sandy Bast, Bonnita Budysz,Tammy Hoeltke, Max Alesander and Dan Fischer.
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Green Living On Behalf of the EarthGLOBE
The Next GLOBE ("Green Living on behalf of the Earth") meeting will be Sunday May 5th after service. Theagenda includes planning for our next "Earth Day Every Day" movie at the end of May- tentatively "Fresh," afilm about the consequences of transforming our food system from an agricultural to an industrial model-everything from contamination to obesity. We'll also work on summer planning, UUA suggestedprogramming, and a summer Sunday presentation. Everyone is welcome to be part of our experience within"the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part." Your input matters!
The following is for those of you who missed our "Green Tips" in each Sunday's Order of Service:
4/7/13: This first week in April has been Asbestos Awareness Week, and the message is still true: breathingin asbestos, a known carcinogen, can be harmful to your health. A home asbestos inspection done prior toremodeling or demolition can reduce exposure. Learn more by visiting DNR's asbestos pagehttp://dnr.wi.gov/topic/Demo/Asbestos.html.
4/14/13: Spring… Mud… Laundry… Running your wash machine with full loads of laundry reduces overallenergy use. Using cold or cooler water temperatures also uses less energy.
4/21/13: In honor of poetry month: Use fluorescents and LEDs; Not incandescent - and you will see; We’ll useless energy! We will succeed!
4/28/13: Anxious to start your yard work? Planting trees is a great way to keep our air clean. Trees take incarbon dioxide and release fresh clean oxygen. Planting trees near homes can also reduce heating andcooling costs throughout the year. Visit www.ArborDay.org to learn more.
LUUF Gardens are in full planting mode!Do you have a spare plant, one that needs to be divided? Do you want to contribute in creating beauty righthere in our own backyard? Consider transplanting a plant from your garden, or purchasing one to donate.
Master Gardener and LUUF member Kari Alice, has created a garden plan for our gardens, which includes allplants needed, locations and design to bring us color to our Medication, Music and Children's garden.
Please see the board display in the vestibule, (coat room) to sign up for donating a plant, two, three, or morefor our gardens. Kari Alice has provided location sticks, which have been placed and identifies each plants
new home. Bring your plant donation, a shovel and find your plants new home in our garden.
We will also be in need of garden sculptures, art and annuals, so look for more information coming soonabout the gardens. Watch them bloom and take shape and show their colors.
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In some ways, Mother’s Day is an easy holiday, right? Lots of people have important “mother” figures in theirlife, for whom they can find something in the greeting card aisle, buy flowers, or make breakfast in bed. Wecelebrate these women because we love them. Setting aside a special day for them acknowledges the critical andoften underappreciated role they play in our lives and in our communities.
And yet, some experiences of motherhood aren’t so easily found in the greeting card aisle, such as families withqueer or trans or two mothers. It might be impossible to make her breakfast in bed if she’s incarcerated or recentlydeported. While many of us already celebrate those women who raised us (whether she was our nanny, ourgrandmother, our aunt, our foster mother), how do we acknowledge the experiences of women who wantedchildren but couldn’t, due to economic circumstance, medical condition, unjust adoption rights, or any otherreason? How do we stand on the side of love with all those who “mother” and their families?
Mother's Day was originally founded as an antiwar rallying cry by Unitarian Julia Ward Howe. This historyreminds us that Mother’s Day is more than a day for flowers and pancakes. It’s a call to honor the resiliency of allthose who mother, especially those who bear the brunt of hurtful policies or who are weighed down by stigma inour culture. It’s an opportunity to take action to create conditions that enable all families to thrive.
This year, transform your Mother's Day into “Mama’s Day:” a multicultural, justice-oriented celebration of allthose who "mama." For the first time ever, the UUA has partnered with Strong Families, to offer beautiful e-cardsand resources for advocacy, worship, and more. Visit http://www.uua.org/reproductive/action/284636.shtml formore information.
" Ultimately, America's answer to the intolerant man is diversity, the verydiversity which our heritage of religious freedom has inspired."
John F. Kennedy
GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCEUW Manitowoc
Email: [email protected] Menzer
(920)320-1141
We believe that schools can be truly safe only whenevery student is assured of access to an education
without fear of harassment of violence.
http://www.gsafewi.org/
Meets first Thurs of each month at 7:00.St. James Church 434 N. 8th St.
Phone: (920)374-3524Email: [email protected]
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IMPORTANT LUUF PROJECTS CONTINUE -- PLEASE HELP!
