The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Salem, Oregon

Annual Meeting Results

 

UUCS members elected the slate proposed by the Nominating Committee:

David Boaz, Chair                                             Lori Jenkins, Director (2 years)

Kelli McKnight, Vice Chair                                Diana Nicholson-Nelson, Director (2 years)

Lois Nodland, Secretary                                     Alma Marianos, Director (1 year)

Marian Robison, Treasurer (3 year term)

 

(Continuing are Jon Diehl, completing his term as a Director, and Chuck Howard, now Past Chair.  So, on the newly elected board, five were first elected at least a year ago, two – Lori and Alma – were appointed earlier this year, and two – Kelli and Diana – are new to the board.)

 

Members also elected Nominating Committee members Kristin Hunt (3 years) and George Struble (I year).  Dennis Ehrp has two more years to serve.

 

Members amended and then passed a new Welcoming Statement, to be revisited next year:  We welcome you! You are invited to explore our principles and purposes while we honor your freedom of conscience.  Our congregation celebrates the presence and participation of all, regardless of spiritual beliefs, age, gender, abilities, ethnicity, race, sexual orientation, or gender identity (last 2 words added).

 

Members approved the proposed bylaw changes. 

Beginning next year, the number of directors will go back up to six and board members will take office July 1 rather than immediately after the annual meeting.

Removing a member from membership or a board member from the board will require a ¾ vote rather than a vote of 7 (since board size varies).

Sections pertaining to the Nominating Committee were clarified: at least one member shall be elected each year (since a member may have resigned); references to the old Elections Committee and to the now-completed process for setting up the Nominating Committee were removed.  Also, by amendment, the officers to be nominated to the board are no longer enumerated (they are already specified in Article V, Section 4).

The budget discussion will be continued June 12 (see page 5).

The annual meeting concluded with a standing ovation for retiring board chair Chuck Howard.                                                  ES

 

 

Post-meeting Meeting

UUCS members and friends wanting to ask questions or express concerns about the mailing they had received from Donna Loveland were invited to join board members in the fellowship hall following the annual meeting.  Copies of the summary (see pages 3-4) prepared by David Boaz were available.  Probably some confusion and distress remain, but a number of matters were clarified, and people expressed appreciation for the opportunity for discussion.  Board members remain available for further conversation.  ES

 

 

Reverential Ramblings

Recently I joined four other local clergy in a panel discussion which was taped in the studios of the local cable access channel, CCTV.  Our topic of discussion – which is not the subject of this reflection – was “Religion and the Environment.” (If you’re interested in watching, check the local listings).  

The two pastors who sat on either side of me hold different beliefs than I, yet I felt immediate respect for their integrity and good heartedness.   Indeed, I learned and profited from the interchange.  I was particularly struck when the Presbyterian minister on my right was speaking with passion and conviction about how Jesus teaches us to “love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you.”  Oftentimes, I stand in special need of that reminder. 

This teaching is not unique to Christianity – it is a universal teaching found, in one form or another, in all the major religious traditions.  This type of love is what theologians call “agape” (from the Greek) love, which is more than sensual love (eros) or the type of love that seals friendships (philios).  It is an indiscriminate love for all beings.  Buddhists call it “boundless compassion.”  Martin Luther King, Jr. summed it up well when he told his followers how to relate to hateful racists during the civil rights era:  “You don’t have to like them.  But you do have to love them.”  Agape love in action.

Striving to embody this universal love for all is a supreme spiritual challenge.  Yet if your religious faith, whatever form it may take, does not challenge you to do this, it is, at best, a tribal faith that will eventually lead you and like minded people into conflicts with those you deem evil or ignorant or your “enemies.”  If your religion or philosophy does not pose this challenge – to embody boundless goodwill for all – it fails you and all of us.

Such tribal religions fail us because they implicitly give us license to hate.  Hatred, it has oft been noted, does more harm to the one who hates, who doggedly embraces this destructive emotion like a cherished family heirloom.  Yet love and compassion bless both the giver and the receiver. 

Jesus’ teaching to love one’s enemies is followed by another great challenge: “To him who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also.”  The traditional interpretation of this is that we are meekly to endure the abuse of others.  Bible scholar Walter Wink offers deeper insight into the passage when he notes that Jesus’ “turning the other cheek” was much like Gandhi’s methods of nonviolent resistance.  The British beat Gandhi’s followers, yet these brave souls stood up to this without retaliating. They “turned the other cheek” (rather than cowering or running away) to force the issue, to create a condition wherein the abusers had to become more and more cognizant of their own oppressive intent and of the moral superiority of the abused, who were ending the cycles of oppression, injury and retribution by courageously standing their ground and absorbing the abuse. 

