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Columbine
Connections
Columbine Unitarian Universalist Church
Columbine UU Church Standing Strong at the Marade
February
2015
Volume 22, Issue 8
Inside this issue:
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Leadership and Technology Conference—Saturday, February 21,
8:30 am—4:00 pm
Location: First Universalist Church, 4101 E. Hampden Ave.
Registration Link:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/front-range-uu-leadership-andtechnology-conference-tickets-15185751993
Reimbursement available: Submit your receipt to Cris Cardenas
at, [email protected]
Foundations of Compassionate Communications Training, March 6,
6:15—9:00 pm, March 7, 9:00 am—5:00 pm, April 4, 9:00 am—5:00 pm
Early Bird Registration Ends February 20th
Location: Columbine UU Church
Registration Link:
https://www.cnvc.org/trainingcal/view?training_id=4686
Website: http://nvctraining.com/
2015 Day at the Legislature, Register by February 2nd, Event is on
February 9th , 8:00 am—1:00 pm
Registration Link:
http://interfaithallianceco.org/event/2015-day-at-the-legislature/
February Worship
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Rev. Julia McKay’s
Article
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President’s Article
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Blue’s Clues
Treasurer’s Report
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Musical Articulations
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Compassionate
Communications
Training
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Food For Thought
Series
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Committed
Relationships
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Building the World
We Dream About
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Third Friday Film
Forum
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Sanctuary Project
Visit
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Detention Center
Vigil
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Detention Center
Valentines
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Rainbow Alley
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Book Club
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Worship for the Month of February
Monthly Theme: Faith
Feb 1st, 10:30am,
“Faith: A Spiritual Thirst”
Faith can be a loaded word
for Unitarian Universalists.
Being a person of faith has
often meant “blind faith,” or
belief in something that
cannot be proven. So, if faith
is not that – then what does it
mean for UU’s to have faith?
To be a person of faith? To be
a people of faith? Why do we
need it? Rev Julia speaks.
community organizing, and has
broadened to include the
healing power of joy, as well as
justice. Rev. Lydia is a
graduate of Starr King School
for the Ministry and a long-time
friend of Rev. Julia.
Feb 15th, 10:30am
“ The Magic of Re-imagination”
In our exploration of faith
through the UU Challenge, we
have been looking at cultural
stories and myths that have
Feb 8th, 10:30am,
informed our ideas about
“Belonging and Becoming”
religion. Today’s service will
continue to look at the
Pulpit Exchange with
Rev Lydia Ferrante-Roseberry promises and possibilities that
can be found in religious
In response to the increasing
re-storation, re-formation, and
fragmentation of life, the
re-imagination as the ultimate
Rev. Dr. Rebecca Parker asks
hope and potential for our
Unitarian Universalists "Where is
lives. Rev Julia speaks.
the claim of life upon us that
can move us beyond
Feb 22nd, 10:30am
individual consumerism into
“A Generous Life”
community connection, into
binding obligations that
relate us to something larger While life gets better for millions
of gays, the number of
and deeper?" In today's
service, we'll explore not only homeless LGBTQ teens – many
cast out by their families –
what holds us together at
Unitarian Universalists, but how quietly keeps growing.
Rainbow Alley is a local center
that sense of belonging is
essential to our callings in the focused specifically on the
needs of LGBT youth, ages
world.
12-21.
Rev. Lydia Ferrante-Roseberry
Columbine Church will be preis the minister at the Boulder
senting Nadine Bridges, the diValley Unitarian Universalist
Fellowship. Her call to ministry rector of Rainbow Alley and
our speaker for the morning,
arose through the work of
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with a generous check
from the proceeds of our
Fall Festival (Auction).
Rainbow Alley typifies our
principle of the worth and
dignity of every person
and offers support to an
especially vulnerable
population. Please make
a special effort to attend.
Rev Julia McKay, MA, MDiv—Faith: A Spiritual Thirst?
A congregant once
said to me:
“Lately, I'm feeling
consistently
interested in getting
to a layer or three
beneath differing
beliefs and the ways in which they
tend to divide people. What is
actually going on when two
different views confront each
other and realize a lack of
like– mindedness? Why is this so
consistently a source of tension?
Why don’t we just show interest, or
curiosity, or normalcy?...
“Instead, we argue about how to
be a good human…Is or isn't there
more to the universe than my
rabbit knows? What is or isn't the
right thing to decide on
wolf-management, or any
thousand other things that divide
people? And, in the same vein, I
wonder how we personally
maneuver around differing beliefs
from one’s own? With
confrontation and bristling?
Shrugging-off or indifference?
Humor? Allowing, or
acquiescing? And, what of the
times historic or present where
being generous or passive with
someone else values has resulted
in squashed human rights or
tragedy – like slavery in America,
or Nazi Germany?”
You might have heard me say
before that Unitarian Universalism
is pretty special. We are not a
dogmatic tradition…and unlike
may other religions members do
not have to recite a creed to
belong. We get a lot of interest in
our faith community because we
appeal to people who have
come out of other faith
communities that don’t fit for
them anymore. We also attract
those who never grew up in a
faith tradition but are searching
for spiritual community.
When I ask people how they
came Unitarian Universalism, if
they were not raised UU, they
often tell me some version of a
story that is similar to mine:
• Raised in a religious tradition
that may have fed their spirit
on some levels, but its theology offended a reasonable
mind and an open heart,
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Religious “answers” that didn’t
make any sense and when
more questions were asked, or
no one seemed to be able to
answer in a way that was
satisfactory,
The tremendous grief created
by ethics that devalue certain
peoples – the fact that there
was any reason at all that
anyone should be
condemned to a place
called hell was ludicrous to
me.
In the end, my faith of origin’s
understanding of who I should be,
so offended my own integrity, that
I left. For 20 years after that, I
walked a solo spiritual path,
seeking truth in whatever way
that I could find it but at the same
time trying to reconcile the
disconnection that I felt.
Eventually, I began to miss the
part of religion that fed me – the
community of people and the
relationships that I had enjoyed,
and the grounding that comes
from sharing common ritual,
ideas, and song together.
It was when I began to feel a thirst
for religious community again,
that I found Unitarian Universalism.
That was also the beginning of a
much deeper exploration about
what I believe and value, how my
ethics were formed, and what
truly mattered to me (eventually
enough to choose ministry as my
life’s work). I also found others
who shared my values, and my
principles.
Last month when the Board of
Trustees and the Council had the
second of three strategic
planning meetings as they do
each year, we each talked about
the UU Challenge and the future
of Columbine Church. “It’s the
principles…” someone said to me
with tears in her eyes, “If I find
myself struggling with something,
all I have to do is look at the
seven UU principles and I can find
something solid that guides me.”
One of the things that I like about
Unitarian Universalism is that we
are working to normalize the idea
that people walk many different
paths, and find meaning and
sustenance in many different
places. In the words of 16th
Century Unitarian forefather,
Francis David: “We do not have to
think alike to love alike.”
In 1568 – motivated by this
Unitarian Minister, Francis David
(Dávid Ferenc) – King Sigismund of
Hungary, issued the Edict of Torda
was one of the first attempts to
guarantee religious freedom in
Christian Europe. It was a
proclamation that declared
freedom of the pulpit. During a
time when there were attempts to
establish national churches,
ministers were being pressured to
adhere to creeds and dogma or
loose their clerical standing. The
Edict of Torda was a move toward
religious tolerance and a direct
affront of national establishment
of a single religion.
It is true that Unitarian Universalism
IS grounded in the hope of
religious freedom – in our belief in
the capacity of each person to
chart their own spiritual path
without the tyranny of dogmatic
constructs to dictate those
journeys. But, I am wondering if
our Unitarian forebears had more
than simple tolerance in mind.
