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November
2001
The
Clarion deadline coincides with the monthly
Friendship Potluck Luncheons on the third Sunday
of the month. Submissions can be in writing, on
disk, faxed (773-5018) or e-mail at newsletter@uugreenfield.org.
Clarion
Headlines:
Sunday
Morning Discussions
An open discussion group meets at 9:00 a.m. before
service on November 18 and 25 and on the 2nd,
16th, and 23rd of December.
The theme is a general one, “Current Events,”
and the aim will be to update and process events
related to the September attack, governmental
actions, and waves of response in our personal and
national lives. We shall also examine other stories
and issues obscured and re-integrated in the
aftermath. Personal, on-going observation will be
emphasized, though there will also be shared
readings of articles and clippings. The discussions
are led by All Souls minister Jon Rehmus.
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Interfaith
Events in November
The Interfaith Council of Franklin County includes
members of the Jewish, Wiccan, B’hai,
Spiritualist, and Christian faith communities. Its
work includes monthly meetings and annual programs,
and this month is an active one in terms of All
Souls involvement. Please try to attend one of these
wonderful opportunities, and for more information,
contact Jon Rehmus.
Sharing
with Sioux Elder Arvol Looking Horse Monday,
November 12 at 7:00 p.m.; All Souls Church
Chief Arvol Looking Horse is the 19th
Generation Keeper of the sacred white buffalo pipe
of the Lakota, Nakota, and Dakota people. He is
touring New England from his home in South Dakota to
talk with people about the crossroads faced by
humanity, both in relationship to itself and to the
Earth. He has spoken to UN bodies, serves on the
board of the international Society of Peace Prayer,
and is author of “White Buffalo Teachings.” All
Souls is honored to host this interfaith gathering
in our Parish Hall, and people of all ages and
faiths are invited.
Interfaith
Council Monthly Meeting Thursday,
November 15 at 5:00 p.m.; All Souls Church
Like setting a nice table? It’s All Souls’
yearly turn to play host, and it’s a great way to
help and then relax with diverse and active members
of community. Come help Jon before and after the
5:30 business meeting/potluck, and all are welcome
to attend.
Annual
Interfaith Thanksgiving Service Sunday,
November 18 at 7:00 p.m.; St. James Episcopal Church
Join in thanksgiving with the whole community: St.
James is located around the block from All Souls in
Greenfield at the corner of Federal and Church
Streets. This year’s guest speaker will be a
Wampanoag elder from Eastern Massachusetts.
Wampanoags and Pilgrims celebrated the first
Thanksgiving nearly 400 years ago with a week of
feasting and gathering – add this service to your
holiday week!
Note
on Ministry, November 21-24
Jon will be visiting his family in Pittsburgh
starting Wednesday and returns Saturday afternoon of
Thanksgiving week. Rev. Holly Bell (648-8978) will
be available to take calls related to emergencies
during this period, and as ever, we thank Holly for
her presence and many years of service amongst us.
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HOLIDAY
FAIR WORKSHOP
Saturday,
November 3, 9:30 -12 noon
All Souls Parish Hall
The
Holiday Fair Workshop will be held Nov. 3 where we
will be making all kinds of ornaments for the
Holiday Fair on Dec. 8.
Please
come and help make some of the crafts which will be
sold to raise money for a handicapped accessible
church. Everyone is welcome since it is a good
family activity. There will be members there to help
all comers with the crafts and there will also be
plenty of refreshments. If you can, call Marilyn at
625-6632 or Nancy at 773-8523, but all drop-ins are
welcome and greatly appreciated. We hope to see many
members and friends there, old or new. Let's make it
a great Church Family occasion
The
following workbees are listed. Remember, you can
always take the materials home to work on them. We
will even deliver them to your door if you find it
impossible to pick up the project materials.
Knitters are especially needed since we have a hugh
bag of yarn waiting to be created into articles of
clothing to warm and beautify the wearer.
November
6, Tuesday 7 - 9pm
Nov. 14, Wed. 7 - 9pm
Nov. 27 - Tuesday 7 - 9 pm
Dec. 5, Wed. 7 - 9 pm.
Every Tuesday afternoon from 2 - 5 p.m.
All
workbees are at the home of Nancy Buchanan, 15
Coolidge Avenue. Even if you can only come once,
please feel free to drop over and help out for just
a few hours.
