Petals Eastrose Fellowship Unitarian Universalist

March 2019 Volume 63 - Issue 3

Eastrose Fellowship Unitarian Universalist1133 NE 181st Ave Portland, OR 97230

503-665-2628 eastrose.org

We, the members of Eastrose Fellowship Unitarian Universalist, covenant to provide an open-minded, caring community, to support ethical values, and to nurture the emotional, spiritual and intellectual needs of our membership. Our mission is to nourish a liberal religious community, to respect and celebrate the diversity inherent in humankind, and to bring the hope-filled message of Unitarian Universalism into our community and world.

EASTROSE MISSION STATEMENT

Auction 2019 -It’s in the Cards! Saturday, March 23rd — 2:00 pm to 6:30 pm. 

March 23 is the day of Eastrose's biggest FUN Raiser! $15.00 per person. Childcare provided. Tickets will be sold at church on Sundays starting March 4. You

can also order tickets online. There will be Food, Drinks, Fun, Silent Auction, Live Auction,

Dessert Auction and Raffle Basket — lots of chances to get what you want, ( plants, dinners, social events, the list goes on and on!), If you can't make it, others can be your proxies for bidding on items.

Don't miss the most fun event of the year. Questions? Contact Sue Matranga-Watson

Dear Eastrose, This is likely the penultimate (next-to-last) issue of the monthly Petals newsletter. The ad hoc

Communications Committee (Sue Steward, Lynne Pfeiffer, Deb Moskyok, and myself) met a while ago, and agreed that the low readership of Petals would indicate that it has outlived its usefulness to the Eastrose community. This is also somewhat true of eNews, although its readership is slightly higher. Therefore, the last issue of Petals is planned to be the April 2019 issue, which will be published at the end of March.

Lynne Pfeiffer has also publicized that she is planning to step down from publishing eNews in June. She has done an amazing WEEKLY job for many years, making announcements and information both accessible and attractive.

It is very important that we continue to keep our non-digital folks in the loop; we are working on the the best way to make it happen.

Going forward, the Communication Committee recommends: All information that has been conveyed by Petals and eNews will be posted on our website (eastrose.org). The website manager (currently Sue Steward), will be keeping eastrose.org updated with current events,

announcements, Sunday services, etc. In the future it will become important to have a team of two or three people to manage this job.

Weekly notices will be sent out with a brief teaser and links to new information on the website. We need to recruit new volunteer(s) to compile and publish these notices.

A schedule of 4 weeks per month for eNews will include: ✴ Week A -- Minister's column published as a blog page on the web ✴ Week B -- DRE column published on the web ✴ Week C -- Board report compiled by someone and published on the web ✴ Week D -- Upcoming Services published on the web in text and in printable form. ✴ Fifth Week to be determined. What happens which week to be determined.

Month of Sundays page, which is mailed as part of Petals to our members who do not access digital information, and is posted on bulletin boards, will continue. It is also available on the website. We need to recruit a new person to take on this task, although Kathie will continue for a while, and will happily train someone. We have a good template to use.

News will also be posted on our Facebook page, so volunteers will be needed for this task also. We have not ironed out all the details of who and how this will get done, but the goal is that anyone who is

looking for the who-what-when-where information about Eastrose will be able to find it on our website. Respectfully submitted from the Communications Committee, Kathie Loveall, Petals editor 2012-2019 p.s. See what’s new on our website on the next page!

Passage MeditationTuesdays 7:15 p.m.-8:45 p.m. in the Eastrose Sanctuary “By giving full attention to one thing at a time, we can learn to direct attention where we choose.” ~Eknath Easwaran

An inspirational passage turns our thoughts to what is permanent, to those things that put a final end to insecurity. In meditation, the passage becomes imprinted on our consciousness. As we drive it deeper and deeper, the words come to life within us, transforming all our thoughts, feelings, words, and deeds.”

We meet to discuss how the Eight Point Program (of which meditation is one) works in our lives enabling richer experiences, to meditate together and to support each other’s individual practice. If you are interested in starting a daily practice or deepening your existing practice please join us. All are welcome! For more information contact Jude Watson.

Contacting Eastrose

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Office Phone: (503) 665-2628 Website: eastrose.org Email: office@eastrose.org

Eastrose Board of Trustees: Frank Garneaux, President Eric , Vice President Lynne Pfeiffer, Secretary Deb Moskyok, Treasurer Lois Williams, At-Large Scott Jansen, At-Large

Office Administrator Kate Katahdin M-W-F 9:00 a.m. to Noon

Minister: Reverend Patti Pomerantz ppomerantz@uuma.org Office hours: Most Wednesdays 11:00 - 3:00 and by appointment Please call ahead for a meeting time.

Children’s Religious Education DRE@eastrose.org

Staff Pianist Mary Reese

Webmaster Sue Steward webmaster@eastrose.org

eNews Editor: Lynne Pfeiffer enews@eastrose.org

Sunday Order of Service Joyce Helling

Petals Editor Kathie Loveall petals@eastrose.org

Easter Choir - April 21 Calling all singers, from high school age on up. We welcome back Joe TenEyck to

be our Sunrise Choir director for Easter. We had such a fabulous turnout for Christmas — let's do that again! Here's our schedule:

Rehearsals: Mondays from 7:00 to 8:30, March 25, April 1, 8, 15 Performance: Sunday, April 21, warmup from 9:00 to 10:00, service at 10:30 Please RSVP. There will be a signup sheet in the narthex beginning on March 3.

Or you can email me anytime. Mary Reese

Are You Having “Second Thoughts?” Sunday, March 10 — 9:30 a.m.

Second Thoughts is a new adult education opportunity at Eastrose for those who are open-minded to the possibility of learning from one another. We'll meet for facilitated discussion every second Sunday at 9:30 a.m. in the Warren James house. Most classes will feature a topic presentation by the facilitator, but the first event, on 3/10, will simply be a discussion of whatever thoughts you bring related to the news of the day. This will give us the opportunity to work out the "rules of the road" for the class. (Hint: we'll be following our seven UU principles). Childcare is available; preregistration helpful.

Questions? Contact Scott Jansen (jansens2002@msn.com) who will be kick-starting this program.

Friendship Circle Dinner Success! Our formerly named 7@7 dinners were held on Feb 2nd in four generous Host Homes: Lois Williams,

Phyllis and Larry Adams, Shirley Jean and Jurgen Schmidt, and Linda Schaldach. The reports by all were that our fine tradition of great food, interesting conversations, and the camaraderie of getting-to-know-you-better is very much alive and well. In all, 29 members and friends participated.

If you missed this fun-filled social event, our next Friendship Circle dinners will be held in May. Coordinator, Linda Schaldach

New on Eastrose dot org!Some people have mentioned that the upcoming services page, which is Eastrose Home page, was

scrunching up (that's a technical term) and unreadable, especially on phones and tablets. It should be corrected. Please take a look again and let the webmaster know if it still needs work. New Stuff:

Past services will be collected in the Worship tab: Past Services In the Lifelong Learning tab you will find Parenting Group, Healthy Lifestyles, and Passage

Meditation,.In the NEWS Section you will find: The Annual Auction for the current year Auction information and links to tickets and forms. Publications has past Petals and eNews, print versions of Month of Sundays and Petals, and extra Announcements as they are sent by email.

Individuals involved in these activities are welcome to update their own pages. Send information to or contact Webmaster@eastrose.org.

Please note: there is no longer a Member section to the Eastrose web page. The main item that used to require a log-in was the Membership Directory. If you email office@eastrose.org you can receive a pdf copy of the directory by email or ask for a hardcopy. Note: The directory is confidential to Eastrose members and friends and not to be shared.

If there is new information for any web page, please let the webmaster know. In fellowship, Sue Steward

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Kinship House is our Sharing the Bounty Partner for March - May Kinship House provides outpatient mental health services to foster and adopted children and their families.

They specialize in championing children and families with target interventions during all stages of foster care, reunification, and adoption. Founded in 1996, they are a locally accessible facility based in the Lloyd District on the east side of Portland, Oregon.

We'll get to meet Natalie Wood, Kinship House's Executive Director at our Worship Service on March 3rd. She'll tell us how we can volunteer for their organization and will join us for our potluck. Please come by to get to know her! Please stay tuned to find out how you can get involved with an Eastrose service project with Kinship House. The organization rents space in the Warren James house, which is behind the church. If you walk on the stepping stone pathway off the parking lot and go through the little gate, you'll be in the back yard of the Warren James house. They are that close to us!

Substitute pianist(s) needed for 4th Sundays We are in need of someone to play four times per year on 4th Sundays when Mary is at her other church.

Dates open for the remainder of 2019 are: April 28, July 28, and October 27. You would be responsible for playing:

*Prelude solo (about 2 minutes) *Opening hymn *As You Go (sing the children out) *Spirit of Life (or Voice Still and Small) *Offertory solo (about 1 minute) *Closing hymn *Postlude solo (about 3 minutes) *Other special music requested by the speaker or worship leader, possibly a meditation or similar.

Please contact Mary Reese, Staff Musician, to volunteer or answer questions.

Snowcap Report and Thanks (and if you weren’t there, you missed a great time!)

Tons of fun and laughs were had at our hands-on service dates with SnowCap, our Sharing the Bounty partner for December, January and February! This was an effort to create a more meaningful relationship with our Sharing the Bounty partners and with the community outside our Eastrose doors.

We got a tour of the facility and then helped out in the food pantry on February 1st and February 22nd. A big thank you to the following people who helped out: Cynthia Hopkins, Courtney Snyder, Iris

Kissir, Charlene Woods, Deb Moskyok and Olivia, Jude Watson and Kya May, Ashley Becker and Owen, Jean and John Weigant, and Karen Pyle.

