From jdking336 at gmail.com  Tue Mar  4 09:15:43 2008
From: jdking336 at gmail.com (Jonathan King)
Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:15:43 -0500
Subject: [UUCP] Lost Keys found
Message-ID: <C3F2D1CF.E54C%jdking336@gmail.com>


A set of 2 keys with a shoprite card were found in the bags of food donated
to the soup kitchen. The bags contained cereal.  If you think that these may
be yours, please contact or see Cassandra Jennings Hall.

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From jdking336 at gmail.com  Wed Mar  5 07:05:25 2008
From: jdking336 at gmail.com (Jonathan King)
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:05:25 -0500
Subject: [UUCP] Metro NY Minute -- March 2008
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From: MetroNYMinute <metronyminute at verizon.net>
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2008 06:57:43 -0500
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Subject: Metro NY Minute -- March 2008

 
  Metro NY Minute -- March 2008
 

Each month (once in July/August), you'll receive the current issue of this
e-newsletter from the UU District of Metro NY. Click on underlined links for
further information about many of the items included. Some of the links
require Adobe Acrobat Reader, free software available by clicking the icon .
 
 

News From the District
 
  
  
 
 
 
 
  Worth Repeating!
  
  

 
    Plan now to attend UULTI 2008 - The UU  Leadership Team Institute
<http://www.uulti.org/> . Last year's   acclaimed program returns for 2008.
UULTI is a week-long training  opportunity sponsored by the Metro NY, Joseph
Priestly, Ohio-Meadville,  and St. Lawrence districts, July 28-August 3,
Juniata College, Huntingdon PA.  Designed for congregations of all sizes,
UULTI is currently the only  training opportunity that invites smaller
congregations to team together  and larger congregations to bring teams that
include lay and professional  leadership. The goal? To embrace growth and
?Turn Outward in  Faith?. Save the dates and include UULTI training in
upcoming  budgets. Read first-person accounts of 2007  UULTI
<http://uumetrony.org/metronyminute/sep07/UULTI.pdf>  .
  
  

 
  The Spring 2008 Chalice Lighters Call
<http://www.uumetrony.org/services/chalicelighter.htm>   will be for the
First Unitarian  Society of Rockland County <http://fusrc.org/>  (Pomona
NY),  helping the Society employ a part-time Director of Religious
Education, a  critical component of efforts to increase membership. Read
more <http://uumetrony.org/services/Flyer5.pdf>  .
  
  

 
  Youth, young  adults, and adult advisors are invited to participate in
Building the Bridge, March 28-29, at the UU Congregation  at Shelter Rock
(Manhasset NY). Building the Bridge is a gathering to  plan the Bridging
Ceremony for the 2008 District Annual Meeting, which  marks the transition
from youth to young adulthood and welcomes bridging  youth into the young
adult community. Click here
<http://uumetrony.org/events/Bridging_Con_2008_Flyer.pdf>   for a flyer.
Youth and young adults, click  here
<https://www.formdesk.com/uuforms/Bridging2008>  to register. Adult
advisors, click  here <https://www.formdesk.com/uuforms/advisors>  to
register. The  deadline to register is March 18.
 
   
  

 
 More  Good Stuff to Check Out!
  
 Worship Service Providers <http://uumetrony.org/help/worship.htm>
available to District congregations
  
 RE-Sources <http://uumetrony.org/services/REresources.htm>  for religious
education leaders
  
 Job opportunities <http://uumetrony.org/district/jobs.htm>  around the
District
  
 Small Talk <http://uumetrony.org/services/re docs/smalltalkfeb08.pdf>   for
small congregations
  
 InterConnections <http://www.uua.org/publications/interconnections/>  for
lay leaders
  
 Action Campaigns <http://www.uua.org/socialjustice/23188.shtml>  of the UUA
  
 UUA Monthly Mailing
<http://www.uua.org/leaders/leaderslibrary/congregationalmonthly/>  to
congregations
  
 uuworld.org <http://www.uuworld.org/> , the UUA online  magazine

Registration is now open for the 2008 District Annual Meeting
<http://uumetrony.org/am08/index.htm> , May 2-3 at the Marriott Hotel in
Stamford CT. The Rev. Dr. Tracey Robinson-Harris, UUA Director for
Congregational Services, will deliver the keynote address. On Friday night,
Geoff Kaufman <http://geoffkaufman.com/> , well-known singer and guitarist,
will entertain and inspire. Come experience outstanding workshops, the Metro
NY District Choir, the UU Network Mall, worship, fellowship, and fun!
 


This spring, all congregations in the District will be asked to participate
in a survey conducted by the UUA Office of Church Staff Finances. Data from
the survey will be used to develop the 2009 salary recommendations. The
survey will be electronically distributed and should take about 30 minutes
to complete. If a particular individual in your congregation should receive
the survey, or if you have other questions concerning the survey, contact
Doug Ford, District Compensation Consultant, at dougbar at aol.com or at
973-543-6415. 
 

Ministers and lay UUs with electrical, plumbing, and other construction
skills needed to form TUUL-Belt Ministry, a new UU ministry supported by the
District and designed to respond rapidly to disasters, provide spiritual
care to relief workers and victims, and coordinate long-term reconstruction
relief. Contact the Rev. Scott Sammler-Michael at emichael at uuma.org
<mailto:emichael at uuma.org>  or 443-807-2899.
 
 

News From the UUA 
 

UU World magazine now publishes "Congregational Announcements," a new
section that helps congregations recognize the accomplishments, transitions,
and milestones of the congregation and its members. Congregations may place
a brief announcement in any issue of the magazine. A "congregations only"
fee of $75 is charged for up to 50 words, a savings of $100 off the price of
a standard 50-word classified ad. The deadline for the summer issue is March
14, 2008. Future deadlines are June 15 for the fall issue, August 29 for the
winter issue, and December 15 for the spring 2009 issue. Click here
<http://uuworld.org/advertising/placeacongregationalannouncement.shtml>  for
more information or call 617-948-6502.
 

Funding is available through the General Assembly Planning Committee
Matching Grant Program
<http://www.uua.org/events/generalassembly/registrationhousing/financialaid/
15005.shtml>  to help congregations support a member who wants to attend
General Assembly <http://www.uua.org/events/generalassembly/index.shtml>  in
Fort Lauderdale this coming June. For an application, click here
<http://www.uua.org/documents/gaoffice/scholarship.pdf>  . Deadline for
application is March 31.
 

Changes in the structure of the continental Young Religious UUs (YRUU) are
likely to take place, pending the decision of the UUA Board. In a letter
February 15, UUA President Bill Sinkford said "there is a broad consensus
that the current structure for continental youth ministry is not serving our
faith well. It is the task of the Youth Ministry Working Group to recommend
that new structure.? Read more
<http://www.uuworld.org/news/articles/100284.shtml?n> .
 

