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since summer is here:
The
Wilderness World of John Muir
By John Muir
During
John Muir's extraordinary life as a conservationist, he traveled
through most of the American wilderness alone and on foot, without a gun
or a sleeping bag. In 1903, while on a three-day camping trip with
President Theodore Roosevelt, he convinced the president of the
importance of a national conservation program, and he is given major
credit for saving the Grand Canyon and Arizona's Petrified Forest.
Muir's writing, based on journals he kept throughout his life, gives our
generation a picture of an America still wild and unsettled only one
hundred years ago. Edwin Way Teale has collected here the best of Muir's
writing, selected from all of his major works, including MY FIRST
SUMMER IN THE SIERRA and TRAVELS IN ALASKA. THE WILDERNESS WORLD OF JOHN
MUIR provides "reading that is often magnificent, thrilling, exciting,
breathtaking, and awe-inspiring" (Kirkus Reviews).
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Ongoing Fellowship EventsPlease Use your S.H.A.R.E.S. Card
at Save-Mart, Our Fellowship is participating in the
Save-Mart S.H.A.R.E.S program. If you take one of our S.H.A.R.E.S.
cards and give it to the clerk at the check-out counter, our
Fellowship will receive 3% of your grocery purchases from
Save-Mart, at no extra cost to you. Please get your own
S.H.A.R.E.S. card from Jolene. And... bring your receipts for the
Raffle!
Friday
UU Visalia Social Lunch
Group, Join us every Friday at 12:15
p.m.for lunch - we'll
be visiting different locations each week! If you'd like to attend,
contact Harold at 739-8527 or email harold@uuvisalia.org
to be added
to our weekly notification list.Join Our Choir The Choir
practices at 4 PM for rehearsal on several designated Sundays each
month. If you are interested in joining the choir, contact Ken
Elias at kelias@prodigy.net or phone: (559) 561-0610.
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Worship Service Calendar
Dear UU
friends;
As many of you know, during the summer
we have traditionally
offered a more informal type of service. In keeping with this relaxed
time of year, the worship committee thought it would be fun to share
multicultural stories from the book titled Stories in Faith:
Exploring our UU Principles and Sources Through Wisdom Tales by
Forsyth-Vail and Hurd. We plan to share these stories every Sunday
throughout the summer. In the
introduction to their book the authors describe the purpose of
these
tales.
"We share our understanding of what it means to be
human in groups and storytelling is a primary vehicle for this sharing.
Stories reflect the wisdom and experience of the community. They are
meant to be told and retold. Unitarian Universalism is a living
tradition. We
believe that revelation is neither fixed nor complete: there is much
more spiritual truth yet to be discovered. One of the ways we discover
this truth is in the dialogue between stories of the past and challenges
of the present. Stories acquire overtones, for tellers and listeners,
that give insights into life's meaning and purpose."
You and your family are invited to
participate in the
discussions which will follow the reading of the story, and to
share
your own family stories which relate to the topic of the day.
-
Anna Garcia, Worship Team Chair
June 6, "The Brementown Musicians", Story for
the 1st UU Principle (The inherent worth and dignity of every
person), Discussion leader
April Hill.
June 13, This Sunday we
are very pleased to have Jim Scott as
our
guest speaker and musical performer, you will find more
information
about our guest in another section of this newsletter.
June 20, "Creation", Story for the 2nd UU
Principle (Justice, Equity
and Compassion), discussion leader is
David Hodges.
June 27, "Jack and the Northwest Wind", Story
for the
3rd UU Principle {Acceptance of one another and encouragement to
spiritual growth} - discussion leader
Dorothy Osak. The Social
Justice Team meets after the potluck on the second Sunday of the
month. The Worship Team
after potluck on the third Sunday of the month. The Communications Team meets on the
third Sunday of the month at 10 AM. Visitors are cordially
invited to join us for a buffet supper and fellowship immediately
following the 5:00pm Worship Service. Please Note - Service topics are subject to
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Jim Scott
- UU Musician  |
Jim Scott
UU Musician here on June 13
Composer, guitarist
and singer Jim Scott will be our special guest at our Fellowship on June
13, 2010. Don't miss this special event!
Several of Jim's
songs are in our UU
Hymnbooks, including the much loved Gather the Spirit." Formerly a
member of the Paul Winter Consort and co-composer of their Missa
Gaia/Earth Mass, Jim has toured the world, recorded a number of CDs of
original music and published a growing line of choral works. Jim
helped
create the "Green Sanctuary" program for churches to become more
sustainable, and has gathered and written the "Earth and Spirit
Songbook," a collection of 110 songs of Earth and peace by many
contemporary composers. A former board member of the UU Musicians
Network, Jim has long been at the forefront of the movement for new
music in the denomination.
