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the_week@horizonuu
a publication of horizon unitarian universalist church * June 15, 2014.
Horizon Unitarian Universalist Church
Carrollton, TX 75010
VOLUME 14, ISSUE V.6.13.14.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Horizon
Line-
Dancing!
Come join us
this Saturday
night, June 14 in
the Fellowship
Hall from 7:30
p.m until whenever we drop! All genders, ages, and abilities
are welcome. Come have fun with us!
If you are interested in learning more
about Unitarian Universalism and Hori-
zon, please join our Director of Lay
Ministry, Marianna Seaton and mem-
bers of the Membership Committee,
right after service this Sunday. They
will be holding an informal welcome
circle by the choir section, and they
look forward to meeting you and an-
swering any questions you may have.
Welcome to UU Circle this Sunday!
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On Father's Day we look to our members to share their memories and stories about their own fa-thers. Those stories and other sharings take the place of the sermon, and enrich our communal memory. A large part of what helps us to persevere, and even to thrive, during chal-lenging time is the influence our parents had on us as we were growing up – and still have on us today.
We have spent much of this past year meandering down Horizon's own Collective Memory Lane. Now, let us veer away from that lane and instead each explore our individual Memory Trail for something to share with each other on Sunday, June 15, about
CELEBRATING OUR FATHERS: JUNE 15, 2014
A Sharing Service – Sunday,
June 15, 2014
by Eileen Terrell
Worship Arts
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how our fathers helped to shape each of us. Maybe the discovery will be a story, a song, an item for the altar, a poem. Perhaps it will be about a foster father, a mentor, a teacher, an adoptive father, a birth father, an uncle, a cousin, a brother, or a friend. Perhaps it will be an old insight or a new memory.
Whatever it is that each of us finds in our individual explorations, our varied contributions will combine to create a wonderful wor-ship service when we gather together on Father's Day.
And yes, Fathers Day, is June 15!
So, please, when you know what it is that you want to share on Father's Day, e-mail: [email protected] Of course, as always, spur-of-the-moment sharing will be welcome also on that Sunday. It does however help the Worship Arts Com-mittee to prepare for the ser-vice if there is some advance notice as well.
Photos: 123RF
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LAY MINISTRY NEWS
by Marianna Seaton [email protected]
Director of Lay Ministry
2014/15 Board of Trustees
Meet the 2014/15 Horizon Board of Trustees, and welcome
our new trustees Eddie Meaders, Kim Bolin, and Board sec-
retary, Eric Freeman. They met at Briarwood Retreat Center last
weekend for the kickoff of a new and exciting year with interim
minister Rev. Helen Carroll. Many thanks for their dedication as
stewards of spiritual health at Horizon!
From left to right: Eddie Meaders, Kim Bolin, David Cassard, Eric Freeman, Betty
Andrade, Elizabeth Gustwick, Jan McDowell, Bruce McClung and John Gill.
Photo by David Cassard
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LAY MINISTRY NEWS
Rev. Helen Carroll
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LAY MINISTRY NEWS
Horizon UU
Board of Trustees
Photos: Lauren Daniell
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LAY MINISTRY NEWS
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From the course preface:
Unitarian Universalism is a faith of deeds, not creeds. We believe the measure of our religion is the way we live our faith in our day-to-day lives. But how do we decide what course of action to follow when a situation is complex and the moral course is unclear? Where do we turn for guidance that will help us fulfill our own wish to live a moral life? This program invites participants to focus attention on the moral and ethical questions that arise or have arisen in their lives, including challenges not yet per-ceived or acknowledged, and to explore the ethical frame-
works that can help in sorting through a dilemma.
Join other Horizon members and visitors for 8 sessions that will aid in our personal development, clarification, refinement and expansion of our ethical thinking. The class offers an intentional process of en-
NEW CLASSES
by JuLane [email protected]
What We Choose:
Ethics for Unitarian Universalists An Adult Religious Education Class
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gagement with other seekers in examining ethical concepts, di-lemmas and questions. The material covered is designed to deepen and expand partici-pant’s knowledge and skills for a process of ethical reflection that is central to living our Uni-tarian Universalist faith.
The class is co-led by Peter Hendee and JuLane, both members of Horizon for over 10 years, both having served on our Board of Trustees, Peter as Treasurer and JuLane as Vice-
President and President. Peter has been in multiple positions as a youth advisor with Coming of Age and our YRUU high school program and JuLane has led a class most recently on
Building Your Own Theology.
We ask that you commit to at-tending every session when you sign up for the course. All ma-terials will be provided. There will be some reading and prepa-ration assigned for each ses-sion. The class is limited to 12 participants so sign up early!
NEW CLASSES
What: What We Choose: Ethics for UU’s
When: Mondays, 7:00 PM,
August 4th through September 29th,
No class on Sept. 1st, Labor Day
Where: The Portable Room
How: Email [email protected]
or sign up at the Welcome Center
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LIFESPAN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS
by Lauren Daniell [email protected]
blog: www.horizonuu.org/dre/
Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/horizonuu/
Summer Classes begin Sunday Children in grades preschool-8th grade will begin summer courses this Sunday
Preschool-rising Kindergartners: Picture Book UU (room S3)
On Sunday, the class will celebrate Father’s Day by learning about “All Kinds of Dads.”
Rising Grades 1-4: OUUr Story (room S4)
“Celebrating Families”: The elementary class will talk about all the different varieties of families during their celebration of Fa-ther’s Day.
Rising Grades 5-8: You, the Creator (Portable #8)
Middle school students will learn that “You Are Creative” by do-ing several creative exercises and a Seven Principles collage.
High School: The Pursuit of Happiness (Portable #9)
Our high school class continues to examine the link between your spiritual life and happiness, and will also discuss the Port-able walkway restoration project.
Adults and chlidren can join in on Hori-zon’s summer social action project.
Read this summer to support literacy in Asia and Africa, and education for young women.
Details can be found by the diplay (pictured) or by visit-ing the DLRE blog.
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DLRE gone in June
Lauren will be gone June 17-22nd
when she accompanies the COA class to Boston, and again June 27-30
th for a family reunion. She can
be contacted via email during this time.
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CHILDREN’S AND YOUTH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
UU Camps for Children and Youth
Camps are coming up soon! Check them out:
Camp-U-Bar-U Details: http://swuuc.org/pages/services/camps.php
Kerrville, Texas
-Primary Camp: June 29-July 5, 2014 for rising 3-6 graders
-Junior Camp, July 6-12, 2014 for rising 7th-9th graders
-Senior Camp, July 13-19, 2014 for 9th-12th graders and those just graduated from high school
SWUUSI: Southwest UU Summer Institute Family Camp for all ages
Western Hills Guest Ranch in Oklahoma
July 20-25, 2014 http://www.swuuc.org/
Calendar of Events for Children and Youth
June 15: Summer RE begins /Begin Read-a-thon for Room to Read
June 27: Parenting Seminar with Elaine Commins Par-enting with Love and Logic. 9 am in the Horizon Library
August 24: Fall RE Open House
August 31: Splash Day for water fun
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dreds of people being rescued from rooftops.
A vast number of landslides have worsened the situation and relief efforts, and there are reports that landmines buried during the conflict and not yet removed are in some instances being shifted with the landslides adding the dangers of residents and rescuers.
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FROM THE AMERICAN RED CROSS, newsroom.redcross.org
“Although the water has receded in some areas, the worst floods in more than a century continue to create havoc in large parts of both Serbia and Bosnia and Her-zegovina.
Tens of thousands have been evacuated and are staying with families, in sports centers or in schools. In Serbia an estimated 300,000 are without safe water or electricity. In Bosnia and Her-zegovina the figure is 50,000. Many are living in unsafe and in-sanitary conditions created by the floods.
Almost one third of Bosnia is af-fected by floods with houses, roads and railway lines being submerged in the north eastern part of the country. A state of emergency has been declared in 14 municipalities, while cities like Maglaj and Doboj were almost completely submerged, with hun-
SHARE THE PLATE: JUNE 15, 2014
SHARE THE PLATE
June 15, 2014
The collection will be contributed to a relief
fund established for the victims of last month’s
flooding in the Balkans.
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BALKAN FLOODS
June 15: Share the Plate Sunday
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BALKAN FLOODS
June 15: Share the Plate Sunday
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SATURDAY, JUNE 14 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Men's Support Group - E3 - Library 8:30 AM - 1:30 PM Rental - Isha Institute - 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM Volunteer at Metrocrest Social Services Food Pantry - Offsite 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Paint 'n' Play - P1 - Lg 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM Line Dancing - FH - Fellowship Hall
SUNDAY, JUNE 15 Father's Day
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM Adult Religious Explorations - E3 - Library 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM CAYRE - Child Care - S1 - Nursery 10:15 AM - 12:30 PM Library Ministry - Open for Brows-ing - Library 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Main Worship - SH - Sanctuary 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM After Church Lunch Bunch -- All Are Welcome! - Other - Offsite 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM GALA Youth - S6 - Class
MONDAY, JUNE 16 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM Candlelighters - Art - FH - Fellowship Hall 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM SMART Recovery - FH - Fellowship Hall
TUESDAY, JUNE 17 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Buddhist Sangha - P1 - Lg, P2 - Couch 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Tuesday Wisdom Circle - E3 - Library
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Library Ministry - E3 - Library
HORIZON UU CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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THURSDAY, JUNE 19 6:00 PM - 7:15 PM Worship Arts Committee Meeting - Min. Office
FRIDAY, JUNE 20 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM Candlelighters - FH - Fellowship Hall 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM Games Night at Horizon!!! - FH - Fellowship Hall
SATURDAY, JUNE 21 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Men's Support Group - E3 - Library 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM Horizon Dinners - Other - Offsite Visit: calendar.horizonuu.org for updates and events information.
Adult Religious Explorations
contact: [email protected]
Sunday Mornings, 9:00 – 10:10 am Horizon Library
June 15, 2014: JOHN MYERS
GONE!
Using the Chalice Circle model for interactive learn-
ing, John will lead a discussion with this compelling
title. “Gone” can have a variety of spokes in its
wheel when considering all aspects of the word.
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Visitors and members welcome! Directions are available at the Welcome Center. When we go to a restaurant, we meet there approximately 20 minutes after the service ends. First ones there please get a table for 10+ under the name “Horizon”.
June 15th: Baan Thai Restaurant: 297 W. Round Grove Rd., Lewisville, TX 75067. Good food, friendly servers, reasonable prices. $ https://plus.google.com/112820732160386062326/about?
gl=us&hl=en
June 22nd: Quaker Steak & Lube: 4109 Hwy 21 (at Hebron), Car-rollton, TX 75010. Casual motor-sports themed restaurant. Private room reserved for Horizon. Sunday brunch $16.99. Less expen-sive items available from menu. Kids 8 and under eat free. $-$$ http://thelube.com/locations/texas/carrollton
June 29th: Cristina’s Fine Mexican Restaurant. 360 E. Round Grove Road, Lewisville, Texas 75067. Good Tex-Mex food plus au-thentic and traditional dishes from Mexico. $$ http://www.cristinasmex.com
AFTER CHURCH LUNCH LOCATIONS
General Assembly 2014 — Also Online!
General Assembly (GA) is the annual meeting of our Unitarian
Universalist Association (UUA). Attendees worship, witness, learn,
connect, and make policy for the Association through democratic
process. General Assembly 2014 (June 25-29) will help our asso-
ciation live into a future where our “Love Reaches Out” to share
our faith both within and beyond our congregations’ walls. Visit
UUA.org for more info!
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FATHER’S DAY
by Mira DeShazer [email protected]
Our Fathers and
Our Father Figures Why my Dad was not my only Father
This week, we share our love and gifts with our dads, and we share memories and stories about our fathers and father figures who are no longer in our lives. Beautiful stories, inspirational, in-tense, and some emotional ones. Happy Father’s day!
My grandfather Joseph Kristich and my two uncles Stephen and Dragan were my closest father figures. All three were gentle, kind and eloquent men, strong, reliable; and all three were gifted with fascinating music talents. Grandfather was a great singer. He was one of those talents that radio stations invited to sing live in studio, before recording devices were invented. His sons followed his love for music. They were never good as soldiers and even when they had been drafted into Yugoslavian Army in the 70s, they passion-ately disliked guns and muddy battlefields.
In my family, firstborn sons were named either Stephen or Joseph. This was a hundreds of years old tradition. One would wonder, why? My great-grandfather Stephen was a soldier in World War One, not by his choice. He was drafted and taken away from his family, so that he could fight on the side of the Austrian-Hungarian empire. Young Stephen wore his uniform and left his family and children in September of 1914. They sent him to Spain and trained
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him to fight in trenches, to hold a riffle and to shoot. You shoot or you get shot, there was no other choice. He learned quickly.
Joseph returned home after an injury to his left leg. He was quite happy that he did not have to stay in the army any longer. Even though the surgery was not successful and his leg be-came weak, slow and a little bit shorter, Stephen celebrated his return. He took his wife to the lo-cal photographer and asked him to take a celebration portrait of the two of them.
The photographer did a great job with the photo and he per-sonally framed it in a mahogany wooden frame. The black and white picture of Stephen and Anna was still on the wall at my grandfather's house during my teenage years. Great-grandfather Stephen, still in his uniform, and Anna wearing her best white dress, were joyfully smiling at all of us. I remember only one image of
my biological father, Grga. I met him once, when I was six years old, when he arrived in Sarajevo from Munich in Germany. He was a singer and a guitar player, and he worked as a choir teacher. My mother met him at one of the choir nights. They fell in love but soon after, but they realized they were too young to start a family. They both lived in Germany while I learned guitar chords from my grandpa and how to ride a bike and solve crossword puzzles from my uncles in Sara-jevo. The year my dad came to visit me, he brought me a brand new bike and spent a short amount of time with me. I wish I could remember his words. A few months after we met, he passed away; he had a heart at-tack while he was singing on stage. He was 34 years old.
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FATHER’S DAY
Grandpa Joseph died soon af-ter, and then my older uncle. Most of my father figures were gone, but my fatherland was there to offer me some comfort. Bosnia, a small country in the central, mountainous area of the Balkans peninsula, is eleven times smaller than Texas, but it endured at least two big wars in recent history. WWI started in Sarajevo in 1914, when an Austrio-Hungarian prince named Franz Ferdi-nand was assassi-nated by a Serbian rebel. People proba-bly remember Bos-nia by the recent wars that took place between 1992 and 1996. Bos-nian history lists more battles than this page can hold, even though Bosnians never had a great passion for guns. The area is on the crossroads of Western Europe and the Middle East. There is always a threat of be-ing conquered by someone: Ro-mans, Germans, Austrians, Serbs or Turks.
Searching through historical documents last week, I found out that many wars between lo-cal kings had been lost in Bos-nia because of the lack of guns and gun powder. One of those kings who probably enjoyed good old folk songs much rather than holding a gun, was King
Stephen Ostoja Kris-tich. He ruled in the late 1300s and early 1400s. "During 1463, he showed a lot of courage in defense of the Bosnian kingdom, defending Kresevo" - this is the Bosnian city where my grandfather Joseph was born. Two years later, his father Stephen moved the
family to Sarajevo. When Jo-seph was 21, he met his soon to be wife, my grandmother, with whom he later had three chil-dren. Then, at the age of 50, when his fathering days should have been over, he lovingly ac-cepted me as his own daughter, which I am so grateful for.
Photo: Pocitelj, Bosnia. MD.
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If you are considering attending one of these groups for the first time, it is a good idea to contact them via email for more information and to
get an orientation of what to expect in your first visit!
CURIOUS ABOUT SCHEDULE?
