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Live Oak
Unitarian Universalist Church
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Will to Meaning
Rev. Lee Legault
Life requires us to make sense of difficult times, large and small. We have all been through a collective trauma with the pandemic. Victor Frankl—Austrian psychiatrist, philosopher, and Holocaust survivor—offers a framework for making meaning constructively in the most difficult of circumstances. Let’s reflect on how our thinking can transform our reality and set us free.
Lee works as a hospital chaplain at Ascension Seton Medical Center of Austin. She was ordained as a UU minister in September 2022 by Live Oak and First Austin Unitarian Universalist churches. She practiced law for 15 years before heeding her call to be a different kind of counselor.
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Share the Plate
Muslim Community Center offers rent help
Our Share the Plate recipient for August is the Humanitarian Assistance program at North Austin Muslim Community Center. It provides about $10,000 a month in rental assistance to qualified applicants, some of whom are refugees. You can learn more about the Center and its supportive services at namcc.org.
You can contribute to Share the Plate during Sunday services or donate on our website. All checks and envelopes marked “Share the Plate” and half of all undesignated cash during the services will be donated to recipients. Or 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”.
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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.
This week's article:
An article about the importance of interfaith work, for the Austin American-Statesman.
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Thirty and Thriving!
Join us on Saturday, Oct 1 from 3-7 p.m.to celebrate the 30th anniversary/birthday of Live Oak UU Church!
All members and friends, both current and former, are invited.
We're going with a carnival/circus theme so there will be popcorn and cotton candy (along with other food) and music under the Big Top (sanctuary)!
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Women's Labyrinth Group on Zoom
Sunday, August 14, 6:30-9 p.m.
We gather for a sharing circle and a finger labyrinth walk to celebrate First Harvest/Lughnasadh, a time of hope and fear when things begin to ripen but the harvest is not yet gathered in. The harvest may be a creative endeavor, a work project, or a personal change. Our task is to nurture and protect the commitments we have made to bring our crops safely to harvest. The group is open to women high school age and older. If you need a copy of the labyrinth graphic, contact: Linda Webster (lilithfree2@gmail.com) Zoom link: https://link.liveoakuu.org/Womens-Labyrinth
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Environmental Awareness Team August Meeting
After suffering through a summer that gave witness to Global Warming, the Environmental Awareness Group is having their first meeting of this church year. Please join us as we plan our study topics, meeting schedule, and activities.
August 18, 2022
6:30pm on Zoom
Chris Mihealsick
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Exploring Membership Class August 21st
Interested in learning more about Live Oak Church?
Exploring Membership Class August 21st
Interested in learning more about Live Oak Church? Why do we light a chalice? What does it mean to be a member of Live Oak? Attend an Exploring Membership workshop where we'll get to know each other, talk a little bit about Unitarian Universalism, and a lot about Live Oak.
The August workshop will be held August 21st following the service in the library and childcare will be available.
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Nonprofit nominations
Send your suggestions for Share the Plate
Do you support a worthy nonprofit in our community? The Share the Plate Committee will accept nominations for new recipients until Aug. 11. The Social Justice Ministry team will select recipients at its next meeting for the months of September-December.
Nominees must be 401(c)(3) organizations. Please explain in your nomination how the group fits with Live Oak's principles and missions and details on the aid it provides. Add in any personal information or knowledge you have about the nonprofit. Include a website or other contact information for the organization and your name.
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SOCIAL JUSTICE MINISTRY NEWS
"Who You Gonna Call?"
HELLO FRIENDS! Abortion still happens even when it is illegal. The urgency becomes how to keep it accessible and safe. One solution pre-Roe was the 1969-1973 Chicago underground abortion service called “Jane” from “IF YOU NEED HELP, CALL JANE”. A group of courageous women organized and provided safe and inexpensive abortions to over 11,000 women. As one member of “Jane” said, “I hadn’t had so much as a speeding ticket. But abortion really was the front line, it was where women were dying” so she decided to do something. While not doctors, “Jane” members became trained to provide dilation and curettage abortion, with the focus on privacy and safety. A client of “Jane” wrote that they “helped me sort this whole thing out. I felt that Jane was really saving me”. Eventually, seven “Jane” members were arrested but with the 1973 ruling of Roe v. Wade, their charges were dropped. While the “Jane” option was particularly gutsy, what strategies can we develop until this is finally turned back around?
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Your Green Bag Shopping List
It’s time to grab your green bag or any bag and help feed our neighbors.
Bring food and other items for Hill Country Community Ministries (HCCM), our Fresh Food for All partner, to church and leave them in the narthex. Some of the highlighted canned items are green beans, tuna, spaghetti sauce, corn, peaches, peanut butter, jelly, fruit cocktail, apple juice. The whole needs list can be found here.
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HELP DISTRIBUTE FOOD TO OUR NEIGHBORS
Live Oak Church will be distributing food to our neighbors at Fresh Food for All and need volunteers to help
This month, on Friday, August 19th, 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 need more volunteers on Friday to help filling bags, with directing traffic, weighing the food, and helping people carry food to their cars. If you can help anytime on August 19th between 8:30 and 11AM, RSVP to Donna Durbin at: HCCM@liveoakuu.org
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LOUU Voting Pledge Card Now Available
Let's be a 100% voting congregation!
The Live Oak voter pledge card is now in circulation. Look for the cards and the return box in the lobby each Sunday. We want to document how many registered voters, VDRs (Volunteer Deputy Registrars) and pollworkers we have at Live Oak. Those under 18 can sign too on the "I will vote when I'm eligible" line.
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UBarU Annual Star Party
August 27-30, 2022
The 2022 UBarU Star Party (USP) is being held over three nights in late August since it offers a phase of the Moon that is better-suited for deep-sky viewing than over Labor Day weekend 2022. This is our sixth comprehensive star-party event (which includes, in addition to the star parties: astronomy-related lectures, meals, lodging, and more) offered at our IDA-certified Dark-Sky Park in Mountain Home, Texas. Please register via https://www.ubaru.org/ubaru-star-party
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LiveOakUU.org Pages to Visit:
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The deadline for the weekly e-newsletter and the Sunday announcements is midnight on Tuesday. The submission form can be found here
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Live Oak Unitarian Universalist Church
(737) 240-3455 | 3315 El Salido Pkwy, Cedar Park, TX 78613
www.liveoakuu.org
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