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Day & Date Program
Sun., Sept. 2

10 am, Forum with Jason Thornton: Myths from Many Cultures

Wed., Sept. 5

7pm, Meditation, led by John Churchill

Sat., Sept. 8

9:30 am, All-church Clean-up! Much more fun with more people, so dress scruffy and please come help.

Sun., Sept. 9

9:30 Forum with Barb Blom
10:30am Service with Barb Blom: Water Communion and In-Gathering
Please bring a bit of water from your summer travels as we gather together for a new church year.
11:30: Welcome back brunch
12:30: Brief Congregational Meeting
1 pm: Meeting with Barb Blom on Small Group Ministry

Sun. 9/16

9:30 Forum with Chris Ogden: Sharing Personal Stories of Our Church History

10:30 Service with Len Ralston: 200 Years of Unitarianism and Universalism in Cortland

Sun. 9/23

9:30 Forum:

10:30 Service with Barb Blom: The Long Hard Road

Sun. 9/30

9:30 Forum with John Ogden: "Media in Our Lives"

10:30 Service with John Ogden: "The Media, Reason and Democracy"

Wed. 10/3

7pm Meditation

Sun. 10/7

9:30 Forum: Our Christian Roots (famous Unitarians & Universalists)

10:30 Service with Barb Blom: Food for an Open Mind

Sat. 10/13

5:30 pm. Harvest Supper

Sun. 10/14

9:30 Forum with Dick Benchley: Who Were the Unitarians and the Universalists and Where Did They Come From?

10:30 Service with Dick Benchley: Ralph Waldo Emerson and Clara Barton

Kids will be planting spring bulbs on the grounds.

Sat. 10/20

4-7 pm. Downtown Arts Trail and Organ Crawl

Organ Venues & Schedule of Organ Concerts October 20:

St. Mary’s Church, 59 N. Main Street, 4 pm
Unitarian Universalist Church, 3 Church Street, 4:40 pm
United Community Church, 19 Church Street, 5:10 pm
United Presbyterian Church, 25 Church Street, 5:40 pm
Grace Episcopal Church, 13 Court Street, 6:20 pm

Sponsored by the Cortland Downtown Partnership and the Cultural Council of Cortland County.

Sun. 10/21

9:30 Forum led by Barb: The world of Jesus, what was life like in Jesus' time?

10:30 Service with Barb Blom: Two Parables For the Twenty-First Century

Sat. 10/27

6:30 pm. Halloween Party for adults and children. The theme is Harry Potter. Everyone is encouraged to wear costumes, though they are not required, and you need not know anything about Harry Potter to come and enjoy the activities.

Sun. 10/28

9:30 Forum with Rev. Tim Behrendt: Coping With Fear As A Destabilizer, Personally, Nationally and Internationally

10:30 Service with Rev. Tim Behrendt and Peggy Spencer: Self-Management and the Religious Journey

Sat. 11/3

7-9pm Dr. John Kaltner will be speaking on 'What Everyone Should Know About Islam' at St. Anthony's Parish Hall, 50 Pomeroy Street Cortland, NY

Sun. 11/4

9:30 Forum with Laurie Tinkham: Communication Differences

10:30 Service with John Churchill: Are we Elitists?

Wed. 11/7

7pm Meditation

7pm at SUNY Cortland: When Bad Things Happen to Good People
in the Exhibition Lounge of Corey Union. Panelists of several faiths will address crises of all kinds; free and open to the public.
Panelists:

  • Dr. Marie Agen, Catholic Campus Minister, SUNY Cortland
  • Dr. Andrew Fitz-Gibbon, Philosopher-Theologian, SUNY Cortland
  • Dr. Sanford Gutman, Professor of History, Jewish Chaplain, SUNY Cortland
  • Dr. Kassim Kone, Anthropologist, Muslim, SUNY Cortland
  • Rev. Don Wilcox, Protestant Campus Minister, SUNY Cortland
Fri. 11/9

7 pm Susquehanna String Band will be performing traditional music from America and the British Isles that the whole family will enjoy. $10 per person or $15 per family, proceeds to benefit UU Cortland

Sun. 11/11

9:30 Forum

10:30 Service with Barb Blom

Wed. 11/14

7-9pm An Evening with Psychic Intuitive Coleen Shaughnessy - a fun, interactive evening where Coleen will do readings for the audience. Admission $20, or $15 with a canned food donation. A portion of the admission fee will be donated to the U.U. Church of Cortland.

Sat. 11/17

UU Cortland Thanksgiving Dinner and CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) dish to pass Harvest dinner; Gather at 5:30 pm, Dinner around 6pm

Sun. 11/18

9:30 Forum with Kim: Gratitude

10:30 Service: Barb Blom (Guest at Your Table Sunday)

Fri. 11/23

11am Child Dedication for Adelyn Zipp
and New Member Welcoming ceremony for Aaron and Sarah Zipp

Sun. 11/25

9:30 Forum with Julia Schult: Faults & Flaws, Living with our Imperfections

10:30 Service: Julia Schult: Playing Well With Others (Who Think Differently Than You)

Sat. 12/1

7 pm, PFLAG (Parents, Family and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) movie night in the church Social Hall (basement)

Sun. 12/2

9:30 Forum: Family Traditions

10:30 Service with Barb Blom on Remembering; Membership Sunday

Wed. 12/5

7pm Meditation

Sun. 12/9

9:30 Forum with Jena Curtis

10:30 Service with Jena Curtis: Sunday of Joy: Welcoming Joyfulness in Everyday Life

Noon: Bringing in the Greens (decorating the church) and rehearsal for Children's Holiday Service

Sun. 12/16

9:30 Forum with Jason Thornton

10:30 Service: Children's Holiday Service

Noon: Holiday brunch and party

Fri. 12/21

7 pm Solstice celebration with Chris and John Ogden

Sun. 12/23

9:30 Forum with Elizabeth Fraser

10:30 Service: Caroling (Hymn Sing and Favorite Readings)

5 pm Candlelit Service of Remembrance

Mon. 12/24

6 pm. Car pool at church to Christmas Eve service at Sage Chapel at Cornell. (The Ogdens will coordinate this.)

Sun. 12/30

9:30 Forum with Chris Ogden: When Doing Nothing Is OK

10:30 Service: Barb Blom

Wed. 1/2

7pm Meditation

Sun. 1/6

9:30 Forum with Jason Thornton: The Lost Art of Imagination

10:30 Service with Barb Blom: The Gift of our Enemy

Noon: New Year's brunch

Sun. 1/13

9:30 Forum with John Ogden: Coping with situations that take us out of our comfort zone

10:30 Service with Sam Weeks: Comfort Zone - inspired in part by his experiences working with a school and orphanage in Zambia

Sat. 1/19

7 pm Movie night in the Social Hall

Sun. 1/20

9:30 Forum:

10:30 Service: Barb Blom

Please bring Guest At Your Table boxes if you have them.

Sun. 1/27

9:30 Forum with Dick Benchley

Service Postponed 2 weeks because the furnace broke!

Sat. 2/2

2pm Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration, including a children's music program with Kim and Reggie Harris

6 pm Showing of the movie Sicko, with discussion afterwords

Sun. 2/3

9:30 Forum with Rebecca Elgie and Bernie Fetterly, local health care reform activists from the Tompkins County Health Care Task Force

10:30 Service with Barb Blom: Health Care, A Moral Issue

Sat. 2/9 Canvass Kick-off Dinner is POSTPONED to Feb. 23
Sun. 2/10

9:30 Forum with Jean Wittman

10:30 Service with Dick Benchley: In the Beginnings
Brief congregational meeting after the service to vote on Jim U. as an Alternate to the Board

3pm Slideshow Update of An Inconvenient Truth
presented by Susan Galbraith, one of 1000 presenters trained by Al Gore to present his updated slideshow.
Donations for the UU Church will be collected at the door: $5 each person recommended.

Sun. 2/17

9:30 Forum (discussion) on out of body experiences

10:30 Service with Barb Blom: Who Are We, Really?

Sat. 2/23 6pm Canvass Kick-off Cook-off Dinner!
Sun. 2/24

9:30 Forum with John Ogden

10:30 Service with John Ogden: Confessions of a Would-be Mystic

Sat. 3/1

2pm An Afternoon with Mark Shaughnessy, Animal Totem Reader
Mark will provide readings for the audience. $15 at the door (church fundraiser)

Sun. 3/2

9:30 Forum: the role of woman in the ancient world, based on the UU "Cakes For the Queen of Heaven" curriculum

10:30 Service with Barb Blom: Hagar, The Egyptian (the only woman in the Bible who is reported to speak with God)

Sun. 3/9

9:30 Forum with Kim Allen: Questions on the Path to Self Discovery

10:30 Service with Paul Griffin: Living Deliberately (as envisioned by Thoreau)

Sat. 3/15 4 pm The St. Patrick's Four, Faith Based Activism: Four people who were jailed for protesting the start of the Iraq War. They spent six months in federal prison, and have been to Iraq - they are very interesting to listen to whether you agree with their tactics or not.
Sun. 3/16

9:30 Forum with the St. Patrick Four Activists on the faith-based Peace Movement

10:30 Service with Barb Blom: Of Donkeys and Palms

Mon. 3/17

7 pm Adult RE program with Barb Blom and John Ogden: "Spirit in Practice"

Fri. 3/21 7 pm. Spring Equinox Celebration (with Paul Speight)
Sun. 3/23

9:30 Forum on times when we faced great trials only to later emerge stronger and wiser

