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F I R S T U N I T a R I a N U N I V E R S a L I S T C H U R C H O F E First Unitarian Universalist Church of Essex County MAKING THE THE MAKING CONNECTIONS IN THIS ISSUE: November 2016 Inside this issue: Where every mind is free and every soul is welcome! Second Sunday: NEW MINISTRY LOOKS AT HOUSING JUSTICE 2 Spirituality Group Orange is full of century old houses that are be a time to celebrate First UU’s 125th Anni- in desperate need of investment and repairs. versary and an opportunity to honor three indi- Spiritually Speak- Entire blocks of older buildings show the viduals who have been involved in housing ing: Universalism, 3 signs of age and deferred maintenance, get- rights and advancing social justice in Orange, ting labeled as shabby and blighted. At the Essex County and New Jersey. The Honorees Part 2 same time, the city of Orange is embracing are: Craig Hirshberg, former Executive Director "Transit Oriented Development," increasing of the UU Legislative Ministry of New Jersey; 100 Year-Old the cost of living and deepening the hardship Andrea Lerner, Congregational Life Consultant 3 House Conference of income-constrained citizens. With this is and outgoing Metro New York UU District Exec- mind, the First Unitarian Universalist Church utive; and Pat Morrissy, Founder and Executive of Essex County, The HUUB and the Univer- Director of Housing and Neighborhood Devel- November Calen- sity of Orange will host opment Services (HANDS), 4 dar of Events "100-Year-Old House: A Inc. in Orange. Housing Justice Confer- ence" on Saturday, 5 No- Afterwards, there will be 125th Anniversary 5 vember from 9 AM to 5 PM walking tours of the neigh- Luncheon at 35 Cleveland Street in borhood and creative work- Orange. Time will also be shops. Built around "Asset 2016 Canvass 5 taken to celebrate First Based Community Develop- UU's 125 years in the com- ment" (ABCD) practices, the Guest At Your munity. [See page 3 for tours and workshops will 6 details.] focus on what resources exist Table 2016 in Orange and how the com- The HUUB is a new urban munity can build on them to ministry project at the First address the relevant housing Unitarian Universalist issues that affect Orange. A MARK IT DOWN Church with the mission to reception and cocktail hour bring people together to will follow the conference's 100 Year-Old House use their gifts to advance conclusion. Conference, Saturday, 5 peace, economic justice, respect, and educa- tional attainment in the city of Orange. "The needs of our old buildings and economic Nov, 9 AM—5 PM, Parish pressures from new development are directly Hall The 100-Year-Old House Conference will related to the quality of life in cities like Or- 125th Anniversary bring neighbors together to discuss the state ange," said Charlie Wirene, Managing Director Luncheon, Saturday, 5 of housing in Orange, looking at both the of the HUUB. "This conference will provide an Nov, 12 Noon, Parish aging building stock and the changing afford- inclusive venue to think about solutions to ability of the city. Featured speakers will both. We invite all interested to join us on Sat- Hall share insights from their diverse experiences urday, 5 November." The event is being orga- Daylight Savings Time about the important role affordable housing nized by the First Unitarian Universalist Church Ends, Sunday, 6 Nov, 2 plays in healthy communities and how to of Essex County, The HUUB, and the University AM preserve and expand it. Speakers include of Orange. It is supported in part by the Fund Second Sunday: Spiritu- Diane Reynolds, a lifelong Orange resident, for Unitarian Universalist Social Responsibility. ality Group, Sunday, 13 Michele Racioppi from the NJ Historic Trust, No fee will be charge, but donations are wel- Molly Rennie from the United Way of North- come for the continuing work of First UU and Nov, 5 PM, Parish Hall ern New Jersey's ALICE Project, Ana Baptista the HUUB. For more information or to RSVP, Board of Trustees, Mon- from The New School and the Ironbound contact Charlie Wirene at Or- day, 21 Nov, 7 PM, So- Community Corporation, and Molly Kaufman [email protected], or the First UU Church nan Room from the University of Orange. at [email protected], or 973-674-0010. Canvass Ends, Sunday, A break for lunch during the proceedings will 11 Dec First Unitarian UniversalistUniversalist ChurchChurch ofof Essex Essex County County Page 2 Page 2 Second Sundays Spirituality Group will meet in Parish Hall starting at 5 PM DATES SPIRITUAL GROUP 13 Nov Presenters — Frank Barszcz & Darcy Hall 11 Dec How do our Unitarian Universalist principals define our spiritual journey? 08 Jan Where does spirituality fit for UU’s as our heads and hearts work toward social and economic justice? 