March 2, 2003
Women and Religion
Dr. Paula Drewich, Guest Speaker
March 9,2003
Canvass Kickoff Potluck Sunday
March 16' 2003
Youth Sunday
March 23,2003
Living a Multi-Cultural Life
Ismael Ahmed, Guest Speaker
A.C.C.E.S.S.
The next deadline is Sunday., March 2, 2003, no later than 12:3 0 P.M.
Pleaseleave legible contributions in the Newsletter box located outside the church office. Please include your name and a contact number should there be any questions. Articles may also be emailed to me, by the deadline date and time, at ieschultz I 945@yahoo.com Please do not write articles on little pieces of paper or contribution envelopes, the ones that don't get lost are very hard to read.
Rehearsals are at 9:30 A.M. in
Memorial Hall unless
otherwise noted. Rehearsals for
the upcoming months are as
follows:
March 2, March 9, March 16 with performance
at 11:00 - NO REHEARSALS March 23 and
March 30
April 6, April 13, April 20 with performance at
11:00 - NO REHEARSAL
April 27
May 4, May 11, May 18 with performance at
11:00 - NO REHEARSAL May 25
June 1, June 8, June 15 with performance at
11:00.
Thanks to Helga Herz for donating two carloads
of garage sale items. Thank you, also, to my
two nieces for a trunk load of things and my
sister for a television that has already been sold.
There are only 14 tickets left for the play
Sorrows and Rejoicings at the Detroit
Repertory Theater, Saturday, April 26 at 3
P.M. The tickets are $15.00 each and will be
for sale during coffee hour or call me at 313-
882-7775. We had a fabulous time at the last
play.
Margaret Beck, Development
Trustee
Please join Lily and Dan Secrest and their crew of friends on Saturday, March 8, at 6:00pm. This fun(d)raiser for the UUCP and the Peace by Piece Project and funded by the Department of Cultural Affairs for the City of Detroit, will feature brief entertainment in addition to sumptuous specialties from that melting pot of Southeast Asian, Chinese, Spanish, and American culture. Come one, come all, invite your friends ... The cost is $10.00 in advance or $12.00 at the door. Please make reservations by calling the Secrests or the church office, or via email. Lily Secrest 313-864-0177
One or two volunteers are still needed to "office sit" on Wednesdays from 9 A.M. noon. See John Strauther or Nora Holt.
Wendi Winston, our Office Administrator, will be on vacation February 27 through March 6. Volunteers are needed to answer the phone, especially Friday and Monday, but anytime you can give will be appreciated. Please let Wendi know when you can help.
1992 Dodge RAM Van * low mileage (under 65,000 miles) *transmission rebuilt January 2003 * 8 cylinders *conversion: large windows with folding shades, 4 captain chairs and convertible bench seat (seats three or flattens for sleeping) $4800.00 or best offer Contact Colleen Dolan-Greene at 313-867- 4990.
After church on Sunday, March 9, there will be Canvass Potluck Part Deux gathering in McCollester Hall. In part one, on February 9, we heard about our chronic deficit (approximately 20% of pledge income) and the boiler emergency. We also heard about the state of the ministry, music, religious education, and the fact that we are not alone as we grapple with these challenges. Please plan on attending Potluck Part Deux. The future of our church depends crucially upon everyone's participation.
Please note: This potluck dinner on March 9 will replace the potluck that is usually held on the third Sunday each month.
As part of this year's canvass, our paid staff have been giving us "State of the Program" messages. Larry Hutchison's message on the State of the Ministry is that we are deeply involved in our community. From the steel drums and enchanted storytelling of the after school youth program - Camp Detroit, to participation in community action to prevent water cut-offs to Detroit citizens, we are living our principles.
Sara Addae Pizzimenti sang beautifully to convey the deep spirituality that is taking root in our Second Story Church where the programs have expanded and new families are settling in.
Todd Ballou and Lyle Brown teamed up
to bring us the state of the music prograrn. Of
course they did so with both words and music -
the language of emotion. The whole is greater
than the sum of the musical parts of First
Church.
Dan Secrest
313-864-0177 (h)
World renowned movie buff James L. Limbacher, librarian, author and film buff, died of pneumonia at Oakwood Hospital. He was 76 years old and lived in Dearborn.
Film critic Leonard Maltin called him one of the top writers in the field. "He was a world- renowned film historian," his friend Wilfred Souchereau said Wednesday. "He created many of the index catalogs and reference manuals for film and music. Several of the books he wrote are used internationally as definitive works on films.
