We hope you’ll join us in these newly-listed activities and check previous This Week, This Month announcements for other upcoming events. Some are educational, some are purely social and some are both. Inter-generational activities include children of all ages, while other activities are for adults only. Check the details to see if childcare is provided.

• Sunday, October 5, 2008 – noon — Worship Associate Training in the Sanctuary.
• Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008 – during the service — SEM food ingathering. See our Social Justice page under Congregational Life for details.
• Sunday, October 12, 2008 – immediately following the service — Semi-annual Meeting. The semi-annual meeting will be held in the sanctuary immediately following the service on Sunday, October 12. The agenda will include:
  1. Approval of the annual meeting minutes.
  2. Final financial report for the 2007-2008 church year.
  3. Election of new Nominating Committee.

  Please plan to attend. Childcare will be available.

• Sunday, October 12, 2008 – All Church Italian Potluck Dinner. Please bring an Italian dish to pass that serves 6-8.
  • Why: The Mirth and Merriment Ministry is kicking off the first of their “Juust for Fuun” Events!
  • What time: Set-up 4:00 pm. Dinner begins 5:00 pm. Event ends 7pm.
  • Where: Clara Barton Lounge

  Contact Marie Sidoti for more information.

• Sunday, October 19 OR November 2, 2008 (choose one) – 11:45 a.m. — RUUU? All are welcome! Introduction to Unitarian Universalism session right after Sunday service. Childcare is available. See our Membership page for more information about our membership activities. To register, please contact the Rev. Sally Hamlin.

Other announcements:

Statements for those who contributed to the Mini-Capital Campaign are available outside the Sanctuary door. Thanks to all for your continuing stewardship of our church.

“A Time To Embrace: Same Gender Relationships In Religion, Law and Politics” lecture series. This is the book by William Stacy Johnson, Associate Professor of Systematic Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary. See the bulletin board for schedule.

We hope you’ll join us in these newly-listed activities. Some are educational, some are purely social and some are both. Inter-generational activities include children of all ages, while other activities are for adults only. Check the details to see if childcare is provided.

• Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008 — Mirth & Merriment Activity Survey in today’s Order of Service. At various gatherings during our interim ministry year, many expressed a desire for more church events devoted solely to having fun together. Look for the survey in today’s Order of Service!
• Oct. to Dec. 2008 — Weekday parking will be limited due to scaffolding that will be in use while our gutters are repaired. If you plan to come to the church during business hours, please use alternative parking. Projected completion is the first week of December.
• Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008 — Association Sunday will be the focus of our service today. See our sermon and the UUA Association Sunday webpage for details.
• Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008 — The Semi-Annual Meeting will be held in the sanctuary immediately following the service.
• Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008 — All-Church Italian Potluck Dinner. Set-up 4:00 pm. Gathering 4:30 pm. Dinner begins 5:00 pm. Event ends 7pm. Please bring an Italian dish that serves 6-8. Contact Marie Sidoti.
• Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008 — Fall Clean-up . Join us as we spruce up our church building for Fall. Contact Alain Perregaux for more details.
• Friday & Saturday, Oct. 24 – 25, 2008 — Ministerial workshop. The Rev. Tom Chulak, a SLD executive, will lead a workshop on building a vision of shared ministry, planning the future and nurturing the spirit. All congregants are welcome Friday night. The Saturday workshop is for trustees, staff and congregational leaders.
• Sundays, Nov. 2 & 9 — Spare Change collection. Can you spare some spare change? If so, we’ll be collecting your spare change on these two Sundays. Last year the congregation generously gave more than $600, and we hope to top that this year. Every nickel counts! Thanks for your contributions.
• Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008 — the Rev. Mark Morrison-Reed returns to our pulpit to preach on Universalism. After the service, he will sign copies and reading excerpts from his new book, In Between: Memoir of an Integration Baby. In the book, he wrestles with racism, the death of Martin Luther King, black radicalism and his experience in an interracial family. The book is to be released in mid-October by Skinner House and will be available for purchase at 1st Universalist today.
• January 2009 — Meditation Manuals and book orders. The Library Committee will send in a book order to the UUA Bookstore, which will include the newest Meditation Manuals. If there are Beacon Press, Skinner House or other books you’d like us to order from the UUA Bookstore, please let Keith Stott and Phil Ebersole know. UUA Bookstore, Beacon Press and Skinner House catalogs are available in the Clara Barton Library, which is open each Sunday during coffee hour.

Some of our ministries would like your involvement too …

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION (RE): School-age children are welcome to join our RE classes, which are held upstairs following the Message for All Ages. Nursery care is provided throughout the service.