The Church of Universal Fellowship in Orono As Part of the Organization’S Music with a Mission Series

Dear Friends, In so many ways our Church of Universal Fellowship has a long history of involvement in issues that deal with equality, healing and redistribution of resources. Years ago, the church The was instrumental in beginning the Church Orono Health Association, the of Orono Chapter of American Field Service, and Universal relocating and supporting a Vietnamese family into Orono. More recently, we have held a seminar series on the Palestinian/Israeli Fellowship conflict and again this spring on the ongoing challenges of our Summer 2018 white privilege. We continue to support the journey of Nicole Maines, the trans girl who joined CUF as a middle school student. 82 Main Street Our church was a phone bank location for the Equality Maine Orono, Maine 04473 movement that legalized same sex marriage, and this spring we 207-866-3655 were the gathering place for the area’s March for Our Lives. We offer Our Whole Lives (sexuality education program) to our own email: young people and to the wider community. We unanimously [email protected] supported the Maine Chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility’s petition to end nuclear arms. While continuing our web address: churchofuniversalfellowship.org emphasis on social issues, we are also doing our best to address climate change issues in our aging building.

The only question for us now is: what’s next? Where is our attention Minister’s Message 1 needed? Where are our hearts passionate about what is happening all around us? Of course, we need to continue to Around CUF 2 address some of these same issues. Our white privilege, for example, continues to blight our lives and the very soul of this What Defines Us 3 nation. Our Deacons are asking each of us to think carefully and respond by filling in the graphic in the Adult Spiritual Growth 4 Gathering Place (shown on page 3). What’s on your heart these days? The bulletin board in the Gathering Upcoming Events 5-6 Place is waiting for your input! Announcements 7 See you in church, our sacred space, Pilgrim Lodge 6 Lorna The Reverend Lorna Grenfell drawing by Leo Hasbrouck! Around CUF . . . Bibles were presented to our five Thank you to beautiful Alyssa Urquhart for again children moving up from raising funds for cancer research by drawing attention CUF’s Elementary Class to the need by shaving her head!... Flower to our Communion was lovely this year with the children Young Adults With Pizzazz (at last!) gathering us in with the song Dazzling Bouquet! We loved all our tall people bringing in the gladiolas and Carly Climo sunflowers!... The children thanked all their Teg Coiley nurturers—from Sunday School teachers to Mystery Friends—with beautiful handmade starfish, glittering Nora Dobbs bead stars and hand-dyed flowers!!... Draw the Circle Emily Ellis Wide saw the children taking our hands and moving Elizabeth Smith all of us out of the pews to form a huge circle!... The

Orono High School Show Choir was a big hit by bringing their award-wining performance of Define Me to CUF’s Music with a Mission! Great job, Cami, and thank you, kids, for raising money for Bangor’s Shaw Cards of Congratulations!

House (homeless teens)!... After a long winter, it’s so Sonja Birthisel great to welcome people home to Orono—Betty Carr, 76 Main St., Orono ME 04473 Wally and Darcy Campbell, David Cox and Stephen Outstanding Graduate Student Service Award Burnham, and Randy and Lyn Adkins!... Earth Day College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, was celebrated by so many helping to clean up our & Agriculture, University of Maine front yards! Thank you to Alma Homola for the lovely pansies at the front door!... Don’t forget to read the Thomas Griffith beautiful memoir of Robert F. Kennedy by Tom 37 Middle Street, Orono ME 04473 Deegan in the BDN!... Bachelor of Arts ~ magna cum laude Cards of condolence on the death of University of Maine Shirley L. Caron to her daughter Sandra Caron Elsa Jolliffe-Saunders 3 University Place, Orono, ME 04473 16 Mayo, Orono ME 04473 ~~~~~ (granddaughter of Norman and Anita Jolliffe) Cards of condolence on the death of Orono High School Class of 2018

Elijah McGill 4 Peters Street, Orono ME 04473 2018 Student Recognition Award Maine Foreign Language Association

Kent Raymond 1 Westridge Dr., Hermon ME 04401 Eagle Scout Award

George Smith Thomas Gordon Helmle 43 15th Street, Bangor, ME 04401 to his stepdaughter Lauri Sidelko Eagle Scout Award 40 Westwood Dr., Orono ME 04473 ~~~~ Aurora Sullivan Cards of condolence on the death of 785 Woodland Ave., Old Town ME 04468 Dorothy Mae Plummer Bachelor of Science ~ magna cum laude to her husband Harvard University The Reverend Dr. Roger Plummer 17 Page Place, Orono, ME 04473 Jessie Walker 25 Winterhaven Drive, Orono ME 04473 Orono High School Class of 2018 2

