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It Takes a Village… Please see article and more pictures on page 7. Upcoming Services 11:00 a.m. Sunday, May 8 Honoring Mothers on Mother’s Day The Reverend Peter Connolly Today we take some time to honor mothers and motherhood in its challenges, splendor and variety. Sunday, May 15 A Faith in Humanity: The Humanist Perspective The Reverend Peter Connolly Today we explore the path of humanism: religious, secular and philosophical. The human love for life includes a love for virtue for its own sake. Sunday, May 22 Catching Up With Gandhi: His Growing Relevance for Our Times Dr. Robert Dietle For decades after his death, Gandhi was honored while many of his fundamental ideas were ignored. Recently, however, Gandhi has reemerged as an essential guide to the dilemmas we face in the twenty-first century. Next Issue 5-19-11 Deadline for entries 5-16-11 Volume 4, Issue 9 May 5, 2011 E-Newsletter Unitarian Universalist Church of Bowling Green Photo courtesy of Joan Martin Photo courtesy of Linda Pickle !!! !!! !!! 2011 Annual Congregational Meeting 2011 Annual Congregational Meeting 2011 Annual Congregational Meeting !!! !!! !!! Sunday, May 22 12:30 p.m. All members are requested to be in attendance and participate at this meeting. Items to be voted on include, but are not limited to, the approval of the budget for the fiscal year 2011-2012, and the election of members of the Board of Directors. Anyone interested in being considered for a position on the Board of Directors should contact John Downing, Chair of the Nomination Committee.

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It Takes a Village…

Please see article and more pictures on page 7.

Upcoming Services 11:00 a.m.

Sunday, May 8 Honoring Mothers on Mother’s Day

The Reverend Peter Connolly Today we take some time to honor mothers and

motherhood in its challenges, splendor and variety.

Sunday, May 15 A Faith in Humanity:

The Humanist Perspective The Reverend Peter Connolly

Today we explore the path of humanism: religious, secular and philosophical. The human love for life

includes a love for virtue for its own sake.

Sunday, May 22 Catching Up With Gandhi:

His Growing Relevance for Our Times

Dr. Robert Dietle For decades after his death, Gandhi was

honored while many of his fundamental ideas were ignored. Recently, however, Gandhi has

reemerged as an essential guide to the dilemmas we face in the twenty-first century.

Next Issue 5-19-11 Deadline for entries

5-16-11

Volume 4, Issue 9 May 5, 2011

E-Newsletter

Unitarian Universalist Church of

Bowling Green

Photo courtesy of Joan Martin

Photo courtesy of Linda Pickle

!!!!!!!!! 2011 Annual Congregational Meeting 2011 Annual Congregational Meeting 2011 Annual Congregational Meeting !!!!!!!!! Sunday, May 22 12:30 p.m.

All members are requested to be in attendance and participate at this meeting. Items to be voted on include, but are not limited to, the approval of the budget for the fiscal year 2011-2012, and the election of members of the Board of Directors. Anyone interested in being considered for a position on the Board of Directors should contact John Downing, Chair of the Nomination Committee.

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May 1, 2010 was a day of worry and concern as all of us who love our church felt our hearts drop as the waters rose and a great deal of the work that had been accomplished was destroyed as the weather mocked the term “drywall.” To a depth of near seven feet, that drywall and the insulation it covered was soaked and had to be replaced. The electric boxes and their wiring was soaked and destroyed. Shivers of anxiety ran throughout the congregation and the tension between crisis and resolve broke out here and there as we tried to repair, reassess and realign our concerns to the goal of our mission as a vibrant spiritual community. The builders dug in—literally, in some cases, and we began the work of clean-up, repair and realignment. A flood response team was formed, the underlying causes of the flooding were studied, recommendations were made. We reached out to hydrologists and geologists and the city’s engineers. We made arrangements with Warren Campbell, an expert in the area, whose class at WKU made it their fall semester project to study the issue and present their conclusions. The church is in the process now of securing the estimate for the cost of a remedy, either a protective berm or a dry well

