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In This Issue

January’s Theme: Justice

Jan. 1: No Service -Food &

Games at FSH 1:00 until ?

Jan. 3: Moving Meditation, 9

a.m.

Jan. 8: Douglas Flat Service

@ Old School House

Board Notes

Jan. 12: Social Justice Mtg.

4:00 @ Schnoogs

Jan. 13: Skyline Discussion

@ 3:30

Jan. 14: Truffle making, 12:00

@ Fellowship House

Jan. 14: Spiritual Tools for

Activists, 2:30

Jan. 15: Sonora Service- Do

Justice, Love Kindness, Walk

Humbly

Jan. 15: Martin Luther King,

Jr. Celebration

Jan. 24: No Guilt Book Club

– FSH @ 7:00

Feb. 4: Chocolate Lovers

Hoedown

Hospitality Corner: with

Chef Dave

New Year’s Day at the Fellowship House

There will be no morning

service on January 1,

instead a later get-together,

a perfect time for re-

connecting with fellow UU

members and friends. We

will gather at Fellowship

House at 1 p.m. for an

afternoon of food, fun and

fellowship. Bring food to

share and any games you

would like to play and

Janet and Craig

promise to bring their

vintage Scrabble board

(“if y'all treat it gently!”)

Plan to have a

restorative time in our

beloved community.

An

excellent time to invite

friends to join us.

No TV reception there

so no football games.

To Be Hopeful

To be hopeful in bad times is not foolishly romantic. It is based

on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty,

but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness.

What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will

determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our

capacity to do something. If we remember those times and

places—and there are so many—where people have behaved

magnificently, this gives us the energy to act, and at least the

possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different

direction.

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And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future

is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all

that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory. Howard Zinn, radical historian and author.

Douglas Flat Service – January 8, 10:30

Douglas Flat Schoolhouse, 1358 Main St.

Music Service - Our Fellowship will explore the inspirational power of music. Whales, coyotes and

other animals sing, but only humans have devised complex symbolic systems for making and

reproducing sounds that are the heart of our deepest inspirations, particularly religious ones.

Guest musicians will perform and join us after their performance to discuss with the Fellowship

the role music plays in their lives. This special event is sponsored by Ann Pestalozzi who will

lead the introductions.

Notes from 12/17/16 UUFTC board meeting

The board gratefully approved the proposal from Patti Cherry that she offer specially

designed cards for sale at our services starting 12/18/16. The proceeds will go to UUFTC's

operating and capital funds equally.

The Social Justice Committee was very pleased that the special collection for the Lambert

Center gift bags yielded $540. It was used to create 45 holiday gift bags to be distributed by

Jeanette Lambert.

UUFTC's annual Pledge Drive will be kicked off March 19. Janet Telford will chair the

campaign.

The board is taking a special "field trip" to the Mission Peak church in January and will

have the opportunity to discuss further collaboration.

An Installation Service for Rev. Sonya Sukalski as our minister is proposed for August 26,

2017.

Moving Meditation will resume in January beginning Tuesday January 3rd at 9:00 am.

and continuing each Tuesday morning thereafter with leaders Marilyn Waggoner and

Hoyt Cory. During the colder weather the group will meet inside the Fellowship House.

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JANUARY BIRTHDAYS

* Cheryll Giles * Snuffy Herring * Jerry Fueslein * Lloyd Kramer *

SOCIAL JUSTICE

From Teri Olsson, Chair of UUFTC’s Social Justice Committee

"If the injustice is part of the necessary friction of the machine of government, let

it go, let it go: perchance it will wear smooth--certainly the machine will wear

out...but if it is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to

another, then I say, break the law. Let your life be a counter-friction to stop the

machine. What I have to do is to see, at any rate, that I do not lend myself to the

wrong which I condemn." Taken from Civil Disobedience and Other Essays by Henry Thoreau.

