Check out the home page of our association's website - www.uua.org the San Diego cluster rally that Rev. Kathleen and others participated in is highlighted! Community Ministry.
Rev. Kathleen will be 'attending' a series of webinars from the Alban Institute and invites those who are interested to join her in the office (see dates/times below). Seating is limited, so call the office or email Rev. Kathleen to reserve your spot.
"A series for anyone wanting help in learning about the community around your church and why outreach to that community is essential to the future of your congregation. These four web-based hour-long webinars will help you to understand how 'outreach' can be an engine that drives your church forward. Start to meet your neighbors and learn about the places and events that define them. Explore seven creative models for designing a custom community ministry program. Actually get people out of the pew and into engagement with community ministry." Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010. 11am-noon
Outreach Isn't Optional: Why Community Ministry is Essential to Your Congregation's Future. Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010. 11am-noon
Meet the Neighbors: Ten Easy Ways to Discover the Community Around Your Church. Tuesday, March 9th, 2010. 11am-noon
Designing Your Community Ministry Program: Seven Creative Models. Tuesday, March 16th , 2010. 11am-noon Out of the Pew, Into the Community: Getting Church Members Engaged in Community Ministry.
COORDINATOR NEEDED FOR CIRCLE DINNERS Summit is missing something! It’s our Circle Dinners. They were a most enjoyable way to get to know new people in a social setting. There are folks in the Summit UU congregation who would like to see the circle dinners get going again, and are willing to help with this effort. The only missing link is someone to coordinate the effort. Please consider taking on this role and watch for future announcements. Yours, Pat Bryning.
Photography Show, Love Makes a Family is the first Photography show that we have presented at Summit. This is a traveling show distributed by Family Diversity Projects, Inc., presently moving through UU Congregations. The accompanying source book, Love Makes A Family, holds the portraits and stories of many Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender parents and their families. The show will hang in our Greeting Room through March 2010. Questions? Contact Gwen Curry.
Landscape Committee The Landscape Committee will be interviewing landscape architects in the near future. If you would like to share your ideas concerning Summit's landscaping, please place them in the suggestion box in the Greeting Room. The main goals of Summit's Landscape Committee are: 1.) to conserve water yet have an aesthetically pleasing campus and 2.) to provide outdoor seating around the Salon. Thank you for your support.
Interfaith Shelter Network volunteers needed. We will again be supporting St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church (March 4th and 11th) and La Mesa First United Methodist (April 15th and April 22nd) with dinner preparation and overnight chaperones. Please contact Vic White for more information.
Humanitarian Assistance In the wake of devastation wrought by the earthquake which struck the island of Haiti on January 12, 2010, the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) and the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) are launching a joint relief effort to bring aid to the impoverished island nation. The Haitian Office of Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (OCHA) estimates 2.2 million people are immediately affected in this nation of 9 million people. Contributions may be made by going to the UUSC website.
PLUS You can also choose to donate through Partners In Healthwww.pih.org, a worthwhile organization that Summit has helped in the past. Do you have back issues of UU World magazine to donate? Summit 's Membership Committee is requesting that gently used copies of our denominational magazine be dropped off near the Visitor Host Table on Sunday morning. These magazines are a great resource for our visitors and those new to Unitarian Universalism.
Current Affairs Discussion, Thursday, 10:00 am, in the Salon. Adult group with different topics each week.
Summit Singers
The Summit Singers are a great group of people who sing a variety of music. All ability levels are welcome – the only requirement is a desire to sing and a commitment to attend rehearsals. Choir Practice is Wednesday, 7:00 pm.
Contact Susan Simpson with any questions.
Covenant Groups
Contact Karen Cleland.
These groups, of 8 to 10 people, meet once a month to discuss a given topic. (Examples: joy, healing, or ritual) Because, we each have a unique perspective, we grow individually and as a group.
Prayer/Meditation - Bring your joys and sorrows and join other UUs for an hour of silent prayer or meditation at 8:30 a.m. on this and every Wednesday.
Sunday mornings start with prayer/ Meditation at 8:00 a.m. in the sanctuary.
Library etiquette: please remember to return books, cds, and any other items that you check out of our library. As we have just one cd of each worship service, please return cds in a timely manner so that all who wish to listen to the service can do so.
From the Aesethics Committee Donations needed:
In order to store table cloths, we could use large, rectangular or suitcase-style baskets to place on top of the cupboards in the Salon. Disappeared: The small red table cloth (which matches the wall hanging behind the pulpit) it used to be on the small table in front of the pulpit.If you can contribute or have knowledge of any of these items, please contact Gwen Curry, chair of the Aesethics Committee.
Social Action Beyond Our Borders!
Meet Juan Esteban Hernandez Arreola, First Grade.
He requires a full scholarship. He lives with his indigent grandmother because his mother is an alcoholic also addicted to being abused physically. The school is partially supporting the grandmother as well with a meal every day.
Please make checks payable to Summit with "Esperanza" in the item line. We will need to raise $540 to support Juan’s education. And thanks for whatever you can contribute!
Food For All - Helping Others In East County
Each Sunday, a basket will be placed outside the sanctuary to collect canned and dried goods. Crisis House is now providing food for more families than ever before (60% increase.) So when you go to the grocery store, pick up a can to help your fellow man (or woman or child!) The basket will be out every week giving us the opportunity to get in the sharing habit.
Questions? Contact Esther Quinn
Crisis House has contacted Summit with a request for child care volunteerswhile their client moms attend required group session once a week. If you can help Crisis House, please contact Sharon Hummel 619-444-1194 ext. 306
Back Yard Bounty – Do you have so many oranges, lemons, or grapefruits on your trees you could never use them all? Are you begging your neighbors to take your excess zucchini? On the third Sunday of every month, the Social Action Committee will be collecting any excess backyard produce you may have. If you need help with picking, just let us know. Please talk to your neighbors and see if they would like to donate, also. Collected produce will be delivered to Crisis House and the Santee Food Bank. Thank you! Questions? Contact Gwen Baldwin.
UULMCA - Healthcare Reform
Are you in despair about Healthcare Reform? Do you think the national movement toward more affordable and equitable healthcare is over? President Obama doesn't think it's over. So called Tea Party Patriots don't think it's over. Don't let despair feed your soul. The future depends on what we do today.
UULMCA Action Network is joining communities across the country for 40 days and 40 nights of phone calling and a re-newed commitment to Healthcare Reform - lifting up our hopes for healing, health, and reform. We invite you to join us in a daily practice of cultivating hope by making one call a day for Healthcare reform.
You can download and print our handy wallet cards (at www.uulmca.org) for the phone numbers of your elected leaders. Pledge to make one call a day for 40 days and 40 nights. As you call, hold in your heart all who need access to health and hope.
