The Spire The Spire - First Parish Unitarian Universalist of Arlington

The Spire
The First Sunday Record
June 6, 2013 • Vol. 57, No. 10 • Next issue deadline: August 29
INSPIRING GENEROSITY
We are so grateful for the bounty of generosity from
our church community. The results of both the
Stewardship and Meetinghouse Campaigns has been
exciting! A full report on the campaigns begins on
page 4, taken from the presentation given at this year’s
Annual
Meeting.
Stewardship
Campaign
$412,326
94 percent of our
$438,000 goal!
Meetinghouse
Campaign
$1,971,302
94 percent of our
$2,100,000 goal!
As we wrap up this year’s
campaigns, intrepid
volunteers are following up
with those who have not
yet submitted pledge cards.
We are especially striving
to achieve our Stewardship
goal, as these contributions
will fund our church
operations for the coming
year. We are very nearly
there, so please be gracious
when a volunteer calls, and
make as generous a pledge
as you possibly can.
Meetinghouse Campaign. Don’t forget to include your
contact information so that we can confirm your
pledge.
The next step is to welcome to our team the
Building Design Group, whose members include
John Chamberlain, Andrew Fischer, Anne Goodwin,
Andrew Leonard, Catherine MacPhail, Ellen Leigh,
and Trish Webb. We have tried to include people who
represent some of the many “constituencies” of our
community, and who can each bring their particular
concerns to the table as we discuss the options made
possible by our successful campaign.
The Building Design Group will begin meeting June 2
and has a packed agenda. Watch for updates on their
progress throughout the summer in the weekly e-mail
announcements and on our website,
www.firstparish.info.
— Carolyn Hodges and Jeff Keffer
Co-chairs, Meetinghouse Campaign
Don’t want to deal with a
phone call? You can pledge by e-mail at
capitalcampaign@firstparish.info. This address will work
for both campaigns, so please specify the amount and
whether it should go toward the Stewardship or the
CONTENTS
Inspiring Generosity..................................................... 1
Around First Parish ...................................................... 2
ParSnips ........................................................................ 3
Report on the Campaigns............................................ 4
Staff and Contact Information .................................... 9
Calendar ..................................................................... 10
First Parish Unitarian Universalist of Arlington, 630 Massachusetts Ave., Arlington, MA 02476 • Gathered 1733
AROUND FIRST PARISH
Cooking in Roxbury
Six folks who love to cook made their way to Roxbury
on the afternoon of May 8 to prepare a dinner for 40
young people who participate in the Roxbury Youth
Program at First Church in Roxbury. From First
Parish Arlington came Marcia Butman, David
Landskov, Susan Marsh, Dick Pereli, and Gladys
Unger, and Michael Flamang came from First Church
Belmont. The Roxbury Youth Program is a program of
the Unitarian Universalist Urban Ministry.
We cooked baked chicken and both plain and “dirty”
rice (with carrots, onions, and black beans). We made
some homemade bread (thanks to Dick Pereli) and
tossed a huge salad. Four members of the First Parish
Youth Group baked cookies for dessert.
The Roxbury Youth Program is an out-of-school
program that offers opportunities for youth to build
self-esteem and improve their academic, interpersonal,
and leadership skills, empowering them to be leaders
in their families, schools, and communities. On
Wednesday nights various UU congregations cook for
the program.
All agreed that it was a fun and satisfying evening, and
we plan to cook again in the fall.
— Marcia Butman
Looking Ahead to Town Day
Saturday, September 21, is Arlington Town Day, when
we traditionally offer our Pie Palace and Man-Made
Chili to this community-wide celebration. We will
need many, many homemade pies, some stalwart chili
chefs, and lots of volunteers to make the magic
happen. A great time is guaranteed, and proceeds fund
projects undertaken by our Social Justice Committee.
Watch for more
information about these
Town Day booths during
the summer, in the weekly
e-mail announcements.
and on our website,
www.firstparish.info.