You can check the calendar at http://calendar.horizonuu.org/
Horizon Book Group: 4th Tuesdays 12p. ([email protected] )
The Horizon Book Group meets at 12 Noon on the fourth Tuesday of each month in the church Library. Every June and November the group decides on the books for the following six months. Bring a brown bag lunch and join in this fun group that is open to women and men. You’ll be able to share in an invigorating conversation on the session’s book. Current selections are found in the Library information niche in the lobby/narthex. For more info, you may contact [email protected]
Buddhist Sangha: Tuesdays 7 PM - 9:00 PM. ([email protected] )
Buddhist Sangha ("Sangha" is equivalent to a covenant group) is a weekly gathering that studies the Dharma (the teachings of Buddhism.) This is an ongoing exploration of the Four Noble Truths and the Eight Fold Path, the es-sential teachings of Buddhism. It is participatory and although consistency is encouraged, sessions can be attended on a drop in basis. We welcome any-one interested in a meditation practice. If you wish to come for an orientation, please arrive by 6:30. If you wish to view materials, e-mail Dennis Hamilton at [email protected] or call 972-529-8187. [email protected]
The UU Christian Chalice Circle ([email protected] )
The UU Christian Chalice Circle provides a forum for enriching our spiritual lives through personal discovery of the heart, meaning, and tradition of Chris-tianity. We gather monthly on the 1st Sunday at 9AM in the library for discus-sion, fellowship, and exploration. All those seeking to connect (or re-connect) to the beauty and wisdom of Christianity are welcome to attend. [email protected]
SPECIAL GROUPS
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The CineMat Group ([email protected] )
The CineMat group will be meeting on the 4th Saturday every month. And it’s now a Chalice Circle!. This Chalice Circle gets together to see a movie and then goes to a coffee shop or restaurant to discuss and comment on it in a friendly circle over a cup of coffee or drink. People should call Meg Reed or
Marga Gordon for more info, or email [email protected].
GAMERS: 3rd
FRIDAY FUN AT
HORZON! ([email protected] )
Come join us for adult level games on the 3rd Friday of every month. We meet in the Fellowship Hall at 7:00 p.m. Bring a snack or drink to share!
Healthy Women Chalice Circle ([email protected] )
A woman’s support group to help achieve their goals of health and fitness. Sharing of ideas and experiences in nutrition, weight loss, exercise and stress management.
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Men’s Saturday Support Group ([email protected] )
A men’s support group that includes a check-in and informal discussion of men’s issues regarding family, health, workplace, and relationships. Starts at 8AM
The 2nd
Tuesday Potluck Chalice Circle ([email protected] )
This group meets for food, fellowship, and deepening friendships. They meet in the library 2
nd Tuesday of most months at 12 noon. Occasionally we take a
field trip instead of having a potluck lunch.
Tuesday Wisdom Circle ([email protected] )
A chalice circle that offers a check-in and discussion of a weekly life issue topic selected by a group member.
Parents – WE’LL give you Wings! (every other Mon, 9a) ([email protected] ) WINGS Chalice Circle is a fun and friendly group whose purpose is to support the person within each parent by creating friendships and nurturing our intellect and creativity.
The Women’s Friendship in Growth (WFIG) Chalice Circle ([email protected])
Meets on the 2nd, 4th, and 5th Wednesdays of each month from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. We welcome women of all ages to join us for fun, connection, and growth. We share stories from our lives and discuss topics that help us get to know one another better. Recent programs have included How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day, a night of Board Games, and TED talks on the Power of Vulnerability, Connected but Alone, and Body Language. We’d love to have you in our group! To find out more, contact Nancy Foreman or Sarah Roye at [email protected].
Young Adults Chalice Circle
SPECIAL GROUPS
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JUNE SELECTION HORIZON BOOK GROUP
Shortlisted for the 2013 Man Booker Prize; Fiction Finalist, 2013 National Book Award
From an interview following the Na-tional Book Award nomination: Edan Lapucki: “When I think of your work, I think of your precise, meas-ured and graceful prose, as well as your attention to the everyday and in-ner lives of your characters. You’re basically the Queen of Realism. (You can’t deny it—there’s a crown on your head!) Do you think of yourself as working in a realist tradition? If so, can you discuss? If not, what tradi-tion—if any—do you see yourself participating in?” Jhumpa Lahiri: “Everyday life and ordinary characters interest me. I be-lieve that the mystery of life lies there. Many of the writers who have
guided me over the years—Joyce, Chekhov, Cather, Hardy—depict the world in a way that feels transcendent. On the other hand, writers like Kafka or Borges render surreal situations in ways that are intensely re-alistic. The thing to remember is that, as three-dimensional as charac-ters may seem, they are made of words, not flesh and blood. In the end all fiction is a dream.”
http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2013_f_lahiri_interv.html
Why not join the discussion at noon on Tuesday, June 24, in the Horizon library? You
are welcome even if you haven’t read the book. Bring a sack lunch, something to drink,
and your thoughts and impressions of this highly praised book. (The author’s first book,
Interpreter of Maladies, a collection of stories, won the Pulitzer for fiction in 2000.)