10:30 Service with Barb Blom: The Journeying River (the season of rebirth)

Mon. 3/24

7 pm Adult RE program with Barb Blom and John Ogden: "Spirit in Practice"

Sat. 3/29 April Fool Dinner at 6 pm
Sun. 3/30

9:30 Forum: Sharing Funny Family Stories

10:30 Annual Humor Service: The Wisdom of Politics and Government

Mon. 3/31

7 pm Adult RE program with Barb Blom and John Ogden: "Spirit in Practice"

Sun. 4/6

9:30 Forum on the words of Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama's controversial minister, in the light of Martin Luther' King's legacy four decades after his death

10:30 Service Justice Sunday (Social Responsibility Committee) with Joyce Morgan and Intern Minister Barbara E Blom
Special guest musician Colleen Kateau will perform and lead songs of social justice

Mon. 4/7

7 pm Adult RE program with Barb Blom and John Ogden: "Spirit in Practice"

Sun. 4/13

9:30 Forum: Compassionate Nonviolent Communication

10:30 Service with Barb Blom: Fire, Ready, Aim (Community-building aspects of church)

Brunch following the service
Noon: Important Congregational Meeting

Mon. 4/14

7 pm Adult RE program with Barb Blom and John Ogden: "Spirit in Practice"

Wed. 4/16

7-9pm An Evening with Psychic Intuitive Coleen Shaughnessy - a fun, interactive evening where Coleen will do readings for the audience. Admission $20; a portion of the admission fee will be donated to the U.U. Church of Cortland.

Sun. 4/20

9:30 Forum (discussion): What is Sacred to Us About The Earth

10:30 Service with Paul Speight: Celebrating Earth Day with a Kava Kava Tea Ceremony

Sun. 4/27

9:30 Forum will be an opportunity for some fun "team building." Dress comfortably!

10:30 Service with Barb Blom: Celebrating Spring!
New Membership Sunday

Sun. 5/4

9:30 Forum with Sandi Marcin: Traveling Altars and How to Make One

10:30 Service with Sandi Marcin: Celebration of Beltane

Noon - Maypole & Morris May Celebration

1pm - Holocaust Remembrance: Fred Voss, Holocaust Survivor, will talk about his experience

Fri. 5/9

Evening: Peace March stop on the way from Ithaca to Fort Drum.
Collen Kateau will provide music and testimony from soldiers and veterans will be presented.
Please provide food for the marchers on Friday night and Saturday morning if you can.

Sun. 5/11

9:30 Forum: discussion of World Events

10:30 Service with Barb Blom: Mother's Day (bring a memento of your mother if you wish)

Pledge Sunday - bring your pledge card if you haven't sent it!

Sun. 5/18

9:30 Forum: discussion of gender roles

10:30 Service with Barb Blom: Gender Bender

A very important Congregational Meeting will be held after the service to discuss ministerial options for next year.

Mon. 5/19

7-8:30 pm in the RE room: Adult Religious Education - "Spirit in Practice" over five Mondays. You need not have attended any previous classes to benefit from attending; each lesson does not depend upon the previous ones.

Sun. 5/25

9:30 Forum with Aaron Payson

10:30 Service with Aaron Payson

Mon. 5/26

7-8:30 pm in the RE room: Adult Religious Education - "Spirit in Practice" over five Mondays. You need not have attended any previous classes to benefit from attending; each lesson does not depend upon the previous ones.

Sun. 6/1

9:30 Forum: discussion of transformation and gratitude

10:30 Service with Barb Blom: What is in a Name?
Flower Service - bring a flower!

Mon. 6/2

7-8:30 pm in the RE room: Adult Religious Education - "Spirit in Practice" over five Mondays. You need not have attended any previous classes to benefit from attending; each lesson does not depend upon the previous ones.

Sun. 6/8

9:30 Forum with Monty Berman: Living In - and From - the Emergent Present

10:30 Service with Monty Berman: A Belief is a Belief is a Belief: This I Dearly Believe

Mon. 6/9

7-8:30 pm in the RE room: Adult Religious Education - "Spirit in Practice" over five Mondays. You need not have attended any previous classes to benefit from attending; each lesson does not depend upon the previous ones.

Sat. 6/14

9 am until done: Cleanup Day! Please come and hammer, paint, vacuum, or wipe down. If we have 11 or more people at 11 am, Julie S. will buy everyone pizza for lunch!

Sun. 6/15

9:30 Forum with Tim Behrendt

10:30 Service with Tim Behrendt and Peggy Spencer

Sat. 6/21 7 pm. Celebration of Summer Solstice
Sun. 6/22

9:30 Forum

10:30 Service with John Churchill

12:30 Annual Meeting (Congregational vote on trustees and budget)

Sun. 6/29

9:30 Forum

10:30 Service with Barb Blom


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