May 2011
You are invited
by the Eliot Chapel Board of Trustees
for two events of fellowship and understanding.
Saturday, May 14 100 South Taylor Ave. Kirkwood, MO 6:30 – 8:30 pm 63122-4310
(314) 821-0911 A Potluck Dinner and Board Information Night www.eliotchapel.org
and Office Hours Monday - Friday 8:00 to 4:00 Sunday 9:00 to 1:00 Sunday, May 15
following the 11:00 service
Our Mission The Congregational Annual Meeting
Eliot Chapel, a Unitarian Universalist You will learn: community, • How the Appreciative Inquiry goals are articu- gathers to foster lated in the revised Values and Mission of Eliot free religious thought, Chapel. nurture spiritual growth, • How policy governance reflects these goals and act for social justice. and helps the leadership of Eliot and enables
the church to achieve these goals.
We will take a look back at accomplishments Board of Trustees: of the past year and look forward to the
Brent Vaughn, Chair bright future of Eliot Chapel. Mike Antoine, Chair-elect
William Lemon, Secretary RSVP for childcare by May 11 to the church office at
David Cox, Treasurer [email protected] or 314-821-0911.
Dave Day Bill Erdman Potluck dishes:
Marc Fried A-F: drinks G-L: salad and bread M-R: main dish S-Z: dessert Pat Gray Please sign up on the bulletin board.
Steve Lawrence Mary Meihaus
Page 1 Eliot Chapel Staff RE Gets Ready to Wrap Up Year News from the Religious Education Team Rev. Dr. David Keyes, Interim Minister Rev. Dr. Susan Videen, Minister of Pastoral Care What an exciting year we have had in Religious Rev. Richard Haynes, Education. Last month, seventeen 4th and 5th grade Community Minister youth participated in the spring mini lock-in in **** Adams Hall, complete with an Eliot Chapel scaven- Rev. John H. Robinson, ger hunt. We had 14 Senior High youth participate Minister Emeritus in the district youth convention (CON) in Palatine, Illinois and 18 Junior High youth involved with the Scott Stewart, Religious Education Director St. Louis area mini-CON at First Unitarian Church. Christie Lee, Religious Education Assistant A special thanks as well to Nancy Spargo and Rich Vaughn for serving as the adult advisors for the Jan Chamberlin, Music Director Homeless & Hungry in Kirkwood Experience Dr. Leon Burke III, Choir Director (HIKE) for Kirkwood-area youth, and a special ac- Sue Goldford, Pianist knowledgement to the youth from Eliot who partici- Jocelyn Rugaber, Pianist pated: Leslie Riggs, Melia Reeves-Long, Tadhg Jason Oestenstad, Pianist Duhigg, and Elli Daly.
Charles Lewis, Administrator We are eagerly looking ahead to another terrific year Terri Burtin, Publications Assistant of Religious Education programming for Eliot’s Jamacia Stanfield, Administrative Assistant children and youth in 2011-2012, and we need your help. Eliot’s Sunday morning ministry to children Myron Simms, Facilities Assistant and youth alone requires nearly 70 teachers and vo- Ed Liebman, Sunday Custodian lunteers working with kids at all different age levels. Volunteering with Eliot’s kids is a terrific opportuni- ty for folks of all ages to engage in personal ministry and put values such as love, compassion, and hospi- tality into action. Teaching also provides increased We’re Saving Trees and Saving opportunities for interaction and a stronger sense of Time, so Save This Newsletter! community with other folks at church. We invite you to stop by the teacher recruitment table in This is your last paper newsletter until the Sep- Adams Hall on May 1 and May 15 to find out more tember issue, so you may want to keep it handy for about what opportunities are available in the pro- reference. Electronic news will continue to pour gram next year and to consider signing up for this forth in the weekly email news blast. If you're not important ministry. You can also find out more in- signed up for Eliot's electronic communications, do formation about what opportunities are available by let the office know at [email protected]. contacting Scott Stewart or Christie Lee at 314-821- Ti me saved on not producing mailings (not to men- 0911 or [email protected]. tion money) will give Publications Assistant Terri Burtin more time to work over the summer on im- We are delighted to announce that Nancy Spargo, proving the web site. Look for the next Eliot new- Justin Carney, and Angie Bowland will be serving sletter in your mailbox at the end of August. And as next year’s Junior High advisors to 7th and 8th rest assured that Eliot Chapel will have outstanding grade youth. Plans are already being made for an worship and service opportunities all summer. exciting year of activities that will enable youth to explore different faith traditions, engage in social activities, and participate in social action and com- Page 2 munity service. We are thrilled to have Justin, Nan- Memorial Day Weekend Events cy, and Angie on board and assuming this important ministry role in the church. Bergfried Family Campout: 11:00 am Sunday worship, May 29, will be led by Rev. David Keyes We hope you are having a great spring. See you at with music by Jan Chamberlin and friends at the church. Bergfried property near Hermann, MO.
