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Volume 52, Issue 3

September 2011

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Two Services beginning at 9:15 and 11 a.m. September 11: ―Ingathering‖

Rev. Eric Kaminetzky Children begin in Chapman Hall for Time for All Ages Music: Adult Choir and Tomoko Maki

September 18: ―What Open Eyes Can See‖ Rev. Eric Kaminetzky Music: April Cook and Tomoko Maki

September 25: ―Single in a Married World‖ Rev. Amanda Aikman Music: Joyful Noise

―Reflecting on the over two hundred weddings at which I have officiated, I hope I have learned something about love, marriage, and the vast array of alternatives—including the choice of many to remain single. An invitation for all of us—married, partnered, happily single, or . . . prowling around . . . to celebrate and honor one another's status.‖

The Rev. Amanda Aikman lives in Everett and serves Skagit Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Mount Vernon. She is a spiritual director, a joyfulness consultant, and the author of the 2010 book Full-Spectrum Joyfulness. Amanda is also a playwright whose full-length play, ―The Peregrine Sonata,‖ will be staged by the Driftwood Players in Edmonds in January as their annual ―Spotlight on a Local Playwright‖ production.

LABOR DAY WEEKEND—ONE SERVICE AT 10 A.M.

September 4: ―That Each May Seek to Love and Build Together: UUSC is your UU Values Building a More Just and Sustainable Haiti‖ Linda McKim-Bell, UU Service Committee Music: Peter Renhard and Tomoko Maki

Linda McKim-Bell is the Pacific Northwest Region Coordinator for the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC). She lives in Portland and attends the UU church there. She is an enthusiastic advocate for the many UUSC programs abroad, and has recently developed a presentation about using art to help heal and repair Haiti.

Nurturing the Spirit through Worship

CELEBRATING EXCELLENCE IN MINISTRIES

Our preparations for the fifth annual Association Sunday are now underway! In our semi-centennial anniversary year, we will join together again to celebrate the bonds that connect us through a special service and collection on October 2, 2011.

We know that excellence in ministries is the cornerstone of successful congregations and a vibrant, growing Unitarian Universalism. This year, the Unitarian Universalist Association will partner with the Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association, the Unitarian Universalist Musicians Network, the Liberal Religious Educators Association, and other professional organizations to celebrate Association Sunday and to raise funds for the future of our ministries.

Association Sunday is October 2, 2011

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August Board Meeting Highlights

At its August meeting the Board:

Discussed the Annual Report, the information to be requested, and how this will be communicated to the Chairs and other leaders.

Decided to work outside of the August Board meeting to find a date for a one-day Board retreat in September.

Discussed the Committee on Ministry (COM) policy and how current policy reflects or doesn‘t reflect our current practice. Directed the Executive Team to meet with the members of the COM to discuss changing the policy to reflect volunteer capabilities and church organizational needs.

Tasked Ross Henderson and Pat Meeker to schedule a date to convene a Leadership Council, possibly in October.

Cathy Liu Scott, Secretary

We will have a practice evacuation during church services sometime in September.

In an emergency, orderly evacuation of the church could be a matter of life or death. Even though we know chances of fire, earthquake or other disasters are minimal, it is important that we take action to minimize risk to people of our congregation in the event of such a catastrophe by practicing evacuating the building.

If an evacuation is called for, here are important points to keep in mind:

1. Leave the building by the nearest outside exit.

2. Leave personal items likes coats and purses behind if necessary, remember people are more important than things.

3. Ushers and volunteers in the pulpit will give directions if necessary. Please listen and follow their instructions.

4. Meet at the back/north end of the parking lot so that we can account for missing persons and be out of the way of emergency vehicles.

5. Parents, do not try to go to the RE rooms to retrieve your children. Their teachers and caregivers will be evacuating them using planned routes. There will be a designated reunion site for children and parents in a safe area outside the church building.

From the Safety Task Force

The Board of Trustees would like to report that a total of $15,500 was pledged for the second ask. This is $500 more than was being sought.

At its May meeting, the Board voted that $7,500 be allocated to the Music program. This will bring our Music Director to 0.6 FTE or approximately 24 hours a week.

$5000 was allocated for the youth coordinator position. This position is currently being advertised and the DLRE hopes to have a person hired by October at the latest.

