Unitarian Universalist Church of Huntsville

Sunday, January 31st: “Extraordinary Moments” The Reverend Alice Syltie

A celebration of ourselves and of what happens when, as authors Cooperrider and Whitney have noted, organizations begin with the positive presumption that as centers of human relatedness, they are alive with infinite constructive capacity.

February 7th: “Faith Reflected in Community” Chuck Vedane

UUCH has a long history with IMS, and so does Chuck Vedane. After 40 years, Mr. Vedane, who represented Trinity Methodist Church during the founding of the Interfaith Mission Service Cooperative is still passionate about, and involved in, the work of IMS. At our invitation, Mr. Vedane will share a little of our own history with IMS, and how the cooperative is being reinvented for a new era.

February 7th we Share the Plate with the IMS FoodLine!
About IMS FOODLine:
Sponsored by Interfaith Mission Service since 1994, when requests for food assistance began to overwhelm HELPLine system, IMS FOODLine/Food Pantry System is operated entirely by volunteers – 20+ answering the telephone in shifts; many more in 30+ pantries in churches around Madison County

Two pantries specialize in infants’ needs, one in needs of people with diabetes and on dialysis

Telephone volunteers use HELPLine data base to screen callers for overuse of the system.

Operates 9AM – 12Noon, 1 – 3PM Monday through Thursday, 9 – 11:30 AM Friday. Phone: 534-2424

(When we “Share the Plate”, All cash collected on the first Sunday of each month in the quarter, (Jan., Feb. Mar.), along with any checks noted as “Share the Plate”, will be halved with IMS “FoodLine” Service.)

FEEL the BURN !

Time for the 13th Annual Chili Cook-Off & YOUR Music Night!!
Saturday, February 27th!

Old Family Recipe or Chili on the fly- Bring your Chili and let us try!
Sign-up sheets for Chili Chefs and helpers are on the easel in the Foyer!

Helper jobs are short & sweet:
Chili Judges – a refined palate? Or just an asbestos tongue?
Entry table & Registration- jobs work the first ½ hour or so;
Beverage dispensers- work in shifts;
Entertainers go on one after the other;
& Clean-up folks –well, many hands make light work!

(Q? call Jefflyn Weed, or the church office 534-0508.)

If YOU think YOU have what it takes to win THE Coveted RED LADLE
for the coming year, prepare to enter the Cook-off- and Prove it!

Winding up for New Directory in February

Deadline for changes is Jan. 31st

We will be publishing a new church directory soon! This document is used by all of us to contact each other, for both personal and church business reasons. All members and friends of the church are included, unless you tell us otherwise. We need everyone’s help in letting us know

(a) if you have any changes, including e-mail;
(b) if you would prefer to be removed from the directory; and
(c) for new folks who have not yet become members, if you would like to be added to the directory.

Please send this information to Deedee at the church e-mail address, uuch@uuch.org via telephone (534-0508) or regular mail. We only need to know about changes; if your entry is OK as-is, no action is needed on your part.

If you missed bringing back your Guest at Your Table box last Sunday, you can still return it to the church throughout January.

Before bringing back your Guest at Your Table box, be sure to complete the form on the box. And please convert your cash and coins to a check made out to “UUSC”.

We’ll announce the results of our Guest at Your Table program as soon as we are able. On behalf of UUSC, we thank and commend every person who has chosen to share their blessings through Guest at Your Table.

Join us at NOON Thursdays!

Feb 04: Gibson’s @E. Memorial Pkwy between Drake & Airport
Feb 11: Panera Bread
Feb 18: Ding How on Whitesburg

Stretch out your Holiday stress! Join UU’s and friends for non-aerobic Slow Movement class: 9:30 til 10:30am, Monday & Thursday mornings. Bring a mat or a quilt or something for floor work.

Unitarian Universalists are known to be lovers of books and reading, and winter’s colder and shorter days invite us to get in a warm place – and read!

For great things to read our UUA is a boundless resource! Indeed, we proudly operate two publishing houses – Beacon Press and Skinner House Books – and a UUA Bookstore.

An online browse through the web sites for each of these sources is a feast of an experience!

The Beacon Press site (beacon.org) has special links for reading groups and UUs. Here you’ll find discussion guides, resources and more.

Beacon Press recently celebrated its 150th birthday and last year announced that it had been chosen by the King estate to compile and publish Dr. Martin Luther King’ writings. First editions of these were just released.

Skinner House’s meditation manuals are jewels! Its mission is about “publishing books to aid individuals and congregations in their search for truth and meaning.” Recent publications include The Whole World Kin, A People So Bold, Singing Meditation, and The Growing Church. See them all at uua.org/publications/skinnerhouse.

Any and all of these publications – and more! – can be found any day at the online UUA Bookstore: uuabookstore.org.

Happy winter reading!

Mid-South District – UUA
On the web at www.msduua.org

Reminder – Important meeting for all church members and friends!

Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 9:00 am

We hope that most of you have now received an email letter from our UUCH Board President, Laurel Bollinger, announcing some upcoming events related to our plans for pursuing new facilities for UUCH.  The first important date mentioned in that letter is Saturday, January 23rd, when our UUA consultant, Larry Wheeler, will facilitate an overview planning session of the important steps we are preparing to undertake.
This is an important meeting for all those interested in the future of UUCH, as Larry will lay out the very specific building blocks for our goals of a capital campaign, strategic plan, vision and mission, and annual budget drive.  It will help us see the details of the process, and help us identify ways we can all participate.

Hope to see you on January 23rd at 9:00 am for this exciting meeting!
If you have any questions, talk to any UUCH Board member or email UUCHBoardPresident@UUCH.org

Contributions from individuals and congregations can be made by checks payable to “UUSC/UUA Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund” and mailed to UUSC, P.O. Box 844001, Boston, MA 02284-4001. 

Donations may also be made directly at the UUSC web site:  www.uusc.org .   

The Haitian Office of Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (OCHA) estimates 2.2 million people are immediately affected in this nation of 9 million people. 

Both the UUSC site and the UUA site - www.uua.org – will carry updated stories about Haiti.

More information available at: 
http://www.uusc.org/content/major_earthquake_devastates_haiti_uusc_uua_launch_relief_fund .