~ Scott Stewart, Religious Education Director The annual Animal Blessing, also on May 29 but at Christie Lee, Religious Education Assistant Eliot Chapel, will be led by Rev. Susan Videen with [email protected] music by the Kastner family. There will be one ser- vice at 10:00 am. Music Notes Many Thanks to all the volunteer singers and mu- Music Sunday this year will be on sicians who shared their talents with us this year in- Mother’s Day, May 8. Please join cluding the singers of the Chamber Choir, the Chorale, us for a celebration of music as the Children’s Chalice Choir, Nancy Collis and the Leon Burke will lead the morning, Handbell Choir, Inner Voices, the Loafers, Prairie conducting combined choirs and Soul, The Eliot Winds, all the instrumentalists, the orchestra in Handel’s ―Ode to Saint Cecelia’s Day.‖ Music Committee and all who helped with Soulstice Saint Cecelia was the patron saint of music. This is Cafés and Coffee House. The need for meaningful mu- the second part of our choir exchange with Second sic will continue through the summer, so please let me Baptist Church of Greater St. Louis, so we welcome know of your availability: Jan Chamberlin, some of their singers to join with us that morning. [email protected]. (The first part of the exchange took place when we sang with them for Good Friday, last month.) Join the New Worship Support Team
Friends of Music present their last concert of the Many details go into making Sunday mornings hap- season on Sunday, May 15 at 3:00 pm in the sanctu- pen. We would like to be intentional about creating a ary. The classical music series is free and open to the calmer, welcoming atmosphere for worship. More public. The first half of the program will include hands are needed to balance the workload. If you Music for Renaissance flute and Baroque violin, per- attend regularly and can lend a hand with details, formed by flutist and recorder player James Harris please sign up in the hallway or contact Jan and violinist Lorraine Glass-Harris of the St. Louis Chamberlin at [email protected]. Specific Symphony Orchestra. Included in the repertoire will needs include folks to assist with flower commu- be a Fantasia for solo flute by Georg Phillip Tele- nion, sound system and pod casting. Also on the mann, a Prelude and Divisions for violin solo on list is chalice lighting, furniture moving, child de- John Come Kiss Me Now by Thomas Baltzar, and a dication preparation, and setting hymnals. We duo for flute and violin by Antonio Gardano, Con- promise minimal meetings and great fulfillment. tent Desir. The second half of the program will in- ~Jan Chamberlin, Music Director clude Johannes Brahms’ Sonata for Clarinet and Pi- [email protected] ano in F minor, Op. 120, no. 1, performed by Jessica Ingraham, clarinet and David Doran, piano. For more information, visit www.fomcstl.org. Rev. Keyes to Return
The Friends of Music Board of Directors would like The Board has invited Interim Minister David to thank the music lovers of Eliot Chapel for attend- Keyes to return for a second year at Eliot Chapel, ing this year’s concerts and supporting the series: and he has enthusiastically accepted. David will be Jan Chamberlin, Kathi and Jeffrey Kurtzman, away most of the summer, but plans to return in late August to see the church through the exciting Alan Rosenkoetter, Chiann-Yi Yawitz, Marcia and Robert Kern. process of calling a new, settled senior minister.
