ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR WEEK 8/1/11

                                FIRST UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY OF CENTRAL SQUARE

 

August 7, Sunday Service

Sunday, August 7, the Rev. David Weissbard will return to this pulpit at 10:30 . The topic of his sermon is “The Challenge of Maturity.” 
Dave writes, “It seems to me that ‘maturity’ is one of those squishy words that mean different things to different people. By some definitions, ‘mature’ is the last thing I would want to be -- and truth is I probably never will be. It certainly is not the same as ‘old’ because there are a lot of immature people of advanced age. We will be exploring the meaning of ‘mature’ and what it has to do with religious living.”

 

Random Acts of Kindness will also be observed on this day.

 

This is also the once-a-month Sunday on which everyone is asked by the

Outreach (Social Justice) Committee to bring magazines to the church dining room so that you may exchange them for others. Nancy Hallock, committee chairwoman, will continue the recycling process by passing on any magazines that are left to the Public Safety Building Jail in Syracuse .

 

Also, the Executive Board will meet in the dining room at 9 a.m. next Sunday

 

And the SJC will meet after the service

 

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August 3, Ahoy Church Members

Information on Ramsey's cruise:

Weather permitting, he will set sail at 1700 hours ( 5 p.m. ) and will sail around Mexico Bay on Lake Ontario for two hours. The “rain date” will be Thursday, August 4th.

Please bring a life jacket, if you have one.

Please call me at 963-3798 before you come because sometimes the wind is questionable.
The address at my camp is 221 County Route 40.
Directions:
From the village of Mexico, drive north along State Route 3 for about four miles, and then turn left onto Route
104B. After a mile, turn right onto County Route 40, across from Schneider’s Bar. It’s also the road to the state
boat launch.
From Oswego: Take Route 104 east for about eight miles or so, and make a left onto Route 104B; travel an
additional few miles until you reach the small hamlet of Texas; make a left onto County Route 40.

August 5, Video and Discussion Group

The Video Discussion Group will meet in the Goettel Room at 7 p.m. on Friday, August 5th, to view the first episode in the PBS “American Experience” series “We Shall Remain.” "We Shall Remain" is the story of Native peoples’ valiant resistance to expulsion from their lands and the
extinction of their culture. In episode 1, “After the Mayflower,” the Wampanoag of New England negotiate a treaty with Pilgrim settlers in 1621. A half-century later, as a brutal war flares between the English and a confederation of Indians, this diplomatic gamble seems to have been a
grave miscalculation.

 

Again, we plan to have supper before the discussion group at the Akropolis Restaurant. Please let Janie Garlow know by Thursday, August 4th, if you plan to attend.

 

August 28, Blessing of the Beasts

The First Universalist Society of Central Square will be celebrating their "Third Annual Blessing of the Beasts" on August 28th at 10:30 am - 11:30 am with a nondenominational full service devoted to the human/animal connection.  Each pet will receive a Certificate of Blessing.  All pets and their humans are welcome.  Please make sure all pets are leashed or caged; or bring a picture of your pet to be blessed. 

 

September 11, Annual Church Picnic
The annual church picnic will be held after the church service on Sunday, September 11. The picnic will be held at the home of Betty Figie again this year. In the case of rain, we will have the picnic in the church dining room on the same date.
The UU Circle will provide a meat-and-cheese tray with rolls and condiments. Food for the rest of the picnic will be a potluck, as we have done in the past.
Save this date and plan to spend an enjoyable afternoon under the shade trees at Betty’s home.
More details will follow at a later date.

 

CDs and Max's Book
We have CDs available of most of the recent sermons. These may be borrowed for your listening enjoyment.
Also, there are copies of Max Coot's book, "Leaning Against the Wind", available for purchase at $13 each.
 
UU CIRCLE Book Storage and Sale
For those of you who want to donate books for our sale at the Applefest September 24 and 25, we now have a place to store them. We will use the community room. You can place your bags or boxes of books under the long table that is next to the wall closest to the parking lot. Thank you for any donations that you make.
 

REMINDERS:

Don't forget to send your articles for the September newsletter to Bob Haskell at rhaskell@twcny.rr.com by noon on Thursday, September 1. Earlier submissions would be appreciated. Thank you for your cooperation.

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