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Burwasser" Subject: THE CHALICE Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-RCPT-TO: X-UIDL: 51 Status: U March 31, 2002 THE CHALICE NEWSLETTER OF THE OBERLIN UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP 317 East College Street Oberlin OH 44074 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: 10:45 AM Child care: 10:45 - Noon Care for the very youngest children available during services and forums To drop from this circulation, contact . Sunday, March 31, 2002 WHY CELEBRATE EASTER? morning service 10:45 am - noon Natalie Isvarin-Love, Service Leader I have been asked numerous times why we UUs celebrate Easter Sunday if we do not literally believe in the divinity and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Why? Because the Easter story does provide meaning in our lives as we enter into the season of spring and rebirth. Join me and members of the congregation as we share words and music to celebrate this special time. OUUF Easter will include an egg hunt with the 5th/6th Grade class hiding eggs. All are welcome. THE HISTORICAL JESUS fellowship forum 9:30 - 10:30 am Ed Vermue, Discussion Leader A roadmap of the last 200 years of biblical scholarship and archaeology which has sought to identify the Jesus of history. Controversy around the search for the historical Jesus has intensified in the last decade. We will start with the Jefferson Bible and move through and past the Jesus Seminar and other contributions of the 1990s. All are welcome. KENDAL SERVICES Natalie's services at Kendal meet on the third Wednesday of each month in Whittier Lounge at 4:15 pm. Each service explores the meaning of one theological term from Heretic's Faith: Vocabulary for Religious Liberals. All are welcome. Sunday, April 7, 2002 THE SPIRITUALITY OF HUMOR morning service 10:45 am - noon Rev BJ Myers-Bradley, Service Leader On April 7th we will explore the Spirituality of Humor. Ecstasy and depression and the range of emotions in between are necessary during our existence here on earth. Just like the seasons they allow us to experi- ence all the joys and sorrows of life. Humor allows us to gain a perspective on our lives. All are welcome. PERMACULTURE: DESIGN FOR LIVING fellowship forum 9:30 - 10:30 am Eric Stewart Speaker and Discussion Leader Permaculture is a system which seeks to maximize the use of nature's energy. Its principles are applicable to farming, construction, even to running a business or organization. All are welcome. ANNUAL CANVASS The Fellowship's Annual Canvass will begin on Sunday, April 14th and conclude on Sunday, April 28. The Canvass Committee will provide all members and friends with written information about the finances of the Fellowship, the tentative 2002-2003 budget, and with an opportunity to make a pledge. Questions or comments may be directed to Keith Koenning, Canvass Committee Chair, at 774-1502 or . PASTORAL CARE Our Pastor, Natalie Isvarin-Love holds drop-in office hours Wednesday afternoons from 6:00 to 8:00 at Java Zone downtown. With all your pastoral concerns, please feel free to call Natalie: 216+651-5967, cell 216+789-4880, email . If you can't reach her, contact John Marshall at 774-5591 or . 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. OBERLIN COLLEGE STUDENTS: Your continued participation is valued and sought after! Contact John Marshall (774-5591) about transportation arrangements. OUUF BOARD MEETINGS 7pm on the second Tuesday of the month at the Marshalls', 35 North Park. On-street parking OK southbound only. Visitors are always welcome, and the input of OUUF members is both welcome and guaranteed under our Bylaws. OUUF WEBSITE (partially under construction): . Sunday, April 14, 2002 CANVASS SUNDAY morning service 10:45 am - noon Natalie Isvarin-Love, Service Leader As we kick-off our annual canvass in support of the OUUF, I will explore what it means to be committed to our growing spiritual community and how to sustain ourselves as we work to achieve the future we envision together. All are welcome. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO FEEL WELCOMED AT THE OUUF? fellowship forum 9:30 - 10:30 am Natalie Isvarin-Love, Forum Leader Natalie will facilitate a workshop in which we, the congregation, will brainstorm for words and images as to what it means to feel welcomed into the midst of the OUUF and how we would like to welcome newcomers. The words will be used to re-write the Sunday morning welcoming statement and the images will be translated into the OUUF quilt that will be started in the next weeks. Come with your creative juices flowing! All are welcome. CREATIONISM The Ohio Board of Education is considering opening public schools to Intelligent Design, a refined (some say stealth) version of Creationism. Ohio Citizens for Science is sponsor- ing a petition to demonstrate sub- stantial popular opposition. If you want to add your voice, go to: http://www.PetitionOnline.com/idno/ O.U.U.F. SUNDAY SCHOOL Our goal is to promote learning and theological growth. Questions: Susan Egan, Director: 775-3039. PRESCHOOL Kerry Langan and Kim Peters Chalice Children Sessions that encourage children to honor them- selves, their community and nature. KINDERGARTEN to SECOND GRADE Barbara Fuchsman Experiences with the Web of Life Teaches reverence for life and the Earth. THIRD and FOURTH GRADE Katie Styer We Believe: Learning and Living our UU Principles The children will experience and learn the UU Principles through stories, discussions, activities (such as games and puppet shows), and worship experiences. FIFTH and SIXTH GRADE Thomas Phinney and Pat Murphy Travel in Time Explores UU identity using time travel. Participants learn about the lives of individuals past and present who exemplify our faith. SEVENTH GRADE and UP Joan Webster Life Lessons REV SINKFORD IN NORTHEAST OHIO Save The Date! Sunday, April 7, 3:00 to 6:00 PM, for Bringing Us Together. The Rev Bill Sinkford, UUA President, will lead a worship service and networking at The Civic, 3130 Mayfield Road, Cleveland Heights. All UUs are invited to attend this fun & free event. Child- care provided. Contact Peg Tucker (775-0301) for more information. Published triweekly by Oberlin Unitarian Universalist Fellowship: member, Unitarian Universalist Association and the Ohio-Meadville District thereof. Mail: MPO Box 0354, Oberlin OH 44074-0354. Phone: 774- 5591. Email: Website: Clergy: Natalie Isvarin-Love. Religious Education Director: Susan Egan. Chair: John Marshall. Vice Chair: Tom Phinney. Treasurer: Ed Miller. Secretary: Katie Styer. Editor: Dave Burwasser. Webmaster: Cal Frye.