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Circle Fellowship Calendar – March 2010

Sunday Morning Meeting 11:00 to 12:15; fellowship with Continental Breakfast at 10:30.

All events are at the Fellowship House unless otherwise noted.

 

Saturday March 6th, 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm – Music with Me with Miss Bobbie: Bobbie Lancaster – This is a new music venue for children 10 and under and their families. Food will be provided – suggested donation of $7 per person. This first "Family House Concert" is sponsored by Juliette Nehring – Ms. Juliette Music. See page 2 for more information.

 

Sunday, March 7th: “International Women's Day". Alison Brown will talk about the history and current activities of the International Alliance of Women: Equal Rights - Equal Responsibilities, conceived in 1902 and  founded in 1904 as the International Woman Suffrage Alliance, with UU Susan B. Anthony as its Honorary President. The readings and songs for the morning will come from Alison's experiences with feminist spirituality in Austria.

 

Sunday, March 14th: On Buddhism with Dr. Walter Robinson  

Complementing his memorable program last fall, Dr. Robinson shares the timeless wisdom of the Tao.

Also Sunday, March 14th: 3:00 pm, Shaman Studies – Shamanism Group led by BJ Shepard. BJ has studied Peruvian and other forms of Shamanism.

 

Sunday, March 21st: “The Armenian Genocide" with Prof. Donald Minassian.
More than a million Armenian people died in the first modern genocide, during and just after  World War I. Prof. Minassian enlightens us on the horror and lessons learned.

 

Wednesday March 24th 6:30 pm: "Chalice Group" – organizational meeting for restarting Chalice Group – small group ministry. Please join us to plan our next series of Chalice Group Meetings. If you can't make it but are interested please contact Annie at Newsletter@CUUF.org.

 

Sunday, March 28th: "The Artist in Me" with Maestro Brett Terrell and his composition students. Maestro Terrell and  his students explore the nature of creativity and share its delightful results. Enjoy original music for classical guitar and an improvised ensemble piece.

 

Also on Sunday the 28th. 6:00pm: All Indianapolis Congregations UU Passover Seder at UUI - See article on page 4 for more information.

 

Sunday, April 4th: "A Musical Celebration" with Guitarist Brett Terrell

Brett returns with a Fellowship favorite: Instrumentals from the repertoire of a master.  

 

 

 

 

Music With Me

 

Music With Me
family house concert series
a new music venue for children and their families
Indianapolis, IN

Music With Me family house concert series is committed to providing families quality interactive musical experiences for every age, especially children 10 and under, in a comfortable home setting.

INAUGURAL SHOW
MISS BOBBIE: BOBBIE LANCASTER
music4littlefolks.com
bobbielancaster.com
SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 2010
doors open at 5:00pm

3 guest areas
• interactive/audience music room
• separate cozy-quiet reading and toy room in listening range of performers
• eating area with seating in listening range of performers

All Shows:
5:00pm: Doors Open
5:30pm: Music With Me – a musical heritage project
6:00pm: Featured Artist
7:00pm: Goodnight
Food provided, available until 7:00pm

suggested donation: $7 per person
children under 3 years old [ this means “before you turn 3” :-) ]: FREE
reservations are required 317-202-0232
guest capacity limited to 45
if you cannot make your reservation, please pass it on or call us
Northwest side of Indianapolis, near 71st and Meridian

Designed by Ms. Juliette
Ms. Juliette invites you and your family to explore music together. Music With Me is a musical heritage project which includes a class curriculum created by Ms. Juliette, appropriate for a wide age range of students.

• Share the musical heritage of each student’s family
• Experience music from each of the inhabited continents
• Learn how a number of cultures influence our musical experience

Ms. Juliette believes…

• Music is one of the essential components of a person’s intellectual and emotional development.
• Musical parenting, modeling, and mentoring are important to a child’s access to music, their experience in learning about music, their perception of music and their musical heritage.
• It is important to our cultures not only to acknowledge, but also to uphold our musical traditions.
• Music is an essential element of human existence; it is in everyone, even if it is a very small part...
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The 'it' church

This article from the current issue of UU World Magazine

From the President: If we 'get religion' we will thrive. If we don't, we will decline.
By Peter Morales 
Spring 2010 2.15.10

Some congregations have it. Others don’t. And it doesn’t take long to figure out if a congregation has “it” or not. We sense it right away. It is unmistakable.

Some congregations are full of life. The energy fills the room. The warmth is palpable. We feel it in worship. We sense it in coffee hour. There is something about the “buzz.” We see people smile and embrace. They engage one another.

