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View this email in your browser eNews for Thursday, September 10 Worship Matters We will gather online via Zoom this Sunday, September 13 to worship together with our minister Drew Frantz, to celebrate our annual Water Ingathering. The Zoom call starts at 10:00 for social time, and the service starts at 10:30.   “The Water Ingathering is a special service that we do every year in the fall, celebrating water as a symbol of life and connection. Traditionally, people bring a bit of water from a special place and pour it into a common vessel. This year’s service will be on Zoom, and we invite your participation in three ways: emailing photos of water; dropping off water before the service outside; and sharing your stories during the service.”    Zoom Invitation for Sunday, September 13 Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 402489218   One tap mobile +16468769923,,402489218# Phone - audio only +1 646 876 9923 If you happen to miss being in worship, the texts to previous sermon messages (and some of the readings as well) can be found in our website sermon archive.   Upcoming Services September 20: Inner and Outer Renewal September 27: Faithful Environmentalism   Minister’s Schedule Drew is on vacation through September 12. There will be no Minister’s Column this week. Water Ingathering: Multi-generational Service - September 13 The Water Ingathering is a special service that we do every year in the fall, celebrating water as a symbol of life and connection. Traditionally, people bring a bit of water from a special place and pour it into a common vessel. This year’s service will be on Zoom, and we invite your participation in three ways: 1. Photos – email to Kendra by September 11 Share your favorite personal photos of playing in water, the beauty of water, the life-giving quality of water. These photos will be shared during the service. Please send photos (hopefully as a JPG or PNG file) to re.uufcm@gmail.com and Kendra will collect them. Please do this by Friday September 11.   2. Outdoor Water Drop-Off and Blessing – before service: 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. on September 13 Get up early and stop by the Fellowship building between 8:30-9:30. If you have water you want to share, we will collect it for use in the ceremony. If you want to get sprayed, you will receive the blessing of water dispensed by the sacred spray bottle of UUFCM. Drive-up and walk-up options are both available. This event will be outdoors; rain or shine; masks and safe distance mandatory.   3. Sharing Stories – During service on September 13 During the service, you may briefly share the significance of the water you are contributing to the common vessel. Children and families can share a story of playing in or enjoying water this summer.   This service is multi-generational, so all ages are welcome to stay for the whole hour. We will also share a blessing of teachers during the service. Upcoming Events - with Zoom Links Click the link to join in! - Sunday worship - RE Lesson & Kids’s Coffee Hour - Sundays at 10:45am - Welcome to UU Orientation - last Sundays at 12:30pm - Choir Rehearsal - Sundays at 7pm - Newcomers Gathering - Sunday, September 13 at 12:30pm - UU discussion group - Wednesdays at 10am  - Check-In Circle with Drew - Wednesdays at 4pm - Game Night - Wednesdays at 7pm - Soulful Sundown - 1st Thursdays at 7pm - Women’s Circle - 4th Thursdays at 7pm - Coffee House Open Mic - 1st Fridays at 7pm Event links can also be found on the UUFCM Calendar.   Team Meetings - with Zoom Links Click the link to join in! 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. Links for the various team meetings will be posted in the eNews and on the UUFCM calendar. If you are interested in helping any of these teams or committees, please fill out the Volunteer Opportunity Form 2020-2021 if you haven’t already. - Worship Team - September 14 at 6pm - Environmental Issues - September 14 at 7:00pm - Building Team - September 15 at 6pm at the UUFCM Event links can also be found on the UUFCM Calendar. RE News RE Kickoff - September 13 Following our multigenerational Water Service on September 13th, the RE Program will be kicking off the start of a new RE year with our RE Kickoff! Immediately after service (around 11:45am), children are invited to join our Webex call for ice-breakers, games (including one of our much-loved at-home scavenger hunts), and a craft! For this craft, we will be sending out individual "puzzle pieces" for the children to decorate however they wish during the Kickoff! Afterward, these pieces can be turned into the mailbox in front of UUFCM's entrance, and the final design of the puzzle will be revealed when all the pieces are put back together! If you want to make sure your child(ren) receives a piece of the puzzle to decorate at the Kickoff, please contact Kendra at re.uufcm@gmail.com with your current street address so that we make sure everyone gets their puzzle piece!   Voting Rights News Now’s the Time to Step Up! GOTV Campaign – Phone and Text Banking If you are interested in phone banking and/or text banking with the MI Interfaith GOTV Action Group (Tuesdays, Thursdays and/or Saturdays), see this flyer. LWV - Volunteers are needed for the following events: Mid-Michigan Community College for National Voter Registration Day Tuesday, September 22, 10:30-1:30pm. Event will be outside, we will be hosting a table with information, masks required. Postcard Writers! We need help writing personal messages on postcards encouraging people to vote. These will be distributed to clients at the Soup Kitchen, Meals-On-Wheels, Clothing Inc., and other places to be determined. Please reply via email to: lwvmpmi@gmail.com if you’d like to help! Candidate Forums The League of Women candidate forum for the Mt. Pleasant School Board is scheduled for September 16, and the forum for the Mr. Pleasant City Commission will be September 17. These will be ZOOM events, and questions for the candidates can be submitted at the Mt. Pleasant LWV website here. Look for a Facebook post that can be shared. If You’re Unsure about Absentee Voting… Do you want to make sure your Absentee Ballot is counted? Do you want to vote absentee but feel confused about the process? The First UU Congregation of Ann Arbor is holding three 60-minute ZOOM Voting Clinics to provide hands-on help with getting and using an absentee ballot!  