The UUA Bookstore and Skinner House Books announce the following new titles.
Our Whole Lives: Sexuality Education for Young Adults, Ages 18-35
<http://www.uuabookstore.org/productdetails.cfm?PC=772> , with topics
ranging from body image to birth control, love to latex barriers, sexual
fantasizing to family life. Sexuality and Our Faith: A Companion to Our
Whole Lives for Young Adults
<http://www.uuabookstore.org/productdetails.cfm?PC=771> , a guide for
applying UU religious values to sexuality-related decisions.  Come Into the
Circle: Worshiping with Children
<http://www.uuabookstore.org/productdetails.cfm?PC=579>  by Michelle
Richards, a guide for leading children in worship, including chalice
lightings, stories, sermons, songs, closing words, and more. Wrestling with
Adulthood: Unitarian Universalist Men Talk About Growing Up
<http://www.uuabookstore.org/productdetails.cfm?PC=761> , edited by Ken
Beldon, stories from eleven men exploring the challenges they faced and the
choices they made along their journeys to adulthood.
 

The UUA's Congregational Poll
<http://www.uua.org/socialjustice/issuesprocess/currentissues/>  closed as
on February 1. Its purpose was to decide whether to post both, either, or
neither of the two proposed Congregational Study/Action Issues (CSAIs) on
the General Assembly 2008 agenda. Under new social witness bylaws, a 25%
quorum of certified congregations must participate in this poll for the
process to move forward. This quorum was surpassed, and congregations voted
to move both proposed CSAIs onto the GA 2008 agenda. CSAI-1
<http://www.uua.org/socialjustice/issuesprocess/currentissues/55648.shtml>
is Ethical Eating: Food and Environmental Justice; CSI-2
<http://www.uua.org/socialjustice/issuesprocess/currentissues/55653.shtml>
is Nuclear Disarmament. Click here
<http://www.uua.org/socialjustice/issuesprocess/process/index.shtml>  for
more information about the social witness process of the UUA.
 

Bridge Connections 
<http://uua.org/documents/congservices/yacm/bridgeconnectionsorder.pdf>  ,
gift packets for youth graduating from high school or turning 18, are
available for purchase from the UUA Office of Young Adult and Campus
Ministry. Intended to help keep youth connected to Unitarian Universalism,
each gift packet includes a book of meditations published by Skinner House,
one-year subscriptions to UU World magazine, Quest, and Young Adult News,
and information about the online directory of young adult and campus groups.
Order by March 15 for timely delivery; orders are not accepted after May 1.
 
 

News From Congregations
 
  
  
 
 
 
 
    
 
 
  Milestones and  Transitions
  
  

 
 The Rev. Alison Cornish will be installed  as Minister at the UU
Congregation of the South Fork (Bridgehampton NY) on  April 6 at 4:00 p.m. A
former member of the Congregation, the Rev. Cornish  also was ordained by
the Congregation and is their first settled  minister.
  
  

 
 Amy Strano will be ordained by the  Unitarian Church of All Souls
(Manhattan) and by the  Fourth Universalist Society (Manhattan) at the
Unitarian  Church of All Souls on April 13 at 5:00 p.m. (Note the change in
time from  previous announcements.)
  
  

 
 Ian Maher will be ordained by the  UU Congregation of Queens (Flushing NY)
on April 27 at  5:00 p.m.
     
  

 
 The Rev. Bob Janis Dillon will be installed as  Minister at the First UU
Fellowship of Hunterdon County  (Baptistown NJ) on May 18 at 3:00 p.m.
  
  

 
 Wendy Pantoja will be ordained by the First  Unitarian Society of
Plainfield (NJ) and the UU  Congregation at Montclair (NJ) on June 1 at 4:00
p.m. The  service will take place at the UU Congregation at Montclair.
  
  

 
 Elizabeth Anne Putnam will be ordained by the  Fourth Universalist Society
(Manhattan) on June 8 at  4:00 p.m.
  
 Rosemarie Newberry will be ordained by the  UU Congregation of Monmouth
County (Lincroft NJ) on  October 26 at 5:00  p.m.

Children, parents, and teachers from the UU Society in Stamford (CT)
delivered valentines on February 10 to elder members of the congregation
that can no longer leave their homes and to residents of a local nursing
home. The children were thrilled that their creations were delivered to and
enjoyed by appreciative recipients. Click here
<http://www.uusis.org/activities.html>  for more pictures.
 

The UU Congregation at Rock Tavern (NY) on March 2 unanimously approved
floor plans for rebuilding the facilities destroyed in a devastating fire in
September 2006. The Congregation is committed to "building green." The
public phase of a capital campaign begins in April and includes offering
items for sale at the 2008 District Annual Meeting
<http://uumetrony.org/am08/index.htm> . Read more
<http://uumetrony.org/metronyminute/mar08/Rock_Tavern_NY.pdf>  .
 

The UU Congregation at Montclair (NJ) was among nearly 800 congregations
worldwide participating in Evolution Weekend, February 8-10. In his sermon
on February 10, the Rev. Charlie Ortman said ?The goal of Evolution Weekend
is to demonstrate that those outspoken fundamentalists who assert that
people have to choose between religion and science are not speaking for the
majority of religious leaders and religious persons.? Read more
<http://www.montclairtimes.com/page.php?page=16692> .
 

The Fourth Universalist Society (Manhattan) is sponsoring an illustrated
slide lecture on March 16 titled "From Sheridan Square to the Harlem
Renaissance: Gays and Lesbians in New York's Visual Arts"
<http://uumetrony.org/events/events.htm#From_Sheridan>  by James Saslow, one
of the founders of the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies at City University
of New York. Proceeds for the event will benefit Interweave
<http://www.interweavecontinental.org> , a membership organization guided by
UU principles and committed to outreach, recognition, and nurturance of
lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, and transgender members.
 

The Community Church of New York UU women's group presented on March 2 a
service titled "Revolution by Resolution," covering the history and
accomplishments of the UUA's Women and Religion Committee, created in 1977.
The service was written by the Rev. Dorothy Emerson and first presented last
June at General Assembly in Portland OR.
   

The Unitarian Church in Westport (CT) continues its Bridges to Belief Series
with a lecture on April 6
<http://uumetrony.org/events/events.htm#Bridges_of>  by Dr. Sharon Welch,
Provost and Professor of Religion, Society at Meadville Lombard Theological
School, and a lecture on May 4
<http://uumetrony.org/events/events.htm#Bridges_to_Belief>  by the Rev. Dr.
C. Welton Gaddy, President of the Interfaith Alliance. Free to the public, a
reception follows each speaker.
 
 

Other Noteworthy Items
 

The Unitarian Universalists for Jewish Awareness <http://www.uuja.org/>  (
UUJA) is seeking entries for the first annual Jerry Davidoff Sermon Award. A
prize of $500 will be awarded for a sermon preached between January 2007 and
December 2007 that best illustrates or exemplifies the contributions of
Jewish theology, thought, or culture to Unitarian Universalism. The award is
named in honor of Jerry Davidoff, an early member of UUJA and a member of
the Unitarian Church in Westport (CT), who has been instrumental in helping
lift up the often overlooked Jewish presence in our religious movement.
Entries should be submitted in Word, RTF, or PDF document format to UUJA
vice-president Arthur Thexton at athexton at alum.beloit.edu
<mailto:athexton at alum.beloit.edu> . The deadline is March 15, 2008.
Questions can be addressed to UUJA president the Rev. Marti Keller at
mkeller at uuca.org <mailto:mkeller at uuca.org> .
 

