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| Sun., Sept. 2 | 10 am, Forum with Jason Thornton: Myths from Many Cultures |
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| Wed., Sept. 5 | 7pm, Meditation, led by John Churchill |
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| Sat., Sept. 8 | 9:30 am, All-church Clean-up! Much more fun with more people, so dress scruffy and please come help. |
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| Sun., Sept. 9 | 9:30 Forum with Barb Blom |
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| 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 |
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| Sun. 9/23 | 9:30 Forum: 10:30 Service with Barb Blom: The Long Hard Road |
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| Sun. 9/30 | 9:30 Forum with John Ogden: "Media in Our Lives" 10:30 Service with John Ogden: "The Media, Reason and Democracy" |
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| Wed. 10/3 | 7pm Meditation |
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| Sun. 10/7 | 9:30 Forum: Our Christian Roots (famous Unitarians & Universalists) 10:30 Service with Barb Blom: Food for an Open Mind |
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| Sat. 10/13 | 5:30 pm. Harvest Supper |
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| 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. |
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| 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 Sponsored by the Cortland Downtown Partnership and the Cultural Council of Cortland County. |
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Sun. 11/4 | 9:30 Forum with Laurie Tinkham: Communication Differences
10:30 Service with John Churchill: Are we Elitists? |
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| Wed. 11/7 | 7pm Meditation 7pm at SUNY Cortland: When Bad Things Happen to Good People |
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| 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 |
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| Sun. 11/11 | 9:30 Forum
10:30 Service with Barb Blom |
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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. |
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| 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 |
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| Sun. 11/18 | 9:30 Forum with Kim: Gratitude 10:30 Service: Barb Blom (Guest at Your Table Sunday) |
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| Fri. 11/23 | 11am Child Dedication for Adelyn Zipp |
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| 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) |
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| Sat. 12/1 | 7 pm, PFLAG (Parents, Family and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) movie night in the church Social Hall (basement) |
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| Sun. 12/2 | 9:30 Forum: Family Traditions 10:30 Service with Barb Blom on Remembering; Membership Sunday |
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| Wed. 12/5 | 7pm Meditation |
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| 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 |
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| Sun. 12/16 | 9:30 Forum with Jason Thornton
10:30 Service: Children's Holiday Service
Noon: Holiday brunch and party |
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| Fri. 12/21 | 7 pm Solstice celebration with Chris and John Ogden |
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| Sun. 12/23 | 9:30 Forum with Elizabeth Fraser
10:30 Service: Caroling (Hymn Sing and Favorite Readings)
5 pm Candlelit Service of Remembrance |
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| Mon. 12/24 | 6 pm. Car pool at church to Christmas Eve service at Sage Chapel at Cornell. (The Ogdens will coordinate this.) |
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| Sun. 12/30 | 9:30 Forum with Chris Ogden: When Doing Nothing Is OK
10:30 Service: Barb Blom |
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| Wed. 1/2 | 7pm Meditation |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Sat. 1/19 | 7 pm Movie night in the Social Hall |
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| Sun. 1/20 | 9:30 Forum:
10:30 Service: Barb Blom Please bring Guest At Your Table boxes if you have them. |
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| Sun. 1/27 | 9:30 Forum with Dick Benchley
Service Postponed 2 weeks because the furnace broke! |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 3pm Slideshow Update of An Inconvenient Truth |
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| Sun. 2/17 | 9:30 Forum (discussion) on out of body experiences
10:30 Service with Barb Blom: Who Are We, Really? |
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| 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 |
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| Sat. 3/1 | 2pm An Afternoon with Mark Shaughnessy, Animal Totem Reader |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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 |
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| 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) |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Mon. 4/14 | 7 pm Adult RE program with Barb Blom and John Ogden: "Spirit in Practice" | |
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. |
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| 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 |
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| 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!
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| 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 |
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| Fri. 5/9 | Evening: Peace March stop on the way from Ithaca to Fort Drum. |
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| 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! |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Sun. 5/25 | 9:30 Forum with Aaron Payson
10:30 Service with Aaron Payson |
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| 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. |
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| Sun. 6/1 | 9:30 Forum: discussion of transformation and gratitude
10:30 Service with Barb Blom: What is in a Name? |
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| 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. |
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| 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
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| 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. |
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| 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! |
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| Sun. 6/15 | 9:30 Forum with Tim Behrendt
10:30 Service with Tim Behrendt and Peggy Spencer |
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| Sat. 6/21 | 7 pm. Celebration of Summer Solstice | |
| Sun. 6/22 | 9:30 Forum
10:30 Service with John Churchill |
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| Sun. 6/29 | 9:30 Forum
10:30 Service with Barb Blom |
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