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January 5, 2023
In this issue:
This Sunday at UUCSV
RE (Religious Education)
Next Week at UUCSV
News from UUCSV Groups & Committees
Community
Contact
This Sunday at UUCSV
Sunday, January 8, 2023 - 11:00 a.m.
“Landscapes"
Rev. Michael J S Carter

Music:
Sue Stone, voice, piano and guitar; Linda Metzner, piano

Greeters: Bea Lothrop & Ray Bockhorst
 
On many occasions you have heard me stress to you the importance of
cultivating an inner or interior life; to take the time to self-reflect, to not be so “other aided” where everything is focused on what is happening or going on outside of you. Otherwise, you become a mere victim of outer circumstances and the inner life or inner consciousness will produce the outer experience and not the other way around. By cultivating our inner life we create a
cultured mind. By cultivating our way of thinking and feeling about life
circumstances we develop and cultivate our inner landscape. This leads to a sense of peace in a sometimes noisy and chaotic world. Let's explore.
 
 Order of Service
 
Gathering Music: “Colors of the Wind” (Alan Menken)
Welcome & Announcements: Sally Smith
Opening Words & Chalice Lighting: Diane Graham &
Rev. Michael J S Carter
Opening Hymn: #108 “My Life Flows On”
Reading: #659
Second Sundays: “Heal the Water” (Don & Scot)
Joys & Concerns
Meditation: Rev. Michael J S Carter
Offertory: “Give Yourself to Love” (Kate Wolf)
Sermon: Landscapes – Rev. Michael J S Carter
Closing Hymn: #128 “For All That is Our Life”
Closing Words: Rev. Michael J S Carter
Postlude: “When I Can Read My Title Clear” (Traditional, arr. Anna Laura Page)

 

Music: Sue Stone, voice, piano and guitar; Linda Metzner, piano
Religious Education:  Nursery/Pre-K caregivers: Childcare at this time is limited, and is performed as needed by either Susan Enwright Hicks, DRE, or one of our trusted childcare volunteers
Video:  Evan Yanik
Sound Team: Marti Saltzman, Barbara Rogers, Ray Bockhorst, Larry Pearlman & David Reid

 
The YouTube video of today's service will be available Sunday afternoon, as well as all previous Sunday Services at UUCSV Productions. Click to go to YouTube here. 
 

 
Joys & Concerns:
 
We want to hear from you about your joys and concerns. If you cannot attend in person and would like to be heard, please send your message to Rev. Michael Carter by noon on Friday so he can read it during the Sunday service.
 


For online offertory and/or pledge donations:


THANK YOU!

  
RE (Religious Education)
Sunday, January, 8, 2023
No virtual RE
11:00 a.m. at UUCSV with Susan E. Hicks
 
This week’s Faithful Journeys is about Finding Balance and Minimalism (or simply being happier with less). We’ll look at real-life examples of people choosing to share their gifts — literally their holiday gifts and birthday presents. We’ll talk about finding balance and explore how sharing can create a balance of wealth. We’ll also explore ways to have more fun with less stuff by designing a party using only materials that we have in our room.
 
More information and ways you can expand upon this concept at home see  can be found here.
 
If you’re looking for a sweet book to read aloud for this week, I’d like to
recommend One Little Bag: An Amazing Journey by Henry Cole. 
 
Next Week at UUCSV
Sunday, January 15, 2023 - 11:00 a.m.
“Broken Hearts, Open Hearts & Trees”
Rev. Michael J S Carter 

 
Belvie Rooks and Dedan Gills are the co-founders of Growing a Global Heart, a vision inspired to promote the planting of memorial trees to honor those forgotten souls of our past— from victims of urban violence, the Underground Railroad, and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Route in West Africa—as part of a process of collective healing and as a solution to climate change. Their motto is: “Healing the wounds of the past—in the present—while creating a sustainable future.” I'd like to use their story and philosophy to share their wisdom, passion, and commitment on this Dr. King Sunday.
News from UUCSV Groups & Committees
Climate Conversation Group Meeting
Saturday, January 7, 2023
10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
 
This week we will be looking at our daily plastic use and sharing ideas about substitutes as well as having an introductory discussion about Donut Economics. Everyone is welcome.
 

 
First Aid Kit

Did you know UUCSV has a fully stocked First Aid Kit, which includes
bandages and up-to-date OTC medications? It can be found in the closet in the Admin office. 
 

 
Tidings - January 2023 Edition
 
The other newsletter (somewhat less announcements and more thoughtful reports) Tidings, is waiting for something to be included for our New Year's edition. Please send your own ideas, poetry, and photos to tidings.uucsv@gmail.com, as soon as possible!
 
Community
Move Night at UUCSV
January 27, 2023
7:00-9:00 p.m.
 
Larry Pearlman would like to host a movie night and the feature film is Crash (cir 2004). Please email Larry if you are interested in attending at larrypearlman42@gmail.com. Following is a brief synopsis of the film (with links to wikipedia)…
 
Crash is a 2004 crime drama film produced, directed, and co-written by Paul Haggis. A self-described "passion piece" for Haggis, the film features racial and social tensions in Los Angeles and was inspired by a real-life incident in which Haggis's Porsche was carjacked in 1991 outside a video store on Wilshire Boulevard.[3] The film features an ensemble cast, including Sandra BullockDon Cheadle (who also worked as a producer on the film), Matt DillonJennifer EspositoWilliam FichtnerBrendan FraserTerrence HowardChris "Ludacris" BridgesThandiwe NewtonMichael Peña, and Ryan Phillippe.
Contact
Church office: (828) 669-8050 (email preferred during social distancing)
 
Michael Donnan, Office Manager Hours: Tuesday & Thursday,
8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.


Rev. Michael J S Carter, (Monday - Thursday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.)
Rev. Carter is available for pastoral care in the church office or virtually via Zoom or Skype. For in-person meetings, protocols of social distancing and face masks are followed. Please email Rev. Michael J S Carter to schedule an appointment.
 
The deadline for submissions to The Current is Tuesday at 12:00 p.m., please send yours to admin@uusv.org. For more information and guidelines on submissions for our newsletters, website, online calendar, social media, Order of Service, and member news, please see our Publishing Guidelines.
 
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Get clarity here.
 

 
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