Universalist Convocations, an Independent Affiliate Organization of the UUA,
will hold Universalist Convocation 2008
<http://nmuc.org/Convo/2008Convo.htm>  on May 2-8 at the Barton Center
<http://www.bartoncenter.org/>  in North Oxford MA. The theme of the event
is "Being of Service: Path to Fulfillment."
 

The UU Small Group Ministry Network
<http://www.smallgroupministry.net/index.html>  invites individuals and
congregations to join this grassroots organization dedicated to creating
healthy UU congregations by supporting small group ministry and related
shared ministry models. Membership in the Network includes receiving the SGM
Quarterly Journal. The Network facilitates the exchange of resources and
information through its web site and Covenant Group News
<http://www.smallgroupministry.net/cgnews/index.html> , develops new
resources, and organizes regional small group ministry conferences.
 
 

Upcoming Meetings and Workshops
 

Visit the District Calendar <http://plus.calendars.net/metrony1001>  and the
District Events <http://uumetrony.org/events/events.htm>  page for these and
other events:
 
7th National Conference for Large Congregations
<http://www.uua.org/events/largecongregations/2008/index.shtml> (more than
550 members), March 13-16, Louisville KY. Sponsored by the UUA. For more
information, contact Susanna Whitman <mailto:swhitman at uua.org> .

Building the Bridge (Bridging Ceremony Planning): March 28-29, UU
Congregation at Shelter Rock, Manhasset NY. For a flyer, click here
<http://uumetrony.org/events/Bridging_Con_2008_Flyer.pdf>  . To register as
a youth or young adult, click here
<https://www.formdesk.com/uuforms/Bridging2008> . To register as an adult
advisor, click here <https://www.formdesk.com/uuforms/advisors> . For more
information, contact Beth Dana <mailto:beth.r.dana at gmail.com> .
Caring Congregation Training: March 28-30, Mount Manresa
<http://www.manresasi.org> , Staten Island NY. Sponsored by the Metro NY
District. For a flyer, click here
<http://uumetrony.org/events/Caring_Congregation_Training_flyer.pdf>  . For
more information, contact Andrea Lerner <mailto:alerner at uua.org> .
UU United Nations Office Intergenerational Spring Seminar
<http://uu-uno.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=72&amp;
Itemid=74> : April 3-5, United Nations headquarters, New York City.
Long Island Leadership Institute: April 12, location to be announced. For
more information, contact Reba Siniscalchi <mailto:resinis at aol.com> .
Junior Youth Con: April 12-13, UU Congregation of Monmouth County (Lincroft
NJ). For a flyer, click here <http://uumetrony.org/events/JYConFlyer08a.pdf>
. To register, click here <https://www.formdesk.com/uuforms/JrConApril08> .
For more information, contact Peter Green <mailto:drpg at aol.com> .
UU Ministers Association District Chapter Annual Meeting: May 1-2, Marriott
Hotel, Stamford CT. For more information, contact the Rev. Anthony (Tony)
Johnson <mailto:apjohnson at uuma.org> .
District Annual Meeting <http://uumetrony.org/am08/index.htm> : May 2-3,
Marriott Hotel, Stamford CT.
Anti-Racism and Diversity Conclave: May 31, Community Church of New York UU,
Manhattan. Sponsored by the Metro NY District. The Rev. Bill Sinkford, UUA
President, will be the keynote speaker. For more information, contact Carl
Heath <mailto:ceheath at verizon.net>  or the Rev. Hope Johnson
<mailto:yourshope at aol.com> .
YRUU Con: June 6-8, UU Congregation at Shelter Rock, Manhasset NY. For more
information, contact Corinne Hallander <mailto:carrottop2291 at yahoo.com> .
UU University <http://www.uua.org/events/uuuniversity/index.shtml> : June
24-25, Fort Lauderdale FL.
General Assembly <http://www.uua.org/events/generalassembly/index.shtml> :
June 25-29, Fort Lauderdale FL.
 
===========================================
Laurie Golson
Metro NY Minute
UU District of Metro NY
914-271-7861
metronyminute at verizon.net
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From Michael at Meyers-Jouan.name  Wed Mar  5 20:42:58 2008
From: Michael at Meyers-Jouan.name (Michael S. Meyers-Jouan)
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:42:58 -0500
Subject: [UUCP] Weekly Reader for Wednesday 2008 March 5 to Tuesday 2008
	March 11
Message-ID: <08f901c87f33$d3b36c30$0301a8c0@dellbhf8711>


Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Palisades


Weekly Reader for Wednesday 2008 March 5 to Tuesday 2008 March 11

Editor: Michael S. Meyers-Jouan


UUCP Congregational News


Delegates Needed for General Assembly


The Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations (our parent body in
Boston) is holding its annual General Assembly (GA) in Fort Lauderdale,
Florida, June 25 - June 29. We are looking for two congregants who would be
interested in being our representatives at that event. It is a wonderful 5
days that begins with each congregation's delegates carrying their
congregational banner in a parade of congregations, and is filled with
exciting workshops and working sessions, where the delegates vote on the
issues to be worked on for the next year. 

The UUA provides some financial assistance, giving priority to those who are
delegates of their congregation with demonstrable financial need. The
application process began March 1, and must be submitted by March 31. The
Planning Committee will match a contribution from the applicant's
congregation up to $250, and will pay the applicant's GA registration fee.
Regular full time registration is $290.

If you think you might be interested, but want more information about what
GA is like, you can ask Karen Shannon or Wally Reid who attended last year.

Please see Jon King if you think you are interested in being one of our
delegates this year.


Board Bouquets


The UUCP Board of Trustees wants to publicly acknowledge the people who put
on the Service Auction:

.       Jon King

.       Carol Hoffman

.       Bill Hoffman

.       Michael Meyers-Jouan

.       Michael Bellini 

.       Judy Bellini

.       Sydelle Postman

.       Ron Hilliard

.       Vera Hilliard

.       Saritha Clements

.       Linda Kochenburger

.       Karen Washington

.       Karen Shannon


Service Auction Attendees


We were very happy to have quite a few guests at this year's Service
Auction. However, it does raise one minor problem: how can the donors (the
people offering items) get in touch with the successful bidders? Please help
us with contact information for the following bidders:

.       Ilene Singh

.       Jennifer Vorie

.       Eleanor Riley

.       Pat Armstrong

.       Eudella Grant

.       Eve Clyburn

.       Amy Monaco


UUCP Events


Upcoming Sermons


March 9 - "Audre Lord: No Hierarchy of Oppression" - Arlene Scala

March 16 - Jazz and the 7 Principles of Unitarian Universalism"  - Rev. Bob
Fullilove

March 23 - "One Body, Different Members" - Rev. Maj-Britt Johnson - This
will be our annual Easter service and will include a flower communion. The
flower communion is a UU tradition, observed at Easter at UUCP and many
other UU congregations, though some observe it later in the spring. We each
bring a flower and leave with one another has brought. Read an interesting
history of this tradition at
<http://www.uua.org/documents/zottolireginald/flowercommunion.pdf>
http://www.uua.org/documents/zottolireginald/flowercommunion.pdf.