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What
you should know about the All Souls Holiday
Fair?
This
is an all member event.
This
is a major annual fund raiser.
Every
person associated with All Souls has an opportunity
to participate.
Important
Announcement!
A Workshop is scheduled at the church for
Saturday, November 3 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
We will create holiday ornaments (your design or
ours)
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We
need lots of help. The Holiday Fair is December
8, 2001. We are running out of work time.
Antiques
and Collectibles
We need special items in good condition. This is
not a tag sale, people are looking for gifts, not
bargains. If you have a treasure you are ready to
part with, call a member of the committee. Your gift
will be tax deductible! Thigs that sell well are:
china, silver, jewelry, small antiques. Call Cynthia Page or Dorothy Wright
Adopt
a Basket
Try your creative hand at a themed basket.
Select an idea and build a basket containing items
related to that theme. Donate the basket to the
church for the silent auction. Baskets should be
completed by Novermber 25. The Raffle will take
place during the Holiday Fair on December 8. The
baskets should be attractive and brimming with
goodies. This is a nice committee project. Used
items in excellent condition are acceptable.
Suggested
Themes
Beginnier
Quilter: Some fabric squares (fat quarters),
needles, threads, directions for a simple quilt, or
a how-to book...
Chocoholic:
Chocolate fudge, candy bars, cocoa, Santas,
chocolate cook book, cocoa mug...
Stocking
Stuffers: Items to fill a stocking for a child
of a certain age...
Beginning
Reader Stocking: Books for a beginning reader,
milk mug and cookies...
Tea
Time: A variety of teas, a tea cupa dn saucer, a
small tea pot, a tea cozy, a tea ball, a book, tea
cakes or cookies...
Coffee
Break: Coffee varieties, coffee mug, cookies,
teas...
Stress
Reduction: Herbal teas, candle and candle
holder, stress tape or soothing CD...
Mystery
Lovers Basket: Lots of paper-back mysteries...A
magnifying glass?
Beginner
Knitter: yarn, how-to book, knitting needles,
stitch counter...
Ask
friends for suggestions for items to include in your
basket. They may have the perfect thing to
donate...a long-ago gift from Aunt Sadie!
If
you have questions or want to help, call Anne Hare
or Nancy Buchanan.
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About
those Sunday morning announcements……
This
article was inspired by one printed last month in The
Pioneer, the Northampton Society newsletter.
Obviously, we are not alone in trying to accommodate
people needing to make announcements without
crowding into the time and spirit of Sunday worship.
The
best way to announce an event or other
church-related news item is actually not to have it
announced from the pulpit. Submitting a Clarion article
reaches the largest audience, but for a current
event or announcement, the best avenue is to submit
a brief write-up, no longer than four lines, to the
church office on the Wednesday preceding the service
to be printed in the order of service. Bring it to
the office, call Diane before Wednesday, 10 a.m., or
e-mail it to administrator@uugreefield.org.
Occasionally,
people miss the deadline and need to make sure the
congregation gets their important announcement. In
that case, please give your announcement, in
writing, to the worship leader at least ten minutes
before the service, or, if you would prefer to make
the announcement yourself, kindly keep it brief.
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Religious
Education (Notes
from the DRE)
In
the beginning of September, I came across this quote
in an unexpected place:
Faith
is stepping up to the end of the light that we know
and
knowing that
We
will find something solid to stand on in the dark
OR
That
we will find wings and learn how to fly.
I
knew that this quote was talking to me. I hoped it
would be true as I stood poised to take over as
Director of Religious Education but didn't really
have the slightest idea how. Well, I think I am
learning how to fly (by the seat of my pants at
times). But I didn't grow wings. Instead, I found
angels to carry me.
There
are the angels who teach — EVERY Sunday, week
after week, and the angels who step in at a moment's
notice to substitute. There are angels who are our
Heroes of the week and angels who come to the
kitchen and start whipping up snacks — unasked —
when our Hero doesn't show. There are angels who
answer my frantic emails for help. And angels who
show up on Sunday morning, take one look at my face
and ask "where can I help?"
There
are angels that spend sleepless nights with the
Youth at cons. And angels who see that our teachers
don't miss out on coffee hours or friendship
luncheons. There are little angels who greet me with
hugs and smiles when we meet on the street. And
bigger angels who share their time, wisdom and hugs.