May 2011 Page 3 Animal Blessing Service Sunday, May 29 at 10:00 am
Bring your furry, scaly and feathered friends for the 18th annual Eliot Chapel Animal Blessing. Rev. Eliot Chapel welcomes the following new members Sue Videen will officiate who have recently joined: Susan and Jim Reed and for the very last time. Karen Randazzo. We’re glad you are here!
The following guidelines have been established to make this an enjoyable experience for all: May Offering to be Shared with Be in control of your pet at all times. Youth in Need’s Street Outreach
Keep your dog on a leash and keep all other Youth in Need provides wide-ranging services to animals in appropriate carriers. over 10,000 children and families at 25 sites, span- Walk your dog outdoors before entering the ning 100 mile in eastern Missouri. The Street Out- sanctuary. reach program focuses on helping homeless youth. Inside the sanctuary, sit with dogs on the south side, cats on the north side and all other March Shared Collection Reaches animals in the center. Please clean up after your pet both inside and Out to Gateway 180
outside the sanctuary. Eliot Chapel presented a check for $1,765.50 to Gateway 180: Homelessness Reversed from the The balcony will be reserved for people who want to March shared collection. In addition to the funds, enjoy the service but do not want to sit with the Eliot members and youth groups participated in animals. other projects to help clients at the family shelter. Thanks for your continuing outreach to those in A Farewell to Rev. Sue need.
The time has come for Rev. Sue Videen to retire and leave us, but not before we have a chance to say Great Things Are Happening thank you and wish her well. A Note from the Board of Trustees
We’ll start by taking her out to dinner. You are wel- The Board wishes to extend its heartfelt thank you come to join Eliot friends in treating Sue to dinner at to Boyd Jones and the Stewardship Team (Steven Amici's on Friday, May 6. If you would like to join Bain, Robin Kraujalis, Karen Gender and Brian in the fun, call Mary Meihaus for a reservation. Krippner) for all of the hard work leading the church in a very successful canvass campaign and Then please join us in honoring Sue at a reception fun-filled Celebration Sunday in April. We also wish in Adams Hall after both services on May 22. to express our appreciation for the thoughtful guid- Let’s show Sue how much we appreciate her many ance by Rev. Keyes. years of service to Eliot Chapel and wish her luck as she heads off to Santa Fe. The Annual Meeting will be held Sunday, May 15 at 12:15 pm. Agenda items include the Board's report to the congregation and the election of new trustees to the Board.
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NOW is When it Counts The Stewardship team would like to share this inspiring poem by the great Unitarian philosopher and An Update from the Stewardship Team poet, Channing Emerson Greenleaf:
We are well into our 2011-2012 canvass campaign – The canvass goes well; NOW is when it counts. We do not yet have final Our sum could be great; numbers to announce, but with half of our house- The time is now: make a difference: holds submitting pledge cards, we have already sig- make your promise: nificantly outpaced last year. We will keep everyone posted on the numbers as they come in. Put your pledge and your love in the collection plate.
