To be alive is to look up at the stars on a dark night and to feel the beyond-words awe of space in its vastness. To be alive is to look down from a mountaintop on a bright, clear day and to feel the wonder that can only be expressed in “oh” or “wow” or maybe “hallelujah.” To be alive is to look out from the beach toward the horizon at sunrise or sunset and to savor the joy of it all in pregnant, saturated silence. To be alive is to gaze in delight at a single bird, tree, leaf, or friend, and to feel that they whisper of a creator or source we all share. Brian D. McLaren, We Make the Road by Walking, 21

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Dear Friends,

McLaren’s definition of being alive reflects how many of us

feel after a summer spent living in the great creation that is

Maine and traveling in the great creation that is, well,

beyond Maine! I particularly like the words about “gazing in

delight at…a friend”! Collectively, our congregation of

family and friends has crisscrossed a great part of the world

during the past few months, and we are not the same

people we were at our Celebration Sunday last June. We

have been places. We have done things. We have read

books and met new people. We have eaten new foods

and seen great sights. And now? Now it’s time to come

home to church, to re-gather, to re-connect, and to share

what each of us has learned and the person each of us has

become. You and what you have done and where you

have been are important to the very fabric—the colors, the

textures, the stitches--of our identity. You are part of how we

are woven together by and in “a creator or source we all

share”. Our CUF fabric is reflected here in the first lines of

one of my favorite hymns.

Restless Weaver, ever spinning threads of justice and shalom;

Dreaming patterns of creation where all creatures find a home;

Gathering up life’s varied fibers—every texture, every hue:

Grant us your creative vision. With us weave your world anew.

Let us gather the threads of the CUF tapestry and begin to

weave a new chapter in the life of our church. Let us gather

to greet old friends and make new friends. Your church

family is ready to “gaze in delight” that you are here, that

your journey has brought you to worship with us.

See you in church,

Lorna The Reverend Lornagrace Grenfell

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Church

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Universal

Fellowship

82 Main Street

Orono, Maine 04473

207-866-3655

email:

cuf82@myfairpoint.net

web address: churchofuniversalfellowship.org

Minister’s Message 1

Adult Education 2

Around CUF 3

YAWP 4

Religious Education 5

Upcoming Events 6

Salad Sunday 7

Com. Minister 8

End Violence 9

Photo release 10

Caretaker 11

Kiwanis 12

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Adult EducatioN Adult EducatioN Adult EducatioN Adult EducatioN ---------------- Fall 2014 Fall 2014 Fall 2014 Fall 2014

All are welcome to all programs and events! September 22, Monday, at 5:30 in the Gathering Place: State of Grace Women’s Book Group: David and Goliath by Malcom Gladwell, Host: Johanna Szillery

September 26, Friday at 6:00 pm in the MacKenzie Room: Movie & Dessert! British pensioners move to a retirement hotel in India and find life different from what they envisioned. Funny and poignant! Host: Lorna Grenfell

October 3, Friday, at 7:00 in the Gathering Place: Friday Book Group: Pink Chimneys by Ardeana Hamlin Knowles, Host: Judy Kuhns- Hastings

October 12, Sunday, at #12:10 in the Library: “Who Is Theologian Barbara Brown Taylor?” Host: The Reverend Emily Taylor

October 19, Sunday, at 10:15 in the Sanctuary: Worship with guest speakers Americans Who Tell the Truth artist Robert Shetterly and Maine Wabanaki REACH’s Esther Attean

and at #12:10 in the Vestry: Coffee Hour and Q & A with guests Robert Shetterly and Esther Attean October 20, Monday, at 5:30 in the Gathering Place: State of Grace Women’s Book Group:The Testament: A Novel by Nino Ricci, Host: Johanna Szillery

October 24, Friday, 6:00 in the MacKenzie Room: Movie & Dessert! A young Jewish man and his son are seized and taken to a concentration camp where the father hides their true situation from his son. Powerful and uplifting! Host: Paul Harris

October 26, Sunday, #12:10 in the Library: Making CUF Connections: A Conversation, Hosts: Carolyn & Marion Hopkins

November 2, Sunday #12:10 in the Vestry: A Slide Show Trip to Guatemala Host: The Reverend Emily Taylor

November 7, Friday at 7:00 in the Gathering Place: Friday Book Group: Spirit of Fire: The Life and Vision of Teilhard de Chardin by Ursula King, Host: Lorna Grenfell

November 9, Sunday #12:10 in the Library: “Who Is Theologian C.S. Lewis”, Host: Will Hunter

November 17, Monday at 5:30 in the Gathering Place: State of Grace Women’s Book Group: Silent Spring by Rachel Carson, Host: Johanna Szillery

November 21, Friday at 6:00 pm in the MacKenzie Room: Movie & Dessert! A documentary that examines the widening income inequality in the U.S. Presented by American economist, author, and professor Robert Reich. Sobering and thoughtful. Host: Thomas Griffith

November 23, Sunday, #12:10 in the Library: Page Four of the Sermon (sermon backtalk), Host: Rev. Lorna Grenfell

December 5, Friday at 7:00 in the Gathering Place: Friday Book Group: Ordinary Grace by

William Kent Kruegar, Host: Susan Heath

December 7, Sunday, #12:10 in the Vestry: Advent Workshop! All welcome! Bring a lunch and come to make Christmas crafts and wreaths!

