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Sage Musings Pg 2President’s Address Pg 3Community Pg 4-5Paddle the Rideau Pg 6Calendar Pg 8

Sunday Services for April2012

April 1 "How I saved My Solein Selma" Rev. Fred Cappucci-no

In 1965, Martin Luther King led amovement in Selma, Alabama, toregister Negro voters. Fred’s col-league, the Rev James Reeb,was mortally wounded there, andFred went to Selma and spentfive days. Over 200 Unitarian minis-ters were there, participating ina classic Gandhian struggle.

After the Service: Soup Fund-raiser Lunch at noon

April 8 “Where Lives Laugh-ter?” Rev. Kathy Sage - Ser-vice Weaver – KimIrvine-Albano

Laughter is our theme this month.Perhaps the one “spiritual disci-pline” that we share across ourvaried theological perspectives asUnitarian is the capacity to liveconnected to our ability to laugh.

Laugh at ourselves; find the irony;when “we can laugh or we cancry”, choose to salvage somelaughter. Never to harm, but atool of discovery and a tool to cre-ate.

After the Service: An all KUFpotluck – yes – a REAL pot-luck. Easter Sunday is a “familytime” and for many, KUF IS ourfamily in Kingston. So make some-thing special and whether youwear an Easter bonnet or yourbest jeans, plan on a relaxing so-cial time after our service. Remem-ber, no stove, but a crockpotworks well!

April 15 “Migrations IV - TheDoers, The Dropcloths, andthe Dreamers” ServiceWeaver – Anne Coward

Since the Fall 2011 Migrationsservice, KUF has itself migrated!What has the move, the new build-ing and a new environment meantfor you? As we prepare to welcomethe wider community to ourOpen House, we will explore whatthe experience of making this bigchange has meant in the life ofour congregation for our membersand friends.

After the Service:2 pm Open House & Tour3 pm Celebration and Cake.Everyone is cordially invited tocelebrate our new building and

welcome the Kingston communityto our new home. Bring a friendand see you at KUF!

April 22 “Spiritual Rest Stopfor the Overwhelmed: EarthSunday Edition” Rev. KathySage

Earth Sunday – we could feelhopeless with a weight of responsi-bility for our earth… and wecould admonish ourselves to “domore”. Let’s try another approach.Brian Hetherington has a story …and we’ll explore together howKUF can be a “rest stop”, a placeto reflect, renew, refuel, recalibrateas we journey together.

April 29 “Tiamet’s Tears” In-tergenerational Drama

Sometimes, try as hard as wecan, the tears keep coming.When a dragon drops out of ourKUF rafters in this enchantingdrama, we might just get aglimpse of transformation that ispossible. Step lightly, look carefully,Unitarian lives under construction.

After the Service:Noon: Shared Lunch & AprilBirthdays

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Sage MusingsKathy Sage

Another moment of celebration is upon us!It’s hard to imagine, but we managed to move toour new building in early December and turned topainting and settling in mode. Everyone at KUFhas contributed to the journey of growth and expec-tation that has followed KUF in our many stoppingpoints in Kingston for 58 years. April 15th at 2 pmwe will welcome the community to tour our newhome and at 3pm we will gather in the Main Hall fora Celebration of our new building. We’ll continuewith cake and refreshments. Please take a post-card invitation and invite someone to join you atthe celebration.