We are considering a quarterly service date with SnowCap going forward. Please contact Karen Pyle if you have interest in joining our hardy group.

So Many Ways to Contribute to a Sunday Service! Thinking about all that it takes to put on a Sunday service at Eastrose… Speakers, worship leaders,

musicians and greeters are visible on a given Sunday morning. However, many folks are also working behind the scenes to make our services special.

The order of service is designed and printed and folded. Flowers are brought in. The chapel is prepared for worship service. Coffee is prepared in the kitchen and the coffee carts readied for after service. The church grounds are cleaned of debris left by overnight visitors. Sitters are scheduled for the nursery and watch over our children during service. Audio visual equipment is tested and a DVD recording is set up. Any special music or performance is rehearsed. Greeters take up the collection and deposit the money in the office safe. Coffee cups and pots are washed or put in the dishwasher after service is over. Religious education volunteers teach the children.

Can you help us with one or more of these tasks? To help with flowers, cleanup, coffee making, or program folding please signup on the sheets in the lobby bulletin board. To become a greeter, contact Phyllis Adams. To help with chapel prep, contact Lois Williams. If you would like to share your musical talent, contact Mary Reese. If you are interested in speech choir, contact Katie Ten Eyck. If you can help with the children’s programs, contact Deb Moskyok. If you are interested in becoming a worship leader, contact Cynthia Hopkins.

Heartfelt thanks to everyone who already volunteers and gratitude for those of you who come forward and help out in the future.

Thank you Sincerely … … for the bounty of food donations for the Women’s Shelter on February 3. Those who signed up were: Sue and Jude Matranga-Watson, Iris Kissir, Alice Sigmund, Victoria Klein, Karen Pyle, Linda Schaldach, Larry and Phyllis Adams, and Jean Weigant. Those who donated anonymously are also thanked. Coordinator, Linda Schaldach

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co

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nge,

our

rela

tions

hips

with

ou

rsel

ves,

with

love

d on

es, a

nd w

ith n

atur

e.

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do

we

com

e ba

ck to

our

selv

es w

ithou

t ne

cess

arily

shun

ning

all

that

tech

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gy c

an

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ch 3

1, 2

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The

Proc

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of C

ause

and

Effe

ct

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d Sc

ott J

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n Ti

me

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whi

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spire

to

beco

me

effe

cts.

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how

doe

s a c

ausa

l inf

luen

ce

func

tion?

Wha

t are

the

Law

s of N

atur

e an

d w

hat r

ole

do th

ey p

lay?

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t em

piric

al e

xam

ples

of c

ause

and

ef

fect

are

mos

t dire

ctly

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to u

s? T

his s

erm

on w

ill

expl

ore

the

root

of A

lfred

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th W

hite

head

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aphy

sica

l mod

el o

f rea

lity

calle

d “P

roce

ss

Philo

soph

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ship

Lea

der:

Rev

. Sue

Mat

rang

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n

Love

Sur

roun

ds U

s In

Ritu

al

Ritu

al is

the

way

we

carr

y th

e pr

esen

ce o

f the

sa

cred

. Ritu

al is

the

spar

k th

at m

ust n

ot g

o ou

t. —

Chr

istin

a Ba

ldw

in

Not

all

UU

con

greg

atio

ns u

se th

e sa

me

elem

ents

of

wor

ship

, yet

we

ofte

n ha

ve ri

tual

s in

com

mon

su

ch a

s cha

lice

light

ing,

flow

er c

erem

ony,

and

w

ater

com

mun

ion.

We

may

use

diff

eren

t wor

ds

and

diffe

rent

act

ions

. Stil

l, ou

r ritu

als b

ind

us

toge

ther

in U

nita

rian

Uni

vers

alis

t rel

igio

us

com

mun

ity.

Evil,

Idol

atry

, and

Oth

er T

hing

s th

at

Neg

ate

Life

In

Col

ossia

ns 3

:5, w

e ar

e to

ld to

put

to d

eath

an

ythi

ng th

at is

“ea

rthly

,” fo

r tho

se th

ings

are

id

olat

ry. T

he li

st gi

ven

in th

e sc

riptu

re

incl

udes

“se

xual

imm

oral

ity,”

but

not

hing

th

ere

excl

udes

hea

lthy

and

joyf

ul se

xual

ity,

so it

isn'

t abo

ut li

ving

as e

mbo

died

cre

atur

es

in a

sick

wor

ld. I

t’s a

bout

abu

sing

the

beau

ty,

maj

esty

, and

frai

lty o

f life

. In

wha

t way

s do

we

allo

w id

olat

rous

livi

ng to

get

in th

e w

ay

of tr

uly

livin

g? W

hat c

an w

e do

inste

ad?

4 March 2019 March 2019 5

A M

onth

of S

unda

ys a

t Eas

tros

eSu

nday

Wor

ship

10:3

0 a

.m.

