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!!!!!! ANNOUNCEMENT !!!!!! Sunday, June 8th On Sunday, June 8, our presiding minister will be Rev. William E. Nelson. Rev. Nelson--Bill--will be speaking to us as the candidate recommended by the Search Committee, to become KUUF’s next Consulting Minister. Bill is an ordained Congregational minister, living in Springfield VT. He is now in the process of being certified by the UUA as a Unitarian Universalist minister. His most recent settled ministry was in Springfield, where he served as minister of the First Congregational Church for more than 6 years. After 26 years as a Congregational minister, Bill is responding now to a personal calling toward Unitarian Universalism. After the June 8th church service Bill and his wife Stephanie will join us for a special coffee hour. Coffee hour will be followed by a congregational meeting, at which we will discuss and vote on the Search Committee’s recommendation. Let’s fill every seat, and give Bill and Stephanie a warm welcome. UPDATE: REV. BILL WAS UNANIMOUSLY ELECTED TO BE OUR CONSULTING MINISTER STARTING SEPTEMBER 1. |
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FINAL SERVICE OF SEASON & POTLUCK PICNIC 11 AM Sunday, June 26th June 29 Sunday Service at 11:00, led by Dick Dutton, will be at Sandy and Roger Wells’ home by Lake Keyser at 122 Keyser Street, North Sutton. A potluck picnic and cookout (Roger will cook your meat to order) will follow the service. We’ll be saying goodbye to Emily with good wishes and much love. Directions: Take Route 114 south from 4 Corners. Make a sharp right around the Baptist Church at the North Sutton intersection. Kezar Lake should be on your left, the Follansbee Inn on your right. We are ½ mile from that intersection, on your right. Please bring your main course, (we will have grills going), and a salad or dessert to share to serve 8 to 10. Also, please bring CHAIRS. We have some, but not enough. The fellowship will supply plates, silverware, napkins, cups and beverages. Come celebrate and share this final visit with Emily. |
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KREM...WHAT IS IT, AND WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT? Kearsarge Regional and Ecumenical Ministries, or KREM, has been quietly responding to personal crises in our area for --- years. Funded by the five New London churches, KREM has a deceptively simple mission: to help people in need where federal, state and local services come up short. Sometimes the people KREM helps are those you read about in the newspapers or see on television – the working poor who are always one paycheck away from needing public assistance. But KREM recipients can also be the college graduate with overwhelming hospital bills, the white collar worker whose unemployment benefits have run out, or parents desperate for help with their heating bills, or food, or money to pay for auto repair. KREM works with other charities in our area, as well as town welfare officers. You could call it the local “safety net,” filling in where needed. To fulfill its mission KREM needs people, people who are willing to make themselves available to return phone calls on behalf of KREM, to people in need. I am one of those people, on call for a two week period, three times a year. I need a partner. Preferably a KUUF partner. It will not take too much of your time because there are not that many calls referred to us. Yet, each call is an opportunity to apply our UU values and make a real difference in the lives of neighbors who are desperate for help. To find out more or to help, call Sara Smith at 526-7506. |
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REQUEST FROM COMMITTEE ON MINISTRY:
There is not going to be any formal survey this year, but the Committee asks you to let them know what you like - and what you don’t like - about the services at KUUF. Please contact Sandra LeBeau (melebeau@comcast.net). Your thoughts and the input will be valued and appreciated. Sandy, Eddi Mordecai and Don Bent thank you. |
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SOCIAL CONCERNS COMMITTEE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES Last year the Social Concerns Committee compiled and printed a listing of volunteer opportunities in our area. We would like to follow up with a survey of how our members spend their volunteer hours. We hope to accomplish two goals!
Also, see our list of other Volunteer Opportunities. Denise Stanley, Jody Helt, Liz Meller, & Eddi Mordecai
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COLLECTION SUNDAY All *** The Need is Great. We Will Collect Every Sunday. *** We want to revive our participation in the local food bank by contributing on a regular basis. This has not been successful in the past. We will try a new approach of collecting food only one Sunday each month. The SECOND SUNDAY will be our Sunday to collect the food which you bring for delivery to the VNA. Let's see if having an organized food collection routine will encourage us to make bringing food for the collection box a regular habit. The
box (designed by Jody Helt) will be at the back of the church the second
Sunday of every month. VNA tells us that for their food pantry
they can use any of the following: (Nothing perishable) boxed
cereals, instant rice, canned goods, foods in the foil packs (tuna,
etc.), packaged cookies or crackers, cleaning products, sponges, etc.
You get the idea. Second Sunday is generally the Sunday on which George Peterson preaches. Remember to bring your contributions on George's Sunday. If you get your contribution to the box, we’ll get it to VNA’s Food Pantry, and we’ll all be the better for it!
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ONLINE CLF COURSES AVAILABLE Three new Church of the Larger Fellowship courses are available online. They are
A brief description is a available at www.uua.org/news/congpacket/feb2006/CM_online_classes.pdf
For information about these courses and more, contact Church of the Larger Fellowship (CLF) at www.clfuu.org and click on Resources.
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UU BED & BREAKFAST PROGRAM
Some of you know about the UU Bed and Breakfast program, many more probably do not. Cay Morrison and Betty Williamson have participated in the program of opening their homes for visiting UUs and Marcia and Dick Keller also have been involved. Money received through the B&B is donated to the Fellowship and it has been a successful program in the past. This year, it was too late to have the Fellowship's name entered in the list of participating churches but we should consider registering next year. Meanwhile, for anyone planning to travel in the US or some countries abroad, there are B&Bs available at reasonable prices and undoubtedly superior lodgings. I am sure Cay, Betty, or Marcia and Dick will tell you more about it if you are planning to travel or if you wish to open up your extra bedroom for a night or two.
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BE A VOICE!
Let
your state and federal representatives know that you are aware of what
needs to be done, and of what they are doing. Also, let them know
what you think is the right thing for them to be doing, and why.
They get stacks of mail from organized groups that send prewritten
letters. The letters that get the most attention, however, are the
ones written by the individual constituent -- you! You’ll be
hearing more about what we as KUUF might do, but in the meantime, get
connected to your representatives. It’s a duty and a privilege
we shouldn’t forget we have. 506
Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515 Sen.
Judd Gregg - mailbox@gregg.senate.gov
- DC# 202-224-3324 Sen.
John Sununu - mailbox@sununu.senate.gov
- DC# 202-224-2841 |
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FOR THE BODY, AND THE SOUL If
you are interested in a meditation group, we are meeting on Tuesday Please call Jody Helt at 526-5898 for details. |
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SUNDAY SCHOOL Erin Pickering, Donna Peirce’s daughter, who attended KUUF Sunday school as a youngster, is our Sunday school teacher. A new feature of our religious education program this year, as we continue to grow and have more families with younger children, is a 2nd class for infants and toddlers. It truly takes a village to raise a child. Please consider volunteering to be care-taker for the infants and toddlers during one or two Sunday services this year. If you have any questions about the program, please call RE Director Donna Peirce at 763-2516. |
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