Sunday, September 9, 2007 10:30 AM	Sunday, September 16, 2007 10:30 AM
Sermon	“Ingathering Service – Annual Water Communion” Rev. Tim Kutzmark	BRING A FRIEND SUNDAY ”Dreams of Others” Rev. Tim Kutzmark, with special musical guest Vocalist Michael Ricca
Children	Intergenerational Service – All children in sanctuary for entire service.  Childcare for our youngest in Sawyer.	Children begin in Sanctuary.  Dismiss to Community Hall for multi-age bonding activities.  Childcare for our youngest in Sawyer.
Ushers	Needed	Needed
Altar	Carolyn Grace	Church Quilters
Coffee Hour	Needed	Needed

Sunday, September 9th—10:30 AM

“Ingathering Service—Annual Water Communion”
Rev. Tim Kutzmark

Join us for our annual all ages Ingathering Service, as we welcome each other back from summer.  Together, we’ll celebrate our being together again, and explore the nurturing nature of water and community in ritual, chant, and story.  If you gathered water from places you visited this summer (or from your own kitchen sink or back yard), please bring a few drops with you for our traditional mingling and blessing of the waters.  The water will be blessed during the service and used for Child Dedications and other rituals throughout the year (and we are going to have oodles of Child Dedications this year!).

Sunday, September 16th—10:30 AM

BRING A FRIEND SUNDAY
“Dreams of Others”
Rev. Tim Kutzmark, with special guest vocalist Michael Ricca

Rev. Tim received an unexpected email on July 5th that brought tears to his eyes and inspired this sermon.  Come here a story that might touch your heart and perhaps change the way you look at your dreams and the dreams of others.  Today’s service is “Bring A Friend Sunday.”  This special service is being created as a perfect service to introduce a friend or neighbor to our affirming and renewing Unitarian Universalist Faith.  Go on—invite a friend to join you.  We’ll also celebrate the Child Dedication of Arianna Adi Olivardia, daughter of Sharon and Roberto.  [Note: Come early before the service and enjoy our annual Children’s Religious Education breakfast]

Did you know that 85% of the people who ever visit a Unitarian Universalist Congregation do so because someone invited them to visit?  Don’t keep the warm and welcoming community here at the UU Church of Reading a secret.  Why not share our Unitarian Universalist faith with someone you know?  SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16th is “BRING A FRIEND SUNDAY.”  Rev. Tim and the Worship Arts Ministry are creating a service perfect for first time visitors.  Please extend an invitation to someone you know.

Sunday, September 23rd—10:30 AM

 “The Gospel According To My Backyard”
(including an after-church plant swap)
Rev. Tim Kutzmark

As Unitarian Universalists, we believe that revelation and the wisdom of the universe can speak to us in many ways and forms.  This summer, Rev. Tim spent countless hours outside working in the garden and fixing up his newly purchased house.  In the process, he was reminded of some practical and profound spiritual truths.  Come discover how a living scripture awaits just outside your back door.  To help decorate the sanctuary today, please bring some autumn flowers or other greenery (in a vase) from your own backyard or garden.  Also, if you have any perennials from your garden you would like to share or swap, please drop those off in Fellowship Hall prior to the service.  During Social Hour, we’ll have a chance to choose someone else’s growing things to add to your garden.  (Rev. Tim will be happy to take any unclaimed plants home to his own garden)

BRING A FRIEND SUNDAY – SEPTEMBER 16TH

Did you know that 85% of the people who ever visit a Unitarian Universalist Congregation do so because someone invited them to visit?  Don’t keep the warm and welcoming community here at the UU Church of Reading a secret.  Why not share our Unitarian Universalist faith with someone you know?  SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16th is “BRING A FRIEND SUNDAY.”  Rev. Tim and the Worship Arts Ministry are creating a service perfect for first time visitors.  Please extend an invitation to someone you know.

FIRST TIME OFFEED! FREE PERSONALITY TEST!

1. Do you have a warm smile, are you outgoing and enjoy saying “hi” to people?  (Then you are the Sunday Morning Greeter we are looking for!)
   

1. Do you tend to be a bit quiet, perhaps even a little on the shy side, but you still have a warm heart?  (Then you are the Sunday Morning Usher we are looking for!)
   
