Redwood Reachout

Redwood Reachout
2124 Brewster Avenue, Redwood City, CA 94062
www.uufrc.org ~~ (650) 365-6913
office@uufrc.org
Sunday Worship Services - 10:30 a.m.
Unitarian Universalist
Fellowship of Redwood City
Redwood Reachout
February, 2012
Inside this issue:
“Setting the Table,” by
Rev. Julia Older
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“Carol’s Corner,” by
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Carol Thomas Cissel, our
Intern Minister
Feb 5: “James Luther Adams, Part III, Are We the Sons
and Daughters of Koreh” — Rev. Julia Older. Do we agree
that history is moving forward? Are we, in our own way, apocalyptic? What then is our responsibility?
Feb. 12: “Birds Do It” — Rev. Julia Older and Carol Thomas
Cissel, Ministerial Intern. ―Our Whole Lives‖ is our most extraordinary curricula for learning about and honoring our human sexuality.
Feb. 19: “Sabbath” — Rev. Bill Kennedy. What is it? Why do
we gather? Is it just another show to compete with soccer or the
Sunday New York Times? What makes it different from any other
Sunday morning activity? (This is a multigenerational service.)
Feb. 26: “Anxiety and the Good Life” — Rev. Julia Older and
“Message from Your
President,” by John
Cooney
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“DRE,” by Derby
Davidson
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“Membership”
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“Within Our Walls”
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“Margaret Fuller
Performance”
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“Calendar of Events”
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“Who’s Who and How
to Contact Us”
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Carol Thomas Cissel, Ministerial Intern. Letting go, playing it
forward and celebrating life.
Mission Statement: We weave a community of compassion and joy, giving us
strength and hope. We support the spiritual journeys we take together and
alone. We work to create a better world by reaching out, taking risks,
and building relationships beyond our Fellowship.
Setting the Table
February, 2012 - Reverend Julia Older
It is almost Labyrinth Week! This year we‘ll set it up on Thursday, February 9th, at
11:00 a.m. and leave it down in the sanctuary until Saturday at 8:00 p.m. (We will
have to fold it up but the janitors are replacing the chairs.) You are welcome to
walk absolutely anytime if you plan ahead and borrow a key. Ask me.
Labyrinths are not mazes. There is no trick. There is no way to be lost. There is
really no way to go off track unless you step over a line. Read that as a metaphor. In fact, walking a labyrinth is a meditational metaphor for life. Follow the
path. All will be well.
The path is curved. It moves along an arc and then doubles back and then moves
forward and then sends you to the edge and then, right when you may think, ―Good
Grief! How much further?,‖ there you are in the center. The only way out is the way you came in.
Another metaphor.
Most often, people walk it slowly and place each step with great care. Once in the center, you may
choose to stand there for a while. Or sit there. Or leave something behind (something small, please). I
will leave a basket of small stones for you to carry if you wish.
Or, you can go as quickly as you can and simply notice what that feels like.
Other people may be walking at the same time. When you meet each other, you will have to figure out
what to do. This is not an interruption. It is part of the metaphor.
Many people report that it is unexpectedly moving. Folks use it for centering and healing and grieving and
meditating, for trying to let go or simply getting calm.
Set up: Thursday, February at 11:00 a.m. If you are free at that time, please come help us.
Thursday at 7:00 p.m.: A very short introduction for families and then we will
walk. Children are especially welcome.
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Saturday at 7:00 p.m.: EVERYBODY! An exquisite communal dance takes shape
when many people walk at the same time.
Love,
Julia
In honor of the centering meditation of labyrinth walking: A verse from ―Burnt Norton‖ by T. S. Eliot
At the still point of the turning world. Neither flesh nor fleshless;
Neither from nor towards; at the still point, there the dance is,
But neither arrest nor movement. And do not call it fixity,
Where past and future are gathered. Neither movement from nor towards,
Neither ascent nor decline. Except for the point,
2 the still point,
There would be no dance, and there is only the dance.