I like to imagine that they were
fighting against religious
authoritarianism, not only for
socio-political freedom, but
because they did not want an
intermediary to dictate their
connection to the mystery of life.
I like to imagine that our forebears
knew that freedom from religious
tyranny is ultimately about
liberation of the soul – about
opening up spaces that allow
authentic connection with one’s
deep connection to the mystery
of life.
In fact, the Edict of Torda reads
like this: “[We reaffirm] that in
every place the preachers shall
preach and explain the Gospel
each according to his
understanding of it, and if the
congregation like it well. If not, no
one shall compel them for their
souls would not be satisfied,”
For their souls would not be
satisfied…What is this spiritual thirst
that is intimated in this phrase? I
hope that you will come explore
these ideas (and more) about
“FAITH” in worship with me this
month.
In the spirit of liberation,
Rev Julia
President’s Column
Last month I
had the
wonderful
opportunity to
go to a
wellness
retreat for
one week. I
had never
been to one
before and
looked forward to relaxing and
to trying some new things.
Those were my basic
expectations – relaxation and
healthy physical activity - and
what I actually received were
those things and so much
more.
Soon after we arrived, I heard
they had a labyrinth, so I went
down to the beautiful grove in
which it was located. There
was no one else there – and as
I walked it for those 20 minutes,
I set a hope that I could be
open to getting whatever it
was that I needed out of the
coming week.
Every day was a full day with a
variety of options for body,
mind and spirit health. I tried a
lot of new things – deep water
Pilates, stretching classes,
circuit training, spinning,
chanting, crystal sounding
bowls, to name a few. I
learned some really helpful
things - and had a lot of
experiences I could never
have anticipated. I think it
basically came down to
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learning about my own body,
my mind and my center, and
how to listen to them and
respond accordingly. Our lives
can be so hectic and there
can be so much distraction
that we often do things from
sheer habit, whether they are
serving us or not. It helped me
immensely to have an opportunity to question the things I
do, or eat or think, or think I
know. .
I think that is what we do as
Unitarian Universalists individually and collectively.
We challenge the “accepted
norms” of our society, laws,
and religions. That is one of the
things that I so love about it.
And when things change out
there in the world, we are
willing to look at them and talk
about them, and respond
accordingly if that’s what we
are called to do.
I grew up a Protestant and
attended church until I was
about fourteen years old. My
parents wanted us kids to go
until we were confirmed, and
then after that we could
decide whether we wanted to
continue or not. After my
confirmation, I stopped going
because I just did not feel like I
got anything out of it. The
things I heard usually felt
removed from my real life, and
they did not necessarily make
sense to me. Fortunately, now
as a member of a UU
community, that is not at all
how I feel anymore. Now I feel
that it is integrated into my life,
because I feel in alignment
with our principals and sources,
and with the social justice work
for equality that we undertake.
I feel I can always be learning
and growing in ways that feel
right for me. I can be
challenged by what I learn,
but it is never challenging to
the degree that I question this
religion, as I
did when I
was growing
“I think that is what we
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do as Unitarian
Universalists individually and
collectively. We
challenge the
“accepted norms” of
our society, laws, and
religions.
On the last
day of our
stay, I walked
the labyrinth
again, this
time just with
gratitude for the many
unexpected things I received
that week. As I write this
column, I know that in addition
to being grateful for the
opportunities I have to learn
and grow from being a part of
this religion, I am so grateful for
all of the people at Columbine
UU Church who keep us going.
What a wonderful community
we have!
Sue Fraley
Blue’s Clues—Youth Faith Development
Columbine UU Church High
School Youth attended the
third annual “Our Whole Lives
(OWL)” High School Retreat at
the YMCA of the Rockies in
Estes Park over the Martin L.
