T H E C O M M U N I T A R I A N

COMMUNITY UNITARIAN CHURCH

AT WHITE PLAINS

~ December Theme: Hope ~

Meredith’s Musings, The Ground of Hope

“Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars.”

Radio DJ Casey Kasem’s signature sign-off

Hope can go bad. We can use hope to evade reality and escape into rosy fantasies. In the name of hope, people may dwell in a hoped-for future rather than living in the present. Psychiatrist Scott Peck’s very useful book, People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil, gives many examples from his patients where evil and mental illness blur together. The evil/ill patients he discusses share a habit of attacking others instead of facing their own failures. When things go well, it’s just what they deserved; when things go badly, it’s always someone else’s fault. By contrast, an ideal of mental health would be just the opposite: when things go well, the healthy think with gratitude of all the others who made their success possible, and when things go badly, they examine what they might have done differently. Peck then defines mental health as “an ongoing process of dedication to reality at all costs.” The evil/ill tendency to blame others and credit the self is a refusal to face reality. The evil/ill prefer the comforts of the illusion of blameless virtue and undeserved victimhood to “a life of continuous and never-ending stringent self-examination and honesty with oneself” (Peck). When hope goes bad, it turns into the enemy of reality, honesty, truth. It beckons us to retreat into pleasant illusions of an imagined future – or succumb to temptations of visions in which other people have finally wised up and stopped standing in our righteous way. When hope is ungrounded, it is merely another name for fear. What commonly goes by the name “hope” – hope for a specific result – is nonacceptance. This kind of hope is no more than fear of the world as it is, or the world as we are afraid it may become. "I hope the bill passes," or "I hope I get the promotion" is not substantively different from "I'm afraid of the bill not passing," and "I'm afraid of not getting the promotion." There is surely a place and a need for hopeful visions of a better future – for powerful dreams such as Martin Luther King’s. (There's a place and need for fear, too.) Hope, by its nature, wants to reach for the stars. To keep hope from going bad -- to hope within the context of "dedication to reality at all costs" -- we must also plant its feet in the ground of love of reality. Hope’s grounding lies in making peace with the possibility that the future may not be different in any particular way that you or I would call “better.”

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Board of Trustees 3

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Events 5-10

Calendar 11

Community Unitarian Church

468 Rosedale Avenue White Plains, NY

10605 914-946-1660 Www.cucwp.org

December 2014

Inside this issue:

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December 7: 12th Sunday of autumn Rev. LoraKim Joyner Reverence for Life

Albert Schweitzer, physician, theologian, musician, and

philosopher, gave to the world the Reverence for Life

Ethic. More than anything his life was his argument. How

can we live like he did, with deep reverence for all of life in

ways that nurture and save ourselves, as we save the

world. Come join one another as we reflect upon this, and

what it means to be human in a multispecies world. December 14: 13th Sunday of autumn Rev. Meredith Garmon Hope An exploration of our theme of the month for December. December 21: 1st Sunday of winter Rev. Meredith Garmon & Perry Montrose All-Ages Christmas Pageant service December 24: Christmas Eve Service at 5:30 PM December 28: 2nd Sunday of winter Joann Prinzivalli

D E C E M B E R S E R V I C E S

1 0 : 0 0 A M ( E X C E P T W H E R E N O T E D )

Continued from page one... Hope’s grounding is action taken here and now without knowing what effect, if any, the action will have. Hope is grounded in what the poet John Keats called “negative capability” – the capacity not to insist on a determinate knowable meaning. Grounded hope reminds us to hold our visions lightly, for they are projections of our ego needs, and the best of them can become despotic and demonic. A grounded activist knows, “I do this not to make the world different. I do this to be who I am.” When our hope is grounded in loving what is, we can be courageous, we can join the resistance (to injustice, oppression, sources of violence) with our hearts and our breath and our being, comfortable that we cannot predict what will come of it. Hope’s grounding lies in listening deeply, speaking truth, then letting go of attachment to outcomes.

Yours in faith, Meredith

B O A R D O F T R U S T E E S

Do you remember former CUC friends who might enjoy our

newly energized congregation?

The Board of Trustees will be sending a letter shortly to former congregants, telling

them about some of the new and exciting things happening here. The letter will invite

them to visit and see if their interest is rekindled. If you know of people you’d like us

to include in this mailing, please let Johanna Bauer know, at johbauer@msn.com or 914-

636-1047, or call the church office at 914-946-1660 ext. 2.

