What’s Up at the Fellowship?

Friday, September 5

All Day       Photo Directory pictures taken at the Fellowship

6:30PM      First Friday Potluck, “Welcome Back from Summer” sponsored by the Membership Committee

We’re kicking off the fall with a special invitation to all to share a dish and lots of good fellowship. Our theme will be comfort food, so please share your childhood and current favorite beverages, desserts and other dishes that help you feel happy.

Saturday, September 6

All Day       Photo Directory pictures taken at the Fellowship

Sunday, September 7

9:00AM      Youth Services Committee Meeting Contact Mariah Mitchell pbsminds@gmail.com

9:00AM      Forum

Topic:         Jennifer Thompson-Cannino, housewife, mother, victim and staunch anti-death penalty advocate will speak on her experiences and work to change our justice system.

Presenter:   Jennifer Thompson-Cannino

        10:30AM    Service

The Spirit of Water

Each September we return to this congregation with memories of water and how it has has touched our lives. The primordial sea is the source of life. How have religions returned to water to find meaning?

Speaker: The Rev. D. Charles Davis

Service Leader: Pam Lepley

          12:00PM    Interweave Meeting Contact: Janet Owen janet_l_owen@yahoo.com

          12:00PM    Connections: Small Group Ministry Facilitator: Pam Lepley

          12:00PM    Volunteer 101 led by Rev. Davis

There are 101 little jobs to do around the fellowship that require only a few minutes and no long-term commitment. Stick around after service for lunch and learn how to do these jobs—then maybe the next time someone says ‘hey, does anyone know how to turn off the gas logs’ you can volunteer to do it.

5:00PM      UUFWS Softball Practice – Even without practice we split our double header last Thursday. Of course, if we HAD practiced we might have won both of them. So we’ll be practicing this week! If you’d like to join us contact Gregg Jamback gjamback@swiftwatermedia.com

10am-12pm   At the Social Action Council “SAC” Table          LOBBY AREA

Volunteer UU Team Sign-ups for Upcoming Projects:

“C.H.A.N.G.E.” DELEGATES ASSEMBLY (Oct 26)

 Habitat for Humanity “Women’s Build” (Fall Dates to be Determined)

“Americans  United for  Separation of Church and State” Special Weekend Events Featuring AU

       National Director Barry Lynn (need volunteer greeters, set-up, food servers, & more Oct 18, 19)

Collection Boxes:  Crisis Control Ministry- Pantry Supplies Collection 

                                                     Also:  Bring your old cell phones and printer cartridges; Hospice Knit Items.

Tuesday, September 9

11:30AM    The Lunch Bunch will meet at Malay Restaurant in Reynolda Manor Shopping Center, tel. 722–7750.

Please call Aracelli at 922–5340 or Betty at 774–9187 to reserve a seat.

1:30PM      Knitting Group

7:00PM      Music Committee: Contact: Ann Zimmerman ann.zimmerman@wachovia.com

7:00PM      Connections: Small Group Ministry Facilitator: Cinda Meyer

Wednesday, September 10

7:00PM      EcoSolutions Contact: Helen Etters etters.h@earthlink.net

7:00PM      Choir Rehearsal PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE OF DAY We’re beginning rehearsals for our “fall season.” If you would like to join our choir now is the perfect time! Contact: Music Director Mignon Dobbins mignondobbins@triad.rr.com or Music Committee Chair Ann Zimmerman ann.zimmerman@wachovia.com

Thursday, September 11

8:30PM      UUFWS Softball vs. Green Tree at Washington Park #1

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Don’t Miss Out!

Rejuvenate yourself at the all-Fellowship Retreat, September 26-28, held at The Mountain in Highlands, NC.

This facility is nestled amid a white oak forest in the spectacular Blue Ridge Mountain Range.

Bring a favorite song, story, and/or musical instrument for our outdoor fire circle.

Join in an introspective discussion of The New Earth.

Pack some comfy clothes and shoes for hiking or just “hanging out.”