2. Do you love throwing a party for people, do you have the manual dexterity needed to plug in a coffee pot, do you enjoy eating cookies, and can’t imagine starting the day without a direct dose of caffeine?  (Then you would be utterly perfect for help host a Social Hour after church)
   
3. Are you able to arrange flowers and make them look beautiful?  Or, are you skilled at using your credit card to purchase flowers at the grocery store?  Is there a birthday, anniversary, celebration, or memorial tribute you would like to remember?  (Then you are the ideal person to sign up to bring flowers for a Sunday Service (you can take them home with you after the service if you wish, or leave them to decorate our new atrium throughout the week,)   We have simple instructions ready to help anyone and everyone do any of these for the first time.  Being a greeter or an usher is perfect for families to do together.  Please sign up on the sheets in Fellowship Hall, or call Rosemary in the church office at 781-944-0494 to be a greeter, to usher, to host coffee hour, or to bring flowers on a future Sunday morning.
   

Save the dates!! On the weekend of October 13 and 14, UUCR will formally rededicate our new and renovated home, and we want everyone to participate. 

On Saturday, October 13, we will hold an open house for our congregation and for the community.  The doors will open at 9:30 a.m.  At 10:00 Alex the Jester, an internationally-known performer, will give an exciting show for all ages in the Sanctuary. Following the show, we will have refreshments and activities for children, as well as tours of our facilities, throughout the morning.

The service on Sunday, October 14, will be a service of rededication, with special guests and music, and a theme of the Past, Present, and Future of UUCR.  Immediately following the worship service, a delicious luncheon will be held for everyone in our new Community Hall. 

Lots of help will be needed.  If you’d like to participate – cooking, meeting visitors, ushering, entertaining children, setting up or cleaning up to name a few tasks – please contact Dru Wood-Beckwith at woodbeckwith@comcast.net or at 781-944-5030.  Thanks in advance!

Thursday September 6, at 7 - 9 P.M.  UUCR Fellowship Hall

Havurah Haverim will have an open house on Thursday September 6 in Fellowship Hall (the new Community Hall) at the Reading Unitarian Universalist Church. Rabbi Bart and some of the board members will be there with High Holy Day tickets and new Havurah membership packets. 
 
Wednesday & Thursday September 12 & 13, Rosh Hashanah services, sanctuary of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Reading

• September 12 at 7:30 P.M.
• September 13 at 9:30 A.M.

Friday & Saturday September 21 & 22 Yom Kippur services, sanctuary of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Reading

• September 21 at 6:30 P.M. Kol Nidrei service
• September 22 at 9:30 A.M.
• September 22 at 5:30 P.M. Mincha-neilah

Following the Neilah service, we will have our traditional break-fast supper in Fellowship Hall.  We will be looking for volunteers to bring part of the meal.  This is always one of the highlights of our Havurah calendar. 

Sunday September 23 - building the sukkah party! 

Details to be announced soon!

Saturday September 29, at 6:30 P.M. - Sukkot

We will have an Havdallah service in the sukkah, followed by a pot luck dinner in Fellowship Hall and then return to the sukkah for dessert.  It should be great fun. Havurah Haverim would like to ask members of the UUCR to join them for this celebration of the harvest.

Dear Friends:

As our new church year beings, I’ve been meditating on these luscious words by writer Alexander Theroux: “September: it was the most beautiful of words, he’s always felt, evoking orange-flowers, swallows, and regrets.”

What does this month of chilling temperatures and still glorious sun invoke and evoke for you?  As the pace of life seems to pick up from the sweet summer slumber of July and August, what are you looking forward to creating, doing, or becoming?  Even as the wheel of the year begins its inevitable turn towards the dark time of the year, what is longing to come alive within you and around you?  As the leaves begin to spark into brilliant color around us, I have to believe deeply that something is waiting to spark brilliantly and boldly in each of our lives.  Let us take time to look and listen and learn.

Speaking of sparks….we’re going to have a truly fun-filled and spirit-filled fall here at UUCR.  This Sunday, September 9, we begin with our all ages Annual Ingathering and Water Communion (don’t forget to bring a few drops of water from your summer travels, your backyard or your kitchen faucet).  The following Sunday, September 16th, we welcome back guest vocalist Michael Ricca and celebrate BRING A FRIEND SUNDAY (and do actually invite someone to join you—our UU faith is the world’s best kept secret).  On Sunday, September 23rd, we’re going to have a perennial plant swap after the Worship Service.  I’ve gone ga-ga for gardening this year, so I invite everyone to bring something from your garden to swap and share.

