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In fellowship,
Rev. Alison Miller
We lament the Christmas Season beginning earlier
and earlier these days. What we usually reference in
this complaint is the commercial aspect of
Christmas and the pressure to buy, buy, buy
beginning even before Thanksgiving. Christmas
decorations go up in some stores practically the day
after Halloween!
I feel the same way. However, this year on the
heals of all of the unrest in Ferguson and the
realization that we are living in a world that has
grown dim with injustice, isolationism, and
oppression, I remember that Christmas is not
merely about December 25th. The Christmas
Season does in fact begin right after Thanksgiving
with the first Sunday in Advent, which was
November 30th. What is more, the spirit of Advent
cannot be purchased in a store.
Advent is about attentive waiting and active
preparations for the arrival of God, or a savior, or a
peaceful reign on earth. Advent reminds us that
Christmas is not just about one day of celebration
after the event we have long waited for has arrived.
It is also very much about the journey that will
bring us to that moment.
The journey of Advent means opening our hearts
and making room there for belief. If we do not dare
to hope that this world filled with flawed human
beings cannot be turned towards a redeeming love,
then we will surely miss the miracle when it
arrives. We shall greet the child born with a pure
and radiant love and counter that love with fear and
nay saying.
The journey of Advent means exercising our own
minds, hands, and feet in service of justice. If we do
not dare to act on our own heart’s impulse to love this
world fiercely through daily deeds of compassion,
resistance, and hope, then the miracle may not
happen at all. The child that is born will not find
companions who are ready to give up on
complacency, selfishness, and destruction, and his or
her leadership will fall on deaf ears.
It is a journey of longing and becoming, of softening
and strengthening, of positioning and practicing. It is
a journey worth celebrating in and of itself. For
without our willingness to take the arduous, hope
filled path, we will never arrive at the moment when
change is born.
I have dusted off a red, wooden box version of an
Advent Calendar that I have at home. There are 24
doors that reveal a spot inside for an object – a piece
of candy, a small trinket, or the like. I think I shall
fill the spaces with words and quotes that inspire and
fortify me for the journey. When I really think about
the invitation the true spirit of
Christmas offers each one of us,
the season just may be too
short.
Mission, Contact Info, Benefit Concert 2 Board Corner, Renewal Service 3 DRE, Religious Education 4 Service Auction 5 Giving Tree 6 Alternative Gift Fair, Social Justice 7
Social Justice 8 Facilities, Deeds Well Done, Milestones 9 Holiday Party, Amazon Link 10 Calendar 11 Sunday Services 12
In this issue...
From our minister...
December 2014
Volume 59, No. 11
Staff Leadership Minister Rev. Alison B. Miller [email protected]
Director of Religious Education Tim Atkins [email protected]
Congregational Administrator Mandi Huizenga [email protected] Music Director:
Dr. Jim Blanton [email protected]
Finance Coordinator Katy Julich [email protected]
Religious Education Assistant
Anne-Marie Heinrich [email protected]
Custodians Eduardo Guzman, Sergio Lopez-Rojas
We, the members of the Morristown Unitarian
Fellowship, mindful of the rich diversity and essential
oneness of human experience, covenant to weave the
fabric of community from the strands of our separate
lives. This is our pledge:
To create for ourselves and our children a
spiritual home which will nurture, challenge and
offer us renewal
To seek what is true even as we celebrate the
mystery of existence
To reach out to all who share our liberal
religious values and participate in the broader
Unitarian Universalist movement
To work for social justice and the well-being of
our planet Earth
21 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown NJ 07960
Mission and Covenant Statement
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www.muuf.org
It's the Fa la la la la, la la la la time of year.
Come on out, one and all!
The Folk Project is presenting a Winter Holiday
Benefit Concert on Friday, December 19 at 8 pm to
raise money for the Fellowshipʼs Building Fund.
Suggested door donation is a minimum of $10. The
Fellowship has been the long-time host for our Minstrel
concert series and numerous other Folk Project events.
The festivities will have something for everyone, from
soulful holiday ballads, traditional seasonal classics, to
original tune. Sing along with Jeff (Big Jeff) DeSmedt,
Liz Pagan (of Yankee Caravan), Bill Hall, Kathy
Haynie, Jefferson Berry (of Urban Acoustic
Coalition) and Christine DeLeon, hosted by Master
Elf emcee, Bob McNally.
