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Channing Channel
March 2015
Channing UUC
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President’s Corner
Why attend a church if you don’t believe in a god?
I
was once a Christian, so I thought of
church as a place to worship God. But after
much thought and study, I have become an
atheist. So why attend church?
First it’s a place where most of my friends are.
But beyond that there is a spirit here that is
special! Everyone is concerned about others.
When we hear the Joys and Concerns of others, we share in those joys as well as their concerns. We help each other in any way we can.
We also learn about how to help others in our
community. Seldom does a week go by when
Harriette does not let us know about something in which we can participate to help raise
funds for a worthy cause.
Throughout this newsletter, you will find
quotes or info on 18 notable UU women
from our past.
Lydia Marie Child
(1802–1880)
Inside this issue:
Community Outreach 2
Margaret Fuller
(1810–1850)
Speaker & Music
Schedule
3
Forum Schedule
4
Joys & Concerns
4
Group Info
5
Sasha Photos
5
15 Things about Pat
6
Pledge Dinner
7
Did You Know
8
Pledge Dinner Ideas
8
I said at the beginning I am an atheist. In
what other church would I feel safe in expressing that belief? I love our Unitarian
Universalist church!
Calendar
9
WOKUU
10
Why You Should Not
be a UU
11
Ostara Celebration
12
Pat Hervey
February Choir
Program
13
Our monthly potlucks are an opportunity to
get to know each other better. Sharing a meal
is actually a binding process!
Our weekly speakers share their insights
about how to live our lives. It is illuminating
to hear their various ideas on a single theme.
Co-President
If you have
knowledge,
let others light
their candles
in it.
Margaret Fuller
Lucy Stone (1818–1893)
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Community Outreach with Harriette Porter
T
here are some interesting things going on at First Unitarian
Church OKC that we are invited to attend:
Sunday, March 1 at 3pm—Kiya Heartwood an
ing or chanting, readings, and periods of siaward winning singer-songwriter and guitar
lence providing a very reflective atmosphere.
player in concert. Kiya serves up lively songs  Monday, March 16 at 5:30pm— Mosaic
from two of the oldest traditions of folk music:
Group—This is a group of members constorytelling and political broadside.
cerned with social injustice and striving for
equality and to achieve a bal-ance at all levels
 Sunday, March 15 at 3pm — Taize Worship
of society.
Service —This is a low-key service with sing
Charity Fundraising in OKC is
starting with an explosion of
events in March.
March 5— Payne Brain Games
Trivia Fundraiser at Quail
Creek Golf and Country Club—
6-9pm. Dinner at 7pm—Team
Trivia, wine pull auction, raffle,
etc. Benefits Payne Center training teachers to prevent
reading problems and remediate dyslexia.
March 5—Boots and Blues at
IOA Gallery, 706 W Sheridan 69pm. Food, Wine and Beer
Tasting. Benefits Prevent
Blindness Oklahoma
March 7—Red Tie Night Grand
Ballroom of Cox Center at 6p12am. Benefits Oklahoma AIDS
Care Fund.
March 10—Celebrity Wait
Night Hideaway Pizza, 901 N
Broadway, OKC at 5:308:00pm, OK Sports legends
wait tables at Hideaway for tips
to support Upward Transitions,
a program to help the homeless
and less fortunate.
March 27 Allied Arts ARTini 7:30pm at OK Farmers Public
Market. Benefits Allied Arts
supporting the Arts in OKC.
March 28—OK Heritage Land
Run at 8am, Gaylord-Pickens
OK Heritage Museum, 13th
and Classen, 0k, 5k, 1mi-fun
runs through Heritage Hills
and Mesta Park. Benefits OK
Heritage Association and the
Gaylord-Pickens Museum.
March 28—OUHSC Health
Dash at 9am, OUHSC campus—13th and Lincoln, OKC.
Benefits the Clinic on the Move,
a mobile clinic by Good Shepherd Ministries.
March 28—The Great Amazing
Race Oklahoma at 3pm, 1501
W Covell Rd, Edmond. Adults
Charity Races and Walks.
and Kids, KG-12 grade in teams
March 6—Omelette Party March 8—Strides of March half of 2 competing in this National
Eggsquisite House of FaberRace Series Mary Wollstonecraft
marathon and Dogwood 5k
gEGG at Chevy Bricktown
supporting (1759–1797)
Dash at 8am, Lake Stanley
Events Center 7pPediatric
12am. Benefit OKC Museum of Draper. Benefits OKC Metro
Alliance's Firstep recovery pro- Cancer.
