Unitarian  Universalists of the Cumberland Valley

 

Online Newsletter for January 2008

 

Sunday Service Topics

From the Well

Meet UUCV’s New Music Director, David Glasgow

Lift Up Your Hearts and Sing!

Happy New Year to All!

From the DRE

An Opportunity for UUCVers to Help Build Sustainable Communities in Honduras

UUCV is Goin’ Green!

Bursary Campaign News: It Takes a Village

Serious Stuff Bookgroup

Circle Suppers

Writers’ Group

Project SHARE In The News

Change For The World

Adult RE Offerings

All in the UUCV Family

Congregational Happenings

Joseph Priestley District

UUCV Contacts and Resources

 

February Newsletter Deadline: MONDAY, January 21

Submit items to newsletter@uucv.net


Sunday Service Topics

 

January 6  The Tolling of the Bells  The Rev. Judy Welles and the Rev. Duane Fickeisen.

As is our custom at the first service of the new year, we will honor the memory of those who have died in the past year by tolling the bell for friends and family members whose lives ended last year. We will remember some of the public figures who died in 2007 in brief eulogies. And we will mark the New Year by burning away that which we wish to leave behind and stepping into new possibilities through our intentions for transformation.

 

January 13  It’s Never Too Soon”  The Rev. Judy Welles; Ellen Lyon, Worship Associate.  Music will be provided by the UUCV Choir.

Following up on last week’s service, today we ask “How well prepared are you for your own death?”  Regardless of our age, the reality of death is part of everyone’s life, or it should be.  Today we will consider why it’s so difficult to face the simple fact that we all will die sooner or later, and consider some preparations for that event that will make things easier for ourselves and our loved ones when the time comes.

 

This service introduces a repeat of last year’s “End of Life Issues” workshop, open to all UUCV members and friends who wish to delve deeper into the issue and actually make some preparations.  Look for further information about date and time in UUCV PrE-Views and the soon-to-be-published Adult Religious Education brochure.

 

January 20  With a little help from my friends.”  Worship Associates Ellen Buller and Jill Kachmar

From early childhood through old age, our lives are enriched by friendships of many kinds.  We will consider the ways in which friendships are formed and maintained, and the traits that we look for in a friend.  In particular, we will examine the value of intergenerational friendship.


 

January 27 "The Best Service on Humility Ever!"  Ellen Lyon and Ellen Buller, Worship Associates. Music by David Glasgow and the Recorder Trio.

Does the quaint old virtue of humility still have a place in a culture heavy on hype? What would a humble America look like? And what sort of enlightenment can humility bring the individual? The Ellens will have you proud to call yourself humble by the end of this service!

 

 

From the Well

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

 

January is always a time for imagining what could be new and different, and looking for creative ways to bring fresh energy and growth into our lives.  This year is no exception at UUCV.

 

This January, in the year when we mark our tenth anniversary of charter, UUCV takes a big step forward by adding a new position to our staff with David Glasgow as Music Director.  Look elsewhere in this issue for David’s article introducing himself; you will immediately see why we chose him to be a part of the staff team.

David will work closely with Ken Laws, who continues as our volunteer choir director; David will routinely accompany the choir and occasionally conduct it.  He will provide the service music for our Sunday services, and will arrange for substitute musicians on his one Sunday a month off.  He will also work in close cooperation with Duane and me in planning worship, bringing his sensitivity and experience into the conversation as we continue to aim for thought-provoking, meaningful, and moving worship experiences.

Music can have a powerful effect on the experience of worship, as well as on the health and vitality of the worshiping community.  It can take us to a deeper level than words can provide, allowing us to experience emotions that we can’t necessarily articulate in words.  It can build community – you can sing alongside someone whose political and theological views are very different from your own and still feel very connected to them.  And music is a good teaching tool as well, since so much of our music affirms and underscores our values. 

 

As staff to the Music Committee, David will also have a role in expanding the musical life of UUCV in other ways, brainstorming with Music Committee Chair John Kallmann and the other committee members about where and how music could enhance our various activities.  Be sure to check the Music Committee’s table during coffee hours in January, as they are the January Committee of the Month and they have a few tricks up their collective sleeve.

Membership in the Unitarian Universalist Musicians’ Network is a requirement of the Music Director’s position.  This is the professional association of UU musicians, and it’s a great source of collegial support, advice, and resources.  David will also attend occasional music workshops and participate in other learning opportunities so that he can become more familiar with UU liturgy and theology.

 

You probably remember that we were able to open the search for this new staff position because we were awarded a Chalice Lighters grant last year.  These grants, administered by the Joseph Priestley District’s Growth and Extension Committee, are intended to support congregations in various efforts focused at growth.  Our three-year grant is for $20,000, with $10,000 to be awarded in the first year, $6,000 in the second and $4,000 in the third. 

Notice anything about this…?  The amount decreases each year, but the Music Director’s salary and benefits won’t!  This means that it will be up to us to make up the difference, and continue to be fair and just employers by paying a generous salary and providing good working conditions for our staff (not just David, of course, but all of the staff).  When canvass time rolls around, please be mindful of this commitment to our staff that we all have made together.

 

Duane and I are looking forward with delight to the new experiences of 2008 that lie ahead.  Come along and join the parade!

 

Love, Judy 

 

Meet UUCV’s New Music Director, David Glasgow

 

 

“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and cannot remain silent.”   —Victor Hugo

By the time I was 3, I was reaching up to the keyboard of my mom’s piano and plunking out songs I heard on the radio, so when I turned 6 my folks signed me up for piano lessons. I quit three times over the years, claiming disinterest, but it never took—I always ended up back at the piano.

 

Growing up, I was always active in music at the United Methodist churches my family attended, so it was very natural to take a job directing contemporary music at a church when I graduated from college. I loved the way music could add an exclamation point—or a question mark—to the pastor’s sermon. Joy, peace, gratitude, affirmation, conviction… Sermons could remind me that I ought to feel these things, but music, with ruthless efficiency, burrowed past my defenses and made me feel them. It was a tremendous privilege, I realized, to be able to use music in this way. And as always, with great privilege came great responsibility: I could help people “get at stuff” that was buried deep within themselves—but what to do when the song ended and the tears remained?

 

I spent a few years in seminary looking for the answer to that and other questions; what I found was that the truest of religions are much less about finding answers than they are about learning to live in the questions. That tears are often a cure, not an ailment. That the most fundamental truths can’t be expressed in words, and that silence—and music—are often our closest means of approach to these truths.

 

I’m delighted to join the ministry team at UUCV, and to complement the abundance of gifts already represented here, with my own commitment to authentic, vulnerable, passionate worship. I can’t wait to get started!

 

Peace & worth,

David

 

David welcomes comments and suggestions regarding the UUCV music program and worship music. He is best reached by e-mail at david@uucv.net 

 

 

Lift Up Your Hearts and Sing!

by Geneva Politzer  

 

Wonderful news in Musicland to begin our year—be sure to wish a hearty welcome to David Glasgow, UUCV’s new Music Director. David is on the Dickinson music staff, and comes to us with an extensive church music background, most recently at MCC in Harrisburg . An ordained minister, David has found his true calling in music. Without missing a beat, he dove in to direct the choir in the Christmas pageant. We’ll be seeing (and hearing) lots more of him, and his music group, 3.12.

 

A joyous thank-you to John Kallmann for agreeing to chair the music committee, allowing Ken Laws at last to step down. Ken will remain active on the committee, and will continue to work closely with the choir and music director. Please be sure to thank Ken for his years of chairing the committee, and for all of his ongoing contributions to our music program.

 

Music’s on everyone’s mind as we find ourselves still humming a favorite carol while packing up the holiday trappings. What better way to begin the new year than in celebration of music? Stop by the Music Committee table during social hour this month and see what’s happening in UUCV’s music program. Keep your ears pealed for some special music, too. Our lives flow on in endless song--how can we keep from singing?

 

Don’t forget to come out and support our choir and UUCV’s many fine musicians and performers at the Talent Showcase January 19th.

 

Happy New Year to All!

From Kit Franklin, President, UUCV Board of Trustees

 

As I write this, the sun is gleaming off a few icy crystals remaining on branches, and the wind is calming after pruning some of the trees and removing others.  The storm is passing on to the northeast and we are picking up the pieces. 

 

UUCV has had another financial storm, too, but we are hopeful, not just of full recovery, but of expansion and growth.  Central PA needs our sane, liberal, inclusive and loving voice.  UUCVers are generous, and our Beloved Community is strong and important to us all.

 

We start 2008 with several new additions:  We now have a new, part time Music Director - please welcome David Glasgow!  At the end of 2007 we tried a new outreach activity by housing some of Carlisle’s homeless for each night in December and all day on Christmas.

 

Early in 2007 a Task Force looked at possibilities for improving our sanctuary and sound system - we can’t afford it yet, but a generous gift has boosted our Building Fund and our spirits.

 

In the meantime, we have enhanced the entrance area outside the sanctuary with the addition of a beautiful mural and the removal of an unused coat rack.

 

Have you all noticed the new welcoming sign outside the Social Hall door?

 

And the fresh paint in the downstairs hallway?

 

I’m sure I missed some things, but the point is that we are moving forward with strength and enthusiasm.

 

But we have needs, too.  Our committees are working very hard with too few human resources.  Would you be able to give UUCV an extra hour or two a month of your time?  Each committee is being featured for a month during the Sunday Social Hour with information and a committee member to answer questions.  Please look over the committee activities and see where your skills or interests might fit.  It isn’t just a matter of attending meetings, and it’s a great way to get to know others in the congregation and to enhance the feeling that UUCV is your spiritual home.

    

Best wishes for 2008 from Kit Franklin, President UUCV Board of Trustees

 

From the DRE

By Kevin C. Snow

 

Did you have a happy holiday? I hope so. Every year I dread the onset of the holiday season and all the driving in bad weather and trips to stores and gatherings that I usually don’t want to be at, but in the end enjoyed more than I like to admit.  So, the holiday season is sort of strange for me.  I am a self-professed humbug, who mumbles and mutters under my breath about all the “to do” and expense but then I sit back and realize I find much of the holiday rather pleasant.   I usually take the week of X-Mas off from work during which I see all sorts of friends and family that I don’t see enough of during the rest of the year.  I love all the feasting that occurs at this time of year . . . a bit too much for my own good and I even get a kick out of the winter weather.  I have always felt most comfortable in the cold months, no seasonal affective disorder running through my blood. 

 

So, why then, do I complain every year you might ask?  I guess it is because I think we usually spend our money on the wrong things and I despise all the commercialization of otherwise well intentioned celebrations.  So, this year I hope you found a way to celebrate that took you outside of the typical or expected gluttony of the season.  Christmas seems to be more and more about over indulgence in all things and it seems to me a great way to counter this is to celebrate with restraint and thoughtfulness rather than mindless spending.  If you achieved this goal in your life over the holidays I invite you to share it with me and your fellow congregants.  After all, just being with the people you love and giving of yourself to the needy in life should be enough of a celebration and we can do that all year round!

 

So, enough about the holiday season.  I will hop off my high horse (I don’t ride very well, after all) and talk about some RE related activities.  One important event that all parents at UUCV should place on their calendars is a Parents’ Meeting on Feb. 24th after the service.   Our ministers and I would like to hear from all parents at the meeting on various topics related to the future of RE and family worship services.  This meeting isn’t intended so much as a report card but rather as a sounding board for you to tell us what you want to see more of and what you would like to eliminate.  More information will be on the way in the near future, but for now please add this to your calendar.

 

On another note, many of our middle school parents will recall receiving a schedule of activities for the year including each church visit outside of our congregation.  I would like to express that this list was tentative at the time and that many changes have already been made and more could come in the future. I will attempt to get an updated schedule to you, but things could change more as the RE Committee tries to adjust to some internal changes.  Your best source of upcoming church visits or guest speakers is the Pre-Views and Sunday bulletins.  I will make my best attempt to have visits announced two weeks in advance or more so please read the announcements and Pre-Views weekly!!

 

Lastly, the Youth Group has struggled along in the first half of the year and Jill Kachmar and I apologize for not having more events. We will make great effort to rectify this error the second half of the year.  We will try to go back to two events a month and we want your input, teens.  So, please stay tuned for fun things to come.  As always, see you on Sunday!

 

 

An Opportunity for UUCVers to Help Build Sustainable Communities in Honduras

By Terri Smiley

 

The indigenous Chorti Maya people of northern Honduras make their homes in small villages that cling to the steep mountainsides in Central America.  Located near Copan Ruinas, and just a few miles south of the Guatemalan border, the Chorti primarily live off the land, as they have for centuries, growing corn, beans and squash among the boulders.  They operate essentially outside of the cash economy.  Country statistics indicate that those who are fortunate enough to get work in the tomato fields, coffee harvest, or construction labor reap an average annual income of about $600.   

 

Typical homes are constructed of stick and mud walls, dirt floors, and thatched roofs.  The roof thatch provides a home for the Chagas bug, which infects children and eventually leads to heart failure.  Cooking facilities are open wood fires inside the huts, which contributes to rampant respiratory disease and leads to deforestation. 

 

Heifer International has been working with local Chorti communities to build a more sustainable lifestyle, and to improve living conditions for children.  Once village leaders have achieved consensus about their priorities, Heifer works with the community to implement improvements such as cement block houses with metal roofs, efficient woodstoves, latrines, as well as the traditional Heifer gifts of livestock.  Volunteers work alongside villagers in these various efforts to “pass along the gift” of the many blessings we as US citizens have received.

 

Terri Smiley is inviting UUCVers to join her as a volunteer with Heifer International in Honduras Feb. 21-March 1, 2008.  This will be her 4th trip to the area, working with Heifer in the villages on homebuilding projects, and also representing the Carlisle-Sunrise Rotary Club, which is helping fund a clean water filter project in the region.  As part of this volunteer opportunity, UUCV folks will join a group from Grace Presbyterian Church in Ft. Mill, SC, who will be making their 10th trip to the region.  Terri’s experience with this group last year assures us that this is a group of hard working and fun loving people of faith -- NOT your typical conservative church group!

 

Look for Terri’s Adult RE class on Changing the World and Transforming Lives in Honduras, one family at a time, on February 10, 2008.  If you’re interested in more information about the volunteer opportunity with Heifer International, contact Terri at 486-4503 or tallterri09@yahoo.com.

 

UUCV is Goin’ Green!

 

The number of toxic and non-biodegradable cleaning chemicals will be greatly decreased this year. We will be using products like vinegar, baking soda and “Simple Green” for our general cleaning. Labeled bottles will be in the closet. We will use what we have until they run out and then no more. Spray and “sit around” air fresheners will also disappear. These are harmful to the environment and to people that have respiratory problems. Recycled paper products will be purchased once I find a reasonable cost. Below is a list of some of my favorite household cleaning tips.

 

Floors – a little vinegar goes a long way and most no wax floor manufacturers are recommending its use. For general cleaning, just use warm water and a good mop. For a good cleaning or spots, dilute some vinegar in a bucket of water and mop away. I never measure anything but it’s probably no more then a ½ cup to a gallon of water. The smell dissipates as the floor dries.

Carpets – vinegar, vinegar, vinegar! Can I say anymore? I have two very large dogs and one was very sick all over the bedroom floor. When I say all over, I mean all over! I thought that I was going to have to replace the carpet. After using several very expensive harsh products, I bought a jug of vinegar doused the areas, scrubbed and waited for it to dry. Gone.

 

Cutting boards- using vinegar actually cleans and disinfects them.

 

Sunburn – Vinegar, rub it on, dump some in your bath. Aahhh

 

Sinks, pots and pans, dried on food on dishes – rub some baking soda on, rinse, and watch your things sparkle.

 

Laundry – Baking soda and/or vinegar. Both help with those nasty smells. Vinegar helps remove stains including those underarm stains. Just pre-treat the area and wash. I love baking soda. It takes a lot of those musty and gross smells right out.

 

Dog Kennels – “Simple Green”. No smell and I know it’s clean.

 

Toilets – You can use vinegar but it takes a lot and I like the job to be quick and know that it’s clean. My dogs would rather drink out of that then their water bowl. Yuck! I love this Simple Green stuff.

 

Cars – “Simple Green”.

 

I’m sure there are other products out there but these are the ones that I like using. They do the job and they’re cheap! By switching to these three products, I’ve done a small part for the environment, my budget, my health, and you would not believe the space that I have in my cupboards. Make sure to use white vinegar and anytime that you clean something, test a small area first. Unless your like me and are at your breaking point, “either it works or I’m throwing it out”.

 

If you would like to share your green cleaning tips with me, please email me at b.s.roberts.ivjl@statefarm.com

 

 

Bursary Campaign News: It Takes a Village

By Priscilla Laws

 

My daughter, Virginia Jackson and I visited the Bursary girls in Mozambique in September. On December 2nd UUCV congregants were treated to a Mozambique luncheon followed by a DVD and slide presentation showing the 2007 Bursary girls in action. Those of you who came to the event heard about how Karen Butt and her helper Adelia Raul managed to keep one of the girls in school despite the fact that she became pregnant. It is a touching story and so I’d like to share it with you.

 

Last April Adelia and Karen learned that Lucinda*, one of the 12 girls attending the teacher’s college in Nicoadala, was pregnant. The father to be was also a student at the Teacher’s College. When Karen and Adelia visited with the 18 year old father and his parents, they agreed to give sacks of grain to the expectant mother from time to time. Since pregnant girls cannot live in the residence, Adelia arranged to rent half of a small house for Lucinda and one of her good friends who offered to help. So Lucinda continued attending classes until mid-September when her baby arrived. Lucinda’s mother, one of the leaders of the AIDS prevention club in Molumbo Village that some of our bursary girls belong to, arrived in Nicoadala just a few days after Lucinda’s baby girl arrived. Lucinda only missed a week of classes at the teachers college. She was able to return to her classes because the grandmother weaned her youngest boy, started nursing her new grand daughter, and took her back to Molumbo village. It takes a village!

 

Mozambicans don’t name their babies right away, and Virginia and I learned shortly after returning to Carlisle, that Lucinda and her mother decided to name the baby Priscilla. So if you travel to northern Mozambique some time and meet a young girl named Priscilla whose mother is a well-educated elementary school teacher, you’ll know something about how she came to be.

 

As of Dec 15 the gifts needed to support 98 girls during the 2008 school year reached 25% of the $20,000 goal. We hope that those of you who haven’t given yet can do so by January 6th (though we’ll be grateful for your gift anytime you feel ready. A check made out to UUCV with the subject line stating “Moz Bursary” can be put in the collection basket.

 

*Not her real name

Serious Stuff Bookgroup

 

The Serious Stuff Bookgroup will meet on January 27 from 6:30 to 8:00 PM in the library of the UUCV meetinghouse as always.  The book for discussion will be Letter To a Christian Nation by Sam Harris.

 

“Thousands of people have written to tell me that I am wrong not to believe in God. The most hostile of these communications have come from Christians. This is ironic, as Christians generally imagine that no faith imparts the virtues of love and forgiveness more effectively than their own. The truth is that many who claim to be transformed by Christ’s love are deeply, even murderously, intolerant of criticism.

 

While we may want to ascribe this to human nature, it is clear that such hatred draws considerable support from the Bible. How do I

 Know this? The most disturbed of my correspondents always cite

 chapter and verse.”

 

So begins Letter to a Christian Nation…

Please join us for spirited conversation or just for listening. If you have questions about anything related, contact Leslie Carr at lgcarr22@yahoo.com

 

 

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:  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.

 

Writers’ Group

 

The Writers’ Group will meet on Saturday, January 19 from 1:00 to 3:00 P.M. at the home of Mary McCarthy, 129 W. Pomfret St., Carlisle.  Call or email Mary if you plan to attend in case of changes to the schedule - 258-5668 - mmcarth@comcast.net. Come join us for a fun and creative afternoon.  You can share your writings or read something written by a favorite author.  As always, new members most welcome!



Project SHARE In The News

 

In December, UUCV donated 46 ½ pounds of food and one bag of children’s clothing to the food bank.  For the year 2007, UUCV donated in excess of 600 pounds of food and sundries.  On behalf of the staff, volunteers and clients of Project Share, we thank you so much for your generosity throughout the past year, and sincerely wish for you and yours a most happy New Year. 

 

January ingathering will be Sunday the 13th. 

 

Change For The World


January’s CFTW donation will go to Heifer International’s homebuilding project in the Copan Ruinas area of Honduras. Funds will be used to help group of Chorti Maya peoples acquire the basic materials needed to build their own houses. UUCV member Terri Smiley and a group of other self-supporting volunteers from the United States will travel to Honduras in late February to assist villagers with sewing and building projects. Hopefully other UUCV congregants will be able to join the work party.

 
1.     All funds raised will go directly to house materials, e.g. cement, metal roofing, rebar, dimensional lumber, etc.  The villagers make all the cement blocks using a form provided by Heifer.  Purchased materials for each house cost around $1100.  Just as the villages in Africa, these indigenous Chorti Maya people live outside the cash economy.  Their annual income is around $600 per year per adult.


2.     Ellen Buller has signed Terri Smiley up to do an adult RE session on Building Houses with Heifer in Honduras on February 10. She plans to focus on the spiritual aspects of this work, in terms of transforming lives and changing the world for the better.

Adult RE Offerings


January 6 and 13:  We start the new semester with a vicarious journey to Turkey with our ministers.  Judy Welles and Duane Fickeisen will recount adventures from their trip to Turkey last fall, with a special emphasis on the religious sites they visited and the experience of being in a Muslim country during the holy month

of  Ramadan.


January 20 and 27:
It's an inalienable right, says our Declaration of Independence.  But unlike life and liberty, which we are given at birth, we have only the right to look for happiness.  And happiness is elusive.  It sometimes evades us for weeks, months, or years at a time. This two-session course by Dan Cozort, professor of religion at Dickinson College, asks:  what makes human beings happy?  How could we be happy more often?  We will consider recent work in psychology and the social sciences on this question, as well as some religious and philosophical perspectives, and see whether it matches our own life experiences.


Classes meet from 9 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. in the dining room. Child care can be arranged if you contact the office on the Thursday before the class.

 

All in the UUCV Family

 

Congratulations to Jill Kachmar, who has begun a new job as policy analyst for the Department of Children and Youth Services in the State Department of Welfare.  Terri and Doc Smiley are delighted at the arrival of their first grandchild, Ellie, who was born recently in Missoula, Montana. The second edition of Ken Laws’ book “Physics and the Art of Dance” is at the publisher, much to Ken’s relief and delight.  In late November the Campbell family celebrated the one-year anniversary of their children John, Justine and James coming into their lives.  Ann Sheehan is glad to volunteer her legal expertise to Chambersburg Legal Services two days a week, and they are lucky to have her! 

 

 

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, jcwelles@earthlink.net.

 

Congregational Happenings

 

January 4:  The Pot Luck Supper will be held on Friday, Jan. 4th at 6:30 P.M. Music for the evening will be large orchestral arrangements. Bring a dish to share, dine by candlelight and join in the festivities.

 

January 6:  Path to Membership, immediately after service 

January  13 and January 27:  Newcomer’s Orientation, immediately after service.

 

Joseph Priestley District

Want to know what’s happening in our UU district?  Just click on http://www.jpduua.org/ and check our 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 4:00pm.  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

 

MUSIC DIRECTOR DAVID GLASGOW

Email:  david@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@embarqmail.com

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