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Sunday ServicesServices take place Sundays, 10:30am at the Fellowship, 206 Concession Street. Enter via the rear entrance.
May 7 “Carrying Our Vision Forward”Participating in the building of beloved community requires something from each of us. Some days what is required is clear and we see where we are going,and some days are shrouded in mystery. In KUF’s covenant we say, “May we learn to dwell together in peace; seek the truth in love, and build bridges of understanding as we work together to create a more just and loving world.” How can trust, courageous love, and our never-ending quest for Truth help us to reach for our vision of what this free faith can be? And to offer it both in this congregationand in the larger community? Rev. Beckett Coppola speaking.
After service: Soup lunch
Your attendance at the Congregational Meeting immediatelyfollowing the Service on May 7th is important to KUF and we encourage you to come out for the Meeting evenif you can’t attend the Service.
May 14 “Child Haven Sunday”Andy Rush and Jackie Rush-Morgan will return to share inspiring stories after three months of volunteering at anorphanage run by Child Haven in Kaliyampoondi, southern India.
May 21 “Bridging into Possibility”Change is afoot! With all it’s attendant endings and new beginnings there’s a yin and yang to transitions. Excitement and fear go hand in hand. It can be a lotto navigate. How can we cross the bridge to possibility? Today we honour and celebrate our Senior Youth as they cross the bridge from all that they’ve known to explore everything that’s possible. Rev. Strecker speaking.
After service: Amnesty International Letter writing, lunch bunch
May 28 “Thoreau’s Walden”
Henry David Thoreau spent two years living in a one-room cabin on the shores of Walden Pond starting in 1845. He embraced simplicity and mindfulness over a hundred years before they became contemporary pathsto spiritual development. His direct experience of mystery and wonder in nature has become one of the sources from which Unitarian Universalists draw inspiration. His words still have a lot to say to us today. Rev. Strecker speaking.
After service: Annual General Meeting
May 2017
ContactsKingston Unitarian Fellowship206 Concession StreetKingston, Ontario, K7K 2B5
The office can be reached at 613-544-8777, or by e-mail to [email protected]. For general inquiries, send e-mail to [email protected]. Send news submissions [email protected].
Reverend Carol Strecker, Interim Minister, can be reached at [email protected].
Reverend Wendy Luella Perkins, Affiliated Minister, can be reached at [email protected] or at 614-549-3102.
Opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Kingston Unitarian Fellowship.
MinisterRev. Carol Strecker
In recent weeks I have beenreminded of the importanceof direct, communication andthe shortcomings of socialmedia. Facebook posts andeven email provide snippets
and sound bites without a wider context. And there's usually more to thestory then meets the eye. Without the benefit of conversation; the ability to clarify and ask questions, to hear someone's tone of voice and read body language it's easy to misunderstand. Rather then deepening relationships people can get hurt.
Email is great for scheduling meeting and sharing factual information. Facebook is great for sharing photos and information about milestones and events. It's a real touchstone for me living so far away from family and friends back home. But these technological tools are not the same thing as talking with someone - face to face. One of the things I value most about Unitarian Universalism is that weare covenantal communities - We Gather! We actually take the time to get together; coming to the table, meeting face to face - to learn and growtogether in community. We value our diversity. It makes us stronger. And - we make promises to one another abouthow we want to gather in community.
Every Sunday we say,
We gather in the spirit of loveWith open minds, open hearts and openhands.May we learn to dwell together in peace;seek the truth in love and build bridges of understandingas we work together to create a more just and loving world.
I'd like to suggest that it's especially important during this time of transition to check in with one another - and do it face to face! Participate in Candidating
Week! Reach out to people you know who aren't participating. Reach out to people you don't know. Get to know Rev. Coppola. Give her the opportunity to get to know you. No minister or congregation can meet everyone's needs, but you can do what you can to know
and be known in the service of understanding and love.
Faithfully Yours, Rev. Carol
Rev. Carol
PresidentDaphne Hand
This past month has been an emotional whirl wind for me. Our candidate minister, Rev. Beckett Coppola, is on board to visit us. Thank you again, howcan we say thank you enough, to the MSC group for their dedication to our congregation, to each other and to the process of finding a settled Minister. Also, the work the board has been doing on policy review and updates hasconsumed me in a different way. Our loss of a KUF member has deeply affected me. Why do good people die and how shall we live in grief? Those who were able to attend her celebrationof life had the privilege of witnessing and sharing in our goodbyes to a new and valued member.
