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The Unitarian Universalist News

Of the First Unitarian Universalist Congregation

1875 South Fruitridge Avenue, P.O. Box 3070

Terre Haute, IN 47803

812-232-1193

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www.terrehauteuu.org

NOVEMBER 2006 CALENDAR

EVERY SUNDAY MORNING         (Except when there is no service)

9:15 A.M.                        Wisdom Circle

 9:15 A.M.                        Rationalist Free Thinking Group

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5                 An Attitude of Gratitude               

        10:30 A.M.                             Rev. Doddie Stone

12:00                                     Soup/Salad Sunday                                                                      

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12              What Does it Mean to Be a Feminist?     
 10:30 A.M.                             Dr. Veanne Anderson 

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18          Double Circle Dinner

            6:00 P.M.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19              The UUSC and Guest at Your Table

           10:30 A.M.                             Cathy McGuire and Sylvia Oster

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19             Board Meeting

            7:00 P.M.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26              Styles of Forgiveness

          10:30 A. M.                             Duane Caperton

ABOUT THE  NOVEMBER CALENDAR Every Sunday, 9:15 a.m. - Wisdom Circle  A non-judgmental spiritual group that explores the journey of self-discovery through heart to heart discussion with rotating leadership. Every Sunday, 9:15 a.m. - Rationalist Free Thinking Group Discussion Group including members of the congregation as well as members of the community.  Discussion of current socio-political events and trends. An Attitude of Gratitude – Rev. Doddie Stone.   “An Attitude of Gratitude”.  It’s that time of year when the clocks change and darkness seems to come earlier and earlier.  No need for our spirits to darken as it is also a time of gathering of the harvest to prepare for winter.  Rev. Doddie L. Stone will speak of the importance of practicing gratitude in acknowledgement of abundance within our lives.  Rev. Doddie Stone is a retired Unitarian Universalist minister and a strong supporter of the efforts of Service Committee.  In 1995 she was with the delegation that attended the UN decade of the Woman in China.  She also participated in visits to other countries that are helped by projects of the Service Committee prior to her ministry assignments on the east and west coasts Sunday, November 5 – Soup Salad Sunday – Bring your favorite soup or salad and/or bread and stay after the service to enjoy food and fellowship. Sunday, November 12 – What does it Mean to Be a Feminist? -  Dr. Veanne Anderson – Dr. Anderson will provide historical background on feminism, definitions of different feminist perspectives, as well as provide some personal views and experiences with feminism. Dr. Anderson received her Ph.D in psychology from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.  She has been at ISU since 1987, where she is currently an associate professor of psychology and women’s studies. She teaches courses which include human sexuality, Psychology of Women, Gender and Sexuality and research methods.  Currently her research is focused on attitudes toward feminism and feminists.	Sunday, November 19 –  The UUSC and Guest at Your Table – Cathy McGuire and Sylvia Oster Cathy McGuire is a long time member of the Social Action Committee.  She is a political activist in the community and most recently was awarded the Leadership Award from the Terre Haute chapter of the NAACP for her activism and anti-war work.  She is Co-organizer of Terre Haute Stop War on Iraq. Sylvia Oster Sylvia Oster has been a member of the local congregation for 25 years. She has served on the Board of Trustees at all levels over the years and is currently Chair.  She has a long-standing interest and has been active in Social Action from demonstrating against the death penalty to taking a stand against the current war in Iraq.  "Honoring the worth and dignity of every human being" is her mantra. Sunday, November 26 – Styles of Forgiveness – Duane Caperton – People experience forgiveness issues and work through them in various ways.  Here is a fun and interesting look at a few of them. Duane Caperton is a psychology teacher in ISU’s Corrections Education program and is presently teaching at the Putnamville Corrections Facility, the Wabash Valley corrections facility and the Federal prison in Terre Haute. He is finishing up his counseling psychology degree at ISU, where he spends two days a week at the Student Counseling Center.  In his free time he likes to play tennis and music. Any announcement listed in this newsletter, our weekly bulletin, or spoken from the pulpit is solely for informational purposes.  It does not constitute an endorsement by our congregation of any political party or candidate for elected office.  Any opinions expressed by individual members are solely their own.
