This Sunday - Nov. 26, 2006

Service: Giving Thanks

The holiday rush is upon us, and this is a time of giving thanks for what we have. Therefore, we ask that you write down something that you have been blessed with, or something that you are thankful for. At a designated time in our service we will ask everyone to come forward and place their slip of paper in a Blessings Bowl. Later, they will be read aloud during our service.

Joys and Sorrows

Pictures from Emerson's World Hunger Banquet service on Nov. 19.

This Sunday - Nov. 19, 2006

Service: Guest at your Table
Our Director of Religious Education, Laura Ross, and I will lead this intergenerational service that will honor the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee. We will hold a special World Hunger Banquet that we think will be enlightening. And even though you will find that the meaning of this service is serious, we believe that you and the children will also have fun. ~ Rev. Harold Beu

Food Packaging
We’ll be going to Oakland County Lighthouse Emergency Services in Pontiac at 1:00 p.m. on November 19. Emerson traditionally provides food from a food collection list, which is at the end of this post. We also send a contingent of Emerson folks (they request no very young kids… use your judgment about your children’s capability to be tenacious about the work to be done there) to assist with packing food for families who have a harder time on Thanksgiving getting a feast for themselves. Bring a sack lunch to share with your Emerson friends before you leave for Food Packaging. Maps will be available that morning. ~ Laura Ross

FOOD COLLECTION LIST:
No glass containers!

* Turkeys
* Evaporated Milk
* Pie Crust Mix
* Stuffing Mix
* Onions
* Soup
* Canned Cranberries
* Canned Vegetables
* Pumpkin Pie Filling
* Dessert Items (cake mix)
* Sweet Potatoes (yams)
* Potatoes
* Canned Fruit
* Jell-o
* Muffin Mix

This Sunday - Nov. 12, 2006

Service: Perfect Love; Imperfect Human Being

God made the world as it is, perfect. But we humans believe otherwise. We see imperfection all around us, in others and ourselves. In the process, we create problems for ourselves.

Here, I will share some of my thoughts about our human capacity to find fault in others and ourselves as well as our capacity to love. ~ Rev. Harold Beu

Congregational Meeting: Smaller Executive Board

Currently Emerson Church has around 49 members being represented by seven board members. That’s one board seat for every seven members. The board has been talking about this and thinks the size of the board should be reduced from seven to five. This would free up two people that have been spending their time on the Board to work on other Church business / committees. To do this we must put this to a Congregational Vote.

Therefore, the Emerson Church Unitarian Universalist Board is calling a special meeting of the Congregation on November 12th after the service at 11:45am to vote on this proposal. By doing this now we will be ready to vote for our new board members in May. (This is the only Church business to be voted on at this meeting.) ~ The Emerson Board.

Harvest Potluck after the Congregational Meeting

Circle Supper

Make a Wish!
Originally uploaded by Emerson Church.

Rob LaPonsa has sent in pictures from George and Dot Froczila's Circle Supper dinner, which also happened to fall on Molly LaPonsa's birthday.

For more, go to the Circle Supper set on our Flickr page.

Pictures

Emerson's Flickr page now includes two pictures from the Oct. 29 Day of the Dead service, as well as an entire set of Lisa Dubay's pictures from the Halloween party.

This Sunday - Nov. 5, 2006

Service: On Being a Citizen

We are confronted with serious issues that will affect not only our lives, but also the lives of our children and our children’s children. Here we will take time to reflect on the meaning of being a citizen of our great nation. I hope you will come for I will invite you to share your thoughts. ~ Rev. Harold Beu