Upcoming Sunday Services QUUF Christmas Day Potluck Dinner

A Welcoming
Congregation
Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
Upcoming Sunday Services
Wednesday, December 24, 5:00 pm
Family Christmas Eve Candlelight Service
This service is geared to children, their parents and grandparents. Children will enact the Christmas story and each child will receive his or
her own candle for the service. We will have our traditional pageant
and candle lighting ceremony.
Wednesday, December 24, 7:00 & 9:00 pm
Christmas Eve Candlelight Services
Our darkened sanctuary provides a lovely setting for our Christmas Eve
services. At the 7pm service, our choir will sing, “Durme, Durme” and
“Midnight Clear,” and, at the 9pm service, violinist Victoria Poling and
pianist Ikue Goldstein will combine on “Greensleeves” and Schubert’s
“Ave Maria.” Soloist Marj Iuro will sing “O Holy Night” at both services,
and Rev. Bode and Florence Caplow will each give Christmas meditations at both services titled, “Silent Night, Holy Night.” Each service will
conclude with the lighting of individual candles and the singing of
“Silent Night.”
December 28, 9:15 & 11:15 A.M.
Fifteenth Annual Holiday Music Service
We close the Christmas season with our Fifteenth Annual Holiday Music Service featuring the QUUF choir, directed by Marj Iuro, QUUF members, and special guests. This service will also feature a “Ritual at Old
Year’s End” and a short homily by Rev. Bode. Join us for a few more
carols, a little more lovely holiday music, and our heartwarming tradition of closing with John Lennon's “Happy Xmas (War is Over).”
Green Sanctuary
Dec 23, 2014
MARK YOUR
CALENDARS
QUUF Office Hours
Wed Dec 24
10am-3pm
QUUF Office CLOSED
Thursday Dec. 25 &
Friday, Dec. 26
Thursday, Jan. 1
QUUF Christmas Day
Potluck Dinner
Thurs. Dec. 25
2:00 pm
Dec. 31, 2014Jan. 1 2015
Gathering in Spirit
A Contemplative
New Year’s Eve
At QUUF
9:30 pm - 12:15 am
Table of Contents
Service Participants: 2
Wheel of Life: 3
QUUF Christmas Day Potluck Dinner
Coordinators Carol Graves and John Collins invite you to QUUF’s annual
Christmas Day potluck, Thursday, December 25, at 2:00 pm. Sign up in the
Fellowship Hall to bring a main dish (meat, poultry, veggie, or fish) or a side
dish, dessert, or beverage. You may also indicate whether
you prefer to help with set-up, or clean-up. Please call
Carol Graves (360-379-3299) by noon on Wednesday,
Dec 24 if you plan to attend and have not yet signed up .
Family Page: 4
Denom. Affairs: 8
Bulletin Board: 9
SUNDAY SERVICE PARTICIPANTS
Minister
Rev. Bruce Bode
Ministerial Intern
Florence Caplow
RE Director & Ass’t to Minister for Cong. Life
Kathy Stevenson
Choir Director
Marj Iuro
Pianist
Ikue Goldstein
Ushers
9:15
Skip & Jacque McInvale
11:15
Jennifer Brinch, Julia Cochrane
Greeters
9:15
Ruth Merryman, Flossie Bode
11:15
Joanna England, Phyllis Waldenberg
Sound
9:15 Gary Nelson
11:15
H. David Kurland
Social Hour 9:15
Joanna Sanders
11:15
Cathe Bell
Flowers
Sally Davis
Christmas Banners
Karen Page, Carol Graves, Siena Foxx,
Sandy Stewart, Helen Oakland, Celeste Dybeck
Foyer Art
Steven Yates, Diane Ainsworth
Fellowship Hall Art
Steven Yates
Office, Lobby, Den Art
Karen Page
Assisting in RE
Abi Katz
Childcare Providers
Opal Bednarik, Clare Forbes, Sam Brooks
This Week’s Designated Offering
Backpacks for Kids is an organization which began at Peace Lutheran
Fellowship to provide food for children over the weekend. The program
now covers all of Jefferson County. Each week, packs are filled with practical and nutritious foods. These packs are then delivered to the school
where staff confidentially and discreetly distributes them to students who
need them most. Programs such as this have been shown to increase
attendance, decrease behavior problems, improve concentration abilities
and improve academics.
