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October 20, 2002
a welcoming congregation that seeks to be a spiritual home to people of
free faith regardless of race, color, sexual orientation, or any of the
other differences that might separate us.
SUNDAY MORNING PROGRAM SCHEDULE -- ALL ARE WELCOME
Sunday School: 9:30 - 10:30 AM OUUF Forum: 9:30 - 10:30 AM
Worship Service: 11:00 AM Child care: 10:45 - Noon
Care for the very youngest children available during services and forums
R.E. INFORMATION BOARD
Calling all creative-type youths! Kim
needs your hands-on input in creating
our RE info board. Come spend part of
a weekend afternoon with me at my
house. Yummy food and snacks provided!
Please let me know if you are interested.
Kim Peters 776-0132.
DONATIONS FOR OBERLIN
COMMUNITY SERVICES
Please help the Grades 1-3 Sunday
School class collect dry food and
toiletry donations for the Oberlin
Community Services food bank from now
until November 24. A donations hamper
is in the lobby. Thanks for your
thoughtfulness.
HAUNTING CHURCH/NEW UU
Don will facilitate a combination of
the UU curricula The Haunting Church
and The New UU. Dates are October 22
and 29, November 5 and 12. The first
session will be held in North Olmsted
at 7PM. Each session will last about
2 hours. Contact Don to register.
OUUF R.E. PROGRAM
Below is a Sunday School update.
PRESCHOOL/KINDERGARTEN Kerry
Langan, Rebecca Cross. Parent helper:
Mary McKee. "Celebrating me and my
world" An exploration of a child's
world through literature, (Aesop's
Fables), poetry, music, movement,
arts & crafts.
GRADES 1-3 Barbara Fuchsman, Kim
Peters. "Stories About God" An explora-
tion of God: in image, in world reli-
gions, by emotions, values and the
children's personal experiences.
GRADES 4-5 Peg Tucker and Phyllis
Smith "Holidays and Holy Days" We will
be learning about and celebrating
holidays which honor a universal
human response to life and highlight
the values we, as UUs affirm. The
holy days give us an opportunity to
examine the religious beliefs of
others, and in the process, our own.
GRADES 6-7 Katie Styer, Ed Miller.
"Neighboring Faiths" We will learn
about the great religions of the
world and visit their places of
worship. Before the outings, parti-
cipants will need to sign a waiver
(provided at the first class).
GRADE 8-9 Keith Koenning. "Thinking
the Web: Moral Issues and Systematic
Thinking" The class will be discussing
current medical, societal and global
issues. Participants will learn how
to be aware of their thinking pro-
cess, develop discussion skills and
gain understanding of consequences of
decisions made.
ABIGEL'S FRIENDS
From Rev Orloff Miller via Rev Rod
Thompson, Ohio-Meadville District
Executive and OUUF minister Don
Rollins (edited):
Abigel Kiss, a Transylvanian Unitar-
ian student, is now in the first sem-
ester of her Junior year at Hollins
University, Roanoke, VA. Thanks to
more than 40 donors plus a special UU
friend who pledged personal assets to
meet "wartime" requirements, the US
finally renewed Abigel's visa and she
arrived on campus 2 months ago.
Funds for next semester ($7,500) and
beyond (total of $22,500) to match
and thus make available Hollins U's
scholarship package are now being
sought by "Abigel's Friends." A New
England church school has already
given $500 and a pledge of
$250/semester.
Youth groups, women's, men's, social
concerns committees and entire con-
gregations are asked to start plan-
ning now for ways to help Abigel via
special events, offerings, holiday
gift giving, and encouraging your
members to join "Abigel's Friends."
For churches not currently part of
the UU Partner Church program, join-
ing "Abigel's Friends" can be a great
introduction to our Transylvanian
Unitarian friends!
Already skilled in Romanian,
Hungarian, and increasingly in
English, Abigel aims to become a
professional interpreter/translator.
Her present language studies include
French Renaissance literature (focus-
ing on women's roles and perspec-
tives), and Spanish conversation/
composition. She has added Inter-
national Studies, including Political
Economy which she describes as "a
very interesting and complex class
analyzing international relations and
different nation-states' roles in our
more and more globalizing world."