Carol’s Corner
February, 2012 by Carol Thomas Cissel, Intern Minister
As I write this, I am sitting in the
Taipei International Airport
waiting to board a flight back to the
U.S. The last 15 days were spent
visiting seminaries, universities and
churches; while meeting amazing
people from the indigenous tribes of
Taiwan. Our days were packed with
theological lectures, temple tours,
meals at small country churches and
worship in big city sanctuaries.
While I am bone tired, it is a meaningful weariness resulting from
spiritual formation and the gentle
stretching my personal religious
context. I have seen and learned so
much on this trip, but one thing in
particular will stay with me: the
passion and enthusiasm both pastors
and congregants showed for their
faith and their religious communities.
but for our movement to grow, we
need to embrace and then share our
loving, affirming faith. It cannot
continue being one of the best kept
secrets on the planet.
Ours is a religion open to all
people; a religion that recognizes and
celebrates our connections with the
universe and with the Spirit of Life,
the Divine, or whatever one may
choose to name it.
Our congregations and communities
are loving and supportive. The
religious education we have for adults
and children is superb. But, we seem
to be hiding in broad daylight. Simply
put, not enough people know about
us.
Last summer at General Assembly,
UU President Peter Morales chalIt was deeply inspiring to break bread lenged all of us to do three things:
with folks that felt driven to joyously Get Religion. Grow Leaders. Cross
share their beliefs, even though they Borders. The first of those three,
were different than my own, because Get Religion, excites me the most.
that same kind of excitement
But, I‘d like to add three words to it,
permeates my belief in Unitarian
―Get Religion and Tell Someone.‖
Universalism and my call into
ministry.
The future of Unitarian Universalism
lies in our ability to intentionally take
I think this is an exhilarating time to
our message and movement directly
be a UU, but like many UU‘s, that
to others. Our churches and fellowexcitement is not something that I
ships need to throw open their doors
regularly share with others. I know
and welcome new faces and old
that historically ours is a religion that friends with radical hospitality.
has not been evangelical in nature,
Why? Cultivating and nurturing the
intersection of people, intellect and
spirit is vitally important to our
movement. And, when old faces and
new friends come together, we grow
stronger and learn from each other.
Coming together and growing
stronger. Making new friends and
affirming long-time companions.
Getting Religion and Telling Someone. We have so much to offer…it‘s
time we started telling folks.
What excites you about our
faith? Who can you share that
with? I plan to start by bringing a
couple of new folks to visit UUFRC…
hope you will, too!
See you in church!,
Carol
Passages
George Walmar Lasko , a member of the UUFRC community, passed away on December 23, 2011
from complications arising from his recent heart surgery at Kaiser Hospital in Santa Clara. Rev. Julia,
Joanne McMahon and George‘s son, Greg, were present at his passing. A celebration of his life will be
held on February 18th at 2 p.m. in the sanctuary. Photographs of George‘s life and samples of his artwork
will be displayed. Rev. Julia will officiate.
Tom Cooney, father of John Cooney and a lifelong Unitarian Universalist, passed away
in his sleep on Christmas morning. Tom was a man of good will and concern for
others. A celebration of his life will be held on February 4th at 2 p.m. in the sanctuary.
Rev. Julia will officiate.
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Message from Your President
I distinctly remember a time when Kaye and I thought personal cell phones
were silly extravagances. I understood their utility for people who had to
conduct business while on the road, the expense justified as the cost of doing
business – you have to spend money to make money. But for personal use,
bah! Could not see it – just wasteful.
Surprise! Things change, you decide to have children and all of a sudden life
gets more complicated. Simple thinks like ―Who is going to pick up Aaron at
what time, at what place, and deliver him where?‖ suddenly became of critical
importance in a family with both parents working and no grandparents to
provide child taxi service.
I think that is what did it to us, the need to coordinate on a shorter event horizon than ―tomorrow.‖
So we both bought Palm Pilots, synchronized our personal calendars and communicated instantly:
―OK, Aaron is going with Mike to his house to play and dinner. I will NOT pick him up at school at
3:00, but will pick him up at Mike‘s around 7:00. OK, I got it.‖ All of a sudden the cell phone is not
an extravagance. It‘s a necessity. Amazing how a change in your circumstances changes your
attitude. It seems to be a repeating theme in all of our lives.