March 30 - (to be announced) - Social Justice Team

April 6 - "Stewardship: What I Do with All that I Have after I Say I
Believe." - Rev. Maj-Britt Johnson - This will be a pre-Canvass, Stewardship
service. In advance I ask you to meditate on the two parts of the title. Ask
yourself: What do I have? In other words what are all my assets, material,
intellectual, spiritual, and otherwise? Secondly: What will I say I believe?


9th annual UUCP JAZZEvent


The Racial & Social Justice Team announces that our annual Jazz event will
take place on Friday, May 16, 2008, from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM at Puffin
Cultural Forum. Please join us!


UU Events


General Interest



Paintings Exhibition 

February 1st, - March 31st, 2008

 Manhattan Athletic Club

277 Park Avenue

New York NY 

212-583-3477

 

(use entrance on 48th Street Near Lexington Avenue)




Cassandra Jennings Hall 

Abstract Artist 

 

 




dogwood blossums

Dogwood Blooms series    8x8   Acrylic on Canvas

 


 

Meet the Artist 

  

Date: Thursday, March 6th, 2008

Time: 6:00-8:00pm 

 

 

Where: Manhattan Athletic Club

277 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10172

212-583-3477

 

 

More:(Use entrance on 48th Street near Lexington Avenue)



Cassandra Jennings Hall 

now located at:

Parkway Studios

5 Lawrence Street

Building 8, 6 Floor

Bloomfield NJ 07003

201-833-2914

 

 
<http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=vchq6jcab.0.0.i7ppsubab.0&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cjenni
ngshall.com%2F&id=preview> www.cjenningshall.com,
<mailto:info at cjenningshall.com> info at cjenningshall.com

 

 


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as you want them to appear by 6:00 PM Wednesday of each week. The editor
reserves the right to edit or not print based on the UUCP communication
policy.

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From jdking336 at gmail.com  Mon Mar 10 15:54:22 2008
From: jdking336 at gmail.com (Jonathan King)
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:54:22 -0400
Subject: [UUCP] FW: Interesting workshop this weekend for UU couples
In-Reply-To: <005701c882c6$40167c10$6401a8c0@client001>
Message-ID: <C3FB183E.F148%jdking336@gmail.com>


------ Forwarded Message
From: maj-britt <majbjohn at optonline.net>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 10:48:56 -0500
To: Announcements UUCP <announcements at uucpalisades.org>
Subject: Interesting workshop this weekend for UU couples

this message comes to you from Tracy Sprowls Jenks [usr.dre at verizon.net]:
(Call Tracy at the number below if you are interested)
We still have room in our Couples workshop on March 15.  Please share this
info with your congregations!  Attached is the flyer.  Thanks!
 
Love For The Long Run: Making A Good Relationship Even Better
 
Join UU author Neil Chethik for a lively, experiential workshop designed to
bring you closer to your mate. We'll examine some of the typical
flash-points in relationships: housework, sex, arguing styles, and more.
Straight and gay, married and unmarried, new and veteran couples, are all
welcome. Guaranteed to be both male- and female-friendly.
Neil Chethik is an author, speaker, and longtime UU living in Lexington, Ky.
He is author of VoiceMale: What Husbands Really Think About Their Marriages
(Simon & Schuster 2006), and FatherLoss: How Sons Come To Terms With the
Deaths of Their Dads (Hyperion 2001). Neil is co-founder of the UU Men's
Network, and is a regular contributor to UU World magazine. He is married to
the Rev. Kelly Flood (who attended seminary with Rev. Lammert).
 
Facilitator: Neil Chethik
Meets: Saturday, March 15
Time: 9 a.m. to noon
Fee: $25.00
 
Tracy Sprowls Jenks, Religious Education Minister
Unitarian Society of Ridgewood
"Many beliefs, one faith."
201-444-6225



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From Michael at Meyers-Jouan.name  Thu Mar 13 21:23:59 2008
From: Michael at Meyers-Jouan.name (Michael S. Meyers-Jouan)
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:23:59 -0400
Subject: [UUCP] Weekly Reader for Wednesday 2008 March 12 to Tuesday 2008
	March 18
Message-ID: <08fb01c8857a$8ebe7550$0201a8c0@dellbhf8711>


Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Palisades


Weekly Reader for Wednesday 2008 March 12 to Tuesday 2008 March 18

Editor: Michael S. Meyers-Jouan


UUCP Congregational News


Delegates Needed for General Assembly


The Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations (our parent body in
Boston) is holding its annual General Assembly (GA) in Fort Lauderdale,
Florida, June 25 - June 29. We are looking for two congregants who would be
interested in being our representatives at that event. It is a wonderful 5
days that begins with each congregation's delegates carrying their
congregational banner in a parade of congregations, and is filled with
exciting workshops and working sessions, where the delegates vote on the
issues to be worked on for the next year. 

The UUA provides some financial assistance, giving priority to those who are
delegates of their congregation with demonstrable financial need. The
application process began March 1, and must be submitted by March 31. The
Planning Committee will match a contribution from the applicant's
congregation up to $250, and will pay the applicant's GA registration fee.
Regular full time registration is $290.

If you think you might be interested, but want more information about what
GA is like, you can ask Karen Shannon or Wally Reid who attended last year.

Please see Jon King if you think you are interested in being one of our
delegates this year.


Service Auction Attendees


We were very happy to have quite a few guests at this year's Service
Auction. However, it does raise one minor problem: how can the donors (the
people offering items) get in touch with the successful bidders? Please help
us with contact information for the following bidders:

.       Ilene Singh

.       Eleanor Riley

.       Pat Armstrong

.       Eudella Grant

.       Eve Clyburn


Al Stawsky


On March 11, Al Stawsky entered Valley Hospital in Ridgewood for total hip
replacement surgery; he will also undergo adjustment to the  knee
replacement surgery he had  a year ago. We will keep you posted.


UUCP Events


Upcoming Sermons


March 16 - "Jazz and the 7 Principles of Unitarian Universalism"  - Rev. Bob
Fullilove

March 23 - "One Body, Different Members" - Rev. Maj-Britt Johnson - This
will be our annual Easter service and will include a flower communion. The
flower communion is a UU tradition, observed at Easter at UUCP and many
other UU congregations, though some observe it later in the spring. We each
bring a flower and leave with one another has brought. Read an interesting
history of this tradition at
<http://www.uua.org/documents/zottolireginald/flowercommunion.pdf>
http://www.uua.org/documents/zottolireginald/flowercommunion.pdf.