or, possibly, a combination of the two. May 1, 2011: One calendar year after the discouraging news of the damage done to our building by the flood waters, our spirits were raised as we dedicated our new building to the mission of our church and the spirit or our children, those who will take the next steps to fulfilling our mission. (Elsewhere in this issue are printed remarks made at the dedication ceremony.) May 1, 2011 we will remember as the day we dedicated our new building and honored our founders. The worship service was, in essence, a celebration of their work, their dedication and their passion—and we were delighted that Max and Jean Thomason, and their son Philip, could join us to be celebrated and honored. Thank you to those who supplied the beautiful irises for the sanctuary and the fellowship hall. Thank you to John Downing, Jim Haynes, Charlie Pickle and Jim Martin for your remarks and ensuring that our celebration was thoughtful, meaningful and enlivened with touches of humor in the tradition of this loving community. And thank you to Tammera Race, who, on this occasion of celebration

and remembrance, agreed to be our church archivist, ensuring that the milestones of our history will be preserved as we establish the path to our future. In the week leading up to our celebration, our concerns rose again as a “lake” in our front year rose to a depth of 25” before leveling off and finally receding. It is a reminder that in church life, as in all life, there will always be challenges that accompany celebration. May our spirits remain robust as we negotiate our challenges. Our history shows that we can make our way through the stages of growth and decline and growth again. Our recent experience shows that there are increasing numbers of families in Bowling Green that value a liberal religious education for their children. Their presence and energies enliven our Sunday mornings every week. We are honored by our past and we celebrate our future. “May the love of all surround us everywhere, everywhere we may go.” See you in church,

Peter

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The Adult Forum Our current lecture series, Between Cross and Crescent: Judaism from Mohammed to Spinoza, is by David B. Ruderman. He is the author of the lecture summaries below. May 8, 2011. Lecture Thirteen: Patterns of Jewish Culture--Rabbinic Learning

Scope: The Crusades also provided a major impetus to the consolidation of Jewish culture in northern Europe. With the destruction of the Rhineland centers of rabbinic learning, Talmudic scholarship shifted geographically to northern France. Moreover, in an effort to preserve the rich legacy of Ashkenazic rabbinic culture, oral traditions were soon committed to writing. Rabbi Solomon Ben Isaac of Troyes (1040-1105), also known as Rashi, undertook the prodigious task of recording these interpretative traditions of northern European Jewry. His accomplishments included the writing of a commentary on the entire Hebrew Bible and a parallel one on almost the entire Babylonian Talmud. Both works were instant successes and became indispensable guides to the study of biblical and rabbinic literature.

Rashi also wrote legal responsa, pioneering for northern European Jewry an independent legal tradition which gave ample consideration to local custom. Moreover, he established with his own students an academy of rabbinic learning. Scholars of this school, of whom Rashi's grandson Rabbeinu Tam (ca. 1100-1171) was the most prominent, were called ba 'alei tosafot (literally "masters of additions," referring to their comments on the Talmud's text and on Rashi's commentary). By focusing on Rashi's commentary, which they discussed,

refined, and even refuted, they

introduced into Talmud study higher ranges of understanding and critical insight. Unlike Maimonides and his colleagues, they were less interested in codification of law or in the study of philosophy and the sciences. More like the canon lawyers of northern Europe, they shared a commitment to a scholastic methodology of questions and answers. In their relatively insulated cultural settings, they were stimulated more by their own indigenous traditions and revered texts than by the dynamic cultural universe that surrounded them.

