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7246 Cradlerock Way
Columbia, MD 21045
www.uucolumbia.net
(410) 381-0097
Sunday, June 10, 2018
Our Sacred Places The Rev. Paige Getty
Photo by Denys Nevozhai on Unsplash
The Rev. Paige Getty,
Senior Minister
The Rev. Anthony Jenkins,
Assistant Minister
Our Sacred Places Sunday, June 10, 2018
AMPLIFICATION DEVICES ARE AVAILABLE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENT.
Two types are available. One works with a hearing aid; the other works on its own.
Please see an usher if you would like to use one of the units. LARGE PRINT copies of
the Order of Service are also available. Please see an usher if you would like a copy.
A CENTERING THOUGHT:
The Ozarks are just as stunning as everyone said they were, but they’re not the wild
swamplands of Florida that we left behind.
Stubbornly, I point out these discrepancies to my children, willing them to remember the
vocabulary of our shared homeland. But when we left, they were of such an age that they
hadn’t yet built up such loyalties, and after a while they look at me with benign tolerance
when I describe to them the smell of orange blossoms that floated through the open window
as I sang them to sleep, or the way they’d gorge on juicy u-pick persimmons until their small
stomachs bulged so much I had to adjust their carseat buckles on the ride home. They don’t
share my memories. They hear them like words from a story that trails off nebulously. “Then
what happened?” “Well, then we moved…”
— Teresa Honey Youngblood, in “Home, Again”, Braver/Wiser
https://www.uua.org/braverwiser
PRELUDE Afternoon in Paris John Lewis
WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS John Harris, Board of Trustees
SOUNDING THE BELL & CALL TO WORSHIP The Rev. Paige Getty
HYMN #1008 When Our Heart Is in a Holy Place
CHALICE LIGHTING “Community Means Strength”, by Starhawk
TIME FOR ALL AGES YRUU Bridging Ceremony Jen Raffensperger,
Youth Director
Congregational blessing –
Know that we are here for you as you travel on your adventures in
learning, love, faith and work.
As you deepen and grow, so too will the religious tradition and home
congregation that loves you.
We bless you now with honor for this rite of passage into the Unitarian
Universalist adult community.
SINGING OUR CHILDREN & TEACHERS TO CLASS Livingstone / Benjamin
Go with wisdom, go with wonder,
Go to meet a brand new day.
Learn to see the light within you
As we send you on your way.
(Please remember to pick up your children at 10 minutes after the hour.)
SECOND SUNDAY OUTREACH OFFERING
PATH—People Acting Together in Howard
OFFERING OF GIFTS & MUSIC Lullaby of Birdland George Shearing
Give by Text at 410-709-3554
(Simply text the donation amount – including dollar sign ($) – to the above number. If this is the first time you are giving by text, you will receive
a reply with a link to complete the transaction.)
READING
SPECIAL MUSIC Georgia on my Mind Hoagy Carmichael
SERMON Our Sacred Places The Rev. Paige Getty
HYMN #1064 Blue Boat Home
SHARING OUR JOYS AND SORROWS
This is an opportunity to share a significant, meaningful event that has touched your life.
Please refrain from general announcements or politically partisan comments. When you
come forward, please identify yourself and speak briefly from the heart.
Your joys and sorrows may also be honored in silence during the Music Meditation.
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER & REFLECTION The Rev. Anthony Jenkins
MUSIC MEDITATION The Girl from Ipanema Antonio Jobim
BENEDICTION
RESPONSE Arnason / Benjamin
Take courage, friends, the way is often hard,
The path is never clear and the stakes are very high;
Take courage, for you are not alone, For you are not alone. Blessed Be.
MUSIC NOTES: American pop music and jazz have always been very rooted in Place: the Delta, New Orleans, Kansas City, Chicago, New York, Nashville. And today’s music is highly evocative of the tutelary spirit (the genius loci) of the places it names.
Special thanks to all who helped with today’s services, especially . . .
Music The UUCC AdHoc HouseBand:
Tom Benjamin, piano, saxophone, clarinet
Colin Gamble, drums
Anthony Jenkins, bass and vocals
Audio Richard Gates
Set-Up Suzanne Henig
Flowers Gene Somers
Greeters Laurie Coltri, Phyllis Cook, Lorien Haavik
Ushers Norma Byers, Norm Hazzard, Tammy Spengler
Snacks/Coffee Margaret Gesell, Rae Millman
Take Down The Gelwick Family Submissions for the Order of Service are due by 10am the Wednesday before each service. Request announcements to be placed in the Order of Service by contacting ‘Chon Cottman at [email protected]. Special pulpit announcement requests should be emailed to Maureen Harris, Executive Director at [email protected] by 10am the Wednesday before each service. Edited streaming-audio recordings of each service are available on-line at the UUColumbia.net home page, generally one-two days following the service.
DON’T FORGET: Make sure to check UUColumbia.net for additional details and more in-depth announcements regarding the happenings at UUCC!! Stay in the loop!
UPCOMING SUNDAY WORSHIP SCHEDULE Service is at 10:00 am
June 17 – The Rev. Paige Getty and The Rev. Anthony Jenkins celebrate, in song and spoken word, the fifth source of the living tradition of Unitarian Universalism: Humanist teachings which counsel us to heed the guidance of reason and the results of science, and warn us against idolatries of the mind and spirit. June 24 – Join Turning Circle for a celebration of the Summer Solstice with a look at solar deities who have been honored around the world.
June 10 Sun 9:00 am RE Food Packing Event 10:00 am Worship Service & Nursery Care
11:00 am Coffee Hour **Get your advanced Coffeehouse tickets** 11:30 am Walk & Talk w/ the President 11:30 am 1-Hr Membership Session w/ Paige 12:00 pm Karuna Committee Meeting
12:30 pm YRUU Finale Potluck 4:00 pm Black Lives Matter Monthly Vigil
June 11 Mon 6:30 pm NAMI HC Support Group June 12 Tue 11:30 am Deep Listening Meditation Group 12:30 pm Advance Directives & MOLST Seminar
2:00 pm Original Adult Games Group 7:00 pm Board of Trustees Meeting (offsite) 7:00 pm Meditation Group 7:00 pm PFLAG Parents Meeting 7:30 pm PFLAG General Meeting 7:30 pm PFLAG Rainbow Youth Alliance
June 13 Wed 10:00 am TOPS Meeting 7:00 pm Mid-Week Martial Arts 7:00 pm RE: Parent Scheduling Meeting June 15 Fri 7:00 pm Martial Arts June 16 Sat 8:00 am Saturday Morning Reflections (Recovery Group)
7:00 pm One World Coffeehouse: Vance Gilbert
June 17 Sun 10:00 am Worship Service & Nursery Care 11:00 am Coffee Hour 11:30 am Walk & Talk w/ the President 11:30 am Get Connected Class 12:15 pm Arts Collective Meeting
STAY UP TO DATE! www.uucolumbia.net
UUCC IS SOCIAL! You can find us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram! Please follow us at: • @UUColumbia on Twitter, • uucolumbia on Instagram, and on Facebook at • www.facebook.com/Unitarian-Universalist-Congregation-of-Columbia-
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UUCC WISHES TO CONGRATULATE and offer best wishes for a bright future to all of our graduating seniors! Will Cervi ▪ Madelyn Harris ▪ Tommy McCarty ▪ Caitlin Pettengill
Isa Sinnott ▪ Cristin Von Schlag ▪ Tara Zach
SECOND SUNDAY OUTREACH OFFERING – People Acting Together in Howard (PATH) is a local organization of member congregations and community groups, an affiliate of the national network, Metro IAF. Members and allies find ongoing issues for social change and greater justice. We train all kinds of leaders to take strategic action. UUCC is an active founding institution, and Rev. Paige Getty now co-chairs PATH. Current issues include public school equity, immigrant inclusion and defense, mobile home park organizing, and building a new interfaith Clergy Alliance. Your gift supports a lean budget, with one full-time staff organizer, and access to regional and national strategy and training. Help build long-term and deep power in Howard County, across a broad base, when you give generously.
IN THIS MONTH OF BLESSING, WE ARE KICKING OFF A SUMMER OF RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS. We’d like to encourage all of you to join us! Each Sunday, the children will hear a story, work on plans or a gift, and commit to carrying out at least one Random Act of Kindness during
the week. We’ll ask the parents to report back to us, and we’ll be placing hearts on the bulletin boards in the office suite. Will you join us? Each time you see someone from UUCC committing an act of kindness, would you write it on a heart and pin it to our board in the UUCC commons area? Let’s see how much delight and wonder we can add to the world over the summer! WAKE NOW OUR VISION LEGACY CHALLENGE – You may have received a brochure in the mail on the Wake Now Our Vision Legacy Challenge. We are excited to announce that through this program, and for a limited time, you can have an immediate impact on the UUCC Endowment Fund—without needing to contribute any cash amount at this time! You simply register a pledge of a percentage or fixed amount of your assets to be distributed after death. The new Wake Now Legacy Challenge match contributes an immediate 10% cash match to the UUCC Endowment Fund as you register and designate the UUCC Endowment Fund as a beneficiary of your legacy gift. For detailed information on how to participate or if you have any questions about the Legacy Challenge, contact [email protected].