April 29th to May 7th is CANDIDATEWEEK WITH REV. BECKETT COPPOLA.
Show up and be part of the engagementwith Rev. Beckett. The schedule of activities, meetings, lunches, teas and times to chat is available through our web site – www.kuf.ca Please take the time to check this out. If you are not ona specific committee or part of a group,the dates for you are:
April 30th – Sunday Service and sharedlunch;
May 5th – meet and greet at 4:30 or pizza and games night 5:30 or
May 6th – walk in the woods at the Little Cat with the College, Career, Kids and Beyond Group (young adults)at 9:30 am and
May 7th – Sunday Service and Special Congregational Meeting. There is a spot for everyone!
Daphne Hand, President
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Table of ContentsSunday Services...............................1Contacts............................................2Minister............................................2President...........................................2From the Ministerial Search Committee........................................3Called Beyond The Walls.................3KUF AI Report.................................3Child Haven.....................................3Unirondack.......................................4What's For Sale?...............................4Soulful Singing ................................4Wilton Cheese..................................5Publications......................................6Board of Directors ...........................6May 2017.........................................7
From the Ministerial Search CommitteeCandidating Week will start with Sunday Service on April 30th. This is your first opportunity to see Rev. Beckett in action and hear her first sermon. Shared Lunch with Rev. Beckett in attendance will follow and childcare will be available. During the week Rev. Beckett will meet with the Board, various committees, and will attend a variety of social events and potlucks (accompanied by a member ofyour search committee).
Your second opportunity to attend a service with Rev. Beckett will be on May 7th.
We strongly encourage everyone attendat least one event during the week with Rev. Beckett, and take the time to say hello. We know she’s incredibly excited to meet you all.
We encourage people who read KUFlinks and KUF's website to reach out to those who they know of who may need an extra reminder.
Your attendance at the Congregational Meeting immediatelyfollowing the Service on May 7th is important to KUF and we encourage you to come out for the Meeting evenif you can’t attend the Service.
Called Beyond The WallsThe Rev. Wendy Luella Perkins
We are sending you light, to heal you, to hold youWe are sending you light, to hold you in loveSong sung at recent Hiroshima Day commemorations in Kingston
As some of you know, I have been part of organizing the Hiroshima DayPeace Lantern Ceremony here in
Kingston for the last several years. I have been part of planning the event, singing songs, leading the ritual and program, helping with crafts, promoting the event, and much more. Ithas been a meaningful part of my community ministry that fits well with Unitarian Universalist values including our sixth and seventh principles: “The goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all” and “Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.”
Hiroshima Day is marked annually on August 6th to commemorate the dropping of nuclear bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, August 6 and 9, 1945. The two cities were devastated from these bombs and the casualties, mostly civilians, were estimated at around 200,000, with many more people dying later from injuries and illness. While Hiroshima Day commemorations started in Japan within a few years of the dropping the atomic bombs, events started here in Kingston in the early 1980s. Over the decades, the commemoration has taken on many different forms in different locations but always to remember those affected by nuclear weapons and nuclear accidents and to advocate for a world free of nukes.
Hiroshima Day Coalition – Second planning meeting for our 2017 commemorationMonday May 15, 7:00 pm106 Raglan Rd (my home)RSVP's appreciated: [email protected]
Members and friends of KUF are invited to attend this community planning meeting with the Hiroshima Day Coalition. If Hiroshima Day commemorations in Kingston have been meaningful to you in past years, you are concerned about the recent rhetoric between the United States and North Korea, and/or you want to act locally to promote peace and justice then perhaps you would like to attend.
Bring your ideas and suggestions and we’ll talk about what we, as a community, would like to do this year to commemorate Hiroshima Day. Hopeto see some of you then. If you can't make this meeting, but have ideas to share and/or want to be kept in the loopabout future meetings, please let me know.
In faith and friendship,Wendy LuellaAffiliated Community Minister
KUF Amnesty International Letter-Writing ReportApril 23, 2017
by Barbara Dick and Marlene Phillips
On April 23, 10 members of KUF signed 30 letters to the President and the Minister of Internal Affairs in Belarus as well as the Belarusian Ambassador in Ottawa, on behalf of Larysa Schiryakova, a journalist in Belarus. The Belarusian authorities are threatening to take her 10-year-old son away from her in retaliation for her critical reporting of events in the country including the ongoing crackdown against peaceful protestors.
We also signed three petitions on behalf of prisoners of conscience in China and Iran, and LGBTI people whohave been harassed, abused, and imprisoned in Tunesia.
The next AI letter-writing table will be held after service on May 21.
Celebrate Child Haven Children's Homesby Jackie RushMorgan
Our heart felt thanks to the KUF members who have supported Child Haven International (India) by attending KUF's yearly fundraiser and/or by contributing to the water filtration plant at the Kaliyampoondi,
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Tamil Nadu children's home this winter.
Andy and I are back from our three month internship at the Kaliyampoondi Child Haven home, near Chennai. We are SO pumped to enjoy Kingston's Child Haven fundraiser, which will be 6:30 - 9:30 on Saturday, June 17. For us, it will be a big celebration of Kingston's contributions to Child Haven International.
We have a new venue: Christ Church Parish Hall, 990 Sydenham Rd. It has a big, industrial kitchen for our caterer, Jack Francis to prepare the wonderful Indian savouries and sweets we enjoy so much. There's plenty of space for thesilent and live auction of Indian handicrafts. It also has a big, open dance floor for Bollywood dancers, inviting more participants to join in.
Tickets will be available after May and June KUF services. Please bring some friends. It's wonderful to contribute so directly to destitute children, and it's a great party, too!
UnirondackAs is the long standing tradition for KUF, once again this year we are making our annual trip to Unirondack. Come join the fun and camaraderie of the camp to be held Sept 8, 9 and 10.This year we have special prices for first time attendees at 25% off for individuals and a special family price for first time families of $125, and that is for two nights accommodations and five meals.
We are hoping to have our new minister join us so this is a great time toget a chance to know that person in a beautiful, relaxed setting.
Please contact John Johnson, Anne Chiarelli, or David Mathers for further information and registration forms.
What's For Sale?You’ll find surprises at the KUF SpringSale. In the past there have been events
such as afternoon swim at a cottage, visit to bee-keeping site, trips to the theatre, afternoon tea on the deck, musical mini-concert, dog-walking, play-reading, sailboat trip, etc.
This annual sale started in 2011. It began as a sale of goods and services. But the services proved more popular than the goods, probably because the services involved two or more people who enjoyed the opportunity to get together, so the goods part of the sale disappeared after two years. Hence the motivation for the sale became opportunity to socialize as well as fund raising and many of the services became events.
If you’re new to KUF or have not yet participated, you can participate by offering an event/service, by purchasing one or more, or both. Here is how the sale works.
1. KUF members or friends volunteer to provide an event of some kind, usually in the summer.
2. The person providing the event statesthe cost, the number of people who can participate, and (usually) the date for it.
3. The list of events is posted in KUF
at Sunday Services in late May and June, and published by email or Mini-Link or phone message.
4. People buy events of interest to them at Sunday services or by contacting Allan, Ann or, others namedbelow. The sale ends June 10.
5. Payment for the events go to KUF, not to the persons providing them.
If you can offer an event or want to discuss a possible event, please contact Ann Copland or 613-546-5271, or Allan Hammond or 613-544-8184. Do this as soon as possible, not later than May 20.
This year’s sale is also assisted by Valerie Colgan, Joe Pater, and Ken Weber.
Soulful Singing with Rev. Wendy Luella PerkinsMonday, May 1st, 2017, 7:00 - 8:30 pm
Wendy Luella, our Affiliated Community Minister offers her signature meditative practice that celebrates each person's unique voice
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and creates community in song. SoulfulSinging brings our voices and hearts together in a mindful, joyful, open way as an antidote to the racism, sexism andhatred that abounds in these troubling times. Singing together has the power to change our own hearts and make a real difference in the world. We share songs and chants through the oral tradition. Experience freedom, joy, and peace through the power of communal singing and chanting, in a safe, nurturing, open space to explore. Anyone can do it, including you! $2-20by donation, pay what you can. A portion of the money collected goes to support the community ministry of Wendy Luella Perkins. For more information, contact [email protected] om.
Wilton CheeseCheese orders due Sunday May 7Cheese delivery May 14
PublicationsKUFLinks: The monthly newsletter. Please send submissions by the middle of the month. It is usually published on or about the last Sunday of the month. Send submissions to [email protected].
Past issues of KUFLinks can be found on the KUF website at www.kuf.ca/news/newsletters/.
Don't forget to send us your submissions for our column "Members and Friends". We invite you to share news of events or milestones, such as major anniversaries, births, etc. Please keep submissions short, say, no more than two sentences. We also welcome any photos you think others would enjoy.
MiniLinks: A weekly reminder of upcoming events sent out by e-mail every Thursday, as a supplement to the monthly KUFLinks. Send submissions to [email protected].
Website: www.kuf.ca. To comment on
website content, send an e-mail to [email protected].
Calendar: www.kuf.ca/news/calendar/ We constantly update the calendar. If you use Google Calendar, you can also view the KUF events on your own calendar. Check the instructions on the “Calendar” page on the KUF website.
Order of Service: The Sunday program announcements for the comingweek. Please send announcements to [email protected] by Wednesday noon. Indicate “OofS announce” in the subject.
Facebook: Be sure to share postings ofinterest with your friends: www.facebook.com/KingstonUnitarianFellowship www.facebook.com/KingstonUnitarianFellowshipChildrenRE
Lay Chaplains: Please refer our lay chaplains to your family and friends forweddings, memorials, and child namings.www.kingstonweddingofficiant.com www.kuf.ca/ceremonies/
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Board of Directors 2016-2017Committees and Board Liaisons
Role Director Liaison e-mail
President Daphne Hand [email protected]
Vice president Jan Hartgerink Life Span Learning [email protected]
Secretary Joe Pater Admin and Communications [email protected]
Treasurer Elaine Peterson Finance [email protected]
Past president Brian Hetherington [email protected]
Directors at Large Mary Armstrong Sunday and Hospitality [email protected]
Valerie Colgan Facilities [email protected]
Charlene Horwood Sunday and Hospitality [email protected]
David Mathers Outreach [email protected]
Wendy Morrison Lay Chaplaincy and Caring [email protected]
Youth Representative Ted Mathers [email protected]
(For phone numbers see KUF Directory.)
Working with a committee is a great way to get to know each other better – working with other Unitarians helps us to practice our principles in a safe space and learn from each other.(See”Serving with Grace” Eric Walker Wikstrom” Chapter one “The Spirituality of Service”)
May 2017
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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
11-3p Mad Hatters Tea Party5:30-7p Finance committee mtg6p Board Potluck7-8:30p Soulful Singing
25:30p Lay chaplains meeting7-9p KUF Board meeting
35:30p MSC Dinner7-9p Rental7:30-10p Tanya Tagaq concert
410:30a Sunday Services CommitteeMeeting1p Admin/comm committee meeting2:30p Building committee meeting4p Music committee meeting5-7:30p Rental6p RE committee meeting
54:30-5:30p Meet and greet with Rev. Beckett5:30-9p Pizza and games night
69–11:30a Beit Sefer9a-5p Rental9:30-11:30p Walk in the woods w Rev. Beckett6p Newcomers potluck w Rev. Beckett
79:30-10:15a Choir rehearsal10:30-Noon Service12-1p Special congregational meeting10:30a-2:30p Quakers1-5p Rental6:30-8p Sangha
Wilton Cheese Orders Due
8 9 103-5p Al Jalam family settlement committee6:30-8:30p Rental7-9p Rental
111-5p Minister's office hours5-7:30p Rental
121-3:30p Sing-along
139-11:30a Beit Sefer9:30-1p Rabbi visit
149:30-10:15a Choir rehearsal10:30-Noon Service10:30a-2:30p Quakers6:30-8p Sangha
Wilton Cheese Delivery
15 16 172-4p Creative writing group6:30-8:30p Rental
181-5p Minister's office hours2-4p Open circle5-7:30p Rental
19 209-11:30a Beit Sefer
219:30-10:15a Choir rehearsal10:30-Noon Service10:30a-2:30p Quakers12-1p AI letter writing12-2p Lunch Bunch6:30-8p Sangha
22 23 246:30-8:30p Rental
251-5p Minister's office hours5-7:30p Rental
26 279-11:30a Beit Sefer1:30-6:30p Rental
289:30-10:15a Choir rehearsal10:30-Noon Service12-1p AGM10:30a-2:30p Quakers6:30-8p Sangha
295:30-9:30p Rental (KCC AGM)
30 316:30-8:30p Rental