May 15, 2011. Lecture Fourteen: Patterns of Jewish Culture--Kabbalah

Scope: The kabbalah, the collective traditions of Jewish mystical contemplation of the divine, can be traced to antiquity. In the Islamic world, Jewish descriptions of mystical journeys to the divine realm were often expressed in the form of visions of the celestial chariot (called the merkavah), derived from the biblical book of Ezekiel, with depictions of an ascent through seven heavenly palaces of the divine king (called hekhalot). By the 12th century, kabbalistic circles and their writings had emerged in Provence and, by the 13th century, in Gerona in northern Spain, where an influential circle of Jewish scholars, including the celebrated Moses Nahmanides (1194-1270), produced an extensive literature of mystical speculation. The most significant kabbalistic writing, the Sefer ha-Zohar (The Book of Splendor), a mystical interpretation of the Pentateuch, the Song of Songs, and the book of Ruth, written in Aramaic, appeared in Spain by the end of the century. The Sefer ha-Zohar describes a divine realm of aspects of the divine mystery known

The Adult Forum meets almost every Sunday, 9:45 am - 10:45 am in the Emerson Room at

the UU Church. Please arrive on time so we can “check in” with each other before starting the DVD. That should give us enough time for discussion af-ter playing the DVD segment

we plan to talk about.

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Sundays, 9:45 a.m.—10:45 a.m. as sefirot, 10 in number, who interact with each other and with the kabbalist whose relationship with them elevates his soul but also affects positively the divine realm and that of the entire cosmos.

The kabbalah's proliferation in the 13th century was, to a great extent, a negative reaction to the influence of rationalism and philosophy on the part of the Jewish community. Most kabbalists in Provence and Spain saw little value in reconciling Jewish and non-Jewish cultures or harmonizing Judaism with reason. Rather, they were intrigued with the most irrational, mysterious, impenetrable aspects of Jewish revelation. They believed that Judaism's esoteric traditions both preceded and were superior to all other human cultures. Judaism's mystery, its irreducibility, defined its unique spiritual vocation among the nations.

~ Submitted by Jan Garrett

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U. U. Members and Friends

May 21st – June 5th, 2011 The Design and Aesthetics Committee invites all members and friends of the church to

participate in this year’s art exhibit. This display is a non-juried exhibition of 2-D and 3-D media with entries limited only by fair space allotment for all participants. Works will be accepted at the church on the following dates: Sunday May 15th, after Sunday Service and again on Wednesday the 18th from 5pm-7pm.

2-D works should be “ready to hang” with well-secured wire running across the back of frames or substantial hook. 3-D works should be stable enough to present without fear of tipping and light enough for committee members to move easily.

A five-dollar entry fee per artist will be required. This fee will be used to offset

the cost of the exhibition’s reception. Please present this form, with the appropriate information on the back, and your entry fee payable to the Unitarian Universalist Church of Bowling Green. All exhibition sales will be handled by the D & A committee to ensure a tax-deductible 10% donation is made to the church by the artist. Receipts will be given to all parties for each sale (artist, buyer, and D&A member) to note the sales amount and donation. All work remaining after the exhibition’s run must be removed by the artist or a person representing the artist, by Sunday, June 5th.

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IT TAKES A VILLAGE… (continued from page 1)

When it came to the dedication of our new building on May 1, our “village” came together. There were so many helping hands that I am almost afraid to begin mentioning them, because I know I will unintentionally overlook someone, but I have to try.

In preparation of the site for this memorable event, I sent out a plea for some hands to weed, plant, prune, and mulch our church landscape. The response was fantastic. Johnie Skipworth and Tom Napier couldn’t be there on Saturday morning, so they came Friday evening on their own and pulled all the weeds out of the cracks between our cobblestones. What a great start to our clean-up efforts. When I arrived at

the church on Saturday, ahead of the scheduled time of 9:00, Mary Ann Johnson was already there on her hands and knees pulling weeds.

Soon a team that included Jennifer Hundley Batts, Irina Smith, Larry and Jacqueline Berry, Claudia Hanes, John Forman, and Lisa Dalporto were on hand to form a productive Garden Gang. While they were at their work, Linda Pickle was in the new building, getting set up for the refreshments and table arrangements for dedication program.

