TUUC WEEKLY NEWS
[FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2012]
LEA GILMORE CONCERT
TUUC choir members and other TUUC singers will perform with the world-renowned Blues and Gospel singer, Lea Gilmore, this coming Friday, February 3, at 8 PM. The concert is part of the Common Ground on the Hill series at Brown Memorial Woodbrook Presbyterian Church, 6200 North Charles Street. Lea made a memorable appearance at a TUUC Sunday service a few years ago when she had the entire congregation up and singing their hearts out! Her singing career has taken her from music festivals and concert halls in the U.S. to the cathedrals of Europe. This promises to be a night of deep soul, swinging harmony, and passionate vocals that will sweep you away! Call 410-857-2771 for more information. Tickets and concert information available online at www.CommonGroundOnTheHill.org
The Common Ground on the Hill
Baltimore Concert
Series
Presented by Brown
Memorial Woodbrook Presbyterian Church
Lea Gilmore and Friends
Featuring Eric Byrd and Bhagwan Khalsa
Showtime 8:00 PM
Seating begins at 7:30 PM
Directions click here
*All
tickets purchased online will be available for pick-up at Will-Call the day of
the show*
Admission: $19, $17 Students, Seniors 65+ and teens
[SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2012]
SUNDAY SERVICE – FEBRUARY 5, 2012 @ 9:30 & 11:15 AM
Annual Youth Group Service
One of the more interesting and illuminating services TUUC presents each year is the one developed and presented by the high schoolers of TUUC's Youth Group. Each year, they offer a new perspective on timely issues relevant to their perception of the world and their place in it. This year, the Youth Group has chosen to use the music of the Beatles as a prism through which they'll examine what matters most to them at this place and time in their lives. They'll give us a glimpse of the world through their eyes and share their commitment to make it a more just and peaceful place. Come see tomorrow's leaders today, truly in the process of Becoming, and share in their hope for the future.
[YOUTH RELIGIOUS EXPLORATION]
REMINDER! Last chance to bring in a 24-oz jar of spaghetti sauce and $5 donation (optional) on our Build a Lasagna day on February 12. Volunteers are needed to take prepared lasagnas home, cook them, and return them to our freezers by February 26. Frozen lasagnas will be donated to Our Daily Bread. Our goal is 50 lasagnas.
PreK/Kindergarten Celebrating Me and My World will do a lesson from their curriculum.
K/1st Grade Picturebook Bible Session 5 of PBUU: To Everything There is a Season.
2nd-4th Grades Timeless Themes Session 20: In this lesson children learn the story of Job and talk about why bad things happen to good people.
5th/6th Grade Bibleodeon Session 16: The class finishes discussion of Solomon and the Book of Proverbs, particularly as it relates to obedience.
Coming of Age is invited to attend the entire service presented by YRUU. Please remind your tween that there will be NO CLASS downstairs. They are not allowed to leave the service unless a parent accompanies (other than to use the restroom). Hanging out downstairs with friends is not an option. Please save the date: this group will have a social event at TUIUC on 2/12 from 7 -9 pm with food and games and time to hang out with friends. More info to come in class email.
YRUU will be upstairs presenting the service. All teens participating should plan to get to TUUC by 9 am in order to set up for the service. Contact one the adult advisors if an emergency prevents your teen from being at both services.
Reminder! Children 4th grade and younger must stay in their classroom until a parent comes to get them.
There will be a screening of the award-winning documentary, The Greater Good, on Friday, February 10, from 7 to9 PM. The documentary explores both sides of the childhood vaccine controversy. Admission is free. There will be a brief Q and A session following the screening. For more information, contact Emily Tarsell at 410-472-1466.
The RE Youth Art Exhibition will be held in the church's Gallery Unicorn from April 1 to May 6. The show will be hung on March 27. Artwork must be ready to hang and include name and age of the articst. If you have suggestions or questions about the show, you can contact Emily Tarsell at tarsell@comcast.net or Gail Ogin atghogin2001@yahoo.com .
EDENWALD REMEMBERS
Today, Sunday, February 5, 2012, 2 PM at TUUC
Edenwald Remembers: In honor of the seventieth anniversary of Pearl Harbor last December, four actors will present memoirs from the Edenwald Community. The memoirists include veterans and those left at the home front. Songs from the era are included in the performance. Join Edenwald
and TUUC in remembering World War II and those who lived through it.
[NOTICES]
AGING TOGETHER
We will meet Tuesday, February 21, at 1 PM at the church. The topic of discussion will be “Books and Other Writings That Have Influenced Our Lives”. All are welcome.
AN OLD FRIEND
Those who knew Michele and Richard Griffiths at TUUC in the 1980’s and 90’s will be interested to know that they have returned to this part of the country and would love to hear from old friends. Richard’s work with NASA has brought them back to the Alexandria, VA area; they attend All Souls Church, Unitarian, in DC. As Michele’s glioblastoma has impaired her eyesight, the best way to contact her is by email, which her computer is equipped to read to her. Contact info. follows:
mumg2004@yahoo.com 703-548-3239 900 Pendleton St. Alexandria, VA 22314
BOOK NOOK
The Book Nook will off a special 'Kids' and Classics Sale' on Sunday, Feb. 12 If you have gently used children's or teens' books you'd like to donate, please do so ASAP so we can get them priced before the sale. The classics offered will be varied and many may be school, or college-assigned reading. We also accept games & puzzles for this sale, if in good condition. Thank you all!
