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To affirm and promote the inherent worth and dignity of every person
by The Rev. Louis V. Schwebius
“The object of a new year
is not that we should have a new year. It is that
we should have a new soul.” —G.K. Chesterton
Dear Friends,
New Year’s Day reminds us that the upcoming year is not a straight line; but rather, a circle or a cycle. Before western cultures celebrated New Year’s, nature-based religions marked the beginning of the year. Born as they were in agricultural societies, they marked seedtime, growing time, harvest time, fallow time. Some of these religions considered seedtime the beginning of the year. Others considered harvest time as the beginning. In nature-based religion, the blessings of new life are rooted deep within the gifts of nature, the seeds in the earth, the cycles of light and dark, warmth and cold, and also the patterns of the weather and water, air flows, earthworm cycles, the miracle of photosynthesis.
We exist somewhere in the intersection between the cycles of nature and our sense of living within history. We are birthed in nature and nature’s gifts sustain us. And history is important to us. We draw on the past, return to it, and understand it anew. And the openness of the future is also important to us: the potential of a new day, a new start made possible by human freedom. It is not that we forget the past. The past roots us, if we do not ignore it. New possibilities, hidden in the future, draw us forward.
We live in the intersection somewhere between a historical view of life with its past, its present, its directionality toward the future, and a cyclical view of life. That is why it is good to honor both the holy days of our history, with their interpretations of human behaviors and their meanings that can help us shape our futures, and the holy days of nature, that point to the mystery of the life force itself.
Mark the New Year. Be aware of today’s events in light of our history, both personal and corporate. Think ahead to tomorrow’s possibilities in light of our dreams and the freedoms we have to pursue those dreams, both individual and communal. What shall we decide for ourselves? What shall we choose with and for our families? How shall we shape the future life of our congregation, for the sake of our young people, our growing people, our older people, all the people already in our beloved community, and those yet to come?
Let us be grateful for the gifts of nature and how they sustain us, moment to moment, through all our lives. Let us be grateful for the lessons of history and what we can learn from them, and for the gifts of freedom and dreams, for the privilege of shaping an open vibrant, meaning-filled future for the days and years ahead.
Happy New Year! May 2005 be filled with health and healing, comfort and joy, meaningful activity and hope, and the tenderness of time with loved ones and friends!
In faith and love,
Rev. Lou
Program Highlights
Partner Church Brunch
Sun, Jan 2, after 10 am service
Hollin Hall
Good Companions
Tue, Jan 4, 11:45 am
Peg Bartel: Iraq Update
Tue, Jan 18, 11:45 am
Linda Austin: A Parent's Story
Hollin Hall
Games Night
Sat, Jan 8, 7:00 pm
Meeting House
Fort Hunt Coop Preschool Family Heritage
Potluck Dinner
Sat, Jan 15, 5:30 pm
Carriage House
Details on Page 4
MVUC 50th Anniversary Brainstorming &
Pre-Planning Session
Jan 20, 7:00 pm–9:00 pm
Commons
UUSJ Advocacy Training
Sat, Jan 22, 10:00 am–3:00 pm
Silver Spring UU
Details on page 4
End of Life Choices Meeting
Sat, Jan 22, 2:00 pm
Sherwood Hall Library
Mark Your Calendars
Good Companions
Elaine Bronez and Bev Southerland, coordinators
Meetings will be held in Hollin Hall, Dining Room and Fireplace Room.
11:45 to 12:45—BYO Lunch; coffee and tea provided
12:45 to 1:45—Speaker
Peg Bartel: An Update on Iraq—January 4
Peg worked with Dr. Chalabi of the Iraqi National Congress. She lived in Iraq for a year during much of the upheaval. She has been very active here at MVUC, especially in the RE area where she leads a meditation group.
Linda Austin: A Parent’s Story—January 18
Linda describes the last few decades as a parent walking through the fog when there was first, the diagnosis and thereafter, the figuring out how to deal with her son’s autism. Gradually, through effort, love, and learning, there is a “happy ending,” so far. In MVUC, Linda has been chair of the RE Council and, with a degree in vocal music, she has enjoyed being in our choir for over ten years.
Excerpts from UU World’s “Bookshelf”
James Luther Adams’s examined faith, by Christopher L Walton
“When James Luther Adams, a young Unitarian minister and newly appointed professor of theology at Meadville Lombard Theological School, went to Germany in 1935 to study with some of the greatest theologians of the time, he confronted a deeply unsettling fact: Germany’s churches were not effectively resisting the rise of Nazism. A convert to Unitarianism from Baptist fundamentalism, Adams had high expectations for Germany’s long tradition of liberal theology.” ... “But German liberalism hadn’t foreseen the Nazi threat—nor did it seem to offer adequate resources for resistance. Adams’s experience in Europe left a lasting mark on his thinking.” ... “Adams became famous as a teacher and mentor to a generation of scholars and ministers. Widely regarded as the most important Unitarian Universalist theologian of the twentieth century, he championed themes that have never been UU favorites, among them conversion and guilt, sacrifice and discipline, conflict and tragedy. Without them, Adams believed, liberal religion becomes complacent, accommodating cultural trends that distort truly liberal values when resistance is called for. He became the leading exponent of the liberal church as “the prophethood of all believers”—an institution whose people, rooted in the biblical and liberal traditions, learn to judge and correct their society.”
The Rev. Dr. George Kimmich Beach has been one of Adams’s leading interpreters for many years. In his new book, Transforming Liberalism: The Theology of James Luther Adams, he writes “Adams holds that liberalism must no longer be confused with lax, uncritical, or mere broad-minded attitudes, least of all in an age of rising tyrannies of the Right and the Left.” ... “The aim of religious awareness, religious faith, religious community, and religious life must be radical change.” Things do not simply work themselves out; human beings must push.
Religious Education
by Barbara Gay Stoddard, Interim Director of Religious Education
What a glorious “Festivals of Light” our children and youth presented on December 19. Thanks go to all our kids for paying attention to their cues and looking especially wonderful and acting especially sweet and singing so well. Thanks to all our parents who helped make costumes and props and guided our children with love and care.
I am looking forward to welcoming in this New Year with all of you at MVUC. We’ll be returning from holidays spent here or away. Some of us will have enjoyed the company of family and/or friends, some of us may have had a quiet respite from the daily grind, and some of us may not have even realized we had some holidays. Blessings to you all, no matter how you spent the time. I’ll be returning from a visit with my two grandsons so I should have a bit of a glow left over on January 2. They do tend to fill my heart with glee and make it easier to bear chapped lips and cold toes that accompany me during winter.
Well now, I wasn’t going to mention the “R” word, but it turns out I need to. My resolutions for the coming year are 1) to finish setting up my lovely office (maybe I’ll throw an open house and y’all can come visit); and 2) to start reading all the books on my reading list as I complete the work required to be a “Certified Director of Religious Education.” Sounds impressive, doesn’t it? The problem with the certification process is that I may have to pay attention to the things I read. The first book on my list will be The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz. I’ll share a brief description with you.
1. Be Impeccable with Your Word. Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.
2. Don’t Take Anything Personally. Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won’t be the victim of needless suffering.
3. Don’t Make Assumptions. Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness, and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life.
4. Always Do Your Best. Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse, and regret.
Yikes, I’ve got a lot of work to do, but think of what one could be like and/or accomplish if one could take these four agreements to heart. If you read the agreements above, think about how you could try to incorporate them into your life during the coming year. Or think of things you do where the four agreements would help save you a lot of pain and worry. Believe me when I say I’ve got lots of work to do in all of these areas. I’ll keep you posted as to how I do. Until then, give yourself a hug and smile at someone today. Just a thought!
—Barbara
Children’s RE Schedule for January, 2005
Jan 2 There will be an RE program this Sunday for children Preschool–5th grade. Older children are welcome to join us if they wish or they may stay and enjoy the service. We’ll meet after the Time for All Ages and have some special activities to welcome the New Year.
Jan 9 & 16. Way Cool Sunday School continues. Preschoolers will continue to learn about the Symbol of the Flaming Chalice and also about helping people. Grades K–6 will explore the teachings of Jesus, (i.e., the Good Samaritan and the Beatitudes). Our 7th and 8th graders will continue exploring neighboring faiths.
Jan 23 Preschoolers will begin a unit on “Wonders” beginning with Wondering about the Stars. Grades K–8 will join in a special Chapel service on Racial Justice.
