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View this email in your browser eNews for Thursday, June 15 Our UUFCM Banner Is Flying Downtown! The banner painted by our UUFCM youth is now flying on Broadway Street with the other Festival of Banners contributions. Worship Matters We will gather online via Zoom and in person this Sunday, June 18 to worship together with Laura McBride, who will present “Church: To Be and To Do,” by the Rev. Byron ‘Tyler’ Coles. The Zoom call starts at 10:00 for social time, and the service starts at 10:30.   “In this sermon, Rev. Coles asks the question, ‘Where do we find help in these sorrowful times?’ He explores the role of a church community to support each other in times of struggle.” Zoom Invitation for June 18: Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 402489218 One tap mobile +16468769923,,402489218# Phone - audio only +1 646 876 9923 Upcoming Services June 25: UUA General Assembly Worship Service          (Livestream Link​ - we will not meet in person at the Fellowship.) July 2: Realistic Hope & Hopeful Realism   If you happen to miss being in worship, please check out our website sermon archive for sermon video and/or text. Minister’s Column “At the last COVID Task Force meeting we voted ourselves out of existence. The public health news is so good that the Fellowship has now removed all COVID strictures—including the requirement that people attending UUFCM events be vaccinated…” Read more here. Upcoming Events Most meetings and events are hybrid (in-person/Zoom). Please contact the event or meeting leader if you are not sure. Event and meeting details and links can be found on the UUFCM Calendar. - Sunday Worship - Welcome to UU Orientation - Last Sundays at 12:30pm (resuming in July) - UUFCM Men’s Group - 1st Mondays at 7pm on Zoom - Game Night - 3rd Mondays at 7pm - Central Michigan Sangha - Tuesdays at 6:45pm - UU Discussion Group - Wednesdays at 10am - Choir Rehearsal - Summer Break - resumes August 2 - Drawing Workshop - 2nd and 4th Tuesdays at 10am Cancelled for June 27 - First Friday Potluck - First Fridays at 6:30pm - CUUPs Litha Ritual - Sunday, June 18 at 6pm - Movie Night - Saturday, June 24 at 7pm All members and friends are welcome to attend our UUFCM Board meeting as well as the various team meetings that occur monthly. If you are interested in attending any specific team meeting, please contact the team leader for information. If you are interested in helping any of these teams or committees, please fill out the Volunteer Opportunity Form if you haven’t already. Summer Schedule Simplified Worship Welcome to summer! For the next nine weeks, Sunday morning services will be slightly simpler with no choir and no children’s story. Six services during the summer will be led by lay worship leaders Laura McBride, Norma Bailey and Jessica Jernigan; two will be led by Rev. Drew Frantz.   Minister’s Time Off Rev. Drew takes six weeks of time off during the summer months, and is also away for a full week at General Assembly. He will be here to lead worship July 9 and August 13. Although regular office hours are suspended for the summer, you may still contact Drew with any urgent Fellowship business if needed, or with significant pastoral care needs. Texting 440-935-0129 is the best way to reach Rev. Drew.   General Assembly Sunday, June 25, will feature the national broadcast of the worship service from General Assembly in Pittsburgh. On that day, we will not meet at all in the UU building. The livestream begins at 11am, and you can find that link here, on the UUFCM Calendar, and in the June 24th Sunday Service Reminder email. Learn more about the service here. UUFCM is Hiring! UUFCM is looking to hire a new Director of Religious Education. If you know anyone interested and qualified, please encourage them to apply, as the best employees sometimes are recruited by word of mouth. UUFCM policy states that we usually do not hire members of the congregation to be employees. Applications and inquiries should go to Rev. Drew. The job posting is here and on our website: Job posting for Director of Religious Education (6-10 hours per week starting August 15) Congratulations to Our Graduates! Congratulations to our graduates (and to their parents) – Ila Swier, Elliot Moreno, and Tanyth Bass from high school, Elijah Lifson from culinary school, and Katie Fisher from CMU (belatedly)! Their accomplishments were celebrated on Sunday, June 11. Potatoes Are Planted! Felix and Aaron Jones, Monica Jean, and Norma Bailey planted our youth garden with potatoes, as well as fencing the plots in to protect them from the bunnies! Special Plate Collection - This Sunday, June 18 This Sunday a collection will be taken to supplement the minister’s discretionary fund which is used to respond to requests from people in the community who might need gas money, money to pay an electric bill, a night in a hotel, etc. The fund is particularly low right now because of so much need. You can donate online to this fund at our website or checks can be made out to UUFCM with “Discretionary Fund” indicated in the memo line, and sent to UUFCM Treasurer, P.O. Box 41, Mt. Pleasant, MI, 48804-0041. CUUPs Litha Ritual - June 18 Covenant of UU Pagans Solstice, or Litha means a stopping or standing still of the sun. It is the longest day of the year and the time when the sun is at its maximum elevation. This is also a time to celebrate growth and life for those who see