To provide a traditional ribbon for the cutting ceremony, Susan Sirvain created two lovely bows and with Joan Martin’s help, put the elements together and attached them to the building.

Inside, the hospitality committee for the day, led by Linda, included Mary Ann Johnson, Laura McGee, Matt Foraker, Charlie Pickle and others, spread out the food including a beautiful cake inscribed “Happy Anniversary, 50 Years and Counting.” Thanks to Pat Graham for making the coffee.

Tim Decker and Forrest Halford provided and set up the P.A. system for our speakers. Forrest also provided the special music. The speakers for the day included John Downing, Jim Haynes, Charlie Pickle, and Peter Connolly. The attendees were given a beautiful printed order of service created by Joan Martin.

To all of those mentioned, and those I may have overlooked, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!

~Jim Martin

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Photos courtesy of Linda Pickle

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Dear Friends, Max and I want to thank you for your part in what was for us a wonderful, marvelous and moving day. Being back in our home church for the service reminded us of what a warm and loving congregation you are. The

familiar order of the service from the lighting of the chalice to the singing of the Peace Song all added to our feeling of comfort and peace. As Max and I approach our 90th and 83rd years we are grateful to be alive as the congregation begins its fiftieth year as a liberal religious presence in Bowling Green

and environs. The growth of the congregation, its audacious decision to fund a minister and a new building at the same time, and the response to the flood of May 2010 all show how seriously the members take their commitment to this religious community. We commend you and we are honored to be considered a part of this

church, though living at a distance. And the naming of our beautiful church building for us was almost overwhelming. You cannot imagine what this means to us. Or perhaps you can. Yesterday as we were leaving Nancy Garrett said to me "I will always remember the first time you brought all of us over to see the church building. As we walked into the building and looked around my first thought was 'We are home.'" I believe all of us felt that way. With love, Max and Jean

A Letter from Our Founders Page 6

Photos courtesy of Linda Pickle

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April 30, 2011

Dear Members and Friends of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Bowling Green,

Congratulations on your 50th Anniversary! First Unitarian is pleased to celebrate this milestone with you. Fifty years ago was an exciting time for First Unitarian, as we were honored to be involved in starting two new UU congregations in Kentucky: Thomas Jefferson Unitarian Church, also in Louisville; and the UU Fellowship of Bowing Green (as I believe you were known back then).

For fifty years, you have been a beacon of liberal religion in the Bowling Green area. Today, we express our gratitude, our pride, and our joy at having been a part of your history. May the next fifty years be full of growth and blessings as you continue to share our important message in your community and beyond.

The Rev. Dawn Cooley

First Unitarian Church, Louisville, KY

Congratulations

to UU Church of

Bowling Green!

(More on page 12)

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April 30, 2011

Dear Members and Friends of the UU Church of Bowling Green: Congratulations on your celebration of your Founders Day as you approach your 50th anniversary. As you perhaps know by now, Thomas Jefferson Unitarian Church has been celebrating our 50th anniversary this whole year, and part of what we have tried to do is remember and thank our founders. We have benefitted from their wisdom and commitment for our whole congregational life, as I expect you have been gifted by those visionaries who decided that the Bowling Green area needed and deserved a Unitarian Universalist presence. In fast, your founders’ steps were perhaps bolder than ours, in that we had our neighbors at First Church to turn to for counsel and encouragement. In our modern, mobile society, it is becoming more and more uncommon for people to stay a half of a century in one place, and so it is a particular wonder that there are those who give so much of their lifetime in support of a church community. It is also a great gift, one which I have experienced here, to work with founders who have been willing and eager to have their community expand and transform from its original shape into something that will help carry our Unitarian Universalist faith and values through the next fifty years. Your willingness at Bowling Green to dream big by adding both a minister and impressive new space has been inspiration to us, and I believe, to our UU movement. So, please add my thanks and admiration to the tributes being gathered for your founders, whose actions and dedication have made your congregation possible.