March 30 - (to be announced) - Social Justice Team

April 6 - "Stewardship: What I Do with All that I Have after I Say I
Believe." - Rev. Maj-Britt Johnson - This will be a pre-Canvass, Stewardship
service. In advance I ask you to meditate on the two parts of the title. Ask
yourself: What do I have? In other words what are all my assets, material,
intellectual, spiritual, and otherwise? Secondly: What will I say I believe?


9th annual UUCP JAZZEvent


The Racial & Social Justice Team announces that our annual Jazz event will
take place on Friday, May 16, 2008, from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM at Puffin
Cultural Forum. Please join us!


UU Events


General Interest


About the Weekly Reader


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policy.

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.       Pertain to official UUCP business

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From majbjohn at optonline.net  Fri Mar 14 15:49:29 2008
From: majbjohn at optonline.net (maj-britt)
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:49:29 -0500
Subject: [UUCP] From Your Minister
Message-ID: <009501c88614$e735f4c0$6401a8c0@client001>

Dear UUCP members,



I know there is some perception I'm not around much anymore. To some extent that's true as I preached less in February than I usually do, which means I haven't been as visible.  However I'm still here, I still love you, and I am still available and welcome your phone calls. I even have time for appointments should you wish to make one! If you would like to talk one on one just email me and we'll set up a time that's mutually convenient. Please do not feel as if you are imposing, I'm your minister, that is what I do.  And I hope you will take the initiative because there is no way I can know your needs unless you tell me.



I know that you may be wondering how long I will be around. My contracts have always been on a yearly basis: September to September, with July and August off. So my ministry with you will end at the end of June, or to all intents and purposes, when I go to General Assembly toward the end of June. Where I will be next year I still do not know. But it will have to be in a full time position, so I want you to know that I will definitely be leaving, whether to an interim or a settled position. I know that was left hanging a bit, so I want to take it down and lay it on the ground.



I for one will be going through some phases of mourning over the next few months, actually I'm there. I think I have been enduring several stages at once. Denial and anger have been the primary ones. Denial allowed me to think June is a long way off and puts my mind into a kind of blur. Anger comes up because, unfortunately, that is how I learned to deal with separation and loss at a young age. Easier to ride out of Dodge in a blaze of fury than in a puddle of tears.  Luckily at my advanced age I know that about myself so don't worry, you probably won't ever be at the other end of my anger and in fact mostly it is subsiding. I'm trying not to be angry with myself. I guess I get angry when I think of all we have not been able to accomplish, when we had such high hopes for each other. I suppose anger is easier than feeling other things.like a sense of failure. 



Have we failed? Have I, because we didn't reach our stated goals and dreams? I suppose so. But what were those? The ones we "failed" in were all about numbers, and externals. How many new people we (don't) have, not having a building, and so on. Important things to be sure, when one wants to grow a church, but the most important? Sometimes the anxiety around not achieving such goals is something I can trace back to a fear of how I/we look to other people. Yes, of course, we will not attract more people in our UU congregations if we don't look good. But what's more important, how we look on the outside, or the state of our souls and our spirits and the content of our characters?



When I inventory my own time here I know that I have grown in so many ways, and I hope at least some of you feel the same way. With you I have:



Had the opportunity to work on articulating my faith, and the challenges to it only allowed me to hone it more clearly. What a gift to have razor sharp minds to sharpen my own. I encourage you to think about how you articulate your faith, and if, during the whole span of your time at UUCP, you have learned to articulate it more clearly, or at least grown your mind and heart, in some way. 



I have also grown through the creative interchange with a diverse community unafraid to challenge me at times, and to challenge each other. We have talked openly about race, homophobia, and sometimes about class, and any number of other topics that most people in this world politely avoid, or worse. We can all be grateful for a safe and loving place to do that. How can we help but grow our minds and hearts with those opportunities. Actually, how can we help but change the world!



I have also grown through the opportunity to explore the very paths that did NOT work out. How wonderful to be able to take risks and try out things. I couldn't have done that everywhere, or at least not with such abandon. Remember those workshops I led about defining a common spiritual aim around the transforming power of love?  We may not have done anything much with it together (it's true that getting UU's to agree is like herding butterflies), except re-write our welcome statement, but I for one, found a focus.It is one that continues to slowly pull together the scattered parts of my multi-faceted UU identity into one coherent spiritual whole; and at the same time reclaims the Universalist heritage in the bargain. Perhaps there are other paths we took at UUCP over the past few years, that did not work out, but which, moved YOU in a good direction. 



I wonder. if you could inventory you inner growth at UUCP, and I wonder if you can then build on that? Think about it. You, as a group, are not divided as you were when I came. I'm not taking all the credit for that, but I'll take some. We spent hours and hours talking together, some of us, one and one. And then some of you began to build bridges across the great divide. That's huge! There are people and communities that go through entire lifetimes never experiencing the transformative power of reconciliation. Claim that! Those are skills to be used, skills that the world needs! 



What do you feel you have to give? What is of most value in your very being? To UUCP? To the larger community? How can you make what is on the inside show up more clearly on the outside? I think if you can let yourself do that, and honor the great gifts within you and your fellow congregants, then you will be a presence, and a presence to reckoned with, in your world.



It is hard to come to feel so close to 65 people and then wham, suddenly realize you will not be a part of my life at all in a few months! I've been through it before and it's no fun, which is why I spent some time in denial both about my feelings, and about your worth. This is a huge loss for me. You are a warm, wonderful group of people and I have enjoyed my time with you. You're so funny, smart, creative, caring, compassionate and yes, you are, unique, and unusual. Know what you have! Other people see it too. As I write I'm feeling like one of those parents who only realizes on their death bed that they haven't told their kids that they're proud of them. I have never actually seen myself in a parental role in my congregations, that's just not me, but there you have it. And, I don't want to be one of those who croaks before she manages to grunt out a gruff: You made me proud kid.  Not that I'm planning on croaking anytime soon, so well before then, and well before I ride off into the s unset I want to say it straight out: You make me proud.



Affectionately,

Your minister,

Maj-Britt



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From jdking336 at gmail.com  Sat Mar 15 22:18:10 2008
From: jdking336 at gmail.com (Jonathan King)
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 23:18:10 -0400
Subject: [UUCP] Upcoming Congregational Workshop
Message-ID: <C40209B4.F2C8%jdking336@gmail.com>

Dear Fellow congregants,

A couple of weeks ago we completed two workshops, facilitated by the Metro
NY District, that helped us to decide on a single, internal and external
focus for our congregation that is in line with our mission. The internal
focus is on articulating our faith and the external focus will be to utilize
our annual Jazz event to make the larger community aware of who we are. I
know that after receiving Maj-Britt?s email the other day,  many of you are
now asking, ?What happens next??  Your Board of trustees has arranged for a
workshop on Saturday, April 5th given by Jane Dwinell, to help us to
determine our optimum organizational structure and to determine the
ministerial option that we would like for the next year.

