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Date |
Celebrant |
Speaker |
Title and Description |
Music and Hymns |
Other Details; Honorarium and Contact Info |
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Jan 1 2012 |
Rosemary Stevens
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Amanda |
"Visioning Boards" -- wear old clothes to church, and bring art supplies, especially old magazines, tape, scissors, and glue sticks. We will make collages of things and experiences we wish for ourselves and our world. All ages welcome. |
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This month's coordinator: Sally |
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Jan 8 |
Chris Scheibe
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Bill Graves |
"The Voice Behind the Backstop" by Rev. Bill Graves We all need the support of that voice, that wing extended as a bridge inviting us to join in realizing our potential, in blessing the world. I encountered that voice growing up in Walla Walla and many years later in Mount Vernon. I return in gratitude to my dear SUUF friends.
Rev. Bill Graves is minister of the Tahoma Unitarian Universalist Congregation. Between 2007-09, he served as ministerial intern at SUUF. In January 2011, he was ordained as a UU minister and commenced his ministry in Tacoma. |
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wcgraves@whidbey.com
no charge: pulpit exchange with Amanda |
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Jan 15 |
Rae Gilbertson |
"A Joyful Noise" |
This wonderful band from the UU church in Edmonds will perform and talk about what music means to their spiritual life. |
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Contact: Duane Herzig, drherzig@aol.com
Suggested honorarium: they are playing for free, but it would be nice to buy them a gift certificate to the Co-op so they could go to lunch on us. $50 should be perfect.
(Amanda's taking off this Sunday due to premiere of her play.) |
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Jan 22
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Richard Treston
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Michael Bonacci and David Bricka |
Michael and Bricka will share their insights on sexual orientation issues in our county, the state and nationally. David will address the 9/20/11 repeal of DADT (don't ask, don't tell), the military policy on same sex relationships. He will also talk about the progress in Washington to get from Domestic Partnership to full marriage equality. Michael will talk about PFLAG and share how their goals are closely aligned with the Seven UU Principles. |
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Jan 29
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Sandi York
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This is our second "5th Sunday" of the church year which means that it is memberled and brings a thought-provoking topic to the table. Do you remember when Jack Nicholson found Morgan Freeman's wish list on the hospital room floor in the 2008 movie, "The Bucket List"? Today we will make a stab at forming our own bucket lists, and share some of our thoughts with others |
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Member-led service |
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Feb 5
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Rosemary
Stevens
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Amanda |
"Always, Always Something Sings"
A birdsong in midwinter. A thread in the labyrinth. A rose in the desert. There are so many metaphors for that mysterious truth, echoed in all ages and places, that the voice of Love is always calling to us. How do we discern that voice, pay attention to it, find the courage to respond? |
Hymns:
344 A Promise through the Ages Rings
116 I’m On My Way |
First Sunday: Birthdays, kids
NEW ORDER OF SERVICE KICKS IN!
Coordinator for Feb: Sandi
(Responsible search for truth and meaning.) |
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Feb 12
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Doreen Dunton |
Bill Malcomson
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"Religion as Co-Creation"
The service will deal with the nature of creativity and will examine religion as a co-creation, joining humans and Spirit. |
NO SALLY
Stassya |
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Feb 19
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Pat Young |
Amanda |
"Is Humanity Improving?"
Is humanity truly going "onward and upward forever," or is humanity fundamentally and irreparably flawed? Steven Pinker's optimistic view of humanity's future and Chris Hedges' pessimistic one can both be backed up by data and historical evidence. What does our UU faith tell us about humanity's potential for both good and evil?
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NO SALLY
Doris Deamud
428-2688 |
(The goal of world community.) |
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Feb 26
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Ken Dunning
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Sandi York
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The Care and Feeding of Demons
A sermon adapted from an essay by Forrester Church examining the ways in which we nurture and foster our own personal demons without knowing it and proposing ways to help us conquer and overcome those demons.
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NO SALLY: Stassya |
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Mar 4
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Chris Scheibe
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Amanda |
"Beyond the Walls"
Our UUA President, Peter Morales, is calling us to go way outside our comfort zone – to go beyond the walls of our congregations. How will we respond to this call?
