The UNIverse Weekly June 21-27, 2019

June 21-27, 2019

The Theme for June is Identity

Batman and Superman

The Order of Service for Sunday, June 23, 2019

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IN THIS ISSUE

UP FRONT

Sunday, June 23, Batman and Superman, John Maynard and David Morgen

and

Sunday, June 30, Identity, Bob Thacker and Glenn Koller

On the surface, most people probably see us as two late-middle age white men. But when you dig down, there may be more to us than you would think. Join us for a service about ancestry, background, and how people aren’t always who they seem.

OUR NWUUC FAMILY

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, 470-209-9864
Lil Woolf, 404-276-6189

(770) 955-1408 Office Hours M-F 9 am to 5 pm office@nwuuc.org

OF INTEREST

Transformation Study Group
Beyond Coffee Meeting

Sunday, June 23, 11:30 am, NWUUC Chapel

All are welcome – bring your kids! We will be taking a deeper dive into the concepts in one of the sermons from this month. Our goal is to have intimate, sharing conversation in a group and walk away with an action plan for our own personal transformation as well as actionable ideas for the congregation.

CUUPS CELEBRATES MIDSUMMER

Sunday, June 23, 11:30 am

The Hawk’s Hoop chapter of the Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans at Northwest will hold the Litha Ritual to recognize the Summer Solstice. All are invited to join us at Stan’s Circle in the woods behind the church as we revel in the glory of the earth passing through the high sun period in the Northern Hemisphere.

Dining For Women
Sunday, June 23, 5-7 pm

Judi Kanne will be hosting our next potluck Dining for Women.
Address: 1679 Manhasset Drive, Dunwoody GA 30338
Phone: (770) 393-9696
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Project Title: Health and Leadership Training: Empowering Youth Through Education

Location: Kenya, Africa
Grantee Website: www.kakenyasdream.org
Areas of Impact: Education, Health, Leadership, Safety and Security

Mission of Kakenya’s Dream
Kakenya’s Dream leverages education to empower girls and transform rural communities. It believes every girl, no matter where she is born, deserves a chance to dream,  learn, and achieve her full potential.

**Local recipes can be found here: https://diningforwomen.org/?unonce=d8fbbdd595&uformid=5079&s=uwpsfsearchtrg&cmf[0][metakey]=country&cmf[0][compare]=1&cmf[0][value]=+Kenya&skeyword=

If these recipes don’t work for you, please bring any

dish you think we will enjoy!

Bonus June Documentary Night

All The Rage

Friday, June 28th, 7 pm, NWUUC Sanctuary

In June and July, we will be hosting bonus documentary nights the fourth Friday. On the 28th, we will be watching All The Rage. The film explores the work of physician Dr. John Sarno and his radical methods for treating back pain, examining the connection between emotions and health. After the film we will break out into small discussion groups. We will do multiple rounds of small group discussion, then close out the night with a whole group discussion.

This event is open to all who are open to all. The one thing we ask is that people allow others to get their full thought out and that any disagreement is voiced in a civil way.

At the end we will decide together the topic for the next month’s film. Thank you and hope to see you there!

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Garden Assistant Needed

Assistant needed for 2 weeks to water porch flower containers and fill 2 bird baths twice a week…. sometime in July. At this point, the date depends on Anne Bennett’s first grandchild’s arrival. Your help would be greatly appreciated!

LOOKING FOR NWUUC FALL AUCTION
COMMITTEE VOLUNTEERS

A committee is being formed to start planning for this year’s event and a date for the first committee meeting will be announced very soon. If you want to participate in this exciting fundraising event, please contact either Beryl Grall-Petty grallberyl@gmail.com, (404-376-8494) or John Montgomery jtmonty20@gmail.com, (530-356-0726). No experience, and all levels of experience are welcome. We’d love to hear from you.

The date of September 14 has been confirmed for the NWUUC Fall Auction.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

RE Schedule

(SUMMER SCHEDULE)

Nursery – 9:45am-11:30am

Activity Time – 10:15am-11:30am

RE Classes and 2nd Hour Activity Time resume in August.

COMMUNITY/UU

Summer Activities at the Mountain

Can’t wait till fall to get up to that invigorating mountain air? Check out the many activities this summer at The Mountain – starting with summer camps, an intergenerational Camp, a Climate Justice Conference, etc. Check the calendar on www. themountainrlc.org for more information on any of these programs or
call 828-526-5838.

Embrace Refugee Birth Support:

New Cookbook available!

I have been volunteering with Embrace, a program of Friends of Refugees, In Clarkston. We support pregnant refugees from Myanmar, Syria, Afghanistan, and Congo by teaching an eight-week Healthy Moms class series and supporting moms during prenatal care, labor, and postpartum. Embrace has a new cookbook based on recipes and stories from refugee women in our program. All proceeds from the book sales will directly support the Embrace program. The cost of the cookbook is $15. If you are interested, just let me know and I will bring cookbooks to church next Sunday. Cookbooks can be purchased in the Bellwether Bookstore also. Thanks for helping our local Atlanta metro area refugee community!

Rebecca Cabral

770-366-3883

cabralrj@bellsouth.net

One Green Thing returns!

How our emotions can help us beat the Climate Crisis.

Earth Ministry once more brings One Green Thing, a column Sharon Cameron wrote for several years and now has agreed to update with ideas on ways for all of us to be better stewards of our planet.

OGT has always been about bringing some positive or empowering news on the Climate Challenge. We’ve had inventions like the long time favorite, www.SolarRoadways.com, positive advances in solar, wind, progress from cities and even understanding our emotions. We also want anyone in the congregation to contribute if you find a positive source or new effort that can or is working, please send it to Sharon at smcameron27@gmail.com.

The Problem with ignoring people’s emotions about Climate Change. https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/2019/04/scientists-dont-ignore-peoples-emotions/
And a fascinating podcast on our emotions and climate change in discussion with Daniel Goleman, George Lakoff and Joshua Freedman, https://climateone.org/audio/ecological-intelligence Dated 2014, it’s more important now. (In it, George Lakoff even brings up that we should use sexy talk about the issue. Now Slutty Vegan is on the front page of Sunday’s 5/26/2019 AJC showing long lines of laughing people paying $15 to $19 apiece for burger and fries carry out in 90 some degree heat for the Vegan Impossible Burger!) Marketing works!

THIS WEEK

Sunday, June 23

10:00am Worship

11:30am Litha Ritual

11:30am Beyond Coffee

11:30am Senior Network

NORTHWEST LEADERSHIP

Board of Trustees 2018-2019
President                     Hannah Cowart
President Elect    David Stewart
Finance Trustee          Michael Dierickx
Secretary Letitia Sweitzer
Imm. Past President    Dave Zenner
Trustee at Large    Katy Lockhart
Trustee at Large    Pam Freeman
Trustee at Large    Open

Ministries Team Leaders
Community                 Kristan Wagner
Community                 Randy Raymond
Earth                           Linda Couch
Earth                           Tom Couch
Learning                      Marilyn Matlock
Learning                      Greg Pattison
Gardens & Spaces    John Hagler
Gardens & Spaces    Beryl Grall-Petty
Communications         Sandy Davis
Communications         Joe Keller
Social Justice             Jill Benton
Stewardship    Catalina Akins-Moore
Worship                       Open