ALL I WANT FOR THE NEW YEAR (and beyond.........)is LUUF mementos and keepsakes by Ginney Finnel
During one of his recent visits to our fellowship, Arthur Thexton suggested we add to our October "Remember theSaints" service a ceremonial reading aloud of the names of the departed members and friends of our fellowship. Thisyear we paid homage to Vince Holschbach, Katherine Helgeland and George Edwards, who left us far too soon. Wealso remembered past members and friends, including Shirley Goeters, Bob Potrykus, Olga Radulaski, WinnifredSpring, and others.
In a further effort to preserve the personal history of our fellowship, Zoe Alexander and I have a plan tocreate and assemble a photo album / scrap book of LUUF memorabilia. We want to preserve our connection to thepeople no longer with us as well as to meaningful events and happenings related to the life of our fellowship and itshistory and mission here in Manitowoc.
So, please, help us by sharing copies of anything you may have in your possession that will further this cause. Thingslike:
Photos of departed members and friends; Photos of special events (new member recognitions, moving day(s), concerts, picnics and parties; Photos taken at our former homes - Washington House in Two Rivers and our building on 8th Street in
Manitowoc; Newspaper articles about the fellowship or fellowship events, obituaries, etc.
Please contact Ginny Finnel by phone 755-2689 or email at [email protected] if you have questions oranything to contribute now or at anytime in the future. Or, simply leave your items in an envelope with my name onit on the information table at the back of the fellowship. I will be happy to photocopy and return any original itemsyou wish to retain. Thank you!
"A person with no sense of the past is a person who is a stranger to his or her own roots...We are inheritors of the history that hasmade us what we are..." -Anthony O'Hear.
"The poetry of history lies in the quasi-miraculous fact that once...on this familiar spot of ground, walked other men and women, asactual as we are today...". - G.M. Trevelyan
"Of all the intellectual pursuits, history is the most supremely useful. That is why people crave it and need ever more of it." -Simon Jenkins.
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A call out to LUUF Artists, Poets, Sculptors & Fine Craftsman. Last May we started a call out to our LUUF artists andwe're still encouraging our talented members and friends, to provide art for our fellowship. Bonita's paintings haveadorned the walls at LUUF for 3 years, and with the many talented artists in our congregation, it's time to for achange and for your talents to shine and adorn our Fellowship, as we enter our fourth year in this historic building.We're calling out to all our talented artists, poets, sculptors and potters to share their artistic talents, so we can allenjoy the variety of these beautiful works of art. We will also need outdoor art for our gardens.
Please contact Kim Everett to arrange for art rotation and display -- 755-8430, or email at: [email protected]
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Don't Forget! "Soup Sunday" LUUF Cook Book. We've already had a few submissions, but it takes avillage of hungry people to create a cook book worthy of UU's. Zoe Alexander and Kim Everett have agreed to takethis project on, so please submit your favorite "Soup Sunday" recipe to Zoe at [email protected]. The goal is toself publish "Soup Sunday" and sell it to members, friends and interested parties for a small donation.
EMAIL LUUF Newsletter submissions to [email protected]
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GAME NIGHT!
Our monthly Board Game Night continues Wednesday, May 8th. Bring your favorite game andsnack or join in with what others bring. There will be plenty of laughs, games, and snacks toshare.
**********************************************************************************************************************Don't forget meditation on Sunday evenings at LUUF at 6:30
Relax, reflect and realignFor a calming start to you week.
The goal of meditation is to bring inner peace within oneself and the world in a positive and spiritual way.The world may not always be a peaceful place and within every soul there is some form of tension and stress.
It is therefore essential to create positive and peaceful thoughts to bring peace to our mind.Meditation is one of the best methods to bring about transformation and nurture the natural qualities within.
"Peace is not always the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it"
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Would you enjoy a casual gathering around a meal, for eight (8) members or friends? "Circle Suppers" are awonderful activity we are adopting from other UU fellowships. These dinners are simple and fun--a potluck ata host's home, or a gathering at a restaurant--and are a great way to get better acquainted with Fellowshipfriends. We are looking for gracious hosts and eager participants for three (3) Circle Suppers to be held inMay.
We'd like to hold the Circle Suppers between May 1-18. With hosts and dates, we'll post sign-up sheets April14 & 21 in the vestibule for participants, who should pick just one dinner to attend. If these go well, we willhold more Circle Suppers in the future!
We have one host but need two more. The role of the host is to select a date, then to coordinate a potluck inyour home, or to select a restaurant and make a reservation. You also communicate arrangements with yourparticipants by email or phone. If you are interested in being a host, please contact Jean Biegun [email protected]. The role of participants is to bring a dish (if a potluck) or pay for your own meal (if arestaurant).
Join the fun and fellowship at our spring "Circle Suppers"!
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INFORMATION NEWS AND EVENTS
Hope House’s annual rummage sale will again be hosted at HamannConstruction this year. The dates of the sale are Friday, May 17th
9:00am – 6:00pm and Saturday, May 18th 9:00am – 2:00pm.During the rummage sale we will also be having a brat fry!