Dec 28 7:15 Evening Contemplative Service
Held in natural light and candlelight, the core of these services is a time of
shared silence, enhanced by participants' contributions of music and readings.
Members, friends, and guests are all welcome, and childcare will be provided
upon request. Please email QUUF Board Member Victoria Poling
at [email protected] with questions.
The QUUF Weekly Update is emailed to QUUF Members and Friends
every Friday. If you wish to put an announcement in the weekly update,
please email your request by Thursday, noon, of each week to the QUUF
office at [email protected]. If you do not wish to receive the weekly update, please email the office and ask to have your email address removed from this distribution list.
Quimper Unitarian
Universalist Fellowship
2333 San Juan Avenue
Port Townsend, WA 98368
360-379-0609
www.quuf.org
Minister
Rev. Bruce Bode
[email protected]
Intern Minister
Florence Caplow
[email protected]
Religious Education Director &
Asst Min. Congregational Life
Kathy Stevenson
[email protected]
Asst to the Min. for the Pulpit
Joseph Bednarik
Congregational Administrator
Deborah Carroll
[email protected]
Choir Director
Marj luro, [email protected]
Sexton
Christopher Overman
[email protected]
Office Assistant
Alice King, [email protected]
RE Assistant
Rebecca Brignoli
YRUU Coordinator
Kim Brooks
QUUF Board of Trustees
Carolyn Salmon, President
379-9392
[email protected]
Sarah Hull, Vice-President
379-2454
[email protected]
Nils Pedersen, Treasurer
437-5011
[email protected]
Calah Tenney, Secretary
301-9372
[email protected]
Janet Palmer, Asst. Treasurer
379-0735
[email protected]
Onnolee Stevens, 385-3613
[email protected]
Gary Forbes
[email protected]
Victoria Poling,360 643-1922
[email protected]
Galen Clark970 210-1805
[email protected]
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Wheel of Life
Shelly Murney is scheduled to undergo surgery for breast cancer at Swedish Hospital
in Seattle on Tuesday, January 6, anticipating returning home two days later for recuperation.
January 4, 2015 Sunday Services 9:15 & 11:15 AM
I Have Walked Through Many Lives…
Speaker: Rev. Bruce Bode. The sermon on this first Sunday of the new calendar year will take
off from Stanley Kunitz’s poem, “Layers,” which begins, “I have walked through many lives,/ some of
them my own,/ and I am not who I was,….”
Intern Coffee Shop Office Hours Resume in January
Our intern, Florence Caplow, will resume coffee shop office hours in January. Check the weekly update in early January for time and place.
WINTER SHELTER VOLUNTEERS NEEDED in February
Did you miss out on the first week of serving the Winter Shelter? Don't worry, you can help and
have fun Feb. 1-7, 2015. Thanks to overwhelming enthusiasm for the Winter Shelter, monitoring
shifts and meals were well covered and delicious. The guests were very appreciative and we all had a
good time while providing a needed community service. If you missed out during the first week, QUUF
is on again from Sunday evening, February 1st through Sunday breakfast, February 7th. Sign up in the
Fellowship Hall. And as the song says: 'Sanctuary, Sanctuary, it's a place to go when it gets cold.' "
Seminary for a Day in Portland, OR on January 24
Seminary for a Day will be returning to First Unitarian Church in Portland on January 24th. Our keynote presenter will be Rev. Dr. Rebecca Parker, the recently retired President of Starr King School for
the Ministry. Her keynote presentation “Entering the Sanctuary of Openness” will explore how emerging theologies deal with these questions in surprising ways that can inform, intrigue and inspire us to
new expressions of reverence and devotion. Look for details and registration information the first
week of January. Other workshops on spirituality, justice, and theology offered by local clergy will
make this a rich and rewarding day. For right now please Save the Date! First Unitarian Church 1034
SW 13th Avenue Portland, OR 97205 503.228.6389 | www.firstunitarianportland.org
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QUUF Welcomes Families!
New Year’s Eve Gathering
Moving meditation - Sitting Contemplation Singing Jubilation
9:30pm Dec. 31, 2014 - 12:15am Jan. 1 2015
● Dances of Universal Peace – Moving meditation
● Silent Meditation – Contemplative reflection
● Kirtan – Hymns of praise
● Buddhist Bell-ringing – 108 times ringing in
New Year
Everyone welcome. No charge - donations
accepted. Dances and songs demonstrated.
