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UNIverse Weekly
October 19-25, 2018
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Parenting on the Sidelines
The Order of Service for Sunday, October 21 at NWUUC
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Leveraging Privilege
The Order of Service for Sunday, October 21 at The Mountain
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Sunday, October 21, Leveraging Privilege (@ The Mountain)
Rev. Jonathan Rogers
A counselor at The Mountain last year gave me this definition for privilege: a privileged identity is one you don’t have to think about. Each of us has identities both of marginalization and of privilege. How can we use the ways in which we have privilege to make our world better for everyone?
Sunday, October 21, Parenting on the Sidelines (@ NWUUC)
Michelle Bishop
We start out as parents being our child’s entire world and then spend the rest of the time we are in their lives being pushed farther and farther out onto the sidelines. And this is the way it should be. Of course, that doesn’t make it easy or fun. Luckily there are ways to do this that preserve sanity as well as honoring our children’s worth and dignity.
Michelle Bishop is a Credentialed Religious Educator and former President of the Southeast chapter of the Liberal Religious Educators Association. As a leader within our faith movement, she brings her experience as both a religious educator and parent of two teenage children who continue to passionately identify as Unitarian Universalists. She is passionate about how our congregations can be radically inclusive, multigenerational, and spiritually alive.
Sunday, October 28, BCT
Guest Speaker, Eddy Carroll, UUA Transitions Department
Beyond Categorical Thinking (BCT) is a program designed to promote inclusive thinking and prevent unfair discrimination during a congregation’s search for a settled minister. Unitarian Universalism has often been at the forefront of acceptance in ministerial leadership, and this program is a big part of why. Please help us to continue to lead the way by joining us for Saturday’s BCT workshop and the Sunday morning BCT service. (See article in “Of Interest” section below).
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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 Armstrong Davis, Community Minister, 404-275-0236
Maria Drinkard, 678-644-6480
Linton Hopkins, 678-938-8858
Lil Woolf, 404-276-6189
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BEYOND CATEGORICAL THINKING
Please join the Ministerial Search Committee on Saturday, October 27, as we participate in the Beyond Categorical Thinking workshop offered by the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) for congregations involved in the search for a new minister. The Search Committee invites all congregational leaders, members, and friends to participate in this workshop. We will meet in the lobby at 9 am Saturday for coffee and other refreshments, then begin our workshop at 9:30 am in the sanctuary. We will finish by noon.
The Beyond Categorical Thinking program is designed to promote inclusive thinking and help prevent unfair discrimination in the search process for a new minister. This program includes a three-hour BCT workshop Saturday and a Sunday morning service with Eddy Carroll, a facilitator trained by the UUA. In the workshop our members will:
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Consider the hopes, expectations, and concerns they have for a new minister
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Learn more about the ministerial search process, and
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Explore how thinking categorically about people sometimes interferes with choosing the best candidate.
Join us in the Sanctuary Saturday, October 27 at 9 am in the sanctuary to participate in this UUA-sponsored workshop, led by Eddy Carroll and members of our Search Committee. Childcare will be provided.
The selection of a minister is important. The Beyond Categorical Thinking workshop is another opportunity for everyone in our congregation to be a part of that process. This experience will provide guidance for the search committee in its work.
Dining for Women
Sunday, October 28, 5-7 pm
Dining for Women will meet at Judy McKinley’s home. Please e-mail her, if you have not done so yet, if you plan to attend at judylamb218@gmail.com. (She will send you the address at that time.)
Mission of Women for Afghan Women
Women for Afghan Women is dedicated to securing and protecting the rights of disenfranchised Afghan women and girls in Afghanistan and New York, particularly their rights to develop their individual potential, to self-determination, and to be represented in all areas of life: political, social, cultural and economic. WAW advocates for women’s rights and challenges the norms that underpin gender-based violence wherever opportunities arise to influence attitudes and bring about change.
Project Summary
The purpose of the project is to provide critical health access and intensive support to women and girls who are survivors of gender violence in Afghanistan, pregnant, and/or new mothers.
November 3rd – Hungry Ear Coffee House presents
Louis Robinson with his UK Band – Green Ginger, plus a special performance by Singer-Songwriter, Pat Walsh.