Jan 30 Preschoolers continue to Wonder. This week they’ll Wonder about the Moon. Grades K–6 will continue to learn about the teachings of Jesus. Our 7th and 8th graders will continue exploring neighboring faiths.
Feb Coming in February. UU Kids in Grades K–6 will begin to learn about our Universalist Heritage.
Jan 9 & 23 OWL Meets 4:00–6:30 pm. Owl Parents Session will be held January 9, 4:00–6:30 pm.
Jan 8 Players of all ages are welcome to join us at Family Game Night, Saturday, January 8, 6:30–9:00 pm. Sign up in the Commons or just come and join us. Bring a favorite game and a snack to share, if you want. Black tie highly optional.
Adult RE
Check out the flyer included in the Windmill for details about upcoming events and sign up for classes in the commons. But first, this quick synopsis:
Fridays, January 7, 21, & 28. Come to a mini movie-night series in the Commons at 7:30 pm. A different film each night followed by discussion. Presented by Pam Tinker, Al Searle, & Bill Alsmeyer-Johnson.
A Men’s Spirituality Group will be starting in late January and will be led by Steve Phinney. Peg Bartel will be leading a course on the Gnostics starting in late January and Julie Carvalho will lead a course on Spiritual Pathways beginning in the spring. In addition, Barbara Stoddard will lead a course for adults about the Spirituality of Children. Sounds like a theme—hmmmm!
Activities, On and Off the Hill
Thanks for Another Great Craft Fair!
Lots of people pitched in to make the December 6 Craft Fair a success. “Charter members” Wendy Burns, Sally Joy Remington, and Ann Mechanic welcomed Carl and Judy Lohmann, Mary Barnett, Carolyn Hilyard and Phoebe Walker, Lisa Guide, Jim Kerr, Betsy Stephens, Dorothy Brandt, and Leah Choudhury to the Royal Order of the Boxwood Pickers. Ben Brandt and Josh Carr put up the tree; Betsy Tower, Katie Sargent, and Ilene Gillispie helped complete the crafts and many folks made wreaths with help from Nancy Barkume. Beth Conway, Annie and Caroline Stewart, and the Jemison family led the efforts to construct the graham cracker houses and Kathi McNeil was the frosting queen during the decorating. Bonnie Brandt organized dinner, Barbara Stoddard led the songs, and Mike Walker’s piñata (this time in the shape of a bomb) was a smash. Even the cleanup, under the direction of Sally Joy and Leah, was fun! Thanks to everyone, including too many others to be mentioned.
—Becky Brandt
Partner Church Committee Brunch
The January 2 Partner Church Committee brunch offers the perfect chance to discuss your holiday activities and New Year’s resolutions with your church friends. The brunch will take place right after the 10 am church service and will be in Hollin Hall. $10 for 7 and over; $5 under 7. This is a benefit for your well being and for our partner congregation in Romania.
—Janice Fitzpatrick
Family Heritage Potluck Dinner!—January 15
Fort Hunt Preschool would like to invite the members of the Mount Vernon Unitarian Church to join us on Saturday, January 15, for our second annual Family Heritage Potluck Dinner. Dinner will be held in the Carriage House from 5:30–8:30 pm. The supper serves dual purposes—to honor Martin Luther King and to celebrate the diverse heritages (or ones we admire) of our Fort Hunt Preschool community. Last year, on what must have been the coldest day of the year, we had a pretty good turnout. As each family walked through the door, those of us who had already settled in waited in anticipation to see what type of dish was arriving next. We certainly had some delicious dishes to choose from. So please bring your family! Bring a dish that reflects your heritage or one that you admire. Bring a beverage—we’ll supply cups, napkins, plates and utensils. (No alcoholic beverages please). And if you want … costumes or native dress would be fun! (The kids love this part). We look forward to seeing you there. If you have any questions please contact Jeanne Simuro, President, Fort Hunt Preschool at 703-799-8255.
Capital Campaign to Close—Building Fund Remains Open for Business
We will be celebrating the end of the 2004 Fall Capital Campaign at Sunday services on January 9, but the church will continue to welcome contributions to the Building Fund. If you have made a pledge, perhaps you can increase it a bit. If you haven’t yet made a pledge, we will appreciate a gift of whatever you can manage. Pledges or contributions can be sent any time to Donna Bledsoe, MVUC Business Administrator.
