| Featured |
 Photo.
The UU Men's Fellowship at First
Church got together
recently in Balboa Park for food, fun and fellowship. Click
on the
photo (to the right) to see everyone who was there and read
a marvelous poem.
Close Up. Diane Decker-Houser (ddhouser30@yahoo.com) of Chalice
UU Congregation in Escondido.
Early years. Grew up in the
Los Angeles area as a “Valley
Girl” but the San Gabriel Valley. Moved to San Diego
in 1970 and to Poway in 1990.
Years a UU. A UU all her life
but
only realized it about 15 years ago when her husband dragged
her kicking and screaming to visit Chalice. The rest is history
as they say.
Career. Customer service with Pacific Telephone,
then AT&T, and later two different computer companies.
Dinner
guests. Barack and Michelle Obama.
Keys to UU growth in San
Diego
County. We need more visibility, including billboards, TV ads
and magazine ads. There have got to be a lot of people out
there that are UUs and don't know it.
Profiles. If
you know an interesting UU in San Diego County you'd like
to
profile, please e-mail martin@kruming.com.
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Breaking News |
Goose
Bump Moment. Mike Dorfi of
the UU
Men's Fellowship at First Church came
across a poem by Joe Camp which touched
him greatly. You can read it by clicking
here. If there
are UU Men's Fellowships at other congregations
in the San Diego Cluster, contact mdorfi@cox.net. Who knows
how many opportunities open up when UUs link up.
Pride
Parade. David Doan, co-chair of the Rainbow Action Group
at First Church, reports the following information
for this Saturday's (July 17) parade which begins at 11 a.m.
in Hillcrest.
Parade
Lineup. The Unitarian Universalists
of San Diego County contingent will assemble in Zone
B (the west side
of Normal Street between Lincoln and Blaine near the Department
of Motor Vehicles building). UUs are entry Number 70.
Parade
Parking. Parking is available at the Old Navy Hospital
parking lot at Park Boulevard and Presidents Way. Shuttle
service will be available to the parade staging area beginning
at 7:15 a.m. There will also be shuttle service from the
end of the parade back to the parking lot.
Parade
Trolley. There are still seats available on the Old
Town Trolley. If you wish to ride, please contact David at
ddoan73@earthlink.net. The trolley will leave First Church
at 9 a.m. and return there after the parade. If you have
a UU shirt, hat, etc., please wear it.
Parade
Parasols. Gwen Baldwin of Summit UU
Fellowship is
leading the Parasol Precision Drill team which is part of
the UU entry in the parade. If you have questions, contact
Gwen at gwenbaldwin@gmail.com.
Pride
Festival. If you're interested in staffing a booth
at the Pride Festival in Balboa Park this weekend, contact
Jan Garbosky of First Church at jgarbosky@cox.net. It's a
great opportunity to distribute materials about UUs and your
congregation. |
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| Datebook |
Saturday/July 17/Hillcrest. Pride
Parade.
Saturday-Sunday/July
17-18/Balboa Park. Pride
Festival. (The Pride Parade
[July 17] and Pride Festival [July 17-18] use the same website.)
Friday-Sunday/September 24-26/Camp Stevens in Julian. The
Annual UU Women Together Retreat is open to all women in
the San Diego Cluster. Contact Benita Berkson at 4benita@cox.net or (619) 994- 0993.
Saturday/October 2/First Church. San Diego County
Cluster Workshop on Diversity from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Contact
Joan
Cudhea at (858) 272-4118 or jcudhea@earthlink.net.
Saturday/November 6/Chalice. 4th Annual Art & Crafts
Faire. Contact chaliceartguild@msn.com. |
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| Cluster
Buzz |
Choir
Director. Summit UU Fellowship is looking for a Choir Director.
Interested persons should contact Music Chair Ed
Henry at ehenry@mail.sdsu.edu. The annual salary ranges from
$3,000.00 to $3,500.00 depending on experience.
Generosity. In May, members of UU Fellowship of San Dieguito collected
$832.00 as a donation to Camp de Benneville Pines.
Quotable. “The
passing of people in our lives, leaves the rest of us celebrating
their lives, and pondering our
own mortality.” —Alison Croty, DRE, UU
Fellowship of San Dieguito.
San
Diego County UU Bulletin Board. If you want
to buy, sell, barter or connect, and it's legal
and ethical, e-mail martin@kruming.com (or
copy and paste: martin@kruming.com). |
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News, Datebook (Event items)
and the Cluster Buzz, the Cluster newsletter
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