September 2011 Blog Posts (19)

Links to More information and Registration:  http://www.jpduua.org/

Board Chair Natalia Averett gives important context for the Oct. 7-9 Jubilee workshop and Oct. 14-15 Racial Justice conference FOR ALL AGES - and reasons we don't need to choose between them:

"Jubilee II is a weekend-long workshop/retreat centered around confidential, small and medium-sized faciliated group conversation…

This is an exciting time at UUCA, a time for everyone to participate in shaping our future as a congregation. One way we can do that is by taking part in congregational conversations (Sundays after both services, 10/2 through 10/16) and by voting at the congregational meeting (1:30 on 10/23).

As a congregation, we have been working for more than a year to create a responsible…

BREAKING NEWS!

The Bishop Is Coming!

The Bishop Is Coming!

The Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington welcomes

Bishop Christopher Senyonjo of Uganda

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Reception begins at 6:00 p.m.

Program begins at 6:45 p.m.

4444 Arlington Boulevard (Route 50@ S. George Mason)

Arlington, VA 22204

www.uucava.org

703.892.2565

Bishop Christopher is an…

This is a reading from our hymnal in recognition of the Jewish High Holy Days, which began on September 29-30 and ends with Yom Kippur at October 8.

"O Source of peace, lead us to peace, a peace profound and true;

lead us to a healing, to mastery of all that drives us to war within ourselves and with others.

May our deeds inscribe us in the Book of life and blessing, righteousness and peace!

O Source of peace, bless us with peace.

       --Gates of…

(Gross abuse of website?!)

;-)

Leaving Arlington around 5?

Anyone?

I have a ride back, but  it would be delightful to ride up with a fellow uucava-er

Drop me a line thanks.

T

“To arrive where you are, to get from where you are not, 

You must go by a way wherein there is no ecstasy. 

In order to arrive at what you do not know 

You must go by a way which is the way of ignorance. 

In order to possess what you do not possess 

You must go by the way of dispossession. 

In order to arrive at what you are not 

You must go through the way in which you are not. 

And what you do not know is the only thing you know 

And what you own is…

Here is a favorite poem of mine, and a challenging one for reflection,"The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost.

http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php?date=2010/01/23

A COMMON MEDITATION



The purpose: to provide an opportunity to develop a spiritual practice that helps center each person in the mystery, wonder, and higher values of life while making deeper connections of empathy…

The Youth Leadership Program is starting!  Our introductory meeting is Friday, September 30 from 6:00-7:30pm before the coffee house.  The leadership program will focus on providing the tools, training, experience, and job opportunities for those committed to being a Peace Maker. Come join us for pizza, tell us about your passions, and visualize the change you want to see in the world! 

Shred for Bread

As part of AFAC’s “Hunger Action Month” in Arlington,  you are invited to bring your personal documents to be confidentially shredded by Proshred Security.

Donations of non-perishable foods are requested (old-fashioned oatmeal, peanut butter,cooking oil, tuna, masa (corn flour), rice, dried beans are all in high demand.) Saturday, September 17, 10 AM to 1 PM at the Church of the Brethren, 300 North Montague Street (2.5 blocks off Rte. 50, at 2d Street…

Does anybody know of UUCA'ers who have taken a study tour to the Mideast?  We've interest in seeing interconnect between the Bible, archeological, and scientific findings.

The Common Meditation for this week is a poem titled "Heaven" by Patrick Phillips in recognition of 9/11.

http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php?date=2011/09/03

A COMMON MEDITATION



The purpose: to provide an opportunity to develop a spiritual practice that helps center each person in the mystery, wonder, and higher values of life while making deeper connections of empathy…

UUCA Share the Plate for 2011/2012

I wish I could upload my camera phone pictures from the Protest this morning at the Colombian Embassy in D.C., but I lack a cord needed to connect my phone to my laptop.

Although there were only 2 weeks to organize this event, I feel that my small efforts have resulted in raising the issue among a wide swath of people. Especially today, in just traveling with my small handmade sign to the embassy, so many people asked what it was about, this "Non Mas Matar en Colombia". From people in…

The last several weeks, as summer turns to fall in 2011, there have been trucks and vans at Reeb Hall, UUCA's original church building.  The offices of Habitat for Humanity, which have been in Reeb for the past decade, are being moved to the Arlington Methodist Church on Glebe Road.  Artists who have rented low-cost studio space from UUCA in Reeb have emptied their rooms.  Furniture that has been left in good condition is being donated to Habitat's Re-Store, which helps fund Habitat projects…

I would like to see us our web site used more for our religious explorations, so today I am beginning a weekly blog called "A Common Meditation."  Each blog will consist of a poem or reading that I hope will be meaningful for your life.  I invite you to follow the spiritual practice below so you may deepen your experience.  I will provide a link to the readings since the sites I use -- such as today's site, "The Writer's Almanac" -- have poems that are published with the author's permission…