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MARCH 2012 Newslettere March 2012 The Oak Leaf Kathy Grey, Editor [email protected] NEWSLETTER OF THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF OAK CLIFF We, the Unitarian Universalist Church ! Oak Cliff, facilitate individual spiritual growth and manifest our shared values through action with the greater community. SUNDAY SERVICES 10am – 11am MARCH 11:15am – noon: SUNDAY Children’s/Adult Religious Education SERVICES Choir Rehearsal 10-11am Guided Meditation Meet & Greet Childcare is available 10am–noon Architects of Faith “Our theologies must drive our commitment to the UU Religion, and our religion must compel us to the creation of a welcoming and justice-seeking Beloved Community. We are the Architects of our Faith and our future.” —Rev. Mark Walz Preceded by Ingathering and We continue to explore this theme as lay leaders and guest ministers take Lifespan Religious Education the pulpit in Mark’s absence. Childcare is available 6:30–8:30pm March 4 – Spring Cleaning for the Soul – There is something instinctive about the connection between the time-honored tradition of opening the IN THIS ISSUE windows to clear away the dust of winter, new seedlings shaking off the soil as they push towards the sun and clearing out the past in our lives to UUCOC Updates ...........................p.2 create a space for new growth. This Sunday we will discuss “spring cleaning” around the world and explore the purposes of this phenomenon Did You Know...? ..........................p.2 that move beyond simply removing dirt. Star dust will be used, in place of Pastoral Care/Community Caring ashes, during a worship ritual, to remind ourselves that this holy day is not Speaker’s Forum ..........................p.3 a time for monastic introspection, but for expansion of mind and heart. Rev. Marcia Shannon will preach. Children’s Religious Education ...p.4 Rev. Shannon received her MDiv from Duke University, and is currently UUCOC’s Vespers & Monthly Adult RE ........p.5 Director of Lifespan Religious Education and coach of the Lay Pastoral Care Team. Fundraising Concert ....................p.6 March 11 – From John Murray to Meg Riley and Beyond – Members of Endowment / Estate Planning .....p.6 the UUCOC Social Justice Ministry will take the pulpit, looking at the concept of universal salvation and how we got from there to “Standing on Coordinating Council Report ......p.7 the Side of Love.” Board Reports ...............................p.8 March 18 – If Grace is True – Existential validation, not empirical Social Justice Film .......................p.9 verification grounds religious truth. Thus we can experience religious truth Book Review .................................p.9 as being “struck by grace.” Mark’s good friend Rev. Tony Lorenzen visits our pulpit with this exploration of Grace and Universalism. Ethicureans .................................p.10 Rev. Lorenzen is a Harvard-trained UU Minister (formerly of Pathways UU in Oak Cliff Earth Day .....................p.10 Southlake) and Reiki Master. Church Community ....................p.11 March 25 – Developing Balance Between Logic and Love – UUCOC Labyrinth Walk Coffee House ....p.12 Worship Ministry members Geoff Poole and Heather Hood will bring their unique perspectives to the pulpit. Southwest District Events .........p.12 UUCOC • 3839 W. Kiest, Dallas, TX 75233 (214) 337-2429 www.oakcliffuu.org • Rev. Mark Walz, Minister ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY EDITOR’S CORNER Kathy Grey Rev. Mark Walz continues to improve, Observations and opinions from your Oak Leaf editor dropping in at Vespers and attending the Oh, we had been doing such a good job getting the newsletter out on service last Sunday. Want to visit him at time! What happened, you ask? Life got in the way. (Life = illness, work, home? Just call first. As he recuperates, all those routine things that end up taking longer than expected, and all church questions should be directed to that unexpected stuff that happens routinely. So...apologies from your these “go-to” people: newsletter editor! Better late than never, I ALWAYS say! And a big thank- you to everyone who contributed articles and news.) Kimberlyn Crowe Submission deadline for next month: March 22. (214) 205-0344 [email protected] DID YOU KNOW....? Worship/Vespers, underwriting of guest speaker/minister A Lay Pastoral Care Ministry Team (LPCT) and Community Caring Anita Mills Ministry Team (CCT) are now being organized at UUCOC. These two teams will support the minister to provide pastoral care, and do so as an (214) 450-4606 expression of the caring we have for our fellow congregants. [email protected] The Lay Pastoral Care Ministry Team’s pioneer members have experi- Underwriting of guest speaker/minister ence in providing pastoral care or in crisis counseling. They will offer their or general questions skills by being present in times of need, lending a listening ear, and Marcia Shannon sharing their knowledge of community resources