Art
gram.
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Speakers: March Theme is Women
Liturgist for March is Sharon Lancaster
March 1:
Anna
Holloway
Drag: Because it teaches us about gender—
March 8:
Scot Harvey
Wide, Wide Mercy
Service was cancelled due to bad weather. :(
Images of male and female in our culture, and the words we use to describe everything, deeply affect how we both experience the world and how we limit the experiences of others. Anna will discuss drag and language about the divine as ways we still minimize the feminine.
Scot will explore contributions to our movement of Unitarian and Universalist women, including
Elisabeth Cady Stanton, whose "Woman's Bible" created quite a stir in the nineteenth century. " The canon law, the Scriptures, the creeds and codes and church discipline of the leading religions bear the impress of fallible man, and not of our ideal great first cause, "the Spirit of all Good,"
that set the universe of matter and mind in motion, and by immutable law holds the land, the sea,
the planets, revolving round the great centre of light and heat, each in its own elliptic, with millions
of stars in harmony all singing together, the glory of creation forever and ever."
March 15:
Lay Speaker
(s)
March 22:
Donna
Compton
Better Here Than There; Better Now Than Then; But It Ain’t Good Yet!
March 29:
Catherine
Shearer
Palm Sunday Celebration
Women in Western culture have come a long way on the road to equality and empowerment. However, many forces still threaten the status of women as full human beings, with both
volition and moral responsibility. Not all of these threats are external- some of the things being
said publicly by radical right politicians and preachers are so outrageous one would think they were
from a satirical journal like the Onion. And many young people today have no idea that they are
standing on the shoulders of women and men who sacrificed their fortunes, reputations, and even
their lives to win new freedoms for women. What theology underlies the idea of equality? How do
we continue to improve the status of women and protect these hard-fought benefits?
Musical Note From Peggy Payne
Our theme for March is Women and the piano selections in our services will be written by women, or by men
who were inspired by a woman to write. So often the dedications
have no clarification today of who the name belonged to, but the
music is no less inspired or captivating. Several already come to
mind…..come and hear what I gather together for us!
Julia Ward Howe (1819–1910)
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Forum Topics for March 2015
March 1st—Welcoming Congregation: Bisexuality. There are many issues held
Forum
Presenters
in common by members of the LGBT, or Acis, Community. Whereas coverage of issues
for Lesbians and Gays are reasonably understood, those of the Bisexual members are
not. Just what is Bisexuality, how is it expressed, and what disconnects exist between
the Lesbians/Gays and Bisexuals?
March 8th—Evangelism for Unitarian Universalist: There is a need for a meth-
od, or approach, that UUs can use to spread the ideal of UU to the wider community.
This forum will start with the presentation of a paper Dana Spears wrote for a recent
class at St Paul. This presentation is to seek additional ideas on how this may be accomplished.
Dana Spears
March 15th & 22nd—Welcoming Congregation: Community Outreach. For
the church to continue to be a viable element in Edmond and surrounding areas it
must attract and retain new members. Outreach to the wider community is important
to accomplish this and should acknowledge our welcoming nature.
Harriette Porter
March 29th—Environmental Justice Sunday program from UUA." Learn about
the Blue Bucket campaign to conserve water and appreciate how critical water issues
are also justice issues in much of the world from California to Africa."
Maria Mitchell (1818–1889)
Rene Lane, a friend of
Nancy Jefferis and Elouise
Bell was supposed to have
surgery on her jaw, however
pre op tests showed a
blocked carotid artery and
that had to be resolved first.
Pam Dizikes
shared with
us that she is
having a
health scare.
After a few
agonizing
days of waiting, tests revealed it was not the return
of cancer!
Jana Leslie's mom has been
moved to an assisted living
center. She is still depressed.
Steve Pace has a friend Mary A. Rice Livermore (1820–1905)
whose toddler daughter
has a hole in her heart
that will need to be dealt
with soon.
MaryLee Welch had surgery
on her toe and travel is difficult for her at the moment.
Elaine Welch and Glenda Purcell have lost their
respective jobs.
Anna Holloway is seeking
consultation for possible RA.
Please keep these people in
your thoughts.
Kay's Aunt Trish Wescott is
having cancer treatment
and she requests healing energy for her.
On a Happier Note….
Joy and Concerns
Linda Gray's friend from
ABLE died and this is a significant loss to both Linda
and ABLE.
Hal Yocum says he will be a
grandpa (again) to a grandson in June.
