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2015 February 1
Volume 12, Issue 5
We are a Welcoming Congregation.
We seek to foster a climate of purposeful
inclusion of all regardless of gender, age,
race, ethnicity, national origin, disability,
sexual orientation or expression.
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Gainesville • 4225 NW 34th Street • Gainesville, FL 32605
352/377-1669 • uuoffi[email protected] • www.uufg.org
Make it a Souper Bowl
Sunday! Today!
Join us in the Phillips Social Hall
after the service where you will be
provided with your choice of
delicious homemade soups, bread, and dessert.
Your $5 donation will help support UUFG’s
Social Justice Council’s activities.
TGIF CELEBRATION
Friday, February 13, 5:30 pm
Home of Janet Davies
9820 S.W. 9th Place
Come enjoy good friends with good food & drink and
great conversation. Festivities start at 5:30 pm. Bring your
beverage of choice and a snack to share!
Directions from UUFG: Take 34th Street south to
University Avenue, make a right (going west, passing the
mall). Turn left onto Tower Road. Turn right on SW 8th
Avenue. At SW 99th Street, turn left into “Willow Bend.”
Janet’s is the second house on the left.
Welcome, Guests!
UUFG CONGREGATIONAL
MEETING ON SOCIAL JUSTICE
Sunday, February 22
The congregation will meet after the February 22nd
service for our annual meeting to vote on Social
Justice issues. Feel free to bring a bag lunch.
All Congregation members will receive an agenda and
information about the issues via e-mail or U.S. mail.
Information sessions to prepare for informed voting
began in January and continue this month on Sundays
at 9:30- 10:30 am in the Common Room.
LIVING WAGE CAMPAIGN:
A SOCIAL JUSTICE FORUM
Sunday, February 8, 9:30 am
Jeremiah Tattersall will speak with us about the local
campaign for a Living Wage Ordinance for workers
employed by Alachua County and the businesses it
contracts with. This would set the starting pay at a
livable wage as determined by the US Department of
Health and Human Services. The rate is currently at
$11.47 per hour and would immediately benefit
underpaid County workers and have a ripple effect
throughout our community with increased spending.
UUFG will vote on whether or not to take a stand on
February 22. Come to the Common Room on February
8 to learn more so you can make an informed vote.
We’re glad you decided to check us out. Some things to
know:
CONGREGATIONAL RETREAT
Saturday, February 21
Window Room: We have a little r oom at the back of the
Sanctuary for small children who want to stay with their parents, but who need to move around. Parents can sit, see and
hear the service, while children have some extra space. Don’t
forget a hymnal.
SAVE the date — Saturday, February 21 — for the
annual Congregational Retreat! This year’s retreat is
again conveniently at the UUFG! Come for Food, Fun,
Fellowship, and “f”ilosophy — the learning of “ph”un
stuff! If you’re interested in running a workshop,
please contact Carol Shelley. Help with setting up or
cleaning up would also be appreciated!
Visitor Table: We’d love to get to know you and help you
get to know us. Please stop by the Phillips Social Hall after
the service, and look for the table with the green
tablecloth.
The Gazette
2015 February 1
Volume 12, Issue 5
A THUNDERING YEAR
“What the world needs is for our youth
to come alive. What the world needs is
the youth to reach for their highest calling. We need our youth to stand tall and
as rebels. To inquire and to forge new
paths, to create and discover previously
unchartered territory.”
~Unknown
lives; and
2. Deepen the ties within our congregation
At UUFG this year, our youth have been exploring
ideas that require them to think deeply about who
they are and what they believe. Our Coming of Age
program includes faith exploration along with
activities to strengthen the understanding of what it
means to be a UU. Youth will work with mentors to
develop and write their own Faith Statements. The
Coming of Age at UUFG
curriculum uses the four elements of ritual, learning,
The teenage years are a time of tremendous growth
testing and celebration to deepen the knowledge and
and change. In order to celebrate this meaningful
connection between their self, their families and their
time, the Religious Education Committee at UUFG is community. Youth will also have the option to “test”
offering a year-long Coming of Age Program for
themselves by participating in the Wilderness Retreat
youths between the ages of 13-18. Classes have been at the end of the program. We ask the whole UUFG
underway since September with 10 youths and 10
community to keep these young people and mentors
mentors participating. “Throughout history, many
in your thoughts this year as they do this important,
cultures marked this human passage with rituals,
life changing work.
learning, testing and celebration. Today some
religions honor coming of age with bar/bat mitzvahs Coming of Age is also about strengthening ties within
the congregation. Please be on the lookout for ways
or confirmations. But, by and large, our society
to be involved. We will be offering periodic updates
ignores the end of childhood and families are left to
and asking for volunteers and donations for various
make the best of it, often joking about the teenage
years in a negative way. Coming of Age should be a activities throughout the spring.
life changing process. It is a transition as important Come “Thunder” with us! The COA program
as birth, partnering and death.” (Kathy McWilliams, concludes with a special worship service ceremony in
UU of Greater Lansing). Our Coming of Age
which the youth will share their faith statements with
program challenges youth, families and the
the congregation. These statements may appear in
congregation to rewrite the story of the negative teen- the form of written narratives, sculpture, painting,
age years into one of deeply connected relationships, and music. We invite you all to join us in celebrating
personal empowerment and “thundering” one the side and welcoming the newest young adults to our UUFG
of Love.
community in service on June 21, 2015.
Our goals for this year long program are:
In fellowship,
1. Offer a rich COA experience to our
youth that provides them with the
Michelle McLelland and Randal Ott
tools to direct their own spiritual
Coming of Age Facilitators
PLEASE SILENCE YOUR PHONE!
To avoid disruptions, please turn off or
silence your cell phone before the service begins.
HEARING LOOP AVAILABLE
Please see an usher for more information
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UUFG business and concerns submitted to the office
(email [email protected]) for editing by noon on
Wednesdays. Please put “for Gazette” in your subject line.
Your submissions will be posted up to three times, inserted
on dates you indicate.
Volume 12, Issue 5
The Gazette
2015 February 1
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN FAITH
DEVELOPMENT?
This Sunday in RE:
We are proud to have our Youth Group putting on
today's service titled, W hat is “Beacon”? Everyone
is invited to stay in the Sanctuary for the entirety
of this All-Ages Service.
As always, childcare is available in the nursery if
desired.
VALENTINE’S DAY POT LUCK
Sunday, February 15, following service
Please join us after service on February 15 for a special
Valentines pot luck in the Phillips Social Hall.
Please bring a dish to share and a homemade Valentine
card to exchange — but don’t worry if you forget! All are
welcome to share the potluck, and we’ll have Valentines
available if you don't have one made. Sponsored by
CYREC Steering Committee.
SCHEDULING SPIRITUAL
PRACTICES 101 CLASS
Nursery (ages 0-4): Room 1
12:30 (after service) Youth Group: Room 7
Looking at the weeks ahead in RE:
Sunday 2/8 RE Classes (Tallahassee Con -- No
Youth Group here)
Sunday 2/15 Children's Chapel (COA has class
during chapel: Mentors invited)
Sunday 2/22 Classes (COA goes to 1:30 pm -No Youth Group)
Sunday 3/1 Children' s Chapel (COA has class
during chapel)
Kristin Stevens and Lynne Capehart are planning to
schedule a Spiritual Practices 101 class like the one they
taught 3 years ago. They would like to find out what days
and times are best for those who are interested in coming.
Possibilities include:
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Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday--for a 1:00
afternoon session.
Thursday evenings from 6:30-7:30 (just before choir
practice).
Questions about RE at UUFG? Contact Nureet
Carmel, Director of Religious Education, at
[email protected].
Class sessions will include such practices as Deep Listening, Mandalas and Praying in Color, Lectio Divina, Journaling, Vibrational Meditation and Walking Meditation.
Office Hours: This coming week, Nureet is at the
Fellowship on Wednesday, 9:15 am — 2:15 pm
and by appointment.
If you are interested, please talk to Kristin or Lynne to let
them know your preferences.
GRATITUDE BOX
The lovely quilts gracing the walls of our sanctuary were
loaned to UUFG by Gainesville quilter, Sandy Pozzetta.
Sandy is a long-time quilter in the Gainesville area and is
currently president of the Tree City Quilt Guild. Enjoy the
quilts, but please do not touch them.
Do you want to recognize
someone who has volunteered
their time and energies to our
Fellowship? Put a card in our
“Gratitude Box” on top of the
hymnal bookcase or send an
email to [email protected].
Cards are provided, so you
can describe your gratitude for someone who works
“behind the scenes” to make our Fellowship a warm
and welcoming place.
Your gratitude will be included in an upcoming
Gazette.
ART IN THE SANCTUARY
Sandra Pozzetta
UUFG BOOKCART
Featuring UUFG authors
The Black Castle, Anne Lambert; Tales of a Black
Sojourner, Gene Mills; Blue as Blue Can Be, Bob Kendall;
Evolve or Perish, Marcus Dodd; Fern, Marie Roberts (Pat
Caren); Finding the Zone, Gordon Lawrence; Poems by
Joan McIntosh; Poems by Pauline Masterton;
Wavelengths, Robert Lambert.
The Gazette
2015 February 1
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
ATTENDANCE
Last Sunday, 103 adults attended service, while 24 children
and youth participated in religious education, facilitated by
20 adults (as Coming of Age youth met their mentors).
Thanks to SUNDAY FACILITATORS
February 1
Volume 11, Issue 5
February 8
Gene Mills &
Fred Judkins
Greeters &
Ushers
TD & John Cartell
Chalice Table
Irene LaBelle
Sound
Erin Parish
Erin Parish
Lock up
Debra Neill-Mareci
Becky Moulton
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8
11:00 am
Worship Service
A Featherbed for Falling Christians
Pauline Masterton
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15
11:00 am
Worship Service
Why Home Matters:
Stable Homes Create a Unifed Community
UF BatementTeam
UUFG CONTACT INFORMATION
Kristin Stevens, Congregation President
Cam Pierce, Office Adminstrator
352-377-1669 / [email protected]
Tony Canty, Director of Music
352-377-1669 / [email protected]
Nureet Carmel, Director of Religious Education
352-377-1669 / [email protected]
Ron Lange, Program Council Chair
Know someone who is ill? Use [email protected]
Want to thank someone?
Use [email protected] or the Gratitude Box
To email UUFG’s staff as a group, send your message to
[email protected]
To address all Board members as a group, use [email protected]
For addressing all Program Council Members, use
[email protected]
We know of only one
of our members who is
celebrating his birth
this coming week!
Please wish a happy
birthday
to
Steve
Baker!
THE WEEK AHEAD
Sunday, February 1 —
9:30 am Social J ustice For um (Common Room)
11:00 am Wor ship Ser vice
12:30 pm Souper Sunday (Phillips Hall)
12:30 pm Youth Gr oup (CR7)
6:00 pm Dancing Otter s Wiccan Class (Common
Room)
Monday, February 2 —
6:00 pm CYREC Steer ing Committee Meeting
(Common Room)
Tuesday, February 3 —
8:30 am Mor ning Meditation (Common Room)
7:30 pm Singing Meditation (Common Room)
Wednesday, February 4 —
6:30 pm Wor ship Committee (Common Room)
Thursday, February 5 —
7:30 pm Sier r a Club (Non-UUFG event ~ Phillips
Hall)
7:30 pm Chalice Choir Rehear sal (Choir Room)
Friday, February 6 —
7:00 pm Dancing Cr ane Zen (Common Room)
7:45 pm Gainesville Inter national Folk Dancer s
(Non-UUFG event ~ Phillips Hall)
Saturday, February 7 —
6:30 pm Veg4Life Potluck (Non-UUFG event ~
Phillips Hall)
Sunday, February 8 —
9:30 am Social J ustice For um (Common Room
11:00 am Wor ship Ser vice
12:30 pm New Member Or ientation and Signing
(Common Room)
6:00 pm Dancing Otter s Wiccan Class (Common
Room)
6:30 pm Inter weave (Phillips Hall)