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WEEKLY NEWS & EVENTS
Hospitality Teams. I want to send out a big Thank You to the Service Stars for providing food, coffee, and fellowship for the past four weeks. Lets welcome the Ever-Red-E's for the next four weeks as our host for hospitality.
The Blessed Bees Team needs a new communicator as Chris Morrissey has asked to step down so he can concentrate on his school work. The Communicator position contacts team members and sets up the schedule for the four week shift. Anyone interested in stepping up to this leadership position should either contact Linda Eller or Chris Morrissey for more information.
Community Dinners. Seeking interested individuals for assisting with community dinners. Once we have a commercial designation for our new kitchen I want to start community dinners during football saturdays and any other possible time during the year for fund raising. I will need a group of volunteers to help with the project. Anyone interested should contact Linda Eller at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 814-883-0392.
Happy Healthy Heroic Hoofers
Hey, Hoofers!!! Thank you!!! If you parked at South Hills and hoofed it up to the Fellowship even one Sunday morning in the past nine months, it is very likely that the space you saved was used and appreciated by someone else. And if you rode the bus or your bike, or walked from home, that’s even better ... it was actually a little crowded at South Hills a couple of days!
By mid-June, you can start parking again in our own lot. Fewer people will be attending on Sunday mornings, and we’ll get back the parking spaces that have been occupied by construction vehicles, building materials, etc. And the grass along the driveway should be okay to park on if necessary.
But by mid-August, with a larger building, and hopefully a larger congregation, we’ll need parking spaces more than ever, and I’ll ask you to begin hoofing it again. Meanwhile, during your two months “off duty” please try to recruit others who would like to join “The Other 4-H Club.” Any able body without a pink foot sticker on its name tag is worth asking. Thanks! -- Chuck Berry < This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. >
UU201: Pathways to Engagement and Service, June 1
Mark Hayes and Laura Kemper will present this workshop on Saturday, June 1 from 9am-12pm. Participants will share stories of personal growth – often unexpected – through service, explore our own gifts and interests which might lead us to enjoy a particular task, discuss the variety of jobs to be done in our community, and think about how to define the limits to our ability to serve. If you are interested in participating in this conversation, please contact Mark Hayes ( This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ) or Laura Kemper ( This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ) so we can count you in!
RE Family News: Moms’ Night Out, June 1
Ladies – Come out and celebrate summer with your fellow UU moms at Moms’ Night Out. Make new friends and catch up with old friends. Join us at The Autoport, 1405 South Atherton St., from 8pm to whenever! Dessert, drinks, dinner, whatever you like! (Dutch treat) If you plan to join us, please let me know by May 30 at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , 238-8070. Hope to see you there! ~ Joy Drohan
Vegetarian Pot Luck, June 5
Join us at 6pm in the Social Room! Bring a vegetarian or vegan dish to share! All are welcome! Come early to help set up, or stay late to help clean up. This pot luck is for anyone who enjoys good food and conversation!
Memoir Group, June 6
The Memoir Group at UUFCC will continue to meet over the summer on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of every month, 3-4:30pm. Our next meeting is June 6, in Rm 1 at the Fellowship. Any change in location for any of the meetings will be announced in advance. If you are interested in writing and sharing your memoirs, this is the place for you. To give everyone a chance to participate, we try to limit the length of each memoir to about two single-spaced pages. Subjects vary widely; they usually concern either your own life or something or someone who has touched your life. Interested? Contact Betty Traverse at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 231-3306.
Eclectic Readers, June 12
Join us at 4pm in Rm 6. All are welcome to participate in this informal reading and discussion group. Come just to listen, or join the conversation. If you care to do so, tell us about anything you have read recently on any topic in any genre and share some excerpts (about five minutes). For more info, call Marlee Erwin at 234-0897 or Reinhard Graetzer at 238-5239.
2nd Wednesday Potluck and Game Night, June 12
Please bring a dish to share at 6pm (5:30 to help set up), and stay afterwards to play board, word, tile and card games! All generations are welcome. For more information, contact Hein Hundal ( This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ), John Chubb ( This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ) or Jean Wiant ( This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ).
oU t and a b oU t, June 15
Join us from 7pm to 8:30pm at the Palmer Museum of Art. Bring a picnic for your family, a blanket to sit on, and insect repellant! There will be a free concert provided by the Chicken Tractor Deluxe Band (http://www.palmermuseum.psu.edu/events.html) and free ice cream from the Creamery! Please RSVP to Joy Drohan ( This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , 238-8070) by June 14.
New Sharing Circle Being Formed, June 16
Sharing circles are the small groups of UUs that meet as part of the UUFCC Small group Ministry program. The sharing circles usually meet once a month and have about five to ten participants. We currently have several evening groups and one daytime group. If there is enough interest we will try to start an additional daytime sharing circle in the fall. Please contact Bev Henshaw or our minister, Mark Hayes, if you are interested in joining such a group. Anyone who would like to learn more about the program is invited to attend an introductory Sharing Circle facilitated by Helen Volz on June 16th at 11:30 in Lower Classroom 1.
UUA General Assembly 2013: June 19-23, Louisville, KY
Each year 3000 to 6000 UUs come together to do the business of the Unitarian Universalist Association and to worship, sing, praise achievements, dance, attend workshops and generally celebrate Unitarian Universalism. The key note speaker this year will be Eboo Patel. Don't miss it! Questions? Talk to Mark Hayes, Laura Brown, Betsy & Chuck Berry or look at www.uua.org/ga
Huge Indoor Yard Sale, Aug 24
It's not too soon to be thinking about donations for the UU Yard Sale...but DO NOT bring items to the Fellowship just yet! We'll let you know when to bring them in a future e-news. The Yard Sale will be held rain or shine, Saturday, Aug 24 from 9am to 3pm. There will be refreshments and baked goods available for purchase. If you have questions, or would like to sign up to help, contact Carol Pollard at 867-2640 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
20. Summer Book Discussion
During the month of July the Social Action Committee will sponsor a discussion on the book American Furies, Crime, Punishment and Vengeance in the Age of Mass Imprisonment by Sasha Abramsky. Discussions will take place at the Fellowship from 7-8 p.m. on July 15 (Part I), July 22 (Part II), and July 29 (current and local issues). Here is a link to the book: http://www.amazon.com/American-Furies-Punishment-Vengeance-Imprisonment/dp/0807042234. For those interested in participating, copies of the book will be available for a nominal fee at Sunday services beginning June 1. All are welcome. Please contact Janet Irons if you are interested or want more information. Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. <mailto: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. >; phone:814-235-0402.
Open House, Saturday, August 31, 11:00am – 2:00pm
We’ve got a lot to celebrate: our gorgeous new space, our amazing offerings and the remarkable Fellowship community of which we are all a part. We’re assembling a grand host of interactive activities to showcase who we are and what we have to offer in the areas of Worship Services, Religious Education, Social Action, Community Life and more! Please plan to join the party as we throw our doors wide open and welcome friends, neighbors and visitors into our spiritual home. The Open House Steering Committee is asking all the members of the Fellowship to reflect on their involvement at UUFCC and consider how they may contribute to the festivities. We’re working on activities, advertising, decorations, food, music, door prizes and all things fun! Please contact Sarah Diaz ( This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , 231-0113—or I may contact you!) about how you might be involved with this joyous event.
oUt and AboUt News
Please join us for June UU OUt & AboUt
Please join us on Saturday, June 15, 7 – 8:30 p.m. for the Palmer Museum’s Art After Hours free concert and free PSU Creamery ice cream. http://www.palmermuseum.psu.edu/events.html
Music by Chicken Tractor Deluxe. Please RSVP to Joy Drohan This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , 238-8070, by June 14 so we know to look for you. Some of us will probably bring a picnic dinner and arrive earlier. Bring a blanket and insect repellant.
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Fellowship Relations Committee
The Fellowship Relations Committee has begun to meet regularly after several inactive years. The purpose of the committee is to serve as a resource for making the Fellowship a more loving and accepting place. The committee members are Helen Dempsey, Margaret Blizard, Manfred Keume, Caitlin Sager, Ralph Seeley, and Barb Seibel, with Rev. Mark Hayes and Jean Wiant, CRE, DLRE as ex officio members.
The committee seeks to create an environment in which the possibilities for reconciliation are increased and in which we are invited into new ways of relating to each other. The committee will provide opportunities to enhance communication and conflict management skills; empower people to manage their own conflicts; mediate conflicts between people; serve as process observers and facilitators for UUFCC committees; and arrange for outside intervention if needed. Conflict, if properly managed, can be an opportunity for change and growth
Volunteers Signup
We need UU and U for assistance during our building expansion.
For your convenience, you can sign up to volunteer for these projects right from our UUFCC website. Use the red volunteer button located on the right-hand menu to access the signup pages for the volunteer positions are currently available. If you are willing to help, please click the button, enter your full name and email address, enter in the confirmation code, and then submit the form. If you entered a valid email address, then you'll receive a confirmation email from the Property Committee team member with instructions for the upcoming project.