balance in the world and are deeply aware of the ongoing shifting of the seasons. It is also time to acknowledge that the sun will now begin to decline once more towards winter. We invite those of you who are interested to participate. We hold the ritual promptly at 6pm, in hybrid format (in-person/Zoom). There will be no potluck. Directory Update! Every summer we update our Directory with a printed Addendum, which includes new people, changes in names, postal addresses, emails, and phone numbers. Please help us to make our Directory current by checking your printed Directory of February 2023 and/or the online one and let us know if your entries have changed. The Directory is password protected. If you can't remember the password, please contact Gisela Moffit. Deadline for submission is Wednesday, June 21. Thank you in advance for your assistance. Movie Night - June 24 You know that saying “some people are born on third base and think they hit a triple?” What happens when the family's patriarch decides his offspring need to realize that he hit the triple and they need to step into the batter box. Join us on Saturday, June 24 at 7pm to watch this star-studded cast including Daniel Craig, Christopher Plummer, Chris Evans, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ana De Armas, and others in Knives Out. Drawing Workshop - Cancelled June 27 We will not meet on June 27, but will resume on July 11! June 30 Ends Our 2022-2023 Fiscal Year Our 2022-2023 fiscal year ends on June 30. If you haven’t had a chance to complete your pledge for this year, please try to do this by the 30th if you can. Bookshelf in the Fellowship Hall The new bookshelf in the Fellowship Hall is designed for us to share books with one another! Our intent is to populate the bookshelf with a variety of books; suggestions are books about Unitarian Universalism, all religions, social justice topics, poetry and banned books (not encouraging romance and mystery novels, nor magazines, for example). The book share system is easy – if you have a book to share, put it on the shelf, and if you want to take a book, feel free to take it home to read and return it (or not!). • • • Community News • • • Juneteenth Save the Date! Monday, June 19 from 12-2pm Opperman Auditorium/Park Library Join us for dialogue and a short documentary! Great Lakes Bay Pride Festival Saturday, June 24, 2023 from 11-6pm Wenonah Park, 801 N Water St, Bay City, MI 48708 Our welcoming and inclusive festival brings together the LGBTQ+ community, allies, friends, and families from across the Great Lakes Bay Region and surrounding areas. Attendees can enjoy a variety of retail vendors, community resource partners, live entertainment, a health screening area, and a children’s activity area.   The Great Lakes Bay Pride Festival is a family-friendly, outdoor event, and is free for all to attend! We Are Invited! UU Fellowship of Midland Summer Fun Day/Weekend Saturday, July 22 Herrick Recreational Area (near Clare) There will be: a free breakfast at a park pavilion the pavilion will be available all day after breakfast hiking, games, swimming, kayaking, and other activities a bonfire and social event in the evening Herrick offers tent sites, cabins, and RV sites. If you wish to camp, you must make your own reservations with Isabella County Parks & Recreation.   Donate Now! The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Central Michigan is funded solely by its members and friends. ​ For your convenience, you can make a donation electronically with the button below, or via the GivePlus Church App. Please consider the option of offsetting the cost to the Fellowship for providing the convenience of making an online donation. “Deepening Connections” If you prefer not to donate electronically, you may also write a check payable to UUFCM and send it to: UUFCM, P.O. Box 41, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48804-0041 Got News? The deadline for submissions to the Order of Service Insert and the UUFCM weekly eNews is Tuesday at 5:00 p.m. Please send all submissions to [email protected]. Drew’s Contact Information Please contact Drew via email, phone, or text. [email protected]  Phone/text: 440-935-0129​ Office Hours (in person and/or Zoom):    Tuesdays 10am-noon   Wednesdays 1-3pm and 8-9pm Office Hours Zoom Link UUFCM Board of Trustees for 2022-2023 President: Stacey Pattison (989.330.1832; [email protected]) Past-President: Norma Bailey (989.560.3952; [email protected]) President Elect: Cynthia Damer (989.506.5750; [email protected]) Treasurer: Terrie Robbie (989.400.2495; [email protected]) Secretary: Elaine Emerick (989.621.6063; [email protected]) Trustee: Victoria Sladek (989.506.7039; [email protected]) Trustee: Mary Alsager (989.3302226; [email protected]) Trustee: Penny Swart (989.330.3587; [email protected]) Team and Committee Leaders Adult Religious Education Team - Jodi Fisher Building, Grounds & Safety Team - Norma Bailey Communications Coordinating Team - Amy Voege Fellowship Life Coordinating Team - Gisela Moffit   Membership - Laura McBride   Arms Around - Gisela Moffit   Welcome & Hospitality - Gisela Moffit   Social Fun - Jen Prout Social Justice Coordinating Team - Norma Bailey Worship Team - Drew Frantz Youth Religious Education (RE) Team - Cynthia Damer Anti-Racism Task Force - Norma Bailey   We are a religious community guided by love, transforming our lives and our world. 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