A New Format for Announcements
First Parish has its own YouTube channel! If you’re
reading this issue of The Spire on-line, click on these
links to hear some personal announcements, the kind
that used to happen during our services before we
became such a large and active congregation:
Announcing the Announcements!
http://youtu.be/vI57OMRG484
RE Book Club
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne1-BRwkYq8
RE Teachers Needed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jJFIzG0hWU
Man-Made Chili at Town Day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5_SwrgGw7w
Pie Palace at Town Day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaSj14u1YEk
Harvest Moon Fair
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFsIejvGwPU
As part of our Parish Committee’s focus on
communications, Mary Wisniewski and I interviewed
many of the people who create content — including
committee members, staff, and others — about how we
inform each other, find things out, and let the
community and the world know about us.
One suggestion was to bring back personal
announcements, but in a more effective way than
during Sunday services. To this end we have created
the YouTube channel, with links on our website and
weekly e-mails. We’re still working out how to offer
recording opportunities and ways to show the videos
at church. Nearly every computer and many cell
phones will let create an announcement of your own.
Have a submission? Contact videos@firstparish.info with
any questions, suggestions, or comments. You can
submit a small video file to that address. If your
attached file bounces because it’s too big, don’t
despair! We have options for sharing large files and
will gladly work with you to bring your masterpiece to
the world, and to First Parish.
— John Hodges
Communications Group
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Stock the Food Pantry for the Summer
Summertime “Giving First”: Smile Train
In 2012, 568 households benefited from the services
of the Arlington Food Pantry. Over 18,000 bags of
food were distributed that year, many of them donated
by members of First Parish. More than 250 of our
town’s food recipients are children, a large percentage
of whom participate in subsidized
breakfast and lunch programs
during the school year.
Our Giving First recipient for June, July, and August
will be Smile Train, an organization that relieves a
tremendous amount of suffering around the world.
During the summer months, half of our weekly
Offertory donations will go to Smile Train.
During the month of June, the
Social Justice Committee will
sponsor a special collection to
help the Food Pantry stock up for
the summer. They seek not only
food but also summer-related nonfood items that children need
during July and August. Please
consider donating some of the
following items by placing them in
the baskets at both entrances to
our church. Please do not donate
expired food items or anything in
glass containers.
If you have any questions, please contact the Social
Justice Committee at socialjustice@firstparish.info.
Thank you for your generosity!
Items needed:
breakfast cereal
canned tuna
canned chicken
peanut butter
jelly
mayonnaise
mustard
juice boxes or jugs
canned fruit or fruit cups
raisins
pudding and gelatin cups
granola bars
peanut butter crackers
sunblock and insect repellent suitable for kids
Each year more than 170,000
children are born with a cleft lip or
palate. Most cannot afford the simple
surgery to fix the defect, and they
suffer greatly because they have
trouble eating and speaking properly,
and many are not allowed to attend
school or hold a job. In developing
countries, being born with a cleft is
often considered a curse from God.
The good news is that fixing a cleft
involves simple surgery that costs as
little as $250. It's an economic
problem, not a medical one. Smile
Train trains surgeons and works with
hospitals around the world to create
long-term solutions. The group
focuses on this one solvable problem, aiming to make
it possible that every child born with a cleft, anywhere
in the world, can have a fresh start in life.
Smile Train has performed 883,667 cleft repairs since
its founding in 1999. This year the group plans to give
more than 125,000 children in 87 countries a new
smile. They work with over 2,000 partner surgeons in
over 1,000 hospitals. More than 2.7 million people
have donated to this worthy cause.
To learn more about Smile Train and read many
stories about the wonderful effects of their work, visit
www.smiletrain.org.
PARSNIPS
New Members Join Our Guiding Group
The congregation elected three new people to the
Parish Committee at our Annual Meeting on May 19:
Webster O’Brien and Emily Ranken as members-atlarge, and Lori Kenschaft as Clerk. They join
continuing members-at-large Anne Goodwin,
John Hodges, Bill Licea-Kane, Kay Snowden,
Wendy Page, and Treasurer Diane Barry.
The new Parish Committee met immediately after the
Annual Meeting in Marta’s cozy office and elected
Anne Goodwin as Acting Chair and Wendy Page as
Acting Vice Chair. They will re-examine leadership no
later than the October meeting.
— Lori Kenschaft
Clerk, Parish Committee
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REPORT ON THE CAMPAIGNS
The “Building Good Together” Meetinghouse
Campaign was officially launched on March 3, 2013.