Keep the sleigh bells ringing and jingle bells jingling!
─Folk Project’s Special Concerts Committee
Winter Holiday Benefit Concert
We are on the cusp of exciting times at the Fellowship. Planning for our building project moves
ahead; before we know it ground will be broken. The time will soon be here when our parking
lot is smooth (Imagine!) and our indoor spaces are ample. The appeal of the Fellowship to our
members and visitors is evident both in the success of the Capital Campaign and in the growth
of our community.
A time of growth and expansion is also a good time to consider whether existing processes and
structures will work best for the future. As this year progresses, the Board is particularly
focused on leadership development, committee health and effectiveness, and engaging our
newer members.
Any effective plan involving change begins with asking the appropriate questions. With the help of
committee members and leaders (current and former), the questions the Board are considering include:
How can the Board and committees best communicate so that the mission of the Fellowship is
fulfilled? How do we evaluate committees? Should committee assignments be for specific terms and
should there be a rotation process? How will we mentor new leaders? How can the Network best be
utilized to add value? Answering these questions and others will take some time. But it is an objective
of this year’s Board to take the first steps toward updating our processes so that our ongoing growth is
managed effectively and for the benefit of all.
We look forward to developing this discussion with your help and to utilizing the
many talents of our amazing membership.
Happy Holidays!
Tom Perch
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Monthly Midweek Renewal Service
"Advent: Awaken Our Hearts" Wednesday, December 3rd at 6:30 pm
Join us for this circle of inspiration, meditation, song, spoken
word, ritual and renewal as we explore the meaning of Advent
and make Advent Calendars to take home. Led by Rev. Alison
Miller and David Snedden.
From the Desk of the Director of Religious Education
─ Tim Atkins
Page 4 Morristown Unitarian Fellowship
Yours Is A Journey Worth Celebrating!
Our Journeys are worth celebrating. Each of us is on our own unique journey, but
we’re taught early in life to compare our journeys to others’ journeys: progress
reports in kindergarten; standardized tests with percentile scores in elementary
school; class rankings in high school. Wait! According to Facebook, others who I
graduated high school with now have families, and doctoral degrees, alongside their perfectly behaved
2.5 children, loving spouses and a job where they save the world on a daily basis, and I don’t. That
person is so much more calm and spiritual than I am and they always seem to be meditating. And on and
on the comparisons go.
We learn early on that it matters where we are in comparison with others. We learn early on that our own
personal journey isn’t good enough: we’re falling behind our peers who are making further “progress”
than we are. I think it’s high time we say enough is enough, and begin to celebrate instead of compare.
Odds are we occasionally look at someone else’s journey and think that they must have it so easy.
They’ve got it so together. Their life must be happiness,sunshine and rainbows 24/7. While we find
ourselves envying that easy, put together life, and even, if we’re really honest with ourselves, can find
ourselves resenting them for just having the perfect life. But odds are, we don’t realize that others’ view
our own life is the same way we view theirs.
It doesn’t matter how fast we are moving in comparison to others - what matters is that it’s our own
journey. And our own journeys are worth celebrating, no matter where we are on them, no matter how
messy they are, no matter how fast we’re moving, no matter what other journeys we might envy. I can’t
stress this enough – your own journey is worth celebrating. Each one of us has a unique journey, all with
unique starting points and unique twists and turns along the way. All of us are moving toward the vast
unknown in our own way, trying to make sense of our surroundings as we travel along .
Each of these paths on the journey is inherently worth celebrating, because each of you is inherently
worth celebrating. In this season of celebrations, I invite you to take a step back from this constant race
and celebrate your own journey, just as it is. Celebrate the twists and turns, celebrate your own pace, and
celebrate the sights you’re seeing along the way. Yours is a journey worth celebrating.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Are you interested in offering an adult learning course between January - May 2015?
If so, please send your course proposal to Tricia Armstrong at
[email protected] or call her at (973) 377-2646.
We would like your submissions during the month of December so that they can be
added to the Fellowship newsletter, Adult Learning brochure and Adult Learning
calendar.