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NO SALLY
Doris Deamud
428-2688
Hymns: 113 Where is our holy church?
141 I’ve Got a New Name |
First Sunday: Birthdays, kids
INGATHERING OF NEW MEMBERS |
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Mar 11
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Richard Treston
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"A Joyful Noise" |
This fantastic band returns!! |
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Coordinator for March: Richard |
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Mar 18
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Rosemary Stevens
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Amanda |
“Freedom Is Daily”: At Passover, we remember the Exodus of the Israelites from servitude in Egypt. Freedom, as poet Adrienne Rich reminds us, is not a one-time thing. It is daily. We can gain strength from this ancient tale of liberation as we confront those who would impose a theocracy upon our nation.
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Mar 25
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Rosemary Stevens
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Barbara Davenport
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Apr 1
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Sandi York
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Amanda |
“But Who Do You Say that I Am?”
Jesus asked his followers this question, and we have been asking and answering it ever since. Who do Unitarian Universalists say that Jesus is? Why it matters, why it’s a meaningful question, and how we can answer with conviction and love in our hearts.
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Stassya will play
Hymns:
61 Lo, the Earth Awakes Again
1045 There Is a Balm in Gilead
276 O Young and Fearless Prophet
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First Sunday: Birthdays, kids
Palm Sunday
$50 for Stassya |
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Apr 8
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Cheryl Mercer
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Jon Prescott |
Rebirth from a Buddhist perspective |
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Easter Sunday |
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Apr 15
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Pat Young
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Amanda and Chris Scheibe |
“No Boundary” – A dialogue sermon with Chris and Amanda exploring – and creating art – around the ideas in this classic work on the psychology of consciousness, by Ken Wilber. Is our separateness from the world an illusion? How might we work on resolving the confusing dichotomies in our lives? |
Stella will play
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$50 for Stella |
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Apr 22
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Tom Gillespie
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Tom Gillespie |
"What comfort does UUism have for me in times of personal crisis and emotional upheaval?" |
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Earth Day |
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Apr 29
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Doreen |
Bethany Lynn |
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member-led service |
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May 6
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Ken Dunning
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Amanda |
"The Inner Landscape of Beauty"
A collage of music, poetry and art -- taking us deep within an experience of Spirit as Beauty, as envisioned especially in Celtic cultures. Special music will be offered by Eileen Sterns, a long-time UU from Oregon, who plays a variety of stringed instruments. Please bring something you find especially beautiful, to add to our altar. |
Special music by Eileen Sterns |
First Sunday: Birthdays, kids |
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May 13
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Rosemary Stevens
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Barbara Gilday
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"How to Empty Your Backpack" As we live, from time to time we experience pain inflicted by others. Some of us carry and nurse those wounds and weigh ourselves down with anger, blame, shame, or guilt, amongst other emotions. The religious traditions, psychology and plain old common sense tell us, that it is ourselves that we injure, and it just makes good sense to let go and forgive – ourselves or someone else. How to do it? Now that’s the question. Let’s take a look. |
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Mother's Day |
May 20
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Doris Brevoort
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Amanda |
"When Atheism Becomes a Religion"
Atheism is increasingly popular -- and atheists increasingly outspoken -- worldwide. Are those who place blind faith in the morally neutral disciplines of reason and science as dangerous as the religious fundamentalists they condemn?
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123 Spirit of Life 1031 Filled with Loving Kindness
1057 Go Lifted Up |
Ingathering of new members (so far, Bethany Lynn) |
| May 27 | Sandi York | Bonnie and Lew Phinney | “What I Did on My Winter Vacation or Rebuilding Community from the Outside In” Reflecting on a long visit to New Orleans last winter, Lew will address how UU communities in New Orleans are rebuilding themselves after Hurricane Katrina and what questions it poses to other UU congregations about how we serve our home communities and ourselves. | |
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| June 3 | | Amanda | "The Kaizen Way"
How the tiniest of steps can propel us into a transformed existence. This system seems absurd, but with a little patience, it can outwit our built-in resistance to change | | Last day of CRE; children will present their invented religions; special thanks to teacher volunteers |