 Above
Photo. (Left to Right). Anne
Larocca (Green Sanctuary Action chair),
Rev. Dr. Tom Owen-Towle (interim minister) and
Alison Crotty (DRE), all of UU Fellowship of San Dieguito,
during DA. Click on photo to enlarge.
Sunday
Service. UUs filled the large ballroom at the Del
Mar Marriott Hotel for the Sunday (April 27) Service during
District Assembly, and San Diegans were very much a part
of the gathering.
Rev.
Dr. Beth Johnson of Palomar UU Fellowship and Rev.
Dr. Tom Owen-Towle, interim minister of UU Fellowship of
San Dieguito, conducted the Call to Worship, and then led
a three-part service called Weaving the Tapestry of the
Beloved Community. During this moving ceremony, each person was given
a colorful piece of yarn, and the weaver during the service
was Barbara McLaughlin of Palomar UU Fellowship.
Other San Diegans were also involved in the Service: Asa
Puckette, a member of the YRUU group at San Dieguito lit
the chalice; Home, the choir anthem by John Schulz of Chalice
UU Congregation, was arranged by Tim McKnight, Director of
Music at Chalice, and performed by the Chalice Choir. Sharilyn
Parr, president of San Dieguito, and Dan
Stracka, president
of Palomar, did the Antiphonal Reading.
We
Are One was performed by the combined choirs of Chalice,
Palomar and San Dieguito, and directed by Tim McKnight. Carol and Rob
Molek of Chalice spoke during the Service about San
Diego Food Not Lawns, the DA Service Project, and drumming
during the offertory was performed by children and youth,
and led by Stuart Holmes, Religious Education Director at
Chalice.
Thanks also went to Caroline
Celia, Music Director of Palomar;
Kimberly Lilley, Choir Director of Palomar, and Brad
Wiscons for the PowerPoint presentation. |
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Support. Anne Larocca and other environmental leaders around
the Cluster were responsible for arranging to have San Diego Food Not Lawns (SDFNL) designated as the Service Project
during District Assembly. "I'm thrilled to report that
the service collection (on April 27) brought in $2,047.00
for SDFNL, divided equally between cash and checks to Activist San Diego," Anne of UU Fellowship of San Dieguito e-mailed. "I
know FNL will use the money well. I plan to be active in
the North County FNL group and will report back to CIAO (Cluster
Inreach and Outreach) as plans unfold. It's been a great
weekend (at District Assembly)." SDFNL was one of several
vendors set up at DA last month.
Candidates.
Rev. Dr. Laurel Hallman, senior minister of
First Unitarian Church of Dallas, and Rev. Peter
Morales, senior minister of Jefferson Unitarian Church in Golden,
Colorado, are candidates to succeed UUA President Bill
Sinkford. Both candidates had literature in the vendors area at DA.
The election occurs during the 2009 General Assembly in Salt
Lake City.
Memorial
Service. A Memorial Service will be held on
Saturday (May 10) at 2 p.m. at Palomar UU Fellowship
for Art Hulbert, a founder of the Fellowship.
According to an e-mail from Rev. Dr. Beth Johnson of
Palomar, “Art was killed by a car Monday evening
(April 14) as he walked home from his weekly square dancing
outing. He was an active and lively 92 years old and
he will be missed.”
Time
Magazine. The April 14 issue of Time magazine
has the first of two ads that will run as part of Phase II of Unitarian
Universalism's National
Marketing Campaign. The second will appear in the May 12 issue on
newsstands May 2. |
San
Dieguito Opening. The UU Fellowship
of San Dieguito (Solana
Beach) is seeking a Choir Director to conduct its 25-member
choir. This quarter-time salaried position starts the
third Thursday in August and goes through the second
Sunday in June. The choir sings approximately twice a
month for ten months at the Sunday service, with a one-hour
call time and a 10 a.m. service time. To apply, send
a resume and cover letter by May 24 to Molly
Low at molly@mollylow.com.
Candidates will be interviewed in June.
Position
Open. Chalice UU Congregation is looking for a
new Religious Education Coordinator. This is a part-time,
25-hour per week position paying $21,500.00. For more information
and a job description, contact Paula Gonzales at chaliceoffice@sbcglobal.net or (760) 737-0393. May 2 is the application deadline.
Summit
Quilters. Loretta Godfrey, one of the many quilters at
Summit UU Fellowship (Santee), recently had one of her
baby quilts accepted for the San Diego Quilt Show (Entry
No. 165) on Aug. 28 at the Convention Center.
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least three weeks in advance.
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