Yet Jesus leaves much unsaid, and we must exercise moral discernment.  It is one thing to offer your own cheek to an abuser, but what do you do if you see an abuser, mired in a mindset of perpetual anger, repeatedly slapping other people with harsh words and false accusations?  It seems to me that if you can help find a way to separate the abuser from those who are being abused then you act in the best interests of all, and also in the service of agape love.  And that is what we did.  I hope you understand.                                               Love, Rick

 

Board Response to Former Member’s Mass Mailing

All or most members of UUCS received, earlier this week, a letter from Donna Loveland (co-signed by her husband) in which she calls for action against the “evils … flourishing” in our church. Many people found the letter’s accusations to be very worrisome, alarming, confusing. Many people have contacted board members asking for explanations. All the comments have been in the spirit of: “we want to trust you, and do trust you, but these are really strong allegations, you need to explain.”

At its regular meeting last night, the board (joined by some staff and committee chairs) decided: to offer explanations in a brief summary during the annual congregational meeting this coming Sunday, to be available after the congregational meeting for continued conversations with anyone who wants to talk more, and to publish the following explanations in the next issue of the newsletter.

Removal from membership.  The board did not terminate anyone’s membership. But the board was prepared to do so. Over the last couple of years, the board has spent hundreds of hours dealing with various accusations and threats, and trying to mend damaged relations with groups and individuals inside and outside the congregation. Donna’s steady blitz of letters, e-mails, conversations, and meetings have preoccupied church leadership so that other work is not getting done; members are defensive and sometimes reluctant to take leadership responsibility; there has been some loss of our normal climate of openness, initiative, acceptance. There have been a number of specific requests (from board members, a former chair of the board, staff members and former staff members, committee chairs, and others) that the board take action to protect members from ongoing harassment.

After Donna started forwarding her charges to people and groups outside the Congregation, board members convened in an informal executive session on April 7 and arrived at full consensus that we had a responsibility to protect members, and the congregation as a whole, from the continuing allegations and threats. The board planned two steps. The second step would be at the April 14 regular board meeting: motion, second, and unanimous approval for removal of Donna from church membership. First, however, out of respect for Donna, and in the hope of saving her any embarrassment that might arise from such formal, rather public, action, board members asked the pastor to meet with her and offer her the opportunity to quietly resign her membership.  She resigned in a letter dated April 14.

General statement about the claims.  Quite simply, the claims are not accurate. They are worrisome because they all point to actual situations, votes, actions. But Donna has turned each on its head, twisting it in some way so that a perfectly valid decision or action looks wrong. The board has used up several meetings analyzing and discussing these claims. In every instance, the claims are inaccurate in the details, and are inaccurate as to the spirit or intent of the action or decision. Some examples, from the documents Donna recently mass mailed to the membership:

“Purloined” funds. There has been no theft, embezzlement, alienation or misallocation of money, or any such. On several occasions, the board decided to spend money in ways that Donna opposed. Donna has cast each of these decisions as illicit in some way. We decided to cover some of the costs of former R E Director Millie Rochester’s ordination, to give one example. Similarly, [at a later time] the board decided to move funds from an account effectively controlled by Donna, to an account controlled by the church’s elected treasurer and officers. Donna says these funds were “purloined and held inaccessible.”

Refusal to abide by personnel policies. Last Spring, the church (through the personnel committee and then board) decided to hire, as part time custodian, a recovering bad guy who had been in and out of prison for much of his life.  Donna and others opposed that decision. The personnel committee, board, staff, and many others decided to do it anyway. Donna has picked that hiring process apart, down to the most miniscule detail, to find problems and errors. And she widely distributed various accusations. Each accusation is based on a misunderstanding or misstatement of what really happened.

No one, for instance, has ignored members’ safety; to the contrary, much time, effort, and money has been devoted to the matter.

No one refused to consider the applicant’s criminal background; we considered it extensively. Eventually, however, we had to say: “Enough! We have the picture. Now let’s decide if we want to give this guy a chance to start over.”

No one kept any secrets. We tried to abide by the laws and commonly accepted protocols regarding employers divulging private details about employees or prospective employees. But beyond that, everything was completely open, accessible, candid.

The church did not have a “resulting loss of liability insurance.” We did ask the company if our policy would cover us if a convicted felon who is our employee steals something. Answer: no. We decided to risk it.

There was no “endowment withdrawal: 25 acre property valued at $200,000” (as claimed in a document prepared by someone else, but circulated by Donna in her mass mailing). This refers to a clause in the will of a young man who hoped to leave his property to the church for use as a retreat center and environmentally protected preserve. The will called for the property to go to an environmental organization if the church would or could not fulfill the restrictions. The church would never have accepted the bequest because of the costs of fulfilling the restrictions. The man has now left the church and has notified the church that the clause has been removed. The property was never in the church’s endowment.

There are literally dozens of other examples we could offer. They relate mainly to five subjects or issues: the way money for Millie’s ordination was handled;  building use, rentals to outsiders, fees; the hiring of  our custodian; funds for the Partner Church; and an apparently deep distrust and dislike Donna has developed for several of our leaders and employees, possibly including the pastor and the ‘04-’05 board chair.

However, board members and others are getting seriously fatigued by this. We beg leave to skip some of the details and go with the broad summary: Donna’s mass-mailed letter, while pointing to real issues and controversies and events and decisions, is seriously misleading when it seeks to persuade members that someone is stealing or lying or acting in secret or endangering members or excommunicating people who won’t toe the line, etc. Quite simply, none of that is happening.

One more thing the board wants said: Donna was a long time member of the congregation, and a recent member of the board. She has served on many committees and been chair of several. She has worked hard for the church and made many fine contributions. The board is grateful for her leadership. We wish her well and hope members will continue to love and accept and relate to her just as you did before the recent controversies.

Now, let’s move on.                                 Board response summary by David Boaz, 5/13/05

 

 

June 12 Special Meeting of the UUCS Congregation

Budget Approval

 

As required in the UUCS bylaws Article VI. Meetings, Section 2. Special Meetings, the Board announces a Special Meeting of the members of the UUCS Congregation for June 12, 2005, immediately after the Sunday service.  Printing of this announcement in this newsletter allows the required two weeks notice before the meeting. 

The single item on the agenda will be to approve a UUCS budget for the year 2005-2006.  The Board was unable to propose a budget for congregational approval at the UUCS Annual Meeting on May 15, 2005 because not enough information was available by the middle of May.  A finalized budget will be presented for discussion and approval by the congregational members on June 12.

This meeting should be relatively short, so we ask that everyone attend to provide a quorum and to approve the budget.                                                                          Chuck Howard, Past Chair

 

Come Fly With Us!

The Amelia Earhart Dance will be in our Fellowship Hall Saturday, May 21.  Celebrate the 73rd anniversary of aviatrix Amelia Earhart’s first solo flight across the Atlantic, the first for a woman pilot.

Training flight (dance lesson) at 6:30 p.m. with instructor Jack Holloway

Take-off at 7:30; recorded music for your dancing pleasure, until they close the airport at 11:00

Tickets for the evening’s flight are $2.50, including the lesson.  Aviation costumes and 1930s clothing optional!

Call Nancy Jackson, 503-363-2191, well in advance if you are interested in free childcare.  (It’s prom night, and sitters may be hard to find.)

Everyone who came to the last dance said they had a great time! Don’t miss this chance to fly around the floor in the company of your friends and neighbors from UUCS and the progressive community!

 

 

Humanists Meet May 22

UU Humanists will meet on May 22nd at 3:30 in the Hanneman Fellowship Hall for their monthly meeting.  Questions: Nancy Jackson

 

 

Meaningful Movie Night

2nd & 4th Fridays

7 p.m.

Forget the Bijou and the multi-plex. The best place for great movies – and lively discussion – is our own Hanneman Hall. Every second and fourth Friday is reserved for the UUCS “Meaningful Movie Night,” featuring a fascinating film menu of movies specially picked to get us thinking and talking. This is the perfect opportunity to meet other members of the congregation, make friends and have fun (not to mention nibble on popcorn!).  A generous member is contributing a large pull down projection screen to go with the fantastic sound system already installed.

Best of all, it’s a painless way to raise funds for a very worthy cause. Proceeds from the sale of refreshments (after expenses such as video rental, refreshments and equipment maintenance) will be used to pay for our congregation’s membership and support of the newly formed interfaith organization, Congregations Helping People. This organization is described as an “Interfaith response to the needs of the low income population in Salem.” It provides assistance, information and support for those in need.

