GREENVILLE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP

Spring Music Service May 15, 2016

Rev. Pat Jobe Kathleen Anderson Minister Director of Lifespan Religious Education Rev. Sally Sarratt Stephanie Glasser-Alfieri Associate Minister Director, Our UUWoC Laura Christenbury Elisa Edmondson R.E. Assistant Youth Director Christian Elser Stephanie Green Music Director Fellowship Administrator Vacant Sexton

Want to Contact Us? Greenville Unitarian Universalist Fellowship 1135 State Park Road, Greenville, SC 29609

864-271-4883 www.greenvilleuu.org office@greenvilleuu.org

GREENVILLE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP

May 15, 2016

Order of Service Welcome Pat Jobe

Chalice Lighting Roger Brown

Prelude Lisa Lipscomb

*Opening Song #30 Over My Head All Sing

Special Music

Vilia from The Merry Widow (Franz Lehar) Sara Magun

I Feel Your Light Shona Fitzer

Summer is Icumen In (trad.) Choir

Story for all Ages Pat Jobe

Children's Benediction #413 Go Now in Peace All Sing

Community Caring Please share your joys and sorrows Pat Jobe in our Community Memory Book before or after the Service

Offertory Jon Grier

Special Music

June is Bustin Out All Over from Carousel Beth Monteverde (Rodgers and Hammerstein)

Imagine (John Lennon) Steve Compton

Mamma Tried (Merle Haggard) David Wright

Anthem An Die Musik (Franz Schubert) and Choir Wayfaring Stranger (trad.) Special Music

What Place This, Dream Migrations (Jon Grier) Christian Elser and Jon Grier

Manhattan (Rodgers & Hart) Christian and Jenna Tamisiea Elser and Jon Grier

My Romance (Rodgers & Hart) Christian and Jenna Tamisiea Elser and Jon Grier

*Closing Song #326 Let All the Beauty We Have Known All Sing

Postlude All for the Best (Stephen Schwartz) Choir

Benediction Pat Jobe

*Please rise in body or in spirit as you are willing and able.

Please turn off cell phones before our service begins.

“Joys and Sorrows” You may write your Joys or Sorrows in the Memory Book

on the table in the front of the sanctuary. These will be read during the "Community Caring” segment of the service. If you are not inclined to write in the

book, you may simply light a candle in silence.

~ Thanks to Our Service Associates ~

Worship Associate Pat Jobe

Luminary

Accompanist Lisa Lipscomb

Music Director Christian Elser

Ushers Dan Ruck and Suzanne Case

Greeters Jim and Victoria McGinnis

Sound Crew Richard Fuller, Teresa Hall, Charles Fulks

Flower Ministry Robin Del Favero

Coffee Baristas Barking Dog Covenant Circle

Roger Brown is a fifth grade student at the Charles Townes Center. He plays soccer, is on the speech and debate team, and participates in Lego League robotics. This year his robotics team won the state tournament. The team created a website and spoke at County Council highlighting the problem of lead weights (from cars) getting into our waterways. Recently, two bills have gone before the SC state legislature to ban the use of lead weights in SC. Roger also plays the piano and likes to compose music.

Lisa Lipscomb is a school psychologist in a local school district. She lives with her “sweet-pea,” Robert, and her three furry children.

Sarah Magun is a classically trained singer who has come to consider the

upstate home after moving here in 2010. She has sung with Palm Beach Opera, IU Opera Theater and Greenville's own GLOW Lyric Theater.

Shona Fitzer is the daughter of Matt & Nancy Fitzer, co-president and co-founder of her school's Gay-Straight Alliance, and works at the Swamp Rabbit Cafe and Grocery.

Jenna Tamisiea Elser is an active member of our choir, married to our Music Director, Christian Elser, and is a professional actress and director who has worked with theaters throughout the Southeast.

Jon Grier teaches music theory at the Greenville Fine Arts Center.

Beth Monteverde and her daughter Emmy have been members since a couple of ministers ago, aka, 2001 or 2002. Beth works full-time as the Queen of the Monteverde Estates, mostly taking care of the Princess Emmy, and all the other Kingdom Dwellers, be they beast, dragon or troll. She works part-time as a Driver for Princess Emmy, and finally, Beth works half-time as a Homeschooling Teacher, both for the Princess and her Co-Ops. Beth's proudest accomplishment is the Medal she was awarded for being the "Best Mom Ever." In her spare time, she sings a little bit.

Steve Compton is a social activist, environmentalist, and psychotherapist who sings in several musical organizations. Steve and the Fellowship were born in the same year in Greenville, SC.

David Wright teaches English and Creative Writing at Christ Church Episcopal School. He and his wife, Andrea, met as sophomores at Furman and have been together since. They have two children, Evey (5) and Caleb (1), and have been GUUF members for just over a year.

Newcomers! To learn more about our Fellowship, please fill out the yellow card on the back of the pew and drop it into the offering basket.

Recordings of Sunday Services may be ordered and picked up opposite the wooden entrance doors to the sanctuary where the Audio Stand is located or by email to soundcrew@greenvilleuu.org.

If you would like a hearing device, please ask an usher.

May 22, 2016 Bridging Ceremony

Pat Jobe (Kathleen Anderson) Another beautiful gathering of high school seniors stand before us, talk about this congregation, and give us one of the high points of the year.

GETTING TO KNOW YOU! Please join us after service for coffee, snacks, and fellowship in the Fellowship Hall at the opposite end of the building from the Sanctuary (on the same floor); all are welcome. We look forward

to getting to know you better, even if you think we already know you pretty well.

FLOWERS

If you would like to have flowers put on the Chalice Table in remembrance of a loved one, as a thank you or a special joy, please contact Sylvia Skipper at 864-608-4484. The cost is $10 and a note about your gift will be included in The Spark.

Congregational Care Items for May 8, 2016

We extend our loving support to:

Thoughts and prayers for Roger Finch who is in GHS hospital with possible cardiac issues. – Dorothy Beling

Empathy needed for Maureen Nery who broke her ankle a week-and-a- half ago. She had surgery this past Thursday where she had two screws implanted. She can’t put weight on that foot for four weeks and she’s not a happy camper. – Merridee Harper

Two of Richard Elliott’s grandchildren lost their father, Bobby Sloan, this week.

Jan Humphrey’s brother, David, just passed away unexpectedly. Please remember her and her family.

We celebrate with:

Feeling joyful for every person here at this Fellowship that refuses to be bullied by fear and shines light into our world, casting out apathy, especially Julie Williams (my mom)! Thank you. – Gabriel Craft

We celebrate with Sarah Lyons and Matt Harley as they welcomed Genevieve Peace into the world and their family on Friday.

We celebrate the birth of Hazel Adell Winn, daughter of Richard and Bonnie Winn and granddaughter of Jeannette and Marshal Winn. She was born on April 18 in Germany and Jeannette and Marshall will travel to meet her very soon!

Jean Thamis, wife of Charles Fulks, continues her improvement following her back surgery. She is scheduled to be “turned on” in four days. We hope it works this time. – Charles Fulks

My 70th birthday 4-7, Sue Sullivan, and my granddaughter, Alissa Kolseck, was 13 on 4-17.

Highlights in Lifespan Religious Education from Babies to Sages Classes and Events for May 15, 2016

9:30 AM Childcare Opens Exploring Our UU Faith - the Women’s Room 9:45 AM Discussion Group in the Founders Room for an hour of open discussion relating to topics of concern and interest.

A Course in Miracles—Middle School Classroom downstairs 10:00 AM Time Out for Parents

RE CLASSES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH Teen Classes begin in classrooms with teachers at 11:00 am.

K5-5th grade children begin in service.

Middle School (6th -8th grades): Worship and Music

Senior High (11th -12th grades): Place of Wholeness

11:15 am (after the Story for All Ages)

Bibleodeon (4th -5th grades): End of Year Celebration

Spirit Play 1 (K5- 1st grade) : God is a Mystery

Spirit Play 2 (2-3 grades): God is a Mystery

Spirit Play “Lite” (3-4 yrs): It’s MINE! (sharing)

Parents, please remember to monitor your children closely

when they are in your care.

BRIDGING WEEKEND FOR SENIORS – May 21-22, 2016 Saturday, May 21, 4:00 PM: Rehearsal for Bridging Ceremony Saturday Evening: Senior High ALL NIGHT OUT Sunday, May 22, 6:00 AM: Sunrise Worship 11:00: Bridging Ceremony with Congregation and Families

YOUTH SUMMER MISSION TRIP - June 12-17, 2016 The youth summer mission trip will be to work with Habitat for Humanity in Hartsville, SC from June 12-17. All youth 15 years and over may attend. Please contact

Kathleen at dre@greenvilleuu.org for information.

CHILDREN’S SUMMER PROGRAMMING We’ll be enjoying TOOLBOX OF FAITH, a lesson series from the UUA’s Tapestry of Faith for children. The reason this curriculum is SO COOL is that we are offering the classes to FAMILIES, not just the children. Not only do we get to work and learn together, we also get to use REAL TOOLS to create REAL THINGS, and that is swell fun by itself. But the work of making and the real things also serve as object lessons about some part of our UU journey and practice. For example, we’ll learn how a MAGNIFYING LENS symbolizes the need to examine things carefully and how it enlarges and intensifies whatever we choose to focus on—and then we’ll use real magnifying lenses to examine some very interesting things, and learn how to use them to magnify the sun’s light enough to make fire! (Safely, of course.) In the lesson about how we use power constructively, we’ll use HAMMERS to build bird houses, and in the lesson on holding things together while remaining flexible, we’ll make DUCT TAPE wallets or lunch bags. Believe me; it’s going to be way cool. I hope to see many of the children AND their parents for these great lessons.

EXPLORING OUR UU FAITH

From the Building Your Own Theology Series, by Richard Gilbert Facilitated by Suzy Boghani and Gordon Branson

9:30-10:45 AM Sunday Mornings, April 3-June 5, Women’s Room downstairs Participants in this class grow in their ability to understand and clearly articulate their personal belief systems. The discussions examine key issues in religious inquiry, including truth, ultimate authority, theological diversity, sin and evil, salvation, justice, suffering, death, immortality, and the concept of the beloved community.

PARENTS’ TIME OUT - GET ACQUAINTED AND VISIT WITH FRIENDS! First and third Sundays, 10-10:45 AM in the Fellowship Hall All RE parents are invited to meet for coffee, light snacks and conversation with other adults while we take the children for fun activities.

ONE TIME COVENANT CIRCLES One Time Covenant Circles are an opportunity for members, both new and long-time, to gain the experience of a Covenant Circle while meeting new people. The next meeting will be

held on Sunday, May 22, at 12:30 pm in the Women’s Room. Please email

covenantcircles@greenvilleuu.org to submit questions and request registration.

SPECIAL CLASS OFFERINGS “WHY CONSCIOUSNESS?"

Sunday, May 29, 12:30-2:00, Women's Room What if life could come to us all with ease, joy, and glory? This group will play with some of the foundation tools of Access Consciousness, an energy transformation model for choice, awareness, and non-judgment. All are welcome, especially those seeking both pragmatic and dynamic change.

"GREATER THAN YESTERDAY" - A FILM SCREENING WITH Q&A Sunday, June 5: 2:30-2:00, Women's Room This session features "Greater Than Yesterday," a short film that showcases the simple and highly effective tools of Access Consciousness, framed through the "Right Voice for You" body of work. Discussion with Q&A will follow. All are welcome. These workshops are led by Rebecca Boswell MA, MBA, Transformational Empowerment Coach, Access Consciousness® Certified Facilitator, Board

Certified Holistic Health Practitioner, and Essential Oils Educator & Mentor.

ALCOHOL AND DRUG ADDICTION RECOVERY Sunday evenings, 6-7 pm, Choir Room

Are you wondering if alcohol or drugs is a problem in your life or in the life of someone you love? Join us for an All Recovery meeting at GUUF Sunday night starting at 6:00 p.m. and get some answers. Please contact Jerry Wesley for further information on jerry@jerryrwesley.com.

BUDDHIST MEDITATION GROUP Tuesday evenings, 7:30-9 pm, Choir Room If you have any questions, please email Jim at jimlawrence@bellsouth.net or Luci at lucia4gaia@gmail.com.

ART GROUP The Art Group will be on hiatus for the summer. Be sure to make lots of art this summer, y'all. See you in the fall! Thanks - Muriel

CONGREGATIONAL MEETING – MAY 15, 2016 A congregational meeting will be held in the Fellowship Hall after service on May 15. Please plan to attend.

RESTAURANT DINNER GROUP Where: Bova, (Five Forks Place at Publix Shopping Center), 2700 Woodruff Rd, Greenville When: Thursday, May 19 at 6:30 PM

We stopped at this inconspicuous little place for a quick bite after Covenant Circle one night, and it has become one of our regular haunts. What it lacks in ambiance is more than made up for in the fresh, tasty food. Not just great brick-oven pizza, but a nice selection of entrees, salads, and big sandwiches. The grouper is excellent, and their macaroni salad is a garlic-lover's dream. They also include a good selection of vegetarian dishes. Check out their website for more details www.bovapizza.com. As always, non-UU friends are welcome. Call or email Ken Flanagan, daisytripod@yahoo.com, 864-901-1945 to reserve places for you and your friends.

NANTAHALA 2016 RAFTING TRIPS SATURDAY, JUNE 11 and SUNDAYs JULY 24 and AUGUST 14, 2016 We encourage everyone to enroll in trips by mailing (or handing) us a check made out to Brookside Campground and Rafting well before each trip. We will conduct each trip only if we have reservations and pre-payments in our hands for at least 8 paddlers no later than seven (7) days before the trip. This will help us run safe and fun trips for everyone. A great outing for families and people of all ages with one caveat: you must weigh at least 60 pounds to raft on the Nantahala (hypothermia is the concern). See Complete Announcement in the June Flame for details.

Contact Merridee Harper (padlindiva@att.net - c. 864-304-7590) or Hal Smith (shaljr@bellsouth.net - h. 864-244-9322, c. 864-982-3201) if you have any questions. Be sure to mail your Reservations and Pre-Payment Checks made out to Brookside Campground and Rafting to Merridee Harper, 21 Ashford Avenue, Greenville, SC 29609.

PAT’S PANTRY Please help fill our wagon to the brim. Particular needs are peanut butter, canned meat, canned spaghetti (any kind) and hearty soups. Toiletries are also always in need.

HEAR YE! HEAR YE! The 6th Annual Enchanted Chalice Renaissance Faire

takes place September 9–10, 2016. If you are interested in helping with, please contact Mayor Todd Couillard at todd.guufingham@gmail.com or

Business Manager Teresa Hall at hall.teresa@gmail.com.

BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION – HELPING THE UUWoC There is a new JAR to deposit Box Tops located on the RE table near the badge stand in the lobby. Please keep them coming!

THE UU WORLD OF CHILDREN The UU World of Children Montessori pre-school is now accepting applications for the 2016-2017 school year. They offer scholarships to needy families, and funds need to be regularly

replenished. Donations may be made by t to the UUWoC at our 1135 State Park Road, Greenville, SC 29609, dropped in the Sunday collection basket with a notation that the payment is to go to the UUWoC Scholarship Fund, or online on the UUWoC website through PayPal. Thank you. - Carole Lavash

PASTORAL CARE UPDATE I am currently working to enlist a two-person team of Care Coordinators for each month, trying to ensure the pastoral care burden is not too great for any one person. I will be working closely with the monthly Care Coordinators to review ongoing needs as well as new things that arise during the month. The Care Coordinators will be the main point of contact for the person(s) in need and will be the liaison between that person, the care team and the Fellowship Administrator to ensure that needs are understood and coordination of the volunteers is maximized. We will have monthly training (on the fourth Sunday of each month) to make sure our Care Coordinators are well equipped.

I want to extend my great appreciation to all those who have agreed to be Care Coordinators, and to the many others who volunteer on a regular basis to offer support to GUUF members and friends.

