This Week on the Peak



This Week on the Peak
Mission Peak UU – Fremont, CA
The Home of Liberal Religion in the Tri-Cities and Beyond!
December 6, 2017

 

This Sunday’s Service:
Looking Back from the Wilderness
In the darker days surrounding holidays of this season, what of our past do we recall with joy? What of our stories are real and what are the residue of wishes or disappointments? How do we detach with love from what was or may have been?

 

 

Leading the service will be Rev. Benson and assisting in the service today is Worship Associate Paul K. Davis.  Music will be provided by Eric Niessner.
First, please welcome Tiffany Longfield to our cadre of Transition Team  members. Yay! The rest of the team–Beckett Gladney, Eric Dittmar, Shaun Klopfenstein, Terri King and Mark Rahman–and Rev Benson, welcome her with great joy!
Second, a thank you to those who added to our beautiful timeline created by the wonderful Beckett Gladney! Our first opportunity to write our important MPUUC events on it took place last Sunday. Not only did congregation members write on the timeline, but some interesting conversations were begun in the process.
If you haven’t had a chance yet, the timeline will be available this coming
Sunday, December 10 and once more after the service
December 17.  This timeline will serve as a guide as we review, celebrate, grieve and release whatever of our past we will need to release as we move ahead in our transition process.
You are encouraged to write on the timeline:
*when you first came to a service or event at or with MPUUC,
*when you became a member of MPUUC,
*and other significant points on the timeline if they don’t yet appear.
This is an important part of our process as we move toward our search for a new minister, so be sure to participate! Thank you!

 

 

In the Interim: From Your Minister
It has been asked before, “how do UUs figure out what amount of money to pledge each year?”  It’s a good and important question and I’m glad when people ask.  Some of us came up in religious institutions where tithing was expected, giving 10%–or as close to that as one can realistically stretch–of their income for the mission of the congregation. Rich or poor or in-between, it is the expectation in some religious traditions.
        I have a friend who belongs … read more

 

A Message from Your DRE
 
Hi Everyone!
We are continuing our food drive through the month of December. Deadline has been extended to
December 24th. For more information:
https://goo.gl/U2uvUh

We are also collecting games for our game day. This is a well loved time for socializing. These are the games we would love:
Youth group: Codenames; Superfight; Catchphrase; The Meta Game; Exploding Kittens
Middle school: Carcassonne; Set; Exploding Kittens
K-4: Friends and Neighbors; Rory’s Story Cubes; Guess Who?
 
For more information click here
 Right Now:
Home Warming and Hand Warming
Many of us have experienced REAL winter somewhere else at some time during our lives. I know I did! I grew up in Saskatchewan (try to beat that for cold!). But can you imagine going without shelter during one of our east bay winters when the frost covers car windows and your furnace kicks in? Some local families have nowhere to go when it’s cold outside.
Every year Mission Peak UU generously partners with Abode Services to … read more
Are you gift buying?
In addition to our monetary donations on December 10 we ask that you bring along a pair of NEW gloves or socks for the children in Abode’s many programs. Let’s keep those little toes and fingers cozy as we head into our coldest time of year.
Your generosity is heartwarming!
 
This Week:
 
Love Heroes Urgently Needed!
Would you like to nominate a person or group in our area who has been courageously showing up to challenge oppression and violence? Our nomination period Closes Sunday!  Contact Rev. Benson by Dec. 10 with your suggestions and some information about your nominee and why you are nominating them. For more information …
read more.

 

 

Call your Elected Officials!  

 

 

Call your representatives in House and Senate. Let them know how you feel about tax reform proposal (benefits largely to corporations and wealthiest Americans)  net neutrality (repealing this will allow providers to limit what you will see) and healthcare ( are you for ACA repeal or Medicare for All or something else?)
Eric Swalwell
510-247-1388 or go to
house.gov

 

Save the date:
 
 

 

 

 

  • Join the 2017 Nationwide Interfaith Vigils
    To Remember & Honor
    Victims of Gun Violence   SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2017, service starts promptly at
    12:00 noon, OLD MISSION SAN JOSE,
    43300 Mission Blvd. Fremont. Please enter the Mission Church via the Gift Shop at
    11:45 a.m.
    Join our effort to shine a light on this devastating epidemic in our nation
    and give voice to all victims and survivors of gun violence.  NOTE: This is a solemn interfaith vigil. No signs, please.

     

  • UUA Pacific Western Region Conference! 
    Follow  this link for details!

     

December Board Meeting
The Mission Peak UU Board will meet Tuesday evening, December 12 at Melissa Holmes home at
7:00 p.m.

Members of Mission Peak UU are welcome to attend.  For a copy of the agenda, please contact President Michealle Havenhill at 
president@mpuuc.org
.
Adult Education
The Adult Education Committee is now taking sign-ups for the Winter Quarter. Please sign up after Sunday service or email Linda Messia at
lmessia@yahoo.com.

1.      POEMS

John & Jackie Porter at Porter’s home       6 places

6 Mondays  7-9 pm;     Jan 8 & 22;  Feb 12 & 26;  Mar 12 & 26

 

2.      MODERN SCIENCE FOR POSITIVE VALUES

Paul Davis  – 20 places   Ockerman 7/8

Sunday evenings  7 pm;   Jan 14 & 28; Feb 11 & 25; Mar 11 & 25 

 

3.      SING-A-LONG WITH JACKIE & JOANN

Jo Ann  Schriner & Jackie Porter  at Schriner’s home;    12 places

Sunday evening;   7 – 9 pm;   February 11

 

4.      UNITARIAN and UNIVERSALIST THEOLOGY

Rev JD Benson   – 12 places     Ockerman

Sunday;   Noon – 2 pm;    Mar 4 & 11

 

5.      MEDITATION & DHARMA

Eric Dittmar ;   7 – 9 pm at private home

2nd & 4th Thursday evenings each month   

 

6.      WHAT DO I REALLY BELIEVE

Rev JD Bensom –  12 places    Cole Hall

Sunday;   noon – 2 pm;   February 4 & 11

 

7.      WORKING WITH THE ENNEAGRAM

Linda Messia    – 8 places   Jan 9 through Mar 27

Tuesday evenings;    7 – 9 pm at Linda’s home

 

8.      COMMON READ BOOK

Allysson McDonald ;   Ockerman 3/4

Sunday   January 28     11:45 – 12:45 pm

Stock Donations to Mission Peak UU
Do you have appreciated stock or mutual funds? Instead of selling it and paying taxes on the gains you may want to consider donating it directly to Mission Peak. As long as you’ve owned the stock/funds for more than a year you will be able to deduct the fair market value at the time of the transfer as a charitable contribution and avoid paying federal and state taxes on the gains. It is our policy to sell any donated stocks/funds as soon as they are received. We record your contribution at the high/low average on the date received. For information on making a transfer to our Scottrade Account please contact
treasurer@mpuuc.org.  To ensure closing in 2017, transfers should be requested by the beginning of December.
Holly Ito, co-treasurer
Mission Peak UU | 2950 Washington Blvd Fremont CA | 510.252.1477 | missionpeakuu.org
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