Friday News Update - July 16, 2010
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church - Unitarian Universalist
Friday News Update July 16, 2010
Sunday Service 10 AM
July 18, Sunday: Sermon - Life Long Faith, Ed Berger & Carol Keese. In the modern world, many of us continuously study our finances, our personal life, our health, and even our favorite sports teams, in an effort to understand them more deeply. However, many of us do not engage in this level of examination of our faith. In this service, we consider what it means for Unitarian Universalists to engage in life-long faith development.
Sunday Child Care
Summer child care co-op offered during the service for infants through rising fifth graders.
To register, contact robynf@embarqmail.com.
Church This Week
June-August 28: Summit House Closed
July 18, Sunday: Social Action Collection - Meals on Wheels. Meals on Wheels delivers hot, nutritious lunchtime meals Monday through Friday to residents of the Charlottesville/Albemarle area on a temporary or long-term basis. We serve any resident who is unable to prepare nutritious meals and who has no one to help them with meal preparation. Our goal is to provide not only appetizing nutritious food, but also daily social contact to people who are hungry and alone.”
July 22, Thursday: UU Christian Fellowship, 7 PM, Parlor.
July 25, Sunday: Sermon - Healing the Gulf, Green Sanctuary/Laura Wallace & Bob Kiefer. Anguish and anger over environmental devastation have torn our hearts and touched our consciences. This sermon explores how, although healing wounds to the environment is agonizingly slow, restoring our sense of wholeness and hope can begin right now.
Church Notes & Requests for Help
Thank you to Dan Spitzer, for cleaning up the playground of twigs and leaves from the storm.
Thank you to a crew of five, Lorie Craddock, Patsy Swindler, Marlene Jones, Susan Bremer and Natalie Somer, who spent about five hours cleaning the main church kitchen. Susan Bremer particularly deserves kudos for single-handedly undertaking the cleaning of the stove. It alone was a three hour job.
Playground News: The playground still needs some work done to get it back in shape. Please watch your children carefully if they are on the playground.
Yard Sale Items Needed! Your hard-working yard sale sorting/pricing crew has run out of items to work with, so bring your donations now to Room 1 of Summit House on Sunday mornings or anytime during the week when the Church Office is open. We accept furniture, kitchenware, linens, decorative items, kid’s games and toys, sporting equipment, yard and garden items, electronics, books, and CD/DVDs. Due to space considerations, we cannot accept computers or printers, non-cable-ready TVs, large exercise equipment, child car seats or clothing. All donations must be in saleable condition or they will be subject to discard. Please hold larger furniture items until August to maximize our working space. For questions or to get on the list for furniture pickup, please write yardsale@uucharlottesville.org or speak with Elizabeth Breeden or Jean Newland.
Chalice Lighters: Help provide funding for new UU congregations in our district and you will be a Chalice Lighter. The Thomas Jefferson District has sent a call for funds to help Wake Forest PEACE Fellowship provide a permanent, stable site to replace their temporary, se-up-take-down meeting place. Please pick up literature at Edith Good’s cold drinks counter in the Social Hall after the service or phone her at 293-4044. Thanks.
KLM Photos: If you had your picture taken by KLM Photography then you can pick up your copy(ies) at the TJMC UUsed Bookstore after services any Sunday.
TJMC Photo Directory: The Membership Committee is compiling a digital TJMC membership photo directory and wants to include a digital photograph of every member. See the July 2010 Monthly Bulletin for details. If you have questions, contact Sally Taylor, Membership Co-Chair, at 295-8083 or
Church Upcoming Dates
July 26, Monday: Administrative Council, 7 PM, Social Hall.
July 26, Mondays: TnT, 7:30 PM, Green Room.
July 27, Tuesdays: UU World Magazine Discussion Group, 6:30 PM, Green Room. The UU World Discussion Group will now meet the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month. Bring your copy of the most recent UU World and join us for lively conversation. Contact Holly Dilatush at 960-7177 or
yardsale@uucharlottesville.org or speak with Elizabeth Breeden or Jean Newland.
July 28, Wednesdays: Back Page Writers, 7 PM, Green Room
July 28, Wednesday: UUGuys, 7 PM, Parlor
July 29, Thursday: Bulletin Folding, 9 AM, Social Hall
August 21, Saturday: TJMC Back-To-School Yard Sale Extravaganza, 11th Annual. Our sorting/pricing crew has already started to work. All donations must be in saleable condition or they will be subject to discard. Bring your non-furniture donations now to Summit House (the yellow house adjacent to the church) on Sunday mornings or during the week when the Church Office is open, and place them in Room #1, to the left as you enter. We accept: furniture, kitchenware, linens, decorative items, kid’s games and toys, sporting equipment, yard and garden items, electronics, books, and CDs. We cannot accept (due to space considerations): computers or printers, non-cable-ready TVs, large exercise equipment, child car seats or clothing. In order to maximize our working space, please hold larger furniture items until August. If you have items you can not hold until then, we have alternative off-site storage space available. Questions? Need to arrange a pickup for large quantities or large items? Write yardsale@uucharlottesville.org or speak with Elizabeth Breeden or Jean Newland.