—Joanne Masterson and Ron Brandt
Co-chairs, Capital Campaign
UUSJ Advocacy Workshop—January 22
Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice and the Unitarian Universalist Association’s Washington Office will present Claiming Our Power, Speaking Our Truth: A UU Legislative Advocacy Training on Saturday, January 22 10:00 am–3:00 pm at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Silver Spring, 10309 New Hampshire Ave. The event will include portions on grounding advocacy in our religious faith, organizing our congregations for action, training in effective legislative advocacy, and an opportunity to meet with others in your state or district. The $20 registration fee includes the cost of lunch. For more information contact the UUSJ office at 301-588-1951 or info@uusj.org.
Summer 2005
Do you enjoy MVUC’s lay and guest speaker led church services? It is our custom to have these types of services in the summer months. If you are interested in helping plan the summer services, consider joining the Sunday Services Committee. We are looking for a variety of church services for summer 2005 and it is not too early to begin planning. The Sunday Services Committee will next meet in early February. Contact Janice Fitzpatrick.
What? Another Canvass?
Yes! This month, the plans for
the Annual Canvass are being set. To many of us, the purposes of the various
MVUC fund raising campaigns can blur together. The Capital Campaign, which was
organized to improve our Meeting House, is coming to a close. Capital campaigns
don’t come along very often (the last one was held over 20 years ago). Every
year,
though, we hold a campaign—the Annual Canvass—to raise the money necessary to
run our worship and RE activities, to employ our minister and staff, and to
maintain our buildings and grounds for the coming church year. The
Campaign—which starts in February and culminates on Pledge Sunday, March 20—asks
for pledges of financial support from
the congregation for the next church year, starting July 1, 2005.
In early February, the Annual Canvass Committee will mail you the information on the Annual Canvass for the 2005–06 church year. Before the campaign begins, we will be asking many of you to do a little bit of work in the coming months to make the 2006 Annual Canvass successful. With all of our recent campaigns, we will be streamlining the canvassing process in the next campaign, but we still need your help. Please say yes when we call if you possibly can!
—Tony Barkume, Chair 2006 Annual Canvass
Bus Tour of Civil Rights Sites—April 2005
Have you ever wanted to see some of the sites of the civil rights movement: the Edmund Pettus bridge in Selma, 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, the church whose burning drew Chaney, Schwerner and Goodman to Philadelphia, Mississippi? These, and many more, are included in a tour being offered this spring by the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Elkhart, IN.
The April 9–17, 2005 tour has been planned and will be led by the Rev. Dr. Gordon Gibson, minister of the Elkhart Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, who was involved in the early stages of the 1965 Selma voting rights campaign and was the Unitarian Universalist minister in Mississippi 1969–84. He led a similar tour in the spring of 2004. The Rev. Ed Harris, a native of Birmingham, will also be on the tour as a resource.
The tour will be by luxury motor coach and will include all admission charges, overnight accommodations, and most meals in the $995 cost. Videos on the bus and visits with 1960s activists will supplement the site visits. The tour will begin and end in Birmingham, Alabama. A participant in the 2004 Tour said, “the stories from the folks who were ‘in the trenches’ make the Movement come alive.” Another participant described it as “seeing the Movement through the real experiences of real people.”
For full details and registration information, you can go to the Elkhart Fellowship’s web site at www.uufe.org. You can also request a printed version by writing UUFE, P.O. Box 584, Elkhart, IN 46515 or e-mailing judygibson@juno.com. Registration is on a first-come basis and almost half of the 30 seats have been reserved.
RE Youth Birthdays!
January
1 Morgan Kuhns
2 Willa Denton
6 Courtney Dressing
9 Karly Sargent
11 Will Jernigan
22 Nicky McHugh
26 Emily Claire Rosenberg
27 Callie Jacobs
28 Steven Simpson
29 Dashel Lewis
30 Douglas Jemison
Caring Community
Best wishes for a Happy New Year! May you have good health, challenging work, love, and happiness in 2005.