Our goal was $2,100,000, roughly six times the 2013
annual operating-pledge amount. The goal for the
Stewardship Campaign was $438,000, a slight increase
over the 2012/2013 goal.
As a community, we are proud of our success! As of
May 31, 233 pledges had been received, with a total of
$1,971,302 (94 percent of goal) committed to the
Meetinghouse Campaign and $412,326 to the
Stewardship Campaign (also 94 percent of goal). The
Trustees of Funds agreed to provide an additional
$25,000 in matching funds, bringing their total
contribution to $300,000. The Alliance offered a
donation of $18,500, facilitating an incentive of $60
for each pledge received. Over 50 donors committed
to give more than $10,000, and over 60 committed to
give more than five times their 2013 operating pledge.
For convenience, and upon the advice of Mark Ewert,
our UUA Stewardship advisor, the Meetinghouse
Campaign was conducted simultaneously with the
annual Stewardship “Doing Good Together”
Campaign. Thank you to all who participated! The
campaigns were conducted by a combined campaign
committee with individuals focused on recruiting and
managing Visiting Stewards for the early-donor
campaign as well as the general campaign. Special
thanks to our Visiting Steward Leadership: Lisa Davis,
Carol Orme-Johnson, Ginny LaCrow, Julie Dunn, and
Michael Friedman.
Sixty members and friends volunteered to be Visiting
Stewards for the campaigns. Each steward was given at
least four potential donors to contact. All stewards
attended an orientation prepared by Mark Ewert that
focused on setting up and conducting meetings that
celebrated positive connections to First Parish and the
First Parish community. The many meetings that
occurred also served as an important source of
pastoral communication with Rev Flanagan and lay
ministry. Inspiring personal testimonials were given
during each Sunday service during the eight-week
campaign. In addition, a video summarizing the
campaign purpose and goals was prepared (pro bono)
by Joel Oliker and Rob Kirwan of Powderhouse
Productions. The video is available on the First Parish
website and was shown during a Sunday service and at
the celebration dinner.
While the formal campaigns began in March, much
work was accomplished throughout this year. Thank
you to the leadership and additional volunteers who
provided thoughtful work on building exploration,
financial feasibility, communications and publications,
finance and accounting, and celebration events (such
as the opening breakfast and closing dinner).
Representatives from the Parish Committee were
extremely supportive and attended many committee
meetings. We thank them for their extra involvement
in the campaigns.
Although we try, we not perfect! If you see an error on
the following lists of our volunteers and contributors,
please do let us know! We strive to be as accurate as
possible when highlighting the blessings received from
our community.
This has been a very successful endeavor by the entire
First Parish community. It has been over 30 years
since the congregation last conducted a capital
campaign to provide the funds to rebuild the church
after the devastating fire. We should all should be very
proud of this accomplishment and look forward to the
next phase of “building good together.”
— Carolyn Hodges and Jeff Keffer
Co-Chairs, Meetinghouse Campaign
Our Campaign Volunteers
Ann Abbott
John Anderson
Sara Anderson
Jim Austin
Katja Baker
Pamela Baldwin
Diane Barry
Chris Botos
Nikki Bramley
Don Brickell
John Burt
John Chamberlain
Sue Costello
Jaffray Cuyler
Lisa H. Davis
Dave Deakin
Christian de Frondeville
Katherine de Frondeville
Cathie Desjardins
Dave Desjardins
Cathie Dejardins
Caroline Dressler
Dean Dubofsky
Kendall Dudley
Julie Dunn
Tom Estabrook
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Jessica Farman
Erica Licea-Kane
Anne Quaadgras
Marta Flanagan
Bill Licea-Kane
Emily Ranken
Samantha Fleishman
Alan Linov
Jeff Roberts
Bob Fowkes
Ted Live
Tina Schultz
Michael Friedman
Jack Matson
Alan Schweitzer
John Galantowicz
Susan McCabe
Ken Seitz
Bill Gardiner
Bonnie McFarlane
Diane Shriver
Peggy Gardiner
Steve McMullin
John Shriver
P.J. Gardner
Katy McNeill
Tina Silberman
Kiki Giatis
Katherine MacPhail
Amy Sileri
Ken Goode
Maggie MacPhail
Marisa Silveri
Anne Goodwin
Jim Hall
Sixth Grade Class
First Parish Mission Statement
Jerry Hallee
Deborah Hamill
Patricia Hawkins
Carolyn Hodges
John Hodges
Marilyn Jackson
Frank Snyder DiCesare
We choose to be a liberal religious community,
welcoming to all.
We encourage each other on our spiritual journeys,
support one another through the changes in our lives,
and challenge the excesses and injustices of our time.
Called to love and upheld by joy, we live our faith.
Jim Jolley
Scott Jones
Tim Keefe
Jeff Keffer
Cindy Kiburz
Leslie Kirwan
Claire Kitzmiller
Tom Kitzmiller
David Klingsberg
Glenn Koenig
Ginny LaCrow
Mary-Beth Landy
David Landskov
John Laurenson
Sara Laschever
Ellen Leigh
James Lisieski
Andrew Leonard
Kay Snowden
Rachel Stark
Mary Steuart
Carolyn Stevens
Josh Stillerman
Louise Strayhorn
Sue Streeter
Rob Meier
Marie Meteer
Tish Miller
Cheri Minton
Jen Navarro
Jen Nelson
Helene Newberg
Jonathan Niles
Webster O’Brien
Joel Oliker
Carol Orme-Johnson
Maggie Orme-Johnson
Larry Osgood
Wendy Page
Dick Pereli
Laura Prichard
Jim Ptacek
Sonke Svenson
David Terkla
Dawn Terkla
Dick Terry
Amy Tighe
Josh Stillerman
Allan Tosti
Sarah Trilling
UULations
Joie Watson
Celia Wcislo
Trish Webb
Rick Wells
Mary Wisniewski
Tim Wright
Mary Young
Bonnie Zimmer
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Contributors to Our Meetinghouse Campaign
# indicates a pledge of $10,000 or more, and + indicates one at least five times the 2013 Stewardship pledge
11 anonymous gifts
Leah Cirker-Stark
Stephanie and Paul Franzosa
Ann Abbott
Dawn Albright
Lorraine Cooley and
Stewart Jester # +
Michael Friedman and
Holly Herring
Rae Allain
Kenneth and Nancy Crasco
Mary Fusoni and Stanley Pollack
Elizabeth Allen and
Jonathan Hyde
Georgia Critsley
Sara and John Galantowicz # +
Sue Cross and J. Neal Burnham
William and Peggy Gardiner # +
The Alliance # +
Jaffray Cuyler
Alex & Jenise Aminoff+
Meera Dash and Paul Williams #
Paula Gardiner and
John Wheeler #
Jim and Kirsi Allison Ampe
Douglass Taft Davidoff +
P.J. Gardner +
Amy and John Anderson # +
Josh and Lisa Davis #
Kiki Giatis # +
Sara and Jim Anderson
Karen Dawson
Loren Gomez
Joyce Bailey
Michelle and David Deakin
Katja Baker
Valerie DePalma
Anne Goodwin and
David Langford # +
Lynn Baldridge
Frank and Myrna DiCesare
Pamela Baldwin
Elizabeth Doherty and
Liz Roberts
Kelsey Ballance
Susi Barbarossa
Diane Barry and Celia Wcislo #
Laura Bartle +
Jim Benn +
Elizabeth Billings and
Jonathan Davey
Elizabeth Blumenthal
William Bogstad # +
Nikki Bramley
Margaret Braxton
Don Brickell
Phyllis and Jim Brown
Sherry Greene
Amy Hadley
James Hall +
Rainer and Cheryl Dressler # +
Jerry and Pauline Hallee # +
Kendall Dudley
Deborah Hammill
Sharon Duncan and
Thomas Potter
Kit Harrington Hayes +
Julie Dunn
Lillian and Robert Heckard
Thomas Estabrook and
Sibylle Bosslet
Marlene and India Hobel
Amy Fardella and Cliff Hakim #
John and Carolyn Hodges # +
Jessica Farman and
Brian Dooley +
Gwenyth Hooper
Emily Farmer and
Helene Newberg # +
Anthony Fernandez and
Christa Kelleher +
Patricia Hawkins
Ed and Alane Hodges
Ruben and Melanie Hopwood
Elizabeth Hunter and
Jason Merrill # +
Marilyn Jackson # +
Marcia Butman and
Toby Sackton
Rich and Wendy Fields +
Lynne Jacoby
Laurie Caldwell & Anna Watson
Mary Finn and Dale Bryan
Wendy Campbell
Reverend Marta Flanagan # +
David Jaffe and
Emily Ranken #
Margaret Carey +
Janis Fleishman and
Valerie Rhoades
Allison Tilly Carswell
Andrea & Bruce Jeffrey
Anju Joglekar +
John and Carol Chamberlain
Robert Fowkes and
Robbie Rinearson
