You, Me & Everyone

            Have a great summer!

                        Love, Larry

 

Committee News

Building and Grounds

During the month of June, immediately following the Sunday services, Building and Grounds will be conducting tours of the heating and cooling systems of the church

 

Development Committee

Saturday, June 7^th, ten of us had a great time seeing Cheat at the Detroit Repertory Theatre.  We are looking forward to seeing more plays next year.  These are very enjoyable fun(d)raisers!

 

Over $1000.00 has been raised from summer garage sales.  Thanks to Ruth Seifert, Mildred Robinson, Arlene Teed and Janet Thompson for helping and thanks for our many donations.  Margaret Beck

 

           

Women’s Book Club

The Women’s Book Group will meet on the following dates:

            Sunday, July 13 – The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver

            Sunday, August 3 – The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

Please note the time change.  We will meet at 12:30 P.M. in Memorial Hall.  For more information call Eula at 248-540-4303 or Maria at 313-899-1694 or Barbara at 313-863-6891.

Make your plans to come to the Church Picnic on Saturday, July 26.  Details to follow later.  Fun will be had by all – young and not so young.

Ann Harvey

 

 

Pulpit Editorial – Our Heating System

Earl Harvey

We have been very fortunate in having Greg Moritz and Peter McAlpine of Moritz Brothers to devote their free time of about 80 hours to make sketches of how the system works and to give their expertise on the care of the heating system.

The Church Board has approved $2000.00 from the boiler fund to tear the boiler down to confirm that the boiler can be fixed or that it needs to be replaced.  Moritz Brothers is 90% sure that the boiler is unrepairable.

Moritz Brothers proposal consists of six items.  Item #1 is to replace the boiler, add a boiler makeup feed water system and install a proper air combustion system.  The existing boiler does not have an adequate air combustion system to provide efficient use of the gas and air mixture.  The cost of those items is $62,500.00.

Item #2 is to provide better air movement for Pullman Hall.  This will be accomplished by installing mixed air dampers, air filter racks and steam valves.  The cost for this is $15,100.00

Item #3 is replacing 12 Danfoss valves of various heating radiators to conserve energy.  Moritz Brothers cost is $5,100.00.  The cost of a Danfoss valve is approximately $50.00.  Art Gabhart has volunteered to install these valves which would cost $600.00

Item #4 is to complete automatic temperature control renovation on the air-handling unit in the church house.  The cost is $2850.00.

Item #5 is to provide and install two digital room thermostats for the second and third floor areas, served by the hot water heating system.  The cost is $760.00.

Thermostats should cost between $50.00 and $75.00 each and we think Building and Grounds can handle that.

Item #6 is to provide preliminary certified air balancing of the zones served by the two air handling systems.  The cost is $2970.00

The total cost of all the items to be installed by Moritz Brothers is $89,280.00.  If Building and Grounds were to do items #3 and #5; the cost would be approximately $84,170.00.  At the present moment we have received $37,115.00 in pledges.

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to explain what is going on with our heating system and let us act and think positively.

 

 

To the First UU of Detroit Choir

Thank you for all the hard work and dedication you have shown this year, both the congregation and I are very grateful for your contributions.  I think we’ve had a very successful year musically and am looking forward to next year.  Rehearsals will begin the first Sunday after Labor Day and I’ll have a schedule for performances later this summer.  Keep watching the Newsletter for details.  Lyle

 

Editors Note

Please note summer Newsletter schedule.  As always, there are only two Newsletters during the summer.  The first one is July 13 and the second one will be August 17 with deadlines at noon.  The regular schedule will resume in September with the first deadline on the 7^th at 12:30 P.M.

Due to the high cost of printing and mailing, flyers will no longer be included in the Newsletters.  The information will be condensed and included as text.  Thank you for your cooperation.  Irene

 

 

Thank You

Thank you friends, for your thoughts, cards, flowers and visits.  JoAnn is taking loving care of me.

I hope you all are feeling the joy of spring and summer.

Your friend

Cal DeLor

 

 

 

Joy Dreifuss sends regards and would like to hear from her UU family.  Her address is Retirement House of America  1901 Southfield Rd. Lincoln Park, MI  48146.

