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The North Unitarian Universalist Congregation Newsletter May 2007 |
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Movie Night!
Presented by the NUUC Social Committee
Friday, May 11, 2007 7:00 pm Nielsen House
Come enjoy a screening of “Blood Diamond”
Click Here for a synopsis of this film which deals with Fair Trade Issues from the Internet Movie Database.
Please bring food as follows: Last names A-S - Bring your favorite "Junk" food. T-Z - Bring your favorite beverage. If you would like Pizza, Bring $5.
To help us plan for attendance (and food!) Please sign up on the sheet posted in Fellowship hall by Tuesday, May 8, Or contact Kyle Yaggi at kyaggi82@yahoo.com or 330-581-6016. |
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A Retreat for the North Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Transcendentalist Style Saturday, June 9 9:30AM-3:30PM Where: Wilcox Farms*, 8100 Wells Road, Plain City OH 43064
Why should we live in such a hurry and waste of life?--Thoreau
Taking inspiration from Henry David Thoreau, Rev. Susan Ritchie will lead us on a day long spirituality retreat based on the mindful appreciation of nature. We will use informal worship, walking meditation, and group and individual exercises in imagination and inspiration to move through Thoreau’s central questions: How Do We Spend our Lives? How Do We Wake Up? How Do We Grow? And How, Then, Shall We Live?
An $8 fee payable at the retreat includes a picnic lunch and supplies. Please sign up in advance (NO later than Wednesday, June 6) on the bulletin board in fellowship hall, by calling the church office at 740-657-8081, or emailing RevRitchie@aol.com. *Becca
Morse’s Mom’s Farm & Pond. :)
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| May 20th is Music Sunday! Join us for an Exciting time as we celebrate the tradition of music in our congregation! There will be soloists from the choir (Kurt Zielenbach, Tom MacLaughlin, and Martha Folley) as well as vocalists and instrumentalists from the congregation (Lily and John Rodeheffer, flute duet; Michael Musilli, guitar solo; Nathan Hardin, piano; AmeliaPetras, voice.) Music Sunday is a wonderful showcasing of so much of the talent we have in our midst. Don't miss it, folks! |
 The May meeting of Brown Bag Books will
be held on Wednesday, May 16 at 12:30 pm in Fellowship
Hall. We will discuss Letters
from Eden: a Year at Home in the Woods by Julie Zickefoose. |
| Exciting changes for Creativity Fellowship! After several years of some serious crafting and great conversation, Creativity Fellowship is going to make a few changes. We will meet on Wednesday, May 9 at 7:00 pm, then take a summer hiatus. Then, starting in September we will resume meeting on the 2nd Wednesdays at 7:00 pm, and we will have a guest crafter each month to teach a craft (i.e., quilting, knitting, soapmaking and scrapbooking). Of course, you can continue to bring a craft you are currently working on. Either way it's a great way to meet other members and feed that creative part of you. Questions? Call Teri Cornell 614-891-5935 or e-mail imuuteri@yahoo.com |
| The Membership Committee will hold the second of several “New to UU” Orientation sessions Sunday, May 20 from 9AM-10AM at Nielsen House (staffed nursery available at 8:45 am in Fellowship Hall). Rev. Susan Ritchie and Eileen Watters will present information on the denomination’s (and our congregation’s) history and the meaning of membership. A New Member Sunday is planned for Sunday, June 3. If you or someone you know might be interested in membership, sign up to attend the Orientation on the sheet in Fellowship Hall, or contact Rev. Ritchie at 740-657-8081. |
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