Abigel also works on campus 11 hours
each week.
Meanwhile, back in Transylvania, cash
income of a Unitarian minister aver-
ages about $120/mo (average contribu-
tion/member is $3 per year) in an
economy where a liter of gasoline is
58 cents (or $2.19/gallon USA), a
kilo of beef is almost $5, winter-
time heating is about $35/mo, and a
phone with e-mail costs about $30/mo.
To make ends meet, Abigél's parents
teach English and French in the vil-
lage school in Barot; other parsonage
families in Transylvania farm.
YOUR HELP IS NEEDED NOW!
Please provide the following
information with your check:
Name(s)_________________________________________
Address_________________________________________
_______________________________________________
(include City/State/Province + postal code)
e-mail address ___________________________
I/we enclose $_____ and pledge $______/semester to help
Abigel achieve her bachelor's degree during the next two years.
Make checks payable: "Abigel's Friends, UUCP"
Send check and pledge form to: Barbara Rogers, UU Congregation of Princeton,
50 Cherry Hill Rd, Princeton NJ 08540, USA
THANK YOU!
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Sunday, October 20, 2002
DEEP LISTENING AND LOVING SPEECH
morning service -- 11:00 am
John Marshall, Service Leader
What skills do we need to live our
Unitarian Universalist Principles and
Purposes? We can refine our speech
and hearing to promote our p/p, but
it's not easy. To remember and
believe in each other we first must
listen. That's the hard part.
All are welcome.
PRACTICING RELIGIOUS COMMINUTION
fellowship forum -- 9:30 am
John Marshall, Discussion Leader
Using the results from the "Belief-o-
matic" and "What is your spiritual
type" questionnaires on the Web site
we will practice
talking with each other about our
basic beliefs. Participants should
take both quizzes and bring the
results. Call John (774-5591) if you
need help getting to these two
surveys. All are welcome.
Sunday, October 27, 2002
SAMHAIN
morning service -- 11:00 am
Lisette and David Burwasser
We have no choice but to be haunted.
The dead are always in our minds, in
our hearts. Just because there is no
set UU belief about the dead, does
not relieve us of the need to deal
with the dead. Samhain (SAH-wun), the
pre-Christian Celtic holiday for the
dead, remains with us in present-day
Halloween. This service, conveying
the spirit of Samhain, is cast
primarily in UU liturgy. Like much of
Earth-centered spirituality, it is
more about what is done than what is
believed. All are welcome.
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST PAGANISM
fellowship forum -- 9:30 am
David and Lisette Burwasser
UU Paganism: Whence such a thread in
the UU tapestry? How did UUs find
Paganism? How did Pagans find UUism?
David is a Board Member Emeritus of
the Covenant of UU Pagans, the conti-
nental UU Pagan organization.
All are welcome.
Sunday, November 2, 2002
HEALING TOUCH:
THE HEART OF HEALING
morning forum -- 9:30 am
Carol Wilde, BSN, RN, CHTP
Service Leader
We will explore the heart-mind-body
connection that is crucial to heal-
ing. All are welcome.
FOCUS ON ENERGY HEALING
fellowship forum -- 9:30 am
Carol Wilde, Discussion Leader
Energy healing is using the hands to
facilitate change in the human energy
system in a way that is therapeutic.
An experiential forum. Carol is a
Registered Nurse and Certified Heal-
ing Touch Practitioner.
All are welcome.
HOW TO FIND THE OBERLIN U.U. FELLOWSHIP
OUUF meets in the Oberlin Early Childhood Center at 317 East College
Street, marked by a large abstract statue of a parent and child. Service
and Forum space is barrier-free. Parking in the front and to the east.
OUUF BOARD MEETINGS 7pm on the fourth Sunday of the month. Sept meeting
9/28 at Kim Peter's and Ed Vermue's, 117 Spring St. Visitors are always
welcome, and the input of OUUF members is both welcome and guaranteed under
our Bylaws.
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