This year, we had 45 Visiting Stewards/canvassers, a ~from "Onehood and Allness" larger and stronger team than Eliot has ever assem- bled. Armed with Robin Kraujalis and David Keyes' training and inspiration, they produced wonderful Search Committee Begins Work results. We of the Stewardship Team thank all of our Visiting Stewards for their dedication, and the Your Search Committee has begun its work by sche- gift of their time and talent to Eliot Chapel. duling a mid-May retreat with advisor and consultant Rev. Barbara Child. This will be a Saturday evening, The biggest round of applause is reserved for every Sunday event for all of the committee. Building rela- member and friend whose generosity has seen to it tionships with each other and establishing timelines that we meet the challenge of putting Eliot Chapel on and goals will be early tasks of the committee. solid financial footing for the coming year. We must show all ministerial candidates who are looking for a Other activities of the committee have included par- new church home that we are committed to our mis- ticipation in the stewardship campaign as canvassers sion and to each other with real strength. and by giving testimonials at the Sunday worship services. A review of the congregational record to To each of our members who has already committed determine what revisions are needed has begun. An their treasure so that Eliot may remain our vibrant exploration of how best to use technology for meet- spiritual home, we thank you for your promise of ings and in the search is being conducted. support. To each who has not yet made this year’s commitment – right now is when it counts. The committee is exploring a variety of ways to get This year’s may be the most significant pledge you input from the congregation regarding the search for ever make to determine our congregation’s future. a new minister. Contact the committee at Every single pledge is crucial to this year’s effort, [email protected] or: and to our covenant. Please give generously— Jan Erdman - [email protected] make a difference for Eliot Chapel, and in your own Ted Lau - [email protected] life. Kevin Mitchell - [email protected] Jordi Prats - [email protected] Let us know about your pledge by responding to the Trina Priese - [email protected] letters and emails that were sent out in April, or by Amy Stark - [email protected] contacting Charles Lewis in the office at 821-0911 Julie Triplett - [email protected] or [email protected]. Pledge online at www.eliotchapel.org. Search Committee Sunday Service, June 26 Mark your calendars for a special service at 10:00 Boyd Jones, Chair am on June 26, brought to you by your Ministerial Stewardship Team Search Committee. While still in planning, it prom-
ises to be both informative (regarding the search
process and your input) and inspirational. Complete
with special music. Stay tuned…
May 2011 Page 5 Nominating Committee All of your favorites will still be available at the Fair Trade table for purchase, but now we will have a Searches for Board Candidates ―Featured Flavor‖ to try for yourself in that Eliot
The Nominating Committee for Eliot Chapel is de- mug. More details to come. Please contact Tim veloping a slate of candidates for the Board of Trus- Gardner if you are interested in helping us brew up tees. The members of Eliot Chapel will vote on the more Fair Trade activity and how to direct a portion slate at the annual congregational meeting on Sun- of the proceeds. day, May 15. We thank the following people for their terms of service on the Board: Brent Vaughn Please consider joining a new team effort for com- (chair); Mary Meihaus and David Day (finishing munity gardening. Lee Street is looking for help in three-year terms); and Bill Erdman who is resigning the planting and maintenance of the Meacham Park after two years. At the congregational meeting we Community Gardens. It is a wonderful opportunity will install Mike Antoine as chair, and acknowledge for outdoor enjoyment, community building, and in- the efforts of the continuing Board trustees Pat tergenerational fun, not to mention the food source it Gray, William Lemon, Mark Fried, Steve Law- creates. If you are interested, please drop by the So- rence, and treasurer David Cox. There will be three cial Action Team table on Sundays, sign up on the new trustees, each installed for three-year terms, and bulletin board, or email us at one who will fill a one-year position. Look for brief [email protected]. biographies of these candidates on the hallway bulle- tin board and in the "This Week at Eliot Chapel" April is Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention email post soon. Month, and we have seven projects that target child- ren and youth. We need your leadership to help ~Ann Petlin, Chair make these happen. Contact Nancy Spargo at Nominating Committee [email protected] if you are interested in getting involved with or leading one of these initia- Looking for Ways to Serve Others? tives.