Chi

ldre

n’s

R

elig

ious

Edu

catio

n Pr

ogra

m

10:3

0 a.

m.

Uni

vers

alis

t Rec

over

y C

hurc

h (U

RC

) 2:

00 p

.m.

Our

Sun

day

serv

ices

beg

in a

t 10:

30 a

.m. a

nd e

nd a

t 11

:45.

Cof

fee,

tea,

and

con

vers

atio

n fo

llow

. On

the

first

Su

nday

of e

ach

mon

th th

ere

is a

pot

luck

lunc

h fo

r all.

Chi

ldre

n at

tend

the

first

15 m

inut

es o

f the

wor

ship

se

rvic

e, th

en le

ave

for t

heir

own

prog

ram

. Nur

sery

is

open

for i

nfan

ts an

d pr

esch

oole

rs 1

0:15

- 12

:15.

The

Uni

vers

alis

t Rec

over

y C

hurc

h, le

d by

R

ev. B

arba

ra S

teve

ns, i

nvite

s you

to sh

are

read

ings

and

refle

ctio

ns th

at e

xplo

re h

ow

the

topi

c af

fect

s our

live

s.

Mar

ch 3

, 201

9

Mus

ic is

the

Mes

sage

R

ever

end

Patti

Pom

eran

tz

Join

Lyn

n M

endo

za K

han

and

Rev

. Pat

ti as

we

kick

off

Wom

en’s

His

tory

Mon

th lo

okin

g at

the

mus

ic th

at h

as

info

rmed

and

supp

orte

d th

e W

omen

’s M

ovem

ent f

rom

th

e 19

60’s

to to

day.

W

orsh

ip L

eade

r: Pa

tty W

alsh

Love

Sur

roun

ds U

s - N

ew F

riend

s “F

riend

ship

is b

orn

at th

at m

omen

t whe

n on

e pe

rson

says

to a

noth

er, “

Wha

t! Yo

u to

o? I

thou

ght

I was

the

only

one

.”

— C

.S. L

ewis

We

expl

ore

how

eve

ry fr

iend

ship

is su

rrou

nded

in

love

. To

mak

e a

frie

nd is

to d

isco

ver w

ays w

e ar

e al

ike.

To

mee

t new

peo

ple

and

look

firs

t for

ho

w w

e ar

e al

ike,

rath

er th

an d

iffer

ent,

can

be a

ch

alle

nge.

Abst

aini

ng fr

om E

nvy

Scrip

ture

is fu

ll of

the

hurtf

ul re

sults

of

envy

. Whe

n w

e ar

e un

happ

y w

ith o

urse

lves

, w

e ar

e pr

one

to e

nvy

thos

e w

ho a

ppea

r to

have

som

ethi

ng w

e la

ck. H

ow c

an w

e be

com

e co

nten

t with

who

we

are

and

wha

t w

e do

?

Com

mun

ity p

otlu

ck lu

nch

at n

oon

- all

are

wel

com

e!

Mar

ch 1

0, 2

019

Thei

r Sto

ries

Are

Our

Sto

ries

Kat

ie T

enEy

ck a

nd th

e Ea

stro

se S

peec

h C

hoir

We

will

con

tinue

our

cel

ebra

tion

of W

omen

’s H

isto

ry

Mon

th b

y sh

arin

g so

me

less

er-k

now

n st

orie

s of w

omen

an

d gi

rls w

ho h

ave

shap

ed o

ur w

orld

and

our

live

s. W

hat c

an a

n in

divi

dual

’s im

pact

pos

sibl

y be

on

the

prob

lem

s we

see

in th

e w

orld

? Le

t us t

ake

hear

t and

ce

lebr

ate

that

all

chal

leng

es, p

ain,

and

triu

mph

s, th

at a

ll hi

stor

y, is

our

ow

n.

Wor

ship

Lea

der:

Jan

Apl

and-

Cur

tis

Love

Sur

roun

ds U

s - F

orgi

vene

ss

We

mus

t dev

elop

and

mai

ntai

n th

e ca

paci

ty to

fo

rgiv

e. O

ne w

ho is

dev

oid

of th

e po

wer

to

forg

ive

is d

evoi

d of

the

pow

er to

love

. The

re is

so

me

good

in th

e w

orst

of u

s and

som

e ev

il in

the

best

of u

s. —

Rev

. Dr.

Mar

tin L

uthe

r Kin

g, J

r. A

ll pe

ople

shou

ld b

e tre

ated

fairl

y, a

nd th

roug

h th

is w

e le

arn

wha

t it m

eans

to fo

rgiv

e. C

hild

ren

have

exp

erie

nced

som

e fo

rm o

f for

give

ness

, ei

ther

in th

e fo

rgiv

ing

or b

eing

forg

iven

whe

n th

ey h

ave

said

or h

eard

, "I'm

sorr

y."