Thoreau was a Unitarian who came from a long line of UUs who wrote about, fought and, in some

cases, died for Social Justice causes. In these uncertain times in our country when social issues are

likely to become more and more urgent we are fortunate to have the UU Justice Ministry of

California. Their website has suggestions for becoming involved and taking action on a number of

issues that are sure to be coming up in the days ahead. Our own UUFTC Social Justice Committee is

looking forward to some changes as we begin the New Year. We welcome anyone who would like to

become a member. Meetings are on the second Thursday of the month, 4:00 at Schnoogs. Next

meeting January 12th.

Heeding the Ancestors, Healing the Earth

January 13, 3:30 pm - Skyline Place

As we take up the theme of Justice, Rev. Sonya invites attendees to listen to Rev. Dr. Rebecca Parker

as she "remembers the first Thanksgiving as an iconic story of native peoples and pilgrims coming

together in peace. But that peace held only for a brief moment. Today, the water protectors at

Standing Rock, North Dakota, summon us to protect sacred land and water for future generations—

and to right the wrongs done to indigenous peoples in North America. To do so, we need to better

understand the role our Puritan forbearers played in the legacies that haunt our national conscience

still and heed the ancestral voices that cry out for healing for the earth and all our relations.” This

sermon delivered at All Souls UU in Washington DC can be heard at: http://www.all-

souls.org/node/1581 http://www.all-souls.org/node/1581

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Movie Night – Friday, January 13 – 5:30 Potluck/ 6:00 Movie

Citizen King: American Experience 2004, NR, 2 hours

CITIZEN KING, a two-hour documentary from acclaimed filmmakers

Orlando Bagwell and Noland Walker, explores the last five years in the life of slain civil rights leader

Martin Luther King Jr. Personal recollections and eyewitness accounts of friends, movement

associates, journalists, law enforcement officers, and historians illuminate this little-known chapter in

the story of America's most influential moral leader in the 20th century.

A little-known chapter of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s, during which he spoke out against the

Vietnam War and became an advocate for all of America's have-nots, regardless of race. Much is

known of his tireless efforts as a civil rights leader, but this film focuses on King's later work -- which

actually caused some to accuse him of abandoning his original mission.

Spiritual Tools for Activists:

Saturday, January 14, 2:30-4:30 pm - Sonora Hills Multipurpose Room

Drawing from her MS in Adult Health and Wellness, and tools honed while developing the Spiritual

Activist Leadership Training (SALT) for the California UU Justice Ministry for young adults, Rev.

Sonya Sukalski will offer a workshop on contemplative tools for people wanting to step up their

involvement in justice oriented work. From 2:30 -4, we will train in skills to keep your social justice

efforts feeling fresh, energized, and full of life. From 4-4:30 we will work with a process the Social

Justice Committee will share with the congregation the next day in worship. If you want to know

how to talk to someone who sees the world very differently, if you worry about burnout, if you just

want to connect with people looking to make a difference, this workshop is for you. People of all

faiths and no faith are welcome! Sonora Hills Multipurpose Room can be accessed through the large

room of the Sonora Hills community center, or by going behind the pool from the main parking lot.

Do Justice, Love Kindness, Walk Humbly

With Rev. Sonya Sukalski

Sunday, January 15, 10:00 Sonora Library 480 Greenley Rd

This Martin Luther King Jr. day, we take up words that have inspired justice in hearts throughout

millennia. They come from the Jewish faith, in the book of Micah. Not knowing what exactly will be

asked or required of us in the future, bringing mindfulness to each moment of practices of justice,

kindness and humility can keep us rooted in relationship as well as the best of what humanity can

offer.

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Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration

The Mother Lode Martin Luther King, Jr. Committee will

hold its 22nd annual King birthday celebration on Sunday, January 15, 2017 in the Sonora High School

auditorium at 2:00. The featured speaker is Dr. Mimi Kim, Assistant Professor of Social Work at CSU

Long Beach. A widely recognized speaker, author, teacher and consultant, Dr. Kim brings expertise

in the areas of non-violent solutions to sexual assault, domestic violence and community health,

especially in immigrant communities of color.