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heavy lifting: Dan Byrd,
Bob Campbell, Paul Ferm,
David Horst, Jake Liberman, Zella Geltman
and David Palmer. *Silent Auction Setup:
Annette Tyler, Jane Kelly, Marjorie
Wormser and Donna Perch. *Decorations:
Kathy Burgess, Ana Menendez, Joan Belz,
Jane Kelly, Annette Hanna, Diane Koslow
and Marjorie Wormser. *Bidding paddles
preparation: Katharina Pietraszek. *Live
Auction Photographer:
Donna Becker; Silent
Auction Monitor: Bill
Becker. *Bar Tenders:
Beth Hayward and Kate
Sa. *Wine baskets: Susan
Lausell, Cintra Fricke
and Nancy Lee McClure.
*Sound System: Joe
Uhrhane.*Power Point
Presentation: Avianca
Bouchedid, Marjorie
Wormser and Kathi
Caccavale.*Bid
Accountants: Toby Tyler and Susan Oxman.
*Kitchen Cleanup Organizer: Melissa
Cimafranca and Crew: Kris Clarenbach,
Kathy Burgess, Tom Moran, Jake Liberman,
Nina and Jim McCormack, Donna and Tom
Perch, Chris Reynolds. *Also thanks to our
custodian Sergio Lopez-Rojas and his father
for all the work they did to get our Fellowship
ready for the gala event and to help out with the
cleanup until all was done! *Silent auction final
Sunday setup and takedown: Mandi Huizenga,
Annette and Toby Tyler, Jim Kane and son
Aidan, Jim McCormack and son James,
Charlie Becker, Don Preziosi, Dan Byrd,
David and Janet Horst, Jeff Hulmes, Paul
Mitchell, Bob Scott, Andrew O’Toole, Tom
Moran and Marjorie Wormser. *Mandi
Huizenga for calculating the totals and getting
the bills out quickly!
The Board of Trustees
extends its sincere
appreciation to all those who gave so
much of their time, and above all, their
hearts, to support the Fellowship’s
2014-15 Annual Service Live and
Silent Auction. We are grateful for all the
generous offering donations, lively bidding, and
enthusiastic volunteerism.
What a night it was! The
dinner and dessert were
scrumptious; the music
outstanding; the costumes
were over the top; the
Auctioneer and helpers kept us
laughing. Everyone pulling
together made the Service
Auction a tremendous success.
We especially recognize the
following individuals for so
graciously contributing to the
Auction's success:
*Captain Rita Morris for her infectious enthusiasm
and countless hours of inspired hard work organizing
and leading this wonderful team of volunteers!
* Gourmet Cooks: Meiling Chin and Ken Nemeth,
who put together a delicious menu at short notice with
their superb kitchen crew: Elizabeth Bain, Jeanne
Craft, Anne Gaynor, Beverly and George Hays,
Steve Parker, Michael Hacker, Nancy Tweed and
Donna Perch. * Auctioneer: Dan Cohen and assistant
Beth Wilson who kept us bidding and kept the auction
moving at just the right speed! *Music: Steve
Humphreys in the Terrace Room; The Flaming
Chalice Folk Project led by Darrell Courtley during
dinner and dessert, and Amy Sunshine during the Live
Auction. *For the fabulous colorful auction booklet:
Kathi Caccavale and editors: Mandi Huizenga and
Claire Dixon. *Publicity: Ana Menendez, Kathi
Caccavale, Mandi Huizenga, Linda DeLap, and
Anne Bungo. *Offerings Intake: Mandi Huizenga
and Kathi Caccavale. *Box Office: Annette Tyler,
Donna Perch, and Ana Menendez. *Live Auction
Greeters: Joan Belz, Arlyne Dalman and Sharon
Glickman. *Tables Setup Organizer: Paul Mitchell;
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Annual Giving Tree Starts on Sunday, November 30 Step right up and take a tag – or two or more – from the Holiday Giving Tree in the Great Hall
and get the opportunity to bring holiday cheer to a disadvantaged child or adult in our
community. Last year, the Fellowship donated over 120 holiday gifts! All gifts must be brought to the Fellowship by Sunday, December 14th at 12:30 pm. Contacts:
Karen Burns-Rutigliano or Katharina Pietraszek.
