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September 4 – Pour Yourself In – Reverend David Morris Our community life is made up of the precious gifts each of us offers, gifts of ourselves and of the experiences of our lives. This Water Communion Sunday we celebrate and reflect on what each of us brings and how we are enriched in joining together. Please bring a small amount of water representing some important place or experience in your past year to share in our Water Communion Ceremony. We will share the water in a common vessel to represent the way the streams of our lives flow together in community. September 11 – Heroes, Service and Compassion -‐ Jan DeBlieu There are many kinds of heroes. They include courageous first responders who rush into burning buildings -‐ and those whose deep compassion quietly changes lives. We may never have reason to pull anyone from a burning building, but we can learn to respond lovingly to the more common cries for help we encounter everyday. And in doing that, perhaps we can make the world a safer, more loving place. September 18 – A Moral Revolution – Reverend David Morris “Power yields nothing without a demand,” Frederick Douglass declared. As we seek to engage the great social disparities and the issues of our age, what is our truth to speak to power? September 25 -‐ Aging as a Spiritual Journey – Rev. Sally White, UU Congregation of Morehead City If we are lucky, every one of us ages. If we are wise, we age well, balancing in the process physical ripening and then decline with spiritual deepening and then ascent. Using insights from reading and from life, Rev. Sally will offer some thoughts on aging well, and on the particular gifts that age can bestow on individuals and on society.
UUCOB News
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Stirring the Soup
For most Unitarian Universalist communities, summer is a time for “slowing down.” Colleagues across the country (including me, up until last year) take most of their vacation and study leave consecutively in the summer, and are often out of the pulpit for 6 or 7 weeks in a row. Congregations take breaks from regular programs and downshift to one service if they usually have two; a few, especially in small college towns, even suspend services for a few weeks. Attendance drops as members and friends take advantage of school holidays to travel to vacation places, visit family and friends far away, see their favorite national parks.
Not here: Those people leaving other places are coming here. We’re not too relaxed to keep up the regular schedule; we’re too busy—with jobs that ramp up in summer, special events, and the influx of beloved family and friends spending time with us here in our special, beautiful place. A few things go on summer hiatus, but our services continue to enjoy strong attendance and even an increase in visitors during July and August. My own Sunday service schedule stayed constant at two or three a month.
Yet September still feels like the beginning of the “church year” to me. Part of this is the habit of the school year, begun in my long-‐ago childhood and reinforced by my years as a music teacher and then in college textbook publishing. Part is the internalized rhythm of U.U. customs like the “Ingathering” service on Labor Day weekend when we share the Water Communion’s symbolic celebration of community. So, like many others, we start our reckoning of the year in September with a new event calendar, a few changes to the Sunday Order of Service, some new classes and programs in mind.
I’m excited about this second year of my ministry with you. I’m looking forward to continuing to share leadership with such a strong group of engaged and committed folks, to finding even more collaborative ways to keep our Sunday services rich and meaningful whether I’m in the pulpit or not, to teaching and sharing new classes and experiences outside of Sunday mornings, to strengthening our ministry to families with children, and to thinking together about the dimensions of our outreach and service to the larger community of the Outer Banks. I’m especially looking forward to celebrating the 30th anniversary of this wonderful spiritual community in ways large and small.
How about you? What are you looking forward to, as the new “church year” begins? Where do you see yourself engaging in our community life, and what are your hopes for the life of our congregation this year? I encourage you to bring your whole self—your hopes, dreams, needs, gifts, struggles, longings, visions, and commitments—into the nurturing, sustaining circle of our life together. Together, we make life better—for ourselves, for each other, for the community around us, and for the wider world.
In faith,
David
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Rev. David Morris, Minister. UUCOB Meetinghouse Office Hours Tuesdays 11 a.m. -‐ 4 p.m. Wednesdays 9:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Thursdays 1 -‐ 5 p.m. Other times and locations available by appointment. Fridays are for writing and study, and Mondays are his “sacred day off.” He can be reached by email at [email protected], and by phone any time at 252-‐423-‐3043.
Family Potluck and Game Night – September 9
Our Second Friday Potluck and Game Night is back. Join us on Friday, September 9 for a fun, family-‐friendly, relaxed event. David will bring a vegan dish. Please bring a dish to share, and a game if you like.
Riff Tides Performance – September 17 The Riff Tides, consisting of some of our members and friends, will be back again to start off this season’s “Music at the Meetinghouse” concert series. They will be playing 50’s music with new material and a new member, Paul Lescowitz on Saxophone. The other members are: Andrew Darling -‐ Bass, Ken Daidone -‐ Drums, Robert Jacobs – accordion, Angelo Sonnesso – keyboards & vocals, Kent Zimmerman and Dana Walker – vocals. Our own minister, David Morris, will appear as a guest, sitting in on some vocals.
