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CHANGE IN LOCATION!
Tonight at 6:00 pm! Send-Off Gathering
for Breedens' El Paso Trip
First United Church UUC, 2420 East 3rd, 6-7pm
Reverend Bill Breeden, our Minister Emeritus, and Glenda Breeden will travel to El Paso, Texas next week to bring assistance to children at Annunciation House, sponsored by the Children's Relief Agency. A send-off gathering will take place at First United Church on East 3rd Street tonight, Friday, October 11, from 6-7 pm. Donations are being accepted to help with this effort. Checks may be made payable to "UU Church" with "El Paso Trip" on the memo line, and brought or mailed to the church.
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Families with Young Children Bryan Park Stream Clean-Up
Saturday, October 12, 10:00 am (Second Saturdays)
Do you have young children (ages 0-12)? Join us tomorrow morning for our monthly work day and play date at Bryan Park! Meet near the bridge at the main Henderson Street playground at 10 am to tackle invasive species, or at the playground at 11 to play and socialize. Bring gloves and a shovel if you can. Hope to see you there!
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Our Whole Lives Sexuality Education
for 1st & 2nd Grade
Must register by this Sunday, October 13!
This 6-week session runs from October 16 to November 20, Wednesdays, 6-7 pm.
Click here for more info.
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Sunday, October 13, 2019
9:15 am and 11:15 am
The River Running O'er
Reverend Scott McNeill
As life flows past, we feel the all too common urge to hold tightly to what we know, instead of what is changing around us. However, there is another way: releasing ourselves to the river running o'er. This Sunday, we will look at change and how it relates to our own lives and the church. (We will also hear a special musical reflection by Dan Lodge-Rigal!)
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This Week in Religious Exploration: Letting Go
Caring Connections
(Childcare) will be exploring their senses through story, movement, crafts and play in Room 108.
World of Wonder
(Preschool) will have lots of time to explore activities in their familiar classroom, Room 103.
Kids in Kindergarten-8th grade
will all be together in Room 208 for a special guest visitor, Malke Rosenfeld, who will help us embrace a growth mindset through art and fun activities that help us let go of the voice that sometimes tells us "we can't do math".
Jedi Academy (6th-8th grade) will not meet today. Please join the other kids in religious exploration.
High School Youth Group
will meet in Room 208 for a brown bag lunch before heading out to Sycamore Land Trust. Click here to Sign Up for this week and see what else youth group is up to in October!
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Do You Have Questions about Religious Education?
Our Director of Religious Education, Adrienne Summerlot, will be available in Fellowship Hall this Sunday during coffee hour to answer questions, help you register or pay for religious education, etc.
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Our Folks . . .
All are invited to a service of remembrance of Ian Davis on Sunday, October 13, at 3:00 pm in the Meeting Room, followed by an October birthday party in Fellowship Hall -- a potluck pitch-in meal, with cake provided. Reverend Bill Breeden, our Minister Emeritus, will assist with the service.
Our hearts are with Jim and Monica Overman and their family as they mourn the loss of Jim's mother, Frances Overman, who passed away on Tuesday.
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Are you new here? Take your "First Steps" this Sunday!
Join us for a short introduction to Unitarian Universalism and this congregation. This Sunday in room 112 at 10:30 AM and 12:30 PM (after each service). Free childcare is available in room 108. Just stop in, no registration is required. --Ann LeDuc, Connections Coordinator
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This Sunday! Young Adult Lunch Out
Let's go out to lunch after the second service. We will meet in the Commons at about 12:30, near the social justice table, and carpool to a nearby restaurant. Anyone age 18-35 is welcome. As a result of a generous donation to our Young Adult and Campus Ministry, we are able to buy lunch for everyone. Questions? Email Ann LeDuc at connect@uubloomington.org.
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UU Singles Fellowship and Activities Group
Lunch
Join us for a lunch! Sunday after the second service UU Singles will meet by the coatroom near the sanctuary to agree on a lunch spot. Hope to see you there!
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UU Freethinkers Meet October 13 at 12:45 pm
The UU Freethinkers discussion group will meet this Sunday at 12:45 pm in Room 208 for an open and non-structured discussion of issues of social, political, and theological/religious concern.
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Fall 2019 Social Justice Grants
Applications Due This
Sunday, October 13
Each fall, our Social Justice Funds Committee (SJFC) solicits proposals for grants in support of local social justice projects. Projects must be based in Southern Indiana and be consistent with the mission of our church. Priority will be given to applications from (1) Social Justice Task Forces, (2) projects that involve a significant number of the congregation, and (3) applications to seed new projects that will have an enduring benefit. Click here to learn more and apply!
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Office Will be Closed on October 14 for Federal Holiday
Although the office will be closed, there are several scheduled events taking place at the church on October 14.
Check the church calendar for times and locations.
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Opening Hearts, Opening Minds
Monday, October 14
Drop in from 6 to 8 pm in Fellowship Hall
Drop in to learn how we can open our hearts, open our minds, and change the world. We will have story baskets, age appropriate resources, and engaged folks on hand to answer questions and support you in learning more about race, racism, refugee and immigrant support. People of all ages are welcome! Newcomers, visitors and friends. We will have childcare available in Room 108 but the event is designed to be family friendly as well!
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Ruellen Giving Tarot Readings October 16
Ruellen Fessenbecker will be available to give free tarot readings on Wednesday, October 16, from 6:30 to 8 pm. If you are taking advantage of drop-in child care that night, come and get a reading in Room 112!
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Jammin' Java Coffeehouse
Friday, October 18, 7:00-10:00 p.m.
Come enjoy great music by local musicians at the Jammin' Java Coffeehouse from 7 to 10 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 18, in Fellowship Hall. Admission is $15, adults, and $10, youth.
Proceeds will go toward sponsoring a Habitat build.
We will be collecting baby food at the door to help the Feed Our Hungry Neighbors Task Force. Find out more on Facebook.
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Your Pledge Dollars at Work
We were recently able to take several of our 6th-8th graders to a regional Middle School Youth retreat at Camp Piomingo in Brandenburg, Kentucky. They enjoyed meeting other youth from the area, night-time pipe slide, games, singing, and a bonfire. Thank you to Adrienne Summerlot and Jamie Kirkley for chaperoning.
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Time for a New Paper Church Directory! Update Your Stuff!
We will print our own in-house congregational phone directory soon, aiming to have copies ready to pick up by mid-October. If you have changed your name, phone number, address, or email since October 2018, please send your new information to us at
office@uubloomington.org. You may also make corrections on the draft directory, which will be available in the Commons through 10/13.
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The UU Holiday Bazaar Cookie Cruise (the ship formerly known as the Cookie Walk) is under sail! All you bakers can get aboard - it's never to early to make and freeze the confections that earned the church $1,500 last year. All types are welcome, from chocolate chip to fancy-dress. Questions? Contact Linda Pickle or Meg Sears.
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Drop-in Childcare on Wednesdays, 6-8 pm
We are now offering free drop-in childcare on Wednesday from 6:00 to 8:00 pm in Room 108.
Parents must remain on site
--on the building grounds or in the building. Please use the Courtyard Entrance. We hope to provide a moment for parents to breathe deeply, have a cup of tea with a friend, or sit in silence before running children to the next event. The Meeting Room will be available for quiet meditation.
Contact Childcare Coordinator Hannah Worton with any questions or ideas you may have: childcare@uubloomington.org
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For More Information
see the October 1
edition
of our newsletter, The Prologue. Past issues for quite awhile back can be found
here
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(Next Prologue deadline is Tuesday, October 15 at 10:00 am.)
Carol Marks has editorial responsibility for our congregation's publications.
If you are not already regularly receiving emails like this from us, you can subscribe by sending an email to
office@uubloomington.org.
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Masthead photo by John Woodcock
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