Now I have a smart phone. I carry it with me all the time. It is as important to me as the steel that
holds my left leg together. I don‘t think about either, I just take them for granted as integral parts of
my life. I developed new habits: keep leg warm, turn phone off in meetings and church, walk slowly
up long grades, charge phone at night. It‘s all good. It seems right. It makes life better, not at all out
of the ordinary.
I feel the same kind of change happening again, but at church. We all loved the kids in the Mummer’s
Play and the new Christmas Pageant and we want the hear what they are saying. This drives us to
work on improving the sound system so that we can mic each performer. It will be a huge
improvement.
For years we have been recording the audio of our services so that friends and family who can‘t
come to church can share in our community. Now we are thinking about extending that to include
video recording, because the visual context, like the actors in the play and the new projection
system, is becoming more and more a part of the service.
I don‘t know when this change will happen. I know there will be some struggles. Just as we had to
learn how speak using microphones, we will have to learn what it means to have a camera in the
room, even if it‘s just sending a live image to the flat screen TV in the Social Hall. But I feel this
change coming, and I expect that like my cell phone experience, it will be hard at first, then become
second nature.
Change happens, let‘s try to embrace it and use it to make our community better.
In Faith,
John M. Cooney
President, UUFRC Board of Trustees
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From Derby Davidson, Director of Religious Education
Topics this month include OWL, Sunday school themes, and the annual spaghetti
dinner.
7th-9th Grade OWL. For the first time, we are holding 7th-9th Grade OWL class
without the San Mateo UU church, and we still have a record 25 attending! I‘m
thrilled with the participation, as OWL is near and dear to my heart. For more
information about the Our Whole Lives (OWL) comprehensive human sexuality
curriculum, go to http://www.uua.org/re/owl/.
Sunday School. The focus of our 2nd through 8th grade Sunday school classes
this winter and spring is Christianity. The 2nd-4th grade and 5th-6th grade classes
will be learning stories from the New Testament, following the Jesus and His Kingdom of Equals curriculum.
The 7th-8th grade class will be learning about different Christian faith traditions, following the Neighboring
Faiths curriculum. This class includes field trips to other churches.
K-1 OWL. The kindergarten-1st grade class will continue with the UU Picture Book curriculum in the
winter. In the spring, this group will be provided age-appropriate human sexuality information using the
K-1 OWL curriculum. If you have a kindergartner or 1st grader, please be on the lookout for an email
announcing an OWL parent orientation meeting.
Spaghetti Dinner. Mark your calendars for our annual Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser on March 17th
from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. Just like last year, the money raised will go toward supporting the two Nepali students we are sponsoring through the American-Nepali Students‘ and Women‘s Educational Relief
(ANSWER). See the RE bulletin board for letters and pictures from the Nepali students. Go to
http://answernepal.org/ for more information about ANSWER. Our middle school and high school youth
groups provide most of the labor for this event. Our Spaghetti Dinner is a wonderful social opportunity
to connect with others in our community. The Social Action Committee, which sponsors the Spaghetti
Dinner jointly with the Children‘s Religious Education Committee, will have a forum in the latter half of
the evening, which I believe will be an immigration-themed movie (possibly Grand Torino). We‘ll have child
care for those 6 and under and activities for other children. Please come!
See you in church.
Derby
Imbolc Service & Ritual Feb. 3rd
The celebration of Imbolc will be held Friday,
February 3rd at 8:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary.
Imbolc heralds the first signs of new life, such as
the shoots of bulbs blooming up from the earth,
and the calving of ewes. An ancient Celtic
cross-quarters celebration, it marks the center
point of the dark half of the year. It is the
festival of the Maiden, for from this day to
March 21st, it is her season to prepare for growth and renewal.
At UUFRC, we will honor this
holiday with discussions of its
meaning, chanting, ritual, and of
course, food. Please join us for
5this moving and lovely holiday
celebration.
