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The Newsletter for
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Wayne County A Member Congregation of the Unitarian Universalist Association
June & July Service Schedule Note: One service only, at 10:00, starting on June 4.
Join us for coffee after the service.
June 4: RE Sunday (Religious Education and Chelsea Churpek) Today the children will share what they’ve been up to this year.
June 11: The Welcome Table: Building an Inclusive Worldview. (Kevin Lowry) How do we adopt a worldview that widens the community and invites all to the the table?
June 18: Hogwarts Sunday (Harry Potter and others) June 25: And What of the UU’s? (Rev. Elaine Strawn)
The UUs will gather in New Orleans for a Justice General Assembly. We will use some of the worship resources and social justice actions.
July 2: A Nation Maturing (Rev Elaine Strawn) Sen. Ben Sasse has written The Vanishing American Adult: Our coming of Age Crisis and How to Rebuild a Culture of Self-Reliance. We will focus on these ideas and compare them to those of Ralph Waldo Emerson's 19th century take on the subject.
July 9: Principles and Perpetrators (Steve Cook) Our Principles provide help in dealing with difficult legal clients and issues. Can our Principles be relevant to a sex-abuser, murderer or “bad apples”?
July 16: Bringing News from Summer Institute (Rev. Elaine Strawn) 400-600 UUs gather at Oberlin College for a week of learning, sharing and fun. What excitement or new ideas could enlarge our programs?
July 23 and July 30 are yet to be determined.
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This is our 'summer' issue of the UU News covering June and July. Many groups and committees at the UU don't meet during the summer.
Please watch for the weekly Friday at Noon email for our normal weekly communication. If you don't receive the Friday at Noon email, you can view it on the uufwc Facebook page or contact Karen or Anne [in the office] to be added to the list.
The Minister’s Column Quoted in Ken Collier's book, Principles and Purposes in Story and in Verse, Paul H. Beattie, (1937-1989) founder of the organization Unitarian Universalists for Freedom of Conscience, articulated a vision of the church that would encourage the widest possible diversity and pluralism by a radical application of the free mind. He was particularly concerned about the modern tendency toward political conformism, but he wanted a church that was inclusive in the broadest terms. 'I want my Unitarian Universalist Church to include Christians, Theists, Humanists, and others. I want its political discussions to include Republicans, Democrats, consumers, and Libertarians. I want its discussions of economics to include Milton Friedmanites and John Kenneth Galbraithians, Marxists, Socialists and Capitalists or Free-Enterprisors. Such inclusiveness which grows out of a radical congregational polity, the free-mind principal, and the non-credal approach to religion, is the only possible basis for modern Unitarian Universalism.’"
This philosophy is the basis for the best of United States national practices, also. We have allowed ourselves to be divided-at our own peril.
Our historians remind us of the atrocities brought on by the War Between the States. It pays to stay engaged...to walk together, to recognize one another's strength and challenge one another's hubris. It pays to dig into what is really going on (George Orwell is our role model here) and it pays to learn the fine skills of disagreement. Argument need not lead to disengagement and-thus- polarization.
Although it had its ideological origins in Europe, Unitarian Universalism is truly a United States phenomenon. The self-image of both our faith tradition and our nation reside in learning how to listen as well as proclaim, to learn from others as well as share our own truths. It is no small task to create the Unitarian Universalism of Paul Beattie...but it is our mission. Let us commit to deep dialogue, shoulder-to-shoulder action, and ongoing engagement across the divides. When this is bruising, let us also be the healers of one another. Here's to life well and fully lived!
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A Word from Stewardship The pledge drive is over for this year – THANK YOU again for your generosity that helped us achieve our goal! But our stewardship of this community continues. We give our time and talents, make connections, and help each other to build bridges within and outside the Fellowship.
From Lauren Oliver. . . I was a troubled teen and I was constantly looking for someone to throw me a rope. Those ropes are connections. They allow us to see that life exists beyond the little worlds we are currently a part of.