From the Chair's Chair Most notably I want to report on the

“Community Chat” that the

Committee on Ministry ran in

October. Thanks to participating

congregants for all of their thoughtful

feedback. CUC Board Vice-Chair

Karen Schmitt helped me summarize

feedback and compile

responses (We are listening!):

WORSHIP

Sermons. “Wonderful”

Applause during Service. Overall

feedback was that unless children are

performing, there should be no

applause in the service. The sanctuary

is a holy place.

We agree. There are many moving and beautiful musical experiences during the service, and although every once in a while the urge to applaud spontaneously is too overwhelming to keep in, we ask the congregation to keep applause to a minimum. Passing the Peace. Passing the peace

in services is taking too much

time. People walk around and have

conversations. Rev. Garmon will attempt to keep this service segment to a set time. Visitor Introductions. We should

update the introduction of visitors to

be their first few times visiting. At the

first service newcomers may be

uncomfortable standing up.

Rev. Garmon will incorporate this. Service Start Time. Start of service

time is not clear to congregants. We are attempting to repeatedly communicate the service time. Musi-cal prelude starts at 10:00am. Ser-vice starts at 10:10am, signified by ringing of the chime. Service Length. Services should not

go until 11:30 - that is too long for

people to sit and pay attention,

particularly for family services.

Service is intended to end by 11:20. Rev. Meredith makes every attempt to end promptly, however occasion-

ally circumstances arise during the service such that it is not possible. Particular attention will be given to services with children present to ensure the service content is appropriate for them, and keep them engaged. Cell Phones. There should be a sign

indicating no cell phone when

entering the Sanctuary. There is actually a standing sign upon entering the sanctuary requesting that congregants turn off cellphones. The Ushering staff will experiment with moving the location of this sign to get the highest visibility. Order of Service / Hand Outs. There

is too much paper in the order of

service. Why is the Gazette a size pa-

per larger than the order of service? An attempt is being made to restrict the Gazette to a single letter sized page. Also, now that we have the new hymnal supplement, we will not longer need to include supplemental hymns in the Order of Service. Journey Groups. Going very well and

being well received. CUC members

are getting to know each other better.

EDUCATION

Adult RE / Coming of Age. It feels

like Adult Re has to be pushed upon

people versus people just signing up

for classes.

Many congregants have expressed interest in Adult RE. Timing of such programming is being discussed by the Religious Education Council and Perry Montrose to enhance partici pation, particularly in light of the recent commencement of Journey Groups.

SOCIAL ACTION

Coachman. Why did we stop our

work with Coachman? In the past,

CUC gave out food, led discussion

groups, and offered crafts for

kids. This was a good activity for the

CUC Youth Group.

A pilot program at Coachman that

focused on discussion groups with adult residents with ancillary arts and crafts for children was stopped for lack of interest by adult Coachman residents. A committee has just been formed to work with Meredith on a plan for Social Action at CUC. This will be a high priority for the coming year.

OTHER

Music. Many comments were con-

veyed about the music program, in-

cluding: would like more variety, bet-

ter to have guest musicians on days

when choir is not present, offertory

music should approximately match

time of collection, college students

could be great low cost, high quality,

guest musicians, and positive feed-

back for the outreach to children.

Many steps have already been taken this year including a variety of guest musicians (including jazz and folk), the UU Musicians Group, and Music for All Ages. Given the diversity of views on the music program, the Board intends to continue to examine ways to make sure CUC provides a music program that its congregants desire. The Committee on Ministry together with the Music Committee will be soliciting further views on this in the near future. Communitarian. Not everyone can

read the Communitarian easily

electronically.

Hardcopies of the Communitarian have been, and will continue to be, made available in the lobby. And one could always resumed receiving a mailed copy. Welcoming of New Members. The

overall welcoming of new members

seems to be going well.

Thank you Path to Membership Committee! Overall Tenor of Church. CUC is

alive and full of spirit. Rev. Meredith

has brought a lot of energy to CUC.

We agree!

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I also want to report that Journey

Groups continue to be well-received

and well-appreciated. November’s

topic of Forgiveness generated a lively

and thought-provoking discussion at

our group, and I hope others had a

similar experience. If you have not yet

joined a Journey Group I highly urge

you to sign up online at the CUC

website, call our CUC administrator,

Liliana Keith, or see Meredith to get

added. Don’t worry about coming in

partway through the year. Each

session is self-contained, so there is no

“catching up” to do, and all are

welcome.

And finally another wonderful month

at CUC was capped by a highly

successful Auction Night.

In addition to great food, great

company, and community-building,

our most important fund-raiser of the

year netted over $35,000!

We hope to see even more people

involved in the preparations for

Auction 2015.

From the Board of Trustees, hats off

to the entire committee!

Chairs: Anne Marie and Scott Damashek and Emily Economou Auctioneer: Chris Breault Food and drinks: Al Rocchi & Joan Traber Decorations: Claire Flower Donations: Carole Mehta Bid & Bump: Robert Youngman Ticket Sales/Check In/Check-out: Chris Kortlandt Auction Booklet: Jane Dixon, Chris Kortlandt, Paula Meighan Babysitting: Jared Economou, Sinead & Aine Hunt The following people helped in a variety of ways, on one, or more, of

the projects listed above: Janet Bear, Julie Gans, Russ Gold, Tom Heintzelman, Nicky Klemens, Bevin Maguire, Amy Swiss, John Schwam, Joan Traber, and Dan Vought, Liz Laite, Krista Smith, Cindy & Dan Tillman, Craig Hunt, Ted & Claire Kuzinski, Lauren Taylor, Cath-erine Kortlandt, Ted Dreher, Deb Morra, Ginny Strand, John Econo-mou, Ingrid Hartman, Anne & Joe Ma-jsak, Rhonda & Steve Miller, and Karen Schmitt

Well folks, the holidays are nearly

upon us. Enjoy family, friends, and all

the activities at CUC! We hope to see

everyone at the Holiday Concert,

Amahl and the Night Visitors, Sunday

December 21, 2014 following the

Holiday Brunch.

See you at CUC!

Yours in faith,

Randy Marshall, Chair,

CUC Board of Trustees

U N I T A R I A N U N I V E R S A L I S T A S S O C I A T I O N ( U U A )

D E N O M I N A T I O N A L A F F A I R S

The UU Service Committee has updated its shopping

site, The Good Buy, where products sold promote living

wages for workers and open supply chains for ethical

producers, while championing all-natural organics,

sustainable farming, and minimal or zero impact on the

environment. Each purchase directly funds human rights and

social justice programs administered by the UU Service

Committee. Go to: http://www.thegoodbuy.com/.

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Sunday, December 21 at 10am

Everyone is in…

…The No-Rehearsal Christmas Pageant!

As the story unfolds, you become Mary,

Joseph, goats, sheep, cows, horses, angels,

shepherds, and wise folk.

Costumes provided; just bring a joyful spirit.

Perry’s Ponderings… Papa, Mama, Hannah, Jake, baby Rebecca, and their cow headed west into the frontier, looking for good farmland and a new opportunity. During a long, cold winter, the family runs short on food, get-ting down to six potatoes. In our Thanksgiving Ser-vice, this was the point in the story where we paused to think about the families right here in Westchester County for whom this type of hunger and scarcity of resources is a daily reality. They de-pend on the Food Pantry for basic survival. We asked everyone to bring non-perishable items to the worship service and there was a tremendous re-sponse. Your generosity and care is remarkable. As Unitarian Universalists, we do not just lament atrocities; we take action and try to inspire others to do the same. We are beginning to create a social justice plan of action at CUC. The Justice RE Sup-port Team (REST) intersects with that effort. The Justice REST recently met for the first time and there was a great deal of energy around bringing social justice opportunities to children, youth, and families. Members of the Justice REST named existing pro-grams and some special interests of theirs, such as economic justice, environmental issues, and gender equality. They made it their intention to find out what the children and youth care about, in order to create programming around those issues. Please let us know what justice work you and/or your children would like us to focus on. In addition to awareness, learning, and fundraising, we aim to have the children and youth experience hands-on ways of making a difference in the world around them. Ideally, we will give them an age-appropriate sense of not just service, but creating systemic change. As an action-oriented congrega-tion, we will not just pull people out of holes, but be-gin filling in the holes, one shovelful at a time, and teaching others to do that. As the Thanksgiving chalice lighting words from Edwin Everet Hale state, “I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do every-thing, but still I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.”

There are many giving opportunities over the holiday season, as you can see on page 7. They are all important causes that will bring a small ray of sunshine to people’s lives, while enabling our chil-dren to experience giving. Yet, in these instances, the longest-lasting gift is to help children and youth gain a deeper understanding of what societal changes are still waiting to occur and how they can impact the situation. Let’s “do the something” and empower our young people with the knowledge of what that feels like.

R E L I G I O U S E D U C A T I O N

What’s in A Name?

Since 1972, we have officially been called:

“Community Unitarian Church at White Plains." Over the past 20 years, the thought has surfaced and

resurfaced numerous times as to whether our current

name continues to reflect who we are as a congregation.

This fall, our Board of Trustees appointed the What's in a

Name? Committee to engage our members in a process

for group consideration of our name. The goal of the

What's in a Name? Committee is to get input from every

single member and friend through this process.

We have met with several committees and groups to date

and are now ready to schedule small group meetings for

members and friends who have not had the

opportunity yet to complete a survey on our current name

and alternative options.

Meeting dates and times are scheduled as follows:

Sunday, December 7th at 11:40 in room 24.

Sunday, January 4th, at 11:40 in room 41.

Sunday, January 18th, at 9:30 AND 11:40 in room 41.

THESE MEETINGS WILL NOT TAKE MORE THAN

20 MINUTES as our mission is simply to gather

information from you. Child Care will be provided.

Grab your coffee and come on over.

It is important that you read the short, informative packet

before completing a survey at one of the meetings. The

packet can be accessed from the website home page or

call the main office to receive a copy.

If you have any questions, please contact any one of us

on the committee. We look forward to meeting with all

of you.

Karen Dreher

John Cavallero

Karen Schatzel

Scott Damashek

Adine Usher

DECK THE HALLS

Sunday Dec 7 following the service

The holidays are fast approaching!

Join us after the service and help

decorate our Sanctuary for the season.

Dec 7th and Dec 14th

Following service. Gifts for

Family, teachers and friends.

If interested in selling your crafts

please contact

Barbara Youngman

914-948-2973.

Proceeds go the the

Minister’s

Discretionary Fund.

E V E N T S

December 21

"Amahl and the Night Visitors" -

Top Ten Reasons To Attend This Beautiful Opera:

1. The composer, Gian Carlo Menotti, composed

"Amahl and the Night Visitors" as a short, one

act opera for children - so this is a great holiday

event for the whole family. He was inspired by

his own childhood Italian tradition of presents

arriving via the Three Kings instead of Santa

Claus.

2. CUC's Carla Fisher plays the title role.

3. Cynthia Reynolds of the First Unitarian Society

in Hastings-On-Hudson plays Amahl’s mother.

4. CUC youngsters Remie and Zara Suvanto and

Kate Zipkin dance. And they are talented as well

as very cute.

5. The roles of the 'Three Kings', Kaspar- Ernie

Kennedy, Balthazar - Boris Morocho, and Mel-

chior - Matt Haines, are in everyday life respec-

tively: a letter carrier, a high school freshman,

and an English Teacher. Wait until you hear how

wonderful they sound.

6. 'The Page' is sung by former intern Nick Errico.

7. The Choir will transform to a multigenerational

group of shepherds and shepherdesses.

8. Before the opera is performed, the Choir will

share a few favorite songs of the season

9. Rehearsals have been wonderful, and this will be

an unforgettable event.

10. Brunch is being served after service, so continue

into the afternoon with this wonderful perform-

ance. A reception will follow as well.

Advance Tickets are available for purchase from any choir

member, and at every Coffee Hour between now

and December 21st. The maximum suggested donation for a

family is $45. For smaller families, children 12 and under are

$5, adults $20 and seniors and students $10.

Please spread the word, tell your friends, and en-

joy a truly moving holiday story. We hope to see

you there!

~ Lisa N. Meyer, Choir Director

Fiesta Italiano Holiday

December 21, 11:30 AM

Make a day of it and

stay for the

Amahl Opera after! Brunch is complimentary for

congregants, but donations are

welcome by all

(suggested donation: $5)

Bird Walks

All bird walks behind the parsonage

(lower parking lot) at 8:30 a.m. on

Sunday mornings.

December 21st - Come celebrate the

winter solstice as we reflect upon the

themes of light and dark.

January 25th - Following Martin Luther

King weekend, we will reflect upon

justice in a multispecies world.

Led by Rev. LoraKim Joyner.

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Opportunities for Giving

DECEMBER 7th Deadline

TOYS FOR CHILDREN Of Inmates At The Bedford Hills Correctional Facility. Please buy an appropriate gift

(for children of all ages) and bring it unwrapped on December 7th. The children’s wish list includes:

Elementary games/toys—dolls (dolls of color appreciated), trucks, action figures (male & female); Infant &

Toddler Toys and Clothing—size newborn and up; Board Games—for all ages; Teenage Items—photo album,

journals, bath & body gift set, make-up kits, watches, scarves, footballs, basketballs, baseball gloves, etc.; Arts

& Crafts-kits & supplies. We may not accept: Clothing in blue, black, orange or gray; toy guns, knives, or any

other items that promote violence.

DECEMBER 7th & 14th sign up, and DECEMBER 21 Deadline

GIFTS FOR CHILDREN At The Coachman Family Center in White Plains.

Information indicating age, gender and choice of gift for each child will be available December 7 and

14. Please sign up for a family group, buy appropriate gifts and bring the wrapped gifts to the church

by December 21. Mark gifts clearly with room number and child’s name. This year the focus is school age

children.

ALL THROUGH DECEMBER

THE ECUMENICAL FOOD PANTRY distributes special food for holiday dinners. Cash donations are

especially needed at this time. Checks may be sent to the Ecumenical Food Pantry, P.O. Box 2037, White

Plains, NY 10602. We always have a bin in our lobby for donations of non-perishable food items. Or contact

Vicky Van Wert at 914-363-9108.

TOILETRIES, SOCKS, MEN’S UNDERWEAR (large and x-large), will be collected all through Decem-

ber. These items are collected for men, women, and children of local shelters. The 4th grade will be helping

with this project.

THE MITTEN TREE

New mittens, gloves, hats and scarves for all ages and all sizes will be collected until New Year’s. These items,

along with the toiletries, will be distributed to three local shelters: The Coachman Family Center, Open Arms,

and Samaritan House.

Caring & Sharing…

If anyone knows of another among us who is in need of a caregiver from our Caring & Sharing Circle, throughout December contact Claire Kuczinski, 949-6619, ta-dex@optonline.net or Liz Laite, 914-366-4211, em.laite@verizon.net.

Give Poinsettias – Donate Now In December the focal area of our Sanctuary will again be decorated with poinsettias given in gratitude for happy occasions in our lives and in memory of loved ones. If you would like to contribute toward this beautiful display (plants are $12 each), send your check to the church by December 17. Checks should be made out to the church with the memo “poinsettia.” Checks can be left Sundays with the offertory, labeled “poinsettia” on the envelope. Please add a note indicating the person or occasion you want to honor or remember. For more information, contact Church Administrator Liliana Keith at admin@cucwp.org or 946-1660 ext 2.

Virguna : Movie and Discussion

3:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, January 10, 2015

One of our community ministers, Rev. LoraKim

Joyner, will host this movie and discussion about

the literal fight to save the mountain gorillas of

the Congo. The New York Times reports that

the movie showcases, "the best and the worst in

human nature." Conservation indeed compels us

to reflect upon what it means to be human in a

multispecies world, for we are both the cause

and cure for what threatens this earth and her

beings. How are we to engage in the

complexity of change given the hardships and

challenges for conserving other species,

including ourselves? Let us gather together and

find a way, the Conservationist's Way, where we

save ourselves and the world. This movie guides

us along the path, as does LoraKim as she brings

to the discussion over 28 years of front line

conservation work in Central America. Bring

movie snacks and beverages to share.

Nurturing Our Congregation through

Compassionate Communication

Saturday, January 24, 2015

9a.m. - 3 p.m.

UU Congregation at Shelter Rock

This is a workshop facilitated by one of our

Community Ministers, Rev. LoraKim Joyner,

DVM, who also serves as the Metro NY Right

Relations Consultant. All congregations in

the area are invited to attend, especially

members of Committees on Ministry and

those in other leadership positions. Focusing

on the tools of Compassionate

Communication, we will discuss how to

promote and deepen our faith and

congregational relations when we come

together to worship, play, and work (e.g. com-

mittee, board and congregations meetings.)

We will practice strategies for becoming role

models for effective communication, vibrant

relationships and inspirational leadership.

Pre-registration is required. Register with

Sharyn Esposito at 516.472.2960 or se-

posito@uucsr.org or www.uucsr.org in the

Events Calendar.