 

Litha

Summer Solstice

At Northwest UU

Presented by the North West Pagan Circle

23925 Northwestern Highway

Southfield, MI

June 21   5:30 P.M.

Come help us celebrate this most special time of year.  Bring your drums and/or noisemakers to raise the energy of togetherness. Wear what you will and bring a dish if you wish.

Child care upon request and RSVP please

313-388-1605

 

July Birthdays

4.  Mildred Robinson, Woodrow Brown

5.  Ruth Seifert, Rose LaBolle

7.  Tracey Martin

11.  Alex Mercer

12.  Edie McKnight

18.  Walter Greene III

25.  Stuart Smith

Ed. Note…If you haven’t seen your name on our birthday list, it’s because we don’t have it.  If you would like to be included, please jot down your name and birthday – year not necessary – and put it in the Newsletter box outside the office.

 

 

 

Kids are Always Asking Questions

Our UU children don’t wait until Sunday when they’re in their RE classes to wonder about their world!  All week long, they are questioning and pondering their ever-expanding universe – sometimes it’s hard to keep up, or be able to direct their curiosity in constructive ways.  Now you have an online resource to draw upon from The Church of the Larger Fellowship called “Between Sundays: Answering Kids’ Questions”

clfuu.org/betweensundays/

This easy-to-use website has lots of fun activities for kids ages 4-13 which will help them discover the answer to such questions as, “Can you believe anything you want to as a UU?” or “Why do we light a chalice?”  This online resource will help you extend your kids' knowledge of UUism, building upon what they are learning in church on Sundays.  Check out the site “Between Sundays” with your family.

 

 

Items from the Internet

With thanks to Rhonda Rodgers

1.      If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee

2.      The flea can jump 350 times its body length.  It’s like a human jumping the length of a football field.

3.      The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds

4.      Butterflies taste with their feet.

5.      The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.

6.      Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people (uh-oh!).

7.      Elephants are the only animals that cannot jump.

8.      An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.

9.      Polar bears are left-handed (pawed)

10.  A cat’s urine glows under a black light.

 

 

A Bunch of People invite you to an:
ART PARTY FOR
PEACEFUL ALTERNATIVES

You are invited to participate in a night of poetry, dancing, performances and visual arts.
The theme is PEACEFUL ALTERNATIVES.
We will explore peaceful alternatives and celebrate peace through community art.
We believe that there is an artist in all of us. If you would like to participate in our celebration for peace, please submit your art through our website: www.artpartyforpeace.com. All art that represents this theme, professional and non-professional, will be accepted on a "first come" basis.
Join us at celebrating peace on:
Saturday June 28th at the Unitarian Universalist Church's Red Door Theater
The Church is located at 4605 Cass avenue, on the corner of Cass and Forest, in Detroit, near Wayne State University
>From 6:00 - 8:30 pm children are invited to make crafts with workers from the "Peace by Peace" group.
Adult performances will begin at 9:00 pm and end at 12:00. Much celebratory dancing will follow into the wee hours of the morning!
Bring your voice, words, poems, pictures, songs, dances, and colors. Bring your peaceful alternatives.

Donations at the door will go to "Alternatives for Girls," a local organization that works for peace.


SUMMER SERVICES FOR CHILDREN

We are pleased to announce that there will be children programing at the summer services. Sumarah Smith has come up with a curriculum she calls "Summer Storytelling Adventures". Each week we will read a story from around the world, and do a coordinating craft or activity. Nick Greene has offered to be the primary care giver this summer. We are looking for one other person to assist him each week. If you are interested for signing up for one of the eleven Sundays please notify Sumarah Smith.
*Also we are looking for donations of gently used arts and craft supplies. Especially crayons and markers. The nursery could also use new or gentle used infant toys. Thank You, Jennifer Teed & Sumarah Smith

First Friday Fun

Just wanted to let everyone now I had a great time at First Friday! The war stories were very informative, it was fun to get to know people better. Thanks to all those who worked so hard. I look forward to First Fridays next fall. I'd like to support some child programming, and am especially interested in starting some adult crafts- is anyone interested in having a jewelry / beading group?
Peace, Jennifer Teed