and making referrals. (214) 929-2094 They will not do in-depth counseling/therapy, or give advice. The LPCT's [email protected] help will mean being present at hospitalizations, institutionalizations, at times of death and bereavement, or when a member is dealing with a life Visitation/assistance to Mark and crisis or emotional distress. family, pastoral care and crisis support The Community Caring Team’s pioneer members want to express their care for fellow congregants by acknowledging changes in members' lives, Jay and Mari Vega calling on persons who are chronically ill, shut-in, or in long-term care (214) 659-1866 facilities, and by calling and sending cards to members and friends who [email protected] have not been seen in some time. In addition, this team will assist in Rental administration making community referrals for practical needs such as durable medical equipment, emergency food resources, and pet care in time of need. Pat McAfee Organizational meetings are continuing, and vision and mission (214) 957-7505 statements will need to be written to bring this into existence. We have an [email protected] excellent start, and invite you to help be a part of one of these teams. Anything else! Your willingness to work as a team, and respect for confidentiality will be key. Interested? You are needed. Please contact Rev. Marcia Shannon and express your desire to participate as soon as possible. BLOOD DRIVE CONTINUES Anyone can go to the RETURN OF THE CALLING CIRCLE donation center of their choosing at a time convenient We're reviving a "Calling Circle" to check on members for them and donate in Mark’s living alone. Elaine Wildman is gathering the names of name, using the Sponsor #: those who want to be a part of this system to assure that SPON100370. you are OK and ready for another day. Call her at 972-224-2377 or email [email protected]. For every donation, Mark receives $10 off the uninsured portion of blood products.The donor also receives a UUCOC Covenant Of Right Relations: $1,000 credit toward the uninsured portion of blood products for him/herself We honor each individual’s spiritual journey. and dependent family members for one We celebrate life’s abundance in service to each other, year. There is no time limit for donations our community, and the world. in Mark’s name. We connect with each other in love, respect and acceptance. See www.carterbloodcare.org for locations. Thus do we covenant together. The Oak Leaf • Newsletter of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Oak Cliff Page 2 Downwinders at Risk Recap February’s Speaker’s Forum guest Jim Schermbeck, leader of grassroots environmental group Downwinders at Risk, offered a sobering look at the environmental risks from gas drilling and development (“fracking”) in the Dallas area—while assuring that active citizen involvement can, and has, effected positive change. Best known as the longtime watchdog over Midlothian’s waste-burning cement plants, A monthly presentation and Q&A session Downwinders today is a major defender of clean air in our region. The group’s success featuring an organization making a positive difference in Texas. The goal? Offer the Oak Cliff stories are significant and hard-fought. In 2006, Downwinders negotiated a landmark and Southwest Dallas communities a chance to settlement that brought new pollution control technology to the Midlothian cement participate in a stimulating, thought-provoking complex, and also created the largest private clean air trust in Texas: “The Sue Pope discussion of meaningful issues of the day. Fund.” Environmentalists are now participating in North Texas air planning committee decisions; before then only government and business leaders took part. Schermbeck pointed to action on Frisco’s lead smelter as an example of empowering the Lambda Legal citizen “to quit being a passive receptor, a downwinder, and get a seat at the table.” Once Discusses on the outskirts, the smelter now sits downtown, near public parks and 1,000 ft. from a GLBT Rights high school. Piles of lead lay in plain sight, lead lined walls around the smelter, and lead was dumped into an adjacent creek. Last year Downwinders organized residents to act March 14 (“Frisco Unleaded”), and “now the city is taking the first steps toward closing the plant. This is what happens when you combine Downwinders with concerned citizens.” Speaker’s Forum presents a discussion with representatives from Today, Downwinders has joined a coalition concerned with fracking: Dallas Residents Lambda Legal, the oldest and largest at Risk. Using data from the Open Records Act, the group developed a startling map national legal organization committed (shown below) which shows the inventory of gas leases (110 total) ALREADY approved to the civil rights of GLBT people and on city-owned land. “More smog-producing pollution is being released into North Texas skies from gas drilling and development than from all the cars and trucks in DFW com- those with HIV.
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