UUCC’s KARUNA MINISTRY is a lay team of trained pastoral caregivers who are available to serve you in times of transition, sorrow, illness, grief, celebration, or joy. If you would like to speak to a caregiver, contact us at:
[email protected] or call Candy Wachterman at 443-802-6014. NAMETAGS: ☼ Please wear your nametag, especially during coffee hour! ☼ Nametags are stored in the new nametag cabinet in the back of the
sanctuary. They are arranged alphabetically by last name. ☼ New nametags can be requested at the Welcome (Greeter) Tables, or by
writing your name on the pad sitting on the top of the cabinet.
JOIN OUR MERRY BAND OF AUCTIONEERS! The UUCC Auction Team is already preparing for this year’s auction and we’d love to have you join the fun. We’re looking for volunteers for manageable but important tasks, from website work and data entry to donor outreach and Sunday morning skits. There’s also no better time than summertime to become a UUCC Auction donor. Take a few minutes while you’re lounging by a pool or swatting bugs at a
campsite to figure out a donation. And if you need ideas, come talk to us! Members of the Auction Team will be at coffee hour today. Or e-mail us at [email protected]. The 2018 UUCC Auction will happen Sat., Nov. 10th. THE FOOD INSECURITY COMMITTEE NEEDS YOU! It’s alarming at how empty our inventory shelves are. Please don't forgot the hungry children we are helping. The food insecurity committee has taken a huge leap of faith and trust and agreed to provide breakfast in June and July for 150 children (just one day). Please drop of food anytime we need: cereal, juice and fruit cups for Talbot Springs this summer. Peanut butter and jelly, granola bars, spaghetti sauce, pasta, tuna helper, beans and rice. All you have to do is drop it off at UUCC in the old kitchen across from the new one. Please help!
ONE HOUR MEMBERSHIP SESSION WITH REV. PAIGE – TODAY at 11:30am in the Chapel: Do you feel like you are ready to deepen your relationship with UUCC and are considering taking the formal step of becoming a member? Have you attended the “Get Connected” class or any portions of the class in the past year or two? Or maybe you have been a Friend of the Church
for a while and are considering taking the step to membership? Come and spend an hour with Rev. Paige Getty! Rev. Paige will talk about the privileges and responsibilities of being a member of UUCC. After our talk, the membership book will be available to sign if you are ready. Looking forward to seeing you there!
BLACK LIVES MATTER VIGIL – Join us for our regular 2nd Sunday Black Lives Matter Vigil TODAY from 4-5pm at Columbia Mall, at the intersection of Governor Warfield Pkwy. & Windstream Dr. Stand up for justice in a world that still shows us every day that Black lives matter less than other lives.
SUMMER'S A GREAT TIME TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE! With the kids home for the summer, have you thought about volunteering together? Helping local seniors get to their appointments, go to the grocery store, attend faith services and more as a
Neighbor Ride driver is a fun and flexible way to give back. Volunteering to give seniors the "wheels" they need to stay active and independent also offers a great inter-generational family service experience when kids go along for the ride. Join us for volunteer orientation at 5570 Sterrett Place, Suite 102 - Columbia 21044 any Tuesday at 9:30am or contact Patrice Cerwonka or Holly Waddell at 410-884-7433 or [email protected] to learn more. DEEP LISTENING MEDITATION GROUP invites you to come together in silence every Tues. at 11:30am-12:30pm. This group is for people who are starting a meditation practice or are in practice or want to stay in practice. We will explore rich and diverse traditions of meditation in the first 15 minutes, followed by 30 minutes of silence and 15 minutes where we collectively hold a space of deep listening for those who choose to share personal reflections on the meditation experience. This group will be guided by Jean Joklik, a trained facilitator of Centering Prayer and a practitioner of many forms of meditation for the last 25 years. Questions? Contact [email protected].
THE MEDITATION GROUP meets every Tuesday at 7pm. Learn the techniques of Mindfulness Meditation from experienced group members. Mindfulness will benefit both your personal life and your relationships with others. Contact Jerry Rescigno at [email protected] or Linda Uphoff at [email protected] for more information.