Alas, some congregations—far too many—don’t have it. They feel lifeless, cold, moribund. Why is this? What makes the difference between being full of life and warmth versus being dead and cold?

I think the difference is religion. Really. Religion. The key to the future for every single congregation and for Unitarian Universalism as a movement is whether we can “get religion.” If we “get religion” we will thrive. We will touch lives and change the world. If we don’t, we will decline.

Perhaps I should explain.

We tend to think of religion as a set of beliefs. That is a huge mistake. Religion is much more about what we love than about what we think. This emphasis on belief, especially on “true religion” being about correct belief, is a modern aberration. If we look at religions historically and across cultures, we discover that in fact belief has very little to do with religion. Some religious traditions, like Buddhism, have virtually no beliefs.

Consider the Hebrew tradition that gave rise to Christianity. The prophets in the scriptures show no interest in correct belief. They show a lot of interest in how people behave and whether they are faithful to their covenant.

Actually, the very word “religion” comes from a Latin root that means to tie, to bind. Ultimately what ties us together, what makes us a religion, a united people, is what we love. Religion, our religion, is what we truly care about, what we want to preserve, embrace, and create.

The questions we ask one another are so critically important. If you and I ask each other what we believe, we will get into talking about very heady stuff. We will put forth our beliefs and then support them with evidence and argument. All too often we will end up arguing. I know. I have done more than my share.

However, when we ask one another what we truly love, what we truly value, what we care about more than anything else in life, something amazing happens. We don’t argue. We listen. We connect. We discover that we love and want the same things. We care about one another. We want honesty, depth, and intimacy in our relationships. We want enduring friendships.

We also discover that we realize that we are all in this life together. We want to help heal the world. We want compassion, understanding, and justice to guide our actions and our governments. We want to work together, hand in hand, to build a world beyond exploitation and violence.

When you and I focus on what we love and what we long to create, something almost miraculous happens. We are energized. We form lasting bonds. We become eager to commit ourselves and to work together. We become more generous. We come to care more about “us” and less about “me.”

In other words, when we focus on what we love we “get religion.”

The truth is that we do care deeply about the same things. We share a vision. In our congregations there is love, idealism, and energy waiting to be released. When we release these, when we really let our people go, we transform lives and change the world.

Let’s get religion. I can’t wait to see what we can do together.

AN INVITATION TO JOIN IN A UU PASSOVER SEDER

 

The festival of Passover is an important part of our religious heritage, which comes to us from our Jewish ancestors. Our Seder, a combined festive meal and worship service, will be a success if we come to it, not with the idea that we are celebrating an interesting tradition of another religious group, but with the understanding that this festival is a living part of our own tradition and a celebration of freedom from oppression of any kind.

 

We will gather at tables in the Meeting House at 6:00 on Sunday evening, March 28. Our Seder will precede the beginning of Passover by one day so it will not interfere with plans for family Seders in any UU homes. Our Haggadah (the book or story of the Seder) will begin with the Kadesh, the Sanctification of the Day. The first Leader will begin: We gather to join with the generations who have kept alive a vision of freedom.

 

The Jews were the first slaves in recorded history ever to wage a successful rebellion against their masters. Theirs was the first national liberation struggle. In community we heed the call to remember. With the emblems of festive rejoicing before us, we gather for a sacred celebration.

 

This UU Seder is being planned by a group with representatives from the Worship Associates and the Transition Team along with Barbara Child. It is a family celebration with special parts for children, so be sure to bring them. The meal will be a pitch-in; please bring your own table settings and a dish to pass. You will need to sign up to let the planning group know how many are coming and what you will bring.

 

Look for the sign-up sheet at UUI, on the kiosk in the Social Hall on Sundays or on the bulletin

board inside the front door of the Cottage during the week. Other congregations joining us will need to appoint a sign up person who will work with Colleen Kelly to make arrangements for attendance and such. March 21 is the last day to sign up.

 

Please join us! Le Chayim! To Life!

 

UUI would like to make this an ALL area congregation event; in the spirit of 2009’s Greater Good Gathering ... please contact me if you want more information or can help at your congregation ... Colleen Kelly - 317-603-0026 or wooglett@gmail.com.

 

 

Calling Musicians

 

Calling ALL MUSICIANS of ALL STYLES/GENRES… *performance opportunity*: Are you a performer who can SUCESSFULLY engage a group of children? Music With Me family house concert series, a new music venue for children and their families in Indianapolis, IN, is booking year round. Contact Juliette on the Ms. Juliette fan page on Facebook or by e-mail at msjuliette@lycos.com.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=309951773393&ref=mf

 

 

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