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Reverend Barbara Jamestone, PhD
USH-Enews March 12, 2009
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Stewardship Green Event an Outstanding Success - The message was clear, support USH to the best of your abilities and resources because in our current climate of economic and normal life adversities, we have never had a greater need for the compassionate family called USH. The message having been delivered eloquently by Charles Huntington, Chair of Stewardship and BJ, the celebration continued. The crowd fed on local produce on "real" plates following green practices (small carbon footprint), the theme of the event.
The USH Players, seen above, following the green theme, put on a skit featuring various green personages interacting with one another as Heather, playing BJ on a Nordic Track, generated green power to keep the lights mostly on while the building inspector, AKA Charles Huntington, learned of the green practices followed by USH up to an including using rain water for baptisms. Green plants were delivered from time to time during the skit to mitigate excess carbon dioxide production. A good time was had by all. - dcn
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Office hours: Rev. Jamestone: Phone: 860 233-9897; Email: RevBJ@USHartford.com - Rev. BJ office hours by appointment.
USH Social Justice Survey Results: Executive Summary
During the month of January 2009, the Council on Social Justice at USH distributed a congregational survey asking for information regarding the social justice interests and priorities of our membership and friends. Forty respondents completed the survey, the details of which are described later in this report.
Significant highlights of the report are as follows:
- By a significant majority, USH members and friends think that it is very important or important that they personally and the congregation be involved in social justice issues.
- Sixty-nine (69%) said that he or she and his/her family were involved in social justice work and about half of those were involved through USH.
- Respondents gave the highest priority “providing or supporting social services for persons in need”. It was followed by “linking interested members to social service or advocacy programs”.
- Respondents overwhelmingly indicated that USH should focus its attention in the City of Hartford, in the Hartford region or within a 5 mile radius of the Meeting House.
- Homelessness, racism, poverty and children’s issues received the highest count of “very interested” responses; environmental concerns, children’s issues, homelessness and poverty scored the highest when respondents were asked to rank their top three priorities
- USH’s monthly charitable giving collection (of which there are eight in a year) revealed that the top 5 organizations or issues that respondents supported were: My Sister’s Place, Horace Bushnell Food Pantry, UUSC, GHICEJ and the Disabilities sub-council.
- Members and Friends want USH to provide or support social services for people in need and link members and friends to social services or advocacy programs. They also support USH calling attention to SJ issues from the pulpit and/or in study groups.
The members of the Council on Social Justice thank you all for taking time out of your very full lives to complete the survey. Our job is now to incorporate these results into our planning for the rest of this year and next, creating opportunities for you to give to our neighbors in Harford to help alleviate poverty, homelessness, racism, children’s issues, and environmental concerns. You all, who already give so much, obviously have a hunger to give even more to assist our fellow citizens and we welcome the opportunity to help you do that. Please stay tuned!To examine the survey and associated full information, click here.
The Council on Social Justice: Bill LaPorte-Bryan, Shai Cassell, Joan Kemble, Tom Kemble, Greg Nickett, John Barlow, Carolyn Cartland, Bev Prager, Cyprian Martin and John Clapp
Worshipping Together Since 1830
Sunday, 9:45 AM and 11:15 AMSunday - Celebration of Children - Join the members of the Religious Education Sub-Council for this joyful celebration of the children in our congregation. This multigenerational service will include a dedication of children and a recognition of those who nurture the spiritual life of our congregation by teaching our children. - Gail Syring, DRE
Music - Joyfuul Noise raise their voices and inspire all in the pews to raise our voices and spirits too. Please join in the congregational anthem with glad hearts and make a joyful noise together.
REflections on Children's Programming -
This Sunday, March 15th will be a multigenerational service celebrating our children and Religious Education volunteers. There will be no individual classes, and families are welcome and encouraged to attend either service.
Youth Group Activities: Soup Making
What Else is Happening & Announcements
Pro Femina Concert at Hand - The Women Composers Festival and the Unitarian Society of Hartford present an Evening of Choral, Instrumental, and Solo Vocal Music composed by Women Concert flyer
What:The 2009 International Women Composers Festival of Hartford, along with the Performing Arts Committee of the Unitarian Society of Hartford, join forces to present the Concert Pro Femina. The evening will include sophisticated and rarely heard works by Hildegard von Bingen, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, Clara Schumann, Cecile Chaminade, and Pauline Viardot, as well as contemporary composers Gwyneth Walker, Libby Larsen, Ysaye Barnwell, Carolyn Halsted, Heather Seaton, Laurie MacAlpine, and Alma Hamilton. Come hear what these women of extraordinary musical talent produced – and join in as the audience is invited to sing along!
When: Saturday, March 28th at 7:30 PM
Where: Unitarian Meeting House, 50 Bloomfield Ave., Hartford, CT (near the intersection of Bloomfield Avenue and Rte. 44/Albany Ave.)
How: $10 tickets at door - For more information, visit www.HeatherHouseProductions.comPatrice Fitzgerald, Mattie Banzhaf, Co-Chairs
B&G Plans Grounds and Building Cleanup - Saturday morning April 4th, mark you calendars. Weather permitting, all hands will clean up the debris of winter on the Meeting House grounds and finish various internal building projects. Please give Ed Sax a call and tell him you plan to attend (860-286-9688)
As you know from the story of the wishing mirror ..."The crowd cheered and congratulated the ladies again. As the Buildings and Grounds Sub-council was carrying the mirror out of the room to be properly disposed of, the ladies turned to the group again. “So, who is going to help us clean this storage room?"
New Art Show scheduled for Sunday 22 March - Mixed media painter and sculptor Joe Sam will have some of his art exhibited at USH. He is an African-American artist whose art reflects his heritage and social concerns. As he says, "I enjoy creating art that speaks to people of all backgrounds and races, but especially to those of third World cultures. My art reflects and encourages mutual respect, understanding and joy and reaching out toward one another with warmth, humor and color."
Joe Sam has made art his full time career and holds degrees from Howard, Columbia and UMass Amherst. He has illustrated children's books. Born and raised in Harem, New York City, he currently divides his time between both coasts with studios in Windsor and San Francisco. He moved to Connecticut two years ago.
The artist generously agreed to move parts of his current show at Tunxis CC to USH for "our" show.
HUNGER 101 - April 5 at 1:00 PM - On Sunday, April 5, FOODSHARE will facilitate this role-play and discussion activity designed to increase awareness and understanding of hunger in our community.
Participants will be assigned a mock family and a limited income level, then learn how to provide healthful meals for a day. Your family may have to get outside assistance from a food pantry or social service agency. Learning what IS available and what is NOT available quickly teaches the frustration faced by many families today.
Teenagers are welcome and younger children may attend with a parent. Bring a sandwich and we will provide dessert so you will not go hungry!
Invite a friend to the FREE workshop.Adult Programs - We will not have a Registration Table at the Coffee Hours on March 15 or 22. Please call the Office to register.
Only a few days until Spring is officially here! In April, why not consider going to the Spring Spirituality Retreat (More) or you may want to try Tai Chi, Fabric Painting,or Photo Alteration. These programs do require prior registration and payment. You can reserve your place by phoning the office (860 233-9897) and paying with a credit card. Also, in April, a Sunday afternoon workshop Hunger 101 will be offered and a Mini Retreat has been planned by The Unitarian Alliance Ministry to Women (UAMW). You can read more about these programs and others in the Winter/Spring Programs Catalog available at the Meeting House or go to the USH website home page and click on New Pages.
Spring Spirituality Retreat, Friday, April 3 to Sunday, April 5.
Tai Chi, Session 2 begins Wednesday, April 1, 6:30-7:30 pm. An ancient Chinese martial art that medical studies have shown to be a complete healing art consisting of slow, relaxed movements for total self development. Anyone can do Tai Chi regardless of age or physical ability.
Hunger 101, Sunday, April 5, 1 pm. Foodshare offers this workshop to help us learn more about the hunger problems which continue within our own community. The presentation will utilize role-play and discussion for the whole family, age 10 years and up, allowing individuals to experience the challenges of feeding a family on a limited budget.
Fabric Painting, 3 Saturdays, April 11, 18, May 2, 10 AM -1 PM. USH member Diane Cadrain will share her expertise in painting on fabric. Participants will learn how to apply Shiva Paintstiks and Setacolor watercolor paints to fabric in the first two classes. In the third class, a simple log cabin quilt will be assembled by using pieces of fabric created in the first two classes.
Photo Alteration, Saturday, April 25, 10 am - 1 pm. Lori Barker, a regionally well known studio artist, will introduce students to altering photos through experimentation. Techniques using common household products, crayons, inks, and tools will be explored. Stamping, rubbing, and coloring will be used to alter the photo images and to bring them to life in new imaginative ways.
Mini Retreat, Saturday, April 25, 11 AM - 5 PM. A day retreat in beautiful rural New Hartford. Enjoy walks in the country, a potluck luncheon, and discussions on various topics of feminine interest.Unitarian Universalists for a Just Economic Community (UUJEC) is celebrating its 20th anniversary at Rowe Camp Conference Center in Rowe MA Fri. thru Sun. April 3-5. Nationally known economists and authors David Korten, Nancy Folbre, Robert Pollin, Ward Morehouse and Chuck Collins will help us understand the causes of the current economic collapse. We will re-envision economics and economic justice pointing to an earth centered, humane and sustainable economic system. Go to rowecenter.org or call organizer Marcia Meyers 503-665-3957 or Tom Kemble 633-4503 for details. - Tom Kemble
Local Beer, Wine and Food! - If you attended the Saturday night event, you would have been able to sample great local beer, wine and foods all given to us at a discount so please support these business as they support us. Rosedale Farms gave us their wonderful wines to sample. They also offer fruits/veggies/flowers at their farm either by just showing up to buy or by purchasing a "membership" with which you get an assortment of product throughout the summer. Check them out at www.Rosedale-Farms.com
We enjoyed an assortment of fantastic beer brewed in Bloomfield at the Thomas Hooker Brewery. They offer tours and tastings every weekend and you can bring back your 64oz jug of beer for a refill for $7. They're at www.hookerbeer.com
The Alchemy Juice Cafe in Hartford and new store in Simsbury, Alchemy 2 provided veggie wraps and gluten free desserts. They offer sooooo much you have to check them out at www.thegreenvibration.com
Salsa Loca makes fresh tasty salsa and chips in East Granby - www.salsadelivery.com
Wades Vegetable Farm on Rt 185 in Bloomfield (before going over the mountain to Simsbury) has local fruits and veggies year round - they provided apples grown in Glastonbury. Think Globally, Buy Locally - Support Our Farms - Bev Prager
Caring Network -
Go Forward With Courage
When you are in doubt, be still, and wait;
when doubt no longer exists for you, then go forward with courage.
So long as mists envelop you, be still;
be still until the sunlight pours through and dispels the mists
-- as it surely will.
Then act with courage.Ponca Chief White Eagle (1800's to 1914)
If you know of any member experiencing some difficulty, please contact Diana Heymann, Chair of the Caring Network heydiana(at symbol)comcast.net 860.461.0908 or call the office so we can provide some assistance. A wide range of community services is also available to those in need by calling InfoLine at 211. Please contact Diana if you are able to volunteer your services.
