Office
hours: M&F 8-11:30am; T-Th 8am-3pm
Phone:
(315) 386-2498
E-mail:
uucanton@verizon.net
Web
site: www.uucantonny.org
Co-Ministers:
Wade Wheelock and Anne Marsh Director of Religious Education: Jan Hutslar
Deadline
for next newsletter: Thursday, Sept. 20
Worship
services and children’s religious education begin at 10:30 a.m.
September 2: “God’s
Second Career” - Wade Wheelock and Anne Marsh
If
God were to tire of the traditional role of all-powerful, all-knowing creator
and manager of the universe, what alternative career paths might She choose?
How might God’s mid-life crisis affect our ideas of the sacred?
You’re invited to bring non-perishables for our monthly food pantry
collection.
Greeters:
Mark
Berninghausen; Pat Gengo
Social
Hour: Judith
Greene; One more volunteer needed
September 9: “Homecoming: Water, Stones, Shells”
- Anne Marsh and Wade Wheelock
We
come together after our summer vacations and activities for our annual
ingathering service for all ages. Everyone
-- kids, too -- is invited to bring water, a stone, or a shell from a summer
locale to share, whether it be from exotic climes or your own back yard.
If you forgot to collect something, you are welcome to bring water that
“represents” your summer.
Greeters:
Jim Arvidson;
Ruth Baltus & Kevin Ball; David Barnes
Social
Hour: Esther
Katz; Betsy & Gary Kelly; Joan & Dick Kepes
September 16: “Harvest Thanksgiving” - Wade
Wheelock and Anne Marsh
Another September tradition, in which everyone is invited to bring
produce from your gardens to adorn the altar and then be shared with
others. The sermon, entitled
“Comfort Food,” asks what do we want, do we need, can we give for nurture
and reassurance in uncertain or troubling situations?
With music by the Choir.
Greeters:
Evelyn Barton;
Erika Barthelmess & Nat Panshin; Mark Berninghausen
Social
Hour: Betsy
Kepes & Tom Van de Water; Dick & Donna Kimball
September 23: “Pulling a Nineveh” - Anne Marsh
As
the children explore Bible stories this fall, we adults will occasionally do
likewise. We’ll reflect on the story of Jonah
traditionally told in this season of Yom Kippur, and what it can tell us about
change, forgiveness, and at-one-ment. With special music by Stringfolks and a
Social Action Shared Offering for TRIAD of Potsdam (see article below). After
the service, check out the Committee Fair in the Social Room. Wade will be
preaching in Saranac Lake.
Greeters:
Suzanne & Sam Bastien; Barbara & Peter Beekman
Social
Hour: Allison
& Mike Koch; Jane LaVigne;Viki Levitt; Miles Manchester
September 30 “Hope” - Chris Rediehs, pulpit guest
Chris,
whose religious tradition is Quakerism, brings a perspective on hope that is
rooted in his commitment to community. Active
on several local boards, he is the Executive Director of the St. Lawrence County
Housing Council, a community development organization with which our church has
an ongoing relationship.
Peggy Mooers will be the lay leader, and we’ll have music by the Choir.
Greeters:
Robert Best
& Anita Figueras; Bill Biggers & Ines Sanchez-Ferreira
Social
Hour: Maggie
Madden & Tom Sokol;Steph & Ed Moczydlowski
MEETING
AND GREETING
If
you’re a newcomer who’s wondered how we get all those folks greeting and
making coffee each Sunday, the secret is that we all take a turn.
Enclosed with this issue of the newsletter are the schedules for Greeters
and Social Hour Hosts, along with the “job descrip-tion” for each role.
Each person’s name appears just once for each task, which enables us
all to share the work -- and the fun.
Please mark your calendars and save your lists.
You’ll receive a postcard reminder when your turn draws nigh.
If you find you can’t make your assigned date, please switch with
someone else. Many thanks to
everyone for helping to make our church such a wonderfully welcoming place.
IN
PARTNERSHIP
As
many of us return to the habit of more regular church attendance this fall
(always an excellent choice of spiritual discipline), I am reminded of these
words by the late Unitarian Universalist minister Kenneth Patton: “We arrive
out of many singular rooms, walking over the branching streets.
We come to be assured that brothers and sisters surround us, to restore
their images on our eyes. The
warmth of their hands assures us, and the gladness of our spoken names.
This is the reason of assemblies in the houses of worship.
It is good to be with one
another.”
Of
course there will be many new faces as well.
To be sure that they can participate fully in this valued experience of
the warmth of community, a primary job for all of us who are returning veterans
is that of greeter -- welcomer of everyone who would journey with us.
And to facilitate that “gladness of our spoken names,” wear your name
tags! And pick up a new church
directory.
At
this time of year, I also call to mind these words of retired UU minister
Richard Gilbert: “Be kind. Everyone
you meet is struggling. We do not
know what others are experiencing of pain and disappointment, and they cannot
know what we experience. That being the case, it behooves us to be just a little
kinder than necessary.” Our
church’s Caring Circle is, in truth, a committee of the whole.
All of us are called to be greeters and care-giving hosts of one another
in this community -- every time we are together, not just on the assigned
Sundays of the accompanying lists. These
are required -- but fulfilling and enjoyable -- tasks that make life in
religious community so meaningful. Welcome
back.
-
Wade
PRESIDENT’S
NOTES
Our
summer is ending differently this year. Last
week we completed the 1,500 mile round trip trek to Miami University in Oxford,
OH, to bring Erica to college. I’m discovering that this was just as much a milestone for
me as it was for her. And if you
are looking to place a bet on who is handling the change better, put your
mortgage payment on Erica. Why,
having spent the last 18 years getting to this point, am I having such a hard
time accepting this rite of passage? It
must be a father-daughter thing, and my time is better spent focusing on my
transition from parent to very interested observer as she begins the next four
years of the rest of her life.
With
summer coming to a close, the work of Church Council will ramp right up starting
with the re-design of our church web site. The web site re-design ad-hoc committee has recommended
contracting with Haenel Communications Technologies, a recommendation which
Church Council accepted at our August meeting.
The ad-hoc committee will continue working closely with Bill Haenel and
his team to design a web site that will become an important internal and
external communication and outreach platform for the church.
The most important feature of the new site will be a content management
system to ensure information on the site is current.
It will also allow certain users (for example the Religious Education
Committee) to have access to their portion of the site for updating RE pages.
The
ad hoc committee for retreat follow-up also met during the summer.
This committee has been asked to make recommendations to Church Council
on how best to:
This
committee will continue meeting this fall and present final recommendations to
Church Council by Thanksgiving.
The
work of the ad-hoc stained glass committee will be completed with the
re-installation of the center window. Two
years ago repairing these windows seemed insurmountable given the cost estimates
from conservators. But Tom Sokol
and his committee found an affordable local artisan and raised the majority of
funds needed to repair the windows in most need.
With the window restoration behind us, Council has authorized the
formation of an ad-hoc committee to provide art in the sanctuary, which will
complement, augment, balance, and align with the already existing stained glass
windows.
This
week we will take delivery of a new garden shed built by the Amish to provide
suitable shared space for various tools utilized by the UShare, Memorial Garden,
and the Buildings and Grounds Committees. Judy DeGraaff, Richard Grover, and Miles Manches-ter deserve
special recognition for their help with this project.
Finally,
I would like to bring to your attention a novel way of reaching out to the wider
community courtesy of John Marson and Al Wioskowski.
John and Al are sponsoring advertisements on the church’s behalf in the
programs for the Orchestra of Northern New York and the Command Performance
Series Season’s Program. In your work with other organizations, keep in mind John and
Al’s example as a great way of letting others know about Unitarian
Universalism.
–
Pete Beekman, President
RELIGIOUS
EDUCATION NEWS
There
is a coolness in the air this morning, tangible evidence that fall is fast
approaching. We look forward to a new school year and all the possibilities that
newness brings. We begin the new
Religious Education year on September 9, with our annual Teacher Orientation
after church. If you are helping in
the RE program this year, you have received your invitation to the training.
Please plan to come if at all possible, as it is very advantageous to have as
many members of each team together for planning and scheduling.
On
September 16, all of the PreK-7th graders will be together to kick
off the first semester’s curriculum topic, which is Christian and Jewish
teachings. We will explore these rich traditions through the end of the calendar
year. In January, we will continue our discovery of our own Unitarian
Universalist beliefs and heroes, through the end of the school year.
September
23rd is the first day of age-specific classes.
We are offering Coming of Age for 8th-9th graders
this year. A year of self-discovery – what beliefs shape me?
What values do I hold? How
does being a UU affect my actions and thoughts?
The opportunity to travel to the center of UU history, Boston, awaits
them in the spring. All interested
students should come on September 16 during church, for an informal session of
planning and brainstorming.
We
look forward to this beginning!
--Jan
and Sarah
JOYS
AND SORROWS
THANK
YOU! THANK YOU!!
·
Thanks to John Marson and Al
Wioskowski for donating funds for advertising our church in the programs of
the Community Performance Series and the Orchestra of Northern NY.
·
Thanks to Miles Manchester and Richard
Grover for preparing the site for a garden shed on the east side of the
building, and to Judy DeGraaff for making arrangements with the Amish
builders.
·
Thanks to Bill Short, Tom Sokol,
Steve Doheny-Farina, and Pete Wyckoff for helping to install the
last of our restored stained glass windows.
·
Thanks to all who took extra turns as
Greeters and Social Hour Hosts in July and August.
You kept our welcome wide all summer long: Duncan Cutter, Lois Cutter,
Eileen Raymond, Donna Smith-Raymond, Constance Nelson, Judy DeGraaff, Carol
Gable, Max Coots, Charlotte Ramsay, Jackie Gotham (loved the homemade
doughnuts!), Violet Woodruff, Pat Gengo, Galen Pletcher, Judy Greene, Anne
Richey, Ruth Baltus, Kevin Ball, Mark Berninghausen, Bob Gardner, Irene Gardner,
Jill Rubio, Robin Collen, Pat Glover, Esther Katz, Debbie St. Germain, Natalie
Panshin, Erika Barthelmess – and everyone else who didn’t sign up, but
just pitched in to help.
·
Thank you to all those who acted as
Director of Religious Education during the summer to give Jan and Sarah a break:
Margaret Harloe, Esther Katz, David Bradford, Gretchen Koehler, Carol Gable,
and Jane LaVigne.
·
Thank you to all those who worked as RE
helpers in our children’s program this summer: Peggy Mooers, Anne Richey,
Evelyn Barton, Joel Foisy and Eileen Raymond.
ADULT
WHOLE EDUCATION
The
Adult Whole Education Committee (AWE) is renewing itself this fall to once again
arrange programs on spiritual exploration and life issues for adult discussion.
AWE will meet on Sunday, September 16, before church at 9:30 a.m. in the
Romer Room, and we invite anyone with ideas for programs to attend.
Contact convener Mark Berninghausen (sqkcrk@yahoo.com) for more
information.
Look
for a brochure in early September that will contain a list of planned and
possible adult groups --- from book discussion to Pilates classes and more. If
you have a desire to offer leadership or ideas for such a group, either several
days or a one-time activity, please
let Anne or Wade know.
EXPLORING
MEDITATION
Wade
will lead the first three sessions of what may become an ongoing group if other
organizers come forward. On three consecutive Tuesday afternoons, Sept. 11,
18, & 25, from 5-6 pm in Room #2 on the Lower Level, Wade will present
his own style of meditation. Developed
over the last three decades, it draws ideas and inspiration from Hindu and
Buddhist models, but adapts those to a modern, liberal orientation.
Please be in touch with him (church office, or home email -- yajur@verizon.net)
if you would like to be part of an ongoing meditation group but can’t make
these sessions.
SOCIAL
ACTION COMMITTEE NEWS
The
Social Action Committee will usher in the new church year with a series of
Social Action Shared Offerings and several programs and initiatives that we hope
you will find interesting and stimulating. I often hear people say, “That’s
a great program, the Social Action Committee should look into that,” or
“That’s a really important issue, I hope the Social Action Committee will
address that.” Rest assured, we agree that they’re great programs and
important issues! But there are only so many of us and so much we can do. We
welcome your input and your participation. We encourage you to keep your
eyes and ears open and keep funneling your ideas to us. But most important, keep
doing the good and important work you’re doing – supporting the causes your
supporting – and don’t be disheartened if we don’t jump at the cause,
issue, or opportunity you suggest. We’ll do all we can – please continue to
do all you can, too!
We
have not yet set our meeting day/time for the coming year, but will publicize it
when we do. If you’d like your name added to the email list to get information
and updates about Social Action Committee meetings and initiatives, please email
Carol Pynchon at tpynchon@twcny.rr.com.
WELCOME
SAMUEL!
It
has been exciting to work with our Unitarian Universalist friends from Saratoga
Springs to help work out housing arrangements and welcome Samuel Reyes, a
student from El Salvador who is studying engineering at SUNY Canton. Kevin
O’Brien, a UU from Saratoga whose daughter graduated from SUNY Potsdam and
whose son is currently a student at St. Lawrence, has worked tirelessly to help
get Samuel to the states, get English language training, and
secure financing for and enrollment at SUNY Canton. (He has also worked
with two young women who are beginning at Skidmore this fall.) Kevin’s small
nonprofit organization, Nueva Esperanza del Norte, is “a comprehensive program
of cross cultural educational opportunities preparing the next generation of
leadership in El Salvador and other Central American countries in the rebuilding
of their societies that have been shaped by civil wars and economic
impoverishment.”
Kevin
thought Canton would be a great place for Samuel – and he was right! Julie
Degone, who lives right in the village of Canton, easy walking distance from
campus, is providing Samuel’s home away from home and the SUNY Canton
community has helped make his transition very smooth. We hope everyone will get
a chance to meet Samuel and that we can all extend an especially warm welcome to
him so that we can help enrich his stay in our community and ensure he does find
a welcoming away from home here!
REFLECTIONS
ON CLASS AND RACE
Last
spring several members of our congregation attended a workshop in Syracuse that
addressed issues of race and class. It was an enlightening – if overwhelming
– day of programs, a highlight of which was excerpts shown from a DVD called
“People Like Us: Social Class in America.” The producers of the video
traveled across the country and “discovered that many of us take our class
status for granted, while many others refuse to admit that class differences
exist.” The filmmakers hope to challenge viewers to “rethink their
assumptions about class in America and to examine how those assumptions
influence their attitudes about their fellow citizens.”
The
church has purchased a copy of the DVD, which the Social Action Committee has
watched in its entirety (it’s about two hours long). We will be planning a
number of viewings (some of the whole film, some of selected parts) and related
discussion sessions, in hopes that the vignettes will help spark ideas and
conversation. Watch the order of service and electronic newsletter for more on
the schedule of viewings and discussions.
To
kick off these discussions, on Tuesday, September 18, at 7 p.m. at the church,
Bryan Thompson and I will lead a discussion about a compelling book called White
Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son, by Tim Wise. In his
collection of essays, Wise offers a “highly personal examination of the ways
in which racial privilege shapes the lives of most white Americans, overtly
racist or not, to the detriment of people of color, themselves, and society….
Using stories instead of stale statistics, Wise weaves a narrative that is at
once readable and scholarly, analytical and accessible.” The author will be
speaking on the SUNY Potsdam and Clarkson campuses at the end of September.
Copies
of the book are available from the publisher – www.softskull.com – and
amazon.com and we expect also at area college bookstores. We hope those who
enjoy the book and our discussion will join us to hear Wise speak in Potsdam;
stay tuned for more information about the time and place of those presentations.
--Carol
Pynchon, Social Action Committee Chair
We
resume our monthly-except-for-the-summer Social Action Shared Offerings with a September
23 offering for TRIAD of Potsdam. Many
of you have asked that we support Potsdam agencies as well as those in Canton,
and this SASO will be an opportunity to do just that.
TRIAD
began as a cooperative effort between law enforcement and senior citizens’
groups to keep the elderly safe and secure.
But since its founding in 1999, TRIAD’s charge has expanded to address
a wide variety of needs of seniors -- physical, social, financial, and medical.
One pressing current need is for free or low-cost transportation.
There are almost no options for seniors who need to get to appointments,
errands, and activities, but who can no longer drive themselves.
In response, TRIAD is purchasing a wheelchair-accessible van, and will
coordinate a program of volunteer drivers to provide this transportation.
The faith communities of the Ministerial Association of Potsdam, of which
our church is a member, have committed to helping to raise funds for the TRIAD
van. We invite you to respond
generously to our elders in need. If
you would like to contribute, but won’t be in church on September 23, you are
welcome to send a check made out to “UU Church,” with memo “TRIAD.”
Thank you!
COMMITTEES
AND CONNECTIONS
Without
our committees, there wouldn’t be a Unitarian Universalist Church of Canton.
Com-mittees work in nearly every aspect of our church life -- from
religious education to finance, from worship to building maintenance, from
social justice to welcoming newcomers, and much more.
And while the tasks these groups perform are central, perhaps even more
important are the opportunities each provides for getting to know people better,
offering support and nurture, and growing in spirit.
So if you’re looking for a way (or some new ways) to feel more
connected to this church community, join us after the service on September 23
for our annual Committee Fair. Check
out the display tables in the Social Room, where members of each group will be
on hand to inform, engage, and maybe even feed you!
Learn what each does, and consider how you might like to get involved.
THE
GENEROUS VIEW
Just
as my mother told me it would, this old earth of ours seems to be traveling
faster and faster on its yearly journey around the sun.
It seems impossible that the Stewardship Committee has already completed
a year’s worth of activities designed to encourage and recognize generosity,
in all of its forms, in our spiritual community.
But, indeed it has, and it’s time once again to gear up for our annual
canvass in which we all are given the opportunity to make a pledge of financial
support to our church and its work.
Over
the past few years, the canvass has been conducted in a variety of different
ways. Some members and friends
prefer one method, some another. This year you’ll have a choice. If you like
to get together in a small group to learn how others came to be supporters of
the Unitarian Universalist Church of Canton and to share ideas for the direction
our church might take, you’ll have the opportunity to sign up for a small
group canvass meeting. Perhaps you prefer a more private conversation or the
opportunity to have more in-depth communication with one other church member. If
that’s the case, a “one-on-one” canvass meeting is for you, and you’ll
have the opportunity to be canvassed that way this year.
However
you choose to talk about your commit-ment to the church, we know that you will
find the conversation and the connection made with another church member
worthwhile and enriching. The church needs your financial support – there is
no doubt about that. But it truly is not just about the money. We need to
be talking with one another on all levels, sharing ideas, aspirations, hopes,
dreams
and concerns. Both of the ways mentioned above will provide a time and space for
that.
It’s
important to acknowledge that we could not do this without the help of dozens of
volunteers who set aside time each fall for this very important work of the
church. Thank you in advance to those wonderful church members and
friends!
Watch
for a letter in the mail with more information and sign-up sheets at church. The
Stewardship Committee is looking forward to another positive response from the
congregation. We’ll be talking
with you soon.
--The
Stewardship Committee:
Erika
Barthelmess, Margaret Harloe, Valerie Ingram, Rajiv Narula, Saravanan, Pete
Wyckoff (Chair), and Kathy Wyckoff
OBLIGATION
OR OPPORTUNITY?
Stained
glass window restoration, organ repair, annual canvass, Social Action Shared
Offerings, District Chalice Lighters, chili cook-off, Youth Group bake sale…
Do you feel like the church is asking you for money every time you turn
around? Or are you grateful for the opportunity to contrib-ute to our
church and the larger community in any of several different ways?
Though
the annual canvass in support of the church’s operating budget is the most
important of financial contributions, some folks feel they need to contribute to
every fundraising event that comes along. Certainly no one wants to dissuade
people from making donations to the church or other groups that we may sponsor,
but I hope members don’t feel obligated to do so. On our end, the Stewardship
Committee is organizing fundraising requests and events to help prevent
“asking overload.” After
consultation with the Budget and Finance Committee and Church Council, we have
developed a new Fundraising Policy:
All
requests to hold a fundraising event will be submitted to the Stewardship
Committee for review and scheduling using a Fundraising Event Request Form
(e-mail is preferable). The Stewardship Committee chair will be the contact
person for fundraising event requests coming from both within and outside the
church. Stewardship Committee will be the scheduling clearinghouse for all
fundraising events. To determine whether a fundraising request is granted or
not, The Stewardship Committee will review all requests and determine whether
they are appropriate. A request
that is denied by the Stewardship Committee may be appealed to Church Council.
It
is not the intent of this policy to curtail fund-raising events, but to schedule
them in a way that helps us look at these events as a fun way to contrib-ute to
a variety of good causes. The
Stewardship Committee encourages committee chairs and all church members to use
the new Fundraising Event Request Form, available on our church website (www.uucantonny.org)
or from the office (uucanton@verizon.net) by early September.
Please call me directly in the meantime (386-2046).
--Pete
Wyckoff, Stewardship Chair
INVITATION
TO SING!
CHOIR
STARTING UP
The
church choir will rehearse and sing as follows:
September
9 rehearse at
9:15am
September
16 rehearse at 9:15, sing in church
September
30 rehearse at 9:15, sing in church
New
members are always welcome. For
more information call Carol Strome at 268-0225 or email elmers@twcny.rr.com.
Or just show up at rehearsal!
FROM
THE COOTS LIBRARY
Finished
with your summer reading? What, not
quite? You’ll want to make space
and time for new selections waiting for you in the Coots library, many of
them “adopted” by you back in late spring.
Thanks!! Two of them, timely
choices for sure, are reviewed below by our first daughter/mother reviewing
team, Liz and Kathy Wyckoff. Many
thanks to these two sharp readers for providing insights into two of today’s
hot books and giving us good reasons to read them.
Two
appealing books arrived unsolicited in my mailbox last week, one from David
Blanchard and one from George Gibson, both of whom are good friends of the Coots
Library. More about those books
next month -- after I’ve had a chance to read them! Thanks, David and George.
Thanks also to Mark Berninghausen, Denise Szafran, Shirley Boeheim, Jean
Thompson, Eileen Raymond and Donna Smith-Raymond who donated books during the
summer. --Judy
Gibson
I
Just Read….. GRUB:
Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen
If
you’re like me, you’ve been known to talk to yourself in the grocery store.
On more than a few occasions, I’ve found myself wondering (aloud) why I’m
putting the organic red pepper in my basket when that non-organic but perfectly
good-looking pepper is right there in the next bin for almost a dollar less.
After reading GRUB: Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen by Anna Lappe and
Bryant Terry, I now choose organic food without hesitation.
GRUB
distinguishes itself from other organic cook-books by offering
facts about farming and food production, and also by providing good organic
recipes. It’s an ingenious hybrid: one-half Fast Food Nation, and
one-half Moosewood.
Anna
Lappe, whose mother wrote Diet for a Small Planet in the early ‘70s,
authored the first half of GRUB, which provides facts on everything from
obesity to pesticides to genetically modified vegetable-imposters. In the second
half, Bryant Terry contributes unique recipe ideas organized by season. He even
includes a list of meal-appropriate songs to bring your gastronomic experience
to the next level. Ultimately, GRUB reminds you that most people
don’t think enough about food, and I would recommend it to anyone who wants to
be a well-informed consumer.
P.S.
Don’t be discouraged by the word “urban” in the title of this book, or
envious of the fact that Anna Lappe lives just a few blocks from my apartment
here in Park Slope, Brooklyn (home to one of the largest food co-ops in the
nation). Well, you can be a little envious. But, this book offers great ideas
for living organically in the North Country, too!
--Liz
Wyckoff
And
I Just Read….
You
know how every once in a while you feel like you’ve picked up just the right
book at the right time? That’s
how I felt about Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life, by
Barbara King-solver. Having recently moved from Tucson to a rural farmhouse in
southern Appalachia, Kingsolver, her husband, and two daughters undertake, for
one year, to eat only what they grow themselves or what has been produced
locally (with a few minor exceptions, like coffee). The book is a journal of
this year-long food experiment told with personal insight, researched data, and
humor. Steven Hopp, Kingsolver’s husband, adds interesting essays on a wide
range of topics from food politics to bread making. Camille Kingsolver
contributes a youthful perspective with nutritional information, recipes, and
seasonal meal plans.
Kingsolver
articulates many compelling reasons for eating fresh locally grown food that cut
right to the heart of what is wrong with our industrialized food system. Buying
locally grown food eliminates the additives and preservatives and greatly
reduces the transportation fuel and packaging. There is more to it than that,
though. It’s also about building community, a local food economy, and a
healthier way of life. This “decision to step off the non-sustainable food
grid” brings, in addition to tomatoes and zucchini, a harvest of patience,
resourcefulness and gratitude. The family grows by working, cooking, and eating
together. They save a lot on their grocery bills, too.
I
think you’ll reap unexpected benefits from reading this well written,
entertaining, and inspirational book; I know I did. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life is a
must read for all of us looking to make changes for our health and the health of
the planet. See you at the farmer’s market.
--Kathy
Wyckoff
THE
WIDER UU WORLD
Some
interesting events coming up this fall:
THE
HOSPICE JOURNEY
Beginning
on September 5, Hospice and Palliative Care of St. Lawrence Valley is once again
offering its 22-hour two-part training series for those who would like to know
more about Hospice and/or who are considering becoming Hospice volunteers.
Sessions cover physical, psychological, social, and spiritual issues.
This training will be offered in Massena; dates and times are posted on
the kiosk. Call Hospice at 265-3105
to register.
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