UUCL LOVEletter – updates and happenings

Friday December 4, 2020

Please submit all UUCL LOVEletter announcements to Mandee Metzger at communications@uuclonline.org by 9 AM Tuesday.
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SERVICE DETAILS

Preparing for Worship
This week we will be introducing different break out room options for topical discussion and spending time with each other. In order to make this process easy for everyone, please make sure you have updated your Zoom software to the latest version. Go to this link to download the most up to date version of Zoom.

Join Us Online:
https://bit.ly/UUCLSundayWorship

Or join by phone: (301) 715-8592
Meeting ID: 966 2373 9683
Password: 71717

6 P.M. See this weekly sitting link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/419185030

Adult Faith Development

Soul Matters: This month’s Soul Matters theme is Stillness. Let music guide you to a sense of stillness – click on any of the playlists curated by Soul Matters: YouTube, Spotify (instrumental), or Spotify (full).

Rooted & Resilient: The final session of Rooted & Resilient will take place this Tuesday from 7-8:15PM, led by Lenore. We will explore ways to find resilience and rootedness this holiday season and bid farewell to the election season with some concluding reflections.

Join online: www.bit.ly/ElectionSeasonUUCL
Or call: 312-626-6799
Meeting ID: 829 2702 0294
Passcode: 247051

• Child Dedication: Rev. Israel and Lenore are planning to offer a Ceremony of Child Dedication during online worship this month for any families of children (of any age) who wish to participate. Learn more about this important UU ritual, and contact Lenore by Tuesday if you are interested.

• UUtopia on Minecraft continues! If you haven’t signed up yet for “UUtopia,” a Minecraft collaboration between a few neighboring UU churches this winter for grades 1-5 and middle and high school youth, please go here to register! We meet every other week, Sundays at 3PM.

Here are some things you can expect, with more to be added as the month goes on!

Crafting & Baking Nights
Friday, December 11th, 8-9PM (& more?)

A low-key night of baking and crafting and chatting, all on Zoom. All who love to make things while hanging out, bring something you want to work on!

Dec. 11th will be hosted by Lenore. We hope to have others. Fill out this form if you’d like to take a turn hosting or have another holiday offering!

Songs and Stories of the Season – All Ages!
Friday, December 18th, 6:30-8PM

Gather at the hearth (…and on Zoom…) to listen and sing along to Christmas, Hanukkah, and winter songs. Hear a holiday story or two, and wrap your hands ‘round a mug of hot chocolate! Contact the Music Committee or Lifespan Faith Development if you have a song you’d like to share.

Making the Holidays Meaningful

How do we make the holidays meaningful during a time of pandemic? How do we connect with loved ones and ourselves? We may offer a faith development workshop on detaching from materialism, discerning what matters most to you, and finding ways to honor old traditions…or creating new ones. Please fill out this form to help us know what to plan.

Spirituality: We have a full worship calendar this December honoring multiple spiritual traditions. Stay updated through the LOVEletter!

Do you have a holiday event you would like to share? Send it to Mandee at communications@uuclonline.org for our next newsletter!

Winter Solstice Event

The wheel of the year keeps turning and the winter solstice is on the horizon.
It’s time to begin planning to celebrate the solstice on 21 December at 7pm. We’ll have one service this year since we don’t have to worry about occupancy in the virtual sacred space of zoom.

What part of the solstice service is most important to you?
The handchime choir will play and some of the choir will be singing as well..
We are going to re-enact the annual battle between the oak king and the holly king.
There will be dancing and we’re looking for other volunteers for that as well.
We will need people to call the directions, I’d like to have one person for each direction, calling the direction their house is in relation to the church.

If you’re interested in any of these roles or have other suggestions, feel free to email me at gehronrice

Blessings and gratitude for your energy and excitement –
Heather Gehron-Rice
for Web & Wheel

We are meeting each Sunday at 3 PM. The current book being presented by Tom Barninger is The Authentic Letters of Paul. Please contact Bob Loftin if you have questions.

Meeting ID: 868 4193 9256
Passcode: 312578

By phone:
1 929 205 6099
Meeting ID: 868 4193 9256
Passcode: 312578

As you spend time at home, you might be interested in one of these gardening shows on Netflix:

• Love Your Garden – a British gardening show hosted by Alan Titchmarsh
• Monty Don’s French Gardens – tours of French gardens exploring French culture

Introducing an easy way for you to submit announcements to be read aloud during worship! We welcome announcements from members and friends of UUCL about programs of the church and connected events in the community. Please fill out and submit this form by noon on Saturday: https://forms.gle/sTYJ65co3h3hK2uL7

It currently consists of Phil Holtzinger, Gina Hart and Robert Close. If you want details and would like to help this season, please text Robert @ 717-330-1631 or send him an email: Robert.Just.IZ

Here is a link to see the Final Financial Report for 2019-20. Please enjoy at your leisure! Please direct any questions to our Treasurer, Jonas Kauffman, at jonaskauffman. He can answer questions or forward them to the appropriate body.

See the report here:

https://uuclonline.org/2019-20-annual-report/

Please submit all UUCL LOVEletter announcements to Mandee Metzger at communications@uuclonline.org by 9 AM Tuesday.
Please submit a Summary or Text up to 2 sentences.
If you would like to submit a Blog Post, please submit the Blog Text underneath the the Summary.

Our Blog is coming soon!