From the Board Chair: Greetings!  A most productive and inspiring Retreat for the Board and Committee Chairs was held at the church and a number of interesting suggestions were recommended.  (1) One that we have already tried to initiate is to use index cards to write items to be read by the lay leader as "Announcements" during the service.  The purpose is to be more efficient in the use of time allotted on Sunday mornings for the main service.  Your participation would be appreciated.  Also please be reminded that announcements may be put on the back of the program if you give Carolyn (our Administrative Assistant) enough time to include them. It is also possible to post announcement of events in this newsletter.  (2) It was also recommended that we not have Double Circle Dinners in the summer months (June, July and August) since they have been poorly attended in the recent past.  We will listen to your input on these suggestions.  In addition, we carefully reviewed the Church Calendar (did you know we have one?) and assigned Board members or committee chairs to appropriate activities.  The goal is to coordinate our efforts and know what each other are doing.  It was wonderful to have Rev. Doddie Stone give the three sessions on "New to UU."  All the comments I have heard about them were really positive.  I was told that Brian Morton did a great job on the history of UU and it was suggested that we be sure records of our own (congregational) history are not lost. The Sunday services continue to be marvelous.  Our appreciation of Mother Theodora Guerin was greatly increased by Brother Barry.  To me, to have a local person become a saint should be as awesome to the community as when (this will be dating me) ISU went to the finals in the NCAA basketball championship.  It has brought the community together like nothing else.  Speaking of bringing us together, Rev. Stone's sermon on This Is a Hate Free Zone was certainly as "community-building" as we can get.  Thank you for an innovative presentation and additional thanks to the folks (Will, Pam, Gabriel and Saagarika) who participated in the dramatic presentation. ....and didn't you just love Hema and Kevin Coleman's revelation of their journey?  We are enriched by their presence and very thankful to them (including Saagarika) for being part of our religious community. A heartfelt thanks to Kate Prouty for her presentation.  I know there wasn't a Mom in the congregation who didn't identify with nearly all your examples.  Those of us who have moved past those days remember them fondly and with joy but we must also be ready to be the village it takes to raise children in any land at any time.  Thank you again, Kate, for sharing with us and letting us get to know you better.  We're glad you’re with us and know that we are there for you. With such a rich month behind us it seems difficult to imagine that the next one will be on par, but I bet it will!  Be sure to join us. In Faith, Sylvia ⃟⃟⃟⃟⃟⃟ SOCIAL ACTION Cathy McGuire receives NAACP Leadership Award The NAACP of the Greater Terre Haute Area has announced that Cathy McGuire is the recipient of the 2006 NAACP Community Leadership Award.  Cathy was recognized for her leadership and activism in the anti war movement. Congratulations Cathy! Guest at Your Table On November 19, 2006, the Sunday before Thanksgiving, our congregation along with hundreds of UU communities nationwide will begin our annual Guest at Your Table celebration.  Through this special tradition, UU’s of all ages celebrate the worth and dignity of all people and put these values into action.  Guest at Your Table has been an important part of UUSC, and of UU culture, since 1975.  Each year, involvement has grown, strengthening UU’s connections to our shared principles and helping to challenge injustice throughout the world.  We will have the colorful Guest at Your table boxes available in November.  Be sure and take one home for your family’s table and discuss together what it means to welcome a guest at your table. Elisabeth Friedman RATIONALIST FREE THINKERS NOVEMBER SUNDAY MORNING TOPICS Sunday, November 5 –  How We Believe, Chapter 2 & 4 Sunday, November 12 -  How We Believe, Chapter 5 Sunday, November 19 -  How We Believe, Chapter 6 & 10 Sunday, November 26 -  How We Believe, Chapter 7 Please continue to pass on your suggestions for future discussions to Ed Warner for inclusion in future plans. Thank you. ◊◊◊◊◊◊ NOVEMBER  BIRTHDAYS!! November  2 -   David Campbell               November 23 – Marshall Alexander November  6 -   Sherilyn Herring              November 25 – John Laska                                                                                                   November 13 -  Sylvia Oster                    November 29 – Drew Dicenso                                       November 14 -  Sara laughlin                   November 30 – Kelly Dicenso                                                           November 19 -  James Con Harrold                                                                                   Age is not measured by years. Nature does not equally distribute energy. Some people are born old and tired while others are going strong at seventy.                                                                                                                                                                                               Dorothy Thompson ◊◊◊◊◊ INTERFAITH SERVICE:  Tuesday, November 21 will be our annual shared celebration of Thanksgiving.  