Contact the Social Action Team Room at the Inn Toys need to be
Another very successful shared collection went to sorted, cleaned, and replenished at the family shelter, Gateway 180: Homelessness Re- regular intervals. We currently have versed in March. They received $1,765.50 from our two RE classrooms signed up to generous members and friends. Thank you so much help with this, along with a few ad- for your treasure, and thanks again to the team mem- ditional families. We would like to bers and senior and junior high groups who all had make this an ongoing opportunity with rotating an opportunity to help Gateway over the last several sponsorship between the RE classrooms, and toy months. Our May shared collection will go to drives. Youth in Need. Youth in Need provides wide- ranging services to over 10,000 children and families Youth in Need’s Street Outreach Program needs at 25 sites spanning 100 miles in over six counties in hygiene kits. We will be sponsoring a collection drive, and need assistance monitoring and collecting eastern Missouri. Our focus is on homeless youth. Please visit their webpage at the contents to determine specific items needed, sort- http://www.youthinneed.org/SERVICES/TeensandY ing and assembling the kits, and delivering the kits to oungA- Youth in Need. This group will be the recipient of dults/StreetOutreachProgram/tabid/81/Default.aspx our shared plate collection in May. and share your treasure with them this month. Crisis Nursery needs youth, ages 13 and up, and Social Action is alive and well at Eliot Chapel, and adults who are willing to provide child enrichment you can smell it in the air: Fair Trade Coffee will services to babies and children up to age 12 who are participating in a respite program. The Crisis Nur- soon be served up each Sunday in Adams Hall. sery allows children to stay up to three days and Page 6 nights at no cost in order to avoid involvement in the Our goal is to create and support projects that inter- child welfare system when a family experiences a est YOU. If you are not finding the right fit with housing crisis, medical emergency, or other instabil- what we have so far, please let Nancy know of your ity that interferes with meeting the child’s needs. ideas. If you are in a place to donate some leader- Volunteers are invited to participate in enrichment ship to any one of these projects, we would LOVE to activities and child care. An orientation session is have you. Social Action is where it is at, so get in- required of all volunteers. This is an opportunity volved, support your cause, and help us make service that can be scheduled at your convenience, 24/7, and that much more of a priority for Eliot Chapel. can be ongoing, one-time, or as often as you like. It is an intergenerational activity. [email protected]
Foster and Adoptive Care Coali- Reproductive Justice and Human Rights tion is opening a resale store for The UUA has identified seven priority initiatives, teens, and needs clothing donations. and one of them is Reproductive Justice. Come meet Youth in foster care are allotted $200 Julia Pickup, a new friend to Eliot, on May 8th, as a year for clothing and shoes, so (Re) she represents Amnesty International’s campaign Fresh will be a store that caters ex- against maternal mortality. Amnesty International clusively to youth in foster care. It is asserts that ―the death of women in pregnancy and located on Brentwood Boulevard across from Whole childbirth is not just a public health emergency; it is Foods. The store will be a job training program for a human rights crisis.‖ Julia will be at the Social youth, and will provide appropriately-priced cloth- Action table in Adams Hall after each service on ing. We need to collect the clothing, and deliver it to May 8. the store. Shopping for KirkCare They also need mentors for the skills training and job placement program available to aging out youth. KirkCare is always happy for This involves assisting participants in completing a your contributions. All food career skills/ interest assessment, setting a savings items are appreciated but items goal, opening an account, and supporting them in high in protein are most helpful their work toward the identified goals. This requires such as: Spam, beef stew, ravi- participation in an orientation session (60 – 90 mi- oli, tuna, peanut butter, jelly, canned fruits, rice, nutes), introduction to the mentee (90 minutes), spaghetti & sauce, beans, macaroni & cheese, sugar monthly face-to-face contact with mentee, and week- and flour. They have a special need for toilet paper, ly communication with mentee. The program is 90 paper towels and tissues at this time. Place your do- days long. nations in the shopping cart located in Adams Hall.
The fourth and fifth grade RE RATI Recruitment class at 11:00 has decided to buy a goat through International Hei- Many thanks to all the volunteers who help with fer, and you will be learning more cooking, hosting, driving and doing laundry for our of the details around this project Room at the Inn guests each week. If you would like in the days to come. Congratulations for leading the to participate in this worthwhile program, please RE’s stewardship projects. look for the sign-up sheets on the board outside Adams Hall or stop by the sign-up table in Adams Lisa Dahlgren has generously agreed to serve as our Hall after services on Sunday, May 22. A small liaison to the Unitarian Universalist Service Com- commitment of time makes a big difference in the mittee, and will be organizing our response to Reve- lives of people in need. Questions? Call Kathie rend Jim Eller’s (our ambassador from the UUSC) Price. visit in June. Stay tuned for more details to come.