Lastly, but most importantly, you must go to your calendar—yes, now, at this very moment—and circle in red Saturday, October 13 and Sunday, October 14th.  This is the weekend we’re going to Celebrate, Bless, and Re-Dedicate our expanded Sanctuary and church campus.  Saturday, October 13th will be a delightful Open House for us, and for our neighbors.  We’re inviting the town to join us to see and celebrate what we’ve built!  They’ll be food, fun, and a special performance from the internationally acclaimed “Alexander—King of Jesters.”  Alexander has appeared all over the world, in clubs, theaters, parks, and strange public places.  I have rarely laughed as long or as loud as when I’m watching “Alexander—King of Jesters.”  His is a unique act and performance for ALL AGES—so whether you are 4, 14, 24, 54, 84, or even 94, you truly don’t want to miss his irreverent antics.  As one critic said after his show in Singapore: “Alexander’s Appeal Knows No Boundaries.”  You won’t believe what he can do with his mouth and a glass of water.  The open house begins at 9:30, and the show starts promptly at 10:00 AM.  Invite as many friends and neighbors as you wish to join you at our community party. 

On Sunday, at 10:30 AM, we’ll celebrate a special worship together as we Re-Dedicate and Bless the building.  Rev. Jane Rzepka (our beloved former minister of UUCR) will join Rev. Tim in the service, and we are going to have truly special music from the choir and the congregation.  Please plan to join us for both Saturday and Sunday morning.

See you on the path,

Tim

PS: Keep your eye on your mailbox this week.  I’m sending you a copy of the sermon I shared this past Sunday on Labor Day Weekend.  If I may be so bold, it has a few thoughts I truly want us all to share together and take to heart as our new church year begins. 

THE NEW UU:  AN INTRODUCTION TO OUR FAITH

September 26, October  3, 10,  17 -  7:00 to 9:00 pm (Wednesdays)
Co-facilitators:  Rev. Tim Kutzmark and Judy Barolak

Are you new to the church?  Would you like to meet other folks who are new as well?  Have you been here a while but would like to learn more about Unitarian Universalism, or get to know some new people in a small group setting.  Are you thinking about becoming a member of UUCR?  Then THE NEW UU class is just the thing for you.  Join  co-facilitators Rev. Tim Kutzmark and Judy Barolak and members of the NEW UU Teaching Team for a four-week exploration and introduction to our faith. Registration is required, please call or email the church office (781-944-0494 or email the office at uucr@uureading.org) or sign up on Sunday at coffee hour.

MEDITATION ON THE FOUR WORLDS: Jewish Mysticism and Meditation

September 20 and 27: 7:30-9:00 pm  (Thursday)
Rev. Tim Kutzmark, Facilitator

Join Rev. Tim for a brief introduction to Jewish Mysticism and meditation techniques. This two-part class will offer a basic introduction to Jewish mystical thought and Kabbalah.  This class is experiential, and each week we will learn and practice a powerful meditation technique that can be used at home. Registration is required, please call or email the church office (781-944-0494; uucr@uureading.org) or sign up on Sunday at coffee hour.

CHALICE CIRCLE NEWS

Is summer really over? Not officially but we have begun to plan for the upcoming 3rd year for Chalice Circles.  There is a sense of anticipation and eagerness to get going. In preparing for this next round of Chalice Circles we will be postponing the start of the program until January '08. The registration will happen later this fall and the  Circle meetings will commence in January and span the calendar year.  The summer may be greeted as an intermission or groups can choose to continue meeting in July and August with support from the Chalice Circle Team. Then in September the Chalice Circles will resume and conclude in November. In years past the Chalice Circles have begun in mid fall and run through May. We are trying this new schedule out to see how it works. September is typically such a big start up time for so many projects, committees and events. This fall will be time for some team building and preparation for the Registration in November.  Stay interested and watch for news of this event in announcements and upcoming newsletters. Please contact Nora Buckley or the church office.

JOIN THE ADULT CHOIR!

The UUCR Adult Choir, under the direction of Dr. Mark Bennett and with the accompaniment of George White, is looking for new members.  We have room for all voice parts and we'd love to have YOU join us!  You do not have to audition and reading music is not a requirement.  We are very friendly about helping each other with the pieces.  We also have lots of fun while we work hard at readying the music for our worship services.  We meet every Thursday from 7:30 - 9:00 for rehearsals and we rehearse again at 9:30 on the Sunday mornings when the choir will be singing.  If you can make that kind of a commitment and if you love to sing, come join us! If you are shy, we'll assign you a choir buddy who will pick you up and stay by your side for the first few weeks of choir.  Please contact Sharyn Taitz
or Dr. Mark Bennett if you are interested in adding your voice to our joyous collective sound.  There's an empty seat waiting just for you in our beautiful new choir space.