Christopher Jones and
Alisa Conner
Julian and Amy Chu # +
Laurie Francis
Scott Jones and Susan Marsh
6
Lida Junghans +
Helene Martel
Emily Randall
Suzanne and Peter Kaminski
Ann Mathes
Rebecca Riopelle +
Linda Katz
Jack Matson and Patricia Miller
Jeff Roberts
Woody Kay and
Jennifer Davis-Kay
Dorothy May
Andee Rubin
Susan McCabe
Tim Keefe and Luchy Roa
Barbara McCauley
Greg Ruccio and
Eileen Eisele
Jeff Keffer and Sue Costello # +
Laura McCollum +
Rona Sandberg
Lori Kenschaft and
Randall Smith # +
Bonnie McFarlane and
Mary-Beth Landy +
Annette Sassi and
Brian Wilson
Richard and Sandy King # +
Merlina and Michael McGovern
Annette Sawyer +
Esther and James Kingston-Mann
Robert and Nancy McKersie
Carl Schlaikjer
Leslie Kirwan and Ken Goode #
Stephen McMullin
Robin Schoenthaler # +
Aaron Kitzmiller and Sarah Short
Katherine and Sharie McNeill +
Maggie and Allan Schramm
Jennifer & Andrew Kobayashi #+
The Meditation Group
Tina and Neil Schultz
Glenn Koenig and Jan Blodgett
Doris Schwaab
Arleen Kulin #
Marie Meteer and
David McDonald # +
Ginny LaCrow +
Cheryl and Nick Minton
Alan Schweitzer and
Caryn Sandrew
Thomas and Muriel Ladenburg
Catherine Modica
Eric Segal and Anne Wright
David Landskov +
Susan Moore # +
John Laurenson and
Cynthia Kiburz +
Kristin Muniz and Will Matlack
Rosalind Shaw and
Robert Halverson
Ginger Lazarus and Garin Boyd
Jenny Navarro
Ellen Leigh
Andrew and Sharen Leonard # +
Jonathan Niles and
Laila Moore Niles +
Tina and Jerry Silberman # +
Janet Levy
Webster and Jennifer O'Brien #+
Lili Silva and Glenn McElhoe +
Avon and Leslie Lewis
Katherine Olsen
Sidney and Janelle Slobodkin
Philip and Deborah Lewis
Robert and Marjorie Olson
Laura Smith
Carol Lewis & Chris Henriksen
Carol Orme-Johnson # +
Bill Licea-Kane #
Maggie Orme-Johnson
Kay Snowden and
James Lisieski # +
Allan and Pam Linov # +
Wendy Page # +
Peter Southwick and
Jean Rosenberg
Ted Live
Joy Pearson
Ken Spargo and Lou Eckart
Holly Loring +
Martha and Dick Pereli #
Amy and Phil Speare # +
Katharine MacPhail
Leith Speiden
Kitty Mahin
Pat and Oakes
Plimpton-Magee # +
Allison Mahoney
Mike and Laura Prichard
Martin Malin and
Hilary Rappaport
Jayme and Tracy Purinton
Sue Mapel and Tracy Walton +
Marie Raduazzo and
Rick Eastwick
Virginia Mara
Jean Nagle
Anne Quaadgras # +
Susan Sheffler and Robert Meier
Beatrice M. Shriver
John and Diane Shriver #
Phyllis Spence
Sarah Spratt +
Carol Springs
Rachel Stark
Mary and
Caroline Steuart
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Carolyn Stevens #
Patience and Richard Terry
Suzanne Wallen
Josh Stillerman and
Kathy Kemp
Lydia Thayer # +
Jean Renard Ward and
Maria Rueters
Steve Stodola and
Joyce Thompson +
Randal Thurston and
Alyson Shultz
Trish Webb & Dean Dubofsky
Louise Strayhorn and
Andrew Fischer # +
Amy Tighe
Andrea and Rich Winslow
Allan and Barbara Tosti # +
Mary Wisniewski & Joe Gabriels
Katie Triest
Anita Wolf +
Sarah Trilling +
Timothy Wright #
The Trustees of Funds #
Mary B. Young
Ellen Vliet Cohen
Bonnie Zimmer and Jim Ptacek
Sue Streeter
Jan Sullivan and
Ed Cuoco
Cynthia Tavilla
David and Dawn Terkla # +
Chris and Ben Thorner
David and Sara Whitford
REFLECTIONS
Not Fair: The U.S. Justice System
When I was a young child, I spent every possible
minute of daylight playing outside with friends.
We had a good repertoire of games — tag, dodge ball,
Simon says, red light/green light, etc. — and regardless
of how different they were there was one
commonality: they were self-governed.
If someone crossed a boundary, someone would
invariably yell out, “Not fair!” The game would stop
and we would all come together and evaluate what
happened and then decide if there should be a “doover.” Remember, we were kids. We always knew what
was fair play, and we always spoke up when we saw
something that was “not fair.” And we always rectified
the situation. Always. While there was certainly
disagreement, what I recall is that we always erred on
the side of not penalizing one person or team unfairly.
Somehow, it just worked.
I'm a longstanding social-justice advocate and
community organizer. I've worked on behalf of many
disenfranchised people throughout the years. It's in
my blood. But criminals? Why would I want to help
criminals? They're just getting what they deserve, right?
Like many of us, I held the belief that if you did
something wrong — and certainly illegal — then you
simply had to pay the price for that choice. I never
looked deeply at precisely why people were arrested or
who was in jail. And I certainly never thought that the
sentences wouldn't fit the crime. Why would anyone
question this? Unless, that is, you are someone caught
in the web or have a loved one in the system.
First Parish has formed a Mass Incarceration Working
Group that is committed to ensuring that the idea of
fairness and justice is integrated in the criminal-justice
system. We and other community members started by
reading and discussing The New Jim Crow by Michelle
Alexander. It outlined inherent and longstanding
problems that disproportionately target African
Americans and other people of color through the
flawed policy known as the war on drugs.
It was a disturbing read. The statistics will shock you.
While I am sadly not surprised to learn of this racism
and classism, I was outraged at the egregious
discrepancies in the law that makes the U.S.
incarceration rate the highest in the world — by far.
Not fair, I kept thinking as I read the book. NOT
FAIR! Now that I've seen the injustice so clearly,
I cannot help but act.
At 7 pm on Monday, June 10, First Parish will host its
third event with speakers who will share first-hand
about the unfair practices of the war on drugs and
mass incarceration in the United States, and provide
opportunities for action. There are many ways you can
get involved to help rectify this injustice. To learn
more about this event or how you can participate in
this ongoing work, contact us at
end-mass-incaarceration@firstparish.info.
— Linda Malik
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STAFF AND CONTACT INFORMATION
Minister
Rev. Marta Flanagan marta@firstparish.info
The Spire
First Parish Office
telephone:
e-mail:
website:
781-648-3799
churchoffice@firstparish.info
www.firstparish.info
Office hours:
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
10 am to 4 pm / Tuesday from 1 to 7 pm
Joan Dyer, Office Manager
officemanager@firstparish.info
Allison Nichols, Office Assistant
officeassistant@firstparish.info
Greg Friedman, Communications Associate
greg@firstparish.info
Dennis McNulty, Sexton
Religious Education
Diane Shriver, Editor
Next issue: Sunday, September 8
Submissions due by Thursday, August 29
Items may be edited for space and clarity.
E-mail submissions to spire@firstparish.info.
If you do not have access to e-mail,
please contact the Office Manager.
The Spire generally publishes material that is not
time- or date-sensitive. Send timely items to the
weekly e-mail announcements and Sunday
Bulletin. Their deadline is Wednesday by noon.
Send to weekly@firstparish.info.
If privacy is an issue, please note that The Spire
is distributed to the First Parish community,
posted on our bulletin board,
sent to other churches in the district,
and distributed electronically.
