What's happening at the UUCG? Oct. 24th - Oct. 30th, 2017 Tuesday October 24th- Colorado Energy Freedom Tour Concerned about clean air, water, jobs, and how to bridge the partisan divide? Here’s a positive solution - Bill Barron regional coordinator for 7 states will be traveling the state and in Greeley. When: 6:30pm - 8:00pm Where: Unitarian Universalist Church Please bring your friends, family and coworkers. Refreshments will be provided. Help Needed I am looking for volunteers to help clean up after the Colorado Energy Freedom Tour on Tuesday October 24. The event begins at 6:30pm and will end at 8:00pm. Clean up involves moving benches back in place, cleaning up refreshments, and sweeping the carpet. Please let Hollis or Margaret know if you can help. Thanks Tuesday October 24th - Spirituality, Religion and Conversation*Will Be Cancelled* SPIRITUALITY, RELIGION AND CONVERSATION will resume the second and fourth Tuesday at 7PM. November 14th Come and discuss “The Religion of Identity Politics”. Listen to a short podcast by Sam Harris prior to discussion. What is Identity Politics? Is it good or bad? How is it affecting our society? How is it affecting our church? How is it affecting Unitarian Universalism as a denomination? In the future we will continue to meet on the second and fourth Tuesday of the month at 7:00pm at the UUCG. Sunday October 29th– “Dia De Los Muertos -Day of Rememberance” (Multi Gen Service - No Childcare) Kathy Vaughn / Miles Holcomb Please Join us for one of our annual UU Services. This is a Multi-gen Service to remember loved ones from the past. Please bring a photo or object of remembrance to put on the altar. RE: Multi-gen Day of The Dead Sunday October 29th - Cottage Meeting Following Service at 1130 am in the Sanctuary. Other News and Reminders Religious Education News We are so proud to have Miles Holcomb as our Religious Education Coordinator & Maggie Bryant as their assistant. Upcoming events in R.E.: Sunday Oct. 29: Multi Gen Service Day of the Dead. If you have any questions regarding the R.E. Curriculum please feel free to email Kathy Vaughn at kathy.jinka@gmail.com Choir Blurb: Choir rehearsal schedule change: We are no longer rehearsing Wednesday nights! We will now be practicing after church on the first and second Sundays of each month after the service. Thank you! Sam Henline From your Board President Re: Space Availability: Hello all! I would like to make you aware of the church's availability on Sundays, after our usual 10:00 AM service. Our renters will now be starting their services at 4:00 PM each Sunday. The church will have availability for meetings / classes / events typically from 11:30 or 12:00 pm for church activities until approximately 3:30 PM - at the latest. Of course, we will have inquiries from occasional renters, but consider making your meeting after our service. The congregants are already here. You have the space. You STILL need to check with Margaret on availability, but please consider using the space. You may want to consider bringing something to eat for lunch to help tide you over for your meeting or activity. Do keep in mind that the third Sunday of the month, from 11:30 until usually 1:00 PM, you will find your Board of Trustees at work in the RE room. Thank you, Julie Miller Grocery Certificates Are you ready to do some easy shopping and support our church at the same time? How does 8% back to the church sound? Available in October are some order forms which include a variety of retail, restaurant and hotel establishments that will donate a percentage back to our church. Please come by the gift card table in the foyer or contact Josette at 381-7891 or josetteschaffer@msn.com to find out more. The Worship Committee We will be meeting on Sunday, November 5th at 11:30am. In addition to current committee members, anyone interested in being a Worship Associate for the upcoming year is encouraged to join us! If you have questions, feel free to email Committee Co-Chairs Brian and Shelly Gaza: briangaza@mac.com / shelly.gaza@unco.edu. Please Recycle Have you Noticed Our (2) Blue Recycling Bins in the Church? One is located by the North Entrance under our information station. The Other is located in the Barbara Bowles Room by the East entrance. Fresh Farm Eggs Available Kathy’s new Happy Chickens are laying nice farm fresh eggs. The cost is $3 a carton. Please leave your money in the envelope provided in the refrigerator. Please donate your used cartons to Kathy, If you have any questions please call 970-371-1522. Thank you! How can I contact Rev. Barry Bloom? If you need to get into contact with Rev. Barry Bloom please email him at revbarrybloom@gmail.com or call him at 303-273-9908. Office Hours : Mon, Wed &Thur 10am - 12pm Tues 9am - 11am Fridays 1pm - 3pm If you have an announcement or corrections you would like to see in our weekly announcements, please email Margaret at office_manager@greeleyuuc.org by 10 am on the Tuesday you wish to see the announcement in! Comments are closed.
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