What are you passionate about? This graphic is located in the Gathering Place. Please add your ideas and thoughts! The CUF Deacons

The Adult Spiritual Growth Team at CUF is looking for people who are interested in offering presentations for 2018-19. These can be on any topic that the presenter finds interesting or valuable in a broadly defined spiritual sense. Among the many possibilities; slide shows of trips, book reviews, biographies, demonstrations of how to do something (e.g., designing a garden, meditation, origami, cooking), talks about diet or exercise plans, invitations to get involved in an event or activity, and many, many others. A list of topics and books (we are great readers!) suggested by members is shown below, and presentations on any of these topics would be great! These presentations are about an hour long and take place after church on Sundays from October to May, however, multi-session presentations and/or different days are also possible. For more information, to talk about an idea, or to schedule a date, please get in touch with Will Hunter in person, by email ([email protected]), or telephone (207) 290-5465. Topics Living what we believe Senior housing – Hasbrouck Ct/Longfellow/Dirigo/Crosby Misogyny Court/Orono Commons Conversation & race- Challenging prejudice Health & well being Thriving through long winters Ethics Braving the Wilderness (discussion series) Women’s issues Introduction to Kripalo (Gentle Yoga) Aging issues Daisy’s Children (Honduras) Reduction of plastic Study of Mary Magdalene All lives matter Pets/Animals How to stay “woke” in our everyday life that is insulated from Crafts many of these issues Dolls Community Outer space Love Gardening Friendship Hiking/Outdoor experiences Mindfulness A hymn sung with Laura Artesani Movies Three Billboards in Ebbing Missouri Hidden Figures Selma Leap The Lady in the Van Life Inside Out A Wrinkle in Time Woman in Gold Books Long Walk to Freedom: Autobiography of Nelson Mandela Maisie Dobbs Mystery Series by Jacqueline Winspear Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday It's Your World: Get Informed, Get Inspired & Get Going! by Life by Thich Nhat Hanh Chelsea Clinton Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon Little Women by Luisa May Alcott In One Person by Jonathan Livingston Wish by Barbara O'Connor Lost in the Barrens by Farley Mowat Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson The Curse of the Viking Grave by Farley Mowat Nancy Drew Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene War Horse by Michael Morpurgo The School Story by Andrew Clements The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling Siberian Rescue by Wendall Trembly The Altered History of Willow Sparks by Tara O’Connor The Common Good by Richard B. Reich The Lost Island: A Gideon Crew Novel Gideon Crew series by All the Light we Cannot See by Anthony Deer Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child Does Jesus Really Love Me?: A Gay Christian's Pilgrimage in The Baby Sitters Club Series by Ann M. Martin Search of God in America by Jeff Chu Masterpiece by Elise Broach Sarah Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan The Janitor's Boy by Andrew Clements Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism by bell hooks The Laundry News by Andrew Clements One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame (One Thousand White Women Series) by Jim Fergus Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Waking Up White: and Finding Myself in the Story of Race Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton by Debby Irving Summer of '42 by Herman Raucher No One Cares About Crazy People: The Chaos and We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson Heartbreak of Mental Health in America by Ron Powers And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie Bosch Series by Michael Connolly The Tomb by Michael Crichton Adirondack Mountain Mystery Series by S.W. Hubbard Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Series by Louise Penny

MONDAY BOOK NIGHT TOMORROW! June 4, 7:00 pm Book: Mary Coin: A Novel by Marisa Silver In 1936, a young mother resting by the side of the road in central California is spontaneously photographed by a woman documenting migrant laborers in search of work. Few personal details are exchanged and neither woman has any way of knowing that they have produced one of the most iconic images of the Great Depression. In present day, Walker Dodge, a professor of cultural history, stumbles upon a family secret embedded in the now-famous picture. In luminous prose, Silver creates an extraordinary tale from a brief event in history and its repercussions throughout the decades that follow—a reminder that a great photograph captures the essence of a moment yet only scratches the surface of a life. Join us for discussion in the Gathering Place. We will be voting on books for next year! (see below) All welcome!

Oh, the Possibilities! CUF Book Group suggested list for 2018/19

The CUF Monday Night Book Group meets monthly and will have its last meeting of the spring

tomorrow evening, June 4, at 7:00 pm in the Gathering Place to discuss Mary Coin: A Novel by

Marisa Silver. The group will also be deciding on the final TEN books for this coming year beginning in September. Below are ALL the suggestions that this very eclectic group is considering! (The group fully realizes that only Barbara Turner will be able to read them all!) Everyone is always welcome at these lively discussions!