To all the many angels who keep the RE program
running: Thank you. With your help, I just may learn
how to fly after all!
In
peace & hope -
Eve
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RE
Wish List:
It
sure takes A LOT of one and a half inch cotton
strips to weave UU Principle Placemats! The Sunshine
Room is still accepting donations of colored cotton
t-shirts (ripped into one and a half inch strips
would be much appreciated, but they'll accept them
whole too). Please bring them any Sunday and leave
them in the Sunshine Room.
Next
RE Committee meeting: Sunday, November 4 immediately
after coffee hour in the Sunshine Room. New members
and new energy welcomed.
Fifth
Family Fun Night.
Also,
all church families are cordially invited to join us
for an evening of food, fun and games at the Fifth
Friday Family Fun Night. Bring the whole family,
your favorite games and a dish to pass (doesn't need
to be fancy - we're all family here). We'll supply
the popcorn, beverages, good fun and conversation
for kids and adults. Friday, November 30 beginning
at 6 p.m. in the Parish Hall
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Wheel
of Life
Isabel
Cole is celebrating her 90th birthday on
November 7. Congratulations!
Her
husband, Craig, will be marking another
anniversary this month. He was sworn in to the US
Army Air Corps (now the Air Force) on the 11th hour
of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1943, Armistice
Day.
Andrew
Lee, son of Lynn Lee, is engaged to Laura
Stover of Munster, Indiana. Laura and Drew live in
Los Angeles with an October 2002 wedding planned in
Los Angeles. Drew is a writer and Head of Technical
Services for PMLA, a software company in LA. Laura
is a writer for movies and television.
Recently,
Lynn Lee returned from a visit in Seattle
with her son Alf and family.
Alison
Heald and Sawin and Amandine Lee,
their children. Last year Alf and Alison left academia
at Duke University and the Medical Center for
corporate America. A physicist, Alf is Technical
program Manage for Microsoft and Alison is a Program
Physician for Clinical Affairs at Targeted Genetics,
a Biotech firm in Seattle.
Anne
Hare’s sister and brother-in-law from Texas
may be spending several weeks over the holidays in
Greenfield looking for a home to buy. If anyone with
a house, apartment, or room would be able to house
them for a few days, they would be most grateful
Anne has a one-bedroom apartment and her daughter in
Amherst has two young boys, so she hopes to find
them a little peace and quiet, even for a short
time. If you can help, please call Anne.
Also,
Anne is collecting feathers of all sizes, colors and
shape for an art project. If anyone has any or is
plucking a turkey for Thanksgiving, she would love
to have them.
Don’t
forget to use the coupons in this newsletter to make
purchases at World Eye Bookshop on Sunday,
November 18. 20% of any purchases made with them
that day will go to All Souls Church!
The
All souls charity fund has helped 45 needy
people in Greenfield from July 1 to September 30.
The
Franklin Area Survival Center depends on
contributions to its Thrift Shop. A basket for
donations of clothing and other items is in the
front entry of the church. The Survival Center also
needs volunteers. Could you work one day, Monday
through Friday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Judy
Moore is recovering from her knee surgery.
No
one knows what happened to the rubber stari tread
for the front stairs, but it turned up again one day
in a prominent place. As Craig Cole said, “Sometimes
there are mysterious things that happen around here.”
Even
though the church was closed for the summer,
volunteers, headed by Anne Hare, were selling
raffle tickets for our beautiful birdhouse quilt at
the Greenfield Farmer’s Market on several
Saturdays. A huge Mickey Mouse is also being
raffled. There’s still plenty of opportunity to
buy raffle tickets. The drawing will be on December
9, the day after the craft fair.
Despite
rain and wind, the bake and plant sale
realized $216 for the church and the Mystery
Dinner earned $192. Many thanks to all the
volunteers who made these projects possible.
We
just keep getting better and better. Everyone is
commenting favorably about the new format and
improved readability of the Clarion.
Our thanks to Erin Rice who works at
Collective Copies for this. Also, our Coffee &
Soul posters have improved significantly, as well. Lynn
Nichols is the creator of these.
Don’t
forget, the lead singer of Stone
Coyotes, Barbara
Keith, is Ginny Low’s daughter. The group
will be performing in a rare “unplugged” concert
here at All Souls on Saturday, November 17. If you
are interested in baking in exchange for admission,
please call Carole Groman.
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