Dear Friends, In so many ways our Church of Universal Fellowship has a long history of involvement in issues that deal with equality, healing and redistribution of resources. Years ago, the church The was instrumental in beginning the Church Orono Health Association, the of Orono Chapter of American Field Service, and Universal relocating and supporting a Vietnamese family into Orono. More recently, we have held a seminar series on the Palestinian/Israeli Fellowship conflict and again this spring on the ongoing challenges of our Summer 2018 white privilege. We continue to support the journey of Nicole Maines, the trans girl who joined CUF as a middle school student. 82 Main Street Our church was a phone bank location for the Equality Maine Orono, Maine 04473 movement that legalized same sex marriage, and this spring we 207-866-3655 were the gathering place for the area’s March for Our Lives. We offer Our Whole Lives (sexuality education program) to our own email: young people and to the wider community. We unanimously [email protected] supported the Maine Chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility’s petition to end nuclear arms. While continuing our web address: churchofuniversalfellowship.org emphasis on social issues, we are also doing our best to address climate change issues in our aging building. The only question for us now is: what’s next? Where is our attention Minister’s Message 1 needed? Where are our hearts passionate about what is happening all around us? Of course, we need to continue to Around CUF 2 address some of these same issues. Our white privilege, for example, continues to blight our lives and the very soul of this What Defines Us 3 nation. Our Deacons are asking each of us to think carefully and respond by filling in the graphic in the Adult Spiritual Growth 4 Gathering Place (shown on page 3). What’s on your heart these days? The bulletin board in the Gathering Upcoming Events 5-6 Place is waiting for your input! Announcements 7 See you in church, our sacred space, Pilgrim Lodge 6 Lorna The Reverend Lorna Grenfell drawing by Leo Hasbrouck! Around CUF . Bibles were presented to our five Thank you to beautiful Alyssa Urquhart for again children moving up from raising funds for cancer research by drawing attention CUF’s Elementary Class to the need by shaving her head!... Flower to our Communion was lovely this year with the children Young Adults With Pizzazz (at last!) gathering us in with the song Dazzling Bouquet! We loved all our tall people bringing in the gladiolas and Carly Climo sunflowers!... The children thanked all their Teg Coiley nurturers—from Sunday School teachers to Mystery Friends—with beautiful handmade starfish, glittering Nora Dobbs bead stars and hand-dyed flowers!!... Draw the Circle Emily Ellis Wide saw the children taking our hands and moving Elizabeth Smith all of us out of the pews to form a huge circle!... The Orono High School Show Choir was a big hit by bringing their award-wining performance of Define Me to CUF’s Music with a Mission! Great job, Cami, and thank you, kids, for raising money for Bangor’s Shaw Cards of Congratulations! House (homeless teens)!... After a long winter, it’s so Sonja Birthisel great to welcome people home to Orono—Betty Carr, 76 Main St., Orono ME 04473 Wally and Darcy Campbell, David Cox and Stephen Outstanding Graduate Student Service Award Burnham, and Randy and Lyn Adkins!... Earth Day College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, was celebrated by so many helping to clean up our & Agriculture, University of Maine front yards! Thank you to Alma Homola for the lovely pansies at the front door!... Don’t forget to read the Thomas Griffith beautiful memoir of Robert F. Kennedy by Tom 37 Middle Street, Orono ME 04473 Deegan in the BDN!... Bachelor of Arts ~ magna cum laude Cards of condolence on the death of University of Maine Shirley L. Caron to her daughter Sandra Caron Elsa Jolliffe-Saunders 3 University Place, Orono, ME 04473 16 Mayo, Orono ME 04473 ~~~~~ (granddaughter of Norman and Anita Jolliffe) Cards of condolence on the death of Orono High School Class of 2018 Elijah McGill 4 Peters Street, Orono ME 04473 2018 Student Recognition Award Maine Foreign Language Association Kent Raymond 1 Westridge Dr., Hermon ME 04401 Eagle Scout Award George Smith Thomas Gordon Helmle 43 15th Street, Bangor, ME 04401 to his stepdaughter Lauri Sidelko Eagle Scout Award 40 Westwood Dr., Orono ME 04473 ~~~~ Aurora Sullivan Cards of condolence on the death of 785 Woodland Ave., Old Town ME 04468 Dorothy Mae Plummer Bachelor of Science ~ magna cum laude to her husband Harvard University The Reverend Dr. Roger Plummer 17 Page Place, Orono, ME 04473 Jessie Walker 25 Winterhaven Drive, Orono ME 04473 Orono High School Class of 2018 2 What are you passionate