Elouise Bell and Nancy Jefferis announced they will
wed in April!!!!
March 8th—2:AM
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Welcome
Sasha
Bridget
Kazura
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Channing Groups
Channing Women’s Lunch
Tuesday March 10th, 11:30 AM at
Lemongrass, Modern Thai Cuisine,
253 S Santa Fe, Edmond. For more
info and to say you’ll be there email
Miss Lucy at
lalmitra@cox.net .
Stitchers will meet at the home of
Kathleen Joslin at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 14th. Contact Pat
Hervey for more information.
Labyrinth Walk meets at the First
Methodist Church on Monday,
March 16th, 2015 from 6:00 PM8:00 PM. Come and enjoy this ancient form of meditation. Someone
is always there to explain if you
have never experienced a labyrinth
walk before.
Book Group is scheduled for
Tuesday March 17th at 2:00 pm at
Pat Hervey’s home. The book for
March is Trans Atlantic by Colum
McCann.
Choir will practice every Wednesday evening from 7:30 to 8:30.
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825–
1911)
Judith Sargent Murray (1751–1820)
Dorothea Dix (1802–1887)
Elizabeth Blackwell
(1821–1910)
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March 2015
15 Things You May Not
Know About Pat Hervey
I once wanted to be a journalist.
I married my high
school sweetheart.
I
I attended four
different high
schools, and was
valedictorian
when I graduated.
In college I
majored in
Math, minored
in English.
My
career
was
teaching
high
school
math.
came to Channing an
agnostic and became an
atheist after much conI love to play Scrabble and
templation. It is good to
other word games.
be in a safe place where I can
y favorite trip
acknowledge that!
was to Glacier
I read several books a
week. ( Too bad I cannot recall
national park. My
I strongly dislike
what I read a week later!).
sons and I rented a
housework. That is
Among my favorites is the
evident if you visit my
cabin outside the
Three
Pines
mystery
series
by
home!
park. We took several
Louise Penny.
I have held every
hiking trips there, went
I used to enjoy sewing, but I no
office Channing ofcanoeing, saw as much
longer have the patience for
fers! I think everyas we could in five
it. Why is that? Can someone tell
one should try at
days. My sons did
me?
My favorite food is
least one. You
most of the cooking!
dark chocolate.
learn a lot about
I have two sons, neither of whom is
what goes into
Did I mention my
married, so no grandchildren.
keeping Channing
son Greg gave me
Bonus tidbit: Pat will be 75
going.
his 2001 BMW?!!
years old on St Patrick’s Day!
Happy Birthday Pat!
M
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Title: Please Give at the Annual Pledge
Drive or What We Can Learn
from a Purple Dinosaur?
A nyone who
has been around children in
ships, and provide for the
good of everyone.
the past 20 years can probably
sing “The Barney Song” by
heart.
“I love you, you love me.
“We’re a happy family.” Ever
since I became a member of
Channing three years ago, I
have always thought of the
We’re a happy family.
people around me as my
With a great big hug and a adopted family. I embrace
kiss from me to you,
this community that will acWon’t you say you love me cept me for who I am, even if
we don’t see eye to eye. Or if
too?”
we don’t see each other very
often, there will always be a
It is so simple and straight- smile to welcome me back.
forward, and that is the best This family also teaches me so
m a n y
way to get a
things,
imagine a world
m e s s a g e It pains me
like overacross
to
coming
young chil- without my Channing family,
adversity
d r e n .
Adults, on the other hand, or prejudice, working togethlike to read into things.
It er for a common goal, and the
may be simple on the surface, joy of giving. We all come
but it could mean just about from different places, but it’s
anything. I’m going to tell amazing how much I think of
you what this simple song Channing as a home away
means to me about my Chan- from home (and not just because it used to be a home).
ning fam-i-ly.
Joining you at Channing,
whether it be for service on
“I love you”: Yes, I do love Sunday or spring clean-up,
you, all of you.
always makes me happy!
“You love me.” We share our
lives during joys and concerns
every Sunday, because we
know that this group of people cares about what happens
to us. Then we connect with
each other over goodies after
service as we elaborate on our
lives. We do what we can to
support our members,
friends, and the community
around us, because we know
how important it is to look after each other,
sustain relation-
“With a great big hug and a
kiss from me to you...” I love
hugs. It’s a simple gesture,
but one that is sometimes
overlooked. A hug lets a person know that you value their
presence and miss their energy field interacting with yours.
I know some people aren’t
huggers, so I think a nice
handshake would do as well.
As for kisses, I bought some
Hershey’s on sale after Valentine’s Day.
“Won’t you say you love me
too?” During the annual
pledge drive, we ask members
to support the church. THAT
is a really broad phrase.
‘Support the church’ means so
much more than paying the
bills.
It should really say
‘value the church.’ It’s hard
to place a value on how much
my Channing family means to
me. It pains me to imagine a
world without my Channing
family, without a sanctuary
where I can escape the confines of everyday life. It’s
where I am free to be the person I am, even if I haven’t figure out who that is yet, and
that you are helping me discover.
Ask yourself, “How much do I
value my Channing family?”
How much can you give to
help provide a home for the
spirit we foster within our
community? How much of
yourself can you give to bring
in new members? Do you remember how you felt before
you found Channing or UU?
Wouldn’t you like to share the
delight you felt when you
joined a group that brings
happiness to your life?
Don’t worry. I won’t subject
you to Barney songs at the
pledge dinner (probably), but
you will be singing this in
your head for the next few
days. As you do, think about
what it means to you .
Briana Greenemeyer,
Finance Committee Chair
Where’s the money? Next page...
March 2015
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Where’s the
Money?
As you think about how
much you can pledge for
the 2015-2016 year, here
are a few reminders of
where money might be
waiting.
Your tax return – If you
get a tax return, you could
earmark a certain percentage or dollar amount for
your pledge. Or if you
didn’t get a return, donating might help you get one
next year!
Birthday presents – Have
you ever given a birthday
present to Channing? This
might be the year to start.
Coffee – How much did
you spend on breakfast this
morning? What if you
added one more breakfast
to your budget? If you
gave an extra $2 a week,
that would be $104 a year!
If every member did, it
would be over $4000 extra!
So, instead of that nice
round number, add $8
when you write down your
monthly pledge.
Estate planning – If you
are setting up a will or
trust, please keep Channing in mind as a possible
beneficiary.
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Olympia Brown (1835–1926)
Not only is March
National Women’s
History Month, it is
also...





Irish American
Month
Music in Our
Schools Month
National Craft
Month
National Frozen
Food Month
National Irish
American Heritage
Month- designated
He who never sacrificed a present to a
future good or a
personal to a general
one can speak of
happiness only as
the blind do of colors.
Olympia Brown
Abigail Adams (1744–1818)
Louisa Alcott (1832–1888)
by Congress in 1995.
National Nutrition
Month
 National Peanut
Month
 Red Cross Month
 Social Workers
Month

Clara Barton (1821–1912)
Mark Your
Calendar!
Our Spring Clean up is set
for April 25th, 2015
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See Community Outreach on page 3 for more info on some of the activities included here. They are in purple
M a rc h 2 0 1 5
Sun
Mon
1
Kiya Heartwood—
First Church
Tue
Wed
2
3
4
Choir Pract.
7:30
Anna Holloway
Evie
Eskridge’s BD
Pot Luck
8
Spring Ahead
2:AM
Strides of
March Run
9
15
Lay Speaker(s)
Board Meeting
16
Mosaic Group
—First Church
17
Book
Club
—
2pm
Pat Hervey’s
BD
Liz Duncan’s BD
22
10
Celebrity Wait
Night
Women’s
Lunch
Group
Scot Harvey
Taize Worship
Service—First
Church
Thu
23
24
Donna Compton
Catherine
Shearer
30
31
6
World Book Day Omelet Party
Boots & Blues
Sue Anne
CombyYoung’s BD
Natalie
Campos’s BD
12
13
18
Choir
Pract. 7:30
25
7
AOK Campquest/
FreeOK fundraiser
4-11pm
Red Tie Night
14
Stitchers—1:30
Sydney
Wiechmann’s Nancy Myer’s
BD
BD
Choir Pract.
7:30pm
Spring Equinox
5
Sat
Choir
Pract. 7:30
CC Deadline
CUUP's Ostara
Celebration 6-9pm
29
11
Trivia
Fundraiser
Fri
Bob Welch’s
BD
19
Co-Op Pick up
5-7pm
20
21
Harriette
Porter’s BD
26
27
ARTini
28
Land Run
OUHSC
Health Dash
Amazing
Race—OK
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Beatrice Potter (1866–1943)
Channing Channel
Local UU Group Now
Formed: Western
OK UU
May Sarton (1912–1995)
Elizabeth Palmer Peabody
“The little flower that opens in
the meadows lives and dies in a
season; but what agencies have
concentrated themselves to
produce it! So the human soul
lives in the midst of heavenly
help.”
