April 14, 2022
This Week
Worship
April 17th 10:00am - In Person or online
"Roll Away the Stone"
Rev. Jami Yandle

If “the unexamined life is not worth living,” how does Eastertime encourage us to examine ourselves - to roll away the stones on our hearts - and examine what lies within? The Rev. Jami Yandle (they/them/theirs) is a non-binary Board Certified Chaplain and will be serving as Sabbatical Minister from April through August.


Join us in person (or online) for Worship at 10:00am. The link will be on the Live Oak homepage: www.liveoakuu.org.

Join us for Fellowship Time immediately following the service: https://link.liveoakuu.org/FellowshipHour

Share the Plate
A legal helping hand
The Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services is our Share the Plate recipient for April. RAICES provides free and low-cost legal help to immigrant children and families and to refugees in Texas. Its clients, including children, would have to go to court alone without that representation. The nonprofit also provides social programs, bond assistance for release from detention centers and advocacy personnel. Learn more at: www.raicestexas.org

Go to the Donate link on the Live Oak website’s home page. Use the drop down menu to designate your donation for “Share the Plate”.
A Few Words from the Minister
Rev. Joanna will be on sabbatical through August 31. During this time, we will be sharing some of her writings. Today's: ME AND "MY COLLAR" I was waiting for my lime refresher when the girl standing next to me said, "I like your flag pin."
Special Notices
WILL THIS BE A SURPRISE TO YOU?
Read this report and join the discussion on Thursday, April 21st at 6:30pm. The Environmental Awareness Team will meet and we welcome your participation. Please join us. Zoom Link

Chris Mihealsick
For More Information: environment@liveoakuu.org

Men’s Group to Start Meeting In Person
Men of the church are invited to participate in our first in person meeting after well over 2 years! Please join us Tuesday, April 26th at 7pm in the church Library.

Congregational Meeting
On May 15, 2022 following church service we will holding a Congregational Meeting. During this meeting we will be electing our Board Representatives and voting on plans for growth. Please be there as we will need 1/3 of the Congregation for quorum. Attendance via YouTube is also available here.

Update Your Contact Info
Reminder to let us know when you change your preferred email address, move, or get a new phone number. Send an email to administrator@liveoakuu.org

Changes in Fresh Food for All
More volunteers needed for Friday, April 15th
This month, Fresh Food For All participants will be able to select their own produce (Farmer's Market style), instead of having the prepackaged produce placed in their car trunks. This means that we will no longer need volunteers on Thursday to sort the food, but we will need more volunteers on Friday to help with directing traffic, weighing the food, and helping people carry food to their cars. If you can help anytime on April 15th between 8:30 and 11AM, RSVP to Donna Durbin at: HCCM@liveoakuu.org

Looking for Event Hosts
When there is a large event at Live Oak, we require an Event Host. This is a Live Oak person that is onsite during the event. The host duties include:
  • unlocking the building
  • helping renters arrange the stage
  • being available to answer questions
  • making sure the renter is only using the spaces they have reserved
  • making sure any children present are staying in the reserved areas
  • making sure the stage is reset after the event
  • locking the building
Hosts are paid $20/hr which is included in the rental fees. Training will be provided. If you are interested, email Diane Stepakof-Fay.

More Information about Trees
We have good news/bad news about the trees that the Environmental Awareness Team planted in the Fall.  

The Plum tree is doing great.
The Redbud not so much.  The top is showing no signs of life, but it is leafing out on the bottom. 
Team members consulted with the nursery and they suggested we let it grow this year and see what it does.  In addition to the shoots on the trunk, we may see others from the bottom.  We were told that in the wild they are often more bushy than a single trunk tree.  So we will continue to provide TLC and see what it does.
Becky McPherson, Member, Environmental Awareness Team


Construction Photos
Diane forgot to take pictures today. But the elevator hallways have been carpeted and the ceiling installed in both as well as the Adult RE room. Click here if you haven't see the completed tower.





The Easter Bunny Needs Your "Hop"
Help stock our Easter hunt.
The annual Live Oak Easter egg is back on this year but we need the whole congregation to be involved, by donating prizes for the hunt.

