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September Worship Services Sunday, September 2: The Catalyst Eleanor Doumato Channing Memorial Church What Jeff Sessions and the Phone: 401-846-0643/ Email: [email protected] Rev. Channing Can Teach 135 Pelham Street, Newport, Rhode Island Us About Islam September 2018 Everyone likes to prove a point by Sunday Service is held at 10:00am in the Sanctuary, quoting Scripture, even when quoting nonsense. Our Rev. Children are Welcome! Channing will have none of it, and with a little help from Bob Kieronski he’s paying us a visit, just to make sure we [and people of other religious traditions] get it. Also visiting us is our friend and one-time Channing member Fredric Sirasky to play his ukulele and clarinet. Eleanor Doumato is a retired professor of Middle East History who studies the religious underpinnings of the Islamic State. Sunday, September 9: Charles Timothy Brooks Rev. Bill Zelazny The Value of Religion UU Minister for 37 Years A Religious Landscape Study done 1813 - 1883 in 2014 found that Americans, as a whole, have become somewhat “INSPIRATIONS” less religious in recent years by For the building of traditional measures of religious. But, many people still The 1880 Channing Memorial Church are involved in religion. It is, A Learning Center program featuring therefore, logical to ask, why do Jim Egan, of the Newport Tower Museum people -- why do we -- come to church and participate in Wednesday, September 19, 6:30pm-8:30pm religion? What is the value of In the Sanctuary religion for people and for William Ellery Channing, Charles Timothy Brooks, The 1837 society? On this in-gathering Unitarian Church on Mill Street, Elbridge Boyden, the 1855 Sunday, Bill will explore what religion can give us that science Touro Park with its controversial Tower: all provided and other institutions cannot. inspirations that led to the design and building of our Water Ceremony church. You will also hear a possible solution to the mysterious As part of our in- question: Why does the chancel have one square pillar and gathering, we will have one round pillar? our traditional water We’ll meet at 6:30 in the Sanctuary for Jim’s ceremony where we will mix together presentation and Q & A. Suggested donation $5. the waters brought by congregation members. 1 Continued on page 2 MINISTRY TOGETHER Everyone is invited to bring a small We will experiment with, and amount of water from their home then if successful, broadcast spigot as a symbol of bringing our portions of our services via home and secular lives into our F R O M T H E social media. church and religious life. MINISTER Of course, there will probably be The annual congregation I hope “living was easy” during some other new activities that potluck picnic in Touro park your summertime and you were develop as the year progresses. will follow the service (See full able to catch up on some family Please be a part of the announcement on page 7) time and some relaxation. congregational life here at As we start our traditional church Channing. Sunday, September 16: Rev. Bill Zelazny, Irene program year I want to use this I look forward to seeing everyone forum to tell you about some of Glasser, Channing Memorial again at our Sunday services and the new things that we will be fellowship activities. Members and Guest doing at Channing this year. ~Rev. Bill Zelazny Musicians We will launch the new Family The Ancient Jewish Ministry Program with a newly Tradition of Introspection hired Family Life Coordinator In the Jewish religious tradition, (former known as the the ten days between Rosh Religious Education Director). Hashanah and Yom Kippur – the The program was renamed to Day of Awe -- is the time for note that, in addition to personal introspection. This providing education and Sunday, we will look at the Days programming focused on WHAT’S YOUR of Awe, through personal stories, children and youth faith songs, traditional Hebrew music, development, we will be FAVORITE SONG?!! prayers, and reflections. providing parenting support Your Favorite Type of Channing Community Fair and family activities. Music? Or Do You Prefer The Channing Church community We will begin a ministry Silence, or Sounds of Nature? fair, sponsored by the Program focused on senior adults. In Our Caregiving Program early fall we will start an Council, will follow the 9/16 service. wants to know! Submit activity for senior adults that Stop by the committee tables to find your preference to Barbara out what the committees do and how will allow participants to explore the topic of growing Russell-Willett and Nickie you might incorporate your interests older, including the Kates via email in with church activities and intersection of aging and (caregiving@channingchurc functions. spirituality. The first program h.org). Your one choice will Sunday, September 23: offering will be brown-bag be listed in our order of Rev. Bill Zelazny weekday lunch. Other service (your names It’s Not What Vision Is, programs and classed my omitted) on Sunday, follow later in the year. October 14th but What Vision Does I will present several new Sometimes people focus on the adult classes that will explore Your preferences will wrong thing, like having a vision Unitarian Universalism, inform our service: for a better life or a better world, expressing personal beliefs, “How Music, Nature and and not on what is important, and Bible history. Silence Produce having their vision be a reality. Bill We will engage some new Wellness” outreach initiatives, including will reflect on how pursuing a Please submit your life issues and faith vision is a way to live in harmony choice by the October 1 with one’s deeper intention. development classes to acquaint Aquidneck Islanders deadline!! Sunday, September 30: with Channing Church. TBA 2 t h e J e w i BOARD OF TRUSTEES F R O M T H E Candy Martin, Barbara Russell- After the September 16 service Willet and Sue VanDerhoof we'll have our Volunteer Fair, CO- PRESIDENTS have been showing off the where you can sign up to join What a summer this has sanctuary's windows and committees of your choice, as been! Despite the competition architecture to visitors while well as "Small Group Ministry" and for things to do on Sunday explaining UU beliefs and William other special interest groups . mornings in Newport, our Ellery Channing's contributions to We welcome JoAnne Richie to services have drawn good-sized American Unitarianism. Our Channing as Family Life audiences to hear inspiring talks thanks and appreciation to all who Coordinator and Youth Advisor. by some of our favorite guest participated. JoAnne comes to us with over 30 ministers and Channing members, Now it's already years of teaching experience, and at every service we've had the September and we're including special needs in the pleasure of greeting out-of-town looking forward to a public schools, and religious Unitarians visiting Newport. Guest new church year. education at Emmanuel Church. musicians enlivened our services, Work on the steeple [JoAnne assures us she has always adding their own special gifts of began during the been a Unitarian at heart!] song and instrument to our usual summer and will repertoire: two original Unitarian On a final note, a most exciting continue into hymns accompanied by the project for the future of Channing September as masons ukulele, show tunes and original properties is quietly underway. clean off deposits that leached out compositions on the piano, the The Facilities and Financial of the mortar. While the Newport String group, and never- Planning Task Force is scaffolding is up two more bells heard-before displays of volume methodically putting together will be hung, which means more on the organ. scenarios that could lead to music choices for our bell-ringers! transforming the undercroft and The Chautauqua series was a huge Less visible but no less important repurposing the Parish Hall, success, bringing music, learning, is the introduction of Internet beginning with flow charts that and visitors to Channing, and best connectivity into the sanctuary, will lay out steps to be taken, and of all bringing Channing people and upgrading Internet in what order. Those of you who together over the summer. We accessibility in the Parish Hall. attended Chris Laudon's extend our sincere appreciation Reliable Wi-Fi will mean a greater information sessions on the and thanks to Susan Kieronski, variety in programs we can offer, Master Plan last winter will have TLC Chair, for being the and more possibilities for some idea of the complexity organizer-in-chief for these events, enhancing our Sunday services. involved just with building the and for her tireless pursuit of Our thanks to John Burnham and infrastructure, while securing proper permissions from the city Russ Milham and the whole funding for each step in the to sell and serve wine on the communications team, and also to process is another challenge. premises! our web engineer Jerry Pacheco, We're still a long way from a Channing in the News! On August who bravely worked on the wiring capital campaign, but by spring all 7, the Boston Globe published a in the dark of night when daytime the parts should be in place to get story about Newport's "Four heat and humidity were started. So let's keep our eyes on Faiths Four Landmarks Walking unbearable. the prize and imagine our church Tour," which features tours of Rev. Bill will finish up the summer with meeting rooms, a lecture and Touro Synagogue, Trinity services calendar on August 26 event space, new kitchen and Episcopal, Newport and then have Labor Day Sunday bathrooms all connected to the Congregational, and our own off).