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Committee Fair - Volunteers Needed!
Volunteers are the lifeblood of UUCSV, and our Committees need you! Please make plans to attend the Committee Fair on May 21, 2023, right after Services. Members from our various Committees will be on hand to share the valuable work that they do to serve our Congregation! Snacks and prizes for participants!
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IN THE SANCTUARY
Sunday, May 21, 2023 - 11:00 a.m.
“Eastern Thoughts on Happiness for the Western Mind"
Rev. Michael J S Carter
Second Sundays: Susan Stone, piano
Greeters: Bea Lothrop & Elizabeth Wallace
Sermon Topic:
The Western intellectual tradition suggests that in order to be happy, what we need to do most of all is to go out and subdue the world; secure resources, found businesses, run governments, gain fame and conquer nations.
By contrast, the Eastern tradition has for a long while told us something very different. In both its Buddhist and Hindu strands, it has insisted that contentment requires us to learn to conquer not the world but the instrument through which we view this world, namely our minds. Let's explore!
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.
You can livestream the Sunday Service and also see prior Sunday Services on YouTube. Click to go to YouTube here, or go to YouTube.com and search for UUCSV Productions. To view the Sunday Service in progress, click on “Live”. To view prior Sunday Services, go to “Videos” for services prior to March 19, 2023, and go to “Live” for services starting March 19, 2023.
RE (RELIGIOUS EDUCATION)
Sunday, May 21, 2023 - 11:00 a.m.
at UUCSV with Susan E. Hicks
This Sunday will be led by RE volunteer teacher, Erin Spainhour. Erin will lead students in a story about a Unitarian Universalist child who celebrates the pagan harvest holiday, Lammas, by going to a peace rally every year. To illustrate our third Unitarian Universalist Principle, acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth, we’ll learn about magic as a spiritual practice we can use to work for the good of the world. We’ll create our own wands and do a spiral dance. Our guiding words are "Create Magic."
EXPLORE THE TOPIC TOGETHER. We defined magic today as combining focus, intention and energy. Many other spiritual practices also combine
focus, intention and energy. Tell your child about a spiritual practice you are familiar with and explain how focus, intention and energy are involved. Tell what the practice means to you and how it affirms one or more of our Unitarian Universalist Principles.
"Whatever you think you can do, or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, grace and power in it." — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
"Any ritual is an opportunity for transformation." — Starhawk
 For a book you can enjoy at home about a peace art movement in Ferguson check out Painting for Peace in Ferguson.
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Sunday, May 28, 2023 - 11:00 a.m.
“The Courage to Change Course”
Rev. Michael J S Carter
It has been said that those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. A dying tree branch hits a friend in the head and lays open her scalp. When she recovers from the coma, she says someone was trying to tell her something. A loved one discovers a deadly tumor. An expensive ring is lost, or discovers that the internet stock that was guaranteed to make a fortune is worthless. You awake from a dream; you stumble and fall down and break a leg. Life is messy. What does it take for us to "get it?" What does it take for us to change?
There is a Zen saying: “One accident is worth a thousand meditations.”
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News from UUCSV Groups & Committees
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UUCSV YARD SALE IS BACK!
Saturday, June 3, 2023 - 8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
We need your gently used donations!
Please gather clothing, books, furniture, household items, jewelry, tools, artwork, plants, etc. and deliver them to UUCSV during the week of May 29, 2023, Monday - Thursday, from 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Volunteers needed to:
- Help move pews and set up tables after service on Sunday, May 29, 2023.
- Receive, sort and price items anytime between 11 a.m. - 6 p.m., Monday - Thursday, May 29 - June 1, 2023.
- Sort and arrange books and other items.
- Sort and hang clothing.
- Cashier on the day of the sale.
- Clean up and remove leftovers after the sale from 12:30 - 2:30 p.m.