The Caring Associates provide support for members of the congregation who may need temporary assistance. This includes help with a ride to an appointment, shopping, picking up prescriptions, or delivery of meals due to an emergency. Caring Associate members wear green name tags during Sunday services, and there is always a member on call to respond to your needs, as noted in the Order of Service. Kindly notify the on-call associate or the church office if you know someone who may need assistance. Call Betsy Stephens if interested in joining us.
OUR LARGER WORLD NEWS
Social Justice Programs at the Mount Vernon Unitarian Church
Love is the Teaching of this Church ... And Service is its Prayer
Medicaid at Risk
Families USA (www.familiesusa.org)
is embarking on a campaign to protect the Medicaid program from federal cuts. To
communicate our message clearly and in a way that resonates with a broader
audience—the news media, state legislators, Senators, and the general public—we
need to humanize this debate. The best way to do that is by enlisting
the help of those who depend on Medicaid.
Seniors, children, people with disabilities, and working families can speak on behalf of the thousands of Medicaid beneficiaries across the country who are so vulnerable to program cutbacks. Their voices can and should be heard in Washington, DC by Senators who can put a stop to any attempt to cut Medicaid funds. We are looking for:
• people who believe that
Medicaid is a vital health-care lifeline;
• people who can agree to speak to reporters in person and have their pictures
taken to better illustrate our message;
• those who can help spread the word that the federal government wants to cut
their one and only source of health coverage and that this is not only unfair,
it is morally wrong;
• those who can talk about their fears of becoming uninsured and having to
choose between paying for rent and food and paying for health insurance;
• hardworking Americans who play by the rules and depend on Medicaid for their
health care;
• children, who do not choose to become sick, and seniors, who cannot be blamed
for living a long life;
• the faces of Americans across the country.
If you know a senior, a child, a person with a disability, or a working family in your state with Medicaid coverage, please contact Alexandra Zavala, Families USA Communications Outreach Coordinator, at 800-593-5041 ext. 3614 or at azavala@familiesusa.org.
—Bill Alsmeyer-Johnson
Reproductive Health Services in the Federal Budget—Omnibus Appropriations Bill
In December, the President signed into law H.R. 4818, the Consolidated Appropriations Omnibus Act for FY05. This bill contains funding for numerous government agencies and programs, including the Department of Health and Human Services and its programs. An item of note in the law is the Federal Refusal Clause/Weldon Amendment, the so-called “Abortion Non-Discrimination Act (ANDA)” amendment. The Weldon Amendment would allow a health care entity to refuse to comply with existing federal, state, and local laws and regulations pertaining to abortion services simply by claiming it would be discriminatory to do so. (A health care entity is defined as an individual physician or other health care provider, a hospital, a provider-sponsored organization, a health maintenance organization, a health insurance plan, or any other health care facility, organization, or plan).
Citing the threat to
reproductive health posed by the Weldon Amendment (Federal Refusal Clause), the
National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA) is moving
quickly to file a lawsuit to enjoin it. The Weldon Amendment puts health care
facilities and state and local government programs at risk of losing federal
funds and facing
criminal and civil penalties if they:
• attempt to protect women’s
access to reproductive health services and information, or
• adhere to existing federal regulations for Title X Family Planning clinics to
provide clients with referrals for abortion services, if requested.
The suit was scheduled to be filed in U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia in December. Also, Bill Lockyer, the California Attorney General, has announced his intent to file a legal action against the Weldon Amendment.
To contribute to OLW News, please contact Bill Alsmeyer-Johnson
Chips from the Board
Karen Tyson, Chair, MVUC Board of Trustees
We start a new calendar year, immersed in the doings of an important and busy church year. A reconstituted Finance Committee will be working on the midyear budget adjustment, and committees will be invited to submit requests for next year’s budget. We’ll be considering the search for a new DRE and setting the date for the annual meeting. This year is particularly exciting as we approach the implementation of our long-range facilities plan in preparation for our 50th anniversary year.
The Capital Campaign is drawing to a close. In addition to raising funds needed for our building program, the campaign gave us the opportunity to honor our founding members at a special reception and our community as a whole at the all-church dinner in Old Town. Thank you, thank you to all who dug deep and pledged generously to show how very much our church means to you! The awesome spirit of the leaders, canvassers, event planners, and everyone who contributed calls for a celebration, and we’ll have one on January 9.
