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11am Worship Services
Sunday, August 22
Reflections
Qiyamah A. Rahman
Ms. Rahman (pronounced Key-ya-ma Rockmon) is the newly selected District Executive for the Thomas Jefferson District. She will deliver her first sermon on Sunday, August 22. "I will share some information about Services provided by the district as well as reflections on building community."
9:30am Forum: NAACP Boycott of the Flag
Sunday, August 29
Ingathering of Waters
In this annual service for all ages, we celebrate the renewal of community and out interconnectedness. All are invited to bring samples of the water and stories from the various places we have been over the summer, whether from around the world or our own kitchens. In this, we share not only the water we have brought but the fullness of our lives.
9:30am Forum: NATO's Role in Western Europe
Patrick's Ponderings
Summer is winding down, with vacations ending, schools starting and our congregation preparing for our in gathering service at the end of the month. Along with all of the usual events and activities which we engage in at this time of year, there are some added things for us to consider.
Specifically, there are two political issues which are of particular concern for persons of faith and religious communities across our state. The NAACP's call to boycott South Carolina tourism due to flying the Confederate naval flag over the capital and the state wide referendum to ban video poker are drawing considerable attention and energy. In response to my own concerns and those of our community, I will be preaching and writing about both of these issues in the weeks to come. I welcome your input and information. In the meantime I encourage all of you to become educated and involved around these and other issues.
It's hard to believe this is the beginning of my fifth year serving as your minister. Due to meeting commitments at the Fellowship and in the community, my days off will vary between Mondays and Tuesdays. Again, my usual office hours are noon to four Wednesdays and Thursdays, and the varying Mondays or Tuesdays. Please feel free to call me to share any resources, ideas or concerns you may have which will enrich our ministry together.
Announcements
Are you ready for the annual UUFC Yard Sale? The old-hatters are, I know! If you are new to the Fellowship, though, rest assured this is one of the most popular events of the year! It consistently proves to be a Fun Time filled with laughter, food, and wonderful bonding experiences! Your help is needed and wanted: We will work each night the week before the event, from 6-9pm beginning Monday, Aug. 30, through Friday, Sept. 3. Come for only one or two nights, or all four! Every large and little bit of help is Greatly Appreciated! If you prefer to offer your help in another way (bringing food one of the nights of setup, making signs for posting on poles around Shandon, or providing a vehicle for the transport of large items), You will be an Angel in many books! Please look for the sign-up board in the social hall to indicate which nights or other ways you would like to help in making this year's Yard Sale an Incredible Fundraiser!! As an added bonus, any help you give enables you to attend the Early Worker Bird shopping on Friday evening, from 7:30-9:00pm.
On Saturday, Sept. 4th, the sale will run from 8am to 1pm, with breakfast at 7:30am. The more people we have to work on Saturday the better. As last year, we will have three shifts of teams "working the crowd," although you are welcome to spend the entire day if you wish! We also need a few people to intentionally stay and help with clean-up after we close.
Still don't know where to drop your donations off? Are you concerned about getting your large items to the fellowship? Well, look no further! You can bring your items for sale to Room 7 in the RE wing. If you have large items to arrange for pick up or any questions about ANYTHING with regards to the Yard Sale, please contact Heather Cunningham. Thank you all for your support, encouragement, and fellowship!!
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The Other Tuesday
A group of UU folks get together every other Tuesday at 1:00pm to fold and label Unigrams. We came up with the idea that we could use THE OTHER TUESDAY doing arts and crafts projects for the December Bazaar, work on the history of our Fellowship, help with mass mailings, etc. If you have the time available, please consider joining us on any given Tuesday at 1:00pm at UUFC. If you have any questions, please contact Gertrude Edge RonEdge@InfoAve.Net.
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Upcoming Special Events
The Fall Flings and the Annual Bazaar are coming up on the horizon and we are looking for some assistance in planning the events.