Please let me know if you are willing to be involved in these efforts by sending an email to ssarratt@gmail.com.

GAIHN HOSTING – URGENT NEED! It’s time for our spring hosting for the GAIHN families. They will be arriving on Sunday May 22 to stay for one week. Please join me in making our families feel welcome by volunteering. The most pressing needs we have are:

Volunteers to stay overnight (two volunteers per night) 7pm to 7:30am, during the week.

Volunteers to help entertain the kids for an hour one of the nights they are with us. Families can bring their own children to play with the kids from 7pm to 8pm.

Volunteers to help straighten up the classrooms and kitchen (women) and volunteers to help load the trailer (men) on Sunday, May 29 at 7:30am before classes start.

Volunteers to bring a meal one night. This can be a group, a family, or a few individuals.

Please let me know, as soon as possible, if you can help in one of the above ways. Many thanks, Jean Blank 239-0110 or 918-1317.

MEMBERSHIP SUNDAY Membership Sunday takes place on the first Sunday of each odd-numbered month. If you have decided to join our Fellowship, please go to the Choir Room at 12:15 after you get coffee or such. There you will meet with our Minister (or a Board member) and our Membership Committee Chair, sign the membership book, receive a packet of information and have your picture taken for our directory. The meeting will take about 30 minutes. If you have any questions about becoming a member, please contact Liz McGrory at lizmc@aol.com or 410-924-6245.

Congratulations to rising seniors JEWEL SMITH and CLAIRE HENNIGAN on their recent election as the 2016-2017 Youth Co-Representatives to the Board!

It’s going to be a great year!

SERMON CD’S Could all those who have ordered a sermon CD, please pick them up as soon as possible. – Thanks from the sound crew.

KACEY ZUCCHINO – NARTHEX ARTIST Kacey Zucchino is the sister of our very own Steven Chapp, and a member of the Eno River UU Fellowship in Durham, NC. She has always loved fabric and textiles and, as a young child, made very basic patchwork quilts for her doll.

Kacey gained skills as an adult through stitching intricate embroidered designs on clothing and, although she has had no formal training in art, she lived overseas for many years and was deeply influenced by the textile arts of the Middle East and Africa.

Kacey gets her inspiration from many sources and incorporates the images she sees into her art. Her pieces are mainly abstract, are based on representative images and often evolve as she works on them.

As a lifelong environmentalist, Kacey embraces the use and gathering of natural materials and responds to the natural world that serves as her muse. She loves to use recycled fabric and objects, upcycling them into something new.

RECOGNIZING AND WELCOMING VISITORS In order to easily identify our visitors while at coffee hour after Sunday services, we ask them to use the green mugs provided at the Visitor’s Table in the Fellowship Hall. Please look for folks with one of these colorful mugs and greet them warmly.

Visitors – Please fill out a yellow card and let us know how you found us. You will find the green mugs at the Visitors Table which is to your left as you enter the Fellowship Hall. Please use a green mug each time for several visits, so we have the opportunity to get to know you.

GUUF DIRECTORY If you are a member of GUUF, you can access our online directory through the following link. You will need a password in order to open the file. If you do not have the password, or can’t remember it, please contact Stephanie on 864-271-4883 who will verify your

membership status and give you the password. The directory is updated after each Membership Sunday. Printed copies are available on request. http://greenvilleuu.com/pdf/directory-latest

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES AT THE FELLOWSHIP Below is a list of ways you can volunteer that don't require a big commitment or special skills. They are a good way to “get your feet wet” with volunteering at the Fellowship!

Be a greeter or an usher for Sunday morning.

Come to a Building & Grounds workday (usually 2nd Saturday of each month).

Help set-up/clean-up for coffee hour.

Be a Thursday or Saturday morning volunteer in Audrey’s Closet Thrift Shop .

Record information and send cards to families with joys and sorrows.

Make badges for new members/friends. Volunteer for these or other areas by following the link below and filling out our volunteer survey. Someone will be in touch to give you more

information! Time & Talent Survey link: http://goo.gl/5jFiW7.