MEMBERSHIP
Spring Luncheon and Pledge Drive Kick-off
This year‘s Pledge Drive will begin with a luncheon following services on Sunday, March 4th.
Hear members of our fellowship share the stories of their ―Wild and Precious Life,‖ and view
many photos to remind us all why we love UUFRC.
The lunch will be catered by The Faithful Fools and benefit their good work with the homeless
community in San Francisco.
Come and join the celebration of the wonderful community we share.
Becoming a Member
Finding a home here at UUFRC and making
the decision to become a member is both
powerful and exciting! We celebrate this
decision with each and every person who
signs the Membership Book.
If you are considering membership, please
plan to join us for our next ―Becoming a
Member‖ discussion on Sunday, February
12th from 9 – 10 a.m. This one hour in-
vestment of your time will provide you with a
clear picture of the benefits and
responsibilities of being a member. Plus
there‘ll be donuts.
You may register by contacting our
Welcoming Coordinator, Cindy Johnson, at
welcome2uufrc@pacbell.net or (650) 3644995. Childcare is available if requested by
February 5th.
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An Invitation to Friends and Newcomers
UUFRC offers each of us a spiritual home, a warm community, a chance to live our values as we
care for each other and our planet, and the opportunity for self exploration and growth. Has it
become an important place for you? One with meaningful connections, a place where you feel
not only accepted and supported, but also challenged?
Then we invite you to become a member. Whether you‘ve been coming for one month, one
year, or somewhere between or beyond, if you feel that you‘ve found a home here, we invite
you to deepen your commitment to this Fellowship by joining us.
We‘ll be welcoming in and celebrating new members during the service on February 22nd, followed by more celebrations with cake after the service. If you would like to join, please contact
Pat Dwyer, Connections Committee Chair at pat@pattyodwyer.com or Cindy Johnson, Welcoming Coordinator at phreeps@pacbell.net 6
Within our walls
Book Discussion and All-Fellowship Read
Our February book is High Fidelity by Nick Hornsby. Join us Monday, January 23rd, at 7:30 p.m. in the
front lounge to consider this unique male perspective.
And on Sunday, February 26th, we will have a discussion of The Death of Josseline by Margaret
Regan. Here is the schedule:
5:00 - 6:00:
Potluck supper in the Social Hall
6:15 - 7:00:
Q & A with Margaret Regan by Skype, so bring a good question or two.
7:00 - 8:00:
Discussion of the book
Movie Night
On February 19th at 7 pm in the back lounge, we will be showing Crash, a 2005 film with a 89% audience
approval rating. In Crash, issues of race and gender cause a group of strangers in Los Angeles to physically and emotionally collide. Should make an interesting
discussion.
Happy Trails Hiking Club
February Hike:
In the cooler months of winter I like to explore trails of the South Bay. February 11th we‘ll hike in the
hills of Calero County Park and Rancho Canada del Oro Open Space Preserve. The preserve was opened
to the public in 2004 with the dedication of the Bald Peaks and Longwall Canyon trails that we will take
this opportunity to explore. The trails wind through native grasslands, oak woodlands, sage-chaparral
scrub, and creek-side habitats and offer views of the Diablo Range and Mt. Hamilton.
Our hike will start at the parking lot in Rancho Canada del Oro. Three loop options are available:
1.
A four-mile loop along the Bald Peaks Trail and back down the Serpentine Trail.
2.
A six-mile loop that continues along the Bald Peaks Trail to the Catamount Trail, then back down
the Serpentine Trail.
3.
A 7.5-mile loop that continues farther along the Bald Peaks Trail to the Longwall Canyon Trail,
and then back down the Serpentine Trail.
All three hikes start and end at the parking lot.
Note that February 11th is the second Saturday of the month. As usual, we‘ll leave from UUFRC (2124
Brewster at Lowell in Redwood City) at 9::00 a.m. Try to arrive early so we can arrange carpooling depending upon which hike each participant wishes to do. The drive to the parking lot at the end of Casa
Loma Road in Morgan Hill should take about one hour. I expect the group doing the longest hike will return to Redwood City by 4pm.
Remember to bring lunch and water.