See sign-up sheet on the church bulletin board or contact Susan Hurley: 828-303-1195, hurleysusan51@gmail.com
Harry Belafonte: Sing Your Song
June 15, 2023 - 2:30 - 4:15 p.m. - In the Sanctuary
Susan Hicks (Director of Religious Education) and I would like to begin our summer Adult RE, with a tribute to the life of political activist and entertainer, Harry Belafonte. Mr. Belafonte died on April 25, 2023, at the age of 96 from congestive heart failure. We would like to show the film, Harry Belafonte: Sing Your Song: The Music Hope and Vision of a Man and an Era. The film runs approximately 90 minutes and will be followed bydiscussion. Come and join us as we celebrate the life of this great American humanitarian. Hope to see you there!
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Friday Night Movie Night
June 16, 2023 - 6:30 p.m. at UUCSV
Friday night at the movies has always been a favorite and we're pleased to announce that the next movie night will be June 16, 2023 at 6:30 p.m., beginning with a potluck and a movie at 7 p.m.
We will be watching the movie "Otto", and we are calling this the Norm Kowal Memorial Movie night in remembrance of Norm, who hosted the movie night for many years.
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Calling all Congregants willing to serve on UUCSV’s Board of Trustees
Do you have an interest in volunteering your time to help chart the course for our Congregation? The UUCSV Board of Trustees is searching for a few new members! Time commitment is one 90 minute meeting per month, and weighing in on issues that come up between meetings via email. Interested? Please reach out to Rochelle Broome (Board President) at 615-969-1905 or email me at Harleymobiledoc@gmail.com.
(run end of May)
Ministerial Duties & Pastoral Care Explained
Greetings All,
My ministerial duties at the UUCSV include the following:
- Leading Sunday and Holiday worship services
- Providing spiritual guidance to the congregational community.
- Providing Pastoral Care, which can include Pastoral Counseling, as requested. Pastoral Counseling is a unique form of psycho-therapy that uses spiritual resources, as well as psychological understanding, for healing and growth. It is provided by certified pastoral counselors, with in-depth religious and/or theological training.
- Providing spiritual guidance to Committees of the UUCSV, as needed
- Supervising members of the UUCSV staff
Please contact me or our Congregational Administrator if you have questions, or would like to set up an appointment. My regular office hours are Tuesday and Thursday from 8:30am until 4 pm, and Monday and Wednesday, as needed.
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There are only two more justice discussion sessions. If you’d like information on when they're scheduled, please contact Susan at 828 450-5319.
Summer Presenters needed
This Summer we're looking for adults from the congregation to come share their talents, skills or interests with the youth of our community. If you'd be open to being a guest presenter please contact Susan. Thanks!
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Member & Community Activities
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Tru Earth Fundraiser Update
Do you want to make a difference in the world but don’t know where to start? How about reducing the use of plastics in your life and helping others make a difference too? We are continuing with the fundraising with Tru Earth and will share a portion of the funds raised for the next quarter with the Sierra Club. So far we have raised $164.86 simply by ordering through the link below. There are samples of the laundry detergent and the fundraising link on the bulletin board at the church. Please take a few and share with friends, neighbors and family. The more people we reach, the greater the impact on plastic reduction and the more money we can share with the Sierra Club.
Tru Earth is a Canadian based company that is pairing with nonprofits to help reduce plastic and they give 20% of the cost of the products offered through this special link below.
https://fundraising.tru.earth/UUCSV
They offer many plastic free products (Toilet bowl cleaners, laundry strips with fragrance free option, dryer balls etc.) They periodically offer sales and
discounts and you can still use all offers from the company, (holiday sales etc.) but we only raise funds (20%) if you use the link (and not the subscription service) When you open the link, there is a blue box at the bottom that says “Access Our Fundraising Store Here”, that is where you start.
Any questions, please email Sue Stone at stonesend@gmail.com
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Raise Money for UUCSV While Cleaning Out Those Books
So far this year we have raised $400 simply by getting rid of those books we've been wanting to get out of our house. Jackie Franklin has been kind enough to volunteer her time to take our books to Books For Good who pays us for them! Then they make them available to folks at a greatly discounted price. It's a win-win situation. All that is required is to bring in the books you would like to donate on Sunday and put them in the box in the Portico labeled "Books For Good".
Note: At this time they are only accepting books published in the past two years (fiction/non-fiction & hardback/paperback) and all paperback fiction books regardless of publication date.
Thank you for your contributions.
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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.
UUCSV
500 Montreat Road
Black Mountain, NC 28711
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