Gifts of Warmth – The workers from Pathways to Work need heavy sweatshirts, warm
jackets, gloves, scarves or hats in sizes medium or large preferably in darker colors. The
Community Soup Kitchen is asking for thermal undergarments (size L or XL), along with hats,
scarves, and gloves, also in darker colors.
Gifts for Children on the Green Nursery School - child’s name and age and
requested items will be listed on a “double” tag. Sign your name and phone number and leave
that tag in the envelope on the wall by the tree. Please return these gifts ($25-$30 suggested
value), wrapped and tagged.
Gifts for Neighborhood House, Dover - requests: shoe lace tying tool, hoola hoops,
jump ropes, soft medium/large balls for indoor play (kick ball, four square, etc.), playing
cards, Uno games, board games (like Connect Four, Sorry, Checkers, Chess, Scrabble,
Operation), first aid kits and area carpets. These gifts will be tagged for the Neighborhood
House and do not need to be wrapped.
Gift Cards for Disadvantaged Teens – at Morristown High School (via Guidance
Counsellors) $25 generic Gift Cards or cards for Century 21, TJ Maxx, Walmart (local, easy
access stores.)
Gifts for Morristown Neighborhood House: STARS (Smart Talented Athletic Responsible Students) - afterschool program for kids at Frelinghuysen Middle
School. The goal is to help improve students’ academic performance. They currently have 20
STARS students, 12-14 years old and are requesting $25 generic Gift Cards or cards for
Century 21, TJ Maxx, Walmart (local, easy access stores.)
Gifts for Families in Need – Distributed to families from Family Promise -
$25 Gift Cards from Walmart or Shop Rite or generic gift cards which can be
spent anywhere.
Thank you for your generosity in giving these needed gifts!
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Gifts of Conscience Holiday Fair Our 10th Annual “Gifts of Conscience” Holiday Fair is December 5, 6 & 7. Give the
people on your shopping list a unique “Gift of Conscience” or make a donation in their
name. A variety of organizations will offer items made by artisans around the globe, in-
cluding fair trade handmade gifts from Ten Thousand Villages such as jewelry, scarves,
bags, home décor, toys, and tree decorations. The other 11 charities offering gifts of con-
science and donation opportunities are: Heifer, Family Promise of Morris County, Peace-
works, NJ AIDS Services/Eric Johnson House, Neighborhood House/Women on the Go,
Grupo Cajola, Ghar Sita Mutu, Foundation for Peace, Women of the World, Green Earth
Ministry, Seeds of Peace. Hours: Fri: 6:30 - 9:30 pm; Sat: 8:30 am-4:00 pm; Sun:8:30 am-
1:00 pm.
We need lots of Fellowship Volunteers for 2-3 hour shifts. Come and help make our Holi-
day Fair fun and successful! Contact [email protected]
DU JOUR DONATIONS
We will continue to donate our
December’s du Jour food items to
The Interfaith Food Pantry. They
need: 1 - 2 lb bags of rice, peanut
butter, canned tuna, canned pork & beans, pinto, red,
white. Contact Katharina Pietraszek
[email protected] , 973-590-0449. Thank you
for your constant generosity!
WOMEN ON THE GO!
Join us for our ‘Women on the Go’ support
group meetings, primarily serving young
immigrant Hispanic mothers. We provide
snacks and babysitting services and now meet
on the second Monday of each month at the
Neighborhood House. Katharina Pietraszek, 973
-590-0449 or [email protected]
Family Promise has asked for working laptops and Windows 8 CDs. Please contact
Katharina Pietraszek, (973) 590-0449 or e-mail her at [email protected].
Thank you to everyone who came out to demand an end to
the New Jim Crow and to stop mass incarceration. There
were 220 people at the New Jersey State House in Trenton
and at least a third of those were Unitarian Universalists,
representing eight NJ congregations! Those in attendance were motivated and moved by the inspiring and
passionate speakers. It has been a busy and successful month for UULMNJ and we thank all of our friends
for organizing and SHOWING UP!
Unitarian Universalists
of New Jersey Legislative Ministry
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The Social Justice Council meets on the 2nd Thursday of the month from 7 - 9 pm. Members of the congregation
and interested persons are welcome to attend. The next meeting is on January 15, 2015.
