PAGEANT! Come and join in a celebration and exploration of the Light of Life winter holiday pageant on December 17 during both worship services! Opportunities abound for all ages to participate in this multi-generational worship service. Check out the sign up genius link RE Coordinator Iris De La Paz set up. If you have a...
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News from the Board – December 2017
The board is pleased to announce the formation of the Social Justice Coalition, a new committee at UUCM. This new initiative, which replaces the Peace and Justice Coalition, emerged from a series of conversations among active participants from the Green Sanctuary Committee, Rainbow UU, the UUCM “chapter” of the UU legislative Ministry, and the Undoing...
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“One Room Schoolhouse” experiment for K-3rd on Nov 12 at 9 a.m.
We will experiment with a “one room schoolhouse” model for K-3rd grades on Sunday Nov 12 at the 9 a.m. worship service. After the time for all ages, K-3rd graders who are present will go to a special one room schoolhouse to explore the theme of what it means to be a people of abundance-...
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On That Note… – November 2017
From Markus Grae-Hauck, Music Director Did you miss it? I almost did. If you attended the Sunday morning service on September 24th, you were there when Rev. Anya Sammler-Michael (Senior Co-Minister), Sue Raufer (Board President), and Jennie Wengrovius (Chair of the Music Committee) took a few minutes to acknowledge the fact that I completed the UUA’s Music Leadership...
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Is Sunday School Dying? Is it Already Dead?
From Chris Buja, Director of Religious Education and Congregational Life Recently I attended a workshop led by Kimberley Sweeney based on her position paper provocatively titled, “The Death of Sunday School.” Her paper was drawn from her experiences as a UU consultant for New England Region congregations as well as studying nationwide trends in religious...
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A Language of Reverence
From Rev. Anya Sammler-Michael, Senior Co-Minister The vocabulary of reverence allows us “to speak of that which is sacred, holy, of ultimate importance to us, the language which would allow us to enter into critical dialogue with the rest of the religious community.” – Rev. Dr. David Bumbaugh, Unitarian Universalist Minister and Professor In the mid...