Treat yourself to a get-away weekend of relaxation, fun, and connection.

Registration forms are available at the Retreat table in the foyer.

Or Contact:

Carolyn Wadsworth Carolynwz@aol.com

Linda Pass Linda.Pass@arcadis-us.com

Cyndi Connery Cyndi.Connery@pepsi.com

Have your summer travels left you yearning for the comforts of home??

Come join us and catch up with all your Fellowship friends and to meet and greet newcomers to our community. 

The Membership Committee is sponsoring September’s First Friday Potluck as a festive event welcoming everyone back from summer travels to begin a new year. 

Our theme is Comfort Food and we’re inviting all to attend and bring your favorite comfort food or beverage to share.  And for our members, this is the perfect occasion to invite along a friend or co-worker who might like to learn more about UUFWS or share an evening of fellowship. 

Committees are also invited to send representatives to talk about the work of your group.

HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!

From the Membership Committee

As (hopefully) you know the membership committee has scheduled a Photo Directory for the fall of 2008.   The photos will be taken at the Fellowship on Friday, September 5 and Saturday, September 6th.  The membership committee will be scheduling photo sessions in the foyer before and after services the last three Sundays in August.  To schedule your appointment please go to this web site: https://instant-scheduling.com/sch.php?kn=136464&typId=11898&step=2

For more information contact Patti Hubbard hubbarduu@yahoo.com

Social Action Council News

Help Needed to Provide Lunch to Hard Working Women Habitat Builders
On September 6, 2008, a group of female volunteers will be working hard to build another Habitat for Humanity Green home.   This home is being built exclusively by women.  Thank you to all those who volunteered to work.  Our work schedule is full but we still need help providing these hard working ladies with a much needed lunch and drink.  If you can help supply food/drink or help serve, please email Linnea Johnson <johnson.linnea@yahoo.com>.

Thanks in advance for supporting this worthy cause.

Bookworms for Peace

Bookworms for Peace will not meet in August, due to summer schedule conflicts. The next meeting will be on Saturday September 13 at 9 a.m.,

where we’ll be discussing War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning, by Chris Hedges, a 224 page paperback published by Anchor (June 10, 2003).

Price: $13.95 retail, with used copies available on Amazon. Hedges, a New York Times foreign correspondent, argues not for pacifism but for responsibility and humility on the part of those who wage war: “The communal march against an enemy generates a warm, unfamiliar bond with our neighbors, our community, our nation, wiping out unsettling undercurrents of alienation and dislocation.” He draws on his experiences covering conflicts in Bosnia, El Salvador and Israel as well as works of literature from the Iliad to Hannah Arendt’s The Originsof Totalitarianism to look at what makes war so intoxicating for soldiers, politicians and ordinary citizens. Contact Susan Ott suumessage@yahoo.com  (765–7633) for further information. Susan Ott

New Member Orientations (and anyone else who wants to attend!)

Sept. 28      Getting Involved @ UUFWS

Oct. 26        Discerning Your Spiritual Journey

Nov. 22      Unitarian Universalist History.

Jan. 25, ‘09 Getting Involved @ UUFWS

Feb. 22       Discerning Your Spiritual Journey

Mar. 22       Unitarian Universalist History.

Apr. 26       Getting Involved @ UUFWS

May 24       Discerning Your Spiritual Journey

For more information contact: Mary Krautter MMKRAUTT@uncg.edu

The Care Committee Needs YOU!

The Care Committee provides assistance to Fellowship members and their families in times of need with transportation, food, and visitation. You can be a part of this caring community without ever having to attend a meeting. We need volunteers who are able to provide a ride or a meal to a fellow member on an occasional basis. Please e-mail me at cdersoff@triad.rr.com if you would like to be on our support list. Let me know your preference, food and or transportation, and the times you can be available. Join us in becoming part of the whole UUF caring community. Caroline Davenport-Ersof - Care Committee Co-Chair

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