UU Fellowship of Southern Maryland Newsletter
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Charitable Giving
The Fellowship donates cash contributions collected during the Sunday offerings to charity, with a different focus each month. We also often have special collections of gifts and food. If you have a suggestion for a charity, please contact the Social Justice Liaison.
St. Mary\'s River Watershed Association
1 May 2012 - 31 May 2012
St. Mary\'s River Watershed Association seeks to protect, improve, and promote the well-being of the St. Mary\'s River watershed through the collaborative efforts of economic, agricultural, environmental, social, cultural, and political stakeholders in the community. The St. Mary\'s River lies entirely within Maryland. Its watershed is impacted by growth and development in Lexington Park and surrounding communities.
COMMUNICATIONS
Website Tutoring Sessions available
Monday, 29 November 2010 (All day) - Wednesday, 6 June 2012 (All day)
Do you want to share your information with the Fellowship? Would you like to put articles and events in the newsletter and online? Ever wanted to upload pictures to put in our online Memory Book?
If you would like some help in learning to use the website, please contact Janeen to set up a time and place.
UUFSM Newsletter May 2012
Tuesday, 1 May 2012 (All day) - Thursday, 31 May 2012 (All day)
Please click on the attached file for this month's news.
Deadline for Jun 2012 Newsletter
Wednesday, 30 May 2012 - 10:00pm
Please have all information for the June Newsletter (worship service descriptions, schedules, meetings, RE Class descriptions, committee updates, board highlights, events) uploaded to the website or sent to bulletin [at] uufsm [dot] org by 10 p.m.
SUNDAY MORNINGS
Wheel of the Year Festivals
Tuesday, 7 June 2011 (All day) - Sunday, 24 June 2012 (All day)
Starting in July 2011, New Moon Rising, our nature-focused chalice circle, will be coordinating eight “Wheel of the Year” Sunday services. These intergenerational festivals occur every six weeks. They celebrate nature and the changing of the seasons. If you'd like to be a part of creating these services or have an idea, please contact Corinne.
Download the flyer and share it with your friends or post it on a community billboard!
| Sundays | Theme | Season |  |
| 31 July 2011 | First Harvest |
Mid Summer | |
| 18 Sep 2011 | Water Ceremony | Autumnal Equinox | |
| 30 Oct 2011 | Honoring the Dead | Mid Autumn | |
| 18 Dec 2011 | Darkness and Light | Winter Solstice | |
| 29 Jan 2012 | Hearth and Home | Mid Winter | |
| 18 Mar 2012 | Earth Awakens | Vernal Equinox | |
| 29 Apr 2012 | Life Springs Forth | Mid Spring | |
| 17 Jun 2012 | Flower Communion | Summer Solstice |
Summer Worship - What Moves Us: Unitarian Universalist Theology
Saturday, 24 March 2012 (All day) - Saturday, 23 June 2012 (All day)
This summer our discussion services will be drawn from the Tapestry of Faith Program for adults entitled ”What Moves Us: Unitarian Universalist Theology”. Judy O. is coordinating the program. We expect this program to be appropriate for high school and middle school youth. However, the younger children will be attending RE and participating in the “Heroes” program.
These “What Moves Us” sessions provide a framework for deep and longtime Unitarian Universalists to engage in theological reflection, not as an intellectual exercise, but as a process of meaning-making that equips one for living in the world as a Unitarian Universalist person of faith, this program explores the life experiences of both historic and contemporary Unitarian Universalist theologians, highlighting that which caused in them a change of heart, a new direction, new hope, and a deeper understanding of their own liberal faith. These workshops offer participants a chance to engage with and bring their personal experiences to bear on the very questions explored by each theologian in turn. The program offers a pathway for developing not only one’s own personal theology but also one’s deep understanding of the threads of our Unitarian, Universalist, and Unitarian Universalist theological heritage.
The theologians covered and the focus topics are listed below:
Hosea Ballou — Happiness
William Ellery Channing — Emotional Struggle
Margaret Fuller — The Human Heart
George de Benneville — Universal Love
Charles Chauncy — Spiritual Renewal
Sophia Lyon Fahs — Religious Naturalism
James Luther Adams — Deeds, Not Creeds
Forrest Church — Awe and Humility
William F. Schulz — Inviting the Spirit
Thandeka — Love Beyond Belief
See the UUFSM Worship schedule on the website for topic summaries and assigned dates. To dive into the materials, go immediately to the UUA website
UUFSM Is Moving!
Sunday, 15 April 2012 (All day) - Sunday, 29 July 2012 (All day)
On Sunday, July 1, 2012, UUFSM will begin meeting at the Hollywood Recreation Center, 24400 Mervell Dean Road in Hollywood, MD 20636. Moving day is Sunday, June 24. Come join us!
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We'll have a bigger meeting room and larger classrooms (with windows) for Sunday School. There's a playground and fields in the back. There are 20 parking spaces in front of the building, and more parking to the side.