Sincerely,

The Rev. Elwood R. Sturtevant,

Minister, Thomas Jefferson Unitarian Church.

Congratulations From Rev.

Elwood Sturtevant

Remarks on the Dedication of our New Church Building May 1, 2011

Today is a special day in the life of our church. At our service this morning we honored our founding members and those who have kept this church going through some difficult junctures. We had such a difficult juncture our-selves, one year ago today, May 1, 2010. And May 2 and 3 and, in fact for a whole week as the rains came and came as if they would not stop. Our field flooded and once it reached capacity, the water kept coming in. The damage to our new building was measured in the tens of thousands of dollars and our spirits flagged. I was on my way home from a visit to Boston during which time I had arranged to put my house on the market. Internet avail-ability was limited and I was puzzled by the emails that started out “You might have heard that we’ve got a little water…” We became known in town for our lake—and it was beautiful, but scary. Today we take an opportunity to reclaim the significance of that date. As this day, May 1, is the midway between the fist day of spring and the first day of summer, we pause to realize that we are midway—midway to fulfilling our mission—as we are always in the midst of fulfilling our mission. A foundation has been established and we have charted a future that will ensure the lively presence of this liberal religious tradition in this town as the town continues to grow and as our children continue to grow. May we, too, continue in our growth to meet our mission. Please join me as we read together the mission of the church as it is printed on the back of your order of service. “Our mission is to be a caring community that encourages spiritual growth and actively works to improve our soci-ety and the environment.” This is our constitution. This is what we will measure our progress by. This continues to be our guiding principle. We dedicate this building to our mission as a church and as an expansion of that mission. And we dedicate this building to our children for their use, committing ourselves to continue to provide all that we can to support the healthy spiritual development of our children, our challenge, our delight: our future.

Peter Connolly

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Hospitality News Thanks to all who are contributing to our social hour after the Sunday services by making coffee and offering us refreshments! Servers on the following dates are:

♦ May 8 - Katrina Phelps and Alyssa Phelps ♦ May 15 - Kathie Downs and Irina Smith ♦ May 22 - Michele Steiner and David Wellman ♦ May 29 - Potluck, Membership Committee

We welcome everyone’s help with serving refreshments after church. Nothing to buy or bake! Sign up on the bulletin board, contact Linda Pickle for more info.

If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. Romans 12:1

P l e a s e j o i n u s fo r

an In t e r f a i t h Co l l oq u ium

I S L A M : T R U T H S A N D M Y T H S

Thursday, May 12, 2011 7 p.m.

The Unitarian Universalist Church of Bowling Green 2033 Nashville Road

Light refreshments will be provided. Questions should be directed to Jennifer Gonzalez at (270) 282-5448 or [email protected].

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Exciting News of Our Upcoming Church Photo Directory!

We are growing, but we still want to be a loving, connected church community. In order to help us to get to know one another, we are creating a CHURCH PHOTO DIRECTORY. We are asking all members and friends--children and adults--to allow young (friendly, competent!) photographers to take a simple head shot to be included in the directory. This will be available for use by church members, friends and staff. It will not be posted on the web for public access. While the photographers (Angie and Jessica) are at church, they will invite individuals and families to pose for outdoor pictures and offer very reasonably priced photo packages for anyone interested in purchasing professional photographs. You will not be asked to commit to purchase photos until after you see the proofs. This is an excellent opportunity to order photographs of your family or yourself at rates that are far below those offered by large photography studios in town. Sessions will be held in and outside of the new building after church services beginning soon (watch for announcements) and continuing through several Sundays in May. So . . . dress up, smile and record this moment in your life with fabulous church photographs!

Summer Vacation FUN for SINGLE ADULTS You Are Invited to attend a FUN VACATION CAMP for SINGLE ADULTS. Three Camps are sponsored by AMUUSE (Adult Midwest UU Singles Enrichment) this summer: Mornings at AMUUSE camps offer you the opportunity to truly connect with a small group of campers with similar interests in a week-long group interacting on various topics. Afternoons are open for a wide range of activities (recreational, social, crafts)… or perhaps to just relax and enjoy the idyllic surroundings. Evenings offer a variety of fun activities… a coffeehouse, costume parties, campfires or a camp show, followed by high-energy dancing, hanging out at the informal hospitality area or other activities of your choice.

If this sounds to you like the adventure of a lifetime, you are right! For more details see the AMUUSE web site at: www.amuuse.org

Brochures are located on the giveaway table in the church hallway.

Saugatuck, Michigan June 12-18, 2011

Saugatuck, Michigan August 7-13, 2011

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You may join some of the following offerings at any time. Contact the coordinators listed.

Yoga Meets Wednesdays from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the church. Instructor: Beth McGrew.

Wednesday Night Meditation Group Meets Wednesday evenings from 6:30-7:30 pm at the church. Beginners to experienced practitioners are welcome. Coordinator: Frank Snyder

Food for Thought—Adult or Intergenerational Religious Exploration Series In conjunction with the Interfaith Coalition for Earth Care, we will show several films on the subject of food, commerce and conscience. Join us!

Small Group Ministry The Small Group Ministry program consists of 6-10 people who meet regularly, usually in private homes, to develop deeper connections with each other as we listen and are listened to in a safe and sacred space dedicated to spiritual exploration and growth. Information about some of the small groups forming for the fall are contained in this newsletter and will be forthcoming in the next weeks. If you are interested in exploring a topic or series of

Enrichment Programs

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Small Groups Explorers Small Group

The Explorers Small Group grew out of Building Your Own Theology Part 2 program that took place last spring. We meet once monthly in private homes and take turns choosing a topic to discuss, using material available in the public domain. Contact: Linda Pickle Just Politics

Rev. Peter Connolly is facilitating a covenant group that will allow interested members to discuss this potentially controversial subject in a setting that is safe, respectful and mutually supportive. If you are interested, please contact Peter at 904-0433.

Zen Group Meets monthly, usually the third Sunday evening of each month for about two hours, normally in the home of one of our members. We have a period of meditation, then usually a discussion of some topic from Buddhist writings. Coordinators: John Downing, Jim Haynes

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VOLUME 2, ISSUE 5

Calendar of Events THURS., MAY 5 12:00 P.M. WOMEN’S AA MEETING

4:30 P.M. MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE

5:30 P.M. FINANCE COMMITTEE

SUN., MAY 8 9:45 A.M. ADULT FORUM

11:00 A.M. SUNDAY SERVICE

11:15 A.M. CHILDREN’S R.E.

MON., MAY 9 11:30 A.M. OA MEETING

TUES., MAY 10 6:30 P.M. COMMITTEE ON MINISTRY

WED., MAY 11 5:30 P.M. YOGA

6:00 P.M. BOARD OF DIRECTORS

6:30 P.M. MEDITATION

THURS., MAY 12 12:00 P.M. WOMEN’S AA MEETING

7:00 P.M. ISLAM: TRUTHS AND MYTHS

SUN., MAY 15 9:45 A.M. ADULT FORUM

11:00 A.M. SUNDAY SERVICE

11:15 A.M. CHILDREN’S R.E.

5:00 P.M. ZEN GATHERING

MON., MAY 16 11:30 A.M. OA MEETING TUES., MAY 17 5:15 P.M. INTERFAITH COALITION MEETING AT THE ALIVE CENTER

6:30 P.M. JUST POLITICS

WED., MAY 18 5:30 P.M. YOGA

6:30 P.M. MEDITATION

THURS., MAY 19 12:00 P.M. WOMEN’S AA MEETING SAT., MAY 21 9:00 A.M. FOUNDRY COMMUNITY GARDEN PROJECT

3:00 P.M. INTERNATIONAL FOLK DANCING

SUN., MAY 22 9:45 A.M. ADULT FORUM

11:00 A.M. SUNDAY SERVICE

11:15 A.M. CHILDREN’S R.E.