King Holiday. Lygia Garrick and
I along with nine youth spent
three days and two nights
studying and discussing issues
around high school human
sexuality. This was the largest
group to attend the retreat in
the past three years. With high
school students busy with academic, athletic and social life
it is hard to squeeze in an
evening class so the Youth &
Children’s Faith Development
Team organized a retreat
weekend that covers the high
school lessons.
This year we said goodbye to
Ian Cable and Anna Gaiser.
This is their last retreat because
they graduate this spring from
high school. I have had the
pleasure of journeying with Ian
and Anna through Middle
School OWL and all three High
School retreats. I’m going to
miss their eager participation
and poignant tough questions.
Good Luck, Anna and Ian, on
the new journey that lies
ahead.
For those in the congregation
who are not familiar with OWL,
it is a UUA program that is
guided by trained facilitators
through an engaging
curriculum that addresses
topics typically excluded from
sexuality education and health
classes. “Our Whole Lives:
Sexuality Education” helps high
school youth gain the
knowledge, life principles and
skills they need to express their
sexuality in life-enhancing
ways. It puts sexuality into the
context of values and personal
responsibility, helping them
manage social pressure and
advocate for equality. It
provides an opportunity to
bring values and integrity to
the real-life issues.
sexuality, and their attitudes
toward others’ sexuality. OWL is
a secular curriculum,
appropriate in a variety of
settings. “Sexuality and Our
Faith” is a religious supplement
for use in Unitarian Universalist
and United Church of Christ
congregations.
Our Whole Lives (OWL) values:
• Self-Worth • Sexual Health •
Responsibility • Justice and
Inclusivity.
Martin J Blue-Norton, MEd
Director of Faith Development
OWL models and teaches caring, compassion, respect, and
justice. It helps high school‐age
youth address their attitudes
and values, their feelings
about themselves and their
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Treasurers Report
Welcome to February. The
days are starting to get
longer as we get closer and
closer to spring. The Finance
team was using the dark days
of winter to work on the
budget for next year. We had
the opportunity to share the
results of that work by
presenting our goal budget
with the congregation at the
end of January. One thing is
clear—we are a growing
church, doing a lot of great
things, and the excitement is
showing. On that note, I believe that the budget re-
flects the anticipated growth
over the next several years.
The next step for the finance
team will be to kick off our
stewardship campaign on
February 22nd. George Eger
has agreed to chair our
campaign again this year.
Our approach to stewardship
will be different than in the
previous several years. This
year, we are putting a team
together to meet with the
entire congregation on a one
-to-one basis. These meetings
will be a good opportunity to
talk about all those exciting
things that we have going on
as we all share our vision of
the future for our church.
I am looking forward to a
successful stewardship drive.
Our momentum is strong and
I really believe we are
“a church on the move.”
Finally, please use this year’s
stewardship drive to share
your thoughts with us; we will
be listening.
Mike Morris
Columbine UU Church Treasurer
Musical Articulations
banjo, guitar, autoharp and
more! If you have any
questions regarding the group,
I invite you to talk to Julia. You
can expect great things to
come from this group!
January's celebration of Martin
Luther King Day with a church
service on white guilt, and an
excellent showing at the
annual "Marade" was a very
fitting exploration into this
month's theme of spiritual
integrity. As we move into
February, I have a few updates
for all of you.
Second, thank you to Laurie
Pribbeno, who is now the
music ministry's social
coordinator. I have the
immense blessing of leading a
music ministry full of individuals
with a passion for fellowship
and fun! Laurie is the perfect
person to make sure things
never get boring, and we keep
a good balance, even when
rehearsals get intense!
First off, I would like to thank
Julia Guzman-Henderson,
soprano extraordinaire, for
taking over coordination of our
resident folk-rock group at
Columbine. So far, we have
interest from harpists, fiddle,
I would also like to mention
that January marked the end
of the third and final module of
my first year in the UUA/UUMN
Music Leadership
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Credentialing Program, which
covers leading an effective
choir rehearsal. If you're
interested in the MLCP
curriculum, or if you have any
questions about this incredible
opportunity that Columbine
has given to me, I am happy
to show you some materials
and discuss what the MLCP is
doing for our music ministry.
