Bring Water!

 As you travel this summer, bring back some water from places that are special to you. At our ingathering service in August, we’ll mingle and bless all.

 

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Summer Solstice Worship Service

Please join us to celebrate the Summer Solstice Wednesday evening, June 22, 7:00 upstairs in the sanctuary.

 

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Program Council

Program Council will meet Thursday June 16 at 6:30 pm in the sanctuary. We strongly encourage all officers & committee chairs to attend. All who want to know who does what & “what’s happening” are also welcome to join us.

 

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Musical Offerings Welcome

The Worship and Music Committee always welcomes musical offerings that can be used during the Sunday morning service.  Please contact a member of the committee if you are a musician who can provide special music for the group.

Beverly Seese

 

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Outdoor Groups Schedules Swim

Anyone for a swim to beat the heat??

The Outdoor Group is planning a trip to France Park near Logansport on Saturday, July 9.  France Park is known for its scenic trails, waterfall, clear swimming lake, quiet fishing areas, campground.  The 7-10 miles of trails are active all year long with hiking, mountain biking, and winter-time cross-country skiing. The swimming lake is an abandoned spring-fed quarry that attracts SCUBA divers and anyone who has never seen a paddlefish.

France Park also offers the camping enthusiast both primitive and modern camping with bathrooms, showers, water & electrical hook-up.

We'll meet at the church Saturday morning at 8:30 a.m. and car pool from there.  Plan for all day and returning in the early evening.  Every child must be accompanied by an adult.  Dogs are welcome in the park but not on the beach.

See Tandy Easler for more details.

 

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Join the UU Coaching Network !

 UUCN is growing and invites you to join!  This non-profit association is a community of professionally trained life coaches anchored in the UU principles of compassion, integrity and inclusion. 

To learn of its mission and how you can benefit from membership, please visit www.uucoachingnetwork.org . If you are considering hiring a coach, UUCN is also a resource to find the right coach for you.

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Social Responsibility Committee

This summer and fall the Social Responsibility Committee is sponsoring an exciting opportunity that you won’t want to miss. 

The first event occurs July 15-17 when a “team” from the fellowship will work at the Ford Dining Court on Stadium Avenue serving attendees at the Purdue University Methodist Men conference. 

The $6 hourly rate each worker would normally be paid will instead be donated to the Social Responsibility Committee to support our community projects: purchasing food for the Food Pantry as well as items for Cary Home, Women’s Shelter, and Lafayette Urban Ministry.

To participate, sign the sign-up sheet on the table upstairs at the back of the church.

Workers will be expected to work three- to four-hour shifts. You may sign up for one shift or more. You must be at least fourteen years of age (and have a work permit) to participate. Workers will do a variety of jobs in this beautiful air-conditioned facility.

Past volunteers have enjoyed this money making experience and have had a great sense of satisfaction from contributing to this committee’s work. For more information on working at this dining court, see Mary Ann Foley or Sue Robinson. 

If you aren’t able to work in July, there will also be opportunities during the weeks of August 15 and 22.  Sign-up sheets for those weeks will be available later.

Thank you to each of you who have contributed to our Caring Cans food collections.  Thank you notes from the organizations we support can be found on the bulletin board at the back of the sanctuary.

SRC has another successful clothing drive!  Thanks to all of our church  supporters, we collected 234 bags of clothing and a full rack of  business clothes. The business clothes will be taken to several agencies in the next few weeks.  Thank you for your contributions!

SRC chair, Sue Robinson

 

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Building and Grounds Coordinator: Patty Wood

Patty Wood has agreed to serve as the Building & Grounds Coordinator for the church.  I've spent many evenings at Patty's home and have witnessed her competence in home repairs and maintenance, but we assured her that as coordinator, she would be responsible only for arranging for volunteers to perform specific tasks when needed.

Patty will need a list of people willing to do specific tasks, and especially volunteers with specific skills. 

If you are willing to perform specific tasks, or if you have specific skills you are willing to share (wood working, painting, plumbing, computers, etc.), please contact Patty.  She will place your name on the Building and Grounds Volunteer List, and contact you if needed.  It would be encouraging to have several names on this volunteer list.

Patty, many thanks!      

Dianna Poindexter, Board Co Chair

                            

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Caregiver’s Support Group Meets Monthly

If you are caring for a partner, spouse, child, parent, family member, or friend facing a chronic or terminal health issue, you need support, too. 

This small, confidential group provides a safe place to share the challenge of ongoing caregiving and receive insight and support from others – whose challenges are not exactly the same – but whose insights may prove useful. Each month group members remark on how helpful it is to share the puzzles, lessons, joys, and the struggles of caregiving.  

The group meets at the church on the fourth Tuesday of the month.  If you are interested in this group you can also call the minister for further information. 

 

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Book Group

Enjoy a book this summer and share the experience with friends.  Join us for discussions of the books we're planning to read this summer:

7 p.m., Monday, July 11, 2005         “One Thousand White Women” by Jim Fergus

     7 p.m., Monday, Aug. 8, 2005         “Julie and the Dream Maker” by P.J. Fischer

The Book Group meets on the second Monday of every month at 7 p.m. at Borders Bookshop in Wabash Landing in the lounge area where it joins with Panera’s.  All are welcome to join us for discussions of books selected by participants. 

For more information contact Dagmar Murray.

 

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Car Wash for Cary Home

Have your car washed and give to a worthy cause at the same time!  The residents of Cary Home for Children are holding their annual car wash and craft sale on Saturday, June 18, from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. on the shady grounds of Cary Home at 1530 South 18th Street. (The rain date is Sunday, June 19.)  The cost is $5 and proceeds go to support Cary Home.

Like so many agencies supported by local government, Cary Home has experienced budgetary constraints and needs your help. Cary Home is the only residential treatment facility for children who are unable to remain in the care of their families for a variety of reason. Our church has long supported Cary Home through the Social Responsibility Committee, and our own Malcolm Easler is on the staff there. Several other congregants are members of The Friends of Cary Home, a charitable support group for the home.

                      Mary Ann Foley, Membership Chair,Friends of Cary Home for Children

 

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YOUNG ADULTS GROUP SUMMER SCHEDULE: LOCATIONS TO BE ANNOUNCED!

The Young Adults Group meets every Thursday at 7 PM for great conversation and planning of upcoming events. Everyone is welcome to attend! Contact Charles Coley at 474-7229 or sroleg@yahoo.com to find out where the Young Adults Group will meet this week.

 

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UUC CHOIR: summer BREAK!        CHOIR VACATION

Choir will take a break from rehearsals for the months of June and July. We will hold a Choir Retreat on Saturday, August 6 from 8:30 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. Regular weekly rehearsals will then resume, probably on Wednesday evenings. Contact Denise Gilliland, Choir Director.

 

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Unitarian Universalist Association Stewardship & Development Survey

The UUA is planning its next major fund-raising campaign. We'd appreciate the input of your congregational lay leaders including Board & Council members, committee chairs, past presidents, etc. Respondents may take the survey by pasting the following address in their web browser: http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?p=WEB224787KYRET

Your opinions will help set the direction of the campaign, which will ultimately support our congregations, other UU organizations, and Unitarian Universalism as a whole.   

                                      Valerie Holton

 

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Social Action Committee Happenings 

As you are enjoying the lazy summer days, please note that much is happening both in the church and in the community to further our social action agenda. Here are some up and coming events:

Several members and friends attended the first public forum on Child Abuse and Neglect in Tippecanoe County held earlier this spring. A second forum is scheduled for Wednesday, June 29 at 7 p.m. at the Tippecanoe County Office Building in downtown Lafayette. If you have concerns or questions about this troubling and significant issue in our community, plan to attend the second forum. 

In July, the UU Social Action Committee will discuss this issue and how we as a church may want to consider addressing it. Our July meeting is on Wednesday, July 13 at 7 p.m. Lynn Richardson will lead our discussion on child abuse prevention.

On the following day, Wednesday, June 30, we are co-sponsoring two talks by Sheila Provencher, a member of Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT).  

CPT is an ecumenical organization which places teams of trained peacemakers to work with local partners in situations of violent conflict around the world. Sheila has lived in Iraq since December 2003 and will describe her work in assisting detainees and their families and to bring members “ Nonviolent Peacemaking in Iraq: Stories of Struggle and Hope.”  She will speak at noon at the Wesley Foundation at 435 W. State St, in WL and again at 7 p.m. at the WL Public Library, 208 W. Columbia St.   

The UU Social Action Committee is co-sponsoring Sheila’s talks along with the Lafayette Area Peace Coalition, and St. Thomas Aquinas Pax Christi. Please put this date on your calendar and plan to attend one of Sheila’s presentations.

The UU Social Action Committee meets regularly on the second Wednesday of the month (except for June) at the church and we welcome all who have ideas, interests, and energy to devote to social action to join us.

Joan Marshall
      Coordinator, Social Action Committee (until July when Charles Coley assumes this role)

     

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Religious Education Happenings

RE Co- Directors Sarah Boulac and Michele Tomarelli
RE Committee Co-Chairs: Beth Misner, Cheryl Fowler

 

Teacher Schedule

                                                   June 19                                    June 26

 

Pre/K Teacher                             S. Boulac                                TBD                                         

Pre/K Helper                               K. Reynolds                             TBD                                      

1-3 Class                                    A. French                                 E. Lautzenhiser

1-3 Helper                                  TBD                                         F. Lautzenhiser            

4-8 Class                                    G. Lockwood                           G. Lockwood

4-8 Helper                                  K. Arndt                                  K. Arndt

 

Upcoming Events 

SUMMER RE HAS BEGUN!!!  Children and youth can find their classes in the following groupings according to the grade level you were in during the 2004-2005 year!!

Nursery in Room 2

Preschool/Kindergarten in Room 3

1st through 3rd Grades in Room 4

4th through 8th grades in the Red Cross. 

 

·        We still need teachers for Summer RE!!  If you have taught before and can teach one or two Sundays, please sign up on the green schedule board downstairs on the RE Bulletin Board.  If you have not taught RE before, please talk with Michele or Sarah for more information and fill out an RE Worker Screening Form. 

 

·        Our annual car wash benefiting the Heifer Project will be Sunday, July 10. Cars parked in our lot on this day will be washed by the children and youth of our program.

 

RE Attendance:

6-5 - 20 children/youth & 8 adults

6-12 - 23 children/youth & 11 adults

 

Children’s Day Camp Help Needed

For the past few years, RE has offered a summer day camp for children over one week in the summer.  In order to run the camp this year we need volunteers!  If you are interested and available during the day to lead our campers in a UU exploration, please contact Sarah Boulac.

  

An RE Pledge Break

Michele Tomarelli, Co-DRE

Every year as we leave the spring RE curriculum and plan for the summer curriculum two events take place. 

The first is RE Sunday, a favorite intergenerational service during which we hear from the kids about their perceptions of their Sunday School classes. We also thank and celebrate our hard working RE teachers and volunteers during the RE Sunday service. 

Right around that same time of year we have a brave individual, usually Cheryl Fowler, wear the sandwich board advertisement asking people to sign up to be teachers and classroom aides for the summer.

We probably seem to be a lot like the NPR pledge drives: “Give more!” There is more than a passing similarity, I must admit. Like NPR, we interrupt your enjoyment of the UU good life to beg for your time and effort. (Money is nice, too, but we don’t usually ask for that. We’ll also take in-kind donations!) We don’t give away cool videos or mugs to big donors, but our goal is the same: high quality educational programming.

There are rewards. Teaching RE is often fun and while sometimes exhausting, is always worth doing. This is because there are no average children; they are all individuals. We have great kids. Oh, sure, we have some energetic children, but even our dynamos are sweeties and they are never boring! 

Consider today’s column a pledge break. If you are a kind-hearted individual who wants to make a contribution to the next generation of Unitarian Universalists, come and donate yourself to the Religious Education Program. We need teachers and aides for both the summer and the fall programs.