She is currently leading a state-wide training initiative on community-based alternatives which

incorporate the practices of Restorative Justice and Transformative Justice. A transformative justice

approach seeks to change the conditions that create, maintain and support oppression or exploitation.

Dr. Kim will bring to our podium a long history of activism aimed at creating a collective response to

interpersonal violence in communities across the country.

Dennis Brown, who has performed at the events over the past 15 years, will provide music along

with singer Michelle Allsion. Drummer Mark Dyken of Clan Dyken will deliver the invocation.

Students from the Summerville High School group Jazz@8 will sing, students from Poetry Out Loud

will read, and students who won the MLK essay contest will read excerpts of their work.

The 90-minute program is free to the public. A reception in the cafeteria will follow. For more

information, go to motherlodemlk.org or the MLK Facebook page.

The No Guilt Book Club

Tuesday, January 24 - 7:00 p.m. at the Fellowship House

(meets the fourth Tuesday of each month)

This month’s selection is Antigone by Sophocles

The curse placed on Oedipus lingers and haunts a younger generation in this new

and brilliant translation of Sophocles' classic drama. The daughter of Oedipus and

Jocasta, Antigone is an unconventional heroine who pits her beliefs against the

King of Thebes in a bloody test of wills that leaves few unharmed. Emotions fly as she challenges the

king for the right to bury her own brother. Determined but doomed, Antigone shows her inner

strength throughout the play.

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Chocolate Lovers’ Hoedown Mark your calendars for February 4th

Notes from event Chairman Rachael Phillips

Here are ways you can help:

Need truffle makers on Jan. 14 at Fellowship House

Need homemade chocolate items to auction off.

If you have a skill that could be auctioned off (lead a hike, teach an art class, provide dinner for 4-

6 at someone’s home, a couple hours of yard work, you get the idea) let Rachael know.

Donate items for raffle baskets (big $ maker last year). Basket themes are: Italian; Spa; Wine &

Cheese; Chocolate; Art; Movie/Theater; Kitchen/Cooking; Gardening.

Donate a bottle of your favorite premium wine to the Wine bucket for auction.

SELL TICKETS – get them from Rachael on Jan. 1st or 15th

Please help us double our success from last year. It will take all of us to do it.

Thanks, Rachel Contact me at 962-0805, 505-2541 or rhphillips9001@att.net .

Hospitality Corner with Chef Dave

Dave's Outrageous Sautéed Mushrooms

Enough for 12 to 15 folks as an appetizer

1 750ml bottle red wine*

2 lbs. Medium white or crimini

mushrooms

6 oz. Butter, unsalted

6 ea. Garlic cloves, minced fine

2 t. Salt, kosher

1 t. Freshly ground black pepper

3 Tb. Fresh parsley, chopped

Pour wine into a wide, shallow pan and bring to a boil. Lower heat to a slow simmer and

reduce wine to 3/4 cup - about 1 hour. This can be done well in advance.

Brush off and trim mushrooms as needed. Large ones can be halved.

In a very large sauté pan, Dutch oven, or caldero, melt butter over high heat then add

mushrooms, stirring often until they brown well - about 5 minutes. Add garlic and wine,

stirring often until most of the liquid is cooked off. Add salt, pepper and parsley.

*Use a high quality, rich, full-bodied wine like cabernet sauvignon.

UUFTC: 19518 Hess Ave Sonora, CA 95370 / (209) 533-8883

Quick links: UU Fellowship of Tuolumne County/ www.uuftc.org ; Pacific Central District/ www.pcd-uua.org

UU World Magazine/ www.uuworld.org ; UUFTC Calendar/ www.uuftc.org/calendar

UU Service Committee/ www.uusc.org UU Association of Congregations/ www.uua.org

the Catalyst appears on our website each month. When each new issue is posted, notification of its availability is sent to all

subscribers via email. We do not share our list of addresses.

