Announcements - June 27, 2010
Sunday in Religious Education
Children, youth and adults all meet in the Sanctuary at 9:45 for the beginning of the service. The children and youth will leave for their religious education gathering as the congregation sings “Go Now In Peace”.
Summer Services
During the summer months the church changes its worship schedule. These changes include holding services approximately every other week (until school starts), and beginning the services at 9:45 AM. The remaining dates of the summer services are: June 27, July 11 & 25, August 8, 22 & 29. No service Labor Day weekend
Share the Plate
During each Sunday service we pass the baskets to collect an offering. Half the non-pledged cash donations collected are given to charitable organizations. This summer the money collected in the months of June, July and August will be split between the Ecker Center for Mental Health that provides an array of outpatient mental health services to adults with mental illness and their families, and the Renz Addiction Center dedicated to the prevention intervention and treatment of addictive behaviors and disorders and to factors often associated with addiction.. If you wish to write a check to support the program make it out to the UUCE and write “Share the Plate” on the memo line.
Do You Love Our Beautiful Grounds?
If you do please help keep them up. We have a list of landscape chores that need to be done which includes spreading the mulch. If you can spare a few minutes please meet outside on Sunday after Fellowship Hour. Any and all help is appreciated. .
~The Landscape & Grounds Team
Pledge Reminder
During those lazy, hazy days of summer the bills still arrive on time at UUCE.
Please remember to send in your pledges. Thank you!
Mila Brinker, Church Administrator
Summer Child Care
Childcare is available on Sunday’s from 9:30am - 11:00am.
Please pick your children up directly after the worship service.
New Recycling Center at UUCE
There is a new RECYCLING CENTER in Fellowship Hall for collecting used printer cartridges, compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFLs), and household batteries.
Used printer cartridges will be recycled for $3.00 each and UUCE could save over $1,000.00 annually on office supplies! Cartridges should be placed in plastic bags to avoid leakage.
CFLs must be wrapped in paper and then sealed in plastic bags before bringing them to church. Broken CFLs cannot be accepted.
Used household batteries are collected at church for safe disposal, but we encourage you to use your municipality’s curbside battery collection program if one is available. Municipalities that collect batteries are Elgin, Hampshire, St. Charles, Geneva, Batavia, and Aurora. Just place your used batteries in a bag on the ground next to your recycling bin. If your community does not collect used household batteries, feel free to bring them to UUCE.
Thanks for your efforts to help our environment by safe disposal of these toxic items. – Green Sanctuary Committee
E-list Purposes
We have two e-lists that members and friends of the church may use. Below is a brief description of their purposes. To eliminate excessive messages we ask that you do not duplicate the same message on both lists.
- UUs@UUCE.org
The purpose is to communicate church related events, announcements and information.
- BulletinBoard@UUCE.org
The purpose of the Community Bulletin Board E-list is to provide members and friends with a means to communicate information about:
- Items you wish to give away or sell
- Things you are looking to buy or borrow
- Employment opportunities or needs
- Requests for assistance with social justice activities you are involved in
- Requests for advice/recommendations about companies or contractors you might hire to do some type of work.
If you would like to be added to one or both lists please contact Mila Brinker at administrator@uuce.org
Your Cooperation is Needed
One of the biggest challenges to keeping the church building looking clean is coffee and other drinks being spilled on the carpet. This is why we encourage people not to consume such beverages on the second and third floors. The reality is that some people, when they have gatherings before or after church, do drink beverages in the classrooms. This is understandable and we encourage those people to be very careful. Where we ask beverages never be brought is into the sanctuary. Please, before entering the sanctuary, deposit your beverage container either downstairs in the kitchen, or if disposable, in a trash receptacle.
Becoming a Member of UUCE
Membership at the Unitarian Universalist church of Elgin is open to anyone who wishes to join us in building a caring and open community by supporting the church and its efforts. A brochure on church membership is available on the visitor information table downstairs. Our minister, Dan Brosier, is always happy to answer your questions about membership. Contact him at the church at 847.888.0668.
About Fundraising—Especially Bake Sales
A reminder that all fundraising activity within the church must receive prior approval from the Executive Team. Some fundraising activities are approved for an indefinite period of time - like RE bake sales and the Quilt Raffles. Recently we have had a couple of groups plan bake sales on the same Sunday. To avoid this, any group given approval for holding repeated bake sales needs to get these on the calendar by contacting Mila Brinker, the Church Administrator.
Sunday Morning Service Cancellation Due to Weather
In the event of a weather advisory, the Executive Team will decide whether or not to hold services. Notification of canceling of the service will occur as follows:
- An email will be sent out via the UUCE community news list.
- The information will be posted on the web site.
- The answering machine at the church will relay the information.
- If congregants still have questions, they can call a member of the Executive Team. The Executive Team is composed of: Mila Brinker, Kathy Underwood, Alice Macy, Andrea Schmidlin, Kathy Hislip, and Dan Brosier.
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