In the month following the close of each fiscal quarter – October, January, April and July – the Social Justice team
allocates the donations the Sunday Collection (50%) along with any other SJ funds accrued for that quarter (like
bake sale monies.) Members are invited to nominate charities to be recipients of the Fellowship’s gifts (Contact
Katharina Pietraszek, [email protected].) Gifts are made to local Morris County charities, regional chari-
ties, and Unitarian Universalist initiatives whose work is aligned with our Signature Project theme of alleviating
hunger and homelessness or the social justice causes of the Unitarian Universalist Legislative Ministry or Unitari-
an Universalist Association Social Action Issues/or Statements of Conscience. Environmental charities are nomi-
nated for gifts through the Green Earth Ministry.
For 1st Quarter, the Social Justice portion of the Sunday Plate collections was $ 2,162. The 1st quarter disburse-
ments will go to:
Community Food Bank of NJ (Hillside NJ) $500
Homeless Solutions Shelter of Morris County – cooked dinner for 65 guests $220
Neighborhood House- monthly Women on the Go meetings $90
Neighborhood House – Pathways to Work Program $200
NORWESCAP - (NW NJ Community Action Partnership) Family Loan Program $500
Stamp Out Despair – First Friends UULMNJ Project to support Immigrant Detainees in Prison $250
Wind of The Spirit - Immigrant Resource Center $300
From the proceeds of the bake sale, the Interfaith Food Pantry of Morris County will receive $400 Harvest Festival
donations plus $200 cash donation.
Our Bake Sale was a huge success! Thank you to all you wonderful bakers and all
you wonderful buyers! With your awesome 'raising dough' help, we ‘raised’ $618,
amazing and oh so delicious!
Social Justice Council Update
SAVE THE DATE -- Saturday, January 31st 29th Annual SCAN Benefit Concert for Central American Charities
Tickets Go on Sale – January 3rd!
The Fellowship welcomes special guest star Toby Walker, guitar virtuoso and exciting performer on the
acoustic, folk and country blues scene! Equal parts instrumentalist, singer and storyteller Toby Walker
plays with the truehearted feeling of a man whose heart and soul lives and knows the blues. Emcee and
opener Mike Agranoff of the Folk Project will bring on Darrell and Mary Courtley. The Courtleys have
crisp, sonorous voices with a fantastic folk music repertoire beautifully played. Proceeds of the concert go
to agencies providing direct aid to impoverished people in Central America for self-sufficiency enterprises
and to the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) Service Committee Action Network (SCAN). This
concert is a very proud tradition of the Fellowship, so come out and enjoy superb evening of music, great
refreshments and noble cause, indeed!
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Facilities Council sends a HUGE thank you to all the folks who helped with fall clean-up on
Sunday, Nov. 16. We saved nearly $2,000 in leaf clean-up costs in addition to all the work done indoors
by our fabulous volunteers! We had the biggest turnout yet for a clean-up.
Tricia Armstrong
Joan Belz
Dan Byrd
Jim Blanton
John Bowles
Noreen Bowles
Sofie DeMasi
Sandy DeSmedt
Hannah DeSmedt
Steve Gruber
Jeff Hulmes
Harry Harris
Susie Harris
Beverly Hays
Roxanne Hiltz
David Horst
Jonathan Jeans
Susan Jeans
Jeff Hulmes Jim Kane
Brian Luscombe
Elijah Marrero
Kendall Martin
Galen Martin
Ellen Minde
Laurel Minde
Maria Naranjo
Oliver Grenner
Andrew O'Toole
June Perigo
Nan Perigo
Nisha Puranapanda
George Rogers
Karol Ruiz
Jo Sippie-Gora
Jim Stevenson
Toby Tyler
Sydney Vuong
Andrea Zugale
Greg Van Nest
Spencer Van Nest
The Choir
In addition, a big THANK YOU to Joe Urhane and John Franklin for fixing the emergency door so it closes
again, and for all the work he does to maintain our Spiritual Home.
DEEDS WELL DONE...
David Horst, for his professional job of painting the butler’s pantry with its tall walls and high ceiling.
Lou Matuyza, for spending part of his Saturday sawing down a tree that was threatening to fall on the
neighbor’s property!