Who is Jane Dwiinell? A number of weeks back, 5 of your fellow congregants
attended a workshop at Community Church in New York entitled ?Big Ideas for
Small Congregations.?  The workshop was given by Jane Dwinell who is
co-author, along with Ellen Germann-Melosh, of a book of the same name.
Those of us who attended were impressed and excited by what we heard.
Additionally, much of the content of the last congregational workshop we did
with the district was aligned with ideas presented in her book.

I am excited that at the completion of this workshop we will not only have a
single internal and external focus in line with our mission, but that we
will also be on our way to putting in place the optimum supporting
organizational structure.

I encourage everyone to try to set the time aside to attend this workshop.
We understand that some of you may only be able to attend either the morning
or afternoon sessions, and that is fine. But, we ask that you please be on
time for the sessions you are attending, as we will be working through a
process and it can be very disruptive to have folks come in late to that
process.

Date: Saturday, April 5

Place: Ethical Culture Society of Bergen County, 687 Larch Ave, in Teaneck

Time:   9:45 Coffee and Donuts
            10:00 Organizational Structure Session
            12:30 Lunch (Provided)
            1:00   Ministerial Options Session
            3:30 - 4:00 Adjourn

Thanks,
See you all there,

Jon
 
-- 
Jonathan King, President
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Palisades

Phone:  (201) 569-2238
Fax:      (201) 336-9127

Web:     www.uucpalisades.org
Email:   Jdking336 at gmail.com 

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From majbjohn at optonline.net  Thu Mar 20 16:42:32 2008
From: majbjohn at optonline.net (maj-britt)
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:42:32 -0500
Subject: [UUCP] Found Object Communion Sunday instead of flower communion!
Message-ID: <001c01c88ad3$4dc81570$6501a8c0@client001>

Congregation,
I had advertised in the WR that we would have a flower communion. Then I meditated on it and realized it's really way too early. It's not spring yet, none of us have flowers in our gardens... and so on. Let's do that later in the year.
Yet I wanted a communion of some kind. 
So here's my thought:

I would like to ask you, if you are coming to the service, to please take some time to explore the outdoors at some point in the next few days and find some small, repeat, small, object to bring in and set on the table at the front of the worship space. It can be anything, a leaf, a twig, a rock, and it doesn't have to be something "natural" it could be human made, just something "found", something that catches your attention.

Let's look for signs of life, signs of spring. Or, signs of death if that is where you are drawn. Easter is about death and resurrection both. It's about new life but it's also about the hard times that come first. 

This is also an object that you will give up. 

As per the flower communion tradition we will leave with a different object than the one which we brought. Someone else's object will  become yours.

See you Sunday I hope!
Faithfully,
Maj-Britt
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From Michael at Meyers-Jouan.name  Thu Mar 20 23:07:53 2008
From: Michael at Meyers-Jouan.name (Michael S. Meyers-Jouan)
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:07:53 -0400
Subject: [UUCP] Weekly Reader for Wednesday 2008 March 19 to Tuesday 2008
	March 25
Message-ID: <08df01c88b09$2e9f0880$0201a8c0@dellbhf8711>


Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Palisades


Weekly Reader for Wednesday 2008 March 19 to Tuesday 2008 March 25

Editor: Michael S. Meyers-Jouan


UUCP Congregational News


Delegates Needed for General Assembly


Please see Jon King if you think you are interested in being one of our
delegates this year.


Service Auction Attendees


We were very happy to have quite a few guests at this year's Service
Auction. However, it does raise one minor problem: how can the donors (the
people offering items) get in touch with the successful bidders? Please help
us with contact information for the following bidders:

.       Ilene Singh

.       Pat Armstrong

.       Eudella Grant

.       Eve Clyburn


UCP Events


Upcoming Sermons


March 23 - "One Body, Different Members" - Rev. Maj-Britt Johnson - This
will be our annual Easter service but will not include a flower communion.
The flower communion is a UU tradition, often observed at Easter at UUCP and
many other UU congregations. However, we will observe it later in the
spring. We each bring a flower and leave with one another has brought. Read
an interesting history of this tradition at
<http://www.uua.org/documents/zottolireginald/flowercommunion.pdf>
http://www.uua.org/documents/zottolireginald/flowercommunion.pdf.

Instead, if you are coming to the service, please take some time to explore
the outdoors at some point in the next few days and find some small, repeat,
small, object to bring in and set on the table at the front of the worship
space. It can be anything, a leaf, a twig, a rock, and it doesn't have to be
something "natural" it could be human made, just something "found,"
something that catches your attention.

 Let's look for signs of life, signs of spring. Or, signs of death if that
is where you are drawn. Easter is about death and resurrection both. It's
about new life but it's also about the hard times that come first. 

This is also an object that you will give up. 

As per the flower communion tradition we will leave with a different object
than the one which we brought. Someone else's object will become yours.

March 30 - "The Serpent in the Garden (State): The History of Slavery in New
Jersey"    -   Barbara Lukosi and the Racial and Social Justice Team

April 6 - "Stewardship: What I Do with All that I Have after I Say I
Believe." - Rev. Maj-Britt Johnson - This will be a pre-Canvass, Stewardship
service. In advance I ask you to meditate on the two parts of the title. Ask
yourself: What do I have? In other words what are all my assets, material,
intellectual, spiritual, and otherwise? Secondly: What will I say I believe?


9th annual UUCP JAZZEvent


The Racial & Social Justice Team announces that our annual Jazz event will
take place on Friday, May 16, 2008, from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM at Puffin
Cultural Forum. Please join us!


UU Events


General Interest


Teaneck Festival of Arts Presents "On the Edge"


A fabulous night of offbeat comedy and sublime jazz vocals plus a screened
presentation of Teaneck's Jazz Musicians Past, Present and Future, and
youngsters' art to "I Like Jazz" AT Cedar Lane Cinemas, 503 Cedar Lane,
Teaneck, NJ: Saturday, April 5, 2008 at 8:00 PM. Meet the Artist Reception
on Sunday, March 30 from 3:00 to 5:00 PM in the Teaneck Public Library
Auditorium on Teaneck Road. Jazz Art Show at the Teaneck Library for the
month of April.

On the Edge - with comedian Melvin George II as Master of Ceremonies; Claire
Porter's "Portables" comedic dance/movement; Faustwork's wacky and fun "Mask
Messenger"; Comedian Chipps Cooney's "Magic Revealed"; Jazz Vocalists Amy
London, Curry Allen and Lauren Hooker paying tribute to Annie Ross, Cab
Calloway and Peggy Lee with Jazz Greats: Roni Ben-Hur on guitar, Belden
Bullock on the bass and Vince Ector on drums.

Tickets on sale now ($20 Adults. $15 Students) at the Teaneck Public Library
and The Puffin Foundation, 20 Puffin Way in Teaneck. For more info call +1
(800) 811-2909 or visit our website  <http://www.teaneckfoa.org/>
www.teaneckfoa.org.