about? This graphic is located in the Gathering Place. Please add your ideas and thoughts! The CUF Deacons 3 The Adult Spiritual Growth Team at CUF is looking for people who are interested in offering presentations for 2018-19. These can be on any topic that the presenter finds interesting or valuable in a broadly defined spiritual sense. Among the many possibilities; slide shows of trips, book reviews, biographies, demonstrations of how to do something (e.g., designing a garden, meditation, origami, cooking), talks about diet or exercise plans, invitations to get involved in an event or activity, and many, many others. A list of topics and books (we are great readers!) suggested by members is shown below, and presentations on any of these topics would be great! These presentations are about an hour long and take place after church on Sundays from October to May, however, multi-session presentations and/or different days are also possible. For more information, to talk about an idea, or to schedule a date, please get in touch with Will Hunter in person, by email ([email protected]), or telephone (207) 290-5465. Topics Living what we believe Senior housing – Hasbrouck Ct/Longfellow/Dirigo/Crosby Misogyny Court/Orono Commons Conversation & race- Challenging prejudice Health & well being Thriving through long winters Ethics Braving the Wilderness (discussion series) Women’s issues Introduction to Kripalo (Gentle Yoga) Aging issues Daisy’s Children (Honduras) Reduction of plastic Study of Mary Magdalene All lives matter Pets/Animals How to stay “woke” in our everyday life that is insulated from Crafts many of these issues Dolls Community Outer space Love Gardening Friendship Hiking/Outdoor experiences Mindfulness A hymn sung with Laura Artesani Movies Three Billboards in Ebbing Missouri Hidden Figures Selma Leap The Lady in the Van Life Inside Out A Wrinkle in Time Woman in Gold Books Long Walk to Freedom: Autobiography of Nelson Mandela Maisie Dobbs Mystery Series by Jacqueline Winspear Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday It's Your World: Get Informed, Get Inspired & Get Going! by Life by Thich Nhat Hanh Chelsea Clinton Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon Little Women by Luisa May Alcott In One Person by Jonathan Livingston Wish by Barbara O'Connor Lost in the Barrens by Farley Mowat Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson The Curse of the Viking Grave by Farley Mowat Nancy Drew Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene War Horse by Michael Morpurgo The School Story by Andrew Clements The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling Siberian Rescue by Wendall Trembly The Altered History of Willow Sparks by Tara O’Connor The Common Good by Richard B. Reich The Lost Island: A Gideon Crew Novel Gideon Crew series by All the Light we Cannot See by Anthony Deer Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child Does Jesus Really Love Me?: A Gay Christian's Pilgrimage in The Baby Sitters Club Series by Ann M. Martin Search of God in America by Jeff Chu Masterpiece by Elise Broach Sarah Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan The Janitor's Boy by Andrew Clements Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism by bell hooks The Laundry News by Andrew Clements One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame (One Thousand White Women Series) by Jim Fergus Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Waking Up White: and Finding Myself in the Story of Race Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton by Debby Irving Summer of '42 by Herman Raucher No One Cares About Crazy People: The Chaos and We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson Heartbreak of Mental Health in America by Ron Powers And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie Bosch Series by Michael Connolly The Tomb by Michael Crichton Adirondack Mountain Mystery Series by S.W. Hubbard Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Series by Louise Penny 4 MONDAY BOOK NIGHT TOMORROW! June 4, 7:00 pm Book: Mary Coin: A Novel by Marisa Silver In 1936, a young mother resting by the side of the road in central California is spontaneously photographed by a woman documenting migrant laborers in search of work. Few personal details are exchanged and neither woman has any way of knowing that they have produced one of the most iconic images of the Great Depression. In present day, Walker Dodge, a professor of cultural history, stumbles upon a family secret embedded in the now-famous picture. In luminous prose, Silver creates an extraordinary tale from a brief event in history and its repercussions throughout the decades that follow—a reminder that a great photograph captures the essence of a moment yet only scratches the surface of a life.