Friday News Update, Friday February 4, 2011
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Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church - Unitarian Universalist
Friday E-Mail News February 4, 2011
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9:15 AM + 11:15 AM Services February 6, Sunday: Sermon - The Humanity of Heroism, Rev. Dr. Janet E. Newman. In honor of Black History Month, I want to use as my text a book by Ernest J. Gaines, “A Gathering of Old Men.” This book will serve to elucidate some observations by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. A ceremony of Child Dedication will be offered at both services. |
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Religious Education Religious Education for children nursery through fifth grade is offered at both services. Our 4 year-olds through 5th grades will be celebrating Chinese New Year. Due to hosting PACEM, we are not having regular classes for sixth through twelfth grades. See the weekly RE e-newsletter for class specific details. |
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Church This Week. February 4, Friday: PJs, Pancakes & Bingo! 5 PM, Social Hall. The Children’s RE Committee is sponsoring our annual All-Church Pancake Dinner. Everyone is welcome. Help set the party mood and wear your PJs, slippers or robe. Enjoy a fabulous dinner of pancakes, sausages and other treats. We will play Bingo with our fabulous new Bingo machine. Bingo begins at 6:30PM and cards are $2 each or three cards for $5. February 5-March 19, Saturdays: AFD: Introduction to Chen Style Tai Chi, 9:30-10:30 AM. No prior experience necessary. Led by Joe Fogler. Register at leiadj@embarqmail.com or 293-8179 x 3#. February 5, Saturday: AFD: Building/Designing Altar Displays & Sacred Spaces, 10:30 AM. Open to all ages—families particularly welcome. Led by Holly Dilatush. Register at leiadj@embarqmail.com or 293-8179 x 3#. February 6, Sunday: IMPACT, 10 AM, Green Room. IMPACT Network meeting for all interested in helping with IMPACT’s activities. We will provide an update on the mental health research process, and strategize on building up support and turnout for the Nehemiah Action meeting on Monday, March 28. For those who wish to attend the 9:15 AM service please feel free to join us as soon as the service is over. Call Bob Gross 977-09828 or Trish Foley 973-1114 for more information. February 6, Sunday: Communication: Show and Share, 10:30-11:15 AM, Social Hall. Come explore UU websites, Facebook pages, etc. to help expand your knowledge of communication tools and techniques both within and beyond our congregation. Led by Holly Dilatush, Adult Faith Development Committee Chair. February 6, Sunday: Circle Dinner Sign-Ups. Sign up now for Circle Dinners occurring the first weekend in March! These no-agenda, purely social meals are a great way to meet some new folks and have fun. There are lots of options to suit a range needs and styles, so look for signup sheets in the breezeway after services. Questions? Contact Sally Taylor at sallytalor411@gmail.com. February 6, Sundays: Women Weaving Wisdom Committee, 1 PM, Green Room. February 8-March 15, Tuesdays: AFD: Couples Spirituality, 7 PM, Sanctuary+Summit Room 1. For more information see our website at uucharlottesville.org. To register contact Leia Durland-Jones, DRE, at 293-8179 extension 3#. February 9, Wednesday: AFD: Harvest the Power, 7 PM, Social Hall. “Caring for Ourselves and Each Other” will explore the role of leaders in creating a spiritually healthy congregational culture that encourages spiritual and emotional health in volunteers. It will also provide opportunity for participants to examine their own spiritual well being. This session will be facilitated by Alex McGee and Christine Gresser. To register, contact Leia Durland-Jones, DRE, at leiadj@embarqmail.com February 9, Wednesday: UUGuys, 7 PM, Down Stairs Kitchen. February 10+17+24, Thursdays: Active Minds, 1 PM, Parlor. February 10+17+24, Thursdays: Adult Choir, 6:45 PM, Parlor. February 10+24, Thursdays: UU Christian Fellowship, 7 PM, Summit Room 2. Both will be led by Eleanor May. February 11, Friday: Social Action Film Series and Light Potluck, 7 PM, Parlor. The Green Sanctuary Task Force will be showing Full Signal, a documentary made in 2010 that explores the health issues surrounding cell phone towers and the wireless communications you have in your home and car. The sixty-minute film includes interviews with scientists around the world who are researching the health effects related to cellular technology; with journalists, with activists, and with lawyers and lawmakers who represent the people wanting cell towers regulated. Our Virginia legislature is currently proposing to reduce regulations on the telecommunications industry in a way that will promote cellular use. Please bring a light dish to share for a simple potluck! Contact Sharon Baiocco, Green Sanctuary Chair, 293-7797 or sbaiocco@comcast.net for more information. February 12, Saturday: Memorial Service for Richard Good, 2 PM, Sanctuary + Parlor. February 13, Sunday: Sermon - The Phases and Faces of Love, Rev. Dr. Janet E. Newman. This sermon is in honor of love in its many phases through our lives and the many faces that show us that love. As they say, the Greeks had many words for love—I will select only a few. February 13, Sunday: AFD: Common Read: Immigration Stories, 12:45 PM, Summit House Room 2. Participants will read designated sections of the book and meet on Sunday, February 13, and Sunday, March 13, from 12:45-2 PM to discuss the book together (lunch will be available for purchase from the Coming of Age class on Sunday, February 13, and Sunday, March 13.) Copies of the book The Death of Josseline: Immigration Stories from the Arizona-Mexico Borderlands are available for purchase for $10 at the RE table in the social hall. Led by Pam Philips and Holly Dilatush. February 13, Sunday: Emotional Wellness, 1 PM, Parlor. The Emotional Wellness group is brainstorming ways to make our congregation more welcoming. We will discuss language that is welcoming (or not?) and the theme for a community wide May Art Show. |
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Church Notes & Requests for Help February 2011 Monthly Bulletin is now online at uucharlottesville.org. Snow Shovelers Needed: We are in need of a few people who could help shovel our sidewalks on snowy days. If you are available then please contact Sallie Kate Park at 978-7360. Taking Care of the Church We Love: What does taking care of our church mean to you? We want to know! Tell us about it! Please gather your thoughts, stories, artwork and other expressions of Stewardship and submit them to us by email at stewardship@uucharlottesville.org or put them in the Stewardship mailbox at church. Each entry will be posted in a “Stewardship” blog appearing on the church website. Thanks! The Stewardship Committee would love to have canvassing volunteers come forward and help to ensure that the church we care about is well-funded in the coming fiscal year. If you would like to help, contact Dan Spitzner at dan.spitzner@gmail.com or Karen Ransom at kpransom@comcast.net. Are you interested in how the church works? Who sets the thermostat? How are repairs made? Who determines what color the carpet is? Who is responsible for the church server? If you’re interested in questions like these or doing these types of activities, then the church Administrative Council is right for you. If you have experience dealing with technology, design, buildings, money, management, or simply want to get more experience in these areas, the Administrative Council is looking for volunteers. The church needs more volunteers to ensure that all of these functions run smoothly. Please e-mail Sean McCutcheon at smccut@googlemail.com if you would like more information. Make a Gift Through an Ira Charitable Rollover: Normally, a distribution from your IRA is taxed as ordinary income. However, tax legislation just enacted extends the opportunity throughout 2011 for individuals 701/2 or older to make a direct distribution from your IRA to a qualified charity, such as TJMC or the TJMC Endowment Fund. Such qualified direct distributions to charity from your IRA are not subject to income tax. The new law also provides that you may consider such distributions made in January 2011 as made in 2010. Attention Kroger Shoppers! When you buy groceries, pharmacy items or gasoline at Kroger, TJMC gets 5% of every dollar you spend. Just use a TJMC-Linked Kroger Gift Card. It costs you nothing!
Last year we generated $8,000, and this year, with your help, we hope to raise over $20,000! Imagine the good we could do with that money and at no cost to you. It is just that easy! Please sign up today and shop at Kroger with your TJMC-Linked GiftCard. Do you receive our Religious Education newsletter with weekly highlights and information about what is happening in our Children and Youth Religious Education program? You do not need to have children in the program to be added to the mailing list. To add you name, contact Leia Durland-Jones at leiadj@embarqmail.com. |
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