Come yourself if you are a first-time absentee voter or encourage a family member to come if they are “absentee curious.”  We’ll give pointers on how to make sure your ballot is not rejected.     Dates:  Sunday, September 13 at 5:30pm Monday, September 14 at 7pm Thursday, September 17 at 7pm Use this link to RSVP. Meeting links and materials will be sent after RSVP.   Environmental Issues News 2020 Great Lakes Regional Virtual Conference - October 3&4 Looking for inspiration, connection and rejuvenation in your climate activism? You'll find it at the 2020 Great Lakes Regional Virtual Conference on October 3-4! All are welcome at this free online conference.   On Saturday from 1-4:15 EDT, join our guest speakers: Dr. Phil Sakimoto, Director, Program for Academic Excellence at the University of Notre Dame Tia Nelson, Climate Change Program Director for Outrider Foundation Bob Inglis, Executive Director of republicEn On Sunday from 2-4 EDT, you may choose from one of two workshops: Inclusive Climate Outreach (limited to 300 attendees)  Using Psychology to Drive Climate Engagement (limited to 100 attendees). The full schedule is on our registration page. Zoom information will be emailed to you by Friday, October 2nd. Register Now! George Lentz has a bountiful harvest of vegetables and is willing to share them. If you would like to get some veggies, just call George at 248-346-4039 to make arrangements to come out and pick. Are You in Need of Assistance? At this time of social distancing, it is important that we keep in close contact via technology. Drew has encouraged you to reach out to him if you want to talk to him via email or phone/text (minister@uufcm.org; 440.935.0129). Please do so if you need emotional support or to share your concerns. If you are experiencing financial hardship, the minister's discretionary fund may be able to help. Please contact Drew for more information. Assistance from this fund is strictly confidential. For those of you who are shut in and can’t get groceries or your meds, let Gisela know (gbmoffit@gmail.com; 989.772.1602). We now have 6 volunteers who are willing to pick up your orders for you. Many thanks in advance to those willing to help out. • • • Community News • • • Legalize Being Black: Our Lives Matter Too Today, September 10 at 6pm A march is being led by Darian Bird, a community member who has been harassed while demonstrating in town against discrimination. His goal is to bring community members together to protest discrimination in our community. Gather at 6 pm at the University Center (UC) on CMU’s campus and then march along Mission Street to Town Center. After a couple of brief speeches, there will be musical entertainment. Please note that facemasks are required and that there will be a police escort. Equal Pay Action Day September 16, 12-1:30pm Join the Michigan Equal Pay Coalition for its 2020 Equal Pay Action Day on ZOOM (by video or phone), 12pm, Wednesday, September 16! The lineup of speakers and presenters will discuss the ongoing effects of women’s economic insecurity and state and federal efforts to help close the wage gap. Registration is required by September 14 for this free Zoom video or conference call event. Hispanic Heritage Month September 15-October 15 The Multicultural Academic Student Services office at CMU invites the community to participate in the celebration of the Hispanic Heritage Month September 15 – October 15. See the events listing here. Webex links will be posted as the events get closer... Let Peace Reign Event - Saturday, September 19 The Isabella County Human Rights Committee is celebrating a virtual Let Peace Reign Event on Saturday, September 19, from 5-7 pm. Help celebrate peace, love, solidarity and inclusion by logging on to the Isabella County Human Rights Committee’s Facebook page for this live event featuring poetry, music and speakers to entertain you and move you.  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. 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   Take all that you need; give all that you can! 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 admin@uufcm.org. Drew's Office Hours and Contact Information Please contact Drew via email, phone, or text. minister@uufcm.org  Phone/text: 440-935-0129 UUFCM Board of Trustees for 2020-2021 President: Guy Newland (989.944.0534; president@uufcm.org) Past-President: Carol Rard (989.561.2969; carol4uufcm@gmail.com) President Elect: Norma Bailey (989.560.3952; baile1nj@cmich.edu) Treasurer: Terrie Robbie (989.400.2495; tlrobbie1@gmail.com) Co-Treasurer: Jen Prout (989.400.3130; poutyprouty66@yahoo.com) Secretary: Brigitte Bechtold (989.954.1123; becht1bh@cmich.edu) Trustee: Jennifer Davis (989.280.7010; jenmarsh40@gmail.com) Trustee: Aaron Jones (989.501.0672; jones3aj@cmich.edu) Trustee: Mel Bailey (989.600.6460; babycatching@gmail.com) Team and Committee Leaders Social Justice Coordinating Team - Norma Bailey Building, Grounds & Safety Team - Norma Bailey Environmental Issues committee - Daniel Davis Voting Rights committee - David Wagstaff Religious Education (RE) Team - Mel Bailey Coordinating Team - Gisela Moffit Worship Team - Drew Frantz Corona Virus task force - Drew Frantz Membership - Laura McBride Arms Around - Gisela Moffit Welcome & Hospitality - Gisela Moffit   We are a religious community guided by love, transforming our lives and our world. 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