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View this email in your browser eNews for Thursday, September 24 Worship Matters We will gather online via Zoom this Sunday, September 27 to worship together with Rev. Drew Frantz, with Mary Alsager and Laurie Rivera, who will present “Faithful Environmentalism.” The Zoom call starts at 10:00 for social time, and the service starts at 10:30.   “As a faith, Unitarian Universalism affirms the interdependent web of all life. This was a strong message at our national gathering in June. We will share some of our takeaways from that experience and talk about how to move forward as faithful stewards of the environment.”    Zoom Invitation for Sunday, September 27 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 October 4: A Progressive’s Survival Guide: How to Save the World, and Your Own A** Too October 11: Faith and Action: Indigenous Rights October 18: Faith and Action: Voting Rights October 25: Deep Listening   Minister’s Column Read the Minister’s column at uufcm.org/andrew-frantz. 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 - 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. - RE Team - September 25 at 4pm Meeting links can also be found on the UUFCM Calendar. Women’s Circle - Tonight! We provide a safe and supportive place to explore womanhood and women’s history, discuss issues, get to know one another better, and have fun! We meet on 4th Thursdays at 7pm. This month’s discussion will be in the form of a question to start the conversation. We will also discuss the themes of future meetings. Join Us via Zoom!   Welcome to UU Orientation - September 27 at 12:30pm If you are interested in learning more about UU history, our fellowship’s history, meeting new folks, and exploring the first phase of possibly joining this tradition, please join Laura McBride on Sunday, September 27 at 12:30pm. Feel free to eat your lunch and plan for one hour of connection, learning, and relaxation. There is no exam or homework. If you are interested in watching an introductory video regarding our faith, please view this YouTube video by Peter Bowden called Unitarian Universalism: You're Uni-What?. If you have specific questions, please contact Laura at Lmcbride010@gmail.com or call/text 989-772-5512. Join us via Zoom! Soulful Sundown - October 1 Join us on the first Thursday of the month for an uplifting service of songs, drumming, poetry, and reflection, beginning at 7 p.m. All are welcome: all ages, all genders, colors, beliefs. This month’s theme is Deep Listening. Join us via Zoom. RE News RE Registration We are renewing families’ registrations to the RE Program for another year! To register, please download the form, fill out the required spaces, and send the form back to Kendra at re.uufcm@gmail.com. If you would prefer to print your registration form rather than fill it in electronically, you can send her a picture or scan of your completed form instead. If you have any questions about the form, please feel free to contact Kendra. Building Team News Seeking Someone to Edge Sidewalks The Building Team in looking for someone to help edge the sidewalks at the Fellowship. If you have an electric edger, great! If not, we can rent one. Please contact Norma Bailey (baile1nj@cmich.edu or 989-560-3952) if you are willing and able. Voting Rights News Three Things You Can Do to Help with the Election 1. Engage in Phone and Text Banking The Michigan Interfaith Get Out the Vote (GOTV) Campaign has organized phone banking and/or text banking on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and/or Saturdays. This is part of the UU the Vote campaign to engage our neighbors, educate our communities, mobilize voters, and rally around ballot initiatives, with values based on our theology and principles. A brief training is provided, and then you spend time with other concerned people in Michigan either calling or texting. To join in these efforts, see this flyer.   2. Encourage Family and Friends to Become Election Workers The State of Michigan needs election workers throughout the state. Election workers are needed to serve at the polling stations and to assist clerks and count ballots. Serving as an election worker is a paid position, and all election workers are trained on proper protocols. Contact your family members and friends wherever they are in Michigan and encourage them to become an election worker; they simply need to go to www.Michigan.gov/democracyMVP.   3. One More Easy Way to Get Out the Vote Make a phone call to every adult niece, nephew, and grandchild you have across the United States and engage them in a conversation about voting. Have they registered? What’s their plan to vote? Do they know how to vote by absentee ballot?  For those living in Michigan, see the this 2020 Voter Information Sheet for what they will need to know. For those living outside of Michigan, direct them to either https://www.campusvoteproject.org/state-student-voting-guides if they are a college/university student, or https://www.nbcnews.com/specials/plan-your-vote-state-by-state-guide-voting-by-mail-early-in-person-voting-election/index.html?cid=bc_npd_nn_ms_np-1_200816 if they are not, and help them make sense of the information. You can also share how your values help you make your decisions about your votes.   Here’s the Information About Early In-Person Absentee Voting To avoid long lines voting on November 3, early in-person absentee voting is available at your clerk’s office from Monday, September 28 until Monday, November 2, 2020 at 4 p.m. You don’t even have to request an absentee ballot ahead of time.  You can go to your clerk’s office, request the absentee ballot application, fill it out, hand it in, receive your absentee ballot, fill it out, and hand it in, thus having voting in the 2020 general election. For your convenience, the City Clerk's office of Mt. Pleasant will also be open for in-person absentee voting on Saturday, October 31, 2020 from 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.  Check your clerk’s office for their weekend-ahead-of-November 3 in-person absentee voting hours at www.mi.gov/vote (click on the “My Clerk” tab, and enter your address to find information for your city/township clerk).   “Good Trouble” Film Series The Voting Rights Committee invites you to our “Good Trouble” film series. We have identified three videos that we think will help us better understand the importance of voting rights and the efforts to suppress voting rights. Here’s how it will work. Each week we will announce the upcoming film in the eNews and Sunday announcements and how to access the video to view it on your own timetable. On the following Monday evening at 7:30 pm, we will facilitate a Zoom discussion about the content of the film. The Zoom link to access the discussion will be in the UUFCM calendar. October 5 – Selma: The Bridge to the Ballot (~46 minutes) October 12 – Suppressed 2020: The Fight to Vote (~40 minutes) October 19 – John Lewis: Good Trouble (~1 hour, 36 minutes) The first two films (October 5 and 12) are available on YouTube at no cost. Use the links above, or simply type in the title in the search bar on YouTube. The October 19 film is available on Amazon Prime, although CNN is offering a viewing of the film on Sunday, September 27, at 9 pm. We hope you’ll join us!   Candidate Forums The League of Women Voters Mt. Pleasant Area hosted and recorded virtual candidate forums for the Mt. Pleasant School Board (on September 16) and for the Mt. Pleasant City Commission (on September 17). Use these links to view each forum. Environmental Issues News Balancing Water and Oil: A Water Protector’s Call - September 29 at 7pm Enbridge Pipeline 5 transports Canadian tar sands oil through a Canadian pipeline to a Canadian refinery. It also delivers around 8% to the Marathon refinery in the most polluted zip code in Michigan near Detroit. Individual people and businesses and environmental groups have urged our governmental leaders to shut it down. Right now a decision could be made by Governor Whitmer or a decision could be made in court. Water is life, and the protection of over 400 waterways and the Straits of Mackinac is something we should honor and understand for our children and the beloved community. The presentation will give a personal view of over 7 years of researching this pipeline and oil in our state, updating what is happening now, with an eye on voting and Proposal 1 on our ballots. Please join the Zoom call on Tuesday, September 29 at 7 pm with Karen Turnbull. Join via Zoom Meeting ID: 925 0241 6684 Passcode: 27VQTp 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 • • • 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. 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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