From your Stewardship Team: Bonnie Groop, Mikel Anne North, Danni Schantz, Ivie Sorkin, Mary Wicks
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This month we wrap up another wonderful RE year and look towards summer fun! Here is what’s coming up this summer:
Hogwarts Be sure to register your rising 1st-6th grader for Harry Potter camp. UUFWC Hogwarts will be June 12-15th from 6-8pm. Visit uufwc.org to register your child.
RE Sunday Please join us on June 4th at 10am for RE Sunday. The children will share what they’ve been up to this year and we will celebrate Leah and Emma Gochnauer who will be graduating and bridging out of RE. The children will rehearse for RE Sunday on Sunday, May, 28th, so please try to attend this day so your child will be prepared.
Summer Programming Over the summer the Green Sanctuary team will be helping the children better live out our 7th Principle during RE time (Sundays 10-11am June through August). 1st through 6th grade will begin and end in the EEE room to learn about and participate in all aspects of container gardening. They will be spending most of class outdoors, so please dress your child appropriately. Babies through Kindergarten will be in the nursery and Blessed Bees for free play. All children will spend the full hour in RE and will not begin in the sanctuary over the summer. The Green Sanctuary team we lead a service on August 20th to share what was learned and show off the children’s harvest.
Please note: Parents Group, Game Night, RE Committee, and Playgroup will take a break over the summer and resume in September.
For information about Religious Education, please contact
Chelsea Churpek, Director of Religious Education, at chelsea.uufwc @
gmail.com
To request child care for fellowship meetings or events, email
Upcoming Events
SUMMER
June 7th 10a-RE Sunday
June 11th 10a-Summer RE Program begins!
-1-6th Graders go to EEE for entire hour
-PreK-K go to Blessed Bees for entire hour
-0-3 go to Nursery
June 12-15th 6-8p Hogwarts
June 18th 10a-Hogwarts Service (NO RE)
July 4th -Potluck and Fireworks Watching at the UUFWC (Time TBA)
August 20th 10a- Summer All-ages service (NO RE)
A Message from Youth Community Members of Youth Community continued to learn, grow, and serve during the month of May. In RE (Religious Education), the youth participated in a series of racial justice teach-ins. We joined UU congregations around the nation asking the question, “How can we resist racism? During the teach-ins, we explored institutional racism and how privilege can play out in conversations about race. During the May 7 Landscape Workday, Youth Community members placed mulch and installed step-in fence posts around the new children’s garden.
June brings the end of the RE year. We will celebrate the start of summer with a pizza and movie night at the UUFWC on Friday, June 2 from 5:00pm to 9:00pm. At the request of Youth Community members, we will watch Dances with Wolves—a film featured in one of our RE Popcorn Theology sessions. Pizza, popcorn, and beverage will be provided. You are welcome to bring in additional goodies to share. RE Sunday is June 4, which begins our 10:00 am summer worship schedule. Youth Community members are asked to arrive by 9:30 am on RE Sunday in order to practice our skits/presentation. We hope you join us for these end-of-year events! If you would like to learn more about Youth Community, you may reach Dawn Frank, Youth and Campus Ministries Coordinator, at [email protected].
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UUA General Assembly June 21-25 We will be live streaming the General Assembly business meetings and special programming from the UUFWC. Ask Elaine Strawn or Anne Wilson for more details.