December 15, Monday, at 5:30 in the Gathering Place: State of Grace Women’s Book Group: Bossypants by Tina Fey, Host: Johanna Szillery

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Around CUF . . . Olivia Knott was a flower girl in a wedding this summer!... Bob Gallant celebrated his 73rd birthday at Angler’s with 18 members of the Over the Hill Gang!... Mark Baker, Darren Morgan, Steve Burnham and Dave Cox had a great Cape Cod vacation!... Sandy Feher, Lara Campbell and Trang Triff worshiped here at CUF the Sunday after their 25th OHS reunion!... Ed Brazee and Connie Carter hosted the Brazee Family Reunion out at Long Pond!... Ted and Rose Marie Curtis and Lara, Jim and James Campbell had a great trip to PEI!... Barbara and Dot Turner went to the Outer Banks for a family reunion and just missed the hurricane!... Watch out! Nora Dobbs was seen on her front lawn on Main Street using a ‘speed gun’ with an officer standing by giving her instructions!... Janet Bilyk had a great car/train trip around New England!... Our congregation thanks all the talented worship artists who played and sang and danced in worship this summer: Justin Zang, Carolyn Artesani, Laura Artesani, Emily Walton, Nicholas Southwick, Fred Heath, Susan Heath, August Eaton, Rachel Dobbs, Rory Sullivan, Ainsley Morrison, Molly Webster, Paige Bacon, Jason Priest and Catharine Cloutier!

Judy Kuhns-Hastings, Sarah Marx and Ginny Gallant attended the Down East Spiritual Life Conference in Castine led by John Philip Newell, reknowned minister, poet, peacemaker and scholar. Newell is internationally

acclaimed for his work in the field of Celtic spirituality. Based in Edinburgh, Scotland, Newell teaches and preaches internationally on themes related to the sacredness of the earth and the oneness of the human soul and is one of the most prominent teachers of spirituality in the English-speaking world. Photo: Judy at the bookstore!

Tricia Griffith participated with friends in Boston’s Dirty Girl Mud Run, a 5Kmud obstacle course for women only. They crawled through mud, climbed cargo nets, slid into mud pits, and climbed over obstacles. It was all about embracing life's messes, celebrating life’s obstacles, and helping our mothers, daughters, sisters and friends to do the same in support of Bright Pink, a charity organization that raises awareness about breast and ovarian cancer.

CONGRATULATIONS!CONGRATULATIONS!CONGRATULATIONS!CONGRATULATIONS!

Johanna Sarah Neufeld and Sarah Winn Marquez were married on August 27th at

The Adler Study of the Society of Ethical Culture New York, New York

Sarah is the daughter of Cathryn Marquez

CUF congratulates the Orono-Old Town Kiwanis

As the group ends its fiscal year, they will have given away close to $50,000! From college scholarships to

Lifeflight, from our public libraries to Little League, from Stillwater Community Arts to the Old Town-Orono

YMCA—the list of those on the receiving end seems endless! Thank you to all who donated items, time and

energy to the July 2014 Auction!

Cards of love and encouragement to Phyllis Borns

9 Alumni Drive Orono ME 04473 Jane Ann Cooper

9 Alumni Drive Orono ME 04473 Joanne Scontras

24 Kettle Cove Rd. Cape Elizabeth ME 04107 Sandra Warner

Winterberry Heights Rm 206 932 Ohio St. Bangor ME 04401

Cards of condolence to

Woody Carville

135 Bennoch Road Orono, ME 04473

Deborah Carville-Welton

552 E. Fourth St. S. Boston, MA 02127

Douglas Carville

4-B Intervale Ct. Hudson, NH 03051

on the death of

Jean Evelyn Grindle Carville

Cards of condolence to

Lauri Sidelko

P O Box 173 Stillwater, ME 04489

on the death of both of her grandmothers Gladys Kalk, 97 and Mildred McGrath, 94

Cards of condolence to Dr. Susan Meyer Durst

Konrad-Adenauer-Str.15 D-55270 Zornheim, Ger. Dr. Clinton Louis Meyer

7429 Masonboro Sound Rd. Wilmington, NC 28409

Annette Meyerhorn 50 Atkinson Street, Dover, NH 02840

on the death of their mