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The Exponent
Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church

February 2, 2011
Sunday, February 6, 2011
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
“Transgender Christ”
Rev. Jake Bohstedt Morrill, leading service
Message from the Minister
Public Interfaith Forum 2-3

10:00 Traditional Service

11:00 Connections
Message from the Director of
Noon Celebration Service Faith Formation
4-5

Popular culture would tell us that Jesus of Nazareth was

a gentle white man with a neatly-trimmed beard. While Message from the Director of
6
Community Life
this image has satisfied the easily-satisfied for a very
Recycling Fundraiser
long time, it is not only boring, it's inaccurate, too. The
enduring richness and possibility of the Christ figure is Social Action 7
only available in the context of creative and open
engagement (what some might call "faith"). So, on this 8
ORUUC Auction
Sunday, let us reconsider our notions of gender in the Everybody’s Birthday
light of a view of the transgender Christ.

ORUUC in the Media 9

Mother Goose
Rummage Sale News

If you need transportation, are ill and Movie Night 10

need support, or need home-health or Lost, But Not Found
baby equipment, please call the Caring WANTED
Coordinators for the month of Amongst Ourselves
February:

LaFaye Krohn (483-6188) 11

February Calendar
and Linda Ellis (435-3635)
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A Message from the Minister

For over a week now, I have not shaved my beard. Nor I have removed the glittery gold
crown during ministerial duties (except for worship and pastoral care). Friends, it has
been a humbling time. How I wish Linda the Pledge Troll had not placed this curse upon
me. And you know that you are the only ones who can relieve me of the burden. When
all the church leaders--Board and Coordinating Council folk--have pledged, the crown
will come down. When all the church-members have pledged, the beard will be
sheared. Until then, I'm afraid, your minister will continue to look outright absurd.

Why do we this? For fun. And we do it for the serious reason that those hardy Giving
Campaign Co-Chairs, Roxana McNair and Jo Ann Garrett, won't continue the campaign
into April. We need everyone's pledge-cards returned by the end of March. But, beyond
the crown and the beard and the fun events coming up, why we share our money with the church is that this
community is the vessel of our hopes and the vehicle of our values.

Last Friday, I was at church early. A woman called, excited, to make sure that Stone Soup was providing meals
that night. It was not only the food that made her look forward to showing up. It was the people who were so
nice, and so caring. A couple of weeks ago, I attended a session of "Mother Goose"--the parent and child
ministry that teaches relationship skills--and got to see mothers bonding and laughing with their little ones. I see
people who have known one another for years; and I see new faces showing up every week, eager to build
community together. This next year, we'll welcome some new music staffing, reaffirming our commitment to the
language of the heart. This next year, we'll continue to turn outward, to share the power of love with the wider
community. This next year, we'll continue to open our facilities in creative ways to welcome in all the different
kinds of ministry we are enjoying. The Giving Campaign is called "Unleashing the Power of Love," and you'll
hear more about it through the month of February. In March, you'll be asked to attend an event and to turn in
your completed pledge-card. The generous pledges of members and friends comprise 76% of the annual
budget. But what should your own household contribute?

Typical campaigns suggest an increase of a certain amount. Active members and leaders at ORUUC tend to
pledge their "fair share," and you can find out about that on the UUA website, if you'd like a chart to help you
figure out what would be a fair amount. Some people pledge a percentage of their income--or, if they're retired,
of their expenses. For this year, the Giving Campaign is not giving that kind of guidance. Instead, they are
asking you to "share something that matters."

Think about that. It's the basic expectation of the church. If you show up at church, you are not a consumer. It's
not like showing up at a grocery store or a bookstore. You are showing up, daring to enter into a wider shared
life in which you will give and receive. As you do, you will be available to hear the stories of others, and you
will share your own story; you'll share something that matters. You will share your own gifts and talents, and
you'll benefit from those of others; you'll share something that matters. You'll give your time, and benefit from
the gift of other people's time; you'll share something that matters. And, with your pledge, as you have benefited
from the generosity of others, you are asked to make a pledge that represents your ability to share something that
matters. Something that matters in two kinds of ways. First, please pledge an amount worthy of your own
highest values, of your life's commitment. The institution you are helping build here at Stoplight Eleven is built
to outlast your own life, and so it is part of your legacy. Don't scrimp and be stingy; give it its due. Second,
please pledge an amount capable of making a difference to others--something that would matter to that woman
from Stone Soup who's so glad someone cares.

We each have different financial situations. But if you are not able to consider pledging at the very least 5% of
your income, then I'll ask you to consider two things.
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First, is it because you are strapped and a 5% gift would just about break you? If so, you are not alone. A lot of
people are struggling. But you are not trapped by external circumstances. You have choices. One is to take the
"Financial Peace University" course later this spring, led by Emily Smartt. Several of us at church have taken it, and
it's a good way to work through some of your own financial planning, to help you see some options, and feel a little
more ease.

Second, if you're not able to consider at least a 5% pledge, it may be because your life in this community doesn't feel
that significant. If it doesn't, I hope you'll do some thinking about why that's the case. If you believe that life could
be more than the lonely consumerism sold on the internet, and you have hopes that you could build up a shared life
here at ORUUC, but so far something is missing, this is an opportunity to talk to me or some other church leader, to
get clear on what you are seeking and what might be found. It may be that this moment is what you need to risk
going deeper, to risk sharing who you really are with others.

I am not saying that everyone's pledge needs to be 5%. For some it will be 2%. For others, it will be 7%. What I'd
like you to do, as you decide what's right for you, is to give it some honest thought, so you can arrive at a meaningful
choice.

There is one reason people sometimes pledge which I think isn't helpful. People pledge sometimes out of
guilt. Because they feel they have to. Working from guilt in this way is a way to avoid taking responsibility for your
choices. It's easy to blame what we do on others, to say, "They made me," and then feel resentment. (Believe me, I
have fallen into that trap myself!) So, let me be clear. Our tradition does not preach the existence of hell. No one
will be leaning over your shoulder, trying to give you a guilt trip. This one is on you and you alone. It comes down
to the law of natural consequences. If you give in a miserly way, you will feel the effects of participating in the
community in a miserly way. If you give in a generous way, you will feel the effects of being in the world
generously. There is no magic to it. This is just the way that things are. Molly and I give generously to ORUUC
with our annual pledge because we believe in what this community stands for.

Last week, I got an email from a woman who grew up in Oak Ridge and was back visiting family. As she drove in to
Oak Ridge from the airport, she saw the rainbow flag on the front wall of our church. She said, "I can't tell you how
much it meant to me as a lesbian woman to feel welcomed home." This radical welcome and affirmation of each and
every person is what it means to be Unitarian Universalist. And, in this world of division and sorrow, that is worth a
lot. That is why I give.

If talk of money raises anxiety for you, if reading this article leaves your stomach in knots, that's a good reason to
give me a call at 865-599-0676, so we can set up a time to talk in person. Because money is a fictional symbol of
value, talking about money can be a good way to talk about other things of great value.
Love,
Jake

What: “Standing on the Side of Love: Spiritual Approaches to Political Polarization”

A Public Interfaith Forum
When: 3:00 Sunday February 13, 2011
Where: The Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church

When election politics become polarized it can impact relationships around the water cooler at the office, the coffee
hour in a congregation or the dinner table at home. The First Amendment guarantees every American freedom of
speech. Spirituality invites us to express our views in the spirit of love; to respect the worth and dignity of every
person including our opponents; to refrain from violence of the body, mind or spirit; to seek justice not by humiliating
an enemy but through actions that build up community and mutual respect. Some variation of the golden rule is found
in all the major world religions inviting us into relationships where we treat others the way we would want to be
treated. A panel of interfaith leaders will share spiritual approaches to the challenges of political polarization that can
help us reclaim the public forum, the water cooler, the coffee hour, the family table for friendship and community; to
move beyond “us and them” to a deeper understanding of what it means to be “We, the people.”
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A Message from the Director of Faith Formation

Guest at Your Table Final Report

The Third through Fifth Grade “Faith in Action Group” has been tallying “Guest at Your
Table” donations throughout the month of January. They closed the books yesterday
morning, having received a total of $355. The money is on its way to the Unitarian
Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) headquarters where it will the UUSC’s grassroots
world-wide human rights partnerships. Thanks to all of you who participated in this year’s
“Guest at Your Table” project. We had some very generous contributions! Seven
households contributed enough to qualify as members of the UUSC. Although our “Faith
in Action Group” has completed their work, anyone who intended to contribute to the
UUSC, but did not make the January 30 deadline, may send a check directly to: UUSC,
PO Box 808, Newark NJ, 07101-0808, or visit their website at www.uusc.org.

This past Sunday, “The Art of Unitarian Universalist Parenting Group” circled up in a corner of the Social Hall to
explore sibling rivalry. We began by sharing our places in our families of origin. We had oldest children, older
children, younger children and an only child…no middles! We talked about how our childhood experiences
shape our parenting. For example, growing up with few chores and finding this to be a limitation in adulthood,
one parent has made sure the children have chores. Or, having grown up with lots of intense sibling conflict and
little parental guidance, another parent’s tendency is to be very engaged as a parent when sibling conflict arises.
Making certain children have responsibilities around the house and guiding children when they are in intense
conflict are both healthy parenting practices, in general. But, how many chores are appropriate, and at what age?
And, when and how do we need to intervene in sibling conflict and when and how do we need to let children
work it out? The very human tendency is to either parent just as we were parented, or parent very differently in
reaction to how we were parented. The “art” of parenting lives in the creative tension between repeating and
reacting. When we take the time to share our childhood stories and consider how they have shaped us, we can
help each other find a “middle way,” a way of being with our children that is authentic and open to wisdom all
along the precious journey of parenting. “The Art of Unitarian Universalist Parenting Group” meets at 11 a.m. in
the Social Hall every Sunday and is open to anyone who would like to take part.

“Coming of Age 2011” has begun!

This year six youth are participating in our congregation’s rite of passage that explores the journey of
adolescence and the transition from childhood to adulthood: Walker Marema, Van Schlenker, Lexi Powell,
Graham Marema, Logan Rutherford, and Lloyd Adler Lombardi. Each youth has an adult mentor, a trusted
guide, who journeys with them through their “Coming of Age” experiences. Our mentors this year are: Steven
Barker (Walker), Brian Yount (Van), Jinx Watson (Lexi), Becky Spain-Kaiser (Graham), Dave Dunkirk (Logan),
and Gregg Bass (Lloyd.) Last Friday, the group had dinner at Gregg and Donna Bass’s home. Mentor and youth
pairs prepared the various dishes together, and the result was a delicious meal. The groups then spent the night at
the church, playing games to get to know each other…turns out Brian and Van have the same birthdate and
Logan was uncannily intuitive about which statements were about which people in the group! Dave Dunkirk’s
hash-browns were the highlight of breakfast! The next event for “Coming of Age” is a Vision Quest weekend at
Wesley Woods in Townsend, February 18-20. Each mentor-youth pair is in the process of choosing a service or
social justice project to complete together in the coming month. In March, the group will lead a worship service,
“This I Believe.” “Coming of Age” is an optional opportunity for our high school youth. Congratulations to the
youth and families who have chosen to make time for it.
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Speaking of Rites of Passage….Children in Kindergarten and Fourth Grade recently received letters in the mail
inviting them to participate in “Welcoming” (K) and “Journeying” (4) rites of passage. Fourth grade children are “Big
Buddies” to the Kindergarten children, helping them to complete a workbook and learn some basic information about
their church. They also have their own “Journeying” workbook to complete, which asks them to focus on each
principle in turn and consider how they, themselves, are living by that principle. Our “Welcoming” and “Journeying”
children will be recognized in a worship service in early spring.

2011 Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church 60th Anniversary Calendars Still Available
Josh Scott has created a very fine and fun calendar that highlights some of our church’s proud 60-year history. He has
graciously designated the calendar sales proceeds to go to the Boston-Bound Youth for their June 2011 heritage trip.
You can know what day of the month it is, experience some church highlights, and support the youth, all in one fell
swoop! Calendars are $20, and are on sale in the Social Hall on Sundays or by contacting Tandy at
tandyscheffler@oruuc.org or 483-6761. Thanks for your support.

Groups for February 6

9:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Parents, please be sure to go to the Nursery and Preschool Rooms to sign your children in each Sunday. Let your
children and the leaders know your plans for the morning--where you will be and for how long. Thanks for your close
communication so that everyone has as smooth a morning as possible!
Nursery: Toys, snacks, stories, lap-time with Susan Rosenbaum, Child Care Director, and Emily Smartt (1st service)
& Kara Raymond (Connections Hour & 2nd service.) Room 104
Preschool: Drawing, playing, snack with Jason McNair & Marian LaForest (1st service) and chalice circle,
Valentines story and craft with Jil & Don Smith (Connections Hour). Preschool children move to the Nursery for the
2nd service. Room 107

Connections Hour (11-11:50 a.m.)

Youth
nd
Spirit Play (K-2 ): Chinese New Year story, wondering and choice time with Marian Wildgruber
& Rebecca Bowman. Room 102
Faith in Action (3rd-5th): Learning about the work of Court-Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)
with special guest, Cyndy Bailes, former Executive Director of CASA.
Leaders are Peter Scheffler & Aubrey Wick-Sebastian. Room 120
Faith: Yours, Mine, Ours (Middle School): Due to this weekend’s trip to the Mountain, a
Unitarian Universalist Camp and Conference Center in Highlands, NC with Allen McBride &
Janet Hoegler, this group will join “Faith in Action Group.”
Leaders are Nathaniel Bass & Brian Yount.
A Place of Wholeness (Senior High): Exploring gender issues with Becky Spain-Kaiser
& Steven Barker. Room 117

Adults
Afterthoughts and Previews: Join Robin Toth for a free-wheeling discussion of today’s worship seric,e particularly
issues raised in the sermon. Room 100
Spirit in Practice: Join Claudia Earhart & Sarah Johnson to explore and experience a taste of “soul practices”,
those creative acts which bring out the artist that lives in each of us.
What role does creativity play in your life? Room 111
The Art of Unitarian Universalist Parenting: Join Molly Morrill to reflect on parenting issues
in a supportive environment. Social Hall corner

In faithful partnership,
Tandy
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A Message from the Director of Community Life

Next ORUUC orientation

Are you new to ORUUC and want to know more about UUism, our church and what it means to
be so radical to choose to stand on the side of love? Have you been coming for a while and
wonder what is involved with becoming a member? If you answer yes to either of these, be sure
and mark your calendar for Saturday, March 5, 2011, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Thinking of
coming? Be sure & let me know at angelinacarpenter@oruuc.org or by calling the church on
Tuesdays and Thursdays. Remember, too, I am available for a walk or coffee most Tuesdays and
Thursdays.

Sundays Lunches

The spots are filling up fast! We have February 6 & 20, March 6, 13 & 20, April 3, 17 & 24, May 8, 15 & 22.
Remember, if you want to raise funds for your groups you have three choices regarding lunch on a Sunday morning.

1) the least expensive is for you and some of your volunteers to make the lunch and sell it at the usual $6;
2) next best deal- hire Ryan McCarley, Sarah Johnson's partner and Chef Extraordinaire, to make a simple,
but very good lunch of soup, stir fry, or whatever he conjures up; or
3) order $5.00 pizzas from Little Caesars & sell for $2 a slice.

If any of these appeal to you- email or call me at the church & I will pass on the details to you. I need to know by
Thursday at 3:00 so I can make other plans if necessary.

On this journey together,

Angelina
Director of Community Life

Recycling Fundraiser
The ORUUC High School Youth Group is conducting a recycling fundraiser. There’s nothing to buy. We are simply
asking you to protect the environment by donating your used consumer electronics and unwanted, broken or
mismatched jewelry. Your used item(s) may be tax deductible and will be recycled in accordance with EPA
regulations. 100% of the proceeds will help fund the ORUUC High School Youth Group.

We are currently collecting the following items:

Cell Phones, Digital Cameras, Radar Detectors, Laptop Computers, Digital

Video Cameras, Electronic Book Readers, Inkjet Cartridges, Handheld Game
Systems, Gold, Silver & Platinum Jewelry, MP3 Players, and GPS Devices.

Please drop off any items you would like to recycle in the plastic bin located
in the social hall at the Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church. We greatly
appreciate your support!

Best regards,
ORUUC Youth Group, Shafer & Lexi Powell 481-3357
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Social Action
Love can be very trying in these days where it seems that the only voices given a loudspeaker are those that already
shout the loudest. However, do not be discouraged because there are the millions of us who want a community
based on love and respect for one another. I have noticed this phrase used time and time over again throughout the
web and also newsprint “vitriolic speech.” Vitriolic speech, I believe can be defined as caustic speech or speech
which destroys or eats away the love that could be there. Our Unitarian Universalist principles call on us to
acknowledge the inherent worth and dignity of every person and yearn for justice, equity, and compassion in human
relations. Sometimes, living these principles is tough when faced with conflict in our relationships. However, we
need to stand strong on the side of love. We need to challenge ourselves to stand up for our beliefs. The Southern
Poverty Law Center gives us 10 tips for dealing with ways to fight hatred in our community.

1. Act — Do something. In the face of hatred, apathy will be interpreted as acceptance — by the perpetrators,
the public and, worse, the victims. Decent people must take action; if we don’t, hate persists.

2. Unite — Call a friend or co-worker. Organize allies from churches, schools, clubs and other civic groups.
Create a diverse coalition. Include children, police and the media. Gather ideas from everyone, and get everyone
involved.

3. Support the Victims — Hate-crime victims are especially vulnerable, fearful and alone. If you’re a victim,
report every incident — in detail — and ask for help. If you learn about a hate-crime victim in your community
then show support. Let victims know you care. Surround them with comfort and protection.

4. Do Your Homework — An informed campaign improves its effectiveness. Determine if a hate group is
involved, and research its symbols and agenda. Understand the difference between a hate crime and a bias incident.

5. Create an Alternative — Do not attend a hate rally. Find another outlet for anger and frustration and for
people’s desire to do something. Hold a unity rally or parade to draw media attention away from hate.

6. Speak Up — Hate must be exposed and denounced. Help news organizations achieve balance and depth. Do
not debate hate-group members in conflict-driven forums. Instead, speak up in ways that draw attention away from
hate, toward unity.

7. Lobby Leaders — Elected officials and other community leaders can be important allies in the fight against
hate. But some must overcome reluctance — and others, their own biases — before they’re able to take a stand.

8. Look Long Range — Promote tolerance and address bias before another hate crime can occur. Expand your
community’s comfort zones so you can learn and live together.

9. Teach Tolerance — Bias is learned early, usually at home. Schools can offer lessons of tolerance and
acceptance. Sponsor an “I Have a Dream” contest. Reach out to young people who may be susceptible to hate-
group propaganda and prejudice.

10. Dig Deeper — Look inside yourself for prejudices and stereotypes. Build your own cultural competency, and
then keep working to expose discrimination wherever it happens — in housing, employment, education and more.

Please email me if you have ideas you would like to share with me on how ORUUC can make a difference in our
community. You can also go to ORUUC’s facebook page and start a discussion on suggestions to be voices of love
in our community.

Thanks so much for reading this,

—Sarah Johnson, Social Action Coordinator
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Bid, My Valentine! Everybody’s Birthday

Come on out this Saturday evening for a great time of
music, fun, dancing, fellowship, and great auction items
to benefit ORUUC! Kim Kasten’s band is excellent;
Bear Stephenson is terrific fun. The Silent Auction is
from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m., featuring Kim Kasten’s Swing
Band and hors d’oeuvres and drinks. The Live Auction
begins at 7:15, with Bear Stephenson as the auctioneer.
The booklet is finished and available — you can pick it
up here at the church or view it online. Just go to our
website, www.oruuc.org, click on the “What’s
Happening” Tab, and you will find the whole Auction
Booklet online — check it out to see what you want to
bid on! An additional item not in the booklet:
February 12 from 5 pm ­ 8 pm
This ALL-CHURCH extravaganza is not-to-be-
missed!! We will begin with a soup and salad dinner,
with soup provided by the Youth Faith Formation
team, and cakes made by volunteers, followed by a
birthday party which will celebrate every single
ORUUCian who has ever been born!! This year we
will have tables for "first born," "middle children,"
"youngest," and "only children." We will sit with
these folks for cake decorating and devouring and for
birthday tale swapping and other various mixer
activities.

Valentine's Day Card Making Workshop We will also recognize those ORUUCians who were
Make three cards of two designs, envelopes included born in 1950 and 1951 - making them 60 years old -
Date: Feb 11, 2011 just like ORUUC!
Time: 10:00 - noon
ORUUC Social Hall Finally, everyone will choose from a variety of table
Fixed Price Item $15.00
games, each one fun for all ages, and we will play
Limited to 20 participants, adults only please
and laugh our way through the rest of the evening.

Your Youth Faith Formation Team has planned a

Blow-Out of a Night…guaranteed fun for everyone
I LUUV ORUUC and a rare opportunity to mix-it-up so that olders
connect with youngers, and newers connect with long
Auction -timers and we all get to know folks we might
otherwise miss in the fullness that is ORUU-church
February 5, 2011 life. Mark your calendars. Let’s fill the Social Hall
for this a night of fun and connecting, like no other!

Thanks to everyone for your donations of so many lovely

items for our I LUUV Auction this Saturday, February 5:
jewelry, fine art and crafts, delicious food, a concert,
vacation getaways, help with your computer…and those
are just some of them!

We hope to see you there! Something will be available in

every price range, and there will also be lots of door
prizes. Childcare will be provided, too — please let the
office know if you would like childcare for your
children.
We have lots of folks working on the auction, but more
volunteers can always be used that afternoon for
decorating and setting out the food, and that night for
managing the silent auction, spotting bids, helping in the
kitchen, and cleaning up. Don’t be shy!
—Peter Scheffler
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ORUUC in the Media Rummage Sale News

We now have a You Tube Account, thanks to Joshua
Scott! He created our You Tube Account and
collected all the recent ORUUC events that have
been highlighted in the video media! You can
subscribe to our account by clicking here, http://
www.youtube.com/user/ORUUC and then click on the
subscribe button so that you can be updated when
someone posts an ORUUC video on our site.
Our Next Rummage Sale is February 25 and
26, 2011 (And How You Can Help!)
Please start finding and collecting your contributions for
our next rummage sale. We will accept anything except
weapons! We do sell clothes, and books, and we really
like to sell furniture and working electronic items. We
will start accepting items at church on Sunday, February
20, after church.

You can also see these videos on our Facebook Page, There are a lot of “left behind” dishes and mugs in the
ORUUC. Here we kitchen, and “left behind” coats and clothes on the
hooks in the hall. Please take any items you may have
have updates on what’s
left at the church – those that remain will be sold at the
happening at church, rummage sale.
hear the latest on our
Social Action works, Please try to be a helper at our sale in some way. We
view lots of photos need folks on Saturday, Feb. 19 to move big rummage.
from church events, as We need folks on Sunday afternoon, Feb. 20 to help
with the big set up – moving furniture and tables.
well as take an
During the week (Monday through Friday afternoon),
opportunity to coin we need people to sort and price the rummage that has
your own phrase for come it. And Friday evening (Feb. 25) and Saturday
this photo of Jake. morning and afternoon (Feb. 26), we really needs LOTS
of people to just be here – standing (or in a very few
Befriend us on cases sitting) and watching and answering questions.
Facebook! We also need some folks with strong backs to help carry
heavy purchases. Saturday afternoon (Feb. 26), we do
the clean up - and of course we need LOTS of folks at
that time. The Goodwill truck is coming at 3:30 PM and
Mother Goose need to have things boxed and bagged, and then carried
on to the truck. We all enjoy pizza after the church is
Mother Goose is Here! Parents, Caregivers and their all cleaned up on Saturday.
children gather in our social hall to sing, dance, play
and recite rhymes every first and third Thursday. Just so everyone can plan ahead, we have set Saturday
morning, February 19, as the day we will pick up large
The next gathering will be Thursday, February items with trucks. We plan to send out trucks with
3rd. We hold three action packed sessions each teams of people with strong backs to get your large
group day: Babies at 9:30, Toddlers 10:30 and 2-4 items, so - please contact Betsy Bauer
yrs. at 11:30. Come join in the fun! (bauerec@bellsouth.net, 482 - 5324) if you have items you
would like us to pick up that day, or if you can help pick
We are looking for folks that up the large items!
might be interested in helping us
expand this ministry. Please This is a major fund raiser for our church. Please help if
come by and observe or join in you can!
the circle with us. It is free and
newcomers are always welcome. If you have questions - talk to Betsy Bauer. Thanks!

—Kim Yount —Betsy Bauer

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Movie Nights
Come on out on Friday, January 28, at
7:00 PM, for popcorn and lemonade and an
exciting 1997 film, "The Rainmaker," based
on the John Grisham novel.

The next movie night will be Friday,

February 18th at 7 PM — showing "Mary
and Max." This remarkable and poignant
animated film from Australia is the story of a
20-year friendship between two unlikely pen
-pals: Mary, a lonely 8-year-old girl living in
Australia, and Max, a lonely 44-year-old Wells, Fargo and ORUUC’s
New Yorker diagnosed with Asperger
Syndrome. Mary picks Max's name
Financial Budgeting Train
randomly out of the Manhattan phone book is reported to be on time,
and writes to him, enclosing a chocolate bar.
Max lives alone with an assortment of pets, and on schedule.
and his only socialization is his weekly
Overeaters Anonymous meetings. He writes
Starting the days of late February,
back, with chocolate enclosed, and thus between Illinois and Tulane, pledge
begins a 20-year correspondence, which cards will be available.
grows into an emotional lifeline for their Description as follows:
unhappy existences.
Rectangular, 3.5” X 5,”
NOTE: Showing date was changed from
the usual film showing on the last Friday bright yellow card stock.
of the month due to Rummage Sale
$200 in Brownie points — or Karma
scheduled for February 25-26.
points — for completion and return.
—Ann Ragan
Jno. R. L Schlenk,
Lost, But Not Found Gen. Supt.

The very long green leafy/fern tablecloths

— those with the red dots in the corners —
are missing. There is a need for these.

If you know of their whereabouts, please

ask them to come back home to the
ORUUC.

Amongst Ourselves
Delmer L. Manning, father of Alan Manning, father-in-law of Ginny Boeing Manning, and grandfather of Lara
Manning, died. Please keep the family in your thoughts and prayers.

Tabitha’s Table ORUUC Blue Team Reminder: The ORUUC Blue Team is responsible for the Tabitha’s Table
meal on Monday, February 7. As usual, if you cannot participate, please get your own substitute from the list you
have received and let Astrid Brynestad, the team manager (425-0112), know who your sub will be.
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 Board of Trustees
12 Hal Hoyt….
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…………President
Kim Yount…Past President
Lori Hetes………...President-elect
Martin Bauer……Finance Officer
Anne Scott…………..Secretary
Nathaniel Bass
Roxana McNair
Linda Sullivan
Marty Adler-Jasny
Ministers and Staff
Rev. Jake Morrill, Minister
Rev. Howard Box Minister Emeritus
Tandy Scheffler,
Director of Faith Formation
Angelina Carpenter,
Director of Community Life
Nancy Starr, Director of Music
Cyndy Bailes, Bookkeeper
Kimberly Donnelly, Congregational
Administrator
Margaret Hoff, Communications Coord.
Susan Rosenbaum, Nursery Coordinator
Lisa Humber, Custodian
Esther Berry, Sunday Morning Asst.
Paul Lee, Pianist
Judy Moyer, Pianist
Phone: (865) 483-6761 Fax: (865) 481-3646
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Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church
1500 Oak Ridge Turnpike
Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830-6207
If you www.oruuc.org February
are going through difficult times and would 2, 2011
like emotional
support, or are in any situation where support and caring are
needed, please contact the Lay Pastoral Care Associates.
The Lay Pastoral Care Associates contacts:
Rev. Jake Morrill, Minister, 483-6761
Sal Smith, LPCA Team Leader, 483-5731
Kimberly Donnelly, Congregational Administrator, 483-6761
Office Hours:
If you need Monday through Friday
transportation, are ill 9 AM to 3 PM
and need support, or
Worship Services:
need home-health or 10 AM Traditional Service
baby equipment, please
12 PM Celebration Service
call the Caring
Coordinators for the Parents: If you need child care for an
month of February:
event, please call Susan Rosenbaum
(865-882-2372) or email
LaFaye Krohn
(MsClued@aol.com) at least 5 days in
(483-6188) and
Linda Ellis (435-3635) advance.
E-mail: oruuc@bellsouth.net Web: www.oruuc.org