―Elizabeth Palmer Peabody
Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906)
The Western Oklahoma Unitarian Universalist Conference
(WOKUU) represents the UU
congregations of the western
part of Oklahoma. Its purpose
(for now) is to promote interaction between congregations, the
sharing of resources, the exploration of new ideas, and the
strengthening of common faith.
Representatives of each congregation meet at 7 pm on the
fourth Thursday of each month
at First Unitarian Church of Oklahoma City to discuss various
topics of importance to our congregations.
WOKUU congregations are:
A
First Unitarian Church of Oklahoma City (http://
www.uuokc.org/)
BLE Community Based Services is offering
Easter lilies to decorate Channing's sanctuary for Easter Sunday.
Unitarian Church of Stillwater
(https://sites.google.com/site/
stillwaterunitarianchurch/)
They are $12.00 each and can
be planted in your yard or donated back to the church
grounds after Easter.
Channing Unitarian Universalist
Church in Edmond (http://
www.channinguuc.org/)
Channing Church has supported ABLE for the last twelve
years, for which we are truly thankful.
West Wind Unitarian Universalist Congregation (http://
wwuuc.blogspot.com/)
Sign-up sheet is in the church entryway. Orders
close on Sunday, March 29.
Unitarian Universalist Church of
Lawton (http://uulawton.org/)
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Why You Should NOT Be a Unitarian Universalist—Part 1
By Rev. Dr. Tony Larsen — Olympia Brown Unitarian Universalist Church, Racine,
WI (Reprinted with permission) (Edited for space)
S
tarian Universalist if you support the Nazis or
omebody I met recently described the Unithe KKK or any other group that believes in optarian Universalist Church as a place that welpressing people. We may be open in this church
comes Christians, Jews, Agnostics, and even a
- but we're not that open. We are closed to
German Shepherd or two. He was trying to be
things like closure. That is, we are closed to
funny, and I laughed. But behind his remarks
movements or groups that close people off. And
was an unwarranted assumption - that anybody
when we say our church has freedom of belief,
can get in here. And behind that myth is anothwe mean that in a limited way. You are free to
er one: that we don't stand for anything.
believe whatever you want here - but only as
long as it helps
My friends, not
You should not be a Unitarian Universalist if you live a caring
everyone can be
a Unitarian Uni- you support the Nazis or the KKK or any oth- and humane life
versalist. Not
er group that believes in oppressing people. - or at least
doesn't prevent
everyone should
you from living a
be a Unitarian Universalist. Because the first cricaring life. That's a very real limitation on freeterion for getting into this church is: you've got
dom of belief. So when someone says, "What do
to know how to sin. That's very important to us;
Unitarian Universalists believe?" and you anand not everyone knows how to do it. We don't
swer, “Oh, we believe whatever we want to." want people here who never do wicked things.
That’s not quite true. There are a lot of things
We don't want people here who are holier than
we do not believe in. We don't believe in limiting
thee or thou. We don't want people who have
made it in the salvation department and are just people because of their race or color, for example. We don't believe in restricting people on the
waiting around to get picked up. Because peobasis of gender. We don't believe in excluding
ple with too much heaven in them are hell to
people because of disability. We don't believe in
live with.
denying rights to those whose personal preferNow don't get me wrong. If there were any perence or lifestyle is different from the norm, so
fect human beings around, we might let them
long as that lifestyle doesn't infringe on other
in. But since there aren't any, anyone who
people's rights. We don't believe in destroying
claims he/she doesn't do wicked things is either
the environment. We don't believe that injustice
trying to fool others, or trying to fool themand poverty are just unfortunate accidents that
selves. It is the nature of the human to be evil as
we don't have any responsibility to do something
well as good. And you should not be a Unitarian
about. There are some very definite limitations
Universalist if you're not willing to admit that
on freedom of belief in this church, and those
about yourself.
are some of them. These are rather different
The second criterion of reason for not being a from the limitations of belief in some other
Unitarian Universalist has to do with our intol- churches.
erance of intolerance. You should not be a Uni(To be continued in April’s Channel.)
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Ostara Celebration—March 22nd
Join us as we celebrate Ostara with a potluck supper, ritual and community! This is a family friendly event, so children are welcome. Starts at
6pm.