$3000 was allocated for the Worship Associates budget with the goal of maintaining a high quality of Sunday services.

Report on the Special/Second Pledge Ask


FOR CONTACT INFORMATION OR TO RESPOND TO AN ARTICLE IN THIS ISSUE OF THE COMMUUNICATOR, PLEASE REFER TO THE WEBSITE AND DIRECTORY, OR CONTACT THE CHURCH OFFICE.

PRAXIS – A HARD THEORY PUT INTO PRACTICE By Rev. Eric Kaminetzky ©2011

Living In Community

From my Unitarian Universalist ministerial colleague who blogs under the name PeaceBang: One of the most dire mistakes liberal religious communities make is to tolerate destructive behavior when the issue of hostility to the religious community is obscured by issues of ―inclusivity.‖

Embracing inclusivity, and understanding what we mean by that in the Unitarian Universalist community, is an ongoing struggle for many of our congregations.

Bold enough to be welcoming so many different kinds of believers, but boldness will not suffice.

We invite people into our ―house‖ and we tell them with words they are welcome here, not realizing that the welcome cannot end with simply letting people in. Letting people in is the pre-cursor to having community.

To make community work takes work, and it is work that each of us must take on anew each time we step onto the property of the community, whether the literal property of the congregation or the figurative property of a small group meeting in the home of a friend or member, or in a restaurant, or a park.

It is about how we treat each other, and how we speak to each other, and how we care for each other. It‘s about a glamourless commitment and a grinding maintenance over the course of years.

And why should we do it? Because community is worth it. We should do it because community is worth it, and because community without commitment and maintenance is ephemeral.

A robust community requires care and nurture. A community robust enought to take on a piece of the world in order to encourage and invite it and the people inhabiting it to reshape itself must needs be a community of trust.

What will you do for the sake of a robust community?

I wholeheartedly thank all of the friends of Susan Eberhart who helped with her remembrance service on August 6, 2011. Without all of your participation the service could not have been as special as it was. It is a great joy to me and other members of my family that you thought so highly of her that you were willing to offer your service in her honor. I know she is pleased.

Roger Eberhart

A Special Remembrance

You may have already noticed a new segment in our Sunday Order of Service. Various Lay Ministers will be delivering a brief ―Pastoral Moment‖ each week, to bring a comforting message or to introduce a meditative experience. After the service, we will greet you as you leave Chapman Hall. We hope, by way of letting

you know who we are, you will come to call on us for what we have to offer.

The Lay Ministry Team at EUUC is a group of caring members who are available to be of emotional support to congregants during times of transition, bereavement, illness, or loss. Supplementing the pastoral functions of our minister, our commitment is to listen well, to maintain confidentiality, and to extend a genuine sense of comfort to all who reach out to us.

To contact us, send a confidential email to [email protected], call the confidential voicemail at 425.977.4581, drop a message in the locked box next to the brochure rack in the entry, call the main office or the minister, or approach a member of the Lay Ministry Team as identified on our name tags: Sarah Boyd, Linda Crossland, Kathleen Green, Vicky Kleinman, Don Snow, Ellin Snow, and Marilyn Warner.

Lay Ministry Team Continues to Answer Your Calls



Music directors and choral conductors are very active during the summer months as a majority of continuing education classes are offered at this time. I took advantage of a three-day choral conducting workshop from Dr. Jeffry Boers who heads up the

choral department at University of Washington. This class placed a focus on building empathy through the conducting gesture with a focus on breath, resonance, blend, balance, intonation, phrasing, text, articulation, and rhythm.

I participated in a two-day music sight-reading workshop at the University of Puget Sound. This experience afforded an opportunity to sing through a wide variety of choral repertoire to assist in determining appropriate pieces that would contribute to our worship experience at EUUC.

I also attended three Saturday percussion workshops with Bill Mathews. These three-hour classes focused on specific world rhythms and the intricacies of how they fit together.

I am excited to resume EUUC music programming this September. Adult and Youth Choirs will rehearse every Wednesday evening with Adult Choir members singing on an average of two Sundays per month and Youth Choir members singing one Sunday per month. Drum Circle will meet every second Saturday of each month. This will be a two-hour class with a focus on review and basic technique for the first 30 minutes of each class before we investigate more complicated rhythms. Singing and rhythm truly nourish our souls, and all are welcome and encouraged to participate in Choir and Drum Circle!