MISSION OF DEEDS LINEN DRIVE AT THE UUCR ON OCTOBER 28

Please save your used linens.  If you're cleaning out the linen closet this fall.changing the décor in bedroom, bath, or kitchen.turning an "empty nest" bedroom into something else-please save the linens you're no longer using (esp. twin sheets and pillowcases) for the Mission of Deeds linen drive to be held at the UUCR on Sunday, October 28! More details later, but in the meantime please save your gently used sheets, pillowcases, blankets, quilts, dish towels, bath towels, washcloths, and tablecloths for the collection (or new ones if you happen to see a great sale). (For more information, email Ann Mark ( or call 781-944-8769).  Mission of Deeds in Reading collects used household items and donates them to clients who, in most cases, are families or individuals beginning a new life after living in shelters, losing their possessions as a result of personal tragedies, or being abandoned by family members.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE IN LAWRENCE SEEKS MARKETING VOLUNTEER

A new volunteer opportunity through Jericho Road Lawrence: "Delamano provides an independent hot line for victims of domestic violence in the Greater Lawrence area.  It is run by a dedicated, bright and passionate Board of Directors seeking help with refining their marketing materials and developing a new logo." Sound interesting? To learn more about this volunteer request or about Jericho Road, contact Ann Fisher (or call 781-942-1634).

 

NEXT SOCIAL ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24

The Social Action Committee welcomes all who'd like to help shape our church's social action/social justice activities. We meet once a month from 7:30 p.m. to about 9 p.m. in Loring House. Please feel free to drop into a meeting, or call or e-mail: Ann Fisher (781-942-1634) or Ann Mark ( 781-944-8769).

Latest News

Green Sanctuary is kicking off this new year back home in our beautiful campus with a Paper Recycling Campaign.  We received frequent and passionate feedback about excessive paper usage and waste here at UUCR, so it made sense to implement this action from our Action Plan sooner rather than later.  See our complete action plan on our program page.   As every savvy recycler knows, a thorough recycling effort has 3 components: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.  Our plans for each component are listed below.  We always welcome additional ideas and involvement. 

Reduce: 

Complete Junk Mail Reduction Kits for each of the church addresses and make available at our coffee hour table for congregants to take home, look for ways to reduce the size of the order of service and newsletter.

Reuse: 

Collect the order-of-service covers for reuse each week; provide a magazine swap bin at coffee hour. 

Recycle:

Recycle paper used on campus, involve every member of the congregation in recycling efforts, use paper made from 100% post-consumer content recycled paper.

Being a member of a Green Sanctuary means living in a way that is environmentally sustainable and just.  Recycling paper fosters sustainability since it reduces the number of trees needed for paper production.  Taking turns recycling paper will foster environmental justice within our church community since every person who contributes to the waste paper will assist with its disposal.  Deposit your used paper in any of the green recycling bins in Loring or the Church building and sign up to be our weekly paper recycling person.  As is currently done with ushering, we are starting a weekly sign-up sheet for paper recycling.  Visit our coffee hour table to get a Junk Mail Reduction Kit for your home.  Bring along a magazine that you’ve read and drop it off in our Magazine Swap bin for someone else to read and pick up a magazine to bring home yourself.  We look forward to the year ahead and learning together what it means to be a Green Sanctuary.

CHURCH PLAYSCHOOL TEACHER NEEDED

The Unitarian Universalist Church of Reading, MA is seeking a mature and caring adult to provide a safe, friendly and stimulating environment for toddlers (2.5 to 3.75 yrs.), before, during and after the Sunday service. This individual will welcome children, families and volunteers, and lead age appropriate crafts, games and activities.   Familiarity with Unitarian Universalism is a plus; however, candidate may not be a member of the UUCR community. Must have previous child care experience; first aid/CPR training is a plus. Position is part-time: 2 hours per week on Sunday mornings (10 a.m. to noon), September through June. Rate of $15/hr; no other benefits are provided.   Please email resume to uucr_infantcare@uureading.org. 

INFANT CARE PROVIDER NEEDED

The Unitarian Universalist Church of Reading, MA is seeking a mature and caring adult to welcome infants (birth to 2.5 yrs.), families and volunteers, and provides a safe, friendly and stimulating nursery environment for infants before, during and after the Sunday service.  Familiarity with Unitarian Universalism is a plus; however, candidate may not be a member of the UUCR community. Must have previous child care experience; first aid/CPR training is a plus. Position is part-time: 2 hours per week on Sunday mornings (10 a.m. to noon), September through June. Rate of $15/hr; no other benefits are provided.   Please email resume to uucr_infantcare@uureading.org

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION FIRST QUARTER CALENDAR

• Friday, Sept. 7 – Sat. Sept. 8 – Our Whole Lives, O.W.L., Sleepover for 8th grade.