Pat Walsh:
Singer-Songwriter, Pat Walsh continues to release luscious, sophisticated, and genuinely affecting melodic pop songs. His latest, a lovely mid-tempo ballad about hope wiping away the darkness in a person’s life, is sung sweetly and built around ingenious chord changes.
Louis Robinson and Green Ginger:
Green Ginger have been together for over 45 years! During the early and mid 1970’s they were a mainstay of Folk Clubs around the London area, although they performed as far away as the Scottish Borders and Holland! Renowned for their original songs, amusing patter and unique arrangements of others material, Green Ginger always seem to have a ‘magical’ contact with their audiences.
In the Spirit
November 6, 7:30 pm, Sanctuary
 Are you ready for quiet, contemplative services again?
Join members Traci Montgomery and Lil Woolf as we share music, readings, candles and silent meditation once again this fall. We plan to meet in the sanctuary each first Tuesday of the month at 7:30pm. Please join us.
REQUESTING A NAMETAG FOR THE
NAMETAG STAND
If you would like to replace your yellow newcomer nametag, follow these steps.
~ Take a Newcomer Packet with an attached yellow Newcomer Info form and return the completed form at the Greeter Table. You will start receiving Northwest’s weekly email publications.
~ Wait until you have attended several Sunday services before requesting a laminated nametag. Also attending Northwest 101 Orientation class on November 10, Second Hour and other events will help you become more familiar with our congregation.
~ Then fill out a pink Nametag Request form at the Greeter Table.
~ The Nametag Team will laminate the requested nametags after several requests have been submitted. They will notify you when your tag has been hung alphabetically by last name on the Nametag Stand near the front door. Wearing nametags helps us know one another – whether they are yellow newcomer tags or laminated ones.
Launchpad Update
Hi everyone,
A big thank-you to folks who have been in direct contact with our Launchpad partners so far; that is the best way to get to know our new processes and partners. As of this week, you can connect with our Launchpad partners not only by email (office@nwuuc.org) but also on the phone! 770-955-1408 will continue to be our number, and during regular business hours it will ring at the office in Oak Ridge. Non-business hours it will go to voicemail for an account that the Oak Ridge office will be closely monitoring. This change will increase the time when our phones are answered during the week, and will save NWUUC $450/month that we had been paying for landline service. I am very impressed with how well Launchpad is handling the many projects that I am working on with them, and I hope your experiences are positive as well. Most often, the person receiving your email or phone call will be Jeannie Cuevas, the Office Administrator in our new arrangement who works out of the Oak Ridge UU office in Oak Ridge, TN. Jeannie is great! Sometimes you will hear back from Fred Holland, Director of Operations for Launchpad, who also works out of the Oak Ridge office. For publications (nwuupublications@gmail.com) questions and collaboration, you will be dealing with Debby Crider. You can find more about the Launchpad mission on their homepage, and their “Mission Control” work (that is what they are doing for us) on its own section of the webpage. You can also meet these folks on a live video conference that will be coming up in the next two weeks, see Fred’s separate update for that information. -Rev. Jonathan
Hi folks!
I’m Fred Holland, Director of Operations for ORUUC in Oak Ridge Tennessee and a Launchpad partner. This is a quick follow-up to Jonathan’s article above to invite you to a “Meet the Launchpad Team” Zoom meeting next Wednesday afternoon (Oct. 24) at 3:00 pm. If you join by computer, you’ll actually be able to see our team and we’ll be able to see you, but joining by phone will also work fine. We look forward to meeting you on the call if your schedule permits, but we’ll also be hosting a second Zoom meeting in the following week so you’ll have another chance. The information on how to participate in the meeting appears below.
Topic: Meet the Launchpad Team
Time: Oct 24, 2018 3:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/560040088
Or iPhone one-tap :
US: +16468769923,,560040088# or +16699006833,,560040088#
Or Telephone:
Dial (for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location):
US: +1 646 876 9923 or +1 669 900 6833
Meeting ID: 560 040 088
International numbers available: https://zoom.us/u/aeCZ6Z3xkv
RE This Week
Photo courtesy of Nancy Johnson
RE Hours – Nursery and childcare provided through 11:30 am (no second hour this week).
RE Events
Mark Your Calendars
RE HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL: SUNDAY OCTOBER 28TH
Begins after the children leave the service through 11:30 am. Activity time follows through 2nd hour.