I am also looking forward to collaborating with the Worship Associates team and Nick Maxwell to offer six vespers services throughout the year. Each vespers service will include silence, meditation, storytelling, and singing, and will occur on the second Friday in October, November, January, February, April, and May.

Our music charge is as follows: We gather together in song to nurture our spirits and create positive change in the world. Through music we reach out to the community, providing music excellence and programming for all age groups and levels of ability. At EUUC, music is used to educate, inspire, entertain, and involve. How it happens: Church services, Adult Choir, Youth Choir, Joyful Noise, Fa La Sisterhood, Concert Series, Vespers, and Drumming Circle.

Welcome to another year of music at EUUC.

Wil Sederholm, Music Director

Music Director’s Notes

Music Committee Clef Notes

Get motivated for Music. Choir rehearsals start August 31 at 7:30 p.m. Check out other outlets for musical expression including Joyful Noise (rehearses Thursday evenings) and Drumming Circle (second Saturday mornings). We live our musical tradition at EUUC and invite you to join us.

We are happy to announce Clallam County is coming back for their brand of delusional and creative Bluegrass and Folk music on Saturday, September 10 at 8 p.m. in Chapman Hall. Tickets are $15 for adults and $5 for youth under 18, and are available at the door or though BrownPaperTickets.com event 115731 or by calling 800.838.3006.

We also have a lineup that includes Reuel Lubag on October 7 and North Sound Jazz. You can also look forward to a number of top quality performances in 2012.

Here‘s the music lineup for September 4 through October 2: 9/4: Peter Renhard and Tomoko Maki 9/11: Adult Choir and Tomoko Maki 9/18: April Cook and Tomoko Maki 9/25: Joyful Noise 10/2: Adult Choir, Youth Choir, and Tomoko Maki



The Second Sunday Book Club will reconvene on September 11 with a potluck at 6 p.m. in the Narthex and a discussion in the Friarplace at 7 p.m. of Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie. New members are welcome to join us. For more information, contact Jennifer Howell or Pam Iverson.

Second Sunday Book Club September Reading Assignment

Mark your calendar!

Saturday, October 8, at 6 p.m. WHY??

It's the ANNUAL BINGO BASH.

Join us for a fun evening for the entire family. The cost is $15 for adults, $7 for children under 12. It includes hors d‘oeuvres, dinner, dessert, drinks, bingo cards, and door prizes. Call or email Mary Freundlich if you would like to join in the fun.

Bingo Anyone?

We want to schedule a number of mini-potluck dinners for the winter months. These informal events take place in members‘ homes with no set agenda. They are meant to help new and established members become better acquainted. Given the two Sunday services and the huge growth of our group, these dinners are really necessary. Right

now I am looking for hosts for these parties. The hosts only need to call the guests the week before the event to plan the menu and make sure the guests can find the location. If you would like to host a party, call Margot Becker at 425.485.1084 with your calendar in hand and we will set a date during the winter and spring months of 2012.

Hosts Wanted for Mini-Potluck Dinners

You may have seen posters or announcements about activities put on by QUUE, the Queer Unitarian Universalists of Edmonds. While QUUE has been part of EUUC for about two years, I expect many new members (and more than a few longtime members) have no idea what QUUE is or does. QUUE was formed when a few lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and ally members of EUUC decided the church needed a forum for the LGBTQ community to socialize with one another, and to reach out to the broader South Snohomish and North King County area residents. QUUE organizes a number of recurring social events, including Sunday afternoon bowling and monthly Saturday breakfasts. We also take the lead on the EUUC presence at the Pride Festival. In June of this year we took the lead for six Puget Sound UU Churches! Other activities are usually organized by an individual or group of individuals based on personal interest and energy.

QUUE welcomes everyone who is an ally or member of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer, or questioning community. Our goal is to provide a safe space, including spiritually, physically, and emotionally healthy gatherings and activities. There is no formal membership, and we always welcome new participants in our activities. If you are not lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer, questioning, animal, vegetable, or mineral, you can always be an ally!

Join us on September 24 at 9:30 a.m. for breakfast at the Pancake Haus, 530 Fifth Avenue S., in downtown Edmonds next to Petosa‘s Grocery Store. For more information contact Brian Potter.