Linda DuTemple, Editor 209/928-4364 lindaldu@comcast.net

Laurie Livingston, Web Design

______________________________________

Rev. Sonya Sukalski, Minister / Rev. Craig Scott, Minister Emeritus 209/533-8883 Church Office

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UUFTC GALLERY

Peg, Linda, Teri, Jim & Lane

Members of the Social Justice Committee

Filling gift bags for Lambert Center

December Ladies Lunch Bunch at the National Hotel

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Solstice Service – December 18th

The story of Las Posadas

Rev. Sonya and songbird

Marguerite Close

Sincerely singing for us

We are blessed with so many

wonderful singers in our

Membership

Janet, Joy & Diane

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In This Issue January’s Theme: Justice

Jan. 14: Truffle making @

FSH 12:00

Jan. 14: Spiritual Tools for

Activists-2:30 @ Sonora Hills

Jan. 15: Sonora Service- Do

Justice, Love Kindness, Walk

Humbly

Jan. 15: Martin Luther

King, Jr. Celebration @

Sonora High Auditorium

Jan. 19: Ladies Lunch

Bunch @ Standard Pour

Jan. 21. Women’s March on

Sacramento

Jan 22: Douglas Flat Service

Jan. 24: No Guilt Book Club

Jan. 27: TGIP

Feb. 4: Chocolate Lovers’

Hoedown

Feb. 5: Sonora Service @

Sonora Main Library

Feb. 5: Green Bag pick up

Spiritual Tools for Activists Saturday, January 14, 2:30-4:30 pm

Sonora Hills Multipurpose Room

Drawing from her MS in

Adult Health and

Wellness, and tools honed

while developing the

Spiritual Activist

Leadership Training

(SALT) for the California

UU Justice Ministry for

young adults, Rev. Sonya

Sukalski will offer a

workshop on

contemplative tools for

people wanting to step up

their involvement in

justice oriented

work. From 2:30 -4, we will

train in skills to keep your

social justice efforts

feeling fresh, energized,

and full of life. From 4-4:30

we will work with a

process the Social Justice

Committee will share with

the congregation the

next day in

worship. If you want

to know how to talk to

someone who sees the

world very differently,

if you worry about

burnout, if you just

want to connect with

people looking to

make a difference,

this workshop is for

you. People of all

faiths and no faith are

welcome! Sonora

Hills Multipurpose

Room can be accessed

through the large

room of the Sonora

Hills community

center, or by going

behind the pool from

the main parking lot.

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Do Justice, Love Kindness, Walk Humbly

With Rev. Sonya Sukalski

Sunday, January 15, 10:00 Sonora Library 480 Greenley Rd

This Martin Luther King Jr. day, we take up words that have inspired justice in hearts throughout

millennia. They come from the Jewish faith, in the book of Micah. Not knowing what exactly

will be asked or required of us in the future, bringing mindfulness to each moment of practices of

justice, kindness and humility can keep us rooted in relationship as well as the best of what

humanity can offer.

Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration

The Mother Lode Martin Luther King Jr. Committee will hold its 22nd

annual King birthday celebration on Sunday, January 15, 2017 in the Sonora High

School auditorium at 2:00. The featured speaker is Dr. Mimi Kim, Assistant Professor of Social

Work at CSU Long Beach. A widely recognized speaker, author, teacher and consultant, Dr. Kim

brings expertise in the areas of non-violent solutions to sexual assault, domestic violence and

community health, especially in immigrant communities of color.

She is currently leading a state-wide training initiative on community-based alternatives

which incorporate the practices of Restorative Justice and Transformative Justice. A

transformative justice approach seeks to change the conditions that create, maintain and support

oppression or exploitation. Dr. Kim will bring to our podium a long history of activism aimed at

creating a collective response to interpersonal violence in communities across the country.

Dennis Brown, who has performed at the events over the past 15 years, will provide music

along with singer Michelle Allsion. Drummer Mark Dyken of Clan Dyken will deliver the

invocation. Students from the Summerville High School group Jazz@8 will sing, students from

Poetry Out Loud will read, and students who won the MLK essay contest will read excerpts of

their work. The 90-minute program is free to the public. A reception in the cafeteria will follow.

For more information, go to motherlodemlk.org or the MLK Facebook page.

TRUFFLE MAKERS UNITE

Truffle making will begin under Chef Dave’s guidance on January 14, 12:00 at the Fellowship

House. All are welcome and encouraged to help in this effort. Chocolate Truffles were very

popular at last year’s Hoedown and greatly added to the financial success of the event.

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Ladies Lunch Bunch

Will meet Thursday, January 19, 11:30 at

The Standard Pour (side room) – 19040 Standard Road, Standard

UU women, their guests and friends will gather together for this monthly

luncheon. All are welcome. Please call Peg Sheldon, 586-9182, by Tuesday, Jan. 17, for a

reservation.

Women’s March on Washington, DC (and across the Nation)

From the organizers of the march -

“On January 21, 2017 we will unite in Washington, DC for the Women’s March on

Washington. We stand together in solidarity with our partners and children for the protection of our

rights, our safety, our health, and our families - recognizing that our vibrant and diverse

communities are the strength of our country.

The rhetoric of the past election cycle has insulted, demonized, and threatened many of us --

women, immigrants of all statuses, those with diverse religious faiths particularly Muslim, people

who identify as LGBTQIA, Native and Indigenous people, Black and Brown people, people with

disabilities, the economically impoverished and survivors of sexual assault. We are confronted with

the question of how to move forward in the face of national and international concern and fear.

In the spirit of democracy and honoring the champions of human rights, dignity, and justice

who have come before us, we join in diversity to show our presence in numbers too great to ignore.

The Women’s March on Washington will send a bold message to our new administration on their

first day in office and to the world that women's rights are human rights. We stand together,

recognizing that defending the most marginalized among us is defending all of us”.

Join women from Tuolumne County who will be attending the Women’s March on

Sacramento by bus and private vehicles. If you are interested in attending, contact LinkLine

at 694-8747 immediately. The roundtrip cost is $30.

Douglas Flat Service –January 22

10:30 a.m. Douglas Flat Schoolhouse, 1358 Main St.

What’s a UU to do following the probable inauguration of a president who denies the facts that

don’t serve his world view, and who openly derides, threatens, and uses shame to attack any

opposition. It will surely be a painful time, full of struggle and grief over the next four years.

There will be assaults on the UU principles we hold dear and likely on democracy itself. How as

UUs can we find ways to deepen our understanding of human nature, strengthen our resilience,

and share creative ways to stand on the side of love? Anne Calderwood will facilitate a

discussion.

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The No Guilt Book Club

Tuesday, January 24, 7:00 p.m. at the Fellowship House (meets the fourth Tuesday of each month)

This month’s selection is Antigone by Sophocles

The curse placed on Oedipus lingers and haunts a younger generation. The

daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta, Antigone is an unconventional heroine who pits

her beliefs against the King of Thebes in a bloody test of wills that leaves few

unharmed. Emotions fly as she challenges the king for the right to bury her own

brother. Determined but doomed, Antigone shows her inner strength throughout

the play.

Chocolate Lovers’ Hoedown

Mark your calendars for February 4th

Notes from event Chair Rachael Phillips

Here are ways you can help:

Need truffle makers on Jan. 14 at Fellowship House

Need homemade chocolate items to auction off.

If you have a skill that could be auctioned off (lead a hike, teach an art class, provide dinner

for 4-6 at someone’s home, a couple hours of yard work, you get the idea) let Rachael know.

Donate items for raffle baskets (big $ maker last year). Basket themes are: Italian; Spa; Wine & Cheese;

Chocolate; Art; Movie/Theater; Kitchen/Cooking; Gardening.

Donate a bottle of your favorite premium wine to the Wine bucket for auction.

SELL TICKETS – get them from Rachael on Jan.15th

Please help us double our success from last year. It will take all of us to do it.

Thanks, Rachel Contact me at 962-0805, 505-2541 or rhphillips9001@att.net .

TGIP Evening Gathering

Friday, January 27 -5:30

Fellowship House – 19518 Hess Ave, Sonora

Join us for post-work week fun and fellowship. Everyone is welcome. Bring a favorite dish

and/or beverage to share. No RSVP needed, just show up. For more information contact

Dave Ingram at 928-1306 or dave4dessert@gmail.com

The only word repeated more than once in our seven UU principles is the word

“justice”. We are called to justice. But what does that call look like? What does

it demand of us? Rev. Fulbright, UU Church of Cheyenne, Wyoming

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UUFTC Calendar – This newsletter lists events and happenings around the Fellowship

each month, if you want to view it in calendar format check it out at our website:

http://www.uuftc.org/calendar

GREEN BAGS

From Ellen Beck Project Coordinator

Congratulations on another good delivery to the ATCAA Food Bank. In

December the Mother Lode Food Project delivered 6071 lbs. of food and

$721 in cash donations. The bags were full, heavy and numerous. The

kind sharing of your own good fortune will make a difference in the

coming days for those who are food insecure, those who do not know

where their next meal is coming from. Most of the food you donated will be distributed to

children, veterans and senior citizens. I find your generosity deeply moving and I sincerely

thank you.

Next UU green bag pick up day: Sunday, February 5, 2017. Linda has green bags and

refrigerator magnets with pick up dates for 2017 available at every UU service and event.

www.uua.org/bookstore

Now is a good time to think about ways you can live out your Unitarian Universalist values as

activists. Before you act, get informed and organized. Here are some excellent resources to inspire

you and help you find meaning in collective action.

Rules for Revolutionaries How

Big Organizing Can Change

Everything by Becky Bond and

Zack Exley

This Is An Uprising: How

Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the

Twenty-First Century by Mark

Engler and Paul Engler

Reclaiming Prophetic Witness:

Liberal Religion in the Public

Square by Paul Rasor

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Rules for Revolutionaries stands as a

challenge to the political

establishment and the low

expectations that dominate the

campaigns of too many advocacy,

non-profit, organizations. Becky

Bond and Zack Exley point the

way forward to a future where

political revolution is truly

possible.

When mass movements erupt

onto our television screens, the

media portrays them as being

spontaneous and unpredictable.

Mark and Paul Engler look at the

hidden art behind such protests,

examining core principles that

have been used to spark and

guide moments of transformative

unrest.

In this call to action, leading

Unitarian Universalist theologian

Paul Rasor dispels the myth that

conservative Christianity is the

only valid religious voice in the

national debates. He calls

on religious liberals to embrace

their prophetic heritage and bring

their religious convictions to bear

on the issues of our time.

Food and Games at Fellowship

House on New Year’s Day

The more difficult the outer, the more necessary the inner.

- Virginia Logan

UUFTC: 19518 Hess Ave Sonora, CA 95370 / (209) 533-8883

Quick links: UU Fellowship of Tuolumne County/ www.uuftc.org ; Pacific Central District/ www.pcd-uua.org

UU World Magazine/ www.uuworld.org ; UUFTC Calendar/ www.uuftc.org/calendar

UU Service Committee/ www.uusc.org UU Association of Congregations/ www.uua.org

the Catalyst appears on our website each month. When each new issue is posted, notification of its availability is sent to all

subscribers via email. We do not share our list of addresses.

Linda DuTemple, Editor 209/928-4364 lindaldu@comcast.net

Laurie Livingston, Web Design

______________________________________

Rev. Sonya Sukalski, Minister / Rev. Craig Scott, Minister Emeritus 209/533-8883 Church Office