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Within our walls
. . . . . Continued
March Hike:
The March 3rd hike is by permit only - Fifield-Cahill Ridge Trail
I have received a permit for a guided excursion Saturday, March 3rd, along the Fifield-Cahill Ridge Trail atop
the hills west of Crystal Springs Reservoir. The trail is a dirt service road through stands of old-growth
Douglas Fir, evergreens, and coastal scrub with ridge-top vistas of watershed lands, reservoirs, the Pacific
Ocean, and San Francisco Bay.
The hike starts at the base of Sweeney Ridge in San Bruno, climbs 800 feet to the top of the ridge, continues along the ridge top, and then gradually descends to a quarry on Highway 92. The total mileage is 13
miles one-way. We‘ll leave some cars at the quarry, carpool to Sweeney Ridge trailhead, and then hike back.
The hike takes between 5-7 hours.
For more details, see the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission website at
http://www.sfwater.org/index.aspx?page=147
Are you interested? If so, send me an email.
Kaye Bonney
Second Sunday Sisters on Feb 12th
For our February meeting, we'll be
discussing dreams. Carolyn Chaney and
Geri Kennedy will share a bit of what
they learned from a class at Starr King
with Jeremy Taylor, an expert in this area.
If you want to share your dreams, it is
recommended that you keep a dream
journal right next to your bed and write
the dream down with as many details as
possible (even things like was it cloudy,
what color were the walls, who/what was
there) as soon as you wake up. There are
rumors that taking a b-complex vitamin right
before bed might help you dream and
remember.
We meet in the back lounge from 7:00 - 9:00
p.m. All UUFRC women are welcome.
Conversations shared during our gatherings
are confidential. It‘s a lovely time to share the
company of other women.
Calling all Women Who Love to Sing!
All women are invited to sing ‗Kore‘ in a special chorus for the Easter service.
We have sung ‗Kore‘ many times, and it has become a tradition here at UUFRC. It is a
―hymn to the wheel of the year,‖ honoring Kore (Persephone) and the coming of Spring.
It‘s a lovely song and the voices of many women bring meaning and power to the
changing of the seasons.
If you are interested, please contact Music Director Kay
8 Kleinerman for details.
Geri K.
OUR LARGER COMMUNITY
Laurie James Performs the Life of Margaret Fuller at UUFRC
UUFRC‘s Adult Education Committee is pleased to present an original solo drama entitled Men, Women, and
Margaret Fuller, performed and written by actor/author Laurie James. Based on journals, letters, articles and books,
the play brings to life our American foremother‘s bold character and words. of group), and will be in our sanctuary
on February 25th at 7:00 p.m. There is an admission fee of $10.
Born in 1810, Margaret Fuller's thoughts are as alive today as in the nineteenth century. A woman of brains and
heart, she was labeled genius by some, was ridiculed by others. She was first to write a book for women‘s equality,
thereby laying the groundwork for the women‘s rights movement in the United States. She was one of America‘s
first literary critics, first editor of The Dial Magazine, first woman journalist on Horace Greeley‘s New York Daily Tribune, first American foreign and war correspondent serving under combat conditions and, predating Florence Nightingale and Clara Barton, she served as director of an Italian hospital that treated the war wounded.
The drama traces Margaret Fuller‘s unusual childhood, her relationship with Ralph Waldo Emerson, her work with
Horace Greeley, her travels, literary and Transcendentalist connections with Hawthorne, Thoreau, Poe and others,
her reports of the Italian Revolution of 1848 and her friendship with Mazzini and Garibaldi as well as her marriage to
an Italian nobleman, the birth of a son and her tragic drowning off the shores of Fire Island, New York in 1850.
Laurie James has toured in theatres, colleges, chautauquas, libraries, conference sites throughout the United States
and many parts of the world. Her major biography on Fuller won the non-fiction award from New York Foundation
for the Arts. She is 2009 winner of the UU Women‘s Federation Margaret Fuller Award, and The Margaret Fuller
2010 Bicentennial Celebration Committee initiator/project director.
Saint Patrick’s Day Dance at San Mateo UU
San Mateo UU's Invite UUFRC to a Dinner/Dance
on March 17th at 5:30 pm. John Anning and band
will entertain as the rest of us mingle and mix, get
to know one another and build a stronger local
peninsula connection. Kids and people of all ages
are encouraged to join, as are friends and
neighbors! (The potluck dish delegating list is
Coming.)