Admission is $20, which includes light hors d’oeuvres, desserts, soft drinks, wine and coffee. Doors open at 7:00; the concert starts at 7:30. Don’t miss this toe-‐tapping event, especially if you are inclined to get up and dance. Support our congregation and have a good time listening to happy music.
Women’s Journey Group -‐ September 21, 10:30 a.m.
Facilitator: Joan Liston Topic: Gathering Number One from the new book, Listening Hearts, entitled, “Snapshots of Our Lives.” Please bring 3 photos: one from childhood, one from the mid-‐point of your life and a present one. If willing, please be ready to share your faith journey during those three periods of your life.
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Photography Show – September/October Opening Sunday, September 11
Linda Lauby is a writer, artist, restaurant designer and displaced Cheesehead, who moved from her native Wisconsin to New York City after attending the University of Wisconsin-‐Madison. While working in the corporate world as a writer and desktop publishing consultant for such clients as Sports Illustrated, Citibank, Security Traders Monthly, Playboy, Bank Julius Baer, Warwick Advertising and United Parcel Service, she discovered the Outer Banks. Trading suits and a briefcase for tide charts and flip-‐flops, she moved here 24 years ago and never looked back. She lives in Southern Shores and owns Outer Banks Press, a selectively-‐small publishing company that in part produces distinctive regional magazines and bespoke books of literary, artistic and photographic merit. Outer Banks Press also sponsors public art projects -‐-‐ such as the Winged Horse Extravaganza and Pony OBXpress -‐-‐ with the goal of further promoting the arts and protecting our natural resources while celebrating life on these barrier islands. Although Linda’s first loves are illustration and painting, photography and graphic design have always been part of her work with Outer Banks Press. In 2007, while working on some new artwork for a restaurant in Richmond, Virginia, she began altering some of her industrial photographs, layering, enhancing and otherwise manipulating many images to create a composite. In some instances, up to 20 different photographs are combined to create one final image. She employs the term “artography” to describe this artful manipulation of digital images presented as fine art giclees, and her work has become popular among collectors. Some of the pieces in this show are Outer Banks images, while others are decidedly industrial. “These pictures are my translation of what I see and feel,” says Linda. “Many pieces also seem to illustrate society gone awry; I’ll leave it to the individual viewer to form his or her own interpretation.” Plan to stay after the service Sunday, September 11, for an opening reception with the artist.
Touching the Center: Everyday Spiritual Practices
Sometimes, the world just seems too complicated. In the hurry and demands of everyday life, surrounded by the clatter and chatter of a society that too often listens first to voices of greed, hostility, suspicion, and anger, we can find it hard to stay centered. How can we take time to touch the very heart of compassion each day, to remind ourselves to live in deep relationship with the source of all that is good? Join Rev. David Morris Saturday, October 22nd from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. for an exploration of simple, realistic spiritual practices that can ground and sustain us. We'll share practices that participants have used, learn about a few others, and try some on together for a day of reflection, sharing, and renewal.
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Heal the World Reading Group
As we seek to join or support movements that resist the intersecting inequalities and oppressions that disfigure human relationships, a powerful first step can be learning to see the world from the perspectives of marginalized people. Rev. David Morris invites all those interested in the work of building a more just world to join me for an ongoing exploration of recent books that open powerful new ways of seeing the systems and structures that perpetuate inequality. Meeting twice a month, we'll use a practice, growing out of Liberation Theology, of alternating study, reflection, and action as we read books like Ta-‐Nehisi Coates' Between the World and Me, Rev. William Barber's The Third Reconstruction, and more together. As our understanding and compassion grow, we'll seek ways to put our
learning into action together. This group will meet on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Meeting House. Attendance is drop-‐in, but signups are encouraged for planning purposes.
Getting to Know UU New to our congregation? Wanting to know more about this thing called Unitarian Universalism-‐-‐where it comes from, what it looks like beyond our congregation, what it means to make it part of your life? Join Rev. David Morris after the service on Sunday, September 18th for a brief (about 45 minutes) introductory conversation. This is a preview for the longer Newcomer's Class to be offered in October, and both are highly encouraged for all who are considering membership or who have recently joined.
September Share-‐the-‐Plate – Beach Food Pantry
The Beach Food Pantry provides food to needy Dare County residents in a temporary crisis or emergency situation. The people and families served are referred by the Dare County Department of Social Services (DSS), Interfaith Community Outreach (ICO), and 14 member religious organizations.