Stephen Brill: Tailspin: The People and Forces Behind America’s Fifty-Year Fall—and Those fighting to Reverse It (2018, nonfiction)

Chelsea Clinton: It’s Your World: Get Informed, Get Inspired & Get Going! (2017, YA nonfiction)

Brian Doyle: Martin Marten: A Novel (2016, YA fiction)

Jason Fagone: The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine Who Outwitted America's Enemies (2017 nonfiction)

Jim Fergus: One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd (1999 historical fiction)

Mark Foss: Life Inside Out: How I Found True Freedom in God (2017 nonfiction)

David Grann: Killers of the Flower Moon: the Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI (2018 nonfiction)

Debbie Irving: Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race (2014 nonfiction)

James Joyce: The Dubliners (1914 fiction, literary classic)

Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela (1995 nonfiction)

Elizabeth Moon: The Speed of Dark (2004 science fiction)

Louise Penny: any of the Armand Gamache Mystery Novels (2008-2017)

Ron Powers: No One Cares about Crazy People: My Family and the Heartbreak of Mental Illness in America (2018 nonfiction)

Sir Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman: Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophesies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (1990 fantasy)

Ann Rice: The Feast of All Saints (1986 historical fiction)

Amor Towles: A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel (2016 fiction)

Wendall L. Tremblay: Siberian Rescue (2017 fiction)

J. D. Vance: Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture In Crisis (2018 nonfiction) Colson Whitehead: Underground Railroad (2016 fiction)

Jacqueline Winspear: To Die But Once: A Maisie Dobbs Novel (2018 fiction, mystery series)

ve Free! Saturday, June 16, 6-10 p.m. in downtown Orono at Sa te! fifteen venues. Come check out Rich Kennefic, Orono da 40 acts! the 15 venues! High School Show Choir, Divisi, Sandy Phippen, Rockin’Ron Band, Orono Middle School selections from Seussical, Nathan Lesser, Jules Hathaway, Larry and Leslie Latour, Brooke Nason, Kathleen Ellis, Chana Wingard and Isaiah Grace, and more!

If you want to just settle in at CUF, you won’t be Orono’s summer arts fes. val disappointed. Here is the line-up for CUF:

6 p.m. - Orono Middle School excerpts from Seussical Saturday, June 16, 6-10pm 7 p.m. - Divisi 8 p.m. - Orono High School Show Choir Downtown Orono 9 p.m. - Euphony Put June 16 on your calendar now!!

Music with a Mission -- You will want to be here for this one!! “Broadway & Beyond” returns to support Partners for Peace on Aug. 3

"Broadway & Beyond" with Dr. Laura Artesani, Emily Ann Cain, Kelly Caufield & Matthew Small. A Partners for Peace benefit: Aug. 3, 7 p.m. at our Church of Universal Fellowship

Singers Emily Ann Cain, Kelly Caufield and Matthew Small, along with pianist Dr. Laura Artesani, will return to perform a new “Broadway & Beyond” concert program at 7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 3 at the Church of Universal Fellowship in Orono as part of the organization’s Music With a Mission series. A portion of the concert proceeds will support Partners for Peace. The upcoming Orono concert will mark the troupe's second season in this historic Orono venue. The original “Broadway & Beyond” team of friends has joined forces to perform musical theater, pop, standards and more for nearly two decades, often in support of worthy causes, including Special Olympics Maine and others. These New England-based entertainers relish the opportunity to connect with one another -- and their audiences -- through music. Aside from their many concert appearances as soloists and ensemble members, Cain, Caufield and Small have appeared together with the University of Maine Singers, UMaine School of Performing Arts productions, Renaissance/The Maine Steiners a cappella groups, Schoolhouse Arts Center at Sebago Lake and other performing arts organizations. Dr. Artesani worked with the trio of singers for several years as their music professor at UMaine. She also serves as organist for the Church of Universal Fellowship. “Broadway & Beyond” and the Church of Universal Fellowship have chosen to support Partners for Peace as their non-profit for this concert. The organization provides prevention education, advocacy and responsive services for Penobscot and Piscataquis County families impacted by domestic violence. General admission to the concert is $15 at the door or $12 in advance. Contact the Church of Universal Fellowship at (207) 866-3655 for tickets and more information.

