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Thank you to the volunteers who helped at the September Building and Grounds Cleanup! Alma King and Jackie McNaughton planted flowers and weeded as well as replaced the hymnals in the sanctuary from their summer use in Memorial Hall. Earl Harvey and Bill McKnight scraped and sanded the ramp doors in preparation for fresh paint and Dan Kosmowski, as a sign of First UU community spirit, spent the afternoon using a strong chemical detergent and power washer to remove graffiti from our neighbor’s brick garage. The next cleanup is Saturday, October 14th from 10 am – 1 pm.
We are planning to reconfigure our book group and are opening it up to both men and women. We are also no longer limiting the authors to women only. Our next meeting will be Sunday, November 5th at 1:00 in Memorial Hall. Please join us for this planning session.
On a related note – I would like to know if there is interest in a Covenant on Black America. For more information please see Rhonda Rodgers during coffee hour.
Last weekend I took some of our items to my niece’s garage sale and raised $50.00 for our church treasury. Thanks to the Bendure’s and Joy and Richard Marks for recent donations.
The sales of Entertainment Books have raised $140 for our church. Thanks to all the buyers. I will have them for sale until December. Some of the coupons include two for one-theater tickets, hardware and grocery stores as well as many restaurants. For more information see Margaret Beck during coffee hour.
The First UU Choir welcomes and invites all interested musicians to share the
joy of music making. No audition is required. The Choir generally rehearses
on the 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 5th Sunday mornings 9:30 – 10:30 am. Please
join us October 22, 29, November 5 and 12 to prepare for our November 12th performance.
For more information please contact Gwen Foss, Choir Director at gwenfoss@netrek.net.
This tradition was started here in our Sanctuary by our music director, Todd Ballou in 2003 and has continued every other year. This year the 1st Congregation of Ann Arbor has generously offered to host the UU Choir Festival of Southeast Michigan on Sunday, February 18 at 3:00 pm. The 1st UU Church of Ann Arbor is located at 4001 Saline-Ann Arbor Road. Musicians from all eight UU churches in our area gather for an amazing concert of music and fellowship, including lots of congregational singing. For more information, please contact Sarah Albright at skalbright@sbcglobal.net or the 1st UU Church of Ann Arbor at 734-665-6158. Now is a great time to join the 1st UU Choir of Detroit to be a part of this event.
Would you like to have the best seat in the house? As a sound volunteer you can! Come learn how you can help operate the church’s sound system on Sunday morning. You will learn about setting up the sound system, hooking up microphones, adjusting volumes, recording, and even wireless microphones. The training will be presented by Hillard Williams in the Sanctuary on October 8th from 9:45 – 10:45 am. For more information about sound volunteering, please contact Linda Darga at dargal@karmanos.org.
From Faye Colling:
Each year before I leave for the winter, I line up groups to accept the responsibility for coffee hour each month. This year and into 2007 we thank these groups:
What do volunteers do? You work with Leonard who makes the coffee and gets the pots ready, set the tables with juice and goodies. You purchase the cookies, fruit and or vegetables, a lemon for the tea and ˝ and ˝ You will be reimbursed for this from the coffee hour fund. Last year Carol and Mark Bendure signed up for a whole month. Get a couple of helpers and sign up for the spring months. There is a sign-up sheet on the Membership table. Remember, without volunteers, there is no coffee hour.
Dan Wiest has agreed to take over the Newsletter beginning with the October 15th edition while Jon and Irene attend a reunion. Please send any electronically sent items to the church email.
Celeste Headlee and son Grant have a neat half-page write-up with photo in the Grosse Pointe News of September 28. Perhaps someone living in one of the Pointes can bring in a copy to share.
October 22nd at
4:00 P.M
Fellowship Chapel
7707 W. Outer Drive Detroit, MI 48235
2500 people are gathering in unity to “Repair the Tear” in Michigan. First UU has been challenged to turn out thirty people for the rally. Show your support and sign up with Mildred Robinson or Janet Thompson to attend. First UU needs representatives at three planning meetings for the MOSES Public Rally in the next three weeks. Alicia Biggers and Mary Lou Malone have the details. The Bioneers volunteers will meet with Mary Lou Malone and Charlene Evans after church on Sunday, October 15, 2006.