SEASONED SOULS SERIES: Advance Directives and MOLST on Tues., June 12th, 12:30-2:30pm – If you want detailed information on the MOLST (Medical Order for Life Sustaining Treatment -executed by a medical doctor) form and/or information about advance directives, this is the session for you! Paul Ballard, Assistant Attorney General, Counsel for Health Decisions Policy and the Office of Health Care Quality, will present slides, answer questions, and engage in discussion with us. This is a more in-depth follow-up to information provided in the Facing Death with Life class, and information shared during Seasoned Souls meetings. Thanks to Laverne Ball for coordinating with the speaker. Pre-registration is required at http://tinyurl.com/UUCC-AdultREd
2018 MEMORIAL PLATE ORDERS – Deadline: June 15th. In 2009 UUCC and CUMC worked together to create the beautiful patio, install a memorial plaque, and enhance the gardens. We are currently accepting orders for memorial plates inscribed with the names of your loved ones. We will add the new plates to the granite plaque. The plates are on the memorial plaque by donation categories: Oak ($1,000);
Magnolia ($500); Rose ($250); and Iris ($100). The “Oak” plates are 1.5” x 4.5”, and the others measure 1” x 4.5”. Visit https://uucolumbia.net/2018-memorial-plate-orders/ to download an order form. For more information, please contact Pat Heidel (410-884-6983) or [email protected]
THE NEW UU – ADULT RELIGIOUS EDUCATION SERIES: Tues., June 19th from 7-9pm – The New UU is for adults of all ages and life stages who are new to Unitarian Universalism. Ideally, you will have attended UUCC at least a few times. Workshops include Theology and Worship; Where Do We Come From? Unitarian Universalist Roots; How We Grow in Faith: Philosophy of Religious Education; Social Justice Philosophy and Practice; and How Are Decisions Made? Governance and Polity. Facilitators include staff members Rev. Anthony, Rev. Paige, Robin, Jen, and Maureen. Pre-registration is requested:
http://uucolumbia.net/re-classes/adult-religious-education/#register
FILM FORUUM on Tues., June 19th at 7pm! Please join us to watch After Life (Wasdafuru raifu) (1998)! What is the one memory you would take with you? This Japanese film with subtitles, Wandafuru raifu, quietly and tenderly explores the question how to embrace our most important life moments. It challenges us to consider how we think of ourselves and our own meaning by depicting a bureaucratic processing center for those moving from this life to the afterlife. Winner of seven festival and film critic awards, this 1998 film takes its time to unfold the story of both the sojourners and the administrators of the system that uses the limited resources they have to lovingly capture a single memory that will be the one remembrance carried over the transom to eternity. If you are prone to nodding off in movie theaters, bring a pillow; this is the antithesis of "action packed." But careful viewers who enter into the story and the characters will find beautiful performances and exquisite storycraft.
SEASONED SOULS ID THEFT on Thurs., June 21st, 1-2pm – Identity theft is an important concern these days. Join the Seasoned Souls to learn more. Jeff Karberg, JD, the Identity Theft Program Director in the Consumer Protection Division of the MD office of the Attorney General, is our guest. Mr. Karberg will give a presentation on how to avoid becoming a victim of identity theft and what to do if you think you have been victimized. He
will also explain common ID theft scams and recent developments in Maryland’s ID theft laws. Thanks to Laverne Ball for coordinating the invitation. You are also welcome to join the Elders (brown bag) lunch just prior, from 12-1pm in the same room.
PATH – GET OUT THE VOTE (GOTV!): The next primary election is only 6 weeks away, on June 26th. Did you know that the outcome of the 2016 County Executive race was decided by a mere 2664 votes? PATH (People Acting Together in Howard) member
congregations are gathering non-partisan, simple commitments to vote in the June 26th primary election. Please see one of the PATH volunteers to sign up and commit to vote in the June 26th primary! SEASONED SOULS SERIES: Patient Advocacy on Tues., June 26th, 12:30-2:30pm – Are you concerned about effectively navigating the complexity of the medical system for yourself or a loved one? Professional Patient Advocate Jill Rosner will share information and answer questions about what she does and why you might want to engage a patient advocate. Thanks to Laverne Ball for coordinating with the speaker. Pre-registration is required at http://tinyurl.com/UUCC-AdultREd
CALLING ALL ARTISTS AND CREATIVES! The UUCC Arts Collective announces the theme of our next exhibit: "SEARCH FOR TRUTH AND MEANING" to open during our Sept. 9th ingathering. Artwork should illustrate the fourth UU Principle “A Free and Responsible Quest for Truth and Meaning" and be able to be hung in a square frame. This show gives participants the opportunity to express their personal truths through their art, including painting, photography, quilting, multimedia and the written word.
A jpeg image of the artwork accompanied by an application form should be submitted to [email protected] on or before Aug. 13th. Approved artwork will be brought to the church for display on Sun., Aug. 26th. Additional submission information will be listed in a forthcoming Link article. We welcome artists of ALL AGES to participate in this show!
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How to Reach Our Staff:
The Rev. Paige Getty The Rev. Anthony Jenkins
Senior Minister Assistant Minister
[email protected] [email protected]
Ext. 101 Ext. 103
Maureen Harris Robin Slaw Jen Raffensperger
Executive Director Dir. of Religious Education Youth Director
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Ext. 102 Ext. 104 Ext. 119
Tom Benjamin Michael Adcock Jeremy Rea
Minister of Music Assoc. Dir. of Music Ministry Youth Choir Director
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Ext. 106 Ext. 106 Ext. 106
‘Chon Cottman Amanda Bates Kelli Danaker
Office Assistant Bookkeeper/Sunday Coordinator RE Asst./Childcare Coord.
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Ext. 100 Ext. 105
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