In choosing the flicks for the first several weeks, the Meaningful Movie Committee tried to alternate between serious films and lighter fare, and between new releases and classics.

The tentative lineup includes:

May 27 – “Maria Full of Grace” (A pregnant Colombian teenager becomes a drug mule to make some desperately needed money for her family.)

June 10 – “Pieces of April” (A wayward daughter invites her dying mother and the rest of her estranged family to her apartment for Thanksgiving dinner.)

June 24 – “House of Sand & Fog” (An abandoned wife is evicted from her house and starts a tragic conflict with her home’s new owners.)

July 8 – “Divided We Fall” (In Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia, a childless couple agrees to hide a Jewish friend at great risk of discovery and execution. In Czech, with English subtitles.)

July 22 – “Motorcycle Diaries” (The dramatization of a motorcycle road trip Che Guevara went on in his youth that showed him his life’s calling. In Spanish, with English subtitles.)

August 12 – “Babette’s Feast” (Babette prepares the feast of a lifetime for the members of a tiny church and an important gentleman related to one of them. In Danish, with English subtitles.)

August 26– “To Kill A Mockingbird” (Atticus Finch, a lawyer in the Depression-era South, defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge and his kids against prejudice. 1962 Gregory Peck version.)

In order to make the Meaningful Movie Night a real success, we’re asking for help from the congregation. We need:

** Suggestions for “Meaningful Movies.” They can be foreign language, independents, mainstream or vintage, as long as they are “meaningful” in the broadest sense. The Meaningful Movie Committee will consider all recommendations and schedule as many of your choices as possible. E-mail your suggestions to Barbara Fisk.

** Refreshment volunteers. You can’t watch a film without munching – and we can’t have snacks unless someone’s willing to be a refreshment volunteer. You can volunteer for just a single movie night, no long-term commitment required. Just buy or make a bunch of goodies (the choice is yours!). You’ll be reimbursed for the cost of the food and beverages and we’ll nominate you for a special Ollie Award (cousin to Oscar, and in honor of that great film comedian Oliver Hardy).

** A couple of people willing to learn how to set up and operate the audio-visual equipment, to act as “backups” in case our regular technical crew is unavailable. While they claim it’s very easy, the technically challenged may want to contribute in some other way (see above note about refreshment volunteers).

** Input, feedback and suggestions on how to make the Meaningful Movie Night even better.

See YOU there!                   Barbara Bigham

 

 

Mental Health Program

Marking May as Mental Health Month will be a presentation by Psychiatrist Robert Wolf on “Early Signs and Treatment of Mental Illness” on Tuesday, May 24, 6:30–8:30 p.m. in the Anderson Room of the Salem Library (free admission). Also speaking are Brett Rogers, PhD., and Dick Boyle, LCSW.

This event is sponsored by the UUCS Social Action Team, the Mental Health Association of Marion County, and the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill.

 

 

Summer Newsletter Schedule

As usual during the summer, the newsletter will appear monthly in June, July, and August.  Please PLAN AHEAD so that, starting June 12, you can submit information for a whole month.  Upcoming deadlines are

 May 29      June 12      July 10      August 7

 

 

Plant Sale

Thank you so much to Kristen Hunt, who worked tirelessly with me not only helping set up the plant sale and selling on Saturday but potting over 180 plants.  Thank you to Barbara Fisk, Andrea Dailey, Cathie Olcott, Jo Bateman, Marge and Dick French, Mary Hart, Phil Carver, Petra and Mike Berger, Dina Triest, and Cheryl and Jim Randall, who gave so generously from their own gardens.

Thank you to Gillian Eames and daughters Ella and Claire (who brightened the day by leading tours to the eggs laid by a visiting chicken near the RE door), Helen Beckman, and Harriet Trill, who not only brought plants but stayed and helped sell.  Barbara Hanneman also helped sell, and Bruce Hunt and Tom Lancefield helped set up.

Another big “Thank You” to all the shoppers.  We made over $500.00!

We are already thinking about next year’s plant sale...so start looking around your gardens to see what you can donate next spring.                                     Sharon Dearman

 

 

Chat ‘n’ Craft

People who enjoy chatting about books, politics, movies, etc., etc. while working on their craft projects are invited to bring their projects to the church at 7 p.m. on the first Thursday of the month and/or the third Wednesday.  The purpose of the schedule change is to avoid a conflict with the First Wednesday event downtown.

