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INTERCOM
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The
Unitarian
Universalist Church of the North Hills
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Carol
Meyer
Minister
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August
19, 2007
Volume XLVII, No. 1
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Carol
Ballance,
Board President
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Dawn FitzGerald-Swidal,
Editor, email
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CHURCH OFFICE HOURS
Carol Meyer,
Minister:
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10:30 - 12:30pm, Thursday; Any other
time by appointment
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Greta
Porter, DRE:
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T, TH: 10:00
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Noon |
Sheila
McCall,
Secretary:
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9:00 - noon, Monday
through Friday |
Website:
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www.uucnh.org,
contact the website manager
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THE PROMISED LAND
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Tom May, Carolyn Hrach, Chuck Berry, Greta
Porter, Carol Meyer and Janine Brobst - standing in the Promised Land
just days before the remodelling starts
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 CAROL’S COLUMN:
PEACEMAKING PALOOZA COMING NOVEMBER 2
& 3
“Should the UUA reject the use of any and all kinds of violence and war
to resolve disputes between peoples and nations and adopt a principle
of seeking just peace through nonviolent means?” This is the
question posed in the Peacemaking Study/Action Issue (SAI) adopted by
the 2006 General Assembly and currently being considered by our
movement. In essence, the SAI asks whether Unitarian Universalism
shall become the fourth nationally recognized peace church, alongside
the Quakers, Mennonites and Church of the Brethren.
To help Pittsburgh area UUs consider the profound issues underlying
such a commitment to non-violence, my local colleagues and I have been
working for nearly a year on creating a UU Palooza this fall devoted to
issues of peacemaking and nonviolence. This will be our third
annual Pittsburgh UU Palooza, and it promises to be our best yet.
So mark your calendar NOW. Reserve
Friday evening, November 2 to attend a concert of peace music
presented by Emily Pinkerton, Director of the Folk Orchestra at First
Unitarian in Shadyside. Plan on
spending Saturday, November 3 at First Unitarian engaging the
issues with three dynamic guests.
The Rev. Paul Rasor will give the keynote address at 10:00 a.m.
Paul and I went to Harvard Divinity School together. He gave up a
tenured position as a law professor to become a UU minister, and then
went on to get his doctorate at HDS. Paul is the author of Faith Without Certainty and
currently serves as Director of the Center for the Study of Religious
Freedom at Virginia Wesleyan College. I’m sure you’ll find Paul
engaging, his address thought-provoking and challenging. Be
assured we’ve allowed plenty of time for interactive dialogue with Paul
following his address.
Lunch will feature simple fare and theme tables for those who wish to
engage other UUs in conversation about specific issues related to
peacemaking and nonviolence.
The afternoon begins with a panel discussion featuring Scilla
Wahrhaftig and Art Gish, as well as Paul Rasor. Scilla is a local
peace and social justice activist, community organizer, and head of the
American Friends Service Committee’s (Quakers) PA office. Art
Gish belongs to the Church of the Brethren, has been a civil rights
activist for 40 years and currently serves as leader of the Christian
Peacemaker Teams in Hebron. His most recent book is Hebron
Journal: Stories of Nonviolent Peacemaking. After the panel
discussion and audience Q/A, you’ll have an opportunity to engage
further with our guests in a small group dialogue and/or workshop.
The Peacemaking SAI offers the following with respect to the
significance of the issues it raises for our consideration.
“Historically, Unitarian Universalists have agreed with the theory and
practice of ‘just war,’ or the use of force in self-defense to preserve
the life of another person. However, we have also supported peace
and disarmament in over eighty resolutions since our merger in
1961. We offer counseling for conscientious objector
status. We call on the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, the
Mahatma Mohandas K. Ghandi, the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama and the
Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Our principles are models
for peacemaking, yet we act as if violence is more effective than
nonviolence in certain situations. As a religious denomination,
we need to clarify our position and apply our covenant to affirm and
promote the goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice
for all.”
Be a part of it! Remember, ours is a democratic religious
movement. No hierarchy of professional religious leaders is going
to formulate or impose “peacemaking” doctrine upon any individual UU or
UU congregation. Being a UU means accepting responsibility for
contributing personally to the formulation of
our movement’s stance on the most compelling issues of our time.
What would it mean for Unitarian Universalism to become identified as a
“Peace Church?” How might doing so impact the way we individually
and collectively speak and act and relate? How might it affect
our UU ministries of social action and witness? Is it even
possible or desirable for Unitarian Universalism to attempt to reach
consensus on this issue?