Wha

t Is

Love

? R

edux

Th

ey sa

y th

at lo

ve is

“al

l we

need

” th

at it

he

als a

ll, a

nd w

ill sa

ve th

e w

orld

. But

ther

e ar

e so

man

y ki

nds o

f lov

e. W

hat a

re w

e ta

lkin

g ab

out w

hen

we

talk

abo

ut th

e im

porta

nce

of lo

ve?

Scrip

Sun

day:

Ord

er p

repa

id g

ift c

ards

for y

our r

egul

ar s

hopp

ing,

an

d Ea

stro

se g

ets

a sm

all c

omm

issi

on.

Mar

ch 1

7, 2

019

Acce

ptan

ce is

a S

mal

l, Q

uiet

Roo

m

Rev

eren

d Er

ika

Hew

ett

All

of u

s hav

e st

rugg

les.

Whe

ther

it’s

smal

l irr

itatio

ns

or u

nbea

rabl

e gr

ief,

life

gets

har

d. W

hen

that

’s tr

ue, t

he

advi

ce to

pra

ctic

e “a

ccep

tanc

e” m

ight

mak

e yo

u w

ant

to sc

ream

with

frus

tratio

n —

but

acc

epta

nce

isn’

t the

sa

me

thin

g as

liki

ng o

ur p

ain.

Wha

t, th

en, d

oes i

t mea

n to

pra

ctic

e ac

cept

ance

? Jo

in u

s to

find

out h

ow E

rika

inte

rpre

ts P

ortla

nd w

riter

Che

ryl S

traye

d’s a

sser

tion

that

“ac

cept

ance

is a

smal

l, qu

iet r

oom

.”

Wor

ship

Lea

der:

Cyn

thia

Hop

kins

Love

Sur

roun

ds U

s W

ithou

t Bou

ndar

ies

Fam

ilies

are

the

build

ing

bloc

ks o

f all

belo

ved

com

mun

ities

. We

belie

ve a

ll pe

ople

shou

ld b

e tre

ated

fairl

y, w

ithou

t rac

ial,

cultu

ral,

soci

oeco

nom

ic o

r ter

ritor

ial b

ound

arie

s. Th

is

sess

ion

embr

aces

all

fam

ilies

on

thei

r dai

ly

jour

neys

into

bel

oved

com

mun

ity: L

ove

with

out

boun

darie

s.

The

Prom

ise

and

the

Pitfa

lls o

f Mon

ey

Bei

ng in

anim

ate,

mon

ey it

self

is n

eith

er

good

nor

evi

l. Ju

st b

ecau

se w

e lu

st a

fter

mon

ey, f

ritte

r it,

hoar

d it,

don

ate

it, fe

ar it

, an

d m

ista

ke it

for l

ove

and

sust

enan

ce, d

oes

not m

ake

it ba

d. M

oney

hig

hlig

hts o

ur

pass

ions

and

wea

knes

ses.

Look

ing

at h

ow

we

rela

te to

mon

ey c

an h

elp

us u

nder

stan

d ho

w w

e re

late

to o

urse

lves

and

to th

e w

orld

.

Mar

ch 2

4, 2

019

Spea

king

the

Lang

uage

of U

s at

Our

Bes

t:

A Po

et A

dvoc

ates

for P

oetr

y Pa

ulan

n Pe

ters

en

Paul

ann

Pete

rsen

, Ore

gon

Poet

Lau

reat

e Em

erita

, joi

ns

the

cong

rega

tion

to ta

lk a

bout

poe

try a

nd c

ompa

ssio

n.

Dra

win

g on

wor

k fr

om M

ary

Oliv

er, W

alt W

hitm

an,

and

hers

elf,

she

will

adv

ocat

e fo

r som

e of

the

way

s in

whi

ch p

oetry

can

spea

k to

our

bet

ter s

elve

s. W

orsh

ip L

eade

r: Sc

ott J

anse

n

Love

Sur

roun

ds U

s - A

ccep

tanc

e I a

ccep

t the

uni

vers

e! —

Mar

gare

t Ful

ler

One

of t

he u

niqu

e ch

arac

teris

tics o

f UU

ism

is th

e di

vers

ity o

f bel

iefs

with

in o

ur c

ongr

egat

ions

. We

striv

e to

mak

e ev

eryo

ne fe

el w

elco

me

and

acce

pted

rega

rdle

ss o

f the

ir be

liefs

. We

will

lear

n an

d de

mon

stra

te a

ccep

tanc

e an

d co

mpa

ssio

n to

ev

eryo

ne th

roug

h st

ory,

art,

gam

es, a

nd

med

itatio

n.

Artifi

cial

Inte

llige

nce

and

Rel

atio

nshi

ps

Sher

ry T

urkl

e ex

plai

ns h

ow ro

bots

and

el

ectro

nic

med

ia h

ave

chan

ged,

and

will

co

ntin

ue to

cha

nge,

our

rela

tions

hips

with

ou

rsel

ves,

with

love

d on

es, a

nd w

ith n

atur

e.