Channing CUUP's (Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans) is a welcoming place for those people who identify with the Pagan path and
want to explore, participate and educate themselves. Channing CUUPs
is a family based group of eclectic pagans who recognize all Pagan traditions. We gather to celebrate the major Sabbats eight times a year and
see this as a time for fellowship, learning, and connecting ourselves with
the turning of the Wheel. Our rituals include both the God and Goddess as we recognize the natural balance in life. Hope to see everyone
there!
guages use a variant of
What is Ostara?
Rituals
"Pascha,"
a
Greek
adoption
of
Ostara is a Neopagan festival
Pagans celebrate Ostara with
celebrated on the spring equi- the Hebrew for Passover, for
various rituals celebrating fertilthe
Christian
holiday.)
nox, which is between March 19
ity, nature and new growth.
and March 22 in the Northern The Germanic words Eostre
Egg races, egg hunts, egg eatand
Ostara
probably
come
from
Hemisphere. On the spring
ing and egg painting are comthe same root as "East," the di- mon activities. A man and a
and fall equinoxes, day and
rection of the rising sun. They woman might be chosen to act
night are of equal lengths.
Ostara celebrates the coming of are not etymologically related
out the roles of Spring God and
to
the
word
estrogen,
which
spring, new growth and fertiliGoddess, playing out courtship
comes from the Greek oistros,
ty.
and symbolically planting seeds.
meaning "frenzy."
History and Etymology
The English monk and historian Bede (d. 735) recorded that
the Anglo-Saxon goddess Eostre had a festival lasting
several days, and that this name
was adopted in England for the
Christian holiday of Easter,
which falls on the Sunday after
the full moon following the
spring equinox.
The Neopagan holiday of
Ostara is also known as Lady
Day, Egg Day, or Alban Eiler
(Druidic).
Meaning
For Wiccans and some other
Pagans, Ostara is the day when
the Goddess and God (variously
identified as Mother Earth and
the Green Man or the Young
Maiden and Sun God) join in
Eostre has since evolved into
"Easter" in English and "Ostern" sacred marriage. The Goddess
in German. The word "Ostara" will conceive, and give birth in
nine months. The increased
comes from the German mygrowth and strength of nature
thologist Jacob Grimm (d.
in the spring is due to the rising
1863), who said this was the
Old High German name for the power of the Goddess and God.
Easter festival. (All other lan-
Neopagans also celebrate by
eating fresh spring foods like
sprouts, dandelion greens, and
nettles. Some undertake a fast
during this period, to clear
away the toxins of the winter.
Many Wiccans plant an herb
garden (for later use in spells)
on Ostara. Home altars might
feature spring flowers, seeds,
jasmine or flowery incense, and
the gemstone of jasper.
Anonymous. "Ostara (Spring Equinox)."
ReligionFacts. 28 February 2015 - See more
at: http://www.religionfacts.com/
neopaganism/festivals/ostara.htm
Channing Channel
March 2015
O
n Sunday, February 22nd, the Channing
Choir presented a program on “Awareness.” Each
member relayed stories, poems and even a quilt
presentation to illustrate their idea of Awareness. It
was very entertaining.
Pictured above: Evie Eskridge, Harriette Porter, Pam
Dizikes, Jana Leslie, Steve Pace, Nancy Jefferis, Pat
Hervey, Walter Eskridge, Wayne Leslie.
Liturgist was Briana Greenemeyer.
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March Goodies
2800 West 15th Street,
Edmond, OK 73083-2382
405-340-1213
emailus@channinguuc.org
Church of the Open Mind
and Open Heart
We’re on the web at:
channinguuc.org
Channing UU Church
P.O. Box 2382
Edmond, OK 73083-2382
Contributed by Melody Joyce
Quote of the Month
March1st—Pot Luck
March 8th—Katherine Williams
March 15th—Eva Mahoney
March 22nd—Open
March 29th—Jana Leslie
The Channing Channel is the monthly newsletter of Channing
Church, a UU congregation in Edmond, Oklahoma
2800 W 15th Street, Edmond— 324 NW 164th Street, OKC
Newsletter Editor: Eva Mahoney
Newsletter deadline is the 25th of preceding month
Email: wnyokie@cox.net
Church Officers 2014-2015: Co-Presidents: Betty Rasmussen, Pat
Hervey; Co-Presidents-elect: Liz Duncan, Eva Mahoney; Secretary:
Elouise Bell; Treasurer: Nancy Jefferis; Trustees: Walter Eskridge,
JT Hawk, Briana Greenemeyer, Hal Yocum