We invite you to join the Golden Girls for lunch on Thursday, June 30, at 11:30 a.m. All women are welcome!
We will again eat at McMenamins Tavern on the Square, 18607 Bothell Way NE, Bothell. We will eat outdoors under cover and with heat lamps if needed.
We will have good conversations and deepen our friendships, so mark your calendars for June 30 and plan to be with us! Watch for the reminder closer to the date.
Teaching music has resulted in many unspoken rewards for me. However, I always kept in the back of my mind, what a Los Angeles teacher once wrote in the L.A. Times. She said, “Get your lovin’ somewhere else!”
In my early years, I gave young children piano lessons at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston where I was part of the Young People’s faculty. Many teaching skills needed to be developed such as choosing music suitable to their age and developmental stage. At the same time, I was studying music education at a local university.
My favorite school district was in Long Beach, CA where they had a very well developed music program, because of the consultants in the music department who had an outstanding vision of what a school music program could be. I was a traveling vocal music teacher, visiting classrooms in K-6.
Classroom music was important, but it was in the glee clubs that selected students learned the value of hard work as they prepared 2- and 3-part songs for festivals and PTA programs. They learned the importance of perseverance and cooperation in achieving a higher musical goal. Every spring, the L.A. philharmonic performed for 5th and 6th graders. These classes were given special listening lessons to prepare them for the concert experience. Important listening skills were developed.
My volunteer work began when I moved to Kirkland in 1991. I discovered our new church and began to participate in the choir. The group needed a soprano so I sang with them until they needed an accompanist. Later on, I served on the music committee when the church was ready to hire a choir director and accompanist. I also helped the search committee discover our beautiful grand piano.
To me, a life in music reflects the ultimate source of spiritual and transcendental experiences. I feel much gratitude for having made a small contribution this source. Perhaps not very practical, but ESSENTIAL.
UU 101
UU 101 is a two-session class offered quarterly that covers some basics about Unitarian Universalist History, Theology, and Polity. What is polity, you ask? Come to UU 101 and find out!
The next UU 101 dates are:
Session 1: Saturday, May 14, 1-3:30 p.m. (Hybrid: Zoom and in-person at WUUC)
Session 2: Saturday, May 28, 1-3:30 p.m. (Hybrid: Zoom and in-person at WUUC)
Please register by filling out this form: https://forms.gle/RZuJaCfms9F1gY3s7
By Leslie Morton
The Rummage Sale will be on Friday and Saturday, June 3-4 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The main set up and donation day is right after services on Sunday, May 29. This is unfortunately Memorial Day weekend (if you have ever tried to schedule something at church you will understand!).
On that Sunday we will take everything out of the sanctuary, set up tables for the sale and start setting up donated items. We will need lots of volunteers that day and every day that week and on the sale days. If you haven’t volunteered before, have no worries; the job isn’t complicated and there are plenty of people around to help you. We will also need volunteers for after the sale to put the church back together in time for Sunday services on June 5.
What do we take for the Rummage Sale? Almost anything: clothing, shoes, books, crafts, toys, holiday, household, bikes, yard, and of course Boutique items (higher-end everything). This year I really want to encourage people to bring as much “soft goods” as possible; clothing, linens, shoes, purses and accessories.
If you have any questions, please reach out to one of the Rummage Sale team members: Dewey Millar, Linda McCrystal, Johnna Ebanks, Tevina Flood and Leslie Morton (mortonmarler@hotmail.com, 425-891-4285).
We need this to be successful for the church coffers and for our garages/basements/closets!
Thank you in advance!
Thank you to all who pledged in this spring’s 2022-2023 WUUC Pledge Drive.
With $335,239 pledged to date, we have exceeded all past WUUC pledge drives.
Stats:
We are Re-Emerging ready for renewal and growth as we return to in person services events, and activities.
While we did not reach our goal of $345K, there is still time to pledge or increase your financial support to ensure the continuity and growth of our programs.
To pledge or increase your pledge go to: https://forms.gle/jZ6V1bZmGKcCyPQN6
Questions? Contact Jo Raymond, Stewardship Treasurer, jozray@gmail.com or me.
With gratitude for your support,
Kathy Fosnaugh
Chair, Stewardship Committee
Soul Matters offers UU congregations an opportunity to explore a theme each month. WUUC uses these themes in our Worship services, our small group discussions, and any time we just feel like talking about something other than the weather or the woes of the world. Join in, consider this month’s theme, Nurturing Beauty.
Submitted by Linda Sherry
Nurturing Beauty
What is Beauty saying to you?
Beauty.
We appreciate it.
How could we not?
We wonder at it.
Get absorbed in it.
Analyze it, if it’s got a frame around it.
We make it.
Grow it.
Point at it.
Collect it.
Share it.
Save it.
But how often do we listen to it?
How often do we ask, “What is it trying to get me to hear?”
Rather than, “Do I like it or not?”
It’s just so hard to step outside
our mangled view of the world
that sees everything in the light of consumption.
Not everything is here for our possession.
Not everything is here to entertain us.
Not everything is meant to be put to use, even you.
We must find our way back,
to those questions that were once alive
but now are buried deep:
“What if beauty is here to make us wise?”
“What if beauty is the way the sacred speaks?”
Yes! Yes! It does so much more than decorate.
It demands. It calls. It asks for commitment.
It doesn’t just say “Love and appreciate me.”
It says “Protect me! Fight for me!”
It steps out in front of us and points to a precious world
that needs our help.
It paints a picture of new ways of living
and declares, “Follow me there!”
It says, “Even in hell holes I find a way to grow.”
It sings, “This world was made for more than work.”
It whispers, “Use me to heal.”
It pleads, “Nurture a new relationship with me. One that allows me to talk!”
So what is Beauty saying to you?
Reprinted from Soul Matters May 2022 Small Group materials, author was not credited.
Find the May Soul Matters packet here.