External Events and Educational Note
My Sisters's Place is planning A Year of a Million Dreams Gala Fund Raiser of March 20th For further information
Arsenic and Old Lace now being performed at the Little Theatre of Manchester, 177 Hartford Road, Manchester. Box Office: 647-9224 M-F 10-5:00; Performances March 5-8, 13-15; Thursday- Saturday at 8 PM; Sundays at 2 PM
Thursday, March 12
9:30 am International Women’s Circle, Fellowship Hall
7:00 pm Rental, Ballou
7:00 pm Willett rehearsal, Fellowship Hall
7:30 pm Joyfuul Noise, Sanctuary
Friday, March 13
5:30 pm Friday Dinner & Movie, A Thousand Clowns, Fellowship Hall
Saturday, March 14
10:00 am Rental, Chapel
2:00 pm John F. Raye Memorial, Sanctuary;
Reception, Fellowship Hall
Circle Dinners, various homes
Sunday, March 15
9:00 am Music rehearsal, Sanctuary
9:20 am Joyfuul Noise, Sanctuary
9:30 am Great Decisions, Library
9:45 am WORSHIP SERVICE, SANCTUARY
10:45 am Music rehearsal, Sanctuary
10:45 am Coffee, Fellowship Hall
11:15 am WORSHIP SERVICE, SANCTUARY
12:15 pm Coffee, Fellowship Hall
1:00 om Equual Access, Library
3:00 pm Rental, Chapel
5:00 pm Rental, Fellowship Hall
Monday, March 16
7:00 pm Rental, Ballou
Tuesday, March 17
4:30 pm Sustainable Living, Library
6:00 pm Worship Associates, Ballou
6:45 pm Caring Network, Servetus
8:00 pm AA, Fellowship Hall
Wednesday, March 18
5:45 pm Meditation and Dharma Gathering, Emerson
6:30 pm Endowment, Servetus
6:30 pm Tai Chi, Fellowship Hall
7:00 pm Small Group Ministry, David’s Den
7:30 pm Choir Rehearsal, Sanctuary
Thursday, March 19
5:30 pm NVC Gathering, Minister’s Study
Friday, March 20
5:30 pm Family Friendly SGM, Fellowship Hall
Sunday, March 22
9:00 am Music rehearsal, Sanctuary
9:30 am Great Decisions, David’s Den
9:45 am WORSHIP SERVICE, SANCTUARY
9:45 am Coming of Age, Fuller
10:45 am Coffee, Fellowship Hall
10:45 am Music rehearsal, Chapel
11:15 am WORSHIP SERVICE, SANCTUARY
12:15 pm Coffee, Fellowship Hall
1:00 pm Music Associate Search, Library
3:00 pm Rental, Chapelitalicized entries are non-USH events.
Please notify Brian Mullen of all additions or changes to the calendar. Follow this link to all our scheduled events!
From the Editor: Suggestions for Contributors.
This Week’s Feature Articles
The Nine Percent Question
DRE Column - Hope
The Wishing Mirror
Why Do We Go to Church?
Why Do We Come Here? Part 2
Social Justice Survey Results
Stewardship Green EventThe Nine Percent Question - We have heard from a number of you asking why we are increasing the pledge goal in this difficult economic climate, when so many have to limit their spending. While we can assure you that we will be carefully examining all budget matters for the next fiscal year, we hope this explanation of the increase will help explain what we are asking for.
The actual dollar increase from the successfully achieved 2008-2009 goal of $350,000 to the 2009-2010 goal of $381,000 is $31,000.
*Approximately 20% of that $31,000 reflects the fact that we started the fiscal year with an overly optimistic assessment of our ability to collect the full pledged amount of $350,000, rather than the 95% that we typically count on. That assumption and the fact that last year's budget process did not fully reflect all expected expenses led to a deficit position as of our October and January budget reviews.
*Approximately 10% of that $31,000 reflects Cost of Living adjustments (3% of salary budget) and the associated increases to FICA and pension contributions. In addition, we are expecting an 8% increase in employee health insurance costs. The effect of these increases this fiscal year as compared to last is mitigated by the decrease in the hours & pay of the Business Manager.
*Approximately 60% of that $31,000 reflects our historical non-payment rate of 5% - in other words, as indicated earlier, each year we have typically collected only 95% of the total amount pledged. There are various reasons for this, including members who leave us and changing economic circumstances for members over the course of the fiscal year.
*Approximately 10% of that $31,000 reflects a 3% to 10% increase in other insurance and in utilities.
The $31,000 increase is our best effort to continue the current level of service and programming. If we can achieve this challenging, but important result, we can continue to do the things that are important to all of us as members. If we are not successful in this, we will need to look at areas and programs where we can limit our costs to line up with expected income. - Martha Page (Treasurer) and Heather Ferguson-Hull (President)
DRE Monthly Column - Hope. During the recent presidential election, the concept of hope was elevated to the highest level of meaning in both the personal and political arenas. Hope can be tenuous and resilient, illusive and ubiquitous. In these trying economic times, hope is essential as we strive to overcome the increasing obstacles that trouble our families and neighbors.
We as a faith community can offer each other much needed support as we struggle to meet our needs, beginning with the acknowledgement that regardless of our circumstances, we share the same reality.
The children in our community, whether they are consciously aware of the current financial climate or not, are sensitive to the rising level of stress in the environment. We, as the adults who love them, must be responsive to their emotional needs and help to maintain their sense of safety and continuity as best we can.Some of the ways we can help our children cope with these challenges are:
· Making extra time to spend with the children in our lives. Even simple things like taking a walk or sharing a cup of cocoa at coffee hour can help to provide a sense of stability and community for our kids;
· Listen thoughtfully to their feelings and opinions. Speaking with a trusted adult can give a child the opportunity to give voice to their insecurities and reduce their fear;
· Speak honestly and in an age-appropriate manner about the impact of the economy on our families and communities. Real information is often less frightening than imagined impact.
Further information on supporting children during unsettling times can be found online . Gail M. Syring, DREWhy do we go to church? - Our UU hymnal contains several readings that shed light on this question that we are considering for two Sundays in March. For a digest of these readings, click here:
Because worry is useless in Times like these…..
Here’s your chance to sing with our youth and Joyfuul Noise!
On March 15, Joyfuul Noise and our youth will be singing, and we’d love to have YOU join us Thursday night the 12th, 7:30 - 8:30, when Mattie and Edith Savage will be teaching this very multi-generational bunch a 1998 popular piece by Jewel, entitled, “Hands.” The lyrics inspire us to remember to wrap our faith around us, and not to allow anything to steal the power of our joined hands, which are then, God’s hands. You can listen to it at this link.
ET, phone home! - "Is there someone you’ve missed seeing around the Meeting House for quite some time? Please let the office know (by phone or email) and the minister's outreach team will give them a caring call to let them know that we haven't forgotten them.
Looking for a Pocket Garden to Ease Your Impatience for Spring? See BJ's Blog (2nd entry) on that topic.Rev. BJ
Why Do We Come Here Part 2 - Reverend BJ’s closing words in last Sunday’s sermon were, “It’s good to be here with you. Thank you for helping me to protect this precious treasure.” “This,” she had explained, is “the sensations of experience” we encounter at the Meeting House, which address a need known to that subset of the human race who “go to church.” “Church” may be sitting in a circle on the ground under a tree near Mt. Kenya, or on a meditation cushion in a temple of the mind. Or a myriad of other spots on earth where people gather for the purpose of addressing what may be one common need.
Sunday’s sermon was a continuation of her March 1 sermon in which she contrasted “top down” and “bottom up” reasons for coming to church. Top down reasons can be articulated, and they include such things as the need to find a place where we feel comfortable, safe and nurtured. Bottom up reasons are based on elusive mental awareness of sensation, are ambiguous, yet impact our lives and give us a “reason to exist.”
These bottom up sensations are impossible to articulate, and the need which they address is perhaps so as well. Yet, all people in that subset of humanity who “go to church” know the yearning that that need be met.
“If we choose to believe that all people who ‘go to church’ share one need, it could free us from the discomfort we sometimes feel--at witnessing the things other people do and believe which inspire different ‘sensations of experience’ than our own, knowing that they are just getting the same need addressed which we so enjoy having met.”
She suggested that the choir’s offering of the day, I’ll trust in the Lord and do the best I can, was one way to articulate that need.
“We generally do the best that we can, and often that is not enough,” Reverend BJ said. “The ‘trust in the Lord’ phrase captures some of that for which we all hunger, and wish, though most UUs would not use that language. Yet we all experience wishing for the ‘more’ that could accompany our best efforts, wishing for the confidence that ‘there is more’ than just my meager resources.”
Since many UUs trust and employ the language of science more than that of metaphor, Reverend BJ highly recommends the anthology from which come the ideas of “top down” and “bottom up” for suggesting why we go to church. Don Siegel’s Measuring the Immeasurable: The Scientific Case for Spirituality uses the language of science to explain why such things as Curiosity, Openness, Acceptance and Love may prompt the sensations of experience to which she refers.
“As we practice those four things, easily recalled by the acronym COAL, we help to create an environment where we are likely to encounter those sensations which address that need,” Reverend BJ said.
The March 1 sermon is available on our web site. The 3/8 sermon is available on CD as entire service, the normal CD, called #1, AND just the sermon which is labeled 3/8/09 #2 - Kayla Costenoble
The Wishing Mirror - Have you ever looked in the storage rooms downstairs around Fellowship Hall? I’d like to tell you a story about them that may not have happened, but is true nonetheless.
Those rooms have been cleaned and organized by some members of our congregation, but they have not always been so. In fact, many years ago those rooms were filled with all sorts of strange and wonderful and dusty things. One day, two brave members of the congregation were downstairs trying to clean the storage room, when they came across a large mirror with ornate carvings on it. The ladies dusted the mirror off and wondered how it had come to be there, and where they should put it now. They stopped for a moment, looked around the still cluttered room, and one of them sighed loudly. “I wish this church would just clean itself!”
With that, the mirror began to shine in a strange way, and the clutter started to move without anyone touching it. Shelves were suddenly dust free! Boxes overflowing with holiday decorations labeled themselves and jumped into straight lines on the shelves! It seemed the mirror had the ability to make wishes come true! How wonderful!
The ladies ran to tell other church members about the wishing mirror in the basement. Most didn’t believe it at first, but they were people who liked to see things for themselves, so they went down into Fellowship Hall to see the mirror. When they walked in, they were amazed to see the folding chairs stacking themselves neatly on rolling carts! And in the kitchen, the dishes were washing themselves! Suddenly everyone had a wish for the church that they wanted the mirror to grant.
One after another, they approached the mirror. People wished for cushions on the seats in the Sanctuary -those benches were hard! Kids wished for a never-ending supply of Skittles in the RE classrooms -candy makes people happy, and Skittles were very similar to the 7 rainbow promises.The Green Sanctuary Committee wished that all the disposable kitchen items were replaced with items that were healthier for the environment. And on and on and on.
For a while everyone was happy with the changes. Everyone sat on their cushions and ate Skittles out of dishes that would wash themselves. All the wishes were made to make the church family happier, so what could go wrong?Then one day the church members noticed that things were starting to get out of control. So many cushions had appeared that the members had to use mountain climbing equipment to get to the top of the pile and sit! The RE teachers had to shovel piles of Skittles out of the way to make room for the kids in the classrooms. And the building was so efficient at cleaning itself that Orders of Service were flying out of peoples’ hands into the recycling bin before they were even read!
What were they to do? They had all wished for things to make everyone more comfortable, and now everything was a mess! Everyone gathered outside on the lawn to escape the piling cushions, the rolling skittles and the flying paper. Everyone was talking at once about what should be done. The two ladies who had found the mirror stepped in front of the crowd.“We know what we must do!” they said in loud voices. “We must wish that everything goes back to the way it was before we started wishing!” Excellent idea! The crowd cheered as the two ladies found their way back down into the storage room. Finding the mirror, they made one last wish. In an instant, all the cushions and skittles and self washing dishes disappeared. Everything was back to normal.
The church members rushed in to congratulate the ladies for saving everyone. “We didn’t need a wishing mirror.” The ladies told the group. “We can make this church family happier by working together to change things.” The crowd cheered and congratulated the ladies again. As the Buildings and Grounds Sub-council was carrying the mirror out of the room to be properly disposed of, the ladies turned to the group again. “So, who is going to help us clean this storage room?” - Gail M. Syring
Social Justice Journeys (From the UUA) And from USH
New Display for March 8th, Green Building
Nuts and Bolts: The member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association covenant to affirm and promote: the inherent worth and dignity of every person; justice, equity, and compassion in human relations; acceptance of one another and encouragement of spiritual growth in our congregations; a free and responsible search for truth and meaning; the right of conscience and the use of the democratic process, within our congregations and in society at large; the goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all; respect for the interdependent web of all existence, of which we are a part.
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