November 3 can be your personal opportunity to engage the peacemaking
issue currently before us, and to participate in formulating our
movement’s response. All that’s required of you is to make a
commitment to attend our Pittsburgh Peacemaking Palooza and spend your
day with other UUs who care as much about peace and our UU public
position on non-violence as you do. So come, and have a great day!
Meanwhile, see you in church!
Blessings,
Carol
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September
2, 10:00am:
Was Jesus a Gay Rights Activist?
Jeff Liebmann, Student
Minister
Some people interpret
certain Bible passages as supporting their oppression and hatred of
homosexuals. Unitarian Universalists debate their particular
assessment of these scriptural passages. But, does the Bible
provide us any evidence that Jewish or Christian theology actually
supports a homosexual lifestyle? Recent research sheds light on
one story from the ministry of Jesus related in the New
Testament. Of course, sometimes, light can reveal more to us –
and about us – than we expect.
Starting on
September 9th, services will begin at 11:00 am.
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September 9:
Ingathering, Water Communion,
& Potluck Picnic after service
Rev. Carol Meyer leading worship
Come this Sunday for
our annual, ingathering Sunday water communion for all ages.
Bring a small vial of water from near or far to share as we celebrate
the role water plays in nourishing and enlivening us body, mind and
spirit. Also bring food to share at our annual ingathering picnic
following the service. Drinks will be available, the grill fired
up, and hopefully the weather will cooperate in allowing us to escape
the construction in Friendship Hall to party outside on our beautiful
grounds.
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September 16:
With Single Cells as Our Gurus
Rev. Carol Meyer preaching
The Copernican
Revolution, Darwinism and Einstein’s Quantum Physics had a profound
impact on religious thinking and understanding. Might the “new
biology” do the same? Come this Sunday as we explore emerging
connections between cellular biology, personal beliefs, and religious
truth.
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September 23:
Do Our UU Principles Need Changing?
Rev. Carol
Meyer preaching
The current Commission on Appraisal of the UUA has undertaken
responsibility for examining our UUA Principles with an eye to
answering the question, “After going on 25 years, is it time for a
change?” The service this Sunday leads into a workshop inviting
you to help answer this question by providing input to the
Commission. So plan on staying after the service for a simple
lunch and some rich conversation about our UUA Principles.
Workshop will run from 12:45 to 2:30pm, with Rev. Carol facilitating as
we break into smaller discussion groups. Please let Rev. Carol
know if you need childcare for the workshop.
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September 30:
"The Maharishi Effect"
Geoff Gilpin
Eastern spirituality took hold in the West when the Beatles went to
India to study Transcendental Meditation. For millions of
Americans, TM opened the door to a lifetime of spiritual
exploration. Geoff Gilpin learned TM in 1973 as a follower of
enigmatic guru, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Decades later, he returned
to discover signs of enlightenment along with disturbing new trends -
authoritarian politics, grandiose financial schemes and obedience to a
semi-divine leader who doesn’t tolerate dissent. His book, The Maharishi Effect: A Personal Journey
Through the Spiritual Movement That Transformed America, poses
important questions about the boundaries between faith and reason.
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IINGATHERING POTLUCK PICNIC
After the Service
September 9th
Come join your friends
after the InGathering Service for a potluck picnic outside on the
church grounds! It’s been a busy summer, and now it’s time to
reconnect with your UUCNH family and find out what everyone’s been up
to during the summer.
Bring your picnic tableware, your lawn chairs and a delicious potluck
dish to share with your group plus eight more of your UUCNH
friends! The grill will be hot and ready to go for whatever you
bring to grill and there will be iced drinks provided for one and
all. And Tony Palermo has graciously consented to do face
painting for all the kids. Helpers for set up and clean up
gratefully welcomed and appreciated.
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The
Ballance Sheet
As UUCNH gets ready to start our renovation I 'm reminded of the two
additions I've put on my house. It's really not fun to live in a
structure that's undergoing major renovation. It's loud, it's
noisy, it's expensive and often frustrating. It's also really
risky. I moved a column; when you pull the old one out, you just
hold your breath and cross your fingers! My family basically
moved to the basement for several months during the second renovation,
and the months were longer than expected. The contractor promised
we would be in our new rooms by Thanksgiving... but building doesn't
always go on schedule. People can get pretty cranky when their
routine and their environment are completely thrown out of whack.
It takes a lot of patience to go through this process.