• Saturday, Sept. 8 – First Quarter Teacher Ingathering 9 – 11 a.m. in Loring House

• Sunday, Sept. 9 – Opening Sunday, Intergenerational Water Communion. No Church School. O.W.L. 7 – 9 p.m. in Loring House. No Senior High Youth Program, SHYP.

• Monday, Sept. 10 – Religious Education Committee Meeting 7:30 – 9:30 p.m. Loring House.

• Tuesday, Sept. 11 – Governing Board Meeting.

• Sunday, Sept. 16 – RE Welcome Back Breakfast Community Hall 9:30 a.m. Children begin in Sanctuary then leave for multiage games and bond building in Community Hall.

• Youth Adult Committee Meeting 5 – 6:30 p.m. in Loring House. Senior High Youth Program 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.  Loring House. O.W.L. 7 – 9 p.m. in Loring House.

• Sunday, Sept. 23 – Children begin in Sanctuary. Church School follows in classrooms until 11:45 a.m. SHYP 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. in Loring House. O.W.L. 7 – 9 p.m. in Loring House.

• Saturday, Sept, 29 – Coming of Age, COA, Family Pot Luck Dinner 6 – 8 p.m. Community Hall.

• Sunday, Sept. 30 – Young People’s Worhsip in Community Hall grades 3 – 5 at 10:30  a.m.. Classes to follow. Pre-k through grade 2 begin in class followed by Young People’s Worship in Sawyer house at 11:30. All classes dismissed at 11:45 a.m. SHYP 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. in Loring House. O.W.L. 7 – 9 p.m. in Loring House.

• Monday, Oct. 1 – Governing Board Meeting.

• Sunday, Oct. 7 – Children begin in Loring House for multiage programming that ends at 11:45 a.m. No SHYP.

• Thursday, Oct. 11 – Coming of Age Taco Dinner 6 – 7:30 Community Hall.

• Saturday, Oct. 13 – Community and Neighbor Open House.

• Sunday, Oct. 14 – Intergenerational Re-Dedication and Building Blessing

• Service and Celebration No Church School.  SHYP 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Loring House. O.W.L. 7 – 9 p.m. Loring House.

• Monday, Oct. 15 – Religious Education Committee Meeting 7:30 – 9:30 Loring House.

• Saturday, Oct. 20 – Second Quarter Teacher Ingathering  9 – 11 a.m. Loring House.

• Sunday, Oct. 21 – Children begin in Sanctuary. Church School follows until 11:45 a.m. SHYP 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Loring House. O.W.L. 7 – 9 p.m. in Loring House.

• Friday, Oct. 26 – Coming of Age Haunted House set up 6 – 8 p.m. Loring House.

• Saturday, Oct. 27 – HALLOWEEN PARTY AND HAUNTED HOUSE. Community Hall and Loring House. Coming of Age Haunted House set up and clean up 5 – 9 p.m. in Loring House.

• Sunday, Oct. 28 – Children begin in Sanctuary. Church school follows until 11;45 a.m. SHYP 6:30 – 8:30 P.M. IN Loring House. O.W.L. 7 – 9 p.m. in Loring House.

• Sunday, Nov. 4 – Children begin in Sanctuary. Church school follows until 11:45 a.m. Blessing of the Animals 3:00 p.m. SHYP 6:30 – 8:30 P.M. IN Loring House. O.W.L. 7 – 9 p.m. in Loring House.

End of First Quarter

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION UPCOMING DATES TO PAY ATTENTION TO!

• Friday, Sept. 7 Our Whole Lives sleepover
• Saturday, Sept.8 First Quarter Teacher Ingathering
• Sunday, Sept. 16 First Youth Adult Committee meeting 5 - 6:30 p.m.
• and First Senior High Youth Program meeting 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Aileen's Corner

How are your dreams and ideas going for 2007? You have a few more months to create some changes, support your goals and have fun loving yourself as you do it all!

Back in January of 2007 the RE Committee hosted our annual Resolution Stars activity. Look over the list and see how you have been doing on yours. It is not too late to start, pick up where you may have left off, or revisit and fine tune your hopes for this year!

