Unitarian  Universalists of the Cumberland Valley

 

Online Newsletter for October 2007

 

October Newsletter Deadline is Monday, 22nd   Submit items to newsletter@uucv.net

NOTICE NEW EMAIL ADDRESS

 

 

Sunday Service Topics. 1

From the Well 2

Ministers’ Sabbatical Leave. 4

11th Annual Auction: 4

How are You Fixed for Change?. 5

Your Thoughts and Ours about Joys and Sorrows. 6

Holiday Plans. 6

From the DRE.. 6

Project SHARE in the News. 6

Circle Suppers. 6

Articulating Your UU Faith (Adult RE Class) 6

More Adult RE.. 6

Congregational Happenings. 6

All in the UUCV Family. 6

E-Mail Clarification. 6

Joseph Priestly District 6

 

 

 

Sunday Service Topics

 

October 7 “Albert Schweitzer: The Man and his World View--Reverence for Life”

John Kallmann and Ellen Lyon, Worship Associates.  Music by Julie Moffitt

As a Protestant minister, theologian, medical doctor in Africa, tireless correspondent with world leaders and critic of war, and the atom bomb,

Albert Schweitzer has made an example of his life for all of us to follow.

 

October 14 “Unfinished Temples (Intergenerational Service)

Rev. Kent Matthies; Elizabeth Motich, Worship Associate  Music by Sally Beaver
King David was called by God to build a great temple.  David was also
told that he would not see the completion of the temple.  For our personal and social justice efforts it is good enough just to make the effort.  How are we called to build temples in our lives and our communities?  Rev. Kent Matthies is the minister of the Unitarian Society of Germantown (Philadelphia).

 

October 21 “Equipping the Saints”

Kathy Ellis; John Kallmann, Worship Associate   Music by Carole Knisely and Ken Laws

Who are the saints in Unitarian Universalism? What does it mean to be equipped? Find out what this could mean to Unitarian Universalist congregations. Kathy Ellis is Director of Equipping for WellSprings, the new Unitarian Universalist congregation in Chester County, Pennsylvania.

 

October 28 “Day of the Dead: El Dia de los Muertos”

The Rev. Duane Fickeisen and Elizabeth Motich, Worship Associate. Our choir will sing.  Additional music by Pat Spader

Our celebration of the Day of the Dead has become an annual tradition. We shall invite the presence of our ancestors and offer our hospitality to those who have died as we remember and celebrate their lives. Bring a photograph or memento of your loved ones for our grand altar, in the tradition of this Mexican festival. Children are encouraged to come in Halloween costumes and parade through the Sanctuary.

 

 

From the Well

Our monthly minister’s column, this month by Rev. Judy Welles

 

October has the potential of being a big, BIG month for Unitarian Universalists nationwide.  Here’s the news, straight from the top — UUA President William Sinkford.

My dear friends,

I am delighted to share some exciting news with you today.  We are preparing to launch the first national marketing campaign for Unitarian Universalism in fifty years!

Beginning in early October, as part of an effort to offer the good news of our faith to the larger world, the Unitarian Universalist Association will begin a partnership with Time Magazine and their website, time.com.

This partnership will include:

·         Print ads in Time Magazine

·         "Advertorials" - printed material that promotes Unitarian Universalism and directs readers to a web archive of Time articles focusing on current religious and ethical issues

·         Customized information on time.com directing users to specially designed pages on our website, UUA.org.

This special campaign is designed to raise awareness of Unitarian Universalism and to share our unique message with a larger audience.  Our partnership with Time will ensure that Unitarian Universalism is an important voice in the religious landscape…

To help congregations in this vital work, we are providing many resources, including a comprehensive FAQ sheet, new hospitality tools, and much more.  In addition, all of our congregations will soon receive a wonderful new DVD introducing Unitarian Universalism to visitors and spiritual seekers.  This also will be a valuable tool for including new members.  These innovative materials will help us reach a wider audience than ever before and I encourage you to find out more.