It's hard for most of us to read architectural drawings and often we
don't understand all of the technical jargon architects and builders
use. Sometimes it's hard to envision what the end product will
look like. I would encourage all of you to take a look at the
drawings and talk to folks on the Facilities Planning Committee.
The more everyone understands what is happening and when and why the
better off we'll be. FPC will begin sending regular emails and
giving updates in the service. There will be changes in our
routine. Not everyone will get everything they want. But in
the end we will have greatly expanded space. We will finally go
up to the Promised Land right above our heads.
Back to the story about my house: The final renovation was finished on
Christmas Eve! We put up the tree smack in the middle of a brand
new completely bare room; it was a wonderful Christmas.
In fellowship,
Carol Ballance
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Hallelujah!!!
The loft of our barn has been cleaned out and work on getting to
UUCNH's Promised Land is scheduled to start on Monday, August
20th. One of the early items on the schedule is a partial opening
between the floors - giving us our first glimpse of the Promised Land
from the lower floor. Also on the early portion of the schedule
is work on the nursery toilet room - which is the Promised Land if
you're under 5 years old. The schedule is tentative while we wait
for definite delivery dates for structural steel, windows and
wallboard. As of now, removing/replacing the columns on the first
floor and framing the walls of the second floor are scheduled to begin
in early September. Kitchen demolition is scheduled to begin
later in September.
We received good news this week. Test samples taken from the
walls/ceiling of the library show that no asbestos was detected.
If you have questions about the project, please talk with members of
the Facilities Planning Committee who will be available at Coffee Hour
each Sunday. Carolyn Hrach is our representative to the
contractors; please contact her with questions about the work.
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UUNCH's Round Robin
Program is one of the best ways to catch up with old members/friends
and to get to know new ones. The next session of Round Robins
will begin in October 2007 and will conclude in February 2008. A
sign-up sheet will be posted somewhere in the Church (with the
construction, it's hard to say just where the sheet will be
posted). Look for a black sign with florescent yellow and green
background pages and sign up NOW!!!
If you're new to UUCNH, here's a bit of explanation: Round Robin
events are held monthly except December and are typically a dinner
event. "Regular" participants agree to host/organize one event
and get to attend the remaining events as a guest. Hosts arrange
a mutually agreeable date/time with their guests, provide entree and
beverages, and assign guests to bring appropriate additions to the
meal. Remember, there's nothing that says you must host the event
in your home or that it must occur on a weekend or in the
evening. You can host your meal in your dining room or your
backyard, at the Church, or in a park; you can put together an informal
picnic on paper plates or a formal meal using your best linen and
china; or you can organize a brunch, an afternoon picnic or an evening
meal. You are only limited by your own creativity!
Please sign up for the Round Robin Program. You can choose to be
a "regular" participant; or you can choose "alternate" status,
which means that you will be invited to an event when a host needs a
replacement for someone who cannot attend. There may also be
a "family" (i.e., with children) dinner or two if enough
participants are interested.
Carolyn Hrach coordinates our Round Robin Program. Please contact
her ( for additional information.
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UUs UNITE
Are you an activist who is deeply committed to a cause that reflects
our UU principles? Do you struggle to find others who share your
passion? Do you want to accomplish more, but feel overwhelmed?
Good news! Pennsylvania is forming a state-wide action network to
undertake lobbying in Harrisburg on issues that are critical to
Unitarian Universalists. Other states have built such UU
legislative networks and have provided an effective alternative voice
to the religious right, which has been vociferous in our state
capitols. The more mature UU networks have full- or part-time
lobbyists.
We are having an organizational meeting Sept. 29 in Harrisburg to elect
a board and select the first issue(s) that we will focus on. Gun
control. Global warming. Gay marriage. Immigrant
rights. You can help us decide. And help us build
UUPLAN—the Pennsylvania Legislative Advocacy Network (www.uuplan.org).
Join us! Home stays can be arranged and mileage reimbursed.
E-mail info@uuplan.org or call
Casey Gilmore (610-827-7640) if you have questions or plan to
attend. We need representation from around the state to elect a
board that is likewise representational.
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Construction on the
church will be going on for at least 3 months. During that time,
there will be opportunities for Church members and friends to pitch-in
and help with the project. Plus we also plan to make improvements
to the existing R.E. space on the first floor - new doors, paint,
bookshelves, carpeting which will require some talented man/ woman
power. All help will be appreciated. Some projects might
need muscle; some may need an artistic eye. We are getting
together an email list for anyone willing to volunteer for needs that
may arise during this time. If you are interested, please send
your email address to Chuck Berry with the subject line UUCNH Work Crew.