If you are on Facebook, please “like’ theKUF Facebook page and “share” the invitation tothe Open House with your Facebook “friends”.There is also a discussion group for KUF membersand we have a presence on Google+. What is your favorite place in our new building?What do you enjoy in our expanded space? Liketables for coffee hour! What creativity has beeninspired by the possibilities? The elevator brokeand it took about four days to fix. What we realizedwas how many people enjoy the whole buildingbecause of our accessibility (they simply couldn’tgo to the downstairs at 214 or upstairs). Parkingis available for programs at any time and eldersand toddlers don’t have to risk running acrossConcession Street. We have yoga, Soul Matterssmall groups, drop-in Tech mentoring (a few morein April) and drop-in office hours Thursday noon –1:30 – or call for an appointment. Are you finding a place for your interests and

“Unitarian curiosity” at KUF? Coffee house eve-nings are in the planning; a social action e-newslet-ter is underway; we’re exploring our Facebook andsocial media presence; monthly soup lunches afterservices are in place. Each one of these initiativesis a part of the creativity, involvement energy, and

“settling in to our new home” that feels right in syncwith the spring planting and growing season!

Ideas link individuals, KUF Committees, and theBoard in a very dynamic community of engagedvolunteers. Shared Ministry = sharing yourtalents and taking an active role. A Shared

Ministry bulletin board is in the works – tasksneeded and skills offered. Each spring and fall I offer an Adult Religiousexploration class. Watch the weekly Mini-links forthe class description. We’ve had a good responseto the five Wednesday 5-7 pm time – April 4-May9. I love the opportunity to use one of the manyUU curriculums with a group of KUFers who “godeeper”, use our sharp minds to explore importantquestions – and equally explore our vulnerableheart questions of human longing. Hard to explain

– but you’ll know if you want to enter into such aUnitarian learning community of engaged explora-tion. Please contact me to register. I read a description of “inquiry-based – or activelearning”. The student identifies their own ques-tion or challenge and explores with others whoexpand the possibilities of inquiry through diversecommunity. Creative engagement generates moreinquiry and exploration and action follows, as thelearner is ready. What caught my attention wasnot the novelty of the idea, but how closely itresembles what I understand to be the “gestalt” ofall that we are as KUF. Whether from the ServiceWeavers, general conversation, or community re-sponse – ideas for Sunday Services come from thequestions and hopes in our lives. Likewise oursocial issues arise from our concerns and ourvision for the common good. Yes, some peoplelean more toward social action or spirituality orintellect. And some prefer to attend to those inter-ests in a closed defined sphere. What we havealways been as Unitarians is an inquiry basedactive lifelong learning community – interdisciplin-ary and interspersed with fun and fellowship. Or,as our banner says, “where minds and friendsmeet”. I’m pondering how to “ask the questions”in a new way that will make this wonderful activelearning community of all ages develop in a moretransparent way. If you lean toward “inquiry-basedactive Unitarian” style and want to help gather thequestions – please let me know. For mother’s andfather’s day we again invite such involvement.See you at KUF this month!

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President’s Board ReportBy Cindy Harvey

During the Board and Leader Retreat inFebruary, Liz James used a phrase that I havebeen continually thinking of in many parts of mylife: “Walls that speak.”

``Walls that speak`` refers to what our wallshave to say about us without people around. Doour KUF walls say what we want them to say aboutus and about Unitarianism? Do we reflect ourprincipals in our walls? Are our walls inclusive ofall? Do they actually talk for us? I am not sure Ihave the answers.

I have since looked at the walls of my class-room at school where my grade 7 and 8 studentsand I live so much of our days together. They arecovered with art and student work, with little of me.I think this is what I want my school walls to say –that the students are more important than theteacher and whatever work they complete is wor-thy of a wall space. One poster that I do keep upfrom year to year says, “What is popular is notalways right. What is right is not always popular.” Ihope that this message will lead them to stand upagainst the pressures of growing up to live betterlives.

Then I felt I needed to have a look at thewalls in my home. Do they speak of my family andwhat we would say? This was actually fun and a biteye opening. I am not sure I have truly looked atmy walls in a long time. I saw lots of colour, which

seems to speak for me, and some great memories.Then I saw some cobwebs…. and walls that mayhave said something about 10 years ago. I thinkthat my spring cleaning may include my walls thisyear. I wonder what they will say?

Some of the highlights from the March Boardmeeting are as follows:

· A new social media policy was developedby the communication committee

· A New Terms of Reference for the buildingcommittee was passed

· A new Fundraising Coordinator role wascreated with Valerie Colgan agreeing to fillthis role

· Congratulations to Brian Hetherington, whobecame a new member

· The social action committee will be publish-ing a newsletter for all those interested

With the AGM fast approaching in May, thenominating committee will be busy looking forcandidates to fill the necessary positions for nextyear. This is an amazing way to be involved in KUFand to know how complex, but exciting, our opera-tions have become. If you are approached or wishto nominate yourself, please consider becomingpart of the Board.

Have a wonderful month and let me knowabout speaking walls.

Tasks or Volunteers Needed?by Cindy Harvey

Does your committee have any key tasks,big or small, that need to be done, or are othervolunteers needed? After the retreat in February,the Board agreed to try a new process for fillingthese openings.

Please fill in the following information formand forward to Anne Graham. The completed formwill be posted on a bulletin board. Any interestedparty will then contact the committee directly ordrop the card from the bulletin board in abox/envelop with their name and contact informa-tion on it. Anne will then forward the name and

information to the committee chair. This is theinformation that will be needed on the form:

Committee name:Committee Chair:Committee contact person:Role/Talk Description: (be very specific)Any special talents required:Estimated time frame for Involvement:

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Greetings from REShawn Cox

On April 1, the younger children will be takinga look at Arthur Lismer,“The boy with the restlesspencil.” The older children will be discussing rightand wrong and examining the grey area betweenright and wrong. On April 8, to celebrate Easter, we will bemove outside for an activity for all ages. Let’shope for nice weather on that day! On April 15, we will hear the story “Tiamet’sTears”, which we’ll be performing at the end ofthe month. We’ll be casting the roles and startingrehearsal. On April 22, we will continue rehearsing andsort out the final details for our performance. On April 29, KUF will hold an inter-generation-al service where “Tiamet’s Tears” will be per-formed. Thank you and see you on Sunday.

A Message to My Mother

Every May, we celebrate Mother’s Day atKUF. This year, through words and music, we planto weave together a service that pays tribute to theimportant role that our mothers have played in ourlives. We invite all girls and women who would liketo do so to write a letter to their mother.The bond between mother and daughter is asunique as the two females that form it. A womancan learn many lessons from her mother as shegoes through life – how to apply make up, how to

deal with the challenges that life can throw at you,how to sew, how to grow old gracefully, how notto behave under pressure, how to let go. Whether your mother will be attending the

Mother’s Day service at KUF, lives ata great distance or has passed on,

there may be a message that you would send her,if you had the chance. What questions would youask? What words of gratitude would you express?What frustrations or recriminations would you hurlat her? How has your life been marked by thewoman who gave you birth? All responses willremain entirely confidential. They will be woventogether to create a tapestry of the many faces ofmotherhood, that unique institution that has beenso reviled and so revered. Please send all submissions to Anne Cowardhatton_coward@yahoo.ca or put them in the boxmarked “A Message to My Mother” at the back ofthe Main Hall. Father’s Day request in nextmonth’s KUFLinks.

Unirondack September 7-9, 2012by Jillann Rothwell

It’s time to start planning our annual congrega-tional retreat to the beautifully-situated Unirondackcamp in northern New York State. Plan to join usfor a fun weekend of shared meals, a group hikeand independent activities such as canoeing orkayaking. On Sunday morning we gather for ashared service. You will stay in a rustic cabin with beds and abathroom. Shower facilities are separate. The costof the weekend includes meals on Saturday, aswell as Sunday breakfast and lunch. Reserve your spot by signing up at KUF or con-tacting Jillann Rothwell by phone or atdmathers9@cogeco.ca. The fees will be: $65 for1 person, $125 for 2 people, $178 for 3, $235 for4, and $280 for 5. Payment is due by June 17.More information will appear in the May newsletter.