He has lead courses in Improvisation at
such prestigious music schools as Oberlin College and has a knack for
putting participants in touch with their innate creativity power of
musical
expression.
Years of activism are
reflected in Jim's work. His songs,
poetry and short stories address issues of ecology, justice and peace
with insight and gentle wit. For all his varied professional
background, it is Jim's lyrical songs that remain his greatest
offering. He transforms any size audience into an intimate
gathering
with a guitar skill and disarming presence that inspires and educates.
From
songs andchoral music
to soundtracks for documentaries and the PBS series Body and
Soul, Jim has made music with a depth of artistry and
craft that separates his art from that of many other singer
songwriters. His musical "The Tree and Me" has been
given full cast productions in Jamestown NY and Albion MI. A whole line
of Jim's choral compositions and his book of guitar technique "All
Scales in All Positions" are published by Hal Leonard Corp.
Jim
helped to create the "Green Sanctuary" program and accompanying handbook
for building an ecological/spiritual awareness in church
congregations. He performs many benefit concerts and often appears
at
events, supporting environmental and peace causes with his
music.
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UU Visalia Fellowship News
June 2010
Newly Elected Officers
Members
of the UU Fellowship of Visalia elected new officers for the upcoming
2010-2011 Fellowship year. Congratulations to:
President - Marilyn Giese
Vice-President - April Hill
Secretary - Katherine Singh
Treasurer - Janet Wood
Past President - Harold Wood
The
newly elected board is already working on appointments for our various
committees in such areas as Community Impact & Change, Life-Span
Learning, Sunday Services, Membership, and Administration. Please
contact new President Marilyn Giese if you are interested in serving on a
committee.
Audio Recording from
UU Visalia President Marilyn Giese
If you missed Marilyn
Giese's presentation on May 31, you can listen to her 29 minute
presentation on our website. Her topic was: Planning and Maintaining a Garden for The Spirit -
Musings on spiritual development and growth for our congregation.
You can download or listen to the mp3 audio recording of her
presentation file here:
http://www.uuvisalia.org/uuv_multimedia.html
Pledge Letters Received - Thanks to
everyone who submitted their pledges - this helps us plan our budget for
the 2010-2011 fiscal year.
Fellowship History. We would like to write up a
history to post on the web and to format as a pamphlet. Do you have old
documents, newsletters, photos, news clippigs? Please contact a
Board member if you are interested. For more info, see:
A flyer announcing a new project on
congregational histories led by the Unitarian Universalist Historical
Society.
http://www.uua.org/documents/uuhs/create_cong_histories.pdf
Please Label Ingredients of Potluck Dishes.
Some members and visitors have serious food allergies
and we want them to enjoy dinner without worry. Please list the
ingredients of your potluck dish on a post-it or
index card. Particular concerns are meat, dairy products, peppers and
wheat gluten. Also, if you are willing to divulge your whole recipe, we
will
collect the cards to include in the Fellowship Cookbook Version #2.
SHARES
cards earnings are $1129 since January 09 and still climbing. Don't
forget that SHARES cards are also good at FoodMaxx and Lucky as well as
Save-Mart. Bring your receipt for the quarterly raffle of a Farmer's
Market Gift Certificate!
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Community Events
Summer Hikes - Remember John Muir's
advice: "Climb the mountains and get their good
tidings!" Check the Sierra Club Mineral King
Group Upcoming Events page for some local hiking opportunities!
FOR ETHICAL EATERS - Tulare County
Farmer's Markets
- Dinuba - Every other Monday beginning
5/10/10 through end of September. 3-5PM at Rose Ann Vuich Park (cross
streets El Monte Way & McKinley)
- Earlimart - Every other
Tuesday beginning 5/11/10 through end of September. 3-5PM at Earlimart
Community Park (cross streets Center & State)
- Farmersville -
Every other Thursday beginning 5/6/10 through end of September. 3-5PM at
Farmersville WIC Clinic parking lot (cross streets Front/Farmersville
Blvd.)
- Lindsay - Weekly on Fridays year round, 5:30PM - 10:00PM at
Sweet Brier Plaza. Features 200+ vendors, entertainment, crafts, family
friendly, fun for kids.
- Visalia - Two locations
- Weekly
on Saturdays year round, 8:00-11:30AM at Sears parking lot
(corner of Caldwell & Mooney)
- Weekly on Thursdays
beginning 3/18/10 through end of September,
5-8PM
at corner of Main & Church Streets.
- Woodlake - Last Wednesday
of each month beginning 5/26/10 through end of September. 3-5PM at
Miller Brown Park (cross streets Antelope & Magnolia)
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