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WE’D LOVE TO HAVE
YOU BRING A SUNDAY BOUQUET! HERE’S HOW:
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* Call Janine
Brobst to be sure no one else has offered flowers for that
Sunday. Otherwise she will provide them.
* Call the church secretary (412-366-0244) by the preceding Thursday
morning so that your name can be printed in the Order of Service.
If your flowers are in memory of a loved one or a special event, tell
the secretary.
*Flowers may be home-grown, or purchased or wildflowers from nature’s
bounty or artificial arrangements. Branches trimmed from blooming
shrubs are nice, too. Large vases are available at the church.
* Have your flowers in places before the pianist starts playing
the prelude. The prelude starts at 10:55am.
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SEPTEMBER COFFEE HOUR HOSTS
September 2: Joe & Kate Candillo
September 9: InGathering Picnic
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WATCH YOUR MAILBOX!
As the new church year begins, you will be receiving a new coffee hour
schedule in the mail that will list coffee hour hosts for September
2007 through September 2008. About one week before you're
scheduled to do coffee hour, you will receive instructions in the mail
on what you need to do. If you can't host on your scheduled
Sunday, please find someone to switch with you and call the church
secretary to let her know about the change for the Order of
Service.
Coffee hour is a vital part of our church. It has been described
as "UU communion." Thank you so much for helping with this
important time for our church members and friends!
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Thought is subversive and revolutionary,
destructive and terrible, thought is merciless to privilege,
established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought looks
into the pit of hell and is not afraid. Thought is great and
swift and free, the light of the world, and the chief glory of man.
- Bertrand Russell
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Sunday classes
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Facilitator: Tony Palermo
Contact: Tony Palermo
When: 3rd Sunday after service
Date: September 16
After 2 years discussing scholarly thought about the New Testament
& the Historical Jesus, we have one more area to finish, the place
of Jesus philosophy in the world of religious thought, as described in
Stephen Mitchell's excellent book, The Gospel According to Jesus.
After this section, we will start over, beginning with historical
evidence for the existence of Jesus and the nature of the Gospels
[Fact, Fiction or What?]. Every 3rd Sunday of the month, after
the service; room to be announced. See Tony Palermo for details.
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Non-Sunday
classes:
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Facilitator: Carol Ballance
When: Monday evenings 7-8:30pm.
Date: 9/3
Simplicity Circle will meet at the church on Monday, Sept. 3 from 7 -
8:30 p.m. We will discuss Chapter 6 "Buying" in Choices for Sustainable Living.
Carol Ballance will facilitate. Anyone is welcome; if you have
any questions please contact Carol.
Tip for the month
- Buy local whenever possible, especially local produce now!
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Facilitator: Jill Mockenhaupt
When: Friday evenings, in members’ homes.
Date: 9/21 at 7:00pm at Greta Porter's home
Book: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
by Barbra Kingslover
Come and join us for an inspiring and thought provoking conversation
about one family's year long journey of only eating locally grown and
in season foods, and how this changed their lives. This book
takes us into the world of mass food production and it's
consequences. Then we see how this family became more
environmentally responsible and respectful of the world around
them. What is it really like to find or create recipes and plan
meals around local, organic and in season foods. Barbra
Kingslover and her family members talk about these issues and more.
Animal, Vegetable,
Miracle can really speak to us as UU's. We are always
striving to live by our principal of "Respect for the interdependent
web of all existence of which we are a part". Please come and
bring your own ideas to our discussion. We look forward to seeing
you!
Greta is offering a light supper at 6:00pm provided from her garden
(unless the deer eat everything first) followed by the
discussion. Please R.S.V.P to Greta Porter.
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The Unitarian
Universalist Association and the Unitarian Universalist Service
Committee continue working together to coordinate volunteer relief
efforts in the Gulf Coast. Although it has been two years since
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita slammed the Gulf Coast, there remains
serious devastation and great on-going need for recovery efforts.
Unitarian Universalists everywhere have contributed large sums of money
& many hours of effort, lending skills and compassion to help those
most directly affected so that they may regain their homes, their
dignity and their lives.