QUUE Who?

This church year the Membership Committee plans to offer a rotating series of three classes with one class scheduled most months. The current plan is to offer these classes on Sundays following the second service with lunch and childcare provided. To register, call or email Kyle Gillis or complete the form at www.euuc.org/newcomers/membership_class.php. Be sure to indicate if you need child care. Classes do not need to be taken in order. The classes on UUism and EUUC are required for membership.

September 18: Getting Involved—An Intro to EUUC‘s Programs

October 16: UUism—Beliefs, History, and Polity

December 11: EUUC—Culture and Responsibilities of Membership

Membership Announces Newcomer Classes for Fall



Lifespan Religious Education at EUUC A colleague of mine, Peggy Clark, wrote the following reflection on Religious Education with the invitation that we may share it as we wish. It captures my hopes and philosophy for Lifespan RE and as inspiration I thought I would share it with you. Wonderful and engaging curricula are lined up and lots of exciting plans are in place. We need volunteers to make it happen. As of this writing we don’t have enough staffing for Sunday RE classes to begin the year. I am hoping you will choose to be in conversation with me or any of the Children‘s RE Committee members and will share your time, talent, and wisdom with our children. Contact Layne, Marikay Gillingham, Maria Thompson, or Sarah Dilling. Teaching Teams and Assistants Orientation is scheduled for Saturday, September 10. See below for more details.

Yours in joy and commitment, Layne Richard-Hammock Director of Lifespan Religious Education and Faith Development

―Religious education is an ignition, a setting on fire of the depths of who someone is. It is a transformative, vital, and irreplaceable part of Unitarian Universalist life. The mission is to bring wholeness over the course of a lifetime, through the core curriculum which is not an array of subjects but one single subject, the human person, in many forms and settings.

―Thomas Merton (a 20th century American monk, writer, and peace activist) tells us that the mission of the educational institution is ‗finding in the self the light and wisdom in which everything comprehensible could be comprehended and what was not could be held in the darkness.‘ It is in our congregations that we can challenge popular culture and invent new ways of thinking and living, where we can embody our moral codes and bear witness to what we value. The congregation is the place for unfettered curiosity and lifetime commitments to investigation and celebration.

―Authentic religious education allows the student/congregant across the lifespan to study the deep potentiality of them through the experience of the world. In our discovery of the self, we open to a deeper wisdom and discover true freedom. The fruit of self-discovery, as found in religious education, is non-violence born of a healed and renewed state of mind.‖ —Peggy Clarke

Teacher and Assistant Orientation September 10, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

We will gather in RE-1 and open with a short worship to celebrate and focus us on the task at hand. A ―Nuts and Bolts‖ segment will give everyone the information they need. The teams will then repair to their teaching spaces where curricula will be reviewed and initial schedules created, and teams will get to engage in setting up their class spaces along with the support of an RE Committee liaison. Substantial noshes and beverages will be provided along with childcare if the need is made known. Please RSVP to Layne by Thursday, September 8.

Ingathering on September 11

The whole of the EUUC community will begin together in each service at 9:15 and 11 a.m. Following a Time for All Ages, the children and youth will gather in the RE wing for a special welcome back worship and activities. September 21 is the official UN International Day of Peace, and many organizations around the globe are expanding this tradition to Peace MONTH – September. On September 11 we will explore a variety of concepts of peace and create a series of peace flags to hang somewhere on the property. The theme will be touched on throughout the month of September.



Lifespan Religious Education Updates

Fall Adult Religious Education Classes

The following classes have been scheduled and confirmed, with a few other things still in the pipeline. Registration for classes will begin September 11. Watch for more information coming soon.

Faith Like A River, a sampling of classes from the Tapestry of Faith Adult RE Series. Faith Like a River explores the dynamic course of Unitarian, Universalist, and Unitarian Universalist (UU) history—the people, ideas, and movements that have shaped our faith heritage. It invites participants to place themselves into our history and consider its legacies. What lessons do the stories of our history teach that can help us live more faithfully in the present? What lessons do they offer to be lived into the future? Tuesday evenings: September 27, October 4, and October 11. Facilitated by Layne Richard-Hammock, DLRE.

Soul Collage, one Saturday morning session, October 8, a reprise of this popular ―get in touch with your inner self‖ workshop.

Giving—The Sacred Art, ―When practiced consistently and intentionally, giving can become a spiritual discipline and, even more, a sacred art . . . an entire lifestyle of generosity.‖ Program author Lauren Tyler Wright. Wednesday evenings: October 12, 19, and 26. Facilitated by Rev. Eric Kaminetsky.

A Retirement Planning Seminar to be held in October, details in ―This Week At EUUC‖ and the October issue of The CommUUnicator.

Religious Education Wing Facelift: I would like to extend a huge thanks to the Endowment Committee for helping to fund a facelift for the RE Wing. Painting is scheduled to proceed after church on September 4, shepherded by Ross Henderson. If you would be willing to assist, contact Ross. Susie Wind will be painting a ―space-expanding‖ mural, new rugs are ordered, new storage cabinets will be installed to provide space behind doors for committees to store items, and the rooms reset to accommodate both Sunday morning RE and Adult meetings throughout the week.

NEW Youth Programs Coordinator: I am not quite ready to tell you who, as the interviews follow the newsletter deadline, but we have two excellent candidates. New Youth programming is in the works and details will be forthcoming via ―This Week at EUUC‖ and direct communication with families, so stay tuned.

Coming of Age Update: The CoA mentor orientation was held August 24. Throughout the evening details were shared and a ritual held to ―invest‖ the leadership team. We have an excellent cadre of ―Journey Masters‖ to walk with the eleven youth participating in this new CoA program. Ross Henderson and Carol Madoerin are serving as the facilitators and Layne as mentor to the mentors. These young people are in for a fabulous, deeply transformational year!

Annual Religious Education Registration—NEW Electronic Option: All children Toddlers through Grade 12 must be registered for participation in the Religious Education programs at EUUC. Here‘s the good news! You can do it online. Follow the link pasted below to do your registration electronically. Paper forms will be available at church in September. Beat the fall back-to-school paperwork rush. Do it NOW! http://tinyurl.com/EUUC-2011-2012-RERegistration

Edmonds Family Corner

Visit these websites for more information about the International Day of Peace.

www.internationaldayofpeace.org

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZjbzYi8d5U

http://tinyurl.com/EUUC-2011-2012-RERegistration

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZjbzYi8d5U



. . . a monthly column brought to you by the Sustainability Committee.

Topic: “Sustainability 101 — Revisited”

A Gentler Footprint . . .

(I wrote the following article five years ago. Since that time, our congregation has made enormous strides in incorporating sustainable practices individually and collectively. Take a look at it again – my sense is, most readers will breeze right through it; and then say, ―Okay, what‘s next?‖ And that‘s a good sign.)

What is ―sustainability‖ anyhow? Some 300 definitions have been offered, initially focused on the ―sustainable development‖ activities for the UN‘s Agenda 21 program. To allow for broader applications of this concept it eventually became popular to use the word sustainability. Now, if you initially thought about things like ―green‖ and the ―environment,‖ good show, you are one-third there.

Fortunately, several years back some corporations decided it was fruitless to label all environmentalists ―tree huggers‖ and the latter saw it was unproductive to label all corporations ―polluters.‖ They gathered together and created the ―Three Es‖ definition that does a fairly good job of conveying the scope of sustainability. The group acknowledged that Environmental Preservation is essential for the survival of our way of life; it was agreed it is necessary to have Economic Vitality to be able to afford the measures needed for this preservation; and lastly, it was universally agreed a vibrant economy and a better environment should be available to all, and thus, Social Equity was included. Practices by individuals, businesses, government entities at all levels, and groups need to integrate environmental, social, and economic goals in all policies and activities. The clear message is we need to go beyond recycling cans, newspapers, and batteries. Sustainability should enter into all parts of our lives.

But guess what? Many reading this article have a good answer to the first question. Hint – look carefully at the Seven Principles. Review the work of the Social Concerns Committee; consider the impact of the Covenant Group gatherings, and think about the worth of the QUUE group. Each of these and the many other activities at EUUC contribute to a more sustainable community. Thus, equal opportunity, community participation, and the like, all convey the central point of sustainability: Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.

Bob Rinehart, Sustainability Committee

A4W will meet on Monday, September 12 from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Friarplace (meeting moved to second Monday due to Labor Day).