We are also hoping that all you folks out there that LOVE rummagesales are willing to volunteer your time to help make our rummagesale and brat fry a HUGE success! Volunteer opportunities range frombeing on hand during the week before the rummage sale to acceptdonations, set up and take down of the rummage sale, working yoursales skills “on the floor” during the sale or showing off your grillin’skills at the brat fry! We are still in need of a lot more volunteers forthe upcoming rummage sale.
We are also accepting donated cases of soda for the brat sale.Donations can be dropped off at Hope House from now until therummage sale & brat fry OR at Hamann Construction the week beforeduring the drop off hours noted above. We will also be acceptingdonations of plants on Thursday, May 16th for the plant sale, so pleaseplan to divide your annuals for donation
We'll be dividing the rummage saleinto furniture, clothes, plants, generalhousehold goods and the brat fry, sovolunteers will be asked to help out inone of the aforementioned areas.If you, your friends, family or a groupyou belong to would like to help outand volunteer for the rummage saleand brat fry please contact HeatherLawhon [email protected].
HOPE HOUSE WISH LISTGas card Feminine productsStore gift cards (Walmart, Shopko, etc) Bath towelsToddler beds Dinner platesPillowsGently used clothing racks or closet organizers, for 3rd floor clean up
EMAIL LUUF Newsletter submissions to [email protected]
HOPE HOUSE ANNUAL RUMMAGE SALE
Next Volunteer Training: Our next volunteer training is scheduled for Monday, June 3rd, from 6:00 to 8:00pm. The training will be held at Hope House. If you have new volunteers that you would like to have attend thetraining please contact Heather Lawhon at: 920-686-1436.
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Easter FreedomJean Biegun
Easter for me is the stone at the tombWhere destruction of good seemed set,
Silenced, contained.I'd like to have sat there expectantly
Behind an olive tree waitingFor the moment
Light called to lightand the giant stone rolled away.
Each of us bears crosses,Knows that blow of nailsHammered to the heart,
That dying of our light within.
Yet when true light shines,The crucified stir:
The greater light quickens the dim,And mean bricks of world hurt crumble.
Your brave light guides mineAnd mu often stumbling steps,
My struggle with the dark.When we join together,
Our stronger beam glows:A beacon of love and beauty,
Freedome of hope,Justice, healing, and peace.
Stone roll from every tombn every town heart and land
When Easter light rises.Blessed be our eternal light.
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*************************************************************Great video on religion in America, featuring Unitarian Universalist's.
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50144670n
"An America that is losing faith with religion"Washing Post article - http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-03-25/opinions/38008236_1_nones-protestants-agnostics
Jenn & BashoHouse Concert, Soup Dinner, Music Jam
Bev Rawling… Invites you to an evening of musicWhen: May 3rd, 6:00 PMWhere: Bev’s A-Frame
15423, Hy XX Kiel, 53042$5-$10 sliding scale donation
Join us Friday, May 3rd, for an evening of good food, friends, and music.Jenn & Basho just finished their second CD and are about
To head out for a one Month tour in Europe.Bring along instruments, singing voices, and a dish/snack/drink to share
Or…just come and enjoy the musical funArrival Time- Any time after 5:00 PM
Dinner @ 6PMSnacks/drinks will be available all evening
Jenn & Basho Concert- @ 7PMJam Circle @ 8:30-?
RSVP to Bev…920-693-8941Email: [email protected]
EMAIL LUUF Newsletter submissions to [email protected]
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LUUF MEMBERS AND FRIENDS HAVE BEEN BUSY IN THE COMMUNITY.LUUF ACTIVELY ENGAGING ATTENDEES DURING
EARTH DAY FESTIVITIES AT LINCOLN H.S.
UU Guitar Group (John & Bev)"In Good Time"
LUUF Guitar Group (Bev & Robert)"In Good Time"
Bev, singing withthe UU Guitar Group
"In good Time"
Jill & KimClipper City Co-op
Ron, Organic Gardening
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Lake Shore Unitarian Universalist Mission
As a welcoming and accepting, diverse and inquiring spiritual fellowship,We unite to create a community which stimulates a free exchange and
Exploration of ideas, foster spiritual and intellectual growth, andserves as a base for active outreach to benefit the world around us.
As Unitarian Universalists, we affirm and promote these principles:
The inherent worth and dignity of every personJustice, equality and compassion in human relationships
Acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth in our congregationsA free and responsible search for truth and meaning
The right of conscience and the use of the democratic processThe goal of world community with peace, liberty and justice for all
Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part
PEACE TO ALL
Lake Shore UnitarianUniversalist Fellowship620 Park StreetManitowoc, WI 54220www.lakeshoreuu.org