Tina Schultz, Director of Religious Education
dre@firstparish.info
Rachel Hodge, Religious Education Assistant
Leadership Development Committee
Marcie Griffith, Youth Program Coordinator
youthadvisor@firstparish.info
Jennifer Davis-Kay, Tina Silberman
leadership@firstparish.info
Amy Rogers, Nursery Coordinator
Erica Bartle, Nursery Assistant
Lay Ministry
Sue Costello, Dorothy May
layministry@firstparish.info
Membership Committee
Music
Laura Prichard
Music Director/Children's Choir Director
laura@prichard.net
Sarah Haera Tocco, Organist
Parish Committee
Mary Fusoni, AndreaWinslow
membership@firstparish.info
Music Committee
Andrew Kobayashi
music@firstparish.info
Property Committee
Allan Tosti, Rainer Dressler
property@firstparish.info
parish@firstparish.info
Anne Goodwin, Chair / Wendy Page, Vice Chair;
Deborah Hamill, Clerk; Diane Barry, Treasurer;
John Hodges, Bill Licea-Kane, Alan Schweitzer,
Kay Snowden, Mary Wisniewski
Religious Education Committee
Finance Committee
Kiki Giatis
Ted Live
finance@firstparish.info
Dawn Albright
re@firstparish.info
Social Justice Committee
socialjustice@firstparish.info
Stewardship Committee stewardship@firstparish.info
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Bob Fowkes, Scott Jones, Jen Navarro
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June 2013
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7 pm Social
Post-
Justice
Parade
Com./O
Party/O
11
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
10 am Worship
6 pm
7 am
noon: weekly
8 am Lectio
6 pm
9 am
Service/O
Meditation
Lectio
Coming
First
deadline
11:45 Green
Sanctuary/O
Group/O
noon
7 pm
Meet the
New UUs
Pot
Compass.
7 pm
Communicati
Parish
on/P
6:45
7 pm
Committee/
Covenant
O
Group/C
6:45
7 pm Coming of
7 pm Youth
7 pm
Trip
Compass.
Planning/C
7 pm Our Whole
Lives/C
Rehearsal/
Parish
Ministry/C
Group/C
7 pm
7 pm The
Parenting
6 pm
Tours/O
on/P
Dinner
10 am
Parish
Covenant
Group/C
Group/C
6 pm Pot
Committe
Luck
e
for
Spring
Families
Book
with
Drugs:
Retreat/C
Young
Group/O
How You
Garden
C
7 pm Lay
War on
Age/C
of Age
Communicati
7 pm
Youth
Group/P
Divina/O
Divina/O
Luck/O
Covenant
e-mail
Can Make
Children/O
a
Difference/O
7:30 Ferry
Beach
Com./O
16
Father’s Day
10 am Coming of
17
18
19
20
6 pm
7 am
noon: weekly
8 am Lectio
Meditation
Lectio
e-mail
deadline
Age
Worship
Service/O
Group/O
Divina/O
7 pm
3:30 pm Sarah
Safe
Tocco
7:30 pm
Recital/O
s
Youth
Group/P
7 pm
22
UU
UU
General
General
Assembly
Assembly
7 pm Youth
7:30 pm
Louisville,
Trip
Property
Kentucky
Planning/C
Committee/O
ParCom
Congregation
6:45
Divina/O
21
Our Whole
Communications
Committee/O
7 pm
Covenant
Group/C
Group/C
Lives/C
7 pm
Jacob’s
Mother/P
12
23
24
25
26
27
10 am Worship
6 pm
7 am
noon: weekly
8 am Lectio
Service/O
Meditation
Lectio
e-mail
deadline
11:45 Interweave
Group/O
Committee/O
UU General
Assembly
Divina/O
9 am Youth
7 pm
Divina/O
7 pm
Compassiona
Compassiona
5 pm
te
Covenant
Coordinator
Office
Hours/O
Communicati
on/P
28
Group
7 pm Mass
Pot
Incarceration
Youth
Septemb
Group
er Spire
Service
deadline:
Trip
Begins
te
Communicati
on/P
29
Thursday
, August
29
Working
Luck/I
Group/O
O = Open to all, new participants welcome at any time.
P = Pre-registration required – contact church office to register.
I = Inquire – contact church office.
C = Closed – contact church office.
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