The Social Action Committee (SAC) of the UU Church of the South Hills,
Pittsburgh, is currently developing plans to create an opportunity for
local UU’s to travel to New Orleans to help with these reconstruction
efforts. The UUA/UUSC Gulf Coast coordinators have given SAC the
green light to come down to New Orleans the week of October 13-20, 2007
and join the on-going volunteer clean-up effort. A group of up to
40 adults will travel from Pittsburgh to New Orleans on Saturday,
October 13 and take up temporary residence at First Unitarian, New
Orleans. There the group will live dormitory-style for a week,
purchasing its own food and preparing its own meals in the church’s
well-supplied kitchen. After spending a day in training and
orientation, the group will then devote five days to the hard work of
helping victims reclaim their homes and their lives. We will be
returning to Pittsburgh on Saturday, October 20, 2007.
Although SAC is providing the impetus and coordinating the effort, the
hope is that the greater Pittsburgh UU community will join the effort
and that the ultimate group of 40 will be made up of UU’s from all of
the area UU churches. This is a wonderful opportunity for the
Pittsburgh UU’s to come together to put our values and principles into
action and to strengthen our community in the process.
The expenses of the trip will be borne by individuals and is expected
to total approximately $350 per person, including airfare to New
Orleans, ground transportation in New Orleans in the form of commercial
vans, $5/night fee to First Unitarian Church/ New Orleans for the use
of their church building, safety equipment in the form of N-95 masks
and filters, and food for the week. Of course, any personal
expenses above those basic necessities will depend on the activities
and needs of individuals. Various fundraising ideas and efforts
are being discussed; success of those fundraising efforts may help
lower the expenses of some or all participants.
Please consider joining this critically needed effort with your fellow
Pittsburgh Unitarian Universalists. If you have questions,
fundraising ideas, want to volunteer to join the group and/or help with
plans and preparations, please contact Michael Miller, Coordinator, at
412-650-9040 or at mmiller@usaor.net. More information about the
UUA/UUSC Gulf Coast can be found at www.uua.org
or www.uusc.org.
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Social Action Corner-
A NEW CHURCH YEAR IS UPON US!
A warm “Hello” and “Welcome Back”, to our members and friends here at
UUCNH that we haven’t seen after a long and hot summer, and a warm
“Welcome” to newcomers too!! I have decided to devote part of my
time as Social Action Chairperson this year to writing a column
discussing what the goals for the Social Action Committee are this
year, what the “vision” and goals for the congregation are in regards
to Social Action and Social Justice, and Social Action Happenings
throughout the year. I hope to be able to communicate how our
church is putting into practice our principles in regards to Social
Action.
First, one of my biggest goals this year for our committee is to
increase our actual number of people on the Committee. One or two
people on the committee doesn’t seem to me to constitute a “committee”
even if those people are passionate about social action. I would
love for ANYONE who has ANY social action ideas, is passionate about
our church becoming more involved in social justice issues, and wants
to devote time putting UU principles in action to BECOME A PART OF THE
SOCIAL ACTION COMMITTEE!! I hate to beg but we have a whole lot
of talent in our congregation that I know is being under utilized and I
want and need that talent!! I promise I won’t make meetings
boring, heck we don’t even have to call them meetings or meet very
often, and I have great ideas about making them fun and less
“meeting-like”.
So please, see me at church or contact me if you have even the slightest interest in becoming a
part of our committee!! We need your energy, and passion to have
a GREAT social action committee this year!
Secondly, I believe this year is going to be an exciting one for social
action. We are initiating the Peacemaking topic the UUA requested
congregations explore. We hope to do this through Sunday
Services, Adult RE classes and the Children and Youth RE classes.
What could be a better topic than Peacemaking in this time of such
strife all over the world? We also have a very important trip to
look forward to in October when we venture down to New Orleans to help
in the Katrina recovery for a week. Talk about putting our
principles into action!! We will be fundraising for this
important event soon so stay tuned! (By the way, anyone
interested in going on the trip, please see me or contact Michael
Miller from Sunnyhill UU Church at mmiller@usaor.net.)
Thirdly, I encourage everyone in our congregation to think about the
fact that the Congregational Surveys that we completed last year showed
that there is a high percentage of us that want to become a church more
involved with Social Action/Social Justice issues. I hope we can
follow through on that because I believe it would benefit all of us
individually and as a congregation. I can promise all of you I
will do my best to get us excited about social action issues and become
a church that is actively working to make this world a better place,
even if in a small, yet significant way! Here’s to a great year
at UUCNH!!!
Kathy Gorka
Social Action Chair
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UUCNH Social
Action September 2007
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- EQUAL EXCHANGE
TEA -BIG DISCOUNTS & CLOSEOUT SALE.
It seems that we either don't have many tea drinkers here at UUCNH, or
they don't like or want to buy the Equal Exchange tea. So, if you
would like some, it's now on sale for $1 per box-a 75% savings.