Finally, the choir continues to
rehearse Thursday nights from
6:45 to 8:45 at the church, and
we still have almost six months
left in our season, so feel free
to drop in any time!
Faithfully Yours in Song,
Matthew Frisk
Director of Music
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Adult Faith Development Opportunities
COMPASSIONATE COMMUNICATION TRAINING—15 Attendees Needed to Have This Class
Open yourself to the unprecedented power of Compassionate Communication, a transformative
training for breakthrough interpersonal connection and peace-building in everyday life.
• Experience conflict – and even judgments – as welcome paths to deeper connection.
• Respond to challenging situations with satisfying integrity.
• Live your life in greater harmony with your deepest spiritual values.
• Compassionate Communication offers practical, learnable and doable skills for transforming any
moment into an unlimited resource of compassion and heartfelt connection. You will:
• Return to self-connection and presence during intense encounters.
• Listen deeply and respond compassionately, regardless of how others express themselves.
• Recognize criticism and judgment as requests for help.
• Support colleagues, family and friends in discovering true healing, practical solutions and new
possibilities.
• Express yourself with greater clarity and confidence.
By completing this training, you will have a Level 1 Certification in Compassionate Communications
Early Bird rates are for registrations completed and paid in full by February 20; UU Members – $240 Early
Bird, $285 after Feb. 20; Non-members – $285 Early Bird, $330 after Feb. 20. Scholarships are available.
Details and registration page: https://www.cnvc.org/trainingcal/view?training_id=4686. All sessions will
be held at Columbine Church. Facilitator is Kathy Ziola, MA, a certified trainer with the Center for
Nonviolent Communication.
March 6 (Friday): 6:30 p.m.-9 p.m.
March 7 (Saturday): 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
April 4 (Saturday): 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Contact: Rev. Julia McKay, [email protected]
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Adult Faith Opportunities—Continued
Sunday Morning Food For Thought
Series:
You are invited to participate in
lively and informative discussions
before the service on the first
and third Sunday mornings every
month. Topics, which will vary,
will be facilitated by members of
the congregation interested in
COMMITTED RELATIONSHIPS
If you are a couple in a
committed relationship and wish
to build and nurture your
relationship, this six-week course
is for you. We would like all
couples to attend all six sessions.
The sessions will be based on a
UU curriculum, adapting it our
needs. We will meet on Sunday
afternoons at the church.
BUILDING THE WORLD WE DREAM
ABOUT
A UU Tapestry of Faith Program
for adults, this four-part series will
feature authentic and honest
conversations on the topic of
race. Rev. Julia McKay, Rev
Jann Halloran, Kenny Wiley,
Eddy Carroll and others will be
facilitating the course. Although
the sessions are progressive, you
do not need to attend all the
sessions to take part. Come to
any class that interests you!
Sessions will be held the second
and fourth Tuesdays at the
church (with the exception of
March 31). Register for each
session on Signup Genius
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participating. There is no
registration required or cost to
attend. If you have an idea and
wish to facilitate a discussion, or
to arrange for child care at least
one week in advance, please
contact Bob or Carol Steele. The
time for all discussions is 9:15
a.m. to 10:15 a.m.
Feb. 1: UU principles: How do
they apply to crucial current
events? (Part 1) – Bob and Carol
Steele
Facilitators are Julia GuzmanHenderson, Jason Henderson
Christine Sizer and Chris
McGuire. There is no cost to
attend. At least four couples are
needed to sign up. Please
contact Julia GuzmanHenderson to sign up or to
arrange for childcare at least
one week in advance of each
session.
February 8, 15, 22: 4-6 p.m.
www.signupgenius.com/go/10c
084dacac29a0fd0-building.