We will continue to update you as we approach the marketing launch in early October.  These are exciting times for Unitarian Universalism as we step out into the world in a new way.  I'd like to take this opportunity to extend my thanks in advance.  Thank you for opening your doors, and your hearts, to the new possibilities on the horizon.

In faith,

William G. Sinkford

 

(For more information about this campaign, go to http://www.uua.org/leaders/leaderslibrary/marketing/44869.shtml or http://www.uua.org/leaders/leaderslibrary/marketing/faq/index.shtml)

This news comes at a perfect time for UUCV, as the focus of our recent Board retreat was numerical growth, and the myriad ways that we can make our visitors feel more welcome.  It’s likely that the Time Magazine campaign will bring us more visitors, and we want to be ready for them when they arrive.

 

The new mural on the wall outside the sanctuary is a wonderful welcome for visitors; it’s bold and attractive, and it makes our mission clear: transforming lives and caring for the world.  I’m hoping that the mural will prove to be the springboard for a general upgrade of the whole upstairs, with fresh paint in the hallway (many thanks to Sue Roberts and Becky Smith for painting the wall where the mural was installed) and a more coordinated look to the Social Hall décor (tables, wall art, etc.)  We love our building, but don’t you agree that it has that sort of sixties look?

 

In terms of external communication, we’re closing in on the web site completion, and hoping to re-design the on-line newsletter for a more contemporary look.  We also look forward to improved signage outside.  We’ll work on improving internal communications with more timely information about committees and activities, an on-line calendar of activities, and more ways for you to learn how to get involved.

 

I’m very excited by the commitment your Board showed to revving up the engines at UUCV and generating even more excitement about who we are and what we’re about.  This is going to be a banner year for us!

 

Love, Judy

 

Ministerial Sabbatical

 

Our ministers are both on sabbatical leave from September 24 through October 22. Duane will return on October 23, and Judy will remain on sabbatical through December 3. A sabbatical brochure that describes the leave is available at the Meetinghouse. Use the list in the brochure or in this newsletter to find out whom to contact for various concerns. If you need pastoral assistance, call our board president, Kit Franklin, at 717-776-8419.

 

 

11th Annual Auction: An International Celebration

Saturday, November 10, 2007 from  6:00 – 9:00 p.m.

 

The deadline for turning in your DONATIONS FORMS for the Auction is September 30.  You can get the forms at the website http://www.uucv.net/Auction/auction.html, or stop by the Auction Table in the Social Hall.  We want this Auction to be the BEST EVER, so please donate in as many categories as you can!  As always we are looking for great and unique items for the Live Auction, from works of art to weeks of vacation. 

 

This year we’ll inaugurate our Marketplace for hand-crafted or unique donated items of Wearable Art, Crafts, or Food.  Maybe you collect honey, can pickles, make jam, knit hats, bake bread.  But, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO MAKE THE ITEM YOURSELF!  If you have some things that fit in with a hand-made vibe, such as painted pottery, dipped candles, artistic tee-shirts, woven blankets, baskets, etc, please do donate them to the Marketplace!

 

But the most important donation you can make is also the most fun for you: a Sign-Up Event.  By hosting an event, either large or small, you can meet other friends from UUCV and enjoy an activity together.  Outdoor fun, dinner parties, dancing lessons, themed parties, baking classes, candle-making workshops, star-gazing outings, hikes along the Appalachian Trail, bike rides, house tours, sing alongs . . . the possibilities are endless!  If you are BRAND NEW to UUCV, offering a Sign-Up is a great way to make some new friends, so don’t be shy!

 

Register in advance to speed your way to auction fun! Admission to the Annual Auction is $8.00 for adults (includes a full buffet dinner and bidder number) and $5.00 for children (includes dinner and 3 hour program).  Dress with International Flair and YOU could be the winner of our Costume Contest!

 

Have questions or need help? Contact Bev Motich, bmotichATyahoo.com or 432-9505 for general auction questions, specific questions about the sign-ups and wishing well, or to volunteer.  Questions about Live Auction items? Contact Geneva Politzer by phone 258-8715 or email gbpolitzerATearthlink.net.  Questions about the Marketplace? Contact Kim van Alkemade at 860-6641 or email to kivanaATcomcast.net.

 

How are You Fixed for Change?

From Kit Franklin, President, UUCV Board of Trustees

 

No, not for Change-for-the-World, although we always appreciate your generous support for our Social Action Projects. I mean how is your mind/heart fixed with respect to changes in our lives and in the way we do things at UUCV?

 

Our mission statement calls us to change. We are to "transform (change) lives" and if we are to care for the world, there are certainly a few changes that we will have to try to make, like replacing hatred with love. I’m sure each of us can think of a thing or two in our character that could be changed for the good, too,

 

Many of us - and I have to include myself here - find within ourselves a resistance to many changes. That is especially true, some anthropologists tell us, in the realm of religion, which they see, for the most part, as a conservative and stabilizing influence within culture. On the other hand, if someone you love says excitedly, "Let’s do something different today!" you will probably respond with positive excitement. So....

 

Let’s do something different at UUCV this year! We have tried a new way to do Joys & Sorrows, and lots more people participated. When Judy and Duane are on Sabbatical for a month this fall, visiting ministers will bring us new ideas and probably new ways of doing things. Some may be so good we want to continue doing them - or perhaps we will just learn to enjoy the novelty. And have you noticed that this year’s Auction is different, too?

 

What about our building? The new mural outside the sanctuary is beautiful, I think. I know we can all think of some other changes we’d like to see - the sooner the better! We could spiff the place up some; do some more painting and tidy up the Social Hall. UUCV is our church home, and we’d like it to be as welcoming as we want our home to be for friends and guests. Then there are some bigger projects as well. Could we change that red carpet? Get air conditioning? Put in chairs instead of pews? Change that high pulpit? Make at least some of the windows clear, so we can see the sun and clouds? Get some sort of elevator? Please be thinking about how you might help these and other changes become reality. 

 

Mahatma Ghandi said, "Be the change you want to see in the world."

 

 

Your Thoughts and Ours about Joys and Sorrows

 

If you’ve been to a service since late August, you’ve seen that we have been experimenting with a different way of doing Joys & Sorrows.  We invite people to come forward in silence and drop a pebble in a bowl of water to mark a significant event or decision in their lives, while music is played.  We also have a book located near the piano in which you can write about events or experiences which you wish mentioned in the minister’s prayer.  The book remains in the sanctuary all week for anyone to browse.

 

A week before press time for this newsletter issue, we asked for your feedback on this experiment.  As your ministers, we are very interested in your experiences and in the ways that our ideas meet or don’t meet your needs.  We appreciate the time that some of you have taken to let us know your thoughts about this temporary change in Joys & Sorrows.  (While we are away on sabbatical, the Worship Associates will go back to conducting Joys & Sorrows “the old way.”)

 

Although the upstate returns aren’t in yet, and we hope to hear from many more of you, we thought you’d be interested in some of the comments that have been made so far.  More of those who wrote to us prefer the new way to the old way (currently it’s four for the old way and six for the new), and your own words are the most effective way to let others know your thoughts:

 

Some of those who like the old way wrote:

  I miss hearing about what is going on in the lives of others…  I really liked the personal touch of what the members and friends had to share, and I find myself wondering why some people were coming forward but we didn't hear their joy or sorrow.

 I really liked it better with people getting up and telling themselves of their joy or sorrow.  There was a better sense of the connectedness of our congregation which is diluted in this new way, even if included in the minister's prayer.  That sense of connectedness was for me the real virtue of Joys and Sorrows, and I think an important one.

  The change in the way we do joys & sorrows has been a sorrow to me.   As a speaker, and as a listener, I liked the personal touch that it used to have.  Even having someone else voice the concern seems so impersonal.  I found this part of our service so important and really miss it.

Some of those who like the new way wrote:

  This is a very beautiful ceremony and I've noticed several people, after dropping the pebbles in the pot, seem very emotional, as if it means something to them as well…  And of course, some of those more shy people are now better represented.  I'm sure this whole approach annoys the folks who would prefer a more Quaker service, but if I wanted that, I'd join the Quakers!  Thanks for the change.

  We prefer the silent communion and support.  Sitting in the pew as a witness to those who stood in line was such a powerful experience for me!  Much like Siddhartha on the banks of the river, I felt as though I was tapping into great sadness, joy, relief, a myriad of human expressions floating by.  Certainly there are times and places for the particular details of our joys and sorrows; however, I'd rather not have every Sunday be a forum for that expression.

   For people who are handicapped by a speech impediment, for people who are extra shy, for those who would break down if they tried to speak, for those who tend to be too wordy, and for those who are the more introspective type -- it works.  I have noticed that I am not the only one who now participates after just about never participating before.  I did not realize that tossing a pebble in a bowl of water could carry such power -- until I tried it.  Standing up, meditating upon my joy or sorrow, approaching the bowl, performing the ritual in public -- well, I was surprised and pleased.  It does, silently, take care of something. 

 

We have some of our own thoughts about this experiment as well.  Here are a few:

  No matter what we do, we will never come up with a system that will please everyone.  Thank you for your tolerance of one another’s needs, and your willingness to forego something you want if it will be to someone else’s benefit.

  Far more people are participating in the new way.  Today (9/16) there were 28 pebbles in the bowl, and eight people wrote something in the book.  Allowing for some duplication, that suggests that around 30 people were able to express something important with these simple rituals.  Our observation is that if spoken Joys & Sorrows go beyond about twelve people, it starts to feel too long.

  You are very creative and helpful to us with your suggestions about how to modify and improve upon our ideas.  Thank you.  We are listening.

 

Throughout this year we will experiment with a variety of ways to conduct the Joys & Sorrows part of the service, allowing several weeks for each experiment so that you get to experience it fully.  We will keep you informed of our thoughts and your responses, and when all is said and done… well, all will be said and done.  We don’t know what the future holds.  Judy and Duane

 

Holiday Plans

 

It may still be two months away or more, but it's not too soon to begin making plans for our winter holiday celebrations and activities. It would be wonderful to have the Meetinghouse decorated for the service on December 16th through Christmas Eve, and we'll have a mitten tree again if we find a coordinator for it. We're hoping to stage a Christmas-themed production in our service on Sunday December 23rd, and we will celebrate Christmas Eve with our traditional early evening, family-oriented service of Lessons and Carols on the 24th.

 

Our ministers will host a holiday open house in their home on Sunday afternoon, December 16th, so save the date and watch for an invitation and information in the December newsletter.

 

Our offering on Christmas Eve will be dedicated to a local service agency. If you have a suggestion for a recipient, please send the name of the agency and a brief description of their work to Kit Franklin by Oct.  21. (The board will be asked to designate the recipient at their Oct. 25 meeting.)

 

We need a volunteer to coordinate decorating the building (on Saturday Dec. 15th? Or after church on Dec. 9th?). We have plenty of decorations. The job involves announcing the date/time in the December newsletter, coordinating the work party to put the decorations up, and arranging to take them down and store them away. If that's you, contact Carol McAnulty at 249-4433.

 

We also need a volunteer to coordinate the mitten tree project.  The job involves finding an agency to receive the mittens, publicity in the December Newsletter and PrE-views and removing and packing up the donated hats and mittens and delivering them to the receiving agency. It that's you, contact Carol McAnulty at 249-4433.

 

 

From the DRE

By Kevin C. Snow

 
Happy October Everyone! Has the weather changed rapidly enough for you? I have been enjoying the fall coolness as it wafts over me each morning and evening but my sinuses have not! Change can bring both good and bad. Interestingly enough that is a bit of a segue into the main topic I want to share with all of you this month in my column. Change is so essential to our lives and especially when the change affects us in such a dramatic way as something like . . . puberty! Yes, I said it . . . the dreaded "p" word. And what comes naturally with puberty? Well, for most young folks questions about their changing bodies and sexuality, of course. It is to this end that I would like to take time this month to promote Our Whole Lives, a.k.a. OWL, the Unitarian Universalist sanctioned sexuality education program that we will be offering for any interested 6, 7 and 8th graders, be they UU or not.
 
OWL is an incredible program that will be offered in the near future by some very trusted and respected volunteers. Joining us as teachers this year will be Jim Freeman, a veteran OWL teacher, Marie Helweg-Larsen, Val Campbell, Virginia Jackson and me! I am very excited by this great collection of teachers. Each of us, by the time OWL is offered, will be trained during a three day intensive session by expert trainers in the field of human sexuality and many of us bring unique professional perspectives to the job that will enhance the experience for our kids. It isn’t every sexuality program that has a professional psychologist, psychotherapist and physician on hand, to name a few! Each of our teachers has dedicated themselves to providing a quality sexuality program within the guidelines of our UU sanctioned training. Does this sound appealing to you or your young teen? I hope so.
 
There is nothing more important than learning in a safe and supportive environment and we promise you that your children will be nurtured as we educate them. I suspect a bit of fun might make its way into the sessions too! Please consider permitting your middle school student to join us for the program and please talk to other families you know who may be interested in joining us as well. When we taught the program two years ago half the class were non-UU kids who liked what we have to offer at UUCV so much that they joined our Youth Group! The experience of participating in an OWL course will be bonding and be a foundation for lifelong healthy sexuality! But, please don’t take just my word for it. The UUA has some great information to offer you and I strongly request you check it out in more detail if you are thinking of enrolling your child. http://www.uua.org/religiouseducation/curricula/ourwhole/
 
Please stay tuned for more information about this great opportunity. A mandatory parents meeting will be held within a month or so for all interested families and you can see it advertised here as soon as the teachers are all trained. If you would like more specific information please see me after the weekend of Oct. 19, when I get trained, or speak with Jim Freeman. I promise that if your child joins our OWL course they will step away from it a more confident, educated and aware person with regards to their sexuality and how it connects to the world around them. UUCV has a commitment to raising healthy UU kids and OWL is one major step in fulfilling that promise! See you on Sunday and at OWL!

 

 

Project SHARE in the News

 

SHARE served 821 households, a total of 1,966 individuals in August.  Of this total, 35% (681) were children, and 280 were senior citizens.  Retail value of the box was $172.13.  Our cost was $28.71.  Total poundage distributed in July was 145,099.

 

UUCV contributed 70 pounds of food last month.  Thanks to all who helped.  Special thanks to Bee Miller for the baby clothes.

 

Now that fall is here, can the winter holidays by far behind?  As a matter of fact, it’s time for the food bank to begin gearing up for Thanksgiving, so for the months of October and November we will concentrate on filling 10 Thanksgiving Dinner bags consisting of:  cans of juice, corn, gravy, cranberry sauce, fruit cocktail, sweet potatoes and pumpkin.  Also needed are applesauce, stuffing mix and jello.  A sign-up sheet is on the SAC table.  Sign-ups help assure we will have 10 of every item.  Of course, as always, all donations are greatly appreciated.  The October ingathering for items NOT designated for Thanksgiving Dinner bags is Sunday, October 14. 

 

Circle Suppers

 

In response to your requests, the Membership Committee is starting up a new “Circle Supper” program.  These will be bimonthly potluck dinners in people’s homes for members and friends of UUCV, hopefully with a mix of long-time and newer people who will enjoy getting to know each other over a meal.  The dates we are considering are: Nov. 17, Jan. 12, March 21, and May 10.

 

Look for a sign-up sheet in the Social Hall if you would like to participate in this community-building and fun activity.  There will be a place to indicate if you can host a supper in your home (6-8 guests is ideal); of course this will only work if we have enough hosts!  Guests will be assigned to the hosts before the assigned date, and the host will call the guests to give directions and arrange for their food assignment (hosts will probably provide the main course).  These suppers can be as simple or as elaborate as you would like them to be. It will be a wonderful occasion for sharing our fellowship.

 

If you have questions, please, contact Gisela Roethke at roethke@dickinson.edu or call in the evening at 245-2360.

 

Articulating Your UU Faith (Adult RE Class)

 

Even been asked to describe Unitarian Universalism? Stumbled on trying to say something besides what it isn't? Join Duane for a fun series as we

reflect on our own experiences, hear others reflect on theirs, and formulate an articulate, positive, inspiring description that rings true to your experience. Expect thinking, feeling, and doing. Plan on laughter and the opportunity to give and to receive support in the quest as we seek inspiration and deeper connections.

 

This class will meet on four Tuesday evenings, Oct. 30, Nov. 6, Nov. 20, and Nov. 27 (Note: We will not meet on Nov. 13.) We will meet in the Meetinghouse Library from 7:15-9:15 p.m. Pre-registration is required by October 21st and there is a minimum enrollment of six to make this class a 'go.'

 

More Adult RE

 

Feeling a little distracted lately? Then come to Sunday Morning Adult Religious Education this month. Psychologist and UUCV member Liz Hoffman will present a three-session workshop on Oct. 7, 14 and 21 based on the book she and her son Christopher Hoffman wrote, "Staying Focused in the Age of Distraction."


Then, once you're properly focused again, hear Max Lara talk on Oct. 28 about what it was like to flee Castro's Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis. It will be the third installment in our continuing oral history series from UUCV members and friends with interesting tales to tell.
All classes run from 9 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. in the dining room. Childcare is available if you contact the office by the Thursday before the class.

 

Congregational Happenings

 

October 5   The Pot Luck Supper will be held on Friday, October 5 at 6:30 P.M. We will start the fall season with Classic Bluegrass Music. Bring a dish to share, join in the festivities, and dine by candlelight.

 

 

October 28, 2007 The meeting of the Serious Stuff Book group will be to discuss  "Traveling Mercies: Thoughts on Faith” by Anne Lamott. Feel free and welcome to join us even if you have never attended before. We gather at 6:30 PM in the library of our meetinghouse.  It is not too early to dig deep for suggestions for our 2008 reading list.  The meeting to formulate that list will be in November.

 

In this engaging collection of essays, Anne Lamott admits that she's "ever so slightly more anxious than the average hypochondriac."  With sharp and bittersweet humor, she recounts a past full of bad relationships with men, with food, with drugs, with alcohol, and worst of all, with herself. She battles her demons thanks to the love of her friends and family and her "lurch of faith" to embrace religion, that "puzzling thing inside me that had begun to tug on my sleeve from time to time, trying to get my attention."  This book is a quick read and is a treasure.

 

 

All in the UUCV Family

 

We bade fond farewell to John Jacobsen, a founding member and UUCV's first treasurer in mid-September. John has moved to Minnesota to care for his100-plus-year-old mother. John, thank you and many blessings. You go with our love and care.  We’re delighted to hear of Brandon Stolley’s continued recovery from his motorcycle accident in July, and Melissa Stolley’s recovery from recent surgery.  Two new babies have been born into our extended family:  Laurel Belding’s grandson Anderson Gerard Quoc Dang on September 23, and Kevin Snow’s nephew, Braiden Beam, born September 9.  Congratulations to Kathy Ellis and Rick Heckman, whose daughter Jessica was married on September 1 in a ceremony conducted by Judy.  We send our love to Andy Pettit, whose father died on August 22.  Lisa Boyd’s father also died in late August, and her mother has had to be moved to assisted living; this has been a difficult time for the Boyd family, and we send them our love.

 

We would love to share your news with the UUCV family, but we won’t know what it is unless you tell us!  Please send news for this column to Judy Welles, jcwellesATearthlinkDOTnet.

 

E-Mail Clarification

 

Some of you have asked what gives with Judy’s and Duane’s new e-mail addresses.  Changes at Earthlink and Embarq forced us to give up our old Earthlink addresses, and we changed to new ones.  We thought it would be easiest for you to remember judy@uucv.net and duane@uucv.net as our new addresses.

 

However, some observant ones among you have noticed that when you receive a message from us, it comes from gmail.com, and have asked us which address you should use.  The gmail addresses are our “real” addresses, and the uucv.net addresses are aliases which forward messages to the gmail accounts.  Messages that you send to us either at the gmail accounts or the uucv.net addresses will be delivered — both are equally valid.  We suggest that you use the uucv.net addresses when initiating a message to us, as it’s an easy address to remember, but don’t be concerned if our reply comes to you from gmail.

 

Now here’s an important detail:  Please set the spam filter in your own e-mail software to receive messages from jcwelles@gmail.com and dfickeisen@gmail.com.  Good e-mail software often directs mail from unfamiliar addresses into a junk mailbox, and messages we have sent to you over the past few weeks may have ended up there.  And while you’re at it, please also be sure that you can receive messages from revsnowman@hotmail.com.  That’s Kevin Snow’s address, and he will be sending out the UUCV PrE-Views during Judy’s sabbatical (September 24-December 4).

 

 

Joseph Priestley District

Want to know what’s happening in our UU district?  Just click on http://www.jpduua.org/ and check our the Packet 2007 for monthly information, or browse the site for happenings at our neighboring congregations.

 

UUCV Contacts and Resources

This information is meant to facilitate participation and communication among friends and members of UUCV; please do not share information without the person’s consent. Our ministers, staff and trustees have made their emails available to facilitate communication. 

 

Ministers Rev. Duane Fickeisen  & Rev. Judy Welles

Email:  ministers@uucv.net or duane@uucv.net or judy@uucv.net  Home study telephone: 241-0410

 

Office Assistant  Elena Yarlett

Hours: Thursdays from 8:30am to 4:30pm.  Phone: 249-8944  Address: PO Box 207 Boiling Springs, PA 17007 Email: uucv@pa.net


Dir. of Religious Ed. Kevin Snow

Phone:  249-8104 Email: dre@uucv.net


UUCV Board of Trustees

Kit Franklin (president),  akfrank@kuhncom.net

Ed Glasgow (vice-president), edwinglasgow@aol.com

Larry Berger-Knorr (treasurer), bergerknorr@gmail.com  

Priscilla Laws, lawsp@dickinson.edu

Carol McAnulty, (clerk) paulandcarol913@earthlink.net

Jon Tarrant, jwtarrant@comcast.net

John Kallmann johnkallmann@earthlink.net

Bev Motich bmotich@yahoo.com

 

Committee Chairs and Other Leaders

Building and Grounds: Letty Kress, kresswolf@paonline.com

Music Committee: Ken Laws, laws@dickinson.edu

Finance & Fundraising Committee:  vacant

Membership Committee: Rachel Teates, willowtrek23@yahoo.com

Committee on Ministry: Liz Hoffman, hoffpsych@mindspring.com & Joan Bechtel, bechteljo@aol.com

Religious Education Committee: Ann Berger-Knorr, annabellej@comcast.net

Social Action Council:  Priscilla Laws, lawsp@dickinson.edu

Caring Circle: Bee Miller beemiller@sprylearning.com

Coffee Coordinator Joyce Lukima joycelukima@hotmail.com & Gail Witwer

Sunday Music Coordinator Nancy Bittinger, nbittinger@comcast.net

Newsletter Editor: Laura Rumley lmrumley@yahoo.com

Flowers Coordinator: Mary Lynn Lynch, marylynn_lynch@yahoo.com

Potluck Coordinator: Bill Vernon, wwvernon@earthlink.net

Small Group Ministry: Ann Gero, annegero@mac.com &

Margery Andrews, md.andrews@comcast.net; Duane Fickeisen,

duane@uucv.net