"He had been involved in films since he was 5 years old when he started going to the movies. He went almost every day and just never stopped," Souchereau said. "He became the person who knew almost everything about any film. "
Mr. Limbacher came to Michigan in 1955 to work as the audiovisual librarian at the Dearborn Library. He taught film history at Wayne State University and earned a master's degree in library science there in 1972. His resume is 15 pages long and includes books and articles he wrote, lectures he gave, film scripts he wrote, radio and TV programs on which he appeared and plays, operas and musical comedies he wrote or helped write. He was a good friend of Bill Kennedy, who answered questions for years about films during breaks in the showing of movies on television.
"When he got stumped on his show, when he said, 'I need to check with my reference in the back room,' the reference was Jim Limbacher," Souchereau said. Mr. Limbacher served on the White House Record Commission, compiling archives of films for use by the presidential family. He was also a founder of the Dearborn Symphony Orchestra and a board member of the Dearborn Orchestra Society. He retired from the Dearborn library in 1983, then worked as a producer and host for two Dearborn cable television companies. He retired from those jobs in 1989. He has no immediate survivors.
February 27, Thursday. Building and Grounds meeting - 3:00 P.M.
March 8, Saturday - 6:00 P.M. $10.00 Filipino Dinner - Rev. Bill Jones, a UU minister and retired professor at Florida State University, will be the guest of our Journey Toward Wholeness group at the Filipino Ethnic Dinner. All are welcome to come, meet Dr. Jones and enjoy a delicious dinner.
March 9, Sunday - Canvass Potluck during coffee hour. Vox Humana Concert - 3 P.M. $15.00 at door, $10.00 for students and seniors.
March 19, Wednesday - noon - Women's Alliance luncheon $6.00 (reservations with EikoTakemoto). The speaker will be Jane Mackey from "Friends of the Detroit River and Belle Isle".
March- 30, Sunday - Women's History catered luncheon - $12.00. Come as the woman you would like to have been. RSVP to Barbara Stevenson (313-863-6891) by March 29. Limited seating
Mark you Calendars for Saturday, May 17 for the First UU's Goods and Services Auction. Start thinking about what you can donate and what you would like to buy (and encourage others to donate what you would like to buy!) If you would like to volunteer to help, please contact Colleen Dolan-Greene at 313-867- 4890.
1. Maria Majer
3. Larry Hutchison
5. Julia Meyer
6. Karl Gordon
7. Gene Perrin, Janet Thompson
8. Don Dickason
13. Dolly Wagner, James Quina
19. Linda Darga
26. Juanita Fowler
28. James Harvey
29. Lencha Acker
31. Janice Berry
Calling all cooks... After consuming some very good food at our potlucks, we decided it was time to put together another cookbook and we're hoping some of the potluck goodies will be included. Please submit your recipes by way of e-mail to Allison Parks -w-h-ose-e-ma-il address is arparks@earthlink.net or Irene Schultz whose e- mail is on the cover of this Newsletter. If e-mail is not an option, recipes may be placed in the Newsletter box located outside the church office. Please feel free to submit more than one. The deadline for recipes is March 31, 2003.
From Louise Walter... "Greetings to all! Thank you for the cards, especially for the holiday card with the cats. I enjoy reading all the names." ,/P>
From Marian Randall of The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Michigan... "Thank you for opening your church to the 2002 Historical Society Tours of Historic Houses of Worship. We are happy to send you the enclosed check in appreciation of your participation in this education and preservation program".
Subject:-English Language
I've seen parts of this before, but if you like the English language, read the whole thing. SO, YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE TOUGH ENOUGH TO TRY TO LEARN ENGLISH? This little treatise on the lovely language we share is only for the brave. This was passed on by a linguist, the original author is unknown. Peruse at your leisure, English lovers.
Reasons why the English language is so
hard to learn:
1) The bandage was wound around the
wound.
2) The farm was used to produce produce.
3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse
more reftise.
4) We must polish the Polish furniture.
5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.
6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in
the desert.
7) Since there is no time like the present, he
thought it was time to present the present.
8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass
drum.
9) When shot at, the dove dove into the
bushes.
10) 1 did not object to the object.
11) The insurance was invalid for the
invalid.
12) There was a row among the oarsmen
about how to row.
13) They were too close to the door to close
it.
14) The buck does funny things when the
does are present.
15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into
a sewer line.
16) To help with planting, the fanner taught
his sow to sow.
17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail
18) After a number of injections my jaw got
number.
19) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I
shed a tear.
20) 1 had to subject the subject to a series of
tests.
21) How can I intimate this to my most
intimate friend?
Let's face it - English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat.
We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham?
If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth beeth? One goose, 2 geese; so one moose, 2 meese? One index, 2 indices? One mouse, 2 mice, one louse, 2 lice; so one house, 2 hice?
Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend. If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it? If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught?
If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
Sometimes I think all the English speakers should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane. In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital?
Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell? How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?
You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can brn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out and in which, an alarm goes off by going on.
English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race, which, of course, is not a race at all. That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible. PS. - Why doesn't "Buick" rhyme with "quick"?