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October 1, 2017 10:30 am Guest preacher Hollis Huston
Justice and Power Worship Associate Bob McGough
Coffee: Volunteer needed Ushers: Nicki Barry & Andrew Spatt Board Member on Duty: Risa Centenni Greeter: Membership Team & You!
October 8, 2017 10:30 am Guest preacher Benjamin Van Dyne
Choosing Each Other Worship Associate Laura D’Angelo
Harriet Arnold, religious education coordinator, [email protected]
Meghan LaDue, youth coordinator, [email protected] Lisa Bryson-Brockmann, office manager, [email protected]; the office is open 10 am to 1 pm Tuesday through Friday, and every third Monday
Coffee: Victoria Cleckley Ushers: Rosemary Olander-Beach & Andrew Spatt Board Member on Duty: Barbara Singer Greeter: Membership Team & You!
Coffee: Rita Tancredi & Robin Norris Ushers: Doris Brass & Andrew Spatt Board Member on Duty: Rosemary Olander-Beach Greeter: Membership Team & You!
Coffee: Lisa Itts & Potluck! Bring something tasty to share Ushers: Andrew Spatt & Volunteer Needed Board Member on Duty: Steve Underhill Greeter: Membership Team & You!
October 29, 2017 10:30 am The Rev. Linda Anderson Sometimes You Have to be Brave Worship Associate Jim Hawkins
This is a Whole Congregation Celebration!
October 15, 2017 10:30 am Guest preacher Hollis Huston
Authenticity Worship Associate Carrie Mason-Draffen
Board of Trustees Rosemary Olander-Beach, president, [email protected] Ken Bellafiore, vice president Risa Centenni, trustee Barbara Singer, secretary Steve Underhill, trustee Ellen Zaehringer-Gach, treasurer
SOUTH NASSAU UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CONGREGATION
October 22, 2017 10:30 am Guest preacher Jon Berry
Becoming a Guest: A UU's Year in the Mosque Worship Associate Anne Olsen
Foyer Art Opening Reception during Coffee Hour
Coffee: Martha Chamberlain Ushers: Robin Norris & Andrew Spatt Board Member on Duty: Rosemary Olander-Beach Greeter: Membership Team & You!
The Open Line is published monthly by South Nassau UU Congregation, 228 S. Ocean Ave., Freeport, NY 11520, 516-623-1204, snuuc.org
Courage is the Whole-Congregation Theme for October
SNUUC’S BREAKING NEW GROUND
Ministry Team Update
By Rosemary Olander-Beach, president, Board of Trustees
As the Board of Trustees began planning Breaking New Ground: A Creative, Collaborative Approach to Whole-
Congregation Ministry for 2017-18, a leadership model for SNUUC in this year without a half-time minister, it created
a Ministry Team to lead the congregation. The team will offer a monthly update in this space, rotating authorship
among team members, to keep the congregation informed. In this first column, I explain the team’s mission, members
and collaboration model — as well as actions and ongoing projects.
Mission and members At our first meeting, we articulated a mission aligned with the priorities set out by the board. The team aims “to hold
up the needs of the congregation” by collaborating in roles that encompass governance, worship, religious education,
pastoral care and administrative support.
The members, areas of expertise and contact information are:
For governance, Rosemary Olander-Beach, president, Board of Trustees, 917-443-5411,
For religious education, Harriet Arnold, Religious Education Coordinator, 516-589-1188,
For administrative support, Lisa Bryson-Brockmann, Office Manager, 516-623-1204, [email protected];
For worship, Laura D’Angelo, Sunday Services Committee chair, [email protected];
For worship and board support, The Rev. Linda Anderson, Lead Sunday Minister and Consultant to the Board,
[email protected], 845-706-7944;
For pastoral care and Caring Team support, The Rev. Will Feinberg, Lead Pastoral Minister and Consultant to the
Caring Team, 516-983-2697, [email protected].
In this year without a half-time minister, lay leaders and staff are the congregation’s primary leadership resources.
Team members, however, welcome questions, ideas and concerns — and sometimes will refer such to another, more
appropriate team member or congregational committee.
Team meetings, reports The Ministry Team plans to meet at least monthly, having already met on Aug. 13 and Sept. 10. As of this writing, the
team has meetings scheduled for Sept. 24 and Oct. 29. It generally meets after worship.
The Rev. Anderson has graciously offered to lead our meetings; another team member volunteers to take notes for
each meeting. After a chalice lighting, team members report any news from their areas. Then, the team addresses
questions and/or concerns that need support, tackles any ongoing projects and establishes action items for the next
meeting.
The team will report out in two ways: in a monthly report to the Board of Trustees generally written by the board
president, and in this monthly column, which team members will take turns writing.
Action items, ongoing work
There were two big action items from the team’s August meeting: Drafting a letter and a brochure to the congregation
explaining Breaking New Ground: A Creative, Collaborative Approach to Congregational Ministry for 2017-18, and
to draft a covenant for the team. The letter and brochure were produced and distributed. A draft covenant was re-
viewed at our September meeting and will be updated for adoption at our October meeting.
At our September meeting we discussed, among other action items: pastoral training needs and plans; making worship
service suggestion forms available in the office; and updating the former Minister’s Bulletin Board in the hallway to
become a Ministry Team/Breaking New Ground informational bulletin board.
Looking ahead
The team is committed to strengthening and growing our beloved SNUUC community during this year of Breaking
New Ground. Please keep our contact information handy so that you can reach out to us with ideas, questions or
concerns.
To prepare for the Joint Council meeting, the board is asking all committees to submit their membership lists to the board by Sunday, Oct. 15. Board members will be emailing these forms to known active committee mem-bers; forms will also be available in the foyer and on the SNUUC website. The form should also list the person or people who will attend the Oct. 20 Joint Council. No worries if your committee is still gathering members for the year. There’s nothing restrictive about the committee membership list being requested — it’s merely a starting point. Process for committee leadership In addition, this year the board has asked the Nominating Committee to exercise its authority in the bylaws to re-view the list of chairs for “standing committees” and send that list to the board president, who is tasked with approving committee chairs. The standing committees listed in the bylaws are: Build-ing and Grounds, Denominational Affairs, Finances, Membership, Religious Education, Social Action, Sunday Services, Thrift Shop, and Ways and Means. These com-mittees are meant to handle the ongoing, ever-present needs of the congregation. I also like to think of these committees as having “standing” to act on behalf of the congregation — to manifest our values and mission through their work. For that reason, those serving on committees should also be members of the congregation in good standing. Of course we have other congregational committees and ministries, among them the Art Committee and Environ-mental Committee, that the board hopes to see repre-sented at the Joint Council meeting. And the board thanks… … the Membership Committee for organizing and hosting the Back-to-SNUUC Potluck, the Art Commit-tee for the lovely photography hanging in our foyer, the newly re-formed Sunday Services Committee and the Choir for jump-starting our congregational year with vi-brant worship support, and all the SNUUC members and friends who are working to create a “nurturing commu-nity where children and adults find acceptance and fel-lowship, feel empowered and grown spiritually.” With gratitude, Rosemary Olander-Beach, president, Board of Trustees
What a fabulous start to our new congregational year, Breaking New Ground: A Creative, Collaborative Ap-proach to Whole-Congregation Ministry for 2017-18! I was so energized by the big showing of members and friends at our September ingathering. The Membership Committee hosted a fun and delicious Back-to-SNUUC Potluck on Sept. 9, complete with get-to-know-you BINGO. We also marked the September birthday of our custodian, Jose Henriquez, with a cake and a song! The whole-congregation Water Ceremony on the follow-ing Sunday was an extremely well-attended and meaning-ful start to our year, embodying “Welcome,” our whole-congregation theme for September. As we embark on this new year, with a new model of ministry, members and friends should have by now re-ceived in the mail the Breaking New Ground brochure. The brochure explains the lay leadership-consultant min-ister team that will be leading the congregation for 2017-18 and provides information about common congrega-tional matters. Copies of the brochure are also available on the Welcome Table in the foyer. The board is extremely grateful to the Reverends Linda Anderson and Will Feinberg, both of whom will be col-laborating with our congregation this year. The board is committed to continuing to increase com-munication and collaboration as we move through the year. Please speak to a board member or Ministry Team member (listed on the facing page), if you have questions or concerns. Calling all congregational committees By now, many of our committees have begun meeting to plan for the 2017-18 congregational year. To help them along and foster communication, the board is asking all committee chairs or representatives to attend the Joint Council meeting at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 20. Joint Council meetings, called for in our bylaws, provide an opportunity for leadership development, mission sup-port, collaboration and communication. The Oct. 20 pro-gram will begin with light refreshments and include train-ing and collaboration components. Committees will be receiving more information about the Joint Council meeting in coming days.
Do you have a key to the SNUUC building that you no longer use? Please return it to the office,
they are pricey to replicate. Thank-you!
The Long Island Arts Council of Freeport in col-
laboration with the Long Island Composers alliance presents Love, Life and the Hereafter, an afternoon concert of songs about the beauty of love, the vaga-ries of life and the effects of death. This concert is taking place at SNUUC on Sunday, Oct. 22 at 3 pm. Admission is $10, students with ID, $5. Refresh-ments by Sweet & Savory Café and Turn of the Cork-screw. Speak with Jay Gach for more information.
Are you using your cell phone more than your landline? The office is updating the SNUUC direc-
tory. Do you want to include your cell phone num-ber? Do you have any other updates to your contact information? Please leave a note on the office desk, email [email protected] or call 516-623-1204 to let Lisa know.
SNUUC Committees meet regularly and welcome attendance at their meetings even if you are not a member of the committee. Speak with a Board mem-ber if you would like to learn more about serving.
The Thrift Shop Committee will meet on Sunday, Oct. 8, at noon. Please speak with Anne Olsen, [email protected] or Bobby Granoff [email protected] to find out more about this committee.
The Social Action Committee is scheduled to meet on Tuesday, Oct. 10, at 6:30 pm in the RE wing.
The Board of Trustees will meet on Wednesday, Oct. 11, at 7 pm in the foyer.
The RE Committee will meet Sunday, Oct. 15, at noon in the Brantley Wing. Speak with Sharon Pataky, com-mittee chair, for more information, [email protected].
The Membership Team will meet again in October. Contact committee member Julie Buckley at [email protected] if you want to get involved!
Caring Team provides support and pastoral
care to members. They will meet on Sunday, Oct. 22, at noon. If you or a member you know
needs compassionate help during a time of stress or would like to share during a time of celebration, please email [email protected]; kindly email items to be shared from the pulpit by noon Saturday. The Car-ing Team ministries are divided into four sections. You are encouraged to email or call the people listed here; telephone numbers are in the directory. Cards and phone calls: JoAnn Fassman; Transportation: Doris Brass; Visiting: Paul Sherrock; Joys and Concerns: Rosemary Olander-Beach.
We need volunteers if we are to continue to have
refreshments during our Sunday Coffee Hour.
Many Sundays are available! It does not have to be elaborate: Just bring a
half-gallon of milk and come at 10 am and make cof-fee. Any additional snacks are simply a nice treat! Ask a friend or a new member to do it with you. Also watch for “potluck" Sundays, the last Sunday of the month, when you can bring something tasty to share.
Please choose a date to serve coffee and sign up on the sheet in the foyer or contact Nancy Levy, [email protected] Thanks!!
Members and friends gathered in the sanctuary for worship on Sept. 10 to participate in the Water Cere-mony, the traditional start to the new congregational year.
Nominating Committee Hello! Do you want to become more active in the workings at SNUUC? You can act on that thought by contacting any one of the members of the Nominat-ing Committee. Each member wants to know of your desire to become a Trustee or to become a member of the following year’s Nominating Committee. Let’s talk!
Best Wishes from the Nominating Committee mem-bers: Doris Brass, Marietta Cleckley, Martha Cham-berlain, Brian Larkin and Tom Weingarten.
Our Unitarian Thrift Shop at 22 W. Merrick Rd. in Free-port is a getting ready for the upcoming seasons of holi-days and we could use your help. Do you have 3 hours to volunteer at the shop, or any spare household or holi-day items to donate, or maybe you could come shop for that special something that you can’t find anywhere else but in our store? We hope you will continue to support our Thrift Shop in whichever way works best for you – volunteer, donate, or shop!
The Thrift Shop's yearly income contributes significantly to the operating funds of our congregation which is still another way that you will be helping out SNUUC!
Thrift Shop hours are Mondays and Tuesdays from 10 am to 1 pm and Wednesdays through Saturdays from 10 am to 4 pm. The phone number is 516-223-3974. Any questions? Please feel free to talk with some of our regular volunteers at the shop: Anne Olsen, Jay Gach, Arnie Herman, Jim Hawkins, Bobby Granoff, Doris Brass, Robin Norris, and Ken Lawson.
Lions, and Tigers, and Bears…oh, my! (and maybe even a ghost, turkey, or Santa as well!). Our Thrift Shop is always looking for donations of household and holiday items to sell. These photos show examples of the work our wonderful volunteers are doing to get the shop ready for the upcoming holidays.
Compassionate Communication - Based on Marshall Rosenberg’s book “Nonviolent Com-
munication – a language of life,” the compassionate com-munication practice group meets in the foyer for 13 weeks every spring and fall to learn and practice Rosenberg’s process of listening empathically and speak-ing honestly. Since the group began in 2005, close to 100 people have participated in at least one 13-week series and many have chosen to continue year after year. Con-tact Anne Olsen, [email protected], or Barbara Singer, [email protected], to learn more and to register for the fall semester, which began on Saturday, Sept. 23, at 9:45 am in the foyer.
Wake up a little earlier on Saturday and join the Meditation Group (aka the
South Ocean Sangha). Our group practice meets at 9 am Saturdays in the Brantley Wing. This group is open to beginners. All you need to do is take a seat. For more info please contact Brian Larkin, [email protected]
Join us every other Tuesday, 10:30
am to 12 noon in the foyer for a study of one prayer from the sacred literature of the world. We work with a process called lectio divina. This practice of scriptural reading, meditation and prayer intends to pro-mote communion with our spiritual reservoir. The goal is to enter and share in the spirit of the prayer and its mean-ing rather than an analytical reading. Of equal importance is the sharing of joys and concerns. We will meet on Oct. 10 and alternate Tuesdays thereafter.
Pilates classes at SNUUC take place on Mondays at 5 pm and Wednesdays at 6 pm
in the foyer. Only $12 per class - no contracts to sign, no commitment, just come and stretch! Questions? Please contact Leslie Farrington, [email protected].
Spontaneity, Creativity, Fun! Improv
classes continue at SNUUC on Sundays, 2-6 pm in the foyer. No prior experience is required. Begin-ners are welcome. A series costs $80 for returning stu-dents, $100 for new students. For more information, please contact Michael Rock, [email protected].
Linda Cucurullo offers a weekly series of Monday morning yoga classes at 9 am in
the foyer. These classes are aimed at develop-ing strength, balance, and flexibility while building a gen-tle environment in which to practice and grow. The cost for the 6-week series is $75 ($60 to Linda and $15 to SNUUC). Please contact Anne Olsen at [email protected] if you would like to join.
The Working with Jesus Group meets on the sec-ond, third and fourth Sun-
days of the month, at 9:15 am in the Brantley Wing. If you’re interested in reading the Bible and other source books, and conducting a respectful, open, nondogmatic discussion about Jesus and our lives as Unitarian Univer-salists, please join us. Speak with Bob McGough [email protected].
SNUUC’s drumming ministry, the DrUUmatics, practices every Thurs-
day at 6:30 pm in the Brantley wing. Find more information on their website, www.druumatics.org, or find the DrUUmatics on Face-book. Speak with Sharon Pataky or Laura D’Angelo.
Plarning is using plastic bags to make a type of yarn, or plarn (plastic yarn), in order to create projects. Please join the Social Action Committee for fun and conversation as we work together to crochet plarn into sleeping mats for the homeless. Plarn sleeping mats are particularly helpful and important in that they create a warm and springy barrier between a person needing a good night’s rest and the ground they have available for sleeping.
Creating sleeping mats from plastic is also great for the environment because it keeps plastic bags out of a land-fill, and the plastic is waterproof and easy to clean.
All ages welcome! Our first meeting will be on Oct. 29, during coffee hour. We plan to continue to meet up the
last Sunday of every month. If you don’t know how to cro-chet, do not worry! There will be plenty of instruction for those who want to learn, and we’ll need plenty of hands to cut and prepare the plarn!
Please bring a size 10 or above crochet hook if you have one, and plenty of clean plastic bags. Contact Heather Rudin [email protected] or Ilene Corina [email protected] for more information.
What is Plarning and
Why Should You Be Involved?
The UU Congregation of Central Nassau invites you to Celebrate Fall at their annual Pumpkin Patch!
Find that special pumpkin, gourd or mum to decorate your home and be sure to take home one of their deli-cious home-made pies! Bring your camera for a perfect Fall photo.
The Pumpkin Patch is UUCCN’s major fund raiser for the year in which they share their proceeds from the Pumpkin Patch with Navaho Tribes from New Mexico. The Patch is open through Oct. 31 and is located at 223 Stewart Ave. in Garden City. The first truck of pumpkins arrives Satur-day, Sept. 30. If you can lend a hand unloading the truck just show up at UUCCN at 9 am. For more informa-tion call 516-248-8855 or www.uuccn.org.
The new Sunday Services Committee has created a process for congregants to
suggest a topic for a Sunday service. Forms are avail-able in the SNUUC office and should be returned to
one of the committee members: Laura D’Angelo (chair), Jim Hawkins, Jean Smyth-Crocetto, Kristin Seyfried
Cathcart or Harriet Arnold.
The SNUUC Mother’s Center is coming together again this Fall. We welcome moms of teenagers and tots, first timers and multiples. At each meeting we con-nect on the joys and challenges of motherhood and support each other through our own journey. The dis-cussion is facilitated on a topic focused on moms and their needs. Meetings take place from 8-9:30 pm in the Brantley Wing. Childcare is not provided but children are welcome to come.
Here is a listing of upcoming series topics: Weight Effects: Oct. 11, 18, 25 The Family You Grew Up In, Exploring Family Relation-ships: Nov. 8, 15, 29 Don’t Get Holidazed! Enjoy the Giving Season Without Going Crazy!: Dec. 6
Please sign up with Virginia Lawther at 917-301-2213 or [email protected]
Mark Bennett, left, and Angelo Musto played for the art show opening.
The foyer overflowed with members and friends at the opening reception for the photographs by Carole and Jordan Meyers after worship on Sept. 10.
The Art Committee at SNUUC has a long history of bringing SNUUC artists as well as other Long Island artists to our space in the “South Ocean Art Gallery.” These exhibits uplift us, make us think, educate us, bring beauty to our space and have tapped the talents of the children in our Religious Education Pro-gram.
They are also a small source of revenue for SNUUC as the congregation receives 20% of each sale of art-work.
If you would like to keep this tradition going by con-tacting artists, putting up an exhibit, working on public-ity and flyers, and creating a warm and welcoming opening (food, music, introducing artists to congrega-tion) contact Diane Hawkins at [email protected] for guidance.
There will be an Art Opening reception on Oct. 22, during coffee hour in conjunction with the Long Island Composer’s Alliance concert at 3 pm that afternoon.
SNUUC Mother’s Center
He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life. Muhammad Ali
Our theme for the month of October asks us what it means to be a people of courage. I have spent most of my life being absolutely amazed by courage; the courage to stand up for peace and truth, the courage to resist au-thority when needed, the courage to help others in the face of disaster. Measuring myself against the most cou-rageous of humanity, I have always found myself want-ing. But it occurs to me that what I am still learning is the courage it takes to live my life authentically every day and my role models for this courage are the children.
We are often unaware, or worse, condescending about how much courage it takes a child to learn all that is needed to live an independent, productive life. Children take tremendous risks every day as they go to school, play an instrument, try a new food or just walk up a stair-case in the dark. There are risks inherent in all learning; making the mistakes necessary to acquire any skill or knowledge requires a brave step into the unknown, a dis-equilibrium that enables us to make new connections and understandings. And children do most of their learning in public, out loud, in front of peers; now that is truly coura-geous to me. It is worth remembering that just living is an act of courage and learning to open a locker, get on a school bus, or read aloud to the class is not a simple thing but an act of bravery. As adults, it is important for us to model not only our continuous learning but acknowl-edgement of the mistakes we make as we learn.
The next time a recipe goes wrong or the IKEA furniture is inside out when completed, congratulate yourself. “Hooray, a mistake! I must be learning.” It gives us all permission to blunder our way through new and challeng-ing experiences and lets the children know that it is hu-man to err.
We hope you will all summon up enough courage to join us for our first Family Night of the 2017-2018 congrega-tional year. We are planning a Movie Night for Friday, Oct. 27, at 6 pm, and we hope you are all brave enough to eat our Wicked Witch Menu: Witches Fingers and Fly-ing Monkey Brains, which are also known as chicken fin-gers and mac and cheese. This will be followed by a showing of “The Wizard of Oz.” For those who choose never to be frightened voluntarily, (that would be me) we will also show an animated G-rated feature appropriate for even the Cowardly Lion.
But this is just the first of our exciting line-up of Family Night plans. In November, we will welcome back Jan C. Porinchak for collaboration between the Art Committee and RE. This year we will all learn to make Japanese inspired fish prints and we are sure it will be as enjoyable as last year’s art workshop with Jan. In December, we look forward to all of you joining us for an evening of sing-ing carols and giving to our community by entertaining Freeport seniors at the South Shore Medical and Reha-bilitation Center. In January, we will have the first of two Pajama Parties. This is a night off for parents and a chance for our children to enjoy a lightly planned evening of games and crafts and stories and just hanging out to-gether. We will have another PJ Party in April. For the full calendar, please pick up a registration packet - and please don’t forget to register your children for RE as quickly as possible.
Harriet Arnold, Religious Education Coordinator
In the RE Wing
Death Café, Eat Cake and Talk About Death on Saturday, October 21, 7-9 pm at SNUUC.
What’s a Death Cafe? A Death Cafe is a discussion, with dessert, with groups of 6-8 people and a facilitator. Confidentiality and respect for differing ideas and beliefs is practiced. Participants introduce themselves, share why they came to the Death Cafe and the discussion of-ten takes off from there. It is a discussion rather than a grief support or counseling session. It’s a surprisingly pleasant event. (www.deathcafe.com).
What do people talk about? Some of the topics that come up are: What is a good death? What do you want to be remembered for? What kind of funeral, memorial ser-vice do you want? Co-facilitators are Rev. Linda Ander-son and Lori Jones. To register contact: Ilene Corina (516) 796-2533 or [email protected] or Nancy Levy at [email protected]. Bring a cake to share!
A Midnight Run Breakfast Run will be held on Sunday, Nov. 19 at 6 am.
Planning, packing and baking will take place on Satur-day, November 18 at 2 pm in the Brantley wing and kitchen. If you are willing and able to participate in the breakfast run please come to a planning meeting on Sunday, Oct. 8 at noon in the sanctuary. The breakfast run is open to anyone 14 years old and up, accompa-nied by an adult. Contact Ilene Corina for more informa-tion (516) 796-2533 or [email protected]. Clothing and toiletries are needed and are being collected.
The Midnight Run www.midnightrun.org is a volunteer organization dedicated to finding common ground be-tween the housed and the homeless. Volunteers distrib-ute food, clothing, blankets and personal care items to the homeless poor on the streets of NYC. The early morning relief efforts create a forum for trust, sharing, understanding and affection. That human exchange, rather than the exchange of goods, is the essence of the Midnight Run mission.
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The mission of the South Nassau Unitarian Universalist Congregation is to provide a sanctuary
of beauty and harmony where: We search in freedom for meaning and truth; we draw inspiration
from many religious and philosophical sources while acknowledging the Judeo-Christian heritage of
Unitarian Universalism; we embrace diversity and welcome people of all ages, races, and
orientations; we affirm that our children and youth are an integral and important part of our religious
family; we strive toward a social awareness that leads to transformative action in our community
and to living in balance with the environment. Ours is a nurturing congregation where children and
adults find acceptance and fellowship, feel empowered and grow spiritually.
SNUUC South Nassau
Unitarian Universalist Congregation
228 South Ocean Avenue
Freeport, NY 11520
Midnight Run planning meeting Sunday, Oct. 8, noon
Joint Council meeting Friday, Oct. 20, 6 pm
Death Café, eat cake & talk about death Saturday, Oct. 21, 7 pm
Foyer Art Show Opening Reception
during Coffee Hour, Sunday, Oct. 22, 11:30 am
Family Movie Night, Friday, Oct. 27, 6 pm