CORRECTION
The calendar published in the February 2012 Threshold mistakenly listed the February PFLAG meeting as Tuesday, February 21. The correct date is Tuesday, February 28
at 7 PM. My bad! Nancy
GALLERY UNICORN
Gallery Unicorn presents the annual TUUC Members Art Exhibition this month through February 12, 2012.
IMBOLC SERVICE
Imbolc is the Celtic Festival of the Maiden, honoring the Goddess Brigid and celebrating the early signs of spring. In addition to giving the Imbolc service on February 19, the Towson Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans will be holding an Imbolc ritual and formal group initiation at TUUC on Sunday, February 5, at 4:30 PM. If you are interested in joining the group and/or the ritual, please contact Dawn Dirks at 434-826-0535 or Karyn Marsh at 443-226-9015 for more information and to RSVP.
KAUFMAN MEMORIAL SERVICE
The memorial service for Alex Kaufman will be on Saturday, February 25, at 3 PM at TUUC.
PASTORAL CARE:
TUUC is here to help.
If you are going through a difficult time, please consider talking to a Lay Pastoral Associate. Lay Pastoral Associates extend the care of the church through a ministry of presence to individuals experiencing: Major life changes, such as birth, adoption, loss of job, divorce, retirement, death of a family member or friend; Health problems, illness, or hospitalization; Isolation because of age or caring for aging parents. TUUC's Lay Pastoral Associates are: Adan Ayala, Mary Beth Brizzolara,
Jan Chapin, Amanda Kilian, Pete Talley, and Emily Tarsell. If you would like to speak with a Lay Pastoral Associate, please call the Church Office, 410-825-6045, and
Mickie Grover will connect you; or, talk to one the associates at coffee hour.
SAVE THE DATE & SAVE LIVES
TUUC's next American Red Cross Blood Drive will be on Saturday, March 17, 2012 - St. Patrick's Day. Our previous drives were very successful, and it would be wonderful to have such good participation at this drive, too! With March 17th coming up fast, please check your calendar and consider donating blood at our drive. We've set up a large appointment sign-up sheet in the church lobby, so stop by and pick an appointment time between 9 AM and 3 PM. Please contact Barry Marsh if you'd like to donate blood and/or help out on the day of the drive. Give the Gift of Life - Give Blood!
TUUC CONCERTS PRESENTS
Febuary 11 – Our own Joe Gascho and Marianna Mujica will open the evening with some jazz standards, including Gershwin tunes and Gershwin piano solos. The main act is the Chalice Messengers. Come hear the swinging and grooving sounds of the Chalice Messengers jazz sextet. The Messengers were founded in 2007 as part of the Jazz Program at the UU Congregation of Columbia (MD). Their repertoire includes jazz classics from the swing and bebop era, originals, and selections from the Great American Songbook. And be sure to bring your dancing shoes! Personnel are: Tom Benjamin (tenor sax and clarinet), Al McLaine (bass), Mark McPherson (drums), Tom Monroe (piano, tenor sax and flute), John Shea (alto sax) and Jim Stivers (guitar), along with some special guest vocalists.
Cover: $20 DOOR or ADVANCE BY 2/6 $15.00 adults/$10 students /$40 family. Please bring something to share. Potluck starts at 6:30 PM and the show runs from 7 PM to 10 PM. Call TUUC at 410-825-6045 for additional information or contact Tish Michel at concerts@towsonuuc.org
[CALENDAR] For info on all the happenings at TUUC go to: http://my.calendars.net/towsonuuc
OPEN DISCUSSION GROUP – SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5 @ 12:30 PM
Open Discussion Group will meet Sunday at 12:30 PM after the service. All are welcome!
SUNDAY SERVICE – FEBRUARY 12, 2012 @ 9:30 & 11:15 AM
TUUC Giants: Past and Future
Next week the nation
celebrates Presidents' Day. How appropriate then to review some of TUUC's
past presidents (giants if you will) and their contributions and what lessons
we can learn for our future success. Service will be led by Paul Konka,
Finance Council Head and Chair of the Operations Team.
ANITA GREGORY BOOK GROUP – TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7 @ 2 PM
This month’s selection will be Animal Farm, by George Orwell, a wise, compassionate, and illuminating fable for our times.
TUUC SINGLES POTLUCK – SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18 @ 6 PM
Come join us for food, fun and friendship. Our host for the event will be Ronald Rowley. To RSVP and to get directions, call Ronald. He is listed in the church directory.
PFLAG – TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28 @ 7 PM
This group is for everyone: parents of LGBT (Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, and Transgender) children, grandparents, friends and straight allies, and LGBT no matter your age. Please join us. For further information or questions please send email to PFLAGbaltimorecounty@gmail.com . All are welcome.
EVENING BOOK GROUP – WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7 @ 7:30 PM
We’ll be discussing Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand. On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Force bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared. It was that of a young lieutenant, the plane’s bombardier, who was struggling to a life raft and pulling himself aboard. So began one of the most extraordinary odysseys of the Second World War. Contact Carel Hedlund (info in directory) if any questions.
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