Save the Date! Goods and Services Auction And the date is Saturday, November 5. Our goods and services auction is back, with an upgrade. In this case, change is definitely a good thing. The theme this year is “Fall Fantasy”. (After all, it’s right after Halloween and right before Election Day…) We’re using the term “upgrade” because we’re also taking the auction into Cyberspace for the first time. In addition to being able to donate items via a printed form, you can also donate online, using software created by a Unitarian Universalist developer. We started accepting donations last Sunday. Every week from now to October 22, we’ll have a table at each service with everything you’ll need to need to participate: donor forms, letter of introduction to businesses, list of businesses to solicit, current list of businesses that have been solicited and a script to use when requesting donations. Be sure to check by the table each Sunday. Details on using the online donation forms will be in the weekly announcements So yes, save the date – Saturday, November 5th, for auction, eats, entertainment and fun. (Fun, like change, is good!)
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News From the Unitarian Universalist Association
Fortification -‐ New Standing on the Side of Love Podcast This fall Standing on the Side of Love is thrilled to bring you fortification: a podcast about the spiritual lives and spiritual sustenance of leaders in social justice movements. Episodes will be released on iTunes, SoundCloud and our website every other Tuesday through the end of the year. We'll have additional information about our guests, the work they do and how you can get involved on our website. The first episode, featuring Lena K. Gardner and Rev. Sekou, is available here. Baton Rouge Flood Relief Efforts Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and surrounding areas have been inundated with historic flooding. Unitarian Universalists from outside greater Baton Rouge want to know how to help from afar. The Unitarian Church of Baton Rouge has set-‐up a fund for contributions and offers additional, recently updated, how to help information. Learn more about how you can help with flood relief efforts here. Thank you for reaching out with your prayers, cares, and concerns.
North Carolina September 16-‐18, OWL Facilitator Training. Flat Rock, NC. Learn more and register here. October 2-‐7, Southern UU Fall Institute (SUUFI) at The Mountain. SUUFI 2016 explores Creative Play. Quick video, flyer, schedule, reviews, and other details available here. October 8, Environmental Collaboratory of North Carolina UUs, hosted by the Community Church of Chapel Hill Unitarian Universalist. Gather for a day of connecting and collaborating around how to lift up the Seventh Principle in our state. Learn more here. October 19-‐23, UU Womenspirit Fall Retreat at The Mountain. Moon Energy: Rhythm, Mystery, Illumination. Learn more and register here.
The Mountain Retreat and Learning Center
The Mountain, founded in 1979 by Unitarian Universalists, is a nonprofit, year round retreat center and summer camp open to all. The Mountain is located in Highlands, NC and is approximately a two hour drive from Atlanta, GA, Greenville, SC and Asheville, NC. Visit our website, http://themountainrlc.org, to learn more.
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September Book Drive
The Program Committee is taking orders for additional copies of Singing the Journey (Teal Hymnal) through the month of September, so we have enough to go around as our congregation grows. If you would like to purchase a hymnal in the name of a loved one who has passed away or in honor of someone you cherish, we will affix a book sticker inside the book you donate that states:
This book was given by… in loving memory of… (or) in honor of …
~2016~ The Price for each book is $15.00
-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐ If interested, please print and complete the UUCOB Book Donor form and give funds (cash or check) to Sandy Anderson, Rosemary Rawlings or Rose Clark at Sunday services before September 30. Extra forms will be available in church. A tear off receipt is included for your tax purposes. Please complete a separate form for each donation.
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UUCOB BOOK DONOR FORM FOR HYMNAL BOOK DRIVE
FOR PURCHASE OF SINGING THE JOURNEY HYMNALS
Name of Donor: ____________________________________________________________
Today’s Date: ____________________________________________________________
1 Book Donated Amount Paid $15.00
CHOOSE ONE:
In Honor of: _______________________________________________________________
Print full name clearly
In Memory of: _______________________________________________________________
Print full name clearly
Contact information (in case of questions):
Phone number ___________________ or email: _______________________________________
-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐ Tear off Receipt for Tax Purposes -‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐
RECEIPT
Unitarian Universalist Church of the Outer Banks,
P.O. Box 1006, Kitty Hawk, NC 27959
Date:____________________ Name of Donor:_______________________________________________
Thank you for your kind donation of $15.00 for the purchase of a Singing the Journey hymnal to add to our collection.
________________________________________________ Date_____________________________________
UUCOB Signature
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OUR PRINCIPLES
We the member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association, covenant to confirm and promote:
The inherent worth and dignity of every person;
Justice, equity and compassion in human relations;
Acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth in
our congregations; A free and responsible search for
truth and meaning; The right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our congregations and in society at large; The goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all; and Respect for the interdependent web
of all existence of which we are a part.
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Sunday Programs
All services are held at 10:30 am. Childcare is available.
Our minister leads two services each month (three in a five-Sunday
month), and we welcome guest ministers, lay members, and
speakers from the community to our pulpit on the other Sundays.
The first Sunday of each month is
usually Food Pantry Sunday, so please remember to bring a donation of non-perishable
unopened foods, personal items or paper products.
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