This is the fourth year we have gathered with members of St. Mark UUC, Central Christian, and the United Hebrew Congregation in a common service of gratitude.  Each year the service is held in a different location.  (We were the first year.)  This year the service will be held at Central Christian Church, 4950 E. Wabash .  It will begin at 7:00 and you are invited to bring donations for local food pantries en lieu of an offering.  Please contact Rev. Doddie Stone for additional information (242-9541). ⃟⃟⃟⃟⃟⃟ THIRD ANNUAL HOLIDAY DECORATIONS TRADE:  Beginning the Sunday after Thanksgiving (November 26) and continuing until till December 17, we will have a table for sharing of holiday decorations that you would like to send to a new home.  Items of interest are free to the first takers.  This is your opportunity to shed unhappy memories and replace them with joyful anticipation of a new season.  Please contact Doddie Stone for additional information Coffee News The holiday season is around the corner.  Your friendly neighborhood coffee czar/czarina have lots of organic fairly trade products for your Thanksgiving and December holiday festivities.  Remember, fairly traded products make you feel good for buying it, and help make people’s lives better around the world.  Fairly traded coffees, teas and cocoas also make wonderful gifts and stocking stuffers for family and friends!  If you would like to give Equal Exchange products as gifts, please consider pre-ordering with us to ensure that we will have what you need in stock.  Also, let us know it is a gift (and how many gifts it is), and we will include Equal Exchange brochures and Newsletters with your purchase to give with the gift, to let the recipient know what a special gift they’ve received, and perhaps to introduce them to the idea of fairly traded products for the first time!  (Please pre-order by the end of November to guarantee arrival in time for the holidays.) ⃟⃟⃟⃟⃟⃟⃟ RE News By the time of publication of this newsletter, our RE program will have been in effect for a full month, and things are going well!  All of the teams have now had a chance to teach at least one session, and we’ve had a Music Sunday.  One set of Family newsletters and Teacher letters to the students have gone out (with another soon to follow).  If you have children in RE but have not received these letters, then they have not yet been registered in the program.  These letters and newsletters contain useful information for both the students and parents, such as various objects to bring to classes, to dress warm if the lesson is planned for outdoors, and lots of useful information for the parents about the lessons.  Please register your children to take advantage of this service!  (If your child[ren] is registered, but you have not received any mailings yet, please see Robyn Morton to verify that we have your correct contact information.) ⃟⃟⃟⃟⃟⃟⃟ Hospitality – A big thank you to our volunteers in October! Our Hospitality Volunteers for November 11-5:    Soup & Salad Sunday (everybody helps!) 11-12:  Paul Burkett 11-19:  (no volunteers) 11-26:  (no volunteers) Please sign up to volunteer for hospitality.  You will receive an email/snail-mail reminder and a set of instructions if you sign up!
COMMUNITY EVENTS Thursday, November 2 - 7:00 p.m. -  Gathering of Healers - Qigong and Chinese Medicine  by Kevin Chen ***Please note that this program will NOT be at the UU Church as it usually is.   Roy Geib has invited this speaker for the Complementary Medicine Program that he and Margaret Moga are teaching. Roy has invited GOH to come listen to this speaker. Karen Cunningham will let you know where. Friday & Saturday November 3 and 4 – 8:00 p.m. – Frankenstein – Presented by the Rose Hulman Drama Club the play stays true to Mary Shellet’s novel and is enjoyable for mature audiences. Tickets are $8.00 for adults and $6.00 for non RHIT students. RHIT students admitted free. Saturday, November 4 – 7:30 p.m. - Symphony Concert – A Taste of Vienna will be presented by the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra.  Experience the music of Vienna – the world’s music capital for Beethoven, Schumann and Brahms.  Guest artist Susie Park was a smashing success with THSO in 2004 and returns by popular demand to play her favorite concerto. Tickets at Hulman Center Ticket Office in advance by www.ticketmaster.com or at the door. Tuesday, Nov. 7 - The Indiana State University Jazz Ensemble will perform at 7:30 p.m. in Tilson Auditorium. The group is under the direction of David Nearpass. Admission is free and open to the public. For more information, contact the music department concert hotline at (812) 237-2773 or visit its website at http://www.indstate.edu/music. November 10, 11, 12 and 17. 18 and 19 – The Curious Savage presented by Terre Haute Community Theater. On Fridays and Saturdays curtain time is at 8:00 p.m.  The Sunday matinee is at 2:30 p.m. Admission is $10.00 for adults and $5.00 for a child or student. The deadline for the December newsletter will be Tuesday. November 21.  Please have anything you wish to have included in the office by that date. FROM:_____________________________________________________________________ First Unitarian Universalist Congregation Located at: 1875 S. Fruitridge Avenue Mailing Address:  P.O. Box 3070 Terre Haute, IN 47803-3070      TO: