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Covenant and Congregational Vision

Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Tahlequah

Covenant: Love is the spirit of this congregation, and service to the universal family is its law. This is our great covenant: To dwell together in peace, to seek the truth in love, reason and understanding, and to help one another.

Child Care provided on Sundays from 10am to noon.

January 2012 - The New Year Begins

Upcoming for this month

January 1 Open Microphone (an opportunity for our members to share their
music, poetry or other interests with the congregation)

January 8 Rev. Jim Eller (on “Are you a Known Communalist?” Are you now
or have you ever been communalist or known to be associated
with a known Communalist?)

January 15 Rev. Doug Inhofe (on the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.)

January 22 Seth Carrier - Intern at All Souls in Tulsa

January 29 Rev. Doug Inhofe (on the meaning of the words religion and
spiritual)

Every Sunday at 10am - The adult forum downstairs Free coffee and friends.

Every Monday - Tai Chi class, 5:30p main sanctuary

If you would like to meet with Rev. Doug to talk or for counseling, he will be available, by appointment, on any Tuesday or Thursday afternoon. To make an appointment, please feel free to call him on his cell, at 918-688-8772. He is also available after the service on those Sundays when he preaches.

What Do We Believe about December 21, 2012?

By UUCT member Bill Heytz

2012 THE END? YES OR NO?

According to the MAYAN calendar, DECEMBER 21/2012/ 11 P.M. THE WORLD IS SUPPOSED TO COME TO AN END.
But the way I believe is that the end of the world is nothing more than another way of life. It simply means that we will be changed into the same as those who have passed on before us, but we will still continue to inhabit the world as we know it. But we will share it with those who have gone before us. And we will have access to the stars. We were brought down here in the beginning to take control of the planet and make it fertile for man to dwell and make a new home. And we are being watched and looked after, every 26 thousand years the earth changes, and is destroyed and made new again. But this time it will not be destroyed as the prophets of old times have predicted, this time man will be changed in order to keep from destroying himself and the planet, man has originated from the stars, and will return to the stars if it is his choice. I do not believe in a GOD coming to earth floating on a cloud, with a band of Angels blowing on a bunch of trumpets. There may be music, but it will be good news for the human race. No more wars to kill and maim the poor while the rich get richer off the dead and wounded soldiers.
I also believe that 2012 will bring a lot of hardship on the poor, and a lot of nature’s wrath will also take place, but those who survive will see a beautiful changeover. As we become like those who have gone on before, I do not believe there is a GOD that is looking down from the sky watching every thing that each and every man, woman and child does, 24 hours a day. And hears us all bitch and complain and asking for every thing that we could possibly want. But I do believe they are watching us, that has been proved that Aliens have and still are visiting us from the stars, and will come back and the earth will join the rest of the galaxy, that is our GOD, the ones that brought us here in the beginning, to inhabit the earth and make it home for us today.
A lot of people may not agree with me and the way I think, and I don’t blame them. For no one knows what the future holds. And just because I believe and think like I do, does not make it so. I can be wrong just like all of the others who predicted the end of the earth, BUT I DO BELIEVE DECEMBER 2012 does have a meaning of some sort or another.
MY BELIEF: WILLIAM (BILL) B. HEYTZ

The C.A.R.E. Food Pantry continues to be a stable food source for Cherokee County residents. The $5,000 grant received from Wal-Mart is providing funds necessary to purchase the food items not furnished by the Tulsa Regional Food Bank. Individual people as well as businesses in our community are very generous with food donations as well as monetary support. Please call 458-5338 if you would like to donate.

Volunteer and Reach Out in Tahlequah

...so much more to do....

Traci Clark is the main contact for UUCT's volunteer office. If you have a question, concern or need regarding the volunteer office, please contact me (918-822-7862) and I will see that it is channeled/addressed by the appropriate person. Phone messages are checked about four days a week. We are working on several aspects (email, for example) of the volunteer office to maintain efficiency. Please note there is a dry erase and/or bulletin board for any messages or needs (office supplies, perhaps) that you see need to be addressed - located next to the exterior door of the office. Give me a call, email me, or leave me note!
If you know of anyone who may need a friendly contact from UUCT, that is also something that would be helpful to know. An illness, hard times, loss of a loved one, a birthday, or just a kind word - all these would certainly warrant a card from the Care Team. We don't know unless we share information with each other.
Building, cleaning, kitchen supplies or chores that are needed should be listed on the dry erase board in the kitchen. Please check around to make certain that we are "out" or running out of an item. Sometimes this means opening a few more cabinet doors. In the past, an item was simply one cabinet over. I shop on Saturday mornings for the church and drop off items Saturday afternoons or evenings.
Thank you all so much for your help with these things, and a big THANK YOU to everyone for cleaning up after using the kitchen. (It can be scary coming into the kitchen on Monday morning and finding the coffee pots still turned on!) Blessings to you All!

Community Outreach:

“It is one of the beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely
help another without helping himself.” -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Please remember out commitment to the Tahlequah Early Learning Academy and their need for children’s clothes, formula and other items. Marnie Cope has placed a copy of the specific items needed in the church’s foyer; you can leave items for the Academy in the basket there.

Please remember, too, that Tom Lewis’ men’s shelter, O Si Yo, needs bedding and men’s clothes.

Bible Study for Liberals meets every other Thursday at 7pm at Iris Tate's house. Call 456-4222 for more information.

Meditation Group ~ meets every Wednesday at 12:15pm in the Sanctuary

January 29, 2012

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Full Moon Drum Circle for January 2012

You are Welcome

FULL MOON Drum Circle Saturday, Saturday, January 7 at 6p, UUCT Snactuary - Welcoming ALL UNPLUGGED instruments. Welcoming ALL Dancers We welcome pot-luck items to share, bring your own cup please for the water cooler. Gathering and focus circle begins at 6p, then on to creating peace and healing through drumming. Come see what you’re missing. For more info, go to MySpace “CUUPS of Tahlequah”

Group Renamed - The Bible for Liberals Group has change the name to the Early Christian History Group as this name more appropriately reflects what we are currently studying. The group meets every other Tuesday evening at 7 p.m. at either Iris Tate's or Rose Reasoner's home. The group just started reading and discussing a new book so this is an ideal time to join the group if you are interested. For more information, please contact Iris Tate at 456-4222 or Rose Reasoner at 458-0886.
(FYI: Rev. Ron Robinson says “FYI - former UUA President John Buehrens author of Understanding the Bible For Liberals, and Jesus Seminar fellow and Tulsan and prof and author Brandon Scott and the president of the national Buddhist Christian Studies Ruben Habito will be among many presenters at this years UUCF Revival/Retreat in Dallas at Horizon UU church in October. Love to see some (UUCT-ers) there.

Film, Literature & Conversation

Book Group Tues., Jan. 17, 7:00pm & Movie Group, Fri., Jan. 13 at 6:30pm

"Between the Covers" book night - January 17, 2012 at 7pm downstairs
December Book: “Widow of the South", by Robert Hicks
for all readers.” Call Corry at 478-4802
Carnton Plantation, 1894: Carrie McGavock is an old woman who tends the graves of the almost 1,500 soldiers buried there. As she walks among the dead, an elderly man appears--the same soldier she met that fateful day long ago. Today, he asks if the cemetery has room for one more.
Based on an extraordinary true story, this brilliant, meticulously researched novel flashes back to 1864 and the afternoon of the Civil War. While the fierce fighting rages on Carrie's land, her plantation turns into a Confederate army hospital; four generals lie dead on her back porch; the pile of amputated limbs rises as tall as the smoke house. But when a wounded soldier named Zachariah Cashwell arrives at her house, he awakens feelings she had thought long dead--and inspires a passion as powerful and unforgettable as the war that consumes a nation.

Movie Night - Friday, Jan. 13 2012, 6:30p (Call Lynn - 431-0198 for location)
December Movie: “Everything Must Go”, starring Will Ferrell
Everything Must Go finds Will Ferrell in a serious mood. But unlike many comedians seeking to demonstrate their acting chops, Ferrell doesn’t confuse seriousness with humorlessness; instead, he discovers humor and pathos intertwined.

Committees In Need and Help prepare for Winter

Get involved with service planning, newsletter, music and more

**Committee On Ministry - The Committee On Ministry is a liaison between the congregation and the minister. Right now, the committee members are Tom Newton, Brun Imberg, and myself, Jacque Linebarger. We will be meeting with Doug every four to six weeks to provide feedback from the congregation about his ministry with UUCT, including suggestions for sermon topics, communication with members, outreach, programs at UUCT, and just generally how things are going. If you have any suggestions or comments that you would like the committee to bring up to Doug at our meetings, please feel free to contact any of the committee
members or Doug. We are currently looking for one or two additional members. If you are interested in joining the committee, please give me a call at 458-5887 or email me at linebarg@ipa.net.

Plans for an elementary level R. E. program are coming together. I need some help, however. Is there anyone who is interested in working with children in grades l through 6? I need a co-worker to share this responsibility. Please contact me, Marnie Cope, at 458-0225 or at marniecope@yahoo.com. Also we need to cozy up the R. E. room and make it inviting for kids. We could use donations of a rug and some floor pillows or bean bag chairs. If you have anything that would help me to put this room together, I appreciate it very much. Thank you!

Help-In-Crisis ~ Judith Anderson
Humane Society of Tahlequah ~ Gloria Brewster
C.A.R.E. Food Pantry ~ Rose Reasoner
Kelly Anquoe - web page, grounds, adult forum, art garden (open)
Susan Starr - newsletter
Traci Clark - calendar & Shopper Extraordinaire
Linebarger family - services, child care
Farren Mayfield - music
Please call us at 456-7900 to vounteer and make a difference in our own back yard.

Please send any comments you would like posted here to our monthly Wellspring newsletter committee at > uuct@sbcglobal.com