Decoration by both churches will be done that
afternoon just before the event; so you only drive
up once to help me. $10 donation if you can, come
anyway! Contact Lorie Esposito at 650-867-1853 .
Cool Congregations Workshop at University Lutheran
A Cool Congregations Workshop will held on Saturday, Feb. 11th, from1:00 pm to 4:00 pm at University
Lutheran, 1611 Stanford Ave., Palo Alto. This workshop will show you how to measure and reduce the
carbon footprint of your congregation and member households. By attending, you will become a trained
leader and receive a tool kit for leading this unique stewardship program in your congregation. Leaders
trained at this workshop facilitate small groups in their congregation that work together on reducing carbon footprints and responding to climate change.. For more information, call Rachel at 415-391-4214or
email rachel@interfaithpower.org.
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You can RSVP online at: www.interfaithpower.org/coolcongregations
F E B R UA R Y 2 012
Sun
Mon
Tue
CONTACTS
Social Action Committee: Marianna Tubman &
Carolyn Chaney
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
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2
3
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5:00p: 7th-9th Grade
OWL Sleepover
7:00p: Ethical Eating
Class
Choir: Kay Kleinerman, Choir Director
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6
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10:30 Worship Ser7:00p: Connections/
vice
Membership Comm. (Pat
Dwyer)
12:00p: Social
Action Committee
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9:00a—Becoming a
Member Gathering
10:30 Worship Service
2:00p: Tom Cooney
Celebration of Life
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7:00p: Board of
Trustees Mtg.
Labyrinth Week
Labyrinth Week
Labyrinth Week
7:00p: Ethical Eating
Class
6:00p: House Band
Rehearsal
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7:00p: Craft Night (Lorie 7:15p: Committee
Longo(
on Ministry
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7:00p: Ethical
Eating Class
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5:30p: Intern Comm.
6:30: Music Comm.
7:15p: Choir
Rehearsal, Sanctuary
10:45a—Newcomer
Circle
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8:00p: Imbolc
Service & Ritual
7:00p Labyrinth Introduction
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10:30 Worship Ser7:00p: Finance Comvice
7:00p: Worship
mittee—Minister’s Study
Committee
12:00p—Sermon for
Lunch
12:00p—Challenge of
Jesus
7:00p—Film on Immigration
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10:30 Worship Service & Ingathering of
New Members
7:00p: Resilience
Circle 1
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7:00p: Ethical
Eating Class
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12:00p: Newsletter
Assembly
7:15p: Choir
Rehearsal, Sanctuary
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7:00p: Ambassador Training
7:00p: Ethical
Eating Class
12:00p—Ambassador
Training
5:00p—Book Discussion Group
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
February 5: Resilience Circle 2 (Session 7)
February 12: Second Sunday Sisters at Seven
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9:00a: Happy Trails
Hiking Club
10:30a: PCD Nominating Comm.
7:15p: Choir
Rehearsal, Sanctuary
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9:00a: 7th-9th Grade
OWL Sleepover
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18
12:00p—Newsletter
Deadline
2:00p—George Laakso’s Memorial Service
6:30p—New
Member Dinner
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6:00p: An Evening with
Margare Fuller
Who’s Who and How to Contact Us
UUFRC Regular Events
UUFRC Staff
Reverend Julia Older, Minister
older@sbcglobal.net
363-2409
Every Sunday ~ Worship Service, 10:30 a.m.
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1 Sundays ~ Social Action Committee, 12 noon
2nd Sundays ~ Newcomer Circle, 11:45 a.m.
2nd Sundays ~ Second Sunday Sisters,, 7:00 p.m.
1st Mondays ~ Connections/Membership Committee, 7:00 p.m.