In June A4W gave care packages to ten refugee victims of violence and their eight children. In July we held a social potluck, and at our August meeting we began planning the coming year. September's meeting will kick off the new church year. Please join us. For further information, contact Maria Fuller or Nancy Samuels.

Advocates for Women (A4W) September Meeting

How do we do Social Justice at EUUC? Come and join a conversation at EUUC.

How are we doing on this part of our mission statement: Living Our Vision of a Just and Sustainable World? How are decisions made to allocate funding? To choose what projects we work on? Can you find a way here at EUUC to fulfill your passion for a better world?

Save the date – October 15 – more details to come.

There will be food and childcare.

Want to help with organizing the day? Contact Robin Stanton by phone or email.

Let’s Talk Social Justice on October 15



Peace & Justice Committee Spotlight on Issues . . . a monthly column brought to you by the Peace & Justice Committee

What are other Northwest UUs doing for Social Justice?

Great ideas should be shared so they can be appreciated, duplicated, and improved. Here is a sampling of what other local UUs and churches have done to live their vision of a just and sustainable world.

EUUC and East Shore Unitarian received Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) awards for their outstanding work collaborating on Afghanistan women/girls‘ education efforts and Building Bridges work with local Muslims; both churches are also generous donors to UUSC and Guests at Your Table.

Alice Roup of the University Unitarian Church has promoted human rights locally as her high school‘s president of the Gay Straight Alliance, nationally through the UUSC Civil Rights Journey in 2010, and internationally in Nicaragua to help with a community laundry project. She will attend college in Olympia and focus on human rights work in the State Legislature.

Casa Latina and Powerful Voices will be supported financially, through volunteer work and advocacy work by the University Unitarian Church‘s Seeds of Justice Program. This program looks at the root causes of social injustice and asks church members to commit to promoting effective change.

A few years ago, Woodinville Unitarian Universalist Church hosted Tent City 4 on three separate occasions, each time lasting about 90 days.

On Mother‘s Day, members of the West Seattle Unitarian Universalist Congregation organized a Moms Against The War march from their building to West Seattle Junction where they participated in a regularly-held peace vigil, observed five minutes of silence, and ended by singing ―We are a Gentle Angry People.‖

This list could go on and on. The October 22 Northwest Social Justice Summit and other EUUC events offer more opportunities to share and develop great ideas.

Saturday, October 22, 2011, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (with optional 7:30 a.m. pre-summit event talking with youth in Afghanistan!)

Be part of a full day of community building with other UUs in the Pacific Northwest, sharing our views of justice and building collaborations to make a greater impact for social justice in our own communities, our region, and the world.

For more information, review previous articles in the July and August issue of The CommUUnicator or contact Barbara Powers or Cindy Creager.

EUUC to Host the Northwest UU Justice Summit on October 22

When you come to EUUC, stop by the Social Concerns Committee table in the Narthex. Learn about and sign up for many interesting projects, including bringing produce and flowers for the Farmer's Market and buying things others have brought. All proceeds support our local Food Bank.

Sign up for the September 11 blood drive co-sponsored by EUUC and the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Center. It will be held at their center, 19212 Highway 99 in Lynnwood, and is in conjunction with the Puget Sound Blood Center. Check the blood center website for donor eligibility requirements (there is no upper age limit).

Volunteer to help with the Neighbors in Need brunch. We will be serving food at Trinity Lutheran Church on Saturday September 3. Contact Merrie Emmons for more details.

We are conducting a clothing drive to support Clothing for Kids which serves families in need in the Edmonds School District. Bring new or gently used clothing for children or teens to the Social Concerns table.

. . . a monthly column by the Social Concerns Committee, Living Our Vision of a Just and Sustainable World

Walking the Talk



The Arms Around Ministry stands ready to respond to the needs of our members and friends. If you are under the weather and would enjoy a home-delivered meal, a ride to a medical appointment, or a friendly visit, contact the on-call person listed below.

The contact for September is Marilyn Warner.

The contact for October is Jeri Valentine.

We continue to remember our members and friends who are enduring chronic and life threatening illnesses, as well as those who are experiencing other difficulties. We hold you in our hearts. Please do reach out to us if you are in need of assistance.