Many Merry Meetings

See Page 9 for information on three upcominggatherings for Canadian UUs:� CUC Annual General Meeting� Spiritual Leadership Symposium� Canadian Unitarians for Social Justice Annual

General MeetingEarly Bird registration for the CUC Annual Gener-al Meeting closes March 31.

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Behind the Headlines

Behind the Headlines meets onMonday April 30, 7:00-8:45, at the home ofJohn Foster and Millie Morton. The topic willbe: "A Grand Unifying Theory of ForeignAffairs Today." What do Syria, Iran,Afghanistan and Pakistan have in common?Why do they all matter so much to US/NATO,Russia and China? Why do they matter toCanada? What’s brewing at the May NATOSummit?

Come share or listen, as you wish. Theintent is to glean what’s new in the world, sortout facts from propaganda, and exchangeviews, while respecting each other as friends.Advance readings (optional) will be emailed byApril 27. New participants welcome, andcarpooling can be arranged. For moreinformation, please contact jjjjjjjjjjjjjjohnandmillie@sympatico.ca.

Building Rental and Use of KUF Spaceby Cindy Harvey

As we grow and our building becomesmore popular for meetings and events, thecoordinating of these events becomes veryimportant.

If you are planning on having a KUFcommittee meeting, know someone whowants to rent a room or the whole building, orhave a suggestions for potential renters,please contact the rental committee.

The rental committee is responsible forroom bookings and rental rates. Having onecommittee scheduling these events and set-ting the rates, based on Board-approvedamounts, will create consistency and reliability. Please contact the current chair of therental committee, Valerie Colgan.

Notice of Annual Business MeetingKingston Unitarian FellowshipSunday, May 6, 2012 at 12:15 p.m.At 206 Concession Street

The KUF Board has called the AnnualBusiness meeting of KUF on May 6 at 12:15p.m. at 206 Concession St. Voting rights arefor members who have made financial contribu-tions of record within the current or precedingfiscal year. Contact Cindy Harvey to obtain aproxy form, if needed.

Annual Reports: All committees shouldcomplete their annual reports by April 5 andemail to Cindy Harvey at harveyc@kos.netand to koffice@kingston.net. Hard copy re-ports also can be submitted to the KUF officecare of Cindy Harvey.

Agenda1. Call to order2. Approve agenda3. Minutes of the May 2011 AGM4. Minutes of the Special Meeting June 19,20115. Minutes of the Special Meeting May 29,20116. Minutes of the Budget meeting January 22,20127. Financial Report8. Annual Reports from Committees and Board9. Report of the Nominating Committee andelections if required10. Renewal of the Lay Chaplains11. Appointment of Lay Chaplain12. Appointment of Auditor13. Adjournment

If you wish to nominate a KUF member asa Board member, please submit your signednomination to Dave Toupin attouplaw@netscape.net or at the KUF office byApril 8 at noon.

Submitted, Cindy HarveyPresident

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KUF Paddle the Rideau August 10 – 18 2012 –The Excitement Is Building!by Rick Hatton

We are all very proud of the impressive workundertaken so far in our new Fellowship building.But there is still much to do to complete ourplanned renovations and improvements. You canhelp us to take another step toward achieving thisgoal by supporting our KUF “Paddle the Rideau”project, dedicated to raising funds specifically fortwo washrooms upstairs and a handicapped acces-sible washroom and a child nursery on the mainfloor. There are still spots available to participateas a paddler (we need more!) or as a member ofour Logistics Support Team. The interest list isavailable next to the "Paddle the Rideau" infoboard at the back of the Worship Space.

This is the year of the 180th Anniversary ofthe completion of the Rideau Canal system, ateam of determined and hearty participants fromKUF will paddle canoes and kayaks along thelength of the Rideau Canal from Kingston to Otta-wa, from 10-18 August 2012, camping along theway.  The Rideau Waterway, located in our ownbackyard, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site thatis both rich in natural beauty and steeped in histo-ry.

We got our project off to an excellent start byholding our first very successful group meeting onSunday, January 29. We currently have 12 dedi-cated paddlers signed up and 10 members who

will join our amazing Logistics Support Team.Much of the planning has already been complet-ed, and our nine-day trip itinerary has beenpronounced excellent by two noted Rideau ex-

perts. You can check out the informa-

tion poster at the back of the Worship Space and,hopefully soon, on the KUF website.

The excitement and enthusiasm are build-ing, and several KUF paddlers have started exer-cising regularly to get in shape for our expedition –perhaps you have already noticed? Our LogisticsSupport Team met on Sunday, March 11 to start toplan and coordinate the support for our intrepidpaddlers. Commencing in May, our paddlers willundertake some canoe and kayak skills training.

Our paddlers and supporters are planningto raise money through a Pledge Campaign, nowbeing coordinated by Bob Hotrum. The money willbe used to complete one or more priority KUFrenovation projects. One of our primary goals inour paddle fundraising is to create interest beyondKUF – we think paddling from Kingston to Ottawais a bold undertaking!

Would you help us to get the word out?Would there be people at your workplace, school,gymnasium, clubs and other locations who wouldlikely make a donation if they knew more about ouramazing project? If you check with Rick, you canborrow the large display poster to help explain thetrip to others. We also need the support of our ownKUF Members. Please give generously to ourpaddlers and supporters, who will have pledgeforms on hand and can accept cash or cheques(payable to Kingston Unitarian Fellowship Attn:Paddle the Rideau). We will issue tax receipts fordonations of $20 or over.  For further information about how you can par-ticipate, contact Rick Hatton athatton_coward@yahoo.ca or by phone. For infor-mation about the Financial Campaign or how todonate, contact Bob Hotrum atrhotrum@sympatico.ca or by phone. We needand welcome your support.

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KUF Social Justice Newsletterby Jim Willis

As members of KUF we are a liberal religiousfellowship that seeks to promote Unitarian valuesthrough social action. Our members are deeply in-volved in social justice issues at the local, national,and international levels, for the relief of:

· discrimination based on religious, racial, sexu-al orientation or other grounds

· abuses to human rights of individuals orgroups of peoples

· poverty and economic injustice· environmental degradation· breaches of peace, security and the democrat-

ic processand many other issues.

In order to further develop opportunities formembers of KUF to express their Unitarian religious,humanistic, and spiritual values, we are planning toproduce a monthly KUF Social Justice Newsletter tobe distributed monthly by email. We plan to includeupcoming events related to social justice issues, aswell as information on the numerous causes that ourmembers support. Eventually, we hope to have linksto online petitions and suggestions for letters to theeditor.

If you would like to receive an electronic copyof the KUF Social Justice Newsletter, email Jim Willisat KUFSocialJustice@gmail.com or fill in the sign-upsheet at KUF. We hope that the first edition of thenewsletter can be published next month. In prepara-tion for this, please email Jim Willis with details ofupcoming social justice events, to report the detailsof events that you have attended, or to report on acause that you think may be of interest to members.Please also email Jim if you are willing to assist in theediting of the KUF Social Justice Newsletter.

Beth Pater & Mary Ann Higgs: At its meeting onFebruary 5, there were 17 KUF members and friendspresent to discuss ideas about how to make socialaction more visible at KUF and in the wider communi-ty. Many ideas were considered and it was thought tobe very important to have a way of communicatingamong ourselves and the community. A motion wentto the KUF Board which was approved, we have aneditor, and you can sign up if you are interested.

Fundraising Coordinator Role at KUFby Cindy Harvey

Congratulations and thanks to ValerieColgan, who will fill the position as the newlycreated Fundraising Coordinator. This rolewas created by the Board mainly to coordi-nate scheduling and communicating all thefundraising events. Please note that any fund-raising events or ideas will now go through theFundraising Coordinator to help make thisprocess smoother.