 

 

All-Church Potluck June 5

Our All Church Potluck is happening on June 5, after the service. Remember: A-G brings desserts, H-N brings sides and O-Z brings main dishes. Show up a little early and bring your dishes to the kitchen to be kept cold or hot. There will be entertainment and a chance to pat our volunteers on the back. This is only happening once this year, so don’t miss it.                              John Gorman

 

Landscape Work Party

There were only six of us at the work party last Saturday:  Marion Dearman, Dick French, Martin Prather, Paul Rice, Elsa Struble, and me.  We planted two gingko biloba trees and two smoke trees. Then we weeded and pruned—buckets of small things and wheelbarrow loads of dandelions.  Thank you, all—we accomplished a lot.

We know Saturdays are busy days for a lot of people.  We wonder if individuals, couples, and families might be interested in adopting certain sections of the church grounds to weed and prune.  That way you could do the work when it is most convenient for you.  If you are interested in adopting an area, please call me.                                               Sharon Dearman

 

 

Life Lines Lay Ministry

The Life Lines Lay Ministry is a team of congregational members and friends who, in partnership with the minister, help with the special needs and illnesses that arise within our church community.  Have any of you been considering the possibility of joining this dedicated group of 15-plus volunteers?  If you would like to learn more about us, we invite you to attend our morning training session in September.  Interested persons may call Margaret Boyle for additional information, or contact any of the other Life Lines members. Details on date and times of this session will be provided at a later date.

 

After the Life Lines Lay Ministry meeting on Saturday, June 4, UUCS member Chris Mayou will speak on the subject, “How Mental Illness has affected my family.”  Interested persons are invited to attend; the talk will begin at 11 a.m.

 

 

Potluck Breakfast June 4

Members and friends of Stand-for-Children:  if you are interested in discussing the possible formation of a UUCS-based core ‘Leader member’ group, come join a potluck breakfast at Petra’s house at 9 a.m. on Saturday, June 4.  French toast with blueberries and coffee or tea will be provided.

‘Leader members’ would be willing to attend most monthly team meetings at UUCS, help with staying in touch with the remaining UUCS membership of 45+, and provide input to strategic planning and decision-making. 

Please call Petra to confirm your breakfast attendance, and get directions.  By the way, this meeting will replace the usual monthly SFC meeting on the 2^nd Sunday of June.

ALSO, we will have a table set up in the Fellowship hall on June 5 to provide more information on Stand-for-Children, and on our phenomenal success in advocating for children this year.  We will also accept any new or renewal membership dues.  Thank you for all you do for Oregon’s kids. 

Lynn Cardiff & Petra Berger, Co-leaders

 

 

Green Sanctuary

The newly formed Green Sanctuary program committee will meet in the library at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, May 29.  Everyone interested making our building more “ecological” is welcome.                

from Alma Marianos

 

 

News of the UUCS Community

Angela and Carlos Herrera and their two children returned recently from a trip to Colombia, Carlos’ native land. Angela wrote, “The trip was a walk down memory lane for Carlos,” and for her, “a total eye opener.” “It’s a different world there, and it really woke me up to the emotional difficulty immigrants face when they come here. I returned with a lot of admiration for my husband and others who have left home permanently.”

“The economy in Colombia was an obvious part of life. My generation takes a decent economy for granted, while there college-educated professionals sell food and lottery tickets on the street, just trying to get by. Professionals who are lucky enough to have work are sometimes paid in food stamps instead of money, but that’s better than nothing, so they continue.”

“The country is breathtakingly beautiful. We spent a weekend in the countryside at Carlos’ family’s farm. It’s like the Garden of Eden with all manner of fruit: guava, lemon, avocado, papaya. We bathed in fresh spring water that poured through huge bamboo tubes out of the ground in the jungle, forming a shower!”

Next week Angela and Carlos will fly to Boston to look for a place to live and try to get oriented at Harvard, where Angela will attend Divinity School with the goal of becoming a UU minister. While in Colombia she learned that her Ford Family Foundation (of Roseburg) grant has been extended for an additional two years, funding her schooling at 80% of financial need! She writes, “I am overwhelmed by excitement, disbelief, gratitude for this good fortune. At the same time, we are all grieving moving away from our community. We will miss everyone terribly.”

Adele Birnbaum left last Friday for a month in Italy where she and Professsor Roger Hull will team-teach a Willamette University course on the Italian Renaissance for a group of WU students, alumni, and friends. The group will stay chiefly in Florence, with side trips to Venice, concluding with a gala week in Rome. It’s a dream trip to a country Adele loves. She encourages you to ask her all about it upon her return.