May 2011 Page 7 Scrip Volunteers Needed me and I will attempt to put you together with others who are also interested. Can you count by 10’s, 15’s, 25’s & 100’s? Can you balance your checkbook while carrying on a conver- ~Kelly Birmes sation with six people? If so, we need YOU at the [email protected] scrip table. If you would be interested in working at the scrip table one Sunday per month, please contact We Are Invited … Pat Krull. Partner Church Event at First Church
Fair Trade During the first two weeks in June, First Unitarian Church (located at the corner of Kingshighway and Thanks to all who have supported our fair trade sales Waterman) will host their partner church minister, over the past year. For our last full month of sales Rev. Levente Lazar, his wife Erika (also a minis- before our summer break, we will return to a person- ter), their two children, ages 8 and 12, plus a couple al favorite for our coffee of the month: Sumatra. This from the same village in Transylvania. On Friday, is a dark, rich, full bodied coffee with a smooth June 10 they will have a special program to honor finish and nutmeg flavor notes. Of course, if you and entertain their guests. The Partner Church prefer another variety you can always place a special Committee at First Church has invited the people of order. Be sure to stock up on chocolate too. Eliot Chapel to this special musical event. The pro- gram is titled ―O Heretics!‖ and presents a musical ~Dave Seidensticker history of Unitarian Universalism in Transylvania, [email protected] England and America. It will include delightful ma- drigals from the Renaissance, a special Unitarian Bergfried Turns 50: rendition of the Hallelujah Chorus and rousing American folk music. Also included will be poetry Celebrate Memorial Day Weekend and prose readings that tell the story of our Unitarian heroes from yesteryear. They are hoping to include The first family holiday weekend Eliot singers in the performance. of the year is rapidly approach- ing: Memorial Day weekend. The evening will begin at 6:00 pm with a catered This year, in addition to the tra- dinner in First Church’s Fellowship Hall, followed ditional Family Campout, we by the program at 7:30 pm in their Hope Chapel. If will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of Eliot Chapel receiving the prop- you are interested in attending, please reserve erty known as Bergfried. tickets in advance by emailing Mary Ward at [email protected] or by calling the First Church office at 314-361-0595. Tickets are $15 A Sunday worship and re-dedication service will each, $10 for children. You may pay at the door or be held at the property, and will be led by the mail in a check to First Church. Please plan to be Rev. Dr. David Keyes. The service will start at there to share this happy occasion for St. Louis 11:00 am with music planned by Jan Chamberlin, UUs. Music Director. The service will be followed by a potluck BBQ/picnic. On Sunday, June 12, Rev. Lazar will preach at Eliot
Chapel. For the past year, Rev. Lazar has been a Ba- If you have not been out to Bergfried in a while, or lazs scholar at Starr King UU School for the Minis- perhaps you have never had the opportunity to visit try. We are fortunate to be able to have him speak at our wonderful refuge, we invite you to join us and Eliot and to lead the service on June 12. Please take part in these activities. Come for the weekend come to the service and stay afterwards for a recep- or just the Sunday service. There is a sign-up sheet tion/lunch when you will get a chance to meet posted in the hallway. If you are interested in car- Levente and his family. pooling for just the Sunday service, please contact
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Scholarship Program This Month Meetings & Events Watch the Order of Service in May for a special in- sert about the Partner Church Scholarship Program. In 2000, we began sending scholarship aid to the Women’s Alliance May Events students in the village who must travel to larger towns to continue their education. Last year we sent Tuesday, May 3 - Book Discussion - The Moon- $60 each to 19 high school students and $110 each to flower Vine by Jetta Carleton. Discussion leader - 12 University students. After Sunday services on Ronnie Henderson May 1 and May 8 the Partner Church Committee will have a table in Adams Hall with additional in- Tuesday, May 10 - Discussion of proposed book formation. Please consider giving generously. list. For all members. Led by Sue Webster and Peggy Lashley ~Beth Rossow [email protected] Tuesday, May 17 - Chair Yoga. Presenter - Joy Lillard, Licensed, Qualified Personal Trainer & Yo- “Art 4 U” Team Brings ga Instructor. Coordinator - Lorraine Stern Color to Adams Hall Tuesday, May 24 - Spring Luncheon. 11:00 The Eliot Chapel ―Art 4 U‖ Team is am until about 1:30 pm. We will have a potluck bringing colorful art to Adams Hall. lunch followed by some fun and funny games. Each month, they will be sponsoring an art display for members and Women’s Spirituality Retreat friends to enjoy, beginning with an exhibit of beautiful quilts created by Eliot member Just in time for Mother's Day, come gather in Adams Marilyn Fallert. Contact Maryann Mace for more Hall on Saturday, May 7 from 8:00 am till 1:00 pm information or if you are interested in joining the for another women's spirituality retreat. We will team. hold a communal breakfast followed by activities and a ritual to honor the three major stages of a woman's life--maiden/mother/crone (wise woman). Women's Weekend Was a Blast Please bring a breakfast item to share. This event is free, but registration is requested. Please contact Fifty-six women attended the 2011 Women's Week- Lynn Murphy or Evelyn Gail Rock to register or end on April 9-10th. The weather was warm for further information. and sunny which made it easy to be outside for a change. Several hiked at Sioux Passage County Park and found the riverfront to be beautiful and full of energy. The Pallottine Renewal Center is under new management and newly-painted walls and carpeting created a warm and inviting place. We felt a com- Open Budget Meeting munity among women in the generations from 20+ Wednesday, May 11 to 80+ years. 7:00 pm in Adams Hall Many thanks for the WW Committee who pull to- gether a great event. We raised over $450 in the This year’s meeting features a mission- White Elephant Sale, which allows us to give scho- oriented budget presentation. larships for women to attend the event. Save the date for the next Women’s Weekend: April 21-22, 2012 See you then.
~Carolyn Burke, Director
May 2011 Page 9 Spring Work Party Housekeeping
It’s time for spring cleaning at Eliot. The Thanks! Spring Work Party is Saturday, May 21 from 9:00 am to noon. Volunteers are We are grateful to the many volunteers who have needed to do basic clean-up and fix-up given their time in the church office to keep things chores around Eliot. If you can spare some time to running smoothly during Administrative Assistant do a little work and have some fun in the process, Mecy Stanfield’s maternity leave. Much thanks to please mark your calendars and plan to attend. Carolyn Burke, Janis Cox, Mary Lu Durbin, Ginny Gender, Larry Ross, Lee Streett, and Walking for Love Irmgard Voss.
As a welcoming congregation, we stand on the side Recycle Your UU World at Eliot of love in support of the rights of lbgt people who are denied the opportunity to marry whom they Most of us enjoy reading the UU World Magazine love. As a symbol of our commitment to their delivered to our homes from the UUA. Please re- rights, let us walk on the side of love in the annual cycle them by bringing any copies you have to the Gay Pride Day Parade on June 26. Let us show the Eliot Chapel Guest Center. Look for the basket world our own pride of being Unitarians in support marked "UU World Magazine" and share your copy of lgbt people. If interested in being on an Eliot with our new visitors. Pride Day team to walk in this parade, contact Lynn Murphy. Thank You Newsletter Folders
~Lynn Murphy, Co-Chair Whether they come every month or pitch in when Welcoming Congregation Forum needed, the newsletter folders make sure that the newsletter is sent to you every month. Thank you to the crew who helped out this year: Dot Brownfield, Mary Lu Durbin, Joy Gordon, Judy Highfill, Laurie MacDonald, Sally Pfeifer, Sue Stivers, Dick Swaine and Rich Vaughn.
June
This Summer at Eliot Chapel June 5, 10:00 am Scholar at Starr King School for the Ministry in “Speaking Out for Justice” – The Reverend Jim Eller Berkeley, California. This morning's offering will be Jim is the minister emeritus of All Souls Unitarian dedicated to this program, which builds bridges of Church in Kansas City and an ambassador for the Un- understanding and enlightenment between us and itarian Universalist Service Committee, to which the our sisters and brothers in faith in Romania. offering will be dedicated. The service will be led by the Reverend Dick Haynes, Eliot's community June 19, 10:00 am minister. "Baseball Theology" - A Father's Day Service with
The Reverend Dr. David Keyes June 12, 10:00 am
June 26, 10:00 am The Reverend Levente Lazar The service will be led by Eliot Chapel's Ministerial of the Transylvanian Unitarian Church Search Committee. Eliot's Partner Church Team is pleased to welcome
Rev. Lazar to our pulpit. He is this year's Balazs
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This Summer at Eliot Chapel
July Rev. David Breeden Returns to Eliot Rev. Dr. David Breeden returns to Eliot Chapel, where he served as the mi- nisterial intern for 2007-2008. Now the settled minister at Minnesota Valley UU Fellowship in Bloomington, Minnesota, Rev. David will be in the pulpit at Eliot for the month of July. He has an MFA from The Iowa Writers’ Work- shop and a PhD from the Center for Writers at the University of Southern Mississippi. He also has a Master of Divinity degree from Meadville Lombard Theological School in Chicago. Rev. David has published a number of novels and collections of poetry. He is on the board of Unitarian Universalists for a Just Economic Community and Minnesota Unitarian Universalist Social Jus- tice Alliance. He serves on the core teams for the Congregational Study/Action Items non -violent communication and ethical eating. Please join us in welcoming Rev. David back to Eliot this summer.
August
Eliot Chapel Welcomes Rev. Terry Davis Eliot Chapel’s new Minister of Pastoral Care will arrive in August, ready to go.
Rev. Davis coordinated the lay ministry and pastoral care programs at the UU Congregation of Atlanta, working in those capacities for two years with Rev. Keyes. She is an activist for social justice and is partnered with Gail Hyde, an ex-
ecutive with Habitat for Humanity.
She brings great enthusiasm to Eliot Chapel and she will:
Strengthen the pastoral care program at Eliot, by training supporting and inspiring the Care Team and Pastoral Associates. She will coordinate pas- toral care, make home and hospital visits and offer pastoral counseling. Support and expand Eliot’s small group ministry (chalice circles). Support and counsel junior and senior high youth.
Rev. Davis will lead services the first three Sundays of August including… August 7, 10:00 am William Greenleaf Eliot is 200 years old this week! Come be inspired by our namesake at this service led by the Eliot Bicentennial Commission chaired by Bob & Kay Boyd.
August 28, 10:00 am. Worship led by The Reverend Dr. David Keyes
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SUNDAY, MAY 1 – 9:30 & 11:00 A.M. "To Build the Common Good: The Spiritual & the Social”
– The Reverend Dr. David Keyes
SUNDAY, MAY 8 – 9:30 & 11:00 A.M. Music Sunday On this Mother’s Day, we will be celebrating with a tribute to music. Leon Burke conducts the combined choirs and orchestra in Handel's "Ode on St. Cecilia's Day."
SUNDAY, MAY 15 – 9:30 & 11:00 A.M. “State of the Church Address” – The Reverend Dr. David Keyes Annual meeting of the congregation at 12:15 pm.
SUNDAY, MAY 22 – 9:30 & 11:00 A.M. Flower Communion – With a homily by Rev. Keyes: “When the Flowers Turned to Ashes” Please bring a blossom or greenery (signifying your uniqueness and individuality) to contribute to the common bouquet (symbol of our harmony in community), and plan to come forward at the end of the service to take a flower from the bouquet,
(sign of your acceptance of whoever brought that flower and thus of all who gather here.) This will be the last Sunday for two services until September.
SUNDAY, MAY 29 – 10:00 A.M. Animal Blessing Sunday – Rev. Dr. Sue Videen Annual event, led by the Rev. Dr. Sue Videen. One service at 10:00 am. There will also be an 11:00 am service at Bergfried led by Rev. Dr. David Keyes.
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