Streaming schedule:
Wednesday: Welcoming Ceremony: 8:30-10:00pm Thursday: Business Meeting: 9:45-1:15 Service of the Living Tradition: 9:00-10:30 Friday: Business Meeting: 9:45-1:15 Saturday: Business Meeting: 9:45-1:15 Ware Lecture (see below): 9:30-10:30 Sunday worship : 9-10:30 2017 Ware Lecturer Bryan Stevenson: Bryan Stevenson is the founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama. Mr. Stevenson is a widely acclaimed public interest lawyer who has dedicated his career to helping the poor, the incarcerated and the condemned. Under his leadership, EJI has won major legal challenges eliminating excessive and unfair sentencing, exonerating innocent death row prisoners, confronting abuse of the incarcerated and the mentally ill and aiding children prosecuted as adults. Mr. Stevenson has successfully argued several cases in the United States Supreme Court and recently won an historic ruling in the U.S. Supreme Court banning mandatory life-without-parole sentences for all children 17 or younger are unconstitutional. EJI has also initiated major new anti-poverty and anti-discrimination efforts challenging the legacy of racial inequality in America. Mr. Stevenson’s work fighting poverty and challenging racial discrimination in the criminal justice system has won him numerous awards including the ABA Wisdom Award for Public Service, the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship Award Prize, the Olaf Palme International Prize, the ACLU National Medal Of Liberty, the National Public Interest Lawyer of the Year Award, the Gruber Prize for International Justice and the Ford Foundation Visionaries Award. In 2015, he was named to the Time 100 recognizing the world’s most influential people. Recently, he was named in Fortune’s 2016 World’s Greatest Leaders list. He is a graduate of the Harvard Law School and the Harvard School of Government, has been awarded 26 honorary doctorate degrees and is also a Professor of Law at the New York University School of Law. He is the recent author of the critically acclaimed New York Times bestseller, Just Mercy, which was named by Time Magazine as one of the 10 best books of nonfiction for 2014 and has been awarded several honors including the Carnegie Medal by the American Library Association for the best nonfiction book of 2014 and a 2015 NAACP Image Award.
Music Committee Are you thinking about joining the Choir or Folk Orchestra, but are feeling shy? We will have a gathering on August 6th. Consider attending to get to know us! More details later.
Come Join the Folk Orchestra! We will be taking a few weeks off from rehearsal, but in August will begin to meet every Wednesday at 8:15 pm-9:00 pm. We welcome any level of player to come and join us!
Looking for Special Music for Sunday mornings. If you would like to sing, play an instrument, form a group or ensemble for Sunday morning services. We need you! Please contact Sharon Delgadillo.
Adult Choir is in need of your voice! If you love music and would like to become a part of our special community that ministers to the Fellowship, please talk to Sharon or any choir member. We will begin rehearsals on August 9th at 7:00. Don’t feel like you sing well enough, we will help you develop your talent.
Madrigal 2017: It’s not too early to start marking your calendars for the Madrigal. It is November 3 & 4.
Questions, contact Sharon Delgadillo.
We need YOU at the UUFWC annual Upscale Garage Sale! Be green and have fun as we raise funds for programs the Fellowship and the larger community. We welcome every day items as well as unique ones*. Sale Date: Friday, June 23 from 3 pm-7 pm and Saturday, June 24 from 9 am-1 pm We need DONATIONS *and VOLUNTEERS! - Saturday (June 17) from 10:30 am – 1:00 pm, Blessed B’s room - Sunday (June 19) immediately after the service, we will set up tables and unload donations* from your cars and at
the UU. - Monday and Tuesday (June 20-21). Deliver donations* and help set up the sale. - Wednesday and Thursday (June 22-23). Price items no experience needed. If you bring donations* on these days,
please price first. - Friday (June 24). SALE DAY! Two shifts: 2:30-5:00 or 5:00-7:30. Sign up on connections counter - or email Mary Wicks. - Saturday (June 25). SALE DAY! Three shifts: 8:30-11:00 or 11:00-1:30 or clean up only from 12:30-1:30. Sign
up on connections counter or email Mary Wicks. DONATIONS: Please make life easier for volunteers: Items should be clean with no cracks or missing parts. No clothing (except toddler/baby), no analog TV’s, no children’s car seats, and no drop side cribs.
THANK YOU in advance for your donations and volunteer time. This is a great time to get to know folks and a chance to invite the larger community into our building.
Questions? Contact Norma Barber, Erin Bosley Palmer, Bethann Fravel Seibold, Elaine Gibson, Ruthie Sewell, or Mary Wicks.
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Calling all Techies We could use more folks trained on the the sound board. Sound board technicians set out the microphones, manage the sound levels, record the service, and help with the projectors. We will provide training on 8/20/17 after the service [about 11 am].
Let us know if you are interested and we will remind you in early August. Please contact Anne in the office if you are interested. [email protected]
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Membership Committee News 20/30’s GROUP!!!!!!! - Come and join us for a day in nature as we enjoy Founders Day at The Wilderness Center on Saturday, June 17. This will be fun for adults and children alike! Among many of the attractions will be pond dip-netting, a naturalist musical act, hiking, local artisan/farmers market, and the greenhouse will be open with native plants for sale. Flamingo Jack's food truck and Lockport Brewery's beer garden will also be onsite. We will meet at 10:00 a.m. in front of the Interpretive Building. Events end at 4:00 p.m. and the Center closes at 5:00p.m. The Wilderness Center’s address is 9877 Alabama Ave S.W., Wilmot, OH 44689. If you are interested or have any questions, please contact Sue Kandel at kandel.sa@ gmail.com.
BOWLING PARTY – The feedback we received from some of the close to 100 people who attended our first ever UUFWC BOWLING PARTY was overwhelmingly positive. UU’s can be quite creative with their technique including the imaginative use of bumper guards! Everyone is looking forward to a repeat of this fun, multi-age event that gave our members and friends time to mingle and laugh whether or not they took to the lanes.
NEW MEMBERS – Five of our friends recently signed the UUFWC Membership Book. Please welcome Vivian Ashcraft, Deb and Gene Barnes, Bethany Jasin, and transfer Charlotte Bishop. We recognized the new members who were present during our April 30th services. Our next New Member Sunday will take place this fall.
NEW MEMBER BIO - Charlotte Bishop, a delightful lady, has joined our Fellowship and we thought you would like to know a bit about her. She is Bert Bishop's stepmother, graduated with a degree in nursing and ended up in Denver where she met Bert’s dad. Though she was born in Newark, NJ, she lived in Pittsburg, PA; Seneca, SC; and Denver, CO, before ending up here in Wooster, OH. We are so happy to welcome this animal lover and former UU Youth Advisor to our Fellowship!
UU INQUIRY - Our Summer UU Inquiry will take place immediately following the July 23rd service. These sessions are designed for those who are relatively new to our congregation, providing an opportunity to learn a little more about our religion and how our Fellowship functions while we also take time to get to know each other during a casual lunch.
Softball! We are happy to report that we are going to play in the Wayne County Co-Ed Softball Church League. Eighteen members, and also a few substitutes, are excited to participate on the inaugural UU softball team. Games are all played on Sundays, weather dependent, beginning on June 4, and are all played at the Four Square Church Field on the corner of Miltown and Friendsville Roads. We greatly appreciate the Fellowships support in this venture and look forward to seeing all of you at a game or two. Please come watch us play!
Games are as follows:
June 4 @ 2:00 pm June 11 @ 9:00 pm June 18 @ 5:00 pm June 25 @ 2:00 and 3:00 (a double-header)
July 2 @ 6:00 pm July 9 @ 3:00 and 4:00 (another double-header) July 16 @ 2:00 pm July 23 @ 4:00 pm July 30 @ 2:00 pm
August 6 and August 13 are tournament dates. The times are not yet known.
