Greetings members, friends, and visitors!
In this email you will find the following topics with details below so you can easily find pertinent information quickly.
1. From the minister
2. Minister office hours for week of Jan 30, 2012
3. February 2012 Beacon link
4. 11am Service on Jan 29, 2012- The Way Things Are (versus ‘The Way Things Should Be’)
5. 10am Adult RE offerings for Sunday, January 29th
6. 10am Children/Youth RE offerings for Sunday, January 29th
7. Council of Committees Meeting on Sunday, January 29th at 12:30pm!
8. Meetings this week
9. Roy Zimmerman Concert at UUFF- February 6th!
10. Religious Education Information
11. In-Gathering and Sing Out Second Sundays!
12. Spring Leadership Development Conference
13. SWUUWomen’s Conference
14. Parking at UUFF
1. From the minister- We’re gearing up for one of the more important pledge campaigns in our 60-year history. Together we’re turning a new page, and with it, we hope, a full restoration of the good-feeling and generosity that has been the hallmark of the Fellowship for so many years. We might well ask ourselves at some point what we would do once bereft of this center of liberality, tolerance, good sense, and good friends.
Service for 1/29, “The Way It Is (v. ‘the way it’s supposed to be’),” a treatment of how to avoid suffering, involving the wisdom of many traditions.
Service for 2/5, “Race.” Second in a series of ‘uncomfortable subjects.’ We will expand the traditional observance of Black History Month to include the races most frequently encountered in NWA: Latinos, Hmong, and Marshallese Islanders.
2. Minister’s office hours this week- Jan 30th
Tuesday 1/31, 1 to 5
Wednesday, 2/1, 12-5, and by appointment
Other times by appointment (call 442-7903)
3. To view the New February 2012 Beacon (our monthly newsletter) please use the following web address: http://fayettevilleunitarian.org/wp-content/uploads/Feb2012BeaconCombined.pdf
4. Our service this Sunday: The Way It Is (versus ‘The Way It’s Supposed to Be’). Led by Rev. Lee, this service will employ the great religions’ teachings on how to avoid the suffering caused by expectation of particular outcomes that we ‘deserve.’
NOTE: Robert Umiker, UA Professor Emeritus of clarinet will be our special musical guest on Jan. 29, performing arrangements of Sondheim and Schubert
5. 10am Religious Education for Adults this Sunday: The discussion group will meet in Sanctuary and will talk about “A Spirit of Fierce Unrest” by Rev. Vanessa Southern, Minister of the Unitarian Church of Summit, New Jersey (496 members). It is time for each congregation to find its greatness. http://www.uuworld.org/ideas/articles/188509.shtml
**Adult meditation will take place in the minister’s study.
6. 10am Religious Education for Children/Youth this Sunday: Regular 10am RE classes will be in session, so Families, plan to arrive at 9:45 to make sure your kids are where they need to be before heading to adult RE offerings. All classes will end at 10:45, when children who are willing and able will join their families upstairs for the service. Nursery care is available from 9:30-12:15 for babies and toddlers up to age four, and from 11-12:15 for children 7 and under (or those with special needs, for whom attendance in service would be a hardship) when programming is not available.
7. There will be an important Council of Committees meeting this Sunday, Jan. 29 from 12:30 to 1:30 pm to discuss the upcoming budget process. All chairs of committees and any other interested members are invited to attend. Contact Gene Vinzant at dvinzant@nwacc.edu for more information.
8. Stewardship Committee will meet at 6pm TONIGHT, January 26th.
Chalice Team will meet at 5:30pm on Wednesday, February 1st.
Choir will rehearse at 7pm on Wednesday, February 1st.
9. Roy Zimmerman Concert at UUFF – Monday, February 6th!
Satirical songwriter Roy Zimmerman’s brings his show, “Live From the Starving Ear” to Fayetteville on Monday, February 6 at 7 pm for a performance at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Fayetteville, 901 W. Cleveland Street. Admission for the show is $18 (or pay what you can).
Here are a few reviews:
*The Los Angeles Times says, “Zimmerman displays a lacerating wit and keen awareness of society’s foibles that bring to mind a latter-day Tom Lehrer.”
*Tom Lehrer himself says, “I congratulate Roy Zimmerman on reintroducing literacy to comedy songs. And the rhymes actually rhyme, they don’t just ‘rhyne.’”
*Joni Mitchell says, “Roy’s lyrics move beyond poetry and achieve perfection.”
10. Religious Education Information: Families whose children are attending but unregistered in RE should pick up an enrollment form on the RE table in the foyer and do so immediately. We need enrollment forms on file after the initial visit to UUFF, in order to better serve the program and especially your children, in case of special needs, allergies, or emergency.
11. In-Gathering resumes next Sunday, Feb 5th. Remember: As part of our new structure on Sunday mornings, In-Gathering will be held on the first Sunday of each month, after WABIS, during the second half of the 11 am service. Children will enjoy a kid-centered service that highlights our UU rituals and music, with a chalice lighting, meditation, joys and sorrows, hymns, and a short homily. At each In-gathering, we collect an offering for Heifer Project: this year we are donating chickens, bees, trees, and rabbits to a farming family. Have children bring any donation they wish to give to this social justice/sustainability project. Everyone is welcome to join us downstairs at 11:30!
Sing Out Second Sundays begin in February. This is an opportunity for our children (and youth?) in RE to have a musically enriching time together from 10 am to 10:45, on every second Sunday of the month. Acting Music Director Claire Detels will work downstairs with the kids at 10 am, rehearsing for a short musical performance directly after Dedicated RE, in the service upstairs at 11. This will also allow us to give teachers a break from teaching duties on one Sunday each month. Want to learn some music, play an instrument, or sing with the kids? Join us downstairs at Second Sunday Sing Out, beginning on Feb 12.
12. Spring Leadership Development Conference is happening in Dallas on the last weekend in March. Tracks are available in Healthy Congregations, Pastoral Care, OWL facilitator training (Jr. High, High School, Young Adult, and Adult levels), Leadership Experience (suggested prep for DBLE), and Non-violent Communication. We plan to take a van and a group of folks—will you join us? Contact Fawn at 521-8422, speak with Rev. Lee, or check the bulletin board for more information. Registration opens February 2nd at www.swuuc.org
13. SWUUWomen’s Conference. We are making sure that all the women of our district know about the 26th annual Women’s conference coming up. More information can be found @ www.swuuw.org . The conference will be happening February 24-26, 2012 in Houston, TX
14. Parking is still available at UUFF. Only a few spaces remain!
Spread the word! Off-campus parking! The rate is $50 per semester.
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Fayetteville
901 W. Cleveland St., between Oakland and Storer Streets
You can describe our location as being on the north side of campus near the new bookstore
479-521-8422, uuff@sbcglobal.net