Arms Around

Sunday Morning Meditation

There will be a ―no host‖ meditation session on Sunday, September 4, 9:15 to 9:50 a.m. Feel free to drop in and meditate for 5, 10, 20, or 30 minutes. Just arrive and leave quietly.

Starting Sunday September 11, join us from 8:30 to 9 a.m., in the Friarplace. All are welcome. Questions? Guidance? Ask Penni Marvel.

Sunday Morning Volunteer Recruiting Ramps Up As we launch into the schedule for our new church year, volunteers are busily recruiting the many helpers needed at our Sunday Services. To share the workload of this large task, we have made some changes. Instead of relying on one volunteer to find our Ushers, Greeters, and Welcome Desk Volunteers, one person will recruit for each of these positions. Jody Trautwein has volunteered to recruit Ushers, Janet Chalupnik will be finding our Welcome Desk volunteers, and Mary Freundlich will concentrate on signing up Greeters (Ellie Nicholls did all

three last year—it was a Herculean effort!). Jeff Davies will continue to recruit for Sound, Pat Meeker for the Library, and Julie McPhee for Coffee. These recruiters will be calling last year‘s volunteers to schedule dates and also reaching out to find new volunteers. We hope you will help out in staffing these vital positions. We need you!

Kyle Gillis, Membership Co-Chair

“A successful response to peak oil and climate change will look more like a party than a protest march.” —Richard Heinberg

What the heck is Seabeck?

How about . . .

. . . one of the year‘s best ways to get to know UUs, from Edmonds, Woodinville, and Whidbey Island congregations.

. . . no cooking, no washing dishes, no making coffee — for a whole weekend.

. . . a thought-provoking theme: This year we learn why the move to sustainability will ―look more like a party than a revolution.‖

. . . an inspiring workshop, great conversations, fantastic Variety Show, folk-dancing, Scrabble, walks in the woods, rocking on the porch, swimming in the lagoon (yes, it‘s cold, and every year dozens of Polar Bears do it! Can you?)

. . . it‘s a weekend away, at the Seabeck Conference Center on beautiful Hood Canal for families, for friends, for everyone!

This year‘s dates are September 23 to 25. Late registrations are still being accepted. Look for the photo display in the narthex or contact Vicki Curry.

There Is Still Time to Register for Seabeck



Thursday, September 8: Jade Palace (Chinese food) 164 Sunset Avenue, Edmonds

Thursday, September 22: Caravan Kebob 9711 Firdale Avenue N, Edmonds

Please call Candy James to let her know if you are coming.

Dinner Out Group

September Office Hours

Sundays: End of second service to 1 p.m. and 2 to 4 p.m

Monday through Thursday: 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The Administrator and office volunteer staff will often be in the office before and after the listed times on Sunday through Thursday. If you need office assistance at times not listed above, please call the office 425.778.0373 or email [email protected] to make an appointment.

This grassroots organization seeks reconciliation and peace by rebuilding homes, schools, and orphanages for those traumatized by ethnic wars, injustice, famine, AIDS, and political division in Burundi in the Great Lakes Region of Eastern Africa.

In 1993 about a half million people were killed and 60% of homes, schools, and hospitals were destroyed in Burundi. Hundreds of thousands of people still live in displacement camps. JRMD seeks to house, educate, and teach children non-violent problem solving. Since 1994 this organization has rebuilt over 3,000 homes. Compassion in action is the basis of healing the victims and the community.

JRMD has an American connection, ―Youth for a New World‖ headquartered in Clinton, WA. This group has organized groups, primarily church groups, to visit and see the work and participate in the home building. This is compassion in action.

For more information visit: http://www.jrmd.org/ Nominated by: Advocates for Women

September Offering Recipient is JRMD–YRWD

In September 2006 EUUC began donating 100% of Sunday offerings to selected non-profit organizations both locally and globally. The totals for the first five fiscal years below show how incredibly generous our members, friends, and guests have been.

2006-07 $ 12,707.65*

2007-08 $ 23,068.23

2008-09 $ 18,703.18

2009-10 $ 22,729.82

2010-11 $ 30,470.31

5 Year Total $ 107,679.19 *partial year

EUUC Donates Over $107,000!

http://webmail.euuc.org/src/compose.php?send_to=administrator%40euuc.org

http://www.jrmd.org/

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