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First Unitarian Universalist Church of Detroit 4605 Cass Avenue Detroit, MI 48201 Phone: 313-833-9107 Fax: 313-833-0127 September 17, 2006

First Unitarian Universalist Church Organizational Chart 2006 - 2007 Officers Moderator Linda Darga Vice Moderator Alicia Biggers Immediate PastModerator James Harvey Board Secretary Donna Walker Treasurer Dan Wiest Staff Minister Emeritus Rev. Larry Hutchison Director of Religious Education Athena Kolbe (Interim) Music Director Todd Ballou Choir Director Gwen Foss Church Secretary Wendi Winston Building and Grounds Joe Brimmer Trustees Lencha Acker Sally Borden Jim Brown Charlene Evans Earl Harvey Mary Lou Malone Irene Schultz Donna Walker Dan Wiest Newsletter Editor Irene Schultz

Upcoming Services Services begin promptly at 11:00 A.M. September 24, 2006 Michael Ohlrogge A Sermon on Things I Don't Really Know About October 1, 2006 Rev. Larry Hutchison The Minister Emeritus October 8, 2006 Guest Speakers: Rev. Emmy Lou Belcher of the DuPage UU Church In Naperville, IL Alex Darr, Outreach Minister for the Faithful Fools Street Ministry in San Francisco The End of the Homeless Problem As part of Lynda Smith’s ordination weekend, on Saturday October 7, members of this congregation will join others in walking the streets of the Cass Corridor with Alex Darr of the Faithful Fools Street Ministry of San Francisco, bearing witness to life on these streets and how it intersects with their own lives. What does it mean to look at homelessness as a problem facing cities throughout the world? What does it mean to look at homelessness while holding in our hearts the Fool’s mantra: “What holds us separate, what keeps us separate as we walk the streets, what still connects us?” October 8, 2006 (4:00 PM) “Ordination of Rev. Lynda Smith Newsletter Deadline The deadline for printed material is Sunday, October 1, 2006 no later than NOON or the following Monday no later than 5:30 P.M. for electronic material. Articles may be emailed, by the deadline dates and times, to ieschultz1945@yahoo.com. If you email items they must specify they are for the Newsletter.

Committees and Affiliates

Membership

Thanks to Mildred Robinson, Ruth Seifert and John O’Connor we made $225 from two garage sales. Thanks, also, to Joy and Richard Marks and Nicole Kozub for their donations. My neighbors Linda and Dwight Angel also donated items. If you would like to help make these garage sales a success, please see Margaret Beck during coffee hour. Margaret also has Entertainment Books for sale. The cost is $20 with $4 going towards the church budget.

Social Justice

Affirmative Action Forum in Southfield – The public is invited to hear Nancy L. Quarles, President of the South Oakland NAACP and a former State legislator, speak on “How the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative Will Roll Back Civil Rights” at 7 p.m. October 2^nd at Northwest Unitarian Universalist Church, 23925 Northwestern Highway in Southfield. This forum is being co-sponsored by the Social Responsibility Committee at Northwest Unitarian Universalist Church, the Black Concerns Working Group and the MOSES Core Team justice groups from First Unitarian Universalist Church of Detroit. For more information, call 248-549-5170.

Announcements

Conference Announcement:

Great Lakes Bioneers Conference Detroit

October 20 – 22, 2006

Wayne State University

Registration brochures are available in the church house lobby or online at www.sustainabledetroit.org.bioneers

Volunteer Opportunities

The Bioneers Conference lunch on October 21 and 22 will be prepared and served in McCollester Hall again this year. We need church volunteers to support this event, especially people who are savvy about the church’s equipment (how it works, where it is stored, etc.) These specific tasks need to be done:

• Set-up, operate and take down a microphone and speakers each day
• Kitchen helper who is familiar with our kitchen
• Dishwasher operator.
• Office volunteer to answer phones and take messages
• Drivers to shuttle people from the conference site to the church and back
• Dining room set-up and clean-up each day
• Food runners during the lunch each day

See Mary Lou Malone or Charlene Evans to volunteer.

Newsletter News

Dan Wiest has agreed to take over the Newsletter beginning with the October 15^th edition while Jon and Irene attend a reunion. Please send any electronically sent items to the church email info@1stuu.org

Heartland District 2007 Annual Meeting and Spring Conference

March 30 – April 1, 2007

Crown Plaza Hotel

Grand Rapids, MI

“UU Connections: Connecting our Congregations to each other, to the district, to the UUA” is the theme for this conference. The keynote speaker will be Gini Courter, UUA Moderator and former Heartland District UUA Trustee. Registration will be available in January 2007.

Jazz Concert

The People’s Church of Kalamazoo are celebrating their 150 anniversary by presenting a jazz concert at the Chenery Auditorium on October 5, 2006 at 8:00. For more information or to order tickets call 269-382-7774.

Join Unitarian Universalists in Santa Fe, New Mexico
March 10 -18, 2007
Pause, reflect, and meditate in the land famous for the light, art, food, museums, galleries, crafts, and the Native Indian and Spanish cultural heritage. Being in historic Santa Fe is a surefire remedy for today’s stressful lifestyle. Visit the two most important Indian sites in New Mexico: Anasazi cliff dwellers (1100s), Chaco Canyon, major center of ancestral Puebloan culture (850 - 1250). See the landscape that inspired artist Georgia O’Keefe, and do an experiential art project. Walk a labyrinth at Ghost Ranch. Experience a Native Sweat Lodge. Soak in the waters at Ojo Caliente. Meditate at sunrise on a mesa or at sunset in the desert. Led by Rev. Wayne Walder (leads and teaches meditation) and Beverly Carr of Neighbourhood UU Congregation in Toronto. See www.nuuc.ca for details.

1st UU Congregation of Ann Arbor presents: 2006 UU Men's Retreat!

"The Fire Within"

September 29 - October 1, 2006

What are you passionate about? What kindles your fire, mentally, physically & spiritually? At beautiful Camp Talahi in Pinckney, Michigan. Cost: $110 per man (scholarship available too) Relax + Reconnect + Recreate = Re:Treat! All UUMeN Welcome! Register NOW at www.uuaamen.org Questions? Call Bob Hospadaruk @ 248-613-2476

October Birthdays

1. Marilyn Grosteffon

2. Earl Harvey

4. Donna Walker, Jonathan Schultz

7. Nora Holt

26. Allison Parks

Items From the Internet

THE HUMOR OF STEVEN WRIGHT

If you're not familiar with the work of Steven Wright, he's the famous scientist (?) who once said: "I woke up one morning and all of my stuff had been stolen...and replaced by exact duplicates."

His mind sees things differently than we do, to our amazement and amusement.

Here are some more of his gems:

- 42.7% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

- A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.

- If you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.

- All those who believe in psycho-kinesis, raise my hand.

- The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

- I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she left me before we met.

- OK, so what's the speed of dark?

- If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.

- When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.

- I intend to live forever -- so far, so good.

- Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.

- Why do psychics have to ask you for your name?

- If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.

- A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking.

- Everyone has a photographic memory, some just don't have film!