The Fall Flings/Service Auctions are scheduled to begin in October. We need some creative people to help organize the flings, host flings, or participate in service auctions. All you wonderful coordinators from previous flings or new people interested in helping out please contact Terry Shaw via email at tvshaw@axs2k.net for more information or to schedule an event.
Our annual UU Bazaar is tentatively scheduled for November 27, 1999. Several of us have already started ‘crafting’ items for the old-fashioned bazaar. Rumor has it that there will be luncheon crepes, homemade salsa, homemade jellies, and holiday wreaths among other crafts. We are still looking for people to make craft items and to help organize everything. If you have craft ideas or want to lend a hand with the planning please contact Carita Barr.
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Rise Up & Call Her Name
Rise Up & Call Her Name: A Woman-honoring Journey into Global Earth-based Spiritualities will be offered on alternate Wednesday evenings through the Fall and Spring. The curriculum, created by the UU Women's Federation, is designed to build on Cakes for the Queen of Heaven. An initial day-long session will be offered in the UUFC Social Hall on Saturday, September 11 from 9am-4pm, with lunch included. The first half of our journey will continue in biweekly sessions in the Fellowship Library from 6:30-9:30 on the following dates: Sept. 22nd, Oct. 6th, Oct. 20th, Nov. 3rd, Nov. 17th. The second half of our journey will continue on Wednesday evenings after the first of the year. Participants will need to purchase a sourcebook for about $25 and pay a materials fee of $35. Please bring your own Journal to record your aspects and insights of the journey.
Space for Rise Up & Call Her Name is limited to 18 participants, so please register early!! Registration is on a first-come, first-serve basis by September 6th and can be made by leaving your name, address, and telephone number with facilitators Carol Flake or Heather Cunningham. If you need childcare for any of the Wed. night sessions, please contact Heather by Sept 6th!!
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Upcoming B&G Opportunities
There will be a MAJOR Buildings and Grounds workday on Saturday October 3, 1999. If it is requested, I will attempt to provide day care. Lunch will be provided. See Andy Hendin for further info.
October will feature a sermon and Wednesday discussions based on a book by Marcus Borg: "Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time." Copies will be available for sale during Coffee Hour at $11.15 each (see Gertrude Edge).
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Y2K Celebration: In April 1950 articles of incorporation
were signed establishing the UUFC and we would like to celebrate our 50th
anniversary next April in a big way. We are looking for folks who would
like to get involved in the planning. Gertrude has been doing a lot of
research to find names and addresses of old members and has arranged for
musical performances. Don has been working on the history project. There
is still lots more to do. Let's get together briefly after the service
on Sunday, Sept. 12, for a quick organizational meeting so we can establish
some meeting times. Ann Johnson
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If you are an outgoing member of our leadership or if you have keys to our building that you no longer need, please return them to Laura Ingram. New committee chairs and other volunteers need them, and we would rather reuse existing keys than have new ones made.
A Typist Is Needed
Last spring we spent several nights gathering historical data about the UUFC for our upcoming 50th Anniversary celebration. All of that information is now on a number of sheets of flip chart paper. If someone could enter this information into a word processing program, it would be a huge help and you'd be greatly appreciated. If you are able and willing to do this, please contact the UUFC office (799-0845) or Don Mohr. Thanks in advance for the help.
Dialogue on NAACP Boycott
The forum has scheduled a discussion on the issue of the NAACP boycott efforts to take down the Confederate flag flying over the state capital. This discussion will take place on August 22, at 9:30am in the UUFC Library, and Patrick plans a sermon on this in the near future. Additional speakers and discussion groups will be scheduled soon.
Other UU congregations in South Carolina are also engaged in the dialogue. Please participate and express your opinion.
Ain't We Happy We Got 'Em….
Please join our "Good Times" committee! This committee is a spin-off of (and funded by) the Religious Education committee. We will be planning congregational parties and events.
If interested in good times, please call Alice Leeper .
The Space We Live In
There will be a "The Space We Live In" long-range planning meeting at 12:30, August 29, in room 8. Please join us. Terry Shaw
Joys and Concerns
Timmy Barrington had outpatient surgery at Baptist
Hospital on Friday, August 13, and is home recuperating. Calls and cards
are welcome.
Co-Council Gears Up
The first Committee Council (CC) for this year will meet on August 23 from 6pm to 7pm at the Fellowship. All Committee Chairs (see below) are requested to come. Immediately following the meeting, each individual committee is requested to meet. Meeting spaces for the committees will be available at the Fellowship.
The intent of the CC is to provide a forum for coordination among the committees, facilitate communication between the committees and the Board and vice-versa, and serve as a support system for Committee Chairs in terms of trouble-shooting, recruitment and retention of members of the various committees, and any other issue deemed important by the Committee Chairs.
For this first meeting, please bring: 1) a current list of all of the members of your committee; 2) a summary statement describing the purpose of your committee; 3) ideas for linkages with other committees; and 4) ideas for specific and measurable goals for your committee along with any suggestions you have for reaching the goals. Thank you, and call me (Joe Kyle) if you have any questions, or if I’ve left something or someone out.
Committee Chairs:
We all have reason to be proud of our fellowship’s contribution to the Cooperative Ministries 1999 School Supply Drive. The Sunday edition of The State reported that 170 volunteers from the Midlands area were involved in the drive that gathered and distributed school supplies to more than 5000 school children in the Midlands area. More than $200 of those school supplies and books and TWENTY of those volunteers came from our fellowship. UU volunteers helped in the sorting, packaging, and distribution of school supplies packages. You may have seen some of our UUFC youth interviewed on Channel 3 news Thursday, August 12th. Thank you to everyone who contributed supplies and a special thank you to our volunteers: Heather Leeper, Melissa Leeper, Alice Leeper, Jadeda Brown, Chris Nolan-Ingham, Keir Ingram-Stone, Laura Ingram, Jennifer Cobb, Alex McMahan, Janet Swigler, Loren Freed, Trish Jerman, Daniel Tompkins, Joe Kyle, Rebecca Kyle, Joey Kyle, Jessica Porter, Jon Michael Aun, Lanna Marie Aun.
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"Meeting Jesus Again
for the First Time."
October will feature a sermon and Wednesday discussions based on this book by Marcus Borg: Some copies will be available for sale ($11.15 each, see Gertrude Edge).
Discussion of the book will take place in the UUFC library on the following Wednesday evenings at 7:00: September 15 and 29, and October 13 and possibly the 27th.
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More Cakes & Momentous Collages!
Collect your snapshots, magazines, and trinket treasures and bring them to the next More Cakes get-together!! On Tuesday, September 14, 1999, the More Cakes group will be using our inherent artistic energies to create powerful collages. An angel is providing the materials to make a collage cover for a personal journal, or you can design an aesthetic portrait of worth and beauty to you. If you have any questions or need further information, please feel free to contact Heather Cunningham.
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CUUPs News
For the remainder of the summer until after Labor Day, CUUPs will meet every other week. The dates of meeting for August are August 12th and 26th. We will resume meeting every week starting September 9th.
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More about Quiyamah Rahman, our new Thomas Jefferson district representative…..
Ms. Rahman has agreed to facilitate the Board and Committee Chair Retreat on August 21. She and the board will spend all day Saturday working together.
She recently moved to Charlotte, NC, where the Thomas Jefferson District office is located. Her first day on the job the office was struck by lightning. Needless to say she has gotten off to an electrifying beginning. Qiyamah held dual memberships at Thurman Hamer Ellington UU Fellowship and Ministry, an intentionally diverse congregation, where she was co-president, and UU Congregation of Atlanta, where she was a lay minister in training.
"I am honored to serve as District Executive in the fastest growing district in the continental USA," Qiyamah recently said. "In my first year and a half I expect to visit all the congregations." Qiyamah is a single parent to Libra, Kaleema and Muhammad and grandmother to Brandon, age six.
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