MON., MAY 23 11:30 A.M. OA MEETING

7:00 P.M. PFLAG MEETING

TUES., MAY 24 6:30 P.M. KFTC CHAPTER MEETING

WED., MAY 25 5:30 P.M. YOGA

6:30 P.M. MEDITATION

7:00 P.M. SOCIAL ACTION MEETING

THURS., MAY 26 12:00 P.M. WOMEN’S AA MEETING

SUN., MAY 29 9:45 A.M. ADULT FORUM

11:00 A.M. SUNDAY SERVICE

11:15 A.M. CHILDREN’S R.E.

12:30 P.M. POTLUCK

John Downing President John Forman President-Elect Nicole Duffy Treasurer Mary Ann Johnson Secretary Jennifer Hundley Batts Member-at-large Jerry Gibbs Member-at-large Brent Oglesbee Past President/ex o officio Meets on the 2nd Wed. of the Month, 6:00 p.m.

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Design & Aesthetics 1st Sunday, 12:30 pm Laura Bain-Selbo and Jim Haynes, Co-chairs Facilities 1st Tuesday, 6:30 pm Dennis Finnell, Chair Sunday Services 1st Tuesday, 6:30 pm Katrina Phelps and Jim Martin, Co-chairs Membership 1st Thursday 4:30 pm Ann Groves, Chair Caring Reports to Membership quarterly Pam Walker, Coordinator Finance 1st Thursday, 5:30 pm Dennis Finnell, Chair Stewardship Dates and times vary Lisa Dalporto, Duncan McKenzie and Brent Oglesbee, Co-Chairs

Hospitality Dates and times vary Linda Pickle, Chair

Communications As announced Zee Evelsizer, Chair Social Action 4th Wednesday, 7:00 pm Michele Steiner, Chair Youth Group Dates and times vary Joe Van Wye, President Children’s R.E. Dates and times vary Sonja Byrd and Mandy

Grindstaff, Co-chairs

Committee Leadership Council 1st Wednesday, 7:00 pm Every other month John Forman, Chair Committee on Ministry Dates and times vary Eric Bain-Selbo, Chair Library Committee Dates and times vary Sharon Crawford, Chair

OFFICE MANAGER Cathy Cowles

OFFICE ASSISTANT Kim Hanna

OFFICE HOURS Mon—Fri, 9 a.m.—1 p.m. MINISTER’S HOURS Tues—Thurs, 9 a.m.—1 p.m.

MINISTER Reverend Peter Connolly

904-0433 church; 344-0258 home Email: [email protected]

YOUTH R.E. TEACHER

Tammy Rastoder

COMMITTEES

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Getting the Word Out

To make church-related announcements about upcoming meetings and events, Committee chairs may use any of the following venues:

• Bi-weekly E-Newsletter, contact Cathy Cowles [email protected]

• Sunday Bulletin, contact Katrina Phelps or Jim Martin

• Inserts for Sunday Bulletin, prepare and insert them

• Church bulletin boards, anytime

• Press Release, for a major event write a press release and give it to the Communications Committee to distribute

Committee chairs should review their announcements by the due date in the bi-weekly E-Newsletter. See page 1 for the due dates. Periodic reviews and news of each committee’s activities is a must to keep our members informed of what is happening or has happened during the week.

To:

Unitarian Universalist Church 2033 Nashville Road

Bowling Green, KY 42101

Living by the 7 Principles

2033 Nashville Road Bowling Green, KY 42101

Phone 270-842-4060 E-Mail: [email protected]

Organization

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF BOWLING GREEN

www.uubgky.org

WEBSITES OF INTEREST: For links to Unitarian Universalist websites of interest and to the

religious diversity of Unitarian Universalism, please go to our website at

http://www.uubgky.org/ or http://www.uua.org/

http://www.heartlanduu.org

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