The Younger Youth and Older Youth Groups are hosting a Halloween Festival and invite all to participate by wearing costumes (non-scary ones, please).
There will be a costume parade, crafts, games and activities. Come join in the fun.
YOUTH JOIN IN THE WORSHIP SERVICE EACH 1ST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH
Next Service: November 4th
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
Holiday Bazaar
Time to start planning our annual Holiday Bazaar, to be held in early December.
Do you want to be part of making it happen? Northwest needs you (I need you!)
Contact Helene Johnson at 404-771-9832, or helenejohnson299@gmail.com. Also let me know if you would like to have a “booth” in the Bazaar.
SOUNDBOARD TRAINEES/OPERATORS SOUGHT
Expand your horizons. Learn a new skill. You can become proficient and confident at operating our sound system. Our pool of soundboard operators has shrunk, and we need more operators in the pool. Time commitment is one Sunday per month, and there is plenty of flexibility in swapping to accommodate unexpected events. No prior experience required. Training is supplied at no cost to you. (Sorry, no mileage or food reimbursement). We have checklists for startup and shutdown of the system. You can learn and explore to whatever depth you wish. Contact any of our sound board operators for a no-obligation trial run or contact Larry Wallis at 770.394.5764 or larrywallis@hotmail.com.
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A Message From Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray
UUA President
Dear Ones,
It is with such a heavy heart that I share with you a terrible incident that happened at the UUA this weekend, when both the UUA Board of Trustees and the General Assembly Youth staff were in town. On Friday, the UUA received an anonymous, hateful letter addressed to one of our GA Youth staff volunteers, a youth of color, who is also the child of the UUA Board’s Secretary, Christina Rivera. The letter was an expletive laden note insulting and attacking Christina and her child. This is completely unacceptable in our faith community.
This letter was meant to hurt and intimidate our leaders of color. We cannot as Unitarian Universalists argue about whether racism or a culture of white supremacy exists in our faith. It does, and it is actively harming people of color. It is especially heartbreaking that this was directed at a youth of color, because our young people must be able to be safe in our faith. And yet, this vile letter was but the latest example of egregious harm directed at leaders of color. We must make this violence stop.
We are moving incredible change in our faith – to live more fully into our deepest held values and theology as Unitarian Universalists. We are committed to making this a radically inclusive faith that welcomes every person in love and wholeness. We are building a liberating community that centers, values and believes people who have been harmed by systemic racism and oppression and that nurtures a redemptive love in those (myself included) whose hearts and perceptions are distorted by the culture of whiteness and white supremacy. Read More
UUCA Coffeehouse
Modern Folk Duo
Friction Farm
Saturday, October 27
in the UUCA Sanctuary
 Modern-folk duo Friction Farm is a husband and wife team of traveling troubadours. Aidan Quinn and Christine Stay combine storytelling, social commentary and humor to create songs of everyday life, local heroes, and quirky observations. From ballads to anthems each song is filled with harmony and hope.
Friction Farm’s lyrically rich, harmony-driven songs have earned them spots as Kerrville New Folk Finalists and Falcon Ridge Emerging Artists. They are winners of the South Florida Folk Festival songwriter competition and have performed as official showcase artists at the Southeast, Southwest, and Northeast Regional Folk Alliance Conferences.
Performing internationally and throughout the US, Friction Farm feels at home on the road and on stage. Audiences lean into their stories, laugh at their humor, are inspired to do a little good in the world, and sing along once in a while. Hear the harmony and hope of their sound at www.frictionfarm.com
Music 7-9 pm with an Open Mic in the middle. Sign up for Open Mic when the doors open at 6:30. Admission donation $10, but no one will be turned away. Location: 1190 West Druid Hills Drive, Suite 150, Atlanta, GA 30329.
A Coffeehouse Production of the UUCA
Performing Arts Coordinating Team
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Friday, October 19-Sunday 21, NWUUC Retreat at the Mountain
Sunday, October 21, 10 am-11 am Leveraging Privilege, Rev. Jonathan Rogers, The Mountain
Sunday, October 21, 10 am-11 am Parenting on the Sidelines, Michelle Bishop, Sanctuary
Wednesday, October 24, 7:30-9:30 pm, Choir Rehearsal, Sanctuary
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