Classes are free to pledging
congregants; $10 donation per
session for visitors. Childcare can
be arranged by contacting
Dana Lusk at
[email protected] at least
one week in advance of each
session. All sessions meet from
6:45 p.m. to 8:45 p.m.
Part III, The Experience of
Whiteness and Ethnicity
Part II, Understanding Privilege,
Power, and Promises
February 10: Navigating the
landscapes of power and
privilege
• February 24: Discerning
race/discerning power, Power
at work in the congregation
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Feb. 15: UU principles: How do
they apply to crucial current
events? (Part 2) – Bob and Carol
Steele
March 1, 8, 15: 4-6 p.m.
Contact: Julia GuzmanHenderson,
[email protected],
720-663-8399 or Christine Sizer,
303-842-2899, [email protected]
March 10: Ignoring or
exploring white identity
• March 31: The experience of
whiteness from other points of
view, Growing and healing
within ethnic or racial groups
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Part IV, Building Bridges of Trust
and Accountability
April 14: Reconciliation and
healing
• April 28: Building cultural
competency
Contact: Rev. Julia McKay,
[email protected]
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Adult Faith Opportunities—Continued
THIRD FRIDAY FILM FORUM
Columbine has beguns its Third
Friday Film Forum in 2015. It is
intended to be a faith
development opportunity that is
both social and spiritual. Anyone
can facilitate. The facilitator
selects the movie and leads the
discussion. Participants bring
their own drinks and a snack to
share.
Young adults are welcome but
parental discretion is advised.
Movies will be shown at 5 p.m.
and the discussion will follow
from 7-8:30 p.m. If you prefer,
you may watch the movie at
home and join only the
discussion. There is no cost to
attend. To facilitate future
movies, sign up, or arrange for
child care at least one week in
advance, contact Susan Stein.
February 20: Movie,
“My Neighbor Totoro,” Unrated,
Facilitator is Matthew Frisk
News From The JustACT Team
New Year Started with a Visit
Supporting the Sanctuary Project
at First Unitarian Society of Denver
After a service at Columbine
about the Sanctuary Project at
First Unitarian, and the need to
provide more help and sanctuary
for undocumented members with
children
born in this
country,
thirty-four
members of
the
Columbine
Congregation signed up to
support the movement, through a
new website called “Lotsa Helping
Hands” (to sign up go to:
//www.lotsahelpinghands.com/c/721765).
The purpose of the website is to
share in providing support for an
undocumented immigrant who
has received a deportation order
and who has a family with
children born in this country.
On Saturday, January 10th, eleven
members of Columbine went to
First Unitarian in Denver to visit
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Arturo Hernandez, who is in
sanctuary at that church, after
receiving a deportment order. He
has two children born in the USA.
Arturo has been living in quarters
in the basement of First Unitarian
since October of 2014, and enjoys
opportunities to visit with other
people to pass the time. We
wanted to learn about the life he
leads, provide encouragement
for him, his wife and two children,
and provide aid in the form of
food, and gift cards for
purchasing more food, clothing
and other necessities.
We played a new game with
Arturo in the low sealing
recreation room. The game,
provided by JustACT’s Team
Leader, Maureen Flanigan, while
we sat in chairs on either side.
Arturo was outstanding at the
game,
frequently
heading
the ball,
soccer
style, instead of batting it with his
hands.
After the game Arturo showed us
his bedroom, next to the
recreation room, as well as several
projects that he is working on in
the church to be of help.
We then shared a potluck lunch
with Arturo and his nine year old
daughter, Andrea, while we
continued our conversation about
his experience, and then gave
him cards of support from our
group, as
well as gift
cards for
food, and
other
necessities
for his
family. It was a worthwhile project
for all.
JustACT News Continued
Love Knows No Borders…No
Walls
February Detention Center
Vigil on Monday, February 2nd.
Join us as we continue our
witness at the detention center
vigils from 6:00-7:00 pm at the
ICE for-profit GEO Detention
Center at 30th & Peoria in
Aurora, CO. Stand in solidarity
Share Your Love!! Help make
Valentine’s for those being
held at the Detention Center
We’ll have a table set up with
hearts, doilies, markers and
While Life gets better for
millions of gays, the number of
homeless LGBT teens, many
cast out by their families,
quietly keeps growing.
Come and learn about this
issue at our February 22nd
worship service. We have
invited Nadine Bridges, the
director of Rainbow Alley, to
speak. Rainbow Alley is a
local center focused
specifically on the needs of
LGBT youth, ages 12-21. We
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carpool contact Maureen
Flanigan at 303-972-9453 or
[email protected]
Directions from the church:
Take I-25 north to I-70 east. Exit
south (right) at Peoria then turn
right (west) at 30th.
with all families facing
separation from their loved
ones. For information or to
stickers; you add the love
through February 8th. Tell
those in detention that they
are not forgotten. No está
olvidado.
will be
presenting “Rainbow Alley
Nadine with is a local center
a generous focused
check from specifically on
the needs of
the
LGBT youth,
proceeds
ages 12-21. “
of our Fall
Festival.
Rainbow Alley typifies our
principle of the worth and
dignity of every person and
offers support to an especially
vulnerable population. Please
make a special effort to
attend.
The Columbine UU Church Book Club will meet Wednesday, February 25th
The book being discussed Wednesday, February
25th, is “Caleb’s Crossing” by Geraldine Brooks
Bethia Mayfield is a restless and curious young woman growing up
in Martha's Vineyard in the 1660s amid a small band of pioneering
English Puritans. At age twelve, she meets Caleb, the young son of
a chieftain, and the two forge a secret bond that draws each into
the alien world of the other. Bethia's father is a Calvinist minister
who seeks to convert the native Wampanoag, and Caleb
becomes a prize in the contest between old ways and new,
eventually becoming the first Native American graduate of
Harvard College. Inspired by a true story and narrated by the
irresistible Bethia, Caleb’s Crossing brilliantly captures the triumphs
and turmoil of two brave, openhearted spirits who risk everything
in a search for knowledge at a time of superstition and ignorance.
The Book Club meets at 7:30 p.m., at the church on the fourth
Wednesday of each month. Interested members gather at 5:45
p.m., at a local restaurant prior to the meeting. A little early
because it might be more crowded.
The restaurant chosen for February is Hurricane Grill and Wings
Bowles Avenue & Wadsworth Blvd; Bowles Crossing Shopping Center
8025 West Bowles Ave
Littleton, CO 80123 Phone: 303-573-8000
The book chosen for discussion in March 2015 is “Boy, Snow, Bird”,
by Helen Oyeyemi
A modern reimagining of the Snow White fairy tale follows the
experiences of a woman who marries a mid-20th-century
Massachusetts single father and succumbs to vanity when the birth
of her baby reveals her husband to be a light-skinned African American
You need not have read the book to participate, and visitors are
welcome. For information about the restaurant please contact
Debbie Doyle, Book Club Coordinator ([email protected])
303-697-9503
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Officers
Sue Fraley, President
Greg Lauer, Vice President
Maura Wamsley, Secretary
Mike Morris Treasurer
Trustees
David Manning
Taylor Powers
Deb Suzuki
[email protected]
303-972-1716
Columbine Unitarian Universalist Church Staff
Rev. Julia McKay, Minister
[email protected]
Newsletter Editor: Cris Cardenas
Martin Blue-Norton, Director of Faith Development
[email protected]
Newsletter Asst. Editor: Sylvia Burnside
Matthew Frisk, Music Director
[email protected]
Cris Cardenas, Church Administrator
[email protected]
www.columbineuuchurch.org
Columbine Unitarian Universalist Church
6724 S. Webster Street
Littleton, CO 80128
303-972-1716
www.columbineuuchurch.org
www.facebook.com/pages/Columbine-Unitarian-Universalist-Church/230698863622620
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