Social Action In Action OPEN PLATE COLLECTION on JUNE 25th will be given to St. James Episcopal Church for their Saturday Lunch Program. Lunches serve approximately 80 to 100 individuals each week. They are served every Saturday in the Parish Hall from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm and are open to everyone. We help the “Lunch Bunch” at St. James because they work hard to provide a needed public service. PEOPLE TO PEOPLE SUNDAY IS JUNE 18th. We will be collecting wide-lined loose leaf filler paper and college ruled filler paper to help with the Back to School project. As always, cash is welcome. Make checks payable to People to People. The UUFWC will be collecting needed school supplies instead of the usual food donations in June and July. In July we will collect highlighters and Sharpies. People to People Ministries has reevaluated the school supplies they distribute during their Back to School project. Area schools are being contacted for updated school supply lists so that the needs of students can be met. Both the loose leaf paper and the highlighters and Sharpies were in short supply at last year’s Back to School distribution. Volunteer groups will pre-package the supplies by grade level for distribution. WHERE HAVE ALL THE CONTAINERS GONE? Remember the boxes and bins on and under the rear table? They are no longer there. In order to provide more seating for our ever growing congregation, we removed the tables and replaced them with a shelving unit containing cloth bins. All bins are labeled as to contents and you’ll find the place for your recyclables there. You can recycle used inkjet cartridges, Our Family labels [they are taken to the Startzman clinic], toiletries collected from hotels [they are taken to OneEighty and the Salvation Army], and eyeglasses. The People to People bin remains in the back.
All Thing Green WAYNE CLEAN WATER PARTNERSHIP is a project of the Green Sanctuary Team. One of the requirements for certification as a UUA Green Sanctuary congregation was a project involving a community or ecumenical group. The Wayne Clean Water Partnership is a working group of the Wooster Interfaith Justice Committee and its most recent project has been as a citizens’ watch group for the Utopia pipeline which will cross the buried aquifer which feeds the south well field of the City of Wooster and is its only fresh water source. Through the efforts of UUFWC’s own Karen Skubik, a reporter for The Wooster Weekly, an article about the Partnership’s activities appeared in the May 13, 2017 issues. Thank you, Karen for your work. WOW SUMMER GARDEN is taking shape. The Green Sanctuary Team will be responsible for this summer’s WOW program for the children. The fenced garden is located next to the green shed on the driveway where trees have been cut down, leaving roots and stumps. The challenge will be to grow a variety of vegetables planted in various pots, boxes and tires in a place not suitable for a garden. In addition, a wild edibles garden will be planted nearby. Check them out! ATTENTION ORGANIC GARDENERS: a wide variety of organic plant foods and soil amendments (including worm castings and bat guano), along with bagged compost from Paradise Composting Co. are available at The Greenhouse Shoppe, 3649 Cleveland Rd. Wooster. BRIDGES OUT OF POVERTY - RESOURCE INFORMATION PROJECT: We are moving forward on a project to assist people find the rich resources offered in our community. This has been an area of concern for awhile within the community of those agency people and church members who assist people. We want to guide people to find resources to be successful in using the services available to remain in their homes, have food & maintain their daily lives.
We will be offering a table in the lobby of Viola Startzman Clinic with flyers and information of where to find supports in this community. We have been learning about resources from our regular meetings with United Way and meeting with human service organizations. You can support this work by joining us to become a “navigator volunteer” to share information with those in need. Stay tuned for details. THANKS
500 PLATES IN WOOSTER: Friday June 16, 5:00 – 7:00. We will place tables around the block starting at United Way and will invite groups of 10 people from various neighborhoods throughout all socioeconomic groups around Wooster to gather for a meal and discussion about topics such as food insecurity, women & LGBTQ community in poverty, fostering resiliency etc. The intention is to bring people together to begin to break down socio economic divisions. Volunteers needed to plan, find participants, set up tables, host a discussion, tear down, etc. We will keep you posted.
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Nuclear Weapons are About to be Banned and We Need Your Voice! In one of its final acts of 2016, the United Nations General Assembly adopted with overwhelming support a landmark resolution to begin negotiation on a treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons. This historic decision heralds and end to two decades of paralysis in multilateral nuclear disarmament efforts. Through June and July, 2017, governments will negotiate a ban on nuclear weapons at the United nations. The Women’s March to Ban the Bomb is a women-led initiative building on the momentum of movements at the forefront of the resistance, including the Women’s March on Washington. It will bring together people of all genders, sexual orientations, ages, races, abilities, nationalities, cultures, faiths, political affiliations and backgrounds to March and Rally on Saturday, June 17. Here in Wooster, we will gather at the Gazebo downtown from 1-4pm.
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Inner Peace Yoga News Many things are planned at the UUFWC, so Inner Peace Yoga will not meet until July 11th. Breathe deeply and practice your Inner Peace Yoga wherever you may BE!
Labyrinth Returns After a year off, the evening Labyrinth experiences are returning to UUFWC. Each will be held in the the back parking lot of the Fellowship on the third Wednesdays of June, July, and August. The dates are 6/21, 7/19 and 8/16. We begin at 7 PM and end at 9 PM.
We are returning to our original format which will include a drum circle,with percussion instruments, a Labyrinth walk, followed by a campfire, s’mores and social time. Pleases mark your calenders for these enlightening and enjoyable experiences.
Need more info? email John Renner at jprenner618 @ gmail.com.
Midsummer Spiritual Walk Pagan Gathering The UU Congregations from Bellville, Westfield Center, Wooster, and Canton invite you to a Midsummer Spiritual Walk on June 17, 2017, from 6-9 pm at the UUFWC in Wooster. Festive garb for celebrating Midsummer is encouraged. There will be a potluck buffet of finger food snacks. Light alcoholic beverages are allowed. This is an outdoor event so bring lawn chairs. We will celebrate Litha with fire, drumming, and a labyrinth walk. Bring drums and other percussion instruments. There is no childcare. For more information, Sue Kandel: kandel.sa@ gmail.com.
THE HUMANIST GROUP is taking the summer off. See you in the fall!
EARTH CENTERED GROUP meets most 2nd and 4th Sundays after second service. Contact Lindsay Walker or Doris Cannon.
SCRABBLE NIGHTS: Usually meets the 2nd Sundays from 7 to 9:30 PM. Bring a game and maybe a snack. Ken McDonald.
ZEN MEDITATION meets on Mondays at 7:00.
INNER PEACE YOGA, usually meets Mondays at 6, but will not meet until July 11.
UU UKE GROUP meets the second Friday of every-other month, at 7:00, starting in January. Ukuleles only, and any level of expertise.
The SOCRATES CAFE group meets on the 3rd Thursdays at 7:00 to discuss topics of interest. Contact Tom Gross or Bonnie Groop, co-moderators, for more information.
Regular Events
The events shown on this page are just a part of what goes on at the UUFWC.
If you’re looking for a specific activity, or if want to know when a particular group or committee meets, go to the Fellowship website, uufwc.org, and look at the calendar.
June Birthdays: Phil Grimm
Adam Keating Laura Grimm
Gregg Sheffield Kevin Cannon Kristin Keating
July Birthdays: Bill Alkire Bill Carter
Ruth Dykstra Kat Gibbons
Sherri Gochnauer Jenny Grimsley Bonnie Groop
Tom Gross Kevin Lowry
Dan O'Rourke John Renner
Sonia Solomonoff Susan Sommer-Wagner
June/July Anniversaries: 6/12 Brian and Ruth Dykstra
6/12 Gregg and Sandy Sheffield
7/7 Larry Madden and Susan Heady 7/14 Jim and Inez Bird
7/17 Sue and Tom Gross 7/23 Terry and Cherrill Wertz
7/25 Denise Bostdorf and Dan O'Rourke
We’d like to add your birthday or anniversary to the list.
Please contact the office.
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BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP is taking the summer off. During the school year we meet the 3rd Sunday at 7:00.
THE AFTERNOON BOOK GROUP will meets on the 3rd Thursdays at 3:00pm.
PLANT-BASED POTLUCKS: 4th Tuesdays at 6 pm. RSVP pamerine @ ashland.edu.
Listed below are two book titles new to the UUFWC library:
THE BOOK OF JOY: LASTING HAPPINESS IN A CHANGING WORLD By His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu 294.3 Dala 2016
“Nobel Peace Prize Laureates His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu have survived more than fifty years of exile and the soul-crushing violence of oppression. Despite their hardships or, as they would say, because of them they are two of the most joyful people on the planet.
In April 2015, Archbishop Tutu traveled to the Dalai Lama’s home in Dharamsala, India, to celebrate His Holiness’s eightieth birthday and to create what they hoped would be a gift for others. They looked back on their long lives to answer a single burning question: How do we find joy in the fact of life’s inevitable suffering? ……
We get to listen as they explore the Nature of True Joy and confront each of the Obstacles of Joy from fear, stress, and anger to grief, illness, and death. They then offer us the Eight Pillars of Joy, which provide the foundation for lasting happiness. Throughout, they include stories, wisdom, and science. Finally, they share their daily Joy Practices that anchor their own emotional and spiritual lives.
The Archbishop has never claimed sainthood, and the Dalai Lama considers himself a simple monk. In this unique collaboration, they offer us the reflection of real lives filled with pain and turmoil in the midst of which they have been able to discover a level of peace, of courage, and of joy to which we can all aspire in our own lives.” ….Quote from inSpirit web site
LANDSCAPES OF AGING AND SPIRITUALITY: ESSAYS Editor, Kathleen Montgomery 242.65 Mont 2015
“In a collection of lovely essays, nineteen writers reflect on the experience of aging and the ways it intersects with their spiritual lives. Alternately tender and frank, funny and wistful, these heartfelt ruminations offer companionship for those walking the journey of later life. The authors, many of them retired ministers, approach the topic from many angles, with many stories – including adjusting to wearing leg braces due to neuropathy, being called “a woman of your age,” considering what it would be like to have nothing left to prove, and reflecting on assisted suicide and its impact on those we love. These thoughtful writers ponder growing older as a spiritual path—not one that we choose, but one that has chosen us.” ….Quote from the book’s back cover
OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Library News
A Look at the Year Ahead
Summer Institute will be July 9 - 15, 2017 at Oberlin College. The Theme Speaker is Sheila Schuh, DRE at 1st Unitarian Church of Rochester NY. The theme is Beyond Lip Service: The Courage to Communicate UU Values. Registration is now open at omdsi.org
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Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Wayne County 3186 Burbank Road Wooster, Ohio 44691
www.uufwc.org
The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship is an inclusive community for spiritual exploration
dedicated to social and environmental justice.
The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Wayne County is a member congregation of the Unitarian Universalist Association.
How to Find Us: We are located at 3186 Burbank Road, in Wooster, 330-262-9194. After Labor Day through Memorial Day we meet on Sundays at 9:30 and 11:00 a.m. In the Summer, June through Labor Day, we meet only at 10:00 a.m. Minister: Rev. V. Elaine Strawn, email: minister @ uufwc.org Director of Religious Education: Chelsea Churpek: dre @ uufwc.org Board of Directors: Peter Schantz, president; John Waldman, secretary; Adam Keating, David Francis,
Cherrill Wertz, Inez Bird, Kelly Chandler, Tony Beery, past president. Office Administrator: Anne Wilson, email: fellowship @ uufwc.org Youth Ministry Coordinator: Dawn Frank, email: ycmc @ uufwc.org Membership Coordinator: Karen Skubik, email: karen.uufwc @ gmail.com Newsletter Editor: Joann Ribar: newsletter @ uufwc.org. The newsletter deadline is the 17th of every month. Congregational Group Email: Address email to: uufwc @ googlegroups.com One email reaches nearly everyone!
There is a delay while messages are moderated. To join the group, email the office: fellowship @ uufwc.org Office Hours: During the summer, office hours are by appointment. Please call the office first.
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Wayne County