Participate as you are moved to.
Wednesday, December 24
Christmas Eve Family Service 5:00
Sunday, December 28
Games and Art in RE, multi-age
Join in any time (no admittance during short
periods of contemplative mediation). No alcohol, drugs or pets.
Join us as we Gather in Community,
United in Spirit.
Sponsored by the Dances of Universal Peace of
the QUUF Social Justice Council.
Sunday, January 4
We begin new curriculum in RE classes
called Peace, Justice and the Interdependent Web.
Single Mom’s Support Group
Single Moms Support Group meets 1st &
3rd Wednesdays, 5:30-7 at QUUF.
For more information contact Julie Plachta
541-639-6708 or Kathy, 379-0609.
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Having the Last Word-A Time for End-of-Life Planning
Free and Open to the Public
Saturday, January 17, 2015 - 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Fort Worden Commons Bldg. 200 Battery Way, Port Townsend, WA
Hospice Foundation for Jefferson Healthcare and Compassion & Choices of Washington present the
following topics:
1. Nuts and bolts of Hospice and Home Health
2. Overview of Compassion and Choices of Washington and the Washington Death With Dignity Law
3. Looking at your Person values
4. How to have a conversation with your doctor
5. Howe to have a conversation with your family
6. Preparing your own Advance Directive
RSVP by January 12th. To Register go to www.hospicefoundationjhc.org and click on January 17th
Conference or Call Mary Ann Seward at 360-390-4254.
Help Make Our Sanctuary Bloom
The flowers that grace our sanctuary on Sunday morning have long been the gift of a small group of
creative growers and arrangers.
Now we need more people to get involved. Here are several different ways you can contribute:
Join the Flower Team
Persons who love to create with flowers (and grasses, and other organic “finds”) are joining together
to strengthen our “flower team.” There will be benefits – a winter flower arranging teach-in
(Wednesday, January 14, 3-5 pm), frequent-flower status, and good fellowship and cheer. Join us by
signing up for a specific Sunday in the flower binder in the fellowship hall. Look for the binder with
this beautiful picture by Diane Ainsworth on the cover.
Donate and Dedicate
Maybe you don’t want to make an arrangement yourself
but would like to celebrate an occasion or commemorate
a special person on a particular Sunday. Now you can!
Donate $30 to the flower fund, and members of the
flower team will do it for you. Again, sign up in the flower
binder for a specific Sunday (including your dedication)
and follow the directions for submitting your $.
Grow Flowers for QUUF
Do you like to garden and have flowers to share? Identify yourself and we will be delighted to add you to our list
of gardens to “mine” in the appropriate season. Let me
know what you have and what you’d like to share. Any
questions welcomed.
Please contact Kathy Francis: 344-4108 or [email protected]
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Early Bird Book Group
The Early Bird Book Group meets each Sunday from 8-9am in the Den. Currently, they are
discussing CONCIOUSNESS: Confessions of a
Romantic Reductionist by Christof Koch.
Please pick up the book on your own and join
us for the discussion (chapters 8 & 9 this
week). On Sunday, January 4, they will begin
discussing a new book, BEING MORTAL: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande, For more information, contact David
Rugh ([email protected]). All welcome!
Just Good Books
Just Good Books will
meet on Monday, December
29th, at 7pm in the Den at
UU for our discussion of
"The Collector" by Jack Nisbet. This fascinating nonfiction work details the life
of David Douglas who, long ago, did substantial natural history work in the Pacific Northwest. All are welcome to join our convivial
roundtable of readers. For questions or to get a
copy of the book, contact Leslie Aickin at 385-
QUUF Media Sale
The QUUF Media Sale needs your donations!
Please set aside those books, CDs and DVDs
that you are recycling because QUUF needs
them! Contact Barb Dyer if you have questions
or need assistance ([email protected] or 3790353).
Save The Date! Saturday, February 7,
2015… The QUUF Book & Media Sale! Best annual used book sale in town!
Member/Friend Photo Directories
We have printed a new edition of the QUUF
Member and Friend Photo Directory. While we
provide non-photo directories to Members and
Friends for free, we are asking for a $5 donation for each color photo directory. Directories
are available to QUUF Members and Friends
only. Please see Deb Carroll in the QUUF office.