How

do

we

com

e ba

ck to

our

selv

es w

ithou

t ne

cess

arily

shun

ning

all

that

tech

nolo

gy c

an

offe

r?

Mar

ch 3

1, 2

019

The

Proc

ess

of C

ause

and

Effe

ct

Rev

eren

d Sc

ott J

anse

n Ti

me

is th

e pr

oces

s by

whi

ch c

ause

s con

spire

to

beco

me

effe

cts.

But

how

doe

s a c

ausa

l inf

luen

ce

func

tion?

Wha

t are

the

Law

s of N

atur

e an

d w

hat r

ole

do th

ey p

lay?

Wha

t em

piric

al e

xam

ples

of c

ause

and

ef

fect

are

mos

t dire

ctly

kno

wn

to u

s? T

his s

erm

on w

ill

expl

ore

the

root

of A

lfred

Nor

th W

hite

head

’s

met

aphy

sica

l mod

el o

f rea

lity

calle

d “P

roce

ss

Philo

soph

y.”

Wor

ship

Lea

der:

Rev

. Sue

Mat

rang

a-W

atso

n

Love

Sur

roun

ds U

s In

Ritu

al

Ritu

al is

the

way

we

carr

y th

e pr

esen

ce o

f the

sa

cred

. Ritu

al is

the

spar

k th

at m

ust n

ot g

o ou

t. —

Chr

istin

a Ba

ldw

in

Not

all

UU

con

greg

atio

ns u

se th

e sa

me

elem

ents

of

wor

ship

, yet

we

ofte

n ha

ve ri

tual

s in

com

mon

su

ch a

s cha

lice

light

ing,

flow

er c

erem

ony,

and

w

ater

com

mun

ion.

We

may

use

diff

eren

t wor

ds

and

diffe

rent

act

ions

. Stil

l, ou

r ritu

als b

ind

us

toge

ther

in U

nita

rian

Uni

vers

alis

t rel

igio

us

com

mun

ity.

Evil,

Idol

atry

, and

Oth

er T

hing

s th

at

Neg

ate

Life

In

Col

ossia

ns 3

:5, w

e ar

e to

ld to

put

to d

eath

an

ythi

ng th

at is

“ea

rthly

,” fo

r tho

se th

ings

are

id

olat

ry. T

he li

st gi

ven

in th

e sc

riptu

re

incl

udes

“se

xual

imm

oral

ity,”

but

not

hing

th

ere

excl

udes

hea

lthy

and

joyf

ul se

xual

ity,

so it

isn'

t abo

ut li

ving

as e

mbo

died

cre

atur

es

in a

sick

wor

ld. I

t’s a

bout

abu

sing

the

beau

ty,

maj

esty

, and

frai

lty o

f life

. In

wha

t way

s do

we

allo

w id

olat

rous

livi

ng to

get

in th

e w

ay

of tr

uly

livin

g? W

hat c

an w

e do

inste

ad?

6 March 2019 March 2019 3

Kinship House is our Sharing the Bounty Partner for March - May Kinship House provides outpatient mental health services to foster and adopted children and their families.

They specialize in championing children and families with target interventions during all stages of foster care, reunification, and adoption. Founded in 1996, they are a locally accessible facility based in the Lloyd District on the east side of Portland, Oregon.

We'll get to meet Natalie Wood, Kinship House's Executive Director at our Worship Service on March 3rd. She'll tell us how we can volunteer for their organization and will join us for our potluck. Please come by to get to know her! Please stay tuned to find out how you can get involved with an Eastrose service project with Kinship House. The organization rents space in the Warren James house, which is behind the church. If you walk on the stepping stone pathway off the parking lot and go through the little gate, you'll be in the back yard of the Warren James house. They are that close to us!

Substitute pianist(s) needed for 4th Sundays We are in need of someone to play four times per year on 4th Sundays when Mary is at her other church.

Dates open for the remainder of 2019 are: April 28, July 28, and October 27. You would be responsible for playing:

*Prelude solo (about 2 minutes) *Opening hymn *As You Go (sing the children out) *Spirit of Life (or Voice Still and Small) *Offertory solo (about 1 minute) *Closing hymn *Postlude solo (about 3 minutes) *Other special music requested by the speaker or worship leader, possibly a meditation or similar.

Please contact Mary Reese, Staff Musician, to volunteer or answer questions.

Snowcap Report and Thanks (and if you weren’t there, you missed a great time!)

Tons of fun and laughs were had at our hands-on service dates with SnowCap, our Sharing the Bounty partner for December, January and February! This was an effort to create a more meaningful relationship with our Sharing the Bounty partners and with the community outside our Eastrose doors.

We got a tour of the facility and then helped out in the food pantry on February 1st and February 22nd. A big thank you to the following people who helped out: Cynthia Hopkins, Courtney Snyder, Iris

Kissir, Charlene Woods, Deb Moskyok and Olivia, Jude Watson and Kya May, Ashley Becker and Owen, Jean and John Weigant, and Karen Pyle.

