May 2007

Sunday Services - 10:00 a.m.

May 6: God-Fearing Humanism Rev. Tom Owen-Towle
When pressed, countless Unitarian Universalists would subscribe to a brand of humanism that combines elements of earth-based spirituality as well as access to the mystical. Such folks are card-carrying theological hybrids who dwell in the creases of existence. Perhaps you’re one yourself; I know I am.

May 13: Caring Means Everything Rev. Tom Owen-Towle
On Mother’s Day I will focus upon the litmus test of the religious life: caring. As a congregation we exist to care. John and Suzanne McQuaide will share their musical gifts.

May 20: Love Can Build a Bridge Rev. Tom Owen-Towle
In a world of increasing contentiousness and hostility, how do we, as religious people, build bridges or respect and reconciliation? We will welcome new members in a special ceremony, and our Summit Singers will join in chorus.

June 3: Pursuing Trust in a World of Mistrust Rev. Tom Owen-Towle
Come with an open heart.

R.E.
The first half of April, we took a break from the year’s curricula as the different area school districts had their different spring breaks and families had spring getaways.
Big thanks to the teen group and Mallory Orr for their help at the pledge breakfast on April 1. They wore various hats that morning helping with the adult breakfast, working in the nursery and supervising a concurrent breakfast plus movies and games for the younger children.
Easter Sunday found each class hunting for treasure after distributing flowers in the service at our Flower Communion.
Other endeavors this month included a special beading session as well as investigations into the lives of Unitarians, Universalists and UUs Alexander Graham Bell, Maria Mitchell, Pete Seeger, Norbert Capek and Peter Cooper.
The middle school group has decided to continue with “The Gospel According to the Simpsons” just one week each month and would like to do more hands-on activities the other weeks. For starters, they took responsibility for coffee and refreshments at the April 29 service. (Well done, middle schoolers!)
The high school group is continuing their research on Summit membership and on how Summit can become more environmentally responsible. They participated in the Earth Day gathering in Balboa Park, and marching for clean water with Wildcoast, a group that works to protect and preserve coastal ecosystems and wildlife in the Californias and Latin America by building grassroots support, conducting media campaigns and establishing protected areas.
AND SERVICE BE OUR PRAYER:
Many thanks to our April teaching volunteers: Mark Bryning, Lulu Lacono, Doris Wascher, Pat Gille, Michelle Beauchamp, Pam Williams, Laurel Bernstein, Jack Slagle, Diane Slagle, Mark Wheeler, Barbara Sorensen, Suzanne McQuaide, Stacey Scott, Glenn Sasaki, Mary Braunwarth, Chris Steussy, Teresa Palombo, Elizabeth Braymen, Pilar Placone-Willey and Shelley Lekven.
Further thanks to Neal Biggart, accompanied by Elaine Harper and Richard Wilkie, for providing Summit’s children with opportunities to sing each week, both for fun and in performance, as they did at the pledge breakfast and will again on Mother’s Day.
You are welcome to join our stellar assortment of teachers! You would be provided with a plan and supplies in advance and would work with your group from the time the children leave the service until adult refreshments, usually forty-five minutes. (Most sermons are posted on our website.)
Recycling: Please continue to bring your recyclable cans and plastic bottles and stash them in or beside the green marked container in the R.E. activity area.
Connie Henry, D.R.E. conniehenry@cox.net (619) 460-4794

Social Action Corner Service Is Our Prayer
Helping Others In East County
Crisis House – A collection for Crisis House at the April 15 Sunday Service in honor of Dorothy Greene brought in $600. Thanks to all who donated. Our special guest, Sharon Hummel of Crisis House, spoke of the many services offered by Crisis House to the homeless and victims of domestic violence in East County. The Crisis House has transitional housing for both domestic violence victims and for families and individuals trying to get back on their feet and off the streets. Crisis House also provides food, blankets and warm clothing for the homeless. For a complete list of their services, go to http://www.crisishouse.org/.
How can you help Summit’s efforts in social action?
Items Needed: Please bring canned and dry goods for the Social Action collection on May 20th to add to Crisis House’s food pantry.
People Power: Blue Jean Saturday - Mark your calendars for the morning of May 19th to help out a great community, our very own Summit. This will be a good time to not only get our grounds and facilities in great shape but to share time with and get to know your fellow Summitarians in a relaxed and productive setting. There will be lots of landscaping projects, cleaning and repairs inside so we are sure you will find something to suit your abilities. We will be meeting early (probably at 7 am) to beat the heat but if you aren’t an early bird just come when you can. A sign-up sheet will be available starting April 28th with a list of projects. And you’re still welcome to come help even if you don’t sign up. Let’s all join together and get Summit in tip-top shape. Please call Rene Schad at (619) 448-8131 with questions or suggestions, or email at rschad2@cox.net.

Amnesty International – Judy Bernstein, who co-author They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky: The True Story of 3 Lost Boys of Sudan will be speaking about the conflict in Sudan at the next Amnesty International meeting on Tuesday, May 29 at 6:00 pm. We will also be screening the movie- The Lost Boys of Sudan. Contact Viraj Ward if you have any questions.

Social Action Committee Meeting – Our next meeting will Sunday, May 20 at 8:30 am in the conference room. Newcomers are always more than welcome!

—ATTENTION—
Editor’s Corner
The Scene at Summit’s June 2007 edition deadline will be:
May 21 Deadline/
May 24 Mailing
Linda Peck, editor
Adult Religious Exploration
(A.R.E.)

Summit Seminars take place on the third Tuesday of the month, 7 to 8:30 pm, in our conference room, 8778 Cottonwood Ave., Santee, CA. For information call Richard Wilkie, 619-443-3543.
May 15, 2007, Dr. Joe Braunwarth on the topic: “Sex Sells: The Depiction of Women in Advertising.” Dr. Braunwarth is a Professor of Political Science at Grossmont College.

Rev. Tom Owen-Towle Ministerial Musings
Somerset Maugham wrote in The Moon and Sixpence, “that sometimes people hit upon a place to which they mysteriously feel that they belong. Here is the home they sought, among people they have never known, as though those people were familiar to them from their birth. Here at last they find rest.”
Yes, that’s the way it happens to so many of us, right, when we found Unitarian Universalism? We find a place and people that bring us a sense of spiritual roots. We feel at home. We find rest, sufficient rest. We can be ourselves…growing toward who we might become.
Well, we aren’t alone. There are plenty of other folks in East County and surrounds who share our hunger for a religion where reason, intuition, and compassion are balanced in fulsome measure. And Summit needs to be available for such neighbors and strangers, when they look us up or seek us out, and whenever they might desire compassionate allies. Remember the visual childhood rhyme: “Here is the church, here is the steeple. Open the doors. See all the people.”
We may not have a steeple, but we do have signage and relics and banners and more…and we’re becoming known as a bona fide religious alternative in these parts, a congregation that truly opens its doors and is willing to see the people, all of them: the last, the least, and the lost among us.
A relevant aside. Early in May, you will be asked to sign up and have your individual/family pictures taken for Summit’s first-ever Pictorial Directory. Don’t fail to show up and be “shot”; for this is no idle exercise, rather a crucial opportunity to better know and be known: one with another (especially as Summit’s numbers are burgeoning). Furthermore, the Directory will be visual means of being more hospitable to any and all newcomers, plus an incredibly useful gift in welcoming Kathleen, Mitchell and Adam Green into your Beloved Community. You already have an address; your next pressing need is matching names and faces.
Summit’s goal is to make 8778 holy ground. Now, holiness doesn’t imply that we major in piety or esoteric rituals. And if any UU partisan should ever be caught acting “holier than thou,” for goodness sake, call them back into line. We have no right being arrogant or smug about anything, especially in matters religious.
Rather being holy invites us, especially during Sunday morning worship:
–to be still and know that our lives have emerged and are sustained by a loving Spirit beyond our creation and control, even beyond our comprehension.
–to gather in song and enjoy music as spiritual expression rather than solely as performance.
–to be comforted when our hearts are heavy-laden and awakened when our spirits slumber in diffidence.
Microsoft chair Bill Gates brags that “he doesn’t go to church because it isn’t an efficient use of time.” Gates is right, if efficiency means simply making money, cranking out a product, or grabbing quick pleasure. But there are many of us moderns who hunger for renewal beyond efficiency and for meaning beyond machines, who want to be human beings not merely human doings. And that process requires religion. The holy is seldom efficient, but it’s, oh so, sustaining.
So Summit Unitarian Universalist Fellowship aspires to occupy holy ground, and we’ll continue to make it so by worshiping in reverence, growing families of character, opening our doors to those who seek our liberating gospel, and serving fellow travelers in need.
If we aspire to resemble our genuine vision, and do so 70% of the time, we’ll furnish a most valuable religious enterprise here in East County.
My fellow “freethinking mystics with hands”: we simply can’t live a grounded life without being grounded in a place. And East County of San Diego is now our ground as Summitarians, where we belong now, our tilling ground, our holy ground, our battleground, our growing ground.
My prayer is simple: may we prove worthy stakeholders of this sacred soil…today, tomorrow, and far into seasons beyond counting.
In faith, hope, and love…Tom

Jai Ghorpade had by-pass surgery on April 17. He had gone home, but has returned to the hospital at the time of this mailing. Please remember him and Suzanne in your prayers.

Remember Gini Schmitz’s son, Dan, who has had a cerebral hemorrhage. Please light candles for Gini as she travels daily now to Riverside to see him.

One of Summit’s authors, Laura Preble, had an article about her in the Postscript magazine, June 2007 edition. Congrats, Laura!
C.R.E

Refreshments Anyone?
Janet Dixon and Mary Dryden could use a couple of helpers on a regular basis make coffee on Sundays. If you are looking for a way to support Summit’s endeavors, this could be your chance! Please call Janet at 619-465-1160 to let her know you can help.

From the Caring Committee…
Summit’s Caring Committee is responsible for providing transportation for those members who are unable to drive and need help getting to our Sunday service, meetings or medical appointments. At present, the need is modest, so volunteers should not be overtaxed.
If you are willing and able to help occasionally, please let us know. We’ll try very hard to make it convenient for you. Please contact Rod Orth at 619-583-3405.

Flowers for Sunday Services
The flowers at our Sunday services always add a soft spirit to the room. If you would be interested in commemorating a personal special occasion or honoring a loved one by providing a flower arrangement for a particular Sunday, contact Barbara Orth (619-583-3405) or Vivienne Jacobson (619-469-4945). You and your occasion will be mentioned in that Sunday’s order of service. Thank you!

Freethinkers
Freethinkers meets the 1st Tuesday of each month in the Children’s R.E. area at 7:00 PM. We also support the A.R.E. Seminars which are scheduled for the third Tuesdays.
On Tuesday, May 1, we will view and discuss David Brancaccio’s 2005 interview of Kurt Vonnegut on NOW. Author/ humorist/philosopher Vonnegut describes himself as a President of the American Humanist Association who spouts The Beatitudes. Vonnegut died last month at age 83.
On May 15, we will attend the Summit Seminars at 7:00 pm in the Sanctuary to hear Dr. Joe Braunwarth speaking on “Sex Sells: The Depiction of Women in Advertising.”
For information on these and other Freethinkers activities, please call Wendell or Carol Rawlins, 619 644-1963.

Lunch Bunch
All Summitarians and guests who would like to eat and talk after Sunday services are welcome to meet with the Lunch Bunch. On May 6 we will eat at Mimi’s Café, 9812 Mission Gorge Road, Santee, phone 562-2644. May 13 will find us at Applebee’s, 107 Fletcher Parkway, El Cajon, phone 593-3066. On the 20th, we'll be at Olive Garden, 9800 Mission Gorge Road, Santee, phone 562-1622, and on the 27th at Michael’s Grill, 9621 Mission Gorge Road, Santee, phone 258-2110.
If you intend to join us, please print your name on the sign-up sheet on Sundays during the coffee time so we can phone ahead for reservations.

Within the Congregation From Our Secretary...
The Board of Directors is still spending at least three (3) hours at the April 19, 2007, meeting considering the business of Summit. The Board action consisted of:
a.) Pilar Placone-Willey, reported the information she had gathered regarding the possibility of a weekly “Farmers’ Market” as a source of revenue. We would need to keep in mind the Parking Situation; City of Santee rules and securing a Manager for this project. If the Board chooses to move forward on this, an overseer would have to be found.
b.) Voted to support “The Planned Giving Program development/implementation approach recommended by the Planned Giving Task Force along with recommended completion dates for associated major milestones.”
c.) Complimented the Aesthetics Committee on the recent artistic work completed in the area over the podium depicting the various religious symbols. Accepted the report that a podium special design is being constructed at the cost of materials only.
d.) Accepted a report that the Chalice Lighters & Spirit Level Grants have been submitted and that our financial funds are in good shape. We have been accepted to receive the Chalice Lighters Grant and the call has gone out.
e.) Heard the results of the current Annual/Capital Campaign as we anxiously await the final figures and hopefully reaching of our goal.
f.) Announced that a Special Board Meeting will be held in May to try & finalize the Fiscal Budget for 2007-08. The Congregational Meeting has been scheduled for June 3, 2007 for the membership to vote on the Nominations for Officers, Directors & Nominating Committee members to serve from July 1, 2007 – June 30, 2008.
g.) Linda Peck, Administrator, announced that the Irrigation Backflows have been inspected and the necessary repairs are on contract for $906.00.

Circle Dinner on May 26
On Saturday, May 26, at 6:30 pm we will have our Summit Circle Dinner for Spring.
A circle dinner is a gathering of 6-8 adult Summitarians at the home of one of their fellow Summitarians. In the past the host has supplied the home and the main dish and contacted the guests to let them know where to report for dinner and what side dish, salad, etc. to bring. This time there will be a lesser option for hosts if they care to accept it. That is, you may supply only the house and dishes and allow one of your attendees to take over the responsibilities of being the host.
You may now sign up at two levels of commitment as a host.
Type A host - Be the traditional circle dinner host. Provide the house, main dish, food coordination and contact all the guests. OR;
Type B host - Be slightly less dedicated but still virtuous host. Provide the house and the tableware but let someone else prepare the main dish, plan and coordinate the food and contact the other guests.
Or, you can sign up at two different levels of commitment as a guest .
Guest 1 - Be the guest who prepares the main dish, coordinates the food and contacts the other guests. OR:
Guest 2 - Be the traditional guest. Bring your requested food contribution and gratitude to the dinner.
Please sign up in the greeting room with Suzanne McQuaide or email suzanne-m@cox.net or call 619-229-0081. New members, we want you, too!!

May 27: A Skeptic and a Believer
Rev. Carolyn Owen-Towle
I have been on a lifelong journey of search for what life means. Both a skeptic and a believer, Unitarian Universalism is the one faith into which I fit completely. It will be a joy to share with you, since you have become friends whom I value and enjoy. Tom Owen-Towle will assist, and Ed Henry will provide music.
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Please contact me with any questions, concerns, ideas or to talk about teaching opportunities.
www.summitarian.org and summitunitarian@sbcglobal.net

From Rev. Kathleen Green . . .
Hello dear Summitarians.
I am thinking of you often as I peruse the Summit website and email messages for tidbits of congregational information that keeps me updated and connected. Those of you who are experiencing hardship, illness, hospitalization, and sorrow are being held in my heart. I also celebrate with you the bits of good news and the wonderful beginning of the pledge/capital campaign.
On the occasion of beautiful sunny and warm days here in Chicagoland, I think of you. Those are starting to occur with slightly more frequency! The sunny days will bring my graduation from Meadville-Lombard Theological School on June 3, and my last service with Lake Country Unitarian Universalist Church in Wisconsin. Both will be bittersweet.
Near the end of June, my family and I will be in Portland, Oregon, for our denomination's General Assembly (GA). I know that at least a few Summitarians are planning on being there as well. If you haven't considered going before now, please do so. Check out the details at www.uua.org. I would love to have a meal with those Summitarians who go to GA, while we're between worship services, workshops, lectures, and exhibit hall browsing! It would be a great way to catch up with one another, share our GA experiences, and take a breather. My tentative plan is to gather for lunch on Saturday, June 23. If you are planning on being at the GA and would like to get together, please email me at minister@lcuuc.org.
Look for more updates on our GA gathering, and my moving plans, in next month's newsletter.
Preparing for new pathways, Rev. Kathleen

Official Notice of
Annual
Congregational Meeting
June 3, 2007
Each congregation in the UUA must hold at least one congregational meeting yearly. Ours falls at the end of May or early June, before the end of the fiscal year. We will have our regular Sunday service, followed by the Congregational Meeting.
On the ballot this year we will vote on:
Board of Directors slate
Nominating Committee members
Budget for fiscal year 2007-08

Summit Children's Choir
The newly formed Summit Children's Choir will make their debut performance at the Pledge Breakfast on April 1. The choir is open to all children and we meet regularly at 10:40am on Sunday morning. In addition we will have some final rehearsals during RE. Please send your children to the RE as soon as possible each Sunday morning and we will take them to the Sanctuary. Thanks for your support. ~ Neal Biggart and Connie Henry

Aesthetics Report
Recently we met at the home of Norma Pizarro who is donating her artistitic energies to design and create a sculptured lectern for our sanctuary. Committee members feel that any new wall hangings should incorporate and reflect the color and feeling of Norma’s work, and thus we were inspired by the many lovely pieces in her home along with descriptions of her creative process.
Norma has her MFA in Art from SDSU with emphasis in sculptured woods and metal arts. She has shown her work in galleries in Boston, San Francisco, Seattle, and Cannon Beach, Oregon. Norma’s art, is in her words, “..… tactile, sensual and spiritual. It reflects the gifts and joys of existence which we take for granted…[and tries] to impart the connection to all living and breathing entities.” Our UU community is, indeed, fortunate to have Norma’s energy and talents.
Our committee welcomes any ideas you may have for general beautification. Thank you.
Gwen Curry (Chair), Loretta Godfrey, Alix Hart, Suzanne McQuaide, Pat Metzgar, Carolyn Owen-Towle

Ever Wanted to Show
Your Gratitude?
Have you ever had someone help you out, offered them a couple of bucks for their trouble, only to have them decline? Well, if that happens, consider making a Service Donation to Summit in the helper’s name. Summitarians have been doing this for years but not many of the newcomers have heard about it. You can donate at the service or drop it in the mail to the Summit office, 8778 Cottonwood Ave., Santee, CA 92071.
This Fund has been established to accept contributions to celebrate moments in our lives such as weddings, and to commemorate deaths of loved ones or friends.
For more info, contact the Summit office at 619-562-0833. The Summit Caring Committee oversees the distribution of these funds where they might be needed.

Sunday Morning
Meditation
We will have a meditation/prayer session from 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. each Sunday morning before the service begins. And Wednesday Mornings At 8:30

It is important that our members and friends of Summit sign up for their individual or family portraits (with pets if preferred) for our pictorial directory. Each individual or family photographed on site at Summit on either Monday, May 7 or Tuesday, May 8 or Wednesday, May 9, between the hours of 12 noon to 8 PM will receive a complimentary 8 x 10 portrait and a free directory. Sign-up will continue after Sunday services, the last day being Sunday May 6. On-line sign-ups for portrait appointments or changes of appointments can be made. If you choose not to attend a session, you may submit a portrait photograph and a check made out in Lifetouch to the amount of $10 to be included in our directory and to receive a copy of our new directory.
The success of this new venture will depend on your attendance and support! If you have questions, please contact Joan Chan at (619) 466-4760 or email at jmcpc@cox.net or Elaine Harper at 443 3543 or elaine.harper@cox.net.
Following the three sessions on “Unitarian, Universalism and You” well attended by newcomers and long time members alike, we will be holding a “New Members Ceremony” during our Sunday service on Sunday, May 20. We warmly welcome those wishing to join our beloved Summit community. Please inform the Co-chairpersons of the Membership Committee (Elaine and Joan) if you wish to do so. Joan Chan and Elaine Harper

~Attention~
ALL SHOOK UP!
For the June 29th performance of this enjoyable musical, Summit’s Finance Committee has reserved a (nonprofit group price) block of seats. Summit’s Debbie Wingard and Pierre Vaughn’s son, Kyle Vaughn, is in this production, which has been performing in other major cities throughout the United States.
Join other Summitarians at the Civic Theatre on June 29th by purchasing tickets now. (About half of our tickets have already been sold.) Our discounted Orchestra Section tickets are $54.00 each, which includes $20.00 fundraising income for Summit.
To purchase tickets, please contact Vic White (at 619-543-9890 or email victorwh@aol.com).
Planned$ Giving Task Force

One of Summit's Comprehensive Plan goals is: “To initiate a planned giving program and establish an endowment fund.” Summit ’s Finance Committee has established a task force that is working on the various details associated with establishing a planned giving program for our congregation. The task force plan (approved by the Board at its April meeting) is:
To carefully research alternatives and, after coordination with the Finance Committee and Treasurer, to recommend an approach for Board consideration; then,
To work on specific recommendations regarding “how” endowment fund dollars should be managed (to include: gift acceptance policies; how and when and to what degree endowment dollars may expended; policies, procedures and internal controls associated with management of endowment dollars, etc.) and then,
After Board authorization ( and after any necessary revision of Summit’s bylaws), to assist with formal establishment of an endowment fund, along with establishment of a very visible, respectful way of acknowledging all those that choose to make “planned gifts” to Summit (through their wills and through other methods).
Our Planned Giving Task Force includes Mary Braunwarth, Rod Orth and Vic White. Please stay tuned for more information as we proceed with this important financial management item!

Public Service Announcement– Meals-On-Wheels
Meals on Wheels of Greater SD is a nonprofit social service agency for seniors by helping them be independent and in their homes. We provide daily nutrition by delivering 2 meals a day, 7 days a week including holidays. If you know of someone in the Alpine, El Cajon, Lakeside, La Mesa or Santee areas that need this service or would like to be a driver/deliverer, please call Caroline at 619-447-8782.

Spring Swing Dance at First Church of S.D.
May 12, 2007 doors open 7:00,
lesson 7:30, open dancing 8:30
Mark your calendar for this ! Church members, friends, and guests are welcome. Put on your dancing shoes and let's dance the night away! We'll start the night off with a swing dance lesson from Jim and Margie of 2-to-Groove dance. For more information on the instructors, check out their web site . After the lesson we will have fun practicing what we've learned and dance to a mix of music! Tickets will be available at the door or at First Church on the patio after the first and second service at the YAO board.

Sponsored by: YAO (Youthful and Open-Minded)
Wine Country Excursions
An hour north of San Francisco are the lush vineyards, world class wineries and picturesque small towns of the Napa and Sonoma Valleys. We invite all UUs and friends to share the beauty of our “home” through the UU Fellowship of North Bay’s “Wine Country Excursions.”
Tours are offered from mid-May through mid-October. Plan for two days of touring and a two or three night stay with all local transportation provided. Home hospitality without tours is also available. All proceeds go to help our Fellowship grow and purchase property in this expensive real estate market. We have limited openings, so contact us now for details. Iris Barrie, 707.265.6926 or barrie001@comcast.net .

UUA Bookstore is having a sale until May 31st! www.uua.org/bookstore or to place orders call 1-800-215-9076.
Check out Between Sundays, a website by the Church of the Larger Fellowship (CLF): www.clfuu.org/betweensundays
Other contact numbers for the CLF: 617-948-6150 or clf@clfuu.org.
World Harmony Run

New friend to Summit, Mar Cardenas, is the local contact person for World Harmony Run. This organization is doing a relay race around the world to promote peace and coexistence of all cultures. World Harmony Run will be at Prospect Avenue School, here in Santee, on May 21, at 10:00 am. Please call Mar at 619-258-0169 for more information!
“Run, run, run! World Harmony Run! We are the oneness and fullness of Tomorrow’s Sun!”

Summit Artist Gallery Opening
Newly displayed art by
Gwen Curry
Artist’s Reception May 20, 2007 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Lost and Found
There must be a few chilly people out there! Lost coats have been taken to Linda’s office: fleece hoody with gray stripes on arms, blue wind-breaker, gray hoody, zippered sweat shirt jacket, and a black women’s dress jacket. We also have a basket in the hall in the office of other lost items.

Directory Band Aid
It has come to the editor’s attention that despite having new info in the newsletter, no one is recording it in their directories. Please update your directory with the following information. This will cut down on calls to the office asking the administrator for it over and over. Thank you.

Fred & Gloria Gelineau’s new info is 619-659-8284 & GelineauMaCa@aol.com.

Rex Graham, 7677 Mission Gorge Rd., #123; San Diego, CA 92120; 858-232-2706
Harriet Wright, Waterford Terrace, 5580 Aztec Dr., #615; La Mesa, CA 91942; 619-825-6775, momnkids@sdcoe.k12.ca.us.

Rev. Kathleen Green, 1110 Dewey Ave.; Evanston, IL 60202; minister@lcuuc.org.

Empty Bowls– SD 2007
A few years ago, Summit Fellowship held the Empty Bowles fundraiser at the Masonic Lodge. Hand made pottery bowls were filled with soup and sold to raise money to help buy food for Crisis House. This year the Empty Bowls event will be held at the United Methodist Church on La Jolla Blvd., on May 12, 2007. All of the money raised will be donated to the Third Avenue Charity Organization in San Diego.
If you would like tickets or to help us on the day of the event, please contact Lynn Render at 619-223-4351.
(Article submitted by Elly Dotseth.)