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UU in Print

Did you see the message of Unitarian Universalism in the New York Times?  Thanks to the profound generosity of UU members and friends, this ad appeared on Sunday. The outpouring of your generosity in response to the tragic events in Knoxville is living proof that we know who we are as Unitarian Universalists. That we stand on the side of love and are not afraid to live our faith in the world.  

Grounds Committee Gets Busy

On Saturday morning, August 9, 2008, were Grounds Committee members at home, watching the Games of the XXIX Olympiad? No way! The chainsaw brigade was having fun preparing for the Welcoming Entrance Garden.

Todd Wiebenga, Aunt Rhodie’s Landscaping and Design Studio, generously accepted the committee’s offer of $1,700 worth of labor toward the garden’s installation, and on this cool, cloudy morning, committee members got to work! < Photos >

New Directory

The Communication Committee has been busy planning the next UU directory.  We want to get everyone's photo in this time, so please plan ahead. We will be taking candid and posed shots before and after four Sunday services from August 17th through September 7th.

If you prefer a posed photograph or a family group,  photographers will be set up downstairs in the lounge before and/or after the four services on the dates listed below. Otherwise we will do our best to get a good candid shot of you.  We hope to reach everyone so if you or someone you know is homebound or has other reasons why they can't be at one of these services, please e-mail Elaine Kresse or call the church office and leave a message with Ann.

Mark your calendars and Smile!

Search Engine Helps Centro Mayo
Jeanne Nakamura has registered our church at http://www.goodsearch.com.  For every search by a user who selects our church, we will receive about a penny at the end of the year. To use Good Search, go to http://www.goodsearch.com, type “Unitarian” in the “Who do you search for” box, and click “verify”. Scroll down the drop-down list and select our Davenport church. This will be now be saved for each time you come back to the site and every search you do here will be counted towards our church’s account. Thanks for your support!

Social Justice Happenings

Social Justice Movie Night

August Feature: "The Business of Being Born" Friday, August 15th, at 6:30 pm. <more>

Newsletter Items

Layperson of the Month

Elaine Kresse is our layperson of the month. Her latest behind-the-scenes volunteer work seemed like a simple task but ended up being a big job. On top of her regular work as board clerk, chairperson of the committee to reorganize committees (known as the V-8 Committee), and volunteer to help with the organization of the new directory, she spent quite a bit of time over 2 weeks providing information to our consultant.  So, when you see Elaine, thank her for all of her work on behalf of the congregation – and for raising her hand, yet one more time.

How to Know What’s Happening at the Unitarian Church

·        Read the Quad City Unitarian, our biweekly newsletter.   Visitors who sign the guest book are sent a few issues.  Longer term visitors who aren’t ready to join the church can continue to receive the newsletter by subscribing.

·        Visit our website  www.qcuu.org to check the calendar, see who will be speaking at Forum, learn about events of interest and much more.

·        Join the listserv qcuu-all.  The qcuu-forums which can contain postings which are not as directly related to our church community.  Email  webmaster@qcuu.org if you would like to join either or both of these listservs.

·        Come often, read the silent announcements in the bulletin and talk to people!

What is a Welcoming Congregation?
The Unitarian Church is a Welcoming Congregation for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered (GLBT) persons. The congregation became a Welcoming Congregation in 1994 ( ? ) after a period of study and reflection by congregation members.

The Unitarian Church fulfills its role as a Welcoming Congregation by offering GLBT persons a religious home free of discrimination and supporting GLBT events in the community.  Quad Citians Affirming Diversity was an early project of the church. To learn more about this community initiative, www..


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Opportunities at the Church

Services - 10 A.M.

Extra Parking: We have permission to use the parking lots next door at the bank and at PerMar on Sunday mornings. There is a paved sidewalk between their lots and ours, and our custodian keeps the path clear during inclement weather.

Click here to see summer sermons

August 17th
Rev. Roger Butts with worship associate, Katie Goff: “Love and Death”
Rev. Forrest Church, minister at All Souls Unitarian Church in New York City has a wonderful line: “To the extent that we eliminate risk from life, we may also succeed in sucking the air out of it. ‘A ship in the harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for’. . . To bring ourselves to life requires courage.” Forrest Church is dying now, and I will share some thoughts from his remarkable new book: Love and Death, which he wrote in response to his knowledge that his life will now be measured in months not years.

August 24th
Rev. Roger Butts with Meredith Price: “Stewardship, The Veatch Fund Story”
The creation of the Veatch Program Fund at a Unitarian Church on Long Island is a remarkable story of vision and stewardship. Come and join us as we share in a story of giving that has produced millions and millions of dollars for ordinary people seeking justice around the country and the globe? What are you willing to stand up for and give to? Why?

August 31st
Rev. Roger Butts: “The John Murry Story”
A story of hospitality and welcome and miracles, miracles everywhere you turn.

PLEASE NOTE: Our Services return to 11 a.m. on September 7
 

Forum - on hiatus for the summer


Coffee Hour - 9:15 A.M.

Downstairs in the Social Hall

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