We are considering a quarterly service date with SnowCap going forward. Please contact Karen Pyle if you have interest in joining our hardy group.

So Many Ways to Contribute to a Sunday Service! Thinking about all that it takes to put on a Sunday service at Eastrose… Speakers, worship leaders,

musicians and greeters are visible on a given Sunday morning. However, many folks are also working behind the scenes to make our services special.

The order of service is designed and printed and folded. Flowers are brought in. The chapel is prepared for worship service. Coffee is prepared in the kitchen and the coffee carts readied for after service. The church grounds are cleaned of debris left by overnight visitors. Sitters are scheduled for the nursery and watch over our children during service. Audio visual equipment is tested and a DVD recording is set up. Any special music or performance is rehearsed. Greeters take up the collection and deposit the money in the office safe. Coffee cups and pots are washed or put in the dishwasher after service is over. Religious education volunteers teach the children.

Can you help us with one or more of these tasks? To help with flowers, cleanup, coffee making, or program folding please signup on the sheets in the lobby bulletin board. To become a greeter, contact Phyllis Adams. To help with chapel prep, contact Lois Williams. If you would like to share your musical talent, contact Mary Reese. If you are interested in speech choir, contact Katie Ten Eyck. If you can help with the children’s programs, contact Deb Moskyok. If you are interested in becoming a worship leader, contact Cynthia Hopkins.

Heartfelt thanks to everyone who already volunteers and gratitude for those of you who come forward and help out in the future.

Thank you Sincerely … … for the bounty of food donations for the Women’s Shelter on February 3. Those who signed up were: Sue and Jude Matranga-Watson, Iris Kissir, Alice Sigmund, Victoria Klein, Karen Pyle, Linda Schaldach, Larry and Phyllis Adams, and Jean Weigant. Those who donated anonymously are also thanked. Coordinator, Linda Schaldach

Passage MeditationTuesdays 7:15 p.m.-8:45 p.m. in the Eastrose Sanctuary “By giving full attention to one thing at a time, we can learn to direct attention where we choose.” ~Eknath Easwaran

An inspirational passage turns our thoughts to what is permanent, to those things that put a final end to insecurity. In meditation, the passage becomes imprinted on our consciousness. As we drive it deeper and deeper, the words come to life within us, transforming all our thoughts, feelings, words, and deeds.”

We meet to discuss how the Eight Point Program (of which meditation is one) works in our lives enabling richer experiences, to meditate together and to support each other’s individual practice. If you are interested in starting a daily practice or deepening your existing practice please join us. All are welcome! For more information contact Jude Watson.

Contacting Eastrose

2 March 2019 March 2019 7

Office Phone: (503) 665-2628 Website: eastrose.org Email: office@eastrose.org

Eastrose Board of Trustees: Frank Garneaux, President Eric , Vice President Lynne Pfeiffer, Secretary Deb Moskyok, Treasurer Lois Williams, At-Large Scott Jansen, At-Large

Office Administrator Kate Katahdin M-W-F 9:00 a.m. to Noon

Minister: Reverend Patti Pomerantz ppomerantz@uuma.org Office hours: Most Wednesdays 11:00 - 3:00 and by appointment Please call ahead for a meeting time.

Children’s Religious Education DRE@eastrose.org

Staff Pianist Mary Reese

Webmaster Sue Steward webmaster@eastrose.org

eNews Editor: Lynne Pfeiffer enews@eastrose.org

Sunday Order of Service Joyce Helling

Petals Editor Kathie Loveall petals@eastrose.org

Easter Choir - April 21 Calling all singers, from high school age on up. We welcome back Joe TenEyck to

be our Sunrise Choir director for Easter. We had such a fabulous turnout for Christmas — let's do that again! Here's our schedule:

Rehearsals: Mondays from 7:00 to 8:30, March 25, April 1, 8, 15 Performance: Sunday, April 21, warmup from 9:00 to 10:00, service at 10:30 Please RSVP. There will be a signup sheet in the narthex beginning on March 3.

Or you can email me anytime. Mary Reese

Are You Having “Second Thoughts?” Sunday, March 10 — 9:30 a.m.

Second Thoughts is a new adult education opportunity at Eastrose for those who are open-minded to the possibility of learning from one another. We'll meet for facilitated discussion every second Sunday at 9:30 a.m. in the Warren James house. Most classes will feature a topic presentation by the facilitator, but the first event, on 3/10, will simply be a discussion of whatever thoughts you bring related to the news of the day. This will give us the opportunity to work out the "rules of the road" for the class. (Hint: we'll be following our seven UU principles). Childcare is available; preregistration helpful.

Questions? Contact Scott Jansen (jansens2002@msn.com) who will be kick-starting this program.