“I hope to gain Peace of Mind from Yoga”
“My resolution is to be a better basketball player.”
“My goal is to be more patient also to see my family far away”
“I want a baby sister”
“To improve my writing, cursive and typing”
“To take more deep breaths and connect”
“Break into area 51 and steal a mech” (DRE note: I am not too ‘area 51’ hip so it looks like you want to steal a mech, which may or may not be what you want to steal – good luck regardless of my interpretation!)
“Beat two PS2 Games!!”
“to get a bunny and to treat my pets better”
“I will finish my porch renovation project.”
“I hope I Will be a Karate Master.”
“To score more touchdowns in football”
“To have more fun”
“To get better grades in reading”
“I want to get better at gymnas”
“My New Year’s Rezalution is to plant flowers in the spring” (DRE note: in case you missed the spring, fall bulb planting is a BLAST and you can find awesome (1/2 price) plants that somehow were left behind this spring at nurseries that would be happy to join your home garden this fall!)
“Health Travel Retirement”
“To make the High Honor Role.”
“To eat more trash”
“I want my cat to live until her 20th birthday!”
“I had a birthday”
“My resolution is to be more patient.”
“try new foods”
“I hope that I can participate in Math more.”
“Stay Healthy – Travel, See family, Work week, get back to the gym, Partner up, Fix up the gardens.”
“I will be better at math.”
“Help Church Community settle into new bldg”
“1. be nicer to my husband 2. Have more fun”
“My new years resolution is to hit 3 homerunns in the majors.”
“Learn to let people love me”
“ I want to get a dog in 2007.”
“more flexible”
“to eat better foods like veggies and fruits not to lie”
“Im gonna have more partys”
“make a tredmil when you run on it it creats execticaty  don’t have time to explane.”
“I resolve to be more patient”
“To take more care of my pets”
“To Find My Center”
“To eat more cheese and to get better in math”
“I don’t care”
“I want to earn 2 more Karate belts”
“To Relax”
“My resolution is to become healthier + feel better + better!”
“I will eat four grapes a day.” (DRE note: even if you missed some days, you could double or triple up to catch up and do maybe 8 or 12 a day until it balances out!)
“ I would like to exercise more!”
“to get rid of Bush. Bush = monkey”
“To make High honer Roll”
“I will do a 360 off a ski jump”
“Help to reduce global warming” (DRE note: you may want to connect to the people making the tredmil and planting!)
“Exercise more Be more organized”
“I wot to clene my room”
“YOGA”
“To make High Honors In School.”
“I don’t have a resulution”
“Next year I want to be better at football and be better at math.”(DRE note: Now’s the time – it is “next year”.  YOU CAN DO IT! I believe in you!)
“Go on the cruse in the summer”
“Get better in Math”
“To laugh – hearty every day” (DRE note: the grapes trick can work for this one, too. So in case you didn’t laugh hearty everyday since Jan. 2007, you can laugh hearty many times a day from today until Dec. 31 2007 to catch up!)
“My reseloution is to eat more chese”
“My resolution is to learn much more”
“To make a resolution next year.”

It is exciting to read all of your resolutions! If they have happened, consider taking a moment to look at yourself in the mirror and be proud of what you accomplished! YAHOOO…YIPEEE…YOU DID IT! If you missed a day here or there, that is totally cool, too, because you are trying. Some people don’t know how great it is to hope, to have an idea, or to get excited about making something happen! What is really amazing is that you can ALWAYS pick up where you left off…you don’t have to “give up”! You can wake up each day and start the resolution again, even if you forgot it or some days it seemed too hard or you were too busy! You have months left to enjoy your resolution so have fun! Give it a try! BE PROUD of all that you have done whether it is completed, in between, stalled or just beginning! You are TERRIFIC!

And for your at home calendars (especially to support those resolutions of being more organized!):

NEW JUNIOR CHOIR – COME MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE!

Do your kids like music?  Do they like to play musical games?  Do  they like to laugh?  We're forming a musical group for kids called  jUUnior choir.  jUUnior choir is for anyone in grades 1—4  who is interested in singing, movement, musical games, and FUN!  We will meet the second and fourth Sundays of each month in the Old Community Hall, from 11:45 am - 12:45 pm, starting September 23.  Don't worry, we'll have snacks.  This group will be led by Sharyn Taitz and Beth Murray.  We ask that the kids come directly from their RE classes to  the Old Community Hall.   For more information, contact Sharyn  or Beth .  Otherwise, tell your kids to get ready to sing.  We'll see you on September 23rd!