In June we will bid Mariana Bornholdt adieu. Her current plan is to leave Salem for Santa Fe, New Mexico before mid-month to live with her son.

Other UU moves: On June 1 Lee and Carmela Coyne will move to Salemtowne. They will welcome help with packing/unpacking and dumping.

Pam and Ernie Williams have sold their Spring Valley home and are in the process of moving into the main floor of Dani Adams’ home off Glen Creek Road. Their hope is to eventually relocate in the proposed Fairview development.

Welcome home to Mary Ann Kaestner, following her half-year sojourn in Palm Springs!

Earlier this week Marge and Dick French again hosted their very first Japanese home stay guest. He lived with them the summer of 1980 while a Willamette University student. They have twice visited in his home in Japan, and have kept in contact by mail. He now is president of his family’s manufacturing company, and on a business trip to Los Angeles, so he made a special “side trip” to Salem to visit. 

     The Frenches’ other news is less happy: condolences to them on the recent death in Portland of Dick’s last surviving brother, Bob.

Lois Nodland continues to convalesce from recent spine surgery.  She’s in her own home and is helped by her sisters.  She welcomes phone calls.

Hint for house hunters:  Lois learned the Maluski-Ruona family in South Korea is hoping Dennis or Leann at Ned Baker Realty can find new tenants for their Chemeketa St. house for a least a year. 

Tracy Boyle wrote from Milford, Pennsylvania, catching us up on his and Steve Ovens’ work and lives. Tracy is currently working seven days/week, two of them caring for a 23 year old man with Muscular Dystrophy. “Completely without muscle tone, if he wants to itch his face I need to hold up his arm so he can do it for himself. He’s a very nice kid and easy to talk to.” The remaining days of the week, Tracy works in a group home “providing care for head-injured clients, some with quite good memories and others who don’t remember that they met me 30 minutes ago!”

Steve’s work allows them to have little time together; he has applied for positions in the surrounding area with no “bites” so far.  But the countryside is spectacular, with iris, lilacs and trees in full bloom.

Our UUCS intentional community is all about sharing and caring for one another. Please send me your joys or concerns for sharing in this medium.             Joan Erickson

 

 

SUNDAY SERVICE AND CHURCH SCHOOL     10:30 a.m.     (Child care available)

 

May 22  “How Did it Happen?”  The Reverend Richard R. Davis

In his study of the holocaust, Ordinary Men, Historian Christopher Browning explores a disturbing phenomenon: How did so many ordinary citizens come to participate in this grim horror?   What insight does this offer us about ourselves, our fellow citizens, our own times?

 

May 29  “Aging Sucessfully” Jeff Lukehart

Dr. Lukehart is the head of the Center for Successful Living at the NW Senior and Disablility Services Center.  He holds a Ph.D. in Cognative Psychology and Adult Learning from Oregon State University

 

June 5 will be our Annual Flower Communion Sunday.  Remember to bring a flower, suitably trimmed, to be placed in the congregational bouquet.   More details in our next newsletter.

 

 

 

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UUCS Calendar of Other Events

 

Wednesday, May 18               Chat ‘n’ Craft, 7 p.m.

Friday, May 20                        RE Parents class (parents’ homes)

Saturday, May 21                    Amelia Earhart Dance, 7:30 (lesson, 6:30)

                                                Dinner for new members (not at church)

Sunday, May 22                      Adult RE Book Discussion, 9:15 a.m.  (every Sunday)

                                                Whaddaya Want Discussion, after the service

                                                UU Humanists, 3:30

Monday, May 23                     UU Meditation, 7 p.m. (Mondays except Marvelous Monday)

                                                YRUU Youth Group, 7 p.m. (every Monday)

Tuesday, May 24                    “Voluntary Simplicity,” 7 p.m. (every Tuesday)

                                                Mental Health lecture, Salem Library, 6:30 p.m.

Friday, May 27                        UUCS Meaningful Movie, “Maria Full of Grace,” 7 p.m.

Sunday, May 29                      Green Sanctuary Committee, 9:30 a.m.

Thursday, June 2                    Chat ‘n’ Craft, 7 p.m.

Saturday, June 4                     SFC Potluck Breakfast, Petra Berger’s, 9 a.m.

                                                Lifelines Lay Ministry, 9:30 a.m. Chris Mayou speaks, 11 a.m.

Sunday, June 5                        All-Church Potluck, after the service

Sunday, June 12                      Congregational Budget Meeting, after the service