Friendship Circle Dinner Success! Our formerly named 7@7 dinners were held on Feb 2nd in four generous Host Homes: Lois Williams,

Phyllis and Larry Adams, Shirley Jean and Jurgen Schmidt, and Linda Schaldach. The reports by all were that our fine tradition of great food, interesting conversations, and the camaraderie of getting-to-know-you-better is very much alive and well. In all, 29 members and friends participated.

If you missed this fun-filled social event, our next Friendship Circle dinners will be held in May. Coordinator, Linda Schaldach

New on Eastrose dot org!Some people have mentioned that the upcoming services page, which is Eastrose Home page, was

scrunching up (that's a technical term) and unreadable, especially on phones and tablets. It should be corrected. Please take a look again and let the webmaster know if it still needs work. New Stuff:

Past services will be collected in the Worship tab: Past Services In the Lifelong Learning tab you will find Parenting Group, Healthy Lifestyles, and Passage

Meditation,.In the NEWS Section you will find: The Annual Auction for the current year Auction information and links to tickets and forms. Publications has past Petals and eNews, print versions of Month of Sundays and Petals, and extra Announcements as they are sent by email.

Individuals involved in these activities are welcome to update their own pages. Send information to or contact Webmaster@eastrose.org.

Please note: there is no longer a Member section to the Eastrose web page. The main item that used to require a log-in was the Membership Directory. If you email office@eastrose.org you can receive a pdf copy of the directory by email or ask for a hardcopy. Note: The directory is confidential to Eastrose members and friends and not to be shared.

If there is new information for any web page, please let the webmaster know. In fellowship, Sue Steward

Petals Eastrose Fellowship Unitarian Universalist

March 2019 Volume 63 - Issue 3

Eastrose Fellowship Unitarian Universalist1133 NE 181st Ave Portland, OR 97230

503-665-2628 eastrose.org

We, the members of Eastrose Fellowship Unitarian Universalist, covenant to provide an open-minded, caring community, to support ethical values, and to nurture the emotional, spiritual and intellectual needs of our membership. Our mission is to nourish a liberal religious community, to respect and celebrate the diversity inherent in humankind, and to bring the hope-filled message of Unitarian Universalism into our community and world.

EASTROSE MISSION STATEMENT

Auction 2019 -It’s in the Cards! Saturday, March 23rd — 2:00 pm to 6:30 pm. 

March 23 is the day of Eastrose's biggest FUN Raiser! $15.00 per person. Childcare provided. Tickets will be sold at church on Sundays starting March 4. You

can also order tickets online. There will be Food, Drinks, Fun, Silent Auction, Live Auction,

Dessert Auction and Raffle Basket — lots of chances to get what you want, ( plants, dinners, social events, the list goes on and on!), If you can't make it, others can be your proxies for bidding on items.

Don't miss the most fun event of the year. Questions? Contact Sue Matranga-Watson

Dear Eastrose, This is likely the penultimate (next-to-last) issue of the monthly Petals newsletter. The ad hoc

Communications Committee (Sue Steward, Lynne Pfeiffer, Deb Moskyok, and myself) met a while ago, and agreed that the low readership of Petals would indicate that it has outlived its usefulness to the Eastrose community. This is also somewhat true of eNews, although its readership is slightly higher. Therefore, the last issue of Petals is planned to be the April 2019 issue, which will be published at the end of March.

Lynne Pfeiffer has also publicized that she is planning to step down from publishing eNews in June. She has done an amazing WEEKLY job for many years, making announcements and information both accessible and attractive.

It is very important that we continue to keep our non-digital folks in the loop; we are working on the the best way to make it happen.

Going forward, the Communication Committee recommends: All information that has been conveyed by Petals and eNews will be posted on our website (eastrose.org). The website manager (currently Sue Steward), will be keeping eastrose.org updated with current events,

announcements, Sunday services, etc. In the future it will become important to have a team of two or three people to manage this job.

Weekly notices will be sent out with a brief teaser and links to new information on the website. We need to recruit new volunteer(s) to compile and publish these notices.

A schedule of 4 weeks per month for eNews will include: ✴ Week A -- Minister's column published as a blog page on the web ✴ Week B -- DRE column published on the web ✴ Week C -- Board report compiled by someone and published on the web ✴ Week D -- Upcoming Services published on the web in text and in printable form. ✴ Fifth Week to be determined. What happens which week to be determined.

Month of Sundays page, which is mailed as part of Petals to our members who do not access digital information, and is posted on bulletin boards, will continue. It is also available on the website. We need to recruit a new person to take on this task, although Kathie will continue for a while, and will happily train someone. We have a good template to use.

News will also be posted on our Facebook page, so volunteers will be needed for this task also. We have not ironed out all the details of who and how this will get done, but the goal is that anyone who is

looking for the who-what-when-where information about Eastrose will be able to find it on our website. Respectfully submitted from the Communications Committee, Kathie Loveall, Petals editor 2012-2019 p.s. See what’s new on our website on the next page!