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The Catalyst Advent Can Be for Uus Too Rev December Services Sunday, December 4 The Catalyst Advent can be for UUs too Rev. Bill Zelazny The religious ritual of December 2016 Advent isn’t something that Unitarian Universalists generally celebrate every year. In the Christian tradition, Advent is the season of waiting and expectant hope. Unitarian Universalist can live with waiting and expectant hope too. Bill will talk about The Committee on Ministry how the spirit of Advent can be (COM) will hold an Open Forum a useful concept for Unitarian on December 11, after the Universalists even though we worship service, to gather may not be awaiting the birth of information and do a progress check on how the congregation is Jesus or coming of Christ at the doing. Please plan to attend so your voice can be heard. end of the age. The COM has progress to report on 2 of our 3 goals for the year (the This Sunday we will also hold rd 3 goal dealing with programs and committees was not addressed this a new member recognition past month): ceremony and launch our Goal 1: Focus on healing our church. 2016 Guest at Your Table Reports on the 3 Meet & Greets with Rev. Zelazny which were held campaign. in October and early November were all very positive. Forty to forty- Sunday, December 11 five people attended, which represents about 25% of the congregation. Because of the interest in this format, the Committee is considering The Elephant in the Room Guest Speaker: Rev. Thomas Schade doing more in January to give others the chance to attend such a great A sermon based on the way to learn more about Rev. Bill, more about others in the ancient story of blind congregation, and more about the congregation itself. people and the The Listening Circle held on October 27 by Rev. Bill, with about 15 elephant. It provides a people in attendance, offered people a powerful way to listen to each springboard into the intellectual other and to be heard. Those in attendance were able to hear others history of UUism since the mid- views and found it helpful and informational about the events of this 20th century. past year. Sunday, December 18 Goal 2: Educate the congregation in right relationships, Light and Hope identify techniques and promote them. Rev. Bill Zelazny, Jessica Thomas, The COM and the Board, with the help of Chris Ariel, will begin Children, Youth, and Adult training on how to hold difficult conversations. We hope to bring this Members of the Congregation learning to the congregation as well. Many religions – If you would like to contact the COM you can talk to any member of Christianity, Judaism, the committee, Barbara Coppola, Judie Porter, Sam Jernigan, Susan Pagan, Zoroastrianism, VanDerhoof, Sondra Gold or David Pedrick. You can also reach the and African-American Committee on Ministry by emailing us at traditions, use the symbol of [email protected]. light in the midst of the dark of ~ Submitted by Barbara Coppola, Chair, COM winter to remind their followers 1 MINISTRY TOGETHER December Services continued: FROM THE MINISTER A Holiday Message from that there is hope. This Sunday, The holiday Rev. Bill Bill and Jess, along with children, season is I know that for some people youth and adult members of the upon us. the holidays are difficult times congregation will join together in There will because they engender bad a multi-generational service to be much to memories or the recent loss of explore the symbol of light and do to get a loved one is making them feel its connection to hope. ready. Unfortunately there is numb. If you feel the need to something that we often forget talk about the emotions that Sat., December 24, 5:00pm to do to get ourselves ready -- the holiday brings up don’t A Christmas Eve take time for ourselves. You hesitate to call me. Celebration know, do something that we Channing Choir, Rev. Bill Zelazny & want to do that will make us feel members of the congregation good about the season, like A service of lessons and perhaps stopping to really look carols concluding with at the decorations, stopping to listen to holiday music, stopping the traditional singing of DECEMBER GREETERS Silent Night with the to take a walk to look at the stars in the winter night, December 4: Calvin Pierce congregation holding December 11: Mary Benson candles. The Channing Choir and stopping to sit in quiet reflection. But, there is something else that December 18: Ruth Jernigan members of the congregation will bring music and texts of the we should do this time of the DECEMBER USHERS season. Come at 4:45 to join year – be mindful of what we are December 4: Milly Jessen in pre-service caroling. doing and experiencing, both the December 11: Cynthia Skelton “self-times” and the “busy & David Cooper No worship Service Sunday, times.” Being mindful means to December 25th! December 18: Judy Byrnes observe thoughts and feelings Sunday, January 1 without judging them to be good DECEMBER CHIMERS Creative Sparks: or bad, without believing, for December 4: Linda Beall Channing Celebrates the instance, that there’s a right or December 11: Jim Freess New Year wrong way to think or feel in a December 18: Christine Ariel New Year’s Day this given moment. December 24: TBD th year falls on a Sunday, When we practice mindfulness, Dec. 25th: Our 6 and our service will be we can tune into what we’re Annual "I Heard the a joyful celebration of sensing in the present moment Bells on Christmas friendship and our community’s rather than either rehashing the Day" Concert, 11 to creative energies. Is there a past or imagining the future. 12 noon – with Linda creative spark in you? Do you Instead of letting life pass by and Beall & Chris Ariel Come to make music? Write poetry? Can saying in January, “I don’t know Touro Park and clap or honk you tell a story or collect your where the time went” or “I if you like the chiming! thoughts into a reading that will hardly remember the holidays”, DECEMBER inspire us as we look to the year live fully into and through the CAREGIVERS ahead? Audience or performer, holidays and appreciate the gifts December 1-15: on January 1 at 10:00 we’ll all be of life. Ruth Jernigan in it together. For more May your Holidays December 15-31: Jim Freess information about "Creative be filled with joy and good cheer Please call with any personal needs Sparks: Channing Celebrates the and the New Year bring you and/or needs among our church New Year,” please connect with peace and happiness. Eleanor Doumato. community ~Rev. Bill 2 BOARD OF TRUSTEES FROM THE PRESIDENT be half-way through our church On behalf of the entire It’s Time for a Check-Up year. So it’s time for a check-up. congregation, the Worship It’s been a busy In January the Board will review Committee would like to give its fall for the our shared ministry goals and thanks to the many Channing Channing Board assess our progress to date. So members who contribute to the of Trustees. We how are we doing? We’d like delivery of our services week b e g a n b y your suggestions and opinions. after week. Ushers, greeters, establishing a challenging list of You can send the Board a sound assistants, flower lady, goals for both the Board and our letter or email: candle lady, sexton, office new minister and we’ve been [email protected], administrator and others give working hard! Necessarily much or speak with any member of essential support to the Worship of what we do concerns the the Board or Committee on Leader, Associates, Music “nuts and bolts” of keeping the Ministry. You can also attend Director and choir. Channing’s Church running smoothly. We the open forum hosted by the volunteers for Sunday services negotiated renewed contracts COM after service on Sunday are generous in their time and December 11th. So please take a with our hard-working staff spirit, and are much appreciated. minute and tell us what you members, formed a new think. Notwithstanding so much Communications Team and, with ~Barbara Nowicki, Co-President, volunteerism, though, we would their guidance, approved a new Channing Board of Trustees like to find 2 or 3 new volunteers website, social media and to share serving as Worship communications policy for WORSHIP COMMITTEE Associate. Taking an active part Channing. We are working on in delivering services with Rev. upgrading our various technology UPDATE Bill once every 6 weeks or so is systems so that whether it’s The latter weeks of the year are very satisfying, takes little time, sermons in the Sanctuary or a time of giving – recently giving and is easy to learn. It does not emails from the Church office thanks for the people and good require committee membership – our message comes across loud fortune in our lives, and now just your interest and enthusiasm. and clear. Very soon we will be giving thoughtfulness to family Please speak with Eleanor rolling out a new property and friends, sprinkled with some Doumato, David Cooper or Master Plan (stay tuned!) and we gifts, as Christmas and other David Pedrick if you’re curious are beginning to work on a Safe seasonal celebrations approach. about finding out more. Channing will celebrate Congregations Policy to ensure ~David Pedrick, that everyone feels safe and Christmas with a service of Worship Committee Chair comfortable at Channing.
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