What next? We are establishing a Building Fund for the proceeds of the capital campaign, along with any future contributions. The Facilities for the Future Task Force met in mid-December and concluded that the results of the capital campaign give us a solid base to go forward. The planners sharpened their pencils and gave us some ways to better match our space needs to our resources. Just about everyone in the room that night was delighted with the possibilities. The Board will be evaluating these results at our January meeting. I will ask the Board to call a special congregational meeting in early February, to consider both the building program and the ordination of our own Steve Phinney.
You’ll be hearing a lot more about the building program in a series of town meetings this month. Please try to attend at least one. In the spirit of congregational governance, we need for everyone to be well-informed as we decide our future. At several congregational meetings, we have overwhelmingly committed ourselves to readying the church for the next 50 years. We daily reap the benefits of the solid foundation established by our founders. Those who preceded us did their part—now it’s our chance to do the same. The next step awaits.
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the
life you have imagined.
—Henry David Thoreau
Green Development
The Post headline was “Plan for Dense Development Approved Near Vienna Metro”
When the Fairfax County Board voted to change the county’s land-use plan to allow offices, stores and a mix of residential uses, they opened the door to the kind of neighborhood transformation from suburban to urban long planned for Vienna. A neighborhood of 61 single-family homes on 56 acres, which they purchased and razed, will be replaced with offices, stores and 2,250 homes in a dozen buildings up to 14 stories tall and luxury townhouses.
This is good news if the County looks at all parts of the interconnected web. Dense development is good, if it is supported with the proper public expenditures.
First on my list is Schools. Fairfax County has too many trailers, and too long a list of schools waiting for renovation. Second is traffic congestion. This is a difficult problem, because the solution is counterintuitive. Fairfax County must invest more money in transit to solve the problem. The cost per transit trip depends on the number of riders, which in turn depends on the density of development and the frequency of service. When a bus comes every 10 minutes, you are more likely to use the bus. On the other hand driving distance goes down 25% every time the density doubles. When the bus is full the cost per rider is less then when it is almost empty.
Third is cost of services, or where our tax dollar goes. It is easy to see that a longer telephone line is needed when houses are spread out. It is not so easy to see that more firemen are needed to provide the same response time. This applies to most of the tax supported services in the county. This is one reason the tax rate is 15% higher then Arlington. Again, lower service cost per resident is counterintuitive because we tend to look at a constant budget and not at a budget per resident.
—James Wamsley.
Sermons for Your Re-hearing and Reading
Each Sunday’s service is recorded on audio tape. If you would like a copy for yourself, a friend, or one of our church’s shut-ins, please speak to Raleigh Romine or Joanne Ell. The texts of most of Rev. Lou’s sermons are also available at www.mvuc.org.
Stirrings From Windmill Hill
Deadline for the mid-month newsletter, Stirrings from Windmill Hill, is the 5th of each month. Material should be submitted to Mimi Stevens by email (mimis@erols.com) or left in the Newsletter box by the Church Office.
Susan B. Anthony Fund
Each year, the profits from the Holiday Shop are used to fund things—versus projects and activities—not available from the operating budget. This year the profits were $12,884. $7,160 was put in cash reserves to bring the reserve amount back to $10,000 (as specified in the SBA Charter). Cash reserves had been used to fireproof the drapes in the Chapel at the direction of the fire inspector. Requests for funding from committees, groups, individuals, staff, etc. should be submitted in writing with as much detail as possible. Please put all requests in the Every Thursday Women’s Group mail box by Saturday, January 22. A committee of 3 representatives from the Every Thursday Group, and 1 representative each from the Religious Education, Buildings, Grounds, and Finance Committees will review requests and send its recommendations for allocating the available money to the Board for approval.
—Joan Wamsley, Treasurer, SBA Committee
A Month of Sundays
All services at 9:30 am and 11:15 am (except where noted) in the Remington Chapel
January 2—One Service at 10 am
“What Shall We Do With These New Days?”
Rev. Louis V. Schwebius
January 9
“God Rested . . . Why Can’t We?”
Rev. Louis V. Schwebius
January 16
“Why The Dream Still Matters”
Rev. Louis V. Schwebius
January 23
“Here Let No One Be A Stranger”
Rev. Louis V. Schwebius
January 30
TBA