This is a description of the FundraisingCoordinator position:

Purpose:The purpose of the Fundraising Coordi-

nator shall be to coordinate and track all fund-raising events undertaken by KUF.

Roles and Responsibilities:The Fundraising Coordinator shall re-

port to the Finance Committee, who shall thenreport to the Board of Directors. It may be ashared role with at least one coordinator be-ing a voting member of KUF. The FundraisingCoordinator will liaison with the Minister andPresident. Responsibilities will include manag-ing, scheduling and tracking all fundraisingevents, including communicating with theleaders of each fundraising event to avoidconflicts and over-scheduling. Any and allchairs of fundraising events must report to theFundraising Coordinator.

Caring Connection

The Caring Connection Dispatcher forApril is Ann Copland. She can be contactedby phone or by email atcoplanda@kingston.net.

Call for support from the KUF CaringCommunity. Do you know of someone whois ill or in hospital? Please let us know, aswe would like to send a card.

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CUC Annual General Meeting

The CUC Annual General Meeting is plannedfor a single day, Friday, May 18, 2012. The CUCBoard also meets the previous day: the Boardmeetings are open to all members of CUC membercongregations. If there is unfinished AGM business,the meeting will resume after the Symposium.

Online Registration:Adults Stream DescriptionCanUUdle XI (14-20)Children (Under 14)

Early registration ends March 31st, and there is noregistration after April 30th.

Canadian Unitarians for Social Justice AnnualGeneral Meeting

CUSJ is pleased to an-nounce that registration isopen for our Annual GeneralMeeting.

Our theme for this yearis Partnering With First Na-tions. Our guest speaker isBen Powless, a young Mo-hawk student at Carleton Uni-versity. He is a member of theCanadian Youth Climate Co-

alition, the Indigenous Environmental Network,and the Canadian Environmental Network. He isan activist and a dynamic speaker and will talk tous on why he is fighting the Gateway Pipeline. Hispersonal focus is finding the way to sustainableliving. Visit http://cusj.org/emerging-issues/energy/oil-energy-tar-sands/ to see moreabout why we have chosen this issue

If you are thinking that you'd love to hearhim speak but won't be able to because you can'tcome to Ottawa, NO PROBLEM! We will makeevery effort to live-stream our whole AGM so that

you can attend from anywhere in Canada. Pleasemark your calendars for Monday, May 21.

Those attending in person are invited tocome at 8:30 for coffee and a bite to eat. Thoseattending on line will be able to attend and vote atour AGM starting at 10:00 am Eastern time. Wecan arrange to live stream from 9:00 for groupswho want to attend as a chapter and participate inthe chapter discussion. If you want to do this,contact me.

For those in Ottawa, join us for the CUSJdinner at 6:15 pm on Saturday, May 19 at the MoniMahal Indian Buffet. With over 100 items to selectfrom, there are ample choices for every diet at aprice you can afford. Afterwards, consider taking inthe movie For the Next Seven Generations andlisten to 13 First Nations grandmothers sharingtheir vision for the future.

Whether you are attending the meeting inperson or on line, please register athttp://cusj.org/annual-general-meeting/agm-form/

I am looking forward to connecting with asmany of you as possible for this very exciting AGM.

Rev. Frances DeverellPresident, Canadian Unitarians for Social Justice

The 2012 Symposium, jointly organized by the Canadian Unitarian Council and the UU Ministersof Canada (UUMoC), will gather a multigenerational community to seek answers through worship,workshops, music, arts, and discussions — taking us into a greater understanding of shared ministry,and renewing spirit and leadership across Canada. It is a new kind of event, held this year in place ofthe CUC annual conference. We hope you will join us, and carry the flame back to your congregation and UU communities. Notsure whether the Symposium is for you? This post will tell you.