Recycle and raise money for the Fellowship at the same time!
It’s easy! Just recycle your paper at the Fellowship; put it in the yellow dumpster at the end of the parking lot. We get $25 for every ton of paper we collect! Keep it coming and tell your friends! Let us "live in harmony with the rhythms of nature" consistent with the 7th UU Principle.
What can go in the dumpster?
- any kind of paper-office, colored, construction...
- cardstock - posterboard, note cards, tag board...
- anything glossy - magazines, catalogues, inserts...
- newspapers
- staples are okay
- brown paper bags
- shredded paper in plastic bags and tied off
What can't go in...
- spiral rings on notebooks
- anything that isn't paper - plastic, aluminum, foam core, trash, paper clips
- anything related to food - cups, plates, napkins, to-go containers...
- phone books
- books (paperback or hard back) CARDBOARD! - corrugated or chip board (cereal boxes)
Ministerial Office Hours Consulting Minister Jill Jarvis has resumed her regular office hours, and will be available for counseling and consultation every Tuesday at the Fellowship from
11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Jill may also be reached anytime via email at jjarvis1@kc.rr.com.
Newsletter Submissions
The deadline for submissions is no later than Mondays at 12:00 p.m. noon.
Send submissions to ufl_newsletter@yahoo.com.
Thank you for your attention to this detail!
Democracy Quotes
Agnes Repplier: Democracy forever teases us with the contrast between its ideals and its realities, between its heroic possibilities and its sorry achievements.
Alex Carey: ... the 20th century has been characterized by three developments of great political importance: The growth of democracy, the growth of corporate power, and the growth of corporate propaganda as a means of protecting corporate power against democracy.
Australian social scientist, quoted by Noam Chomsky in World Orders Old and New Alexis de Tocqueville: The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colours breaking through.
Aristotle: If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in the government to the utmost.
Barbara Ehrenreich: That's free enterprise, friends: freedom to gamble, freedom to lose. And the great thing -- the truly democratic thing about it -- is that you don't even have to be a player to lose.
C. S. Lewis: Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
Demosthenes: There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots. What is it?
Distrust.
Dorothy Thompson: It is not the fact of liberty but the way in which liberty is exercised that ultimately determines whether liberty itself survives.
Dorothy Thompson: The only force that can overcome an idea and a faith is another and better idea and faith, positively and fearlessly upheld.
E. B. White: Democracy is itself, a religious faith. For some it comes close to being the only formal religion they have.
Eleanor Holmes Norton: The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you don't agree with.
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On Sundays
Please Join Us!
February 10th
9:15AM - Spiritual Service: “A Song of Love, and a Rose in the Wintertime”
This spiritual celebration service is a Valentine’s Day gift to the Fellowship, filled with music, poetry, song, and roses! Join Jill Jarvis, Susan Harper, the choir, and a special guest musician, as we celebrate the many different ways that love blesses all our lives.
10:45 a.m. Program: John Glassman, will share some of his vision of what the Senior Center can bring to the lives of Lawrence Senior Citizens.
February 17th
9:15AM - Spiritual Service: "Inspiration": Heather Coffman will speak of her own exploration for a spiritual connection and what individual spirituality means to the entire "web of existence".
10:45 a.m. Program: "Life Transitions, the Later Years": Helen Gilles, Earl Nehring, and Janney and Arthur Burgess, assisted by moderator Peter Graham, will explore their life transitions and experiences.
February 24th
9:15AM - Spiritual Service: "Heart Communion": Jill Jarvis and Sherry Warren will present an intergenerational service.
10:45 a.m. Program: "Classical Guitar Duo": Andreas van Zoest, director of the Eutin Guitar Ensemble and his student Sandra Flessau will present a program of guitar music.
March is Women's History Month. Watch this space for special presentations on the theme!
Chair Announces visit by UUA President, Sinkford
Judy Wilson is pleased to announce the forthcoming visit of Rev. William Sinkford, President of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations. He will visit Lawrence on the afternoon of Sunday, May 18th, for an event to be held in the Lawrence High Schoool commons. This area of the school is where the historic Unitarian bell is located. Our Fellowship will be hosting UUs from all congregations in Kansas. The program will start at 4:00 pm. with several numbers by the I-70 choir followed by an address by Rev. Sinkford. Additional details will be forthcoming as the date approaches.
Souper Bowl Sunday a Success
What do you get when you put UFL kids in front of HyVee on a rainy Sunday morning? Three full grocery carts of food to donate to Just Food! As patrons entered the store, children gave them a flyer listing high priority food items that they could purchase and donate on their way out. With a large Just Food sign and the UFL banner side by side in front of the store, early morning super bowl shoppers responded with enthusiasm to support this worthy cause and help feed the hungry in Lawrence. Many thanks to Donna Eades for organizing this fun and worthwhile social action event for our kids!
K-1 OWL Starts Soon
KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE OUR WHOLE LIVES
Spaces are still available for kindergarten and first graders in Our Whole Lives, an age-appropriate sexuality education program developed by the UUA. We will be offering the eight session program at 10:45 on Sunday mornings between March and May with an initial session for parents with their children on Feb. 24th.
Unitarian Fellowship of Lawrence
Spring 2008
SCHEDULE
- Jan. 27 12:00-1:30 Parent Meeting
- Feb. 24 10:45-1:15 Parent/Child Orientation (mandatory)
- March 2 10:45 Session 1 Our Wonderful Bodies, Part One (Parents strongly encouraged to attend with their child)
- March 30 Session 2 Our Wonderful Bodies, Part Two
- April 6 Session 3 Healthy Bodies, Safe Bodies
- April 13 Session 4 Families
- April 20 Session 5 Families and Feelings
- April 27 Session 6 Babies and Families
- May 4 Session 7 Birth of a Baby
- May 10 (Saturday, time to be determined) Session 8 Celebrations! (Parents strongly encouraged to attend with their child, session will include a party)
- May 11 Ceremony Sunday, recognize children at Program
COST
UFL Members $15
Non-Members $35
Includes a copy of The Parent Guide to Our Whole Lives Grades K-1 and Grades 4-6
CONTACTS
Sherry Warren ufldre@sunflower.com 594-3993
Carol Eades Delnevo askeades@aol.com 856-9165
Peter Graham pgraham@acumenassessments.com 979-3729
PARTICIPATION
Because each session builds on the previous week’s material, we ask that families commit to attend all sessions. If this is not possible, please discuss your circumstances with a leader and we will do everything we can to accommodate you and your family.
RSVP to Carol, Sherry or Peter to participate in the program.
New Addition News: Framing Up, Steel Studs Delivered
The Kelley Construction crews have completed the welding of the steel "skeleton" and last Friday saw the delivery of the steel studs and rafter elements. As weather permits they will now erect the wall and the roof framing before placing the plywood sheathing on the roof. Insulation and a seamless membrane will be installed over the plywood. Then the walls will be enclosed.
Meanwhile, the windows in the office and library have been closed off. Once the addition roof is in place, four "transom style" windows will be inserted at the top of the spaces where the old windows were. Last week the improvements to the exterior of the R.E. Wing hallway were finished, including new window sills, caulking of all windows, new siding and soffit, plus a new door to the outside that will replace the present patio doors when they are eliminated.
New Art Exibit
Art Exhibit for January and February: Paintings by Mary Anne King.
Artist Statement: "I am primarily a realistic painter. However, I appreciate abstract painting and I believe successful realistic paintings contain good abstract qualities.
I have degrees from the University of Kansas in art education and fine arts"
WhaleCoast Alaska - 2008
Five Alaskan UU fellowships invite you to experience our eco-cultural program this July, our 12th year. See REAL Alaska, with UU homestays in Anchorage, Fairbanks, Seward, Juneau, and Sitka. UU’s host events and lead tours. We visit Tlingit and Inupiat Native Alaskans, see lots of wildlife like bears, moose, caribou, whales, sea otters and bald eagles. We visit Denali and other National Parks. Dave Frey, a 27-year Alaska resident, leads the programs. Visit our www.wuurld.org website, email waltonfrey@gci.net or phone 907-322-4966 for a brochure. Reservation deadline March 15.
Summary
Jan 20, 2008 9:15 a.m. A MAN WITH A DREAM
Sherry Warren eloquently led our celebration of Martin Luther King, who was born on January 15, 1929. After skipping 9th and 10th grades, he entered Morehouse College at age 15, and became a pastor at age 24. Later on, his belief in non-violent civil disobedience was further strengthened by his visit to Ghandi’s family in India. King’s charismatic preaching inspired 1,000 Birmingham children to join the Children’s March for civil rights. After the children were attacked by dogs and firehoses, more and more supporters spoke up. Unitarian Universalists believed in King and his cause, and at times paid for this with their lives. That happened with Viola Liuzzi, who joined 100 UU ministers in Selma. Viola made shuttle runs with the marchers, and poignantly shouted “we shall overcome” just before she was killed by the KKK. Another Unitarian victim was James Reeb, a UU minister from Wichita, who was killed by a white mob. At Reeb’s memorial service, King decried an “uncommitted Negro population and a timid government.”
Martin Luther King received the Nobel Peace prize in 1964, and 300,000 people attended his funeral after he was assassinated on April 4, 1968. When the Supreme Court outlawed discrimination in public transpor-tation, and when segregation ended, much of the credit belonged to King, for he had turned the tide of public opinion solidly towards equality. Today, Larry Bodle, Mary Beth Musick, Judy Wilson, and Sherry Warren read from King’s speeches. ~Summary by Jean Dirks
Jan 27, 2008 10:45 a.m. ON THE MARGIN OF THE ENSUING SCENE AND IN FULL SIGHT OF IT
Our speaker Elizabeth Schultz retired in 2001 from the University of Kansas, where she was the Chancellor’s Club Teaching Professor in the English Department.
She spoke today on the endings of three great books –- Herman Melville’s Moby Dick, Cormack McCarthy’s The Road, and Toni Morrison’s Beloved. At the end of Moby Dick, the narrator Ishmael survives and, like Job, he becomes a moral guide to others (“And I only am escaped alone to tell thee”). And in The Road, it is once again a story that survives – this time a story of what the natural world, brimming with trout, was like before the nuclear cataclysm that stranded father and son on the long road.
At the end of Morrison’s Beloved, Paul D puts his own story and his own perspective next to Sethe’s, as he assures her lovingly that she is the “best thing,” despite her anguished past. And Morrison, like McCarthy, returns the reader in the end to a vision of the enduring natural world. In closing, Professor Schultz suggested that we all have our own stories, and we should learn to tell them. ~Summary by Jean Dirks
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