Derby Davidson, Director of Religious Education
Office hours: Mon., Tues., Fri. 9 a.m.–2:30 p.m.
dreuufrc@yahoo.com
888-6067
Debra Schwab, Administrator
Office hours: Mon., Tues., Thurs., 10 a.m.–12 and
1–3:00 p.m. or by appt.
office@uufrc.org
Office: 365-6913
Fax: 368-1461
2nd Mondays ~ Craft Night (Sept.-June), 7:00 p.m.
3rd Mondays ~ Finance Committee, 6:45 p.m.
nd
2 Tuesdays ~ Committee on Ministry, 7:15 p.m.
3rd Tuesdays ~ Worship Committee, 7:00 p.m.
2nd Wednesdays ~ Board of Trustees, 7:00 p.m.
Every Thursday (Sept—June) ~ Choir Rehearsal, 7:15 p.m.
Last Friday ~ Chant Night, 8:00 p.m.
Carol Thomas Cissel, Intern Minister
Office hours: Thurs. or by appt.
ccissel@ses.psr.edu 301-787-7124
Rev. Bill Kennedy, Community Minister
wkennedy@uuma.org
483-5345
To join our UUFRC e-mail group, send any e-mail
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Cindy Johnson, Welcoming Coordinator
welcome2uufrc@pacbell.net
364-4995
Kay Kleinerman, Music Director
kaykleinerman@mac.com
759-2373
Newsletter Editor, Laura Zimmerman
Newsletter Deadline: Noon, Friday before the last Thursday
of the month. Email articles to: newsletter@uufrc.org
Board of Trustees for 2011 - 2012
Contact a Board member if you have ideas to share regarding the organization and governance of the church.
Kristin Caldwell (Recording Secretary)
594-5938
kt@kristintripp.com
John Cooney (President)
593-7759
jmc@webname.com
Jennifer Davidson
598-9849
jbahr-davidson@sbcglobal.net
David George
568-3265
georgedave@gmail.com
David Karow
622-9848
dave@davekarow.com
Veronica Palmer (Vice-president)
596-2914
vmp022748@yahoo.com
Bill Welch (Corresponding Secretary)
345-7049
welchb@samtrans.com
Committee on Ministry (CoM) for 2011-2012
Contact a CoM member if you have issues to discuss regarding the shared ministry of the church. Examples include worship, outreach, how we are
treating each other, and how the settled minister is serving the congregation.
Eric Gentry
208-5737
eric.e.gentry@gmail.com
Sara Morgan
364-0376
morganas11@juno.com
Erika Pretell
368-2236
erika.pretell@gmail.com
Jack Stovel
207-9370
jstovel@sbcglobal.net
Leslie Vallerga
367-0847
lvallerga@usa.net
“It doesn't matter how long we may have been stuck in a sense of our limitations. If we go into
a darkened room and turn on the light, it doesn't matter if the room has been dark for a day, a
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week, or ten thousand years -- we turn on the light
and it is illuminated. Once we control our
capacity for love and happiness, the light has been turned on.” Sharon Salzberg
Hear, Hear!
If you have ever been frustrated trying to hear people speak during
meetings at the Fellowship, we can now offer help.
Thanks to the generous donation of Peg Harrison and Judith Watkins, UUFRC now has
two ―Pocket talker Pro‖ personal amplifiers. These consist of a headset connected to a
small box with an external microphone. To use it, you simply direct the microphone
toward the person speaking and the speaker‘s voice will be dramatically amplified.
The important feature of these personal amplifiers is that they are not connected to our
Sanctuary sound system. They function independently anywhere in the building. Their
intention is to help people with hearing impairment participate in meetings without the
frustration of missing much of what is being said.
They are located in the office annex in a basket on one of the bookcase shelves, along
with the instructions. Please treat them with love and care, and always return them
promptly after use. Thank you, Peg and Judith!!
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
of Redwood City
2124 Brewster Avenue
Redwood City, CA 94062
February, 2012
Submissions for next issue due at noon Friday, February 17, 2012.
The Redwood Reachout is on the church website at www.uufrc.org/newsletter.php.
If you are unable to access the church website, you may contact the office to request a printed copy.
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