Native American Connections
Beth Brownfield from the Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship (BUF) will be visiting QUUF in
January. On January 7th at 7 pm she will be
showing a documentary on The Doctrine of Discovery. On January 8th at 4 pm she will be
speaking and leading a discussion on the work
of the Native American Connections Committee
at BUF, and how it could be a possible model
for us. For more information, contact Florence
at [email protected].
Science Reading Group
The QUUF Science Reading Group meets the
2nd and 4th Sundays of the month at QUUF,
from 4:00-5:30 pm.
Note that there is No meeting this coming
Sunday, Dec. 28th.
Upcoming Meetings & Readings:
Sunday, Jan. 11: Chapter 5, pp. 149-172,
Reading the Rocks.
Sunday, Jan. 25: Chapter 6 & Epilogue, pp.
173-199, Reading the Rocks.
Sunday, Feb. 8: begin Evolution in Four Dimensions.
For more information contact Jim Oakland at
[email protected].
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Christmas Giving Tree
The Giving Tree is still
giving until the end of
December.
The white folded
notes on the tree describe an item that is
needed by a local child.
These are all "team" purchases requiring several
people making contributions for each gift. The
notes tell who the item is for and why. These
gifts will not arrive by Christmas but that won't
diminish their value. If you still want to help
these special children, this is your chance.
Questions? Contact Jen Taylor at 385-3666.
Writers Without Teachers
Writers Without Teachers is a QUUF Affinity
Group devoted to exploring the written word in
a variety of formats: poetry, fiction, non fiction
and web site content. The structure is based
upon Writing without Teachers, by Peter Elbow.
Emphasis is on improvement of writing to communicate, as opposed to a critique of one project. All submissions are read twice and the
participants give their emotional reaction to the
writing and any impediments to clear understanding of what is written. It is a supportive
group of creative individuals. We meet weekly
at QUUF on Thursdays from 2:00 - 3:30 and are
seeking additional group members. For more
information contact Pam Hicks at [email protected] or 360-385-1384.
A-HA!
A-HA! (Agnostics, Humanists, Atheists), is a
continuing program of QUUF. We meet in the
Fellowship Hall on the first and third Sundays
of each month. Everyone is welcome to our salon gathering which consists of shared potluck
dinners, building community, and discussion of
topics suggested by A-HA participants. A short
introduction to the evening's topic is presented
and is followed by facilitated open discussion.
You need not consider yourself an agnostic,
humanist, or atheist to be welcomed! The diversity of perspectives provided by new participants is encouraged.
Come at 4:30 if you are interested in socializing, having a potluck dinner, and the discussion. Come by 5:45 if you only want to listen to
or participate in the discussion. We finish by
7:00 P.M. For the potluck bring your own plate,
flatware, drinking glass, coffee cup and anything else to make your place setting comfortable. Bring an entree, a side dish, or dessert to
serve 8 people. We provide coffee & tea. You
are welcome to bring your own beer, wine, soft
drink or other beverage. Child care will be provided on an as needed basis.
Our discussion topic on January 4th will be:
How The Emotional Brain Drives Things - presented by Jim Oakland.
Our discussion topic on January 18th will be:
An Alternative Point of View - presented by Rod
Mitchell.
Please join us!
Contacts: Fred Weinmann, [email protected] or Julia Cochrane, [email protected].
USHERS NEEDED for 11:15 Service
Starting in January there is only one week a
month that has regular ushers for the 2nd service. I, Julia Cochrane - usher wrangler, am asking each of you, regardless of which service you
usually attend, to think about ushering at the
11:15 service a couple of Sundays a year. The
job is not difficult – training available. Please
email me at [email protected] - and you
will have my undying gratitude.
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Denominational Affairs
DID YOU KNOW?
Did you know that the Jefferson County Amnesty
International local group #1106 is a special interest group of our QUUF Social Justice Council?
What is a recent major success in Amnesty International’s Human Rights Campaign?
Answer. The Global Arms TradeTreaty (ATT) marks
a historic breakthrough for human rights.
At least half a million people die every year on average and millions more are injured, raped and
forced to flee from their homes as a result of the poorly regulated global trade in weapons and munitions. The arms trade is shrouded in secrecy, but the recorded value of international transfers is approaching USD$100.