Summer Sunday Worship Hour: 10:00 am

The Worship Team has announced that CUF will be holding our Sunday worship services at 10:00 am this summer. We will try this time on Sundays in June, July and August and decide by Labor Day if this time is something we would like to continue through the winter months. On June 10th our worship hour changes to 10:00 am. Worship will be led by guest ministers on the following Sundays: June 24; July 15, 22, 29; August 5, 12. Sunday School and Nursery Services provided year-round. The CUF Worship Team

Summer Greeters and Hospitality

We are going to try something a bit different for both greeters and hospitality this summer. Given summer schedules and the unpredictability of people being out of town, we are going to ask for “volunteer” greeters each Sunday. Please step up to greet if you are one of the first to arrive and no other greeters are in place. Please don't be shy about this. One greeter or more is fine!

For Hospitality, Deacons and other regulars will put out the “simple summer fare” of lemonade and cookies/crackers each week. We'll only need one table with a couple of pitchers of lemonade and a basket or two of cookies. Once again, volunteers are appreciated!

As always, thanks for your help! CUF Fellowshio and Caring Team

Summer Office Hours for June and July Monday: 9-2 & Wednesday: 9-2

Share a Ride! Would you be willing to drive someone to and from church a Sunday or two this summer? We have several people in Orono who would greatly appreciate a ride to and from church. If you are willing, please call or email me and I can give you the details. Thanks! Ed Brazee, 576-8401 or [email protected]

Backpack Program Update

Our program supports 10 families whose children benefit from food sent home every Friday to supplement the family pantry on the days children are not receiving breakfast and lunch at school. These families are identified confidentially by the school guidance counselor, nurse and teachers. Volunteers from CUF shop once a month and deliver food to the school. These helpers are Ed Brazee, Barbara Turner, Judy Whitney and Bob and Ginny Gallant. Our efforts are funded by plate collections at CUF, along with generous donations from the Orono Health Association, the Orono-Old Town Kiwanis and anonymous donors, This year our monthly food deliveries averaged a little over 100 dollars per month. The total for the academic year was $948.27 Peter Buehner, guidance counselor at Orono Middle School, passes along his deep appreciation of this program, as expressed by the students who benefit every week. Thank you to everyone who helps make this program possible.

Cathy Marquez Social Justice Team

Alliance held another successful Daffodil. Luncheon & Fashion Show on the 8th of May Thank you to the many volunteers involved; ticket sellers, flower arrangers, kitchen crew, waitresses, models, clean-up crew, and all who came. Everyone enjoyed the fun and camaraderie. Alliance takes the summer months off and will meet again September 11th. Mark your calendars and have a wonderful summer.

Is Pilgrim Lodge in your summer plans? Pilgrim Lodge, owned and operated by the Maine Conference of the United Church of Christ, is a seasonal retreat center and summer camp located on Lake Cobbosseecontee in West Gardiner, Maine. During the summer months Pilgrim Lodge is the central location for the UCC’s youth ministry program of in Maine. The program also includes trip camps at other locations and weekend events for adults. Campers come to Pilgrim Lodge for one week in the summer. Each week is geared toward a particular age group. The youngest campers have finished second grade and our oldest campers are in high school. Camp operations such as lifeguarding, food service, and maintenance are performed by a trained paid staff. The program directors (known as “deans”) and counselors are volunteers from local UCC congregations. These leaders change weekly, offering fresh and exciting programming. They are screened and trained by the Outdoor Ministries Committee. Pilgrim Lodge offers fun and meaningful programming in addition to all the familiar camp activities such as arts and crafts, swimming, boating, nature education, music, and games. The Pilgrim Lodge experience is rich and rewarding for campers, volunteers and staff. We invite you to join us in Christian fellowship. Inspiration is infused into lives through the power of love, nature, and God. Along the shores of Lake Cobbosseecontee, the UCC is blessed to nurture this ministry of inclusion. Amidst all the fun of summer camp, we teach stories from the Bible, as well as critical thinking. We find creative and fun new ways to bring meaning and enjoyment to worship. We celebrate and explore the awesome power of metaphor. We set the table for the feast God offers, without the arrogance of assuming we have all the answers, or that everyone’s experience of God is identical. We encourage and enable people to listen for God; we do not claim to speak God’s voice. Often empowerment comes from recognizing the divine through healthy human connection: Christ is in the eyes and hearts of our brothers and sisters. In seeking, and finding that connection in one another, we recognize it within ourselves. Outdoor ministry has two foundational elements: community and creation. As our culture is increasingly withdrawing from community we believe that intentional periods of living together surrounded by the beauty of the earth, away from the stress and strain of ordinary, technology- centered routines, give our spirits a chance to be open to life in a real and vital manner. There are brochures for this summer’s camps and events in the Gathering Place. For more information on individual camps, please visit: http://www.pilgrimlodge.org/ To schedule a site visit or to speak to a representative please call 724-3200