Items are needed for children of all ages, from babies to preteens. These gifts do NOT need to be able to fit into eggs--children will be able to cash in their found eggs for what they want. Some suggested treasures are mini packs of crackers, stickers, sidewalk chalk, seed packets, coins, or even homemade items like bath bombs.

Please bring these items to church no later than April 17 (that's Easter).

The hunt begins at 11 am. Babies and preschoolers will hunt in the playground and elementary students by the back picnic tables. Teens are needed to work the egg-exchange table and to help hide the eggs during service.

Contact Cindy La Greca at dlfd@liveoakuu.org with questions or for more information.

Hunger is a social justice issue.
Join the Live Oak CROP Walk Team!
Peace begins when the hungry are fed. ~Dorothy Day
The CROP Walk is a nationwide movement to raise funds to end hunger and poverty in the U.S. and around the world, including Ukraine. Join the Live Oak team to raise funds to help neighbors near and far get the meals they need today and sustainable food security for tomorrow.

Globally just $25.00 can provide a water filter for a home. $50.00 provides two months of groceries (can you imagine?!).

CROP Walk is a great intergenerational event, an easy trail walk and what could be better than being outside in the springtime for a good cause? Join the team and raise funds from your family, friends and acquaintances! You can ask them to donate online or there are donation envelopes you can use. Check with Donna Durbin, Lois Scott or Lyndy Dower

Like Reverend Erin Walter said last Sunday as she invited us to deepen our practices for seeking joy and justice, showing up is a spiritual practice! If you can't walk, how about matching the amount you spent on Easter goodies - and then some - to our CROP Walk team?

Here are the details:
When: Sunday, April 24th at 1:30 pm
Where: YMCA 204 E Little Elm Trail, Cedar Park 78613
To join the team or donate: www.crophungerwalk.org/LeanderTX

In the Community
APRIL NEWS FROM YOUR TEXAS UU JUSTICE MINISTRY: Click here for the newsletter!
This month, TXUUJM begins new programs, open to all Texas UUs and your friends and communities. On Thursday, April 14, we start the "We Cry Justice" book group with the Poor People's Campaign (6:30-7pm) AND our new weekly Texas Justice Action Hour (7-8pm), taking actions for justice over Zoom, having fun, and building community together. TXUUJM is also looking for Get Out the Vote postcard captains for each congregation, and registering folks for "Being A Good Relative," a program of indigenous solidarity and environmental justice (7-8:30pm Mondays in May). Get all the details, invite friends and register now at bit.ly/TXUUJMApril2022. Any questions? Contact: txuujm@gmail.com
UBarU Youth Summer Camps
A week of summer fun in the Texas Hill Country

UBarU Summer Youth camp dates:
Primary camp for campers ages 9-11 or rising* grades 4-6th - June 5-June 11, 2022

Intermediate camp for campers age 12-14 or rising grades - 7-9th June 12-18, 2022

Senior camp camp - for campers age 15-18 or rising grades 10th-2022 high school graduates - June 19-25, 2022

* “rising” means this is the grade the camper will attend in the fall of 2022, not the grade they have just completed.

Detailed information can be found at https://www.ubaru.org/summer-camps where there is all the information about COVID precautions, expectations, and cost for this summer.
Join us at camp for Bioblitz 2022! We will work together and with the app- iNaturalist- to catalog wildlife, plants and other creatures at UBarU. Expertise is not required; all are welcome! Bring a sack lunch, water bottle, smart phone, closed toes shoes and your observation skills. This is a free event hosted as an opportunity to learn and gather information about what is living and growing at UBarU. 
If you need a tutorial for iNaturalist, the Kerrville Nature Center is hosting a session on April 19. 
Please RSVP to Robyn at director@ubaru.org 
More details will be sent to participants as we get closer to the day.  
LiveOakUU.org Pages to Visit:
Worship Service & Fellowship Hour: http://www.liveoakuu.org/
Community Outreach & Social Justice: http://www.liveoakuu.org/justice/
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