C O M I N G I N J A N U A R Y

~ December 2014 ~

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 6:30p-7:30p Tai Chi (FH)

2 7:30p-9:15p Choir Rehearsal (SANC)

7:45p-8:30p Lisa's rehearsal (FH)

3 3:30p-7p Roxbury Farm CSA pickup (FA)

7:30p-9:30p Pro-gram Council (R41)

4

5

6

7 8a-9:30a RE Council (R41)

8:45a-10a Choir Rehearsal (SANC)

9:30a-12p Nursery Care (32)

9:45a-10:45a Opportunities for Giving-Coachman sign up (Main Hallway)

10a-11:30a RE Classes (FH & classrooms)

10a-11:15a Worship/Coffee (SANC)

11:30a-12:30p Deck the Halls, Craft Fair (SANC)

11:30a-12:45p Lisa's rehearsal (FH)

11:40a-12:40p ITSOT (R41)

11:40a-12:10p What's In A Name? CMT (R24)

8 6:30p-7:30p Tai Chi (FH)

9 7:30p-9:15p Choir Rehearsal (SANC)

7:45p-8:30p Lisa's rehearsal (FH)

10 7:30p-9:30p Board of Trustees (41)

11 11:30a-1p Science & Spirituality (R24)

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13 10a-11:45a Zen Service (Parsonage (basement en-trance))

3:30p-3:30p Open Arms Shelter (FH)

14 Open Arms Shelter (FH)

9:30a-12p Nursery Care (32)

9:45a-10:45a Opportunities for Giving-Coachman sign up (Main Hallway)

10a-11:30a RE Classes (FH & classrooms)

10a-11:15a Worship/Coffee (SANC)

11:30a-12:30p Craft Fair (SANC)

11:30a-12:45p Lisa's rehearsal (FH)

11:40a-12:40p Journey Group A (R12)

11:40a-12:40p Journey Group N (R22)

15 11a-12p Journey Group B (off site) (Harrison)

6:30p-7:30p Tai Chi (FH)

7:30p-8:30p Jour-ney Group C (off site) (Harrison)

8p-9:30p Finance Committee (41)

16 1p-2p Calendaring Meeting (R41)

7:30p-9:15p Choir Rehearsal (SANC)

7:30p-8:30p Jour-ney Group E (off site) (Rye)

17 Communitarian Deadline

18 7:30p-8:30p Jour-ney Group F (off site) (Irvington)

7:30p-8:30p Jour-ney Group G (off site) (New Ro-chelle)

19 6p-9p Choir Re-hearsal (SANC\, FH)

20 10a-11:45a Zen Service (Parsonage (basement en-trance))

11a-2p Choir Dress Rehearsal (SANC\, FH)

21 Communitarian Deadline

9:30a-12p Nursery Care (32)

10a-11:30a RE Classes (FH & classrooms)

10a-11:15a Worship/Coffee (SANC)

11:30a Amahl-Choir Rehearsal

11:30a-1p Holiday Brunch (FH\, Ktc)

11:40a-12:40p Journey Group H (R12)

1:00 pm Amahl Concert

22 6:30p-7:30p Tai Chi (FH)

8p-9p Journey Group J (off site) (New Rochelle)

23 7:30p-9:15p Choir Rehearsal (SANC)

7:30p-8:30p Jour-ney Group D (off site) (Scarsdale)

24 10a-11a COMMU-NITARIAN mailing (R43)

4p-5:15p Choir Rehearsal (SANC)

5:30p-6:30p

Christmas Eve Service (SANC)

25 Christmas

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27 3p-4p Journey Group L (off site) (New Rochelle)

28 9:30a-12p Nursery Care (32)

10a-11:30a RE Classes (FH & classrooms)

10a-11:15a Worship/Coffee (SANC)

11:40a-12:40p Journey Group M (R12)

29 6:30p-7:30p Tai Chi (FH)

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Minister The Rev. Meredith Garmon minister@cucwp.org 914-946-1660 x3 Director of Lifespan Religious Education & Faith Development Perry Montrose dlre@cucwp.org 914-946-1660 x4 Church Administrator Liliana Keith admin@cucwp.org 914-946-1660 x2 Music Director Adam Kent music@cucwp.org Choir Director Lisa Meyer choir@cucwp.org

Community Minister in Association with CUC The Rev. Deb Morra communityminister@cucwp.org 914-946-1660 x6 Community Minister in Association with CUC The Rev. LoraKim Joyner (352) 375-8531 amoloros@juno.com Community Minister In Association with CUC The Rev. Kelly Mason (347) 497-3741 k.m.mason@caa.columbia.edu Bookkeeper Lisa Sommer bookkeeper@cucwp.org 914-946-1660 x7

Board of Trustees Chair, Randy Marshall 914-633-3115 rmarshra@gmail.com Treasurer, Nicky Klemens 914-967-4419 nsklemens@optonline.net

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Community Unitarian Church 468 Rosedale Avenue

White Plains, NY 10605 Founded 1909