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NWUUC’s Labyrinth Walk
The Order of Service for Sunday, December 30
Read here
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Sunday, December 30, 10 am-12 pm Labyrinth Walk, no worship service.
John and Traci Montgomery and Melissa Mulvaney and Joe Keller are hosting the labyrinth walk, which has been generously provided to us again this year by The Cathedral of St. Philip in Atlanta.
Drop in any time between 10am-noon and you will see a labyrinth cover the sanctuary floor. While you are waiting your turn to walk the labyrinth, check out some different stations that we’ll have set up in the building. At one, you can read more about labyrinths and enjoy some inspiring readings. At another, you can drop a stone in the water to remember loved ones or honor a turning point in your life. At a third station, you will find special slips of paper that dissolve in water. Write down something you’d like to let go of, and experience healing as you see the paper dissolve before your eyes. At a fourth station, you can offer a gift to NWUUC to help keep our community vibrant and growing. Hand labyrinths will also be available. Families are invited to walk the Labyrinth together. There will be no RE or nursery care and no coffee hour.
Care Corps members will be available for anyone who would like to talk, process an emotional experience, or just keep silent company together for a time.
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Care Corps
If you are going through difficult times and would like emotional support or are in any situation where support and caring are needed, contact:
Rev. Jonathan Rogers, Minister, 770-955-1408
Rev. Joan A. Davis, Community Minister, 404-275-0236
Maria Drinkard, 678-644-6480
Karen Edmonds, 770-851-1354
Linton Hopkins, 678-938-8858
Valerie Johnson, 404-281-4255
Lil Woolf, 404-276-6189
Care Corps Announcements
A memorial service for Harold Mann will be held Saturday, January 5th, at 2pm in the Northwest sanctuary.
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From the Heart: ARAOMC Conversations
Sunday, January 6, 8:30-9:15 am, Sanctuary
All are invited to a new, pre-service discussion group starting on Jan. 6th called “From the Heart: ARAOMC Conversations.” This will be a chance to discuss issues related to our congregation’s anti-racism, anti-oppression, multiculturalism (ARAOMC) work in a relaxed and casual setting, hosted by the ARAOMC Committee. The first topic will be “Can Unitarian Universalism Change?”, based on a 2010 article by Paul Rason in UU World. We’ll plan to set up shop 8:30-9:15 in the Art Gallery to start, but may adjust in the future based on the needs of the group. Hope to see you there.
Hungry Ear Coffee House
January 5, 7 pm
Hungry Ear Coffeehouse will feature the return of the popular hometown touring trio, Highbeams, and the Hungry Ear debut of touring artists, The Rough and Tumble!
Highbeams are a trio of brothers that play emotive, high energy Folk Rock. Since their first show on New Years Eve 2012, the band has captured audiences all over the Southeast with their warm, personable stage presence and rich three-part harmonies.
On their new album, We Made Ourselves a Home When We Didn’t Know (February 2018), the Americana duo The Rough & Tumble retrace their mileage back to their footsteps and explore the struggle between going home and being home already when there’s no other home and everywhere is home.
January 8, 7:30 pm
 Relax after the holidays and share quiet time with other seekers at our contemplative service on Tuesday, January 8 at 7:30 pm in the sanctuary. Join Traci Montgomery and Lil Woolf for our In the Spirit service as we meditate, light candles, sing and hear thoughtful readings.
Second Friday Documentary Night
As a way of inspiring discussion within our community, Beyond Coffee is starting a monthly Documentary Night! It will be a great opportunity to meet new people and to hear a perspective you may not be otherwise exposed to.
The first documentary screening will be January 11, open to everyone. There will be a sign-up sheet in the lobby throughout December. Please add your name and email if you’re interested in attending and would like to receive updates.
December Share-the-Plate
Community Assistance Center
This month, Northwest is again supporting our long-time partner, the Community Assistance Center (CAC). The CAC is on the forefront of the effort to fight food insecurity and hunger in Northwest’s Sandy Springs / Dunwoody neighborhood. While the CAC provides numerous services to families in need, including emergency rent and utilities assistance, clothing, school supplies, and job placement assistance, one of the primary roles filled by the CAC is alleviating hunger at their food pantry facility in Sandy Springs. There, the CAC provides non-perishable groceries, produce, fresh food and holiday baskets to low-income families. CAC’s pantry is a “client choice market” that allows the families they serve to shop for their own groceries from the items that they have available on the pantry shelves using vouchers. More than 1200 families per month visit the CAC’s food pantry and they provide nearly $1 million in no-cost food to the community annually.
CAC relies upon donations of food, time and money from individuals, groups and local businesses. However, CAC’s member congregations – which number more than two dozen Sandy Springs faith communities, including Northwest – are vital to its ability to serve the community. In recognition of our support of CAC’s good work, we have selected CAC as our December Share-the-Plate recipient. Each Sunday during the month of December, half of all non-designated funds collected during the Sunday offering will go the CAC. Please give as generously as you are able.
RE This Week
Photo courtesy of Nancy Johnson
No RE or Nursery this week
YOUTH JOIN IN THE WORSHIP SERVICE EACH 1ST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH
The younger and older youth are invited to join in the worship service on the 1st Sunday of each month as readers, worship associates, chalice lighters, sound tech help, story tellers, and even musicians. Contact the DRE to join in.
CALL FOR CHALICE LIGHTERS
NWUUC welcomes children’s participation in the Sunday services as chalice lighters. Please sign up your child or youth to be a chalice lighter at least once each semester so NWUUC can honor them. Here is a link to sign up:
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050f4aaeac2f4-nwuuc
Questions? Concerns? Please contact the DRE, Christina Branum-Martin,
re@nwuuc.org 713-492-8374
The church office will be closed December 25, 2018-January 1, 2019
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 WhaleCoast
Alaska 2019
WOW! Four Unitarian Universalist Fellowships in Alaska invite you to our awe-inspiring, 26th annual Alaska tour program.
TOUR #1: National Park Tour, June 8-18, 2019 — $3,258
TOUR #2: All-Alaska Tour, July 5-17, 2019 – $3,887
WHERE: From the coastal waters to the sunny Interior, from wilderness to modern cities. We experience the best of Alaska: Fairbanks, Denali Park, Anchorage, Juneau, Sitka, Seward
SEE: -Wildlife: whales, seals, bears, moose, caribou, & more.
-Glaciers, islands, fjords, and mountain ranges.
-Native American artists and dancers.
-Alaska’s finest museums.
-Spectacular travel by train, plane, and boat.
STAY: Real Alaska! UU homestays, meals, & dinner parties with Alaska UUs who treat you like friends.
Director: Dave Frey, longtime Fairbanks UU More information: www.WhaleCoastAK.org
Email: dfrey@WhaleCoastAK.org
Telephone: 907-322-4966
Save $$$ – $100/person discount for group of 8
Hurry! Each tour sells out when 40 guests register
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Sunday, December 30, 10 am NWUUC Labyrinth Walk
Tuesday, January 1, 5 pm Deadline for UNIverse Weekly and Order of Service
Saturday, January 5, 2 pm Harold Mann memorial service, Sanctuary
Saturday, January 5, 7 pm Hungry Ear Coffee House
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