About the Weekly Reader


Submit all announcements/notices for publication in the Weekly Reader to
<mailto:weeklyreader at uucpalisades.org> WeeklyReader at UUCPalisades.org exactly
as you want them to appear by 6:00 PM Wednesday of each week. The editor
reserves the right to edit or not print based on the UUCP communication
policy.

E-mails that:

.       Cannot wait for the next weekly reader

.       Are of importance to the majority of the congregation, and

.       Pertain to official UUCP business

should be sent exactly as you want them to appear to UUCP at uuserver.org.
Other announcements should be sent to
<mailto:weeklyreader at uucpalisades.org> WeeklyReader at UUCPalisades.org.

Announcements for services should be submitted in writing to the service
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From majbjohn at optonline.net  Fri Mar 21 19:31:15 2008
From: majbjohn at optonline.net (maj-britt)
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:31:15 -0500
Subject: [UUCP] Where I am going next
Message-ID: <001c01c88bb4$09c86000$6501a8c0@client001>

March 21, 2008

 

Dear Congregants,

 

I had planned to share my news with you on Sunday during Joys and Sorrows but I have chosen instead to let Easter be about Jesus and Mother Nature, and the Easter Bunny, not me. So I'll tell you now...but it doesn't mean we can't talk after the service on Sunday if you have questions.

 

I've been called to be the minister of the Community Church of Chapel Hill, UU, in Chapel Hill North Carolina! They issued the "call" last Sunday. I will go to C3HUU as it is called April 25-May 4th for "candidating week". During those nine days I'll preach, meet the members, go to some special social events, have meetings, meet with area ministers and so on. After the sermon on May 4th the congregation will vote. That's when it's finally final. This is a long process we UU's engage in! 

 

I am excited, as is Michael. He went down with me for "pre-candidating" a few weeks ago and loved it. Pre-candidating was a long weekend during which I talked with the seven members of the search committee basically all weekend long, with a few breaks here and there. On Sunday I preached at a "neutral" pulpit. The congregation at C3HUU was not part of that weekend. 

 

The search committee also pre-candidated 3 other ministers, on other weekends, whom they had chosen from a slightly larger number with whom they had exchanged "packets". Packets are kind of like Curriculum Vitae in academia. Before that they had read through "ministerial records" which ministers submit online. Those are a combination of resume and essay. 

 

These search committees work hard, and I'm sure they're relieved, as am I, that it's almost over. Other ministers and I pre-candidated at several places and it all sifted itself out and I'm hearing from colleagues/friends now about where they have been called. It all seems to be working out as it should. 

 

I feel I have found the right "fit". North Carolina is not foreign territory to me. I lived in both Asheville and Chapel Hill from 75-84 (with a year out in the middle of that in Kenya). Like UUCP CH3UU had profound beginnings. The church has been around since 1953, when it was a non-denominational Community Church and became UU only in 1993. They were non-denominational because they claimed early on "the right to give a new interpretation to the nature of Christianity" and because they "didn't want the encumbrances of creed and dogma". 

 

Their first minister, Charles M. Jones, had long been active in social justice, as a Presbyterian minister, at a time in the south when it was very dangerous to do so. "His opposition to segregation began openly in 1943 when he organized and hosted the first ever racially integrated public meeting in Chapel Hill and he invited blacks to his church for meetings". (I quote from their packet). But he was too radical for the Presbyterians of the time, and was eventually de-frocked. Fifty people left the church with him, and along with others, including people of color, formed the Community Church and called Jones as minister. 

 

Their "heretical" activities continued. They started the first ever integrated pre-school in the south, in 1955. It continues today. In the seventies, when I lived in CH and was an organizer with War Resistors League and Women's Pentagon Action, and other groups, it was to the Community Church that I went for meetings. It looks different now. They've renovated, and added on, there are now about 370 adult members, and about 150 kids, and they are looking at how to form a brand new vision built on their proud past. Sound familiar?  I'm thinking..."Yes we can!" (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjXyqcx-mYY...if you have not already)

 

Coming back to New York eight years ago felt like a homecoming, because I grew up in the Bronx and some surrounding areas too. Living in this part of the country has allowed me to reclaim some pieces of my identity. Going back to Chapel Hill will be another kind of homecoming and another kind of re-claiming. It seems "meant to be".

 

Blessings,

Maj-Britt

 

P.S. More happiness: About a week ago I learned that I won the "Skinner Sermon Award"!  It does feel like spring is finally springing. 

 

To understand what the Skinner Award is see: http://www.uua.org/giving/awardsscholarships/skinnersermon/index.shtml

 

 

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From cjenningshall at optonline.net  Sat Mar 22 13:02:17 2008
From: cjenningshall at optonline.net (Cassandra Jennings Hall)
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 14:02:17 -0400
Subject: [UUCP] UUCP - Many voices reading Circle - CORRECTION
Message-ID: <002801c88c46$de102ae0$9a3080a0$@net>

The reading circle will meet March 26, 2008, 7:30 at Sally Cummings home
located at 168 10th Street, Cresskill NJ. Call Sally at 201-848=8113 if you
have any questions.

 

 

Peace, Health and Happiness

Cassandra Jennings Hall

www.cjenningshall.com

 

 

 

From: Cassandra Jennings Hall [mailto:cjenningshall at optonline.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:50 PM
To: Judy Bellini (renaissancejude at optonline.com); Sally Cummings
(salsc at optonline.net); Judy Stiller (judykewal at aol.com); Kate Liebhold
(katydid64 at aol.com); Linda Kochenburger (lindapez at aol.com); Elaine Nissen
(ehnissen at aol.com)
Subject: FW: UUCP - Many voices reading Circle - reminder

 

 

 

 

 

UUCP's Many Voices Reading Circle is reading the 'Face Behind the Vail' by
Donna Gehrke-White.  The book is about extraordinary Muslim women living in
the US and is available in the library.   The reading circle will meet March
26, 2008, 7:30 at Judy Stiller's home located at 587 Beverly Road, Teaneck
NJ. Call Judy at 201-530-1393 if you have any questions.

 

Peace, Health and Happiness

Cassandra Jennings Hall

www.cjenningshall.com <> 

 

 

 

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From salsc at optonline.net  Sun Mar 23 06:24:46 2008
From: salsc at optonline.net (Sally Cummings)
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 07:24:46 -0400
Subject: [UUCP] UUCP - Many voices reading Circle - CORRECTION
In-Reply-To: <002801c88c46$de102ae0$9a3080a0$@net>
Message-ID: <0JY6009HCL0YBLA6@mta3.srv.hcvlny.cv.net>

Correction on the phone number. It's 201 816 8841

  _____  

From: Cassandra Jennings Hall [mailto:cjenningshall at optonline.net] 
Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2008 2:02 PM
To: Judy Bellini; Sally Cummings; Judy Stiller; Kate Liebhold; Linda
Kochenburger; Elaine Nissen
Cc: UUCP Announcements
Subject: RE: UUCP - Many voices reading Circle - CORRECTION



The reading circle will meet March 26, 2008, 7:30 at Sally Cummings home
located at 168 10th Street, Cresskill NJ. Call Sally at 201-848=8113 if you
have any questions.