To the fabulously fun Kids Halloween Party volunteers: Carrie Davis, chair of the Children’s Religious
Education Committee for being the lead organizer, with help from the committee coordinators: Heather
Holley, Kendall Martin, JoAnn Quattro, and Kristine Horton. Other volunteers for the event were Nan
Perigo, Noelle Jensen, Macaire Pace, Natasha Kirk, Marlaina Cockcroft, Edith Lee and Ellen Minde;
and Anne Bungo for designing and editing our newsletters.
─ Caroline Gower
Many thanks from the Board of Trustees on behalf of
the entire congregation to our generous volunteers. . .
Milestones and Passages
Shari Loe and her husband, David Matsushima celebrated 20 years of marriage.
Rob and Paula Peterscheck are excited to announce that they are expecting a baby in May.
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2014 Tax Planning
With the end of the year quickly approaching, we
want to remind you of 2014 tax considerations for
your 2014-15 Annual Operating Pledge or for your
pledge to the Capital Campaign.
Any contribution you make to the Fellowship by
the end of year will be treated as a 2014 charitable
contribution.
As always, it is recommended that you consult with
your tax advisor.
Get Clicking!
Use the Amazon link on the Fellowship’s homepage to
raise money for the Fellowship. Click on the link to
connect to Amazon and make your purchases as you
normally would. A percentage of the sale will go to the
Fellowship. But you must use the link through the
homepage! Use the link each time you shop Amazon.
Many thanks to Laurent and Mia Comes for the idea
and technical work and Kathi Caccavale and Gabor
Kiss for getting the link on the homepage!
The First Monday Book Group meets now on the THIRD Monday at 1:30 pm.
Everyone is welcome to join us. Even if you haven't finished reading, you will still have ideas and
experiences that can add to the discussion. Contact Nancy Lee McLure [email protected] or
(908) 204-9572 with any questions.
Books for upcoming months:
December 17 -Balzac and The Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie - Led by Kathy Adams.
January 19 - Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison- Led by Sharon Glickman
February 16 - Your choice of a short story by Margaret Atwood - Led by Frank Siwiec
March 16 - The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce - Leader T.B.A.
April 20 - The Human Age by Diane Ackerman - Led by Jackie Mulcie and Cecilia Horne
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Morristown Unitarian Fellowship 21 Normandy Heights Road Morristown, New Jersey. 07960-4611
December 2014 Volume 59 No. 11
Sunday Services: 9 am & 11 am Coffee Hour after services
Dec. 28 Packing for the Journey Led by Dr. Elias Ortega-Aponte
As we come to the end of the year, we have an opportunity to reflect on closures and new beginnings. What
journeys lie ahead of us? What new possibilities to be part of wondrous things might we discover on our
way? What will we take with us? Let us ponder the elements: fire, water, air, and earth as we pack for our
journey.
Dec. 21 at 5 pm Winter Solstice Led by Danelle Simonelli
On this longest night of the year, we will call back the sun with family-friendly stories, songs, firelight, and
ritual. Please bring a snack to share and a drum or other percussion instrument, if you have one.
Dec. 21 Winter Solstice Celebration Led by Rev. Alison Miller
Join us for this multigenerational service as we celebrate the turning of the season, as well as the longest
night and the shortest day of the year.
Dec. 24 at 5 & 9 pm Christmas Eve Candlelight Services Led by Rev. Alison Miller
Celebrate Christmas Eve as we share traditional stories, sing carols together, and enjoy performances by the
Fellowship's talented singers and musicians.
5 pm – Children’s Choirs, Chamber Ensemble, Jim Blanton & Rev. Alison Miller
9 pm – Adult Choirs, Soloists, Chamber Ensemble, Jim Blanton & Rev. Alison Miller
Dec. 14 Steps of Mindfulness Led by Rev. Alison Miller
Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh is a spiritual teacher for many who are inspired by the Buddhist path. He has
been struggling with serious health issues, and people around the world are sending the energy of compas-
sion his direction. Let us take this occasion to join them and to reflect on his life, his teachings, and our own
path.
Dec. 7 Advent: A Journey Worth Celebrating Led by Rev. Alison Miller
In the wake of events in Ferguson, which raise the pain, fear and injustice that exists, we are in need of the
lessons of Advent. May we enter into that time of attentive waiting and active preparation for hope, love,
reconciliation and peace to be born.