Choose from English Breakfast, Earl Grey or Green. Hurry-Sale
ends September 30th.
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- NEW EQUAL
EXCHANGE PRODUCTS
Equal Exchange is now offering Fairly Traded Snacks! They have 5
oz. packages of Organic, Tamari roasted almonds from California,
Roasted, salted Pecans from Georgia and Organic, dried, sweetened
Cranberries from Massachusetts. If you are interested in trying
one of these snacks, please let Chris Hill know. We need to have
some estimate of interest before we send in an order.
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We can recycle almost all types of paper products, as long as they go
in the proper locations:
- Corrugated
Cardboard-Flatten and put in the
left dumpster. If you don’t want to hassle with the doors and
lid, leave the flattened boxes in the kitchen by the black recycling
bin and someone will take them out.
- Paperboard
(non-hollow cardboard, like cereal
boxes, etc) goes in the plastic bins under the tables in Friendship
Hall Luckily we have several folks who regularly go down and drop it
off at Construction Junction. If you travel that way, consider
taking a bin occasionally.
- Telephone books-Please
use the special
dumpsters put out by the phone companies during the distribution of new
ones. If you have a few left, they can come in and be placed in a
separate bin or bag in Friendship Hall. They can also be taken to
Construction Junction. Please DON'T mix them in with the
paperboard or other items.
- Paper - all other kinds, like newspaper,
magazines, ad inserts, softbound books, etc. These go in our
PaperRetriever bin in the parking lot. Yes, I know it's been full
for a awhile now. They’re short on drivers and way behind. We've
been on their list for several weeks. Hopefully they've picked it
up by the time you read this.
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The E-house on Carson Street on the South Side will take all kinds of
batteries. So, we'll set up a box in friendship hall to collect
them and take it down to E-house whenever it gets full. We can
take any kind of household batteries except leaking ones or large car
batteries (i.e. no lead acid). Since they must pay $1 per pound
to send them out, E house would appreciate a contribution, but it's not
required. For reference, 1 lb is 3 D cells or 6 C cells or 15 AA
cells or about 25 AAA cells. If you have questions, or could help
with a monthly (?) run down to E house, contact Chris Hill
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- NHCO FOOD PANTRY "DONATION STATION”
For September:
Baking Mixes
Please don’t forget to contribute to the
"Donation Station" for the NORTH HILLS COMMUNITY OUTREACH (NHCO) Food
Pantry, located in Friendship Hall near the entrance to the RE
Hallway. The September NHCO request is to bring Baking Mixes to
the church. AND laundry
detergent, toilet paper, toothpaste, shampoo and bar soap are
always needed. Thanks to all who have contributed lately.
Plastic bags
needed by North Hills Community Outreach: If you're inundated by
plastic bags, bring your extras to the church and drop them off at the
NHCO Donation Station where they can be used to sort food at the food
pantry.
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- PLEASANT
VALLEY MEN'S SHELTER
Dates available now for 2007!
Many thanks to Lowell and Rachel Swarts and Chuck Berry and daughter
Megan for volunteering to prepare and serve dinner at the Pleasant
Valley Men’s Shelter in July! The shelter has a list of other
dates available for 2007 for all UUCNH members and friends able to
prepare and serve dinners to shelter residents. Please consider
planning ahead for one of these dates. If interested, contact
Greg Jarold.
The UUCNH Social
Action Committee sponsors our participation in this
worthwhile program.
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~SUPPORT UUCNH ~
BUY GROCERY GIFT
CARDS
YYou can help balance the church budget by buying groceries! If
you shop at Giant Eagle, Festival or Kuhn’s, consider joining your
fellow church members by purchasing gift cards for these stores.
For every $100 in groceries you buy using the gift card, the church
gets $5. If you are interested in purchasing the cards, please
see Jim Noel or John Brobst during coffee hour.
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The Unitarian
Universalist Society of Martha Vineyard invites you to join us over
Columbus Day Weekend, October 6-8th. Fall is the best season of
all on the Vineyard. Just ask any year-rounder. The crowds
are gone, the air is crisp, and the water is still plenty warm for a
swim. Birdlife is on the move. There’s no better time to
hike and bike our unspoiled trails and back roads. So come
visit. We’ll put you up with host UU families, treat you to a
seafood supper and entertainment, offer an Island tour and welcome you
to Sunday service at historic Stevens Chapel. For complete
information, see our website at www.uusmy.info B&B Weekend link) or
email us at cdevito2@comcast.net.
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