 

 

Peace, Health and Happiness

Cassandra Jennings Hall

www.cjenningshall.com

 

 

 

From: Cassandra Jennings Hall [mailto:cjenningshall at optonline.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:50 PM
To: Judy Bellini (renaissancejude at optonline.com); Sally Cummings
(salsc at optonline.net); Judy Stiller (judykewal at aol.com); Kate Liebhold
(katydid64 at aol.com); Linda Kochenburger (lindapez at aol.com); Elaine Nissen
(ehnissen at aol.com)
Subject: FW: UUCP - Many voices reading Circle - reminder

 

 

 

 

 

UUCP's Many Voices Reading Circle is reading the 'Face Behind the Vail' by
Donna Gehrke-White.  The book is about extraordinary Muslim women living in
the US and is available in the library.   The reading circle will meet March
26, 2008, 7:30 at Judy Stiller's home located at 587 Beverly Road, Teaneck
NJ. Call Judy at 201-530-1393 if you have any questions.

 

Peace, Health and Happiness

Cassandra Jennings Hall

www.cjenningshall.com <> 

 

 

 

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From Michael at Meyers-Jouan.name  Wed Mar 26 21:45:59 2008
From: Michael at Meyers-Jouan.name (Michael S. Meyers-Jouan)
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:45:59 -0400
Subject: [UUCP] Weekly Reader for Wednesday 2008 March 26 to Tuesday 2008
	April 1
Message-ID: <02dc01c88fb4$c0c06a60$0201a8c0@dellbhf8711>


Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Palisades


Weekly Reader for Wednesday 2008 March 26 to Tuesday 2008 April 1

Editor: Michael S. Meyers-Jouan


UUCP Congregational News


Delegates Needed for General Assembly


Please see Jon King if you think you are interested in being one of our
delegates this year.


Service Auction Attendees


We were very happy to have quite a few guests at this year's Service
Auction. However, it does raise one minor problem: how can the donors (the
people offering items) get in touch with the successful bidders? Please help
us with contact information for the following bidders:

.       Ilene Singh

.       Pat Armstrong

.       Eudella Grant

.       Eve Clyburn


Ode to the Closing Circle


By Judy Manton

Oh, closing circle.

Let us never abandon thee.

For through thy embrace

The congregation joins hands with me

And I with my soul mates

For we are one in community.

Oh, closing circle.

Through thee we express our unity.

Our love around the circle flows.

So, let us never abandon thee!


UCP Events


Upcoming Sermons


March 30 - "The Serpent in the Garden (State): The History of Slavery in New
Jersey"    -   Barbara Lukosi and the Racial and Social Justice Team

April 6 - "Why Mistakes Are the Only Way to Go" - Rev. Maj-Britt Johnson -
some thoughts on the helpfulness and even necessity of making errors and
accepting failures.

April 13 - "Stewardship: What I Do with All that I Have after I Say I
Believe." - Rev. Maj-Britt Johnson - This will be a pre-Canvass, Stewardship
service. In advance I ask you to meditate on the two parts of the title. Ask
yourself: What do I have? In other words what are all my assets, material,
intellectual, spiritual, and otherwise? Secondly: What will I say I believe?

April 20 - (topic to be announced) - (service leader to be announced)


9th annual UUCP JAZZEvent


The Racial & Social Justice Team announces that our annual Jazz event will
take place on Friday, May 16, 2008, from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM at Puffin
Cultural Forum. Please join us!


UU Events


General Interest


Teaneck Festival of Arts Presents "On the Edge"


A fabulous night of offbeat comedy and sublime jazz vocals plus a screened
presentation of Teaneck's Jazz Musicians Past, Present and Future, and
youngsters' art to "I Like Jazz" AT Cedar Lane Cinemas, 503 Cedar Lane,
Teaneck, NJ: Saturday, April 5, 2008 at 8:00 PM. Meet the Artist Reception
on Sunday, March 30 from 3:00 to 5:00 PM in the Teaneck Public Library
Auditorium on Teaneck Road. Jazz Art Show at the Teaneck Library for the
month of April.

On the Edge - with comedian Melvin George II as Master of Ceremonies; Claire
Porter's "Portables" comedic dance/movement; Faustwork's wacky and fun "Mask
Messenger"; Comedian Chipps Cooney's "Magic Revealed"; Jazz Vocalists Amy
London, Curry Allen and Lauren Hooker paying tribute to Annie Ross, Cab
Calloway and Peggy Lee with Jazz Greats: Roni Ben-Hur on guitar, Belden
Bullock on the bass and Vince Ector on drums.

Tickets on sale now ($20 Adults. $15 Students) at the Teaneck Public Library
and The Puffin Foundation, 20 Puffin Way in Teaneck. For more info call +1
(800) 811-2909 or visit our website  <http://www.teaneckfoa.org/>
www.teaneckfoa.org.


About the Weekly Reader


Submit all announcements/notices for publication in the Weekly Reader to
<mailto:weeklyreader at uucpalisades.org> WeeklyReader at UUCPalisades.org exactly
as you want them to appear by 6:00 PM Wednesday of each week. The editor
reserves the right to edit or not print based on the UUCP communication
policy.

E-mails that:

.       Cannot wait for the next weekly reader

.       Are of importance to the majority of the congregation, and

.       Pertain to official UUCP business

should be sent exactly as you want them to appear to UUCP at uuserver.org.
Other announcements should be sent to
<mailto:weeklyreader at uucpalisades.org> WeeklyReader at UUCPalisades.org.

Announcements for services should be submitted in writing to the service
coordinator at least 10 minutes before service begins. Service coordinators
reserve the right to edit based on the UUCP program policy.

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From Michael at Meyers-Jouan.name  Wed Mar 26 22:56:28 2008
From: Michael at Meyers-Jouan.name (Michael S. Meyers-Jouan)
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:56:28 -0400
Subject: [UUCP] Updated Directory
Message-ID: <02f301c88fbe$912490b0$0201a8c0@dellbhf8711>

The attached file is a newly updated UUCP Directory. Please feel free to
print out your own copy (I will also bring printed copies to Sunday
services).
 
Each name in this directory has a status, in parentheses, next to the name.
Some of the entries are members of the congregation; others are spouses,
partners, or friends. All the names are in alphabetical order (by LAST name,
then first name).
 
Please let me know (by E-mail at Michael at Meyers-Jouan.name; or by phone at
+1 (973) 248-6290; or by mail at 8113 Warrens Way, Wanague, NJ  07465-1609;
or by handing me a note at services) of any corrections, updates, or changes
to your listing.

Yours in loving faith,
Michael S. Meyers-Jouan
Treasurer - Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Palisades
(meeting at) West Side Presbyterian Church
192 West Demarest Avenue
Englewood, NJ 07631-2246
Visit our web site at http://uucpalisades.org <http://uucpalisades.org/>  
Home: +1 (973) 248-6290
Cell: +1 (201) 925-7897

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