“Since the early 1990s Amnesty International has campaigned with NGO partners to achieve robust, legally binding rules on international arms transfers to stem the flow of conventional arms and
munitions that fuel atrocities and human rights abuses. More than a million people around the world
joined the campaign.”
“The ATT opened for signature and ratification on 3 June 2013. One-hundred-thirty (130) states
have signed and 60 of those have ratified. “Of the top ten (10) arms exporters, five (5) have ratified.
Two more of the top ten exporters have signed.”1
After a two (2) decade campaign a total of 155 states have voted in the UN General Assemble to
adopt the ATT. above the threshold to be adopted by the Assembly. This happened on 25 September
2014, a swift turnaround for a UN treaty. The ATT went into force on 24 December, 2014.
“The work does not stop here. . . while the Arms Treaty sets key ground rules for the global arms
trade, it is not a panacea. It will require even more widespread support and pressure to ensure states
strictly adhere to its principles,” said Salil Shetty, Amnesty International’s Secretary General.2
Denominational Affairs Committee: Hal Bertilson, Chair; Mary Tucker; Viki Sonntag; Julia Cochrane.
1 extracted
from http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/arms-trade-treaty-marks-historic-breakthrough-humanrights-after-two-decade-campaign-2014-12-22 on December 22, 2014
2 ibid
Commit2Respond: Climate Justice
QUUF has signed up to endorse a new UU initiative for climate justice. Commit2Respond is about
joining forces and amplifying our impact, united across Unitarian Universalism and beyond. Our entire
faith movement is mobilizing and we are a key part of it! Joined together in collective action, connected through partnership, we will change the world. Find out more and you can also join as an individual at www.commit2respond.org.
We Commit2Respond to climate change! As Unitarian Universalists we see ourselves as one thread
in a single fabric of all existence. We know that our survival is bound up with every other thread of the
interdependent web of life. And we know that it will take all of us to stem the tide of climate change
and the crisis we are already facing. We will keep you posted on actions that this national movement
plans to launch early next year.
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QUUF BULLETIN BOARD FOR MEMBERS & FRIENDS
QUUF Members and Friends may email personal announcements to the QUUF office for inclusion
on the Bulletin Board page of the QUUF Weekly Update. We will make every effort to post your announcement, as space allows. New announcements will take priority over announcements that have
already run for several issues. Please understand that we cannot run announcements indefinitely.
Please email your announcement to [email protected] by Thursday, noon, of each week.
Ginger Meta is seeking a seamstress/tailor to make a Raqs Sharqui dance costume. She has the
pattern and the material for a simple caftan, plus a vest and a fairly tight-fitting Bolero jacket.
She can pay or do a work trade or both. Please contact her via her e-mail: [email protected]
Florence Caplow, our intern, is the editor of a book called The Hidden Lamp: Stories from TwentyFive Centuries of Awakened Women. If you would like a signed copy, they are available in our office
for $15-20. You can place cash or check (made out to "Florence Caplow") in Florence's mailbox. Or
contact Florence at [email protected].
Help! Our son, his wife and 8 year old son are coming to Port Townsend for one year from Panama.
They are coming with one suitcase each. They will need a 2 bedroom house or apt, a used car, and
some way of using their skills (jobs). Alan is a lawyer, Elida is an artist and a primary teacher and a
native Spanish speaker. Dillon is enrolled at Swan school.
We are a bit overwhelmed, can anyone help with the multitude of "needs"? Let us know please.
Rod and Karen Page 385-4389 rpage@olympus .net
Reduce inflammation, lose belly fat, and feel better for the new year! Elizabeth Walker, MS, PhD,
Certified Nutritionist and Wellness Coach, is offering two 6-week nutrition and health classes to give
you the knowledge and support you need to make healthy changes. One of the classes is based on
the Abascal Diet and the other based on the Paleo Diet. Classes meet Saturdays at her office in central PT, beginning January 10. To get class descriptions and find out about discounts for early registration, contact Elizabeth at [email protected].
Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
360-379-0609
2333 San Juan Avenue
Port Townsend, WA 98368
www.quuf.org
[email protected]
Regular Office Hours: Mon-Fri 10 am-4 pm
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