Directions from the South or the Solomons Bridge
- Drive North on Route 235
- Go past Wildewood Shopping Center and St John's School on your left.
- Turn right onto Beck Road and drive 0.2 miles.
- Turn left onto Mervell Dean Road for about 100 feet.
- The Rec Center is on the right.
Directions from the North (Charles County, DC, the Benedict Bridge)
- Drive south on Rte 235
- Go 0.2 miles past the Hollywood traffic light at the intersection of Rte 235 and Rte 245.
- Turn left onto Mervell Dean Road. (You'll need to cross the north-bound lane of traffic on 235.)
- Go 0.6 miles on Mervell Dean Road.
- The Rec Center is on the left.
From Leonardtown
- If you take Rte 4 to get to Rte 235, follow directions from the South
- If you take Rte 245 to get to Rte 235, follow directions from the North
Moving Day
Sunday, 24 June 2012 - 12:00pm - 2:00pm
We'll be packing up and moving to our new space in Hollywood after the Sunday service on June 24. If you can help load, transport, or unpack, please plan on staying a little longer on that day. Got a box we can use? Please bring it!
Things to take:
- two cabinets
- piano
- sign
- poles
- carpet squares
- hymnals
- coffee urns and snack supplies
- RE boxes
- decorative cloths and chalice table supplies
UU MATTERS
Board Highlights - April 2012
Friday, 27 April 2012 (All day) - Sunday, 27 May 2012 (All day)
We offer a warm welcome to our newest members: Leslie and Theresia.
The board reviewed the pledges to-date for next year and the desired budget. May Town Hall will address the budget, review of financial status, use of the savings for asset acquisition, and the costs of moving to a new location. It is coincident with a Mexican theme potluck.
The board accepted the contract/lease for the Hollywood Recreational Center starting in July for one year. It will be finalized with St Mary’s County Parks and Recs. Note: Our mailing address will remain with the Leonardtown Post Office.
The nominating committee report was given. Debs, Joyce, and Janeen will continue on the board. James has agreed to be nominated for a second term as an at-large member. Frank R has agreed to run for secretary and Carl L as member-at-large. The remaining at-large seat can be filled by a nomination from the floor during the annual meeting or remain vacant. Jackie will continue serving her two-year term on the nominating committee, and two slots need to be filled.
May 27th is an open Sunday and has been proposed as a “singing Sunday.”
Jackie delivered over 175 lbs of food from UUCC and UUFSM donations to Leonard Realty, one of seven designated food bank drop-off locations in Calvert, Charles and St. Mary\'s county. Wow!
The group Southern Maryland Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) had its first meeting on March 16, with five in attendance. This group is being organized by several friends/members of UUFSM and UUFSM continues to provide support. Everyone is invited to come! See the website for details.
River cleanup at Myrtle Point Park had two UUFSM participants.
The next board meeting is May 10th at Janeen\'s at 7:30 PM.
UUFSM 2012 Annual Meeting
Sunday, 3 June 2012 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm
UUFSM Annual Business Meeting. All members and friends are encouraged to attend.
Agenda:
- Minutes approval from last year's meeting
- Budget for 2011-2012
- Nominating Committee Election (2 members)
- Board Election (Secretary, three members-at-large)
Copies of the annual report will be available at the meeting. For those unable to participate, copies will be available for email or snail mail after the meeting.
UUA General Assembly
Wednesday, 20 June 2012 - 1:30pm - Sunday, 24 June 2012 - 8:30pm
General Assembly (GA) 2012 will be a gathering with multiple ways of engaging in justice work for people of all ages. Joining with the people of Arizona, we will worship, witness, learn and work together. We will leave General Assembly grounded in our faith, energized for justice and with resources to bring this work home to our congregations.
UUFSM is entitled to two delegates to the assembly. Off-site delegate participation provides an alternative way for congregations to participate in the business of the Association when their delegates cannot physically attend General Assembly (GA).
Off-site delegates can:
• Watch live streaming video of all Plenary Sessions online.
• Vote online and speak during debate in General Assembly business sessions from home, office, or congregation, or as part of a congregational cluster.
• Listen to discussion and vote during business mini-assemblies.
If you are interested in representing UUFSM either in person or off-site, please contact any member of the board. Registration and credentialing is required. Registration fees would be covered by UUFSM. Unfortunately, travel expenses would not. For further information about the assembly, topics to be addressed, workshops, social witness information, etc., see the UUA website http://uua.org/ga/registration/index.shtml.
FELLOWSHIP BUILDERS
Salad Potluck: June 2012
Sunday, 3 June 2012 - 11:30am - 12:00pm
Please bring food to share for our monthly potluck! As the seasons move to summer, our food theme this month is Salads (green, potato, crab, pasta, etc.). As always, food of any kind is also welcome.
To reduce our use of plastics and our impact on the environment, please consider bringing your own cups, silverware, and dishes, rinsing them off after you're done eating, and then taking them home.