2017 These are just two of the questions we hope to address over the next several months at First Church as we explore the various pathways of our respective spiritual journeys. Through the process of “Guided Group Interaction” group lead- 12 Feb ers Darcy Hall and Frank Barszcz will help create a safe space to talk about the challenges of being connected to the world around us in a meaningful way. 12 Mar Continuing on Sunday, 13 November from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM and each month following through June 2017, we will 09 Apr gather in a circle of meditation and sharing as we separate ourselves from daily activities and go to a peaceful inner place for spiritual exploration. 14 May Our Unitarian Universalist chalice will be the centering point for the journey. Meditation and readings will help direct the exchange of thoughts, feelings and ideas about our individual journey. Come ready to share, to listen and to dis- 11 Jun cover the things that make our existence unique in this world. Please note that we will not be having the traditional UU coffee hour for these gatherings. Juice and water will be avail- able. Group meetings will take place on the second Sunday of the month through June 2017. Sessions will start promptly at 5:00pm and will run no later than 6:30 pm. We ask that if you decide to participate after the first meeting that you make a commitment to attend each session. Spiritually Speaking: Universalism: A Theology for the 21st Century [Part 2] by Rev. Forrest Church A HOLOGRAPHIC GOD than a divine garment — then simply substitute another. Spirit may work for you, or the sacred, or higher power. As long as the object of your It is impossible to speak of Universalism without addressing the sub- reverence is large enough, it doesn't really matter, not at all. ject of God. Early Universalists believed that everyone was born to be saved because God was too good to damn his own children. To prac- I will say, however, that a new Universalism may be ill served by the tice and proclaim a 21st-century Universalism, we need not believe in creation of a more private and thereby exclusive theological vocabulary. the old Universalist God — or even employ the word God — but we In a country where more than 90 percent of the people claim to believe must have an equally affectionate relationship with the ground of our in God, it may prove easier to inculcate faith in a larger God than to being. Otherwise, we will succumb to the temptation to divide it be- displace familiar affections. This aside, there is nothing novel, and cer- tween our own and others' feet. tainly nothing blasphemous, about redesigning or renaming God. Re- sponding to life-and-death questions, seekers have reinvented and Today, when people boast to me that they don't believe in God, I ask thereby rediscovered the holy throughout the centuries. them to tell me a little about the God they don't believe in. Almost surely, I don't believe in "Him" either. As the ancient Hebrews recog- Consider our ancestors, the searchers who came before us. Begin with nized, God is not even God's name. God is our name for a power that the cave dwellers, the hunters and gatherers, for whom the greatest is greater than all and yet present in each: the life force, the Holy, imaginable powers were the forces of nature. "God" was manifest in fire; Being itself. God doesn't exist only because we need God; we exist therefore, in lightning and in thunder — perhaps even in the game they because the universe was pregnant with us when it was born. In mira- hunted to provide sustenance. When agriculture replaced hunting and cle and fact, our gestation traces to the beginning of time. Accidents gathering, these gods turned into goddesses. Power now lay in reaping abound, of course. One amino lapse or missed coupling and we would and sowing, in the turning of the seasons. Fecundity determined surviv- not be in the position to wonder why we are here. Yet, in my experi- al. God became goddess; procreation, creation; birth, life. ence, only by positing the existence of a power beyond our compre- hension can we begin to account for the miracle of being with an ap- Later, with the city-state, power came wrapped in the robes of authority. propriate measure of humility and awe. God was now Lord or king, protector, enforcer, and judge. A break- through in this view of divine nature arrived with the Hebrews, who be- I recognize that for many people the word God has shrunk from re- lieved their God and king was the only God and king. This development, peated use, but we can always stretch it again. If you can't manage to less imperialistic than ethical, led them to attribute their failures not to do this — the "G word" fitting your mind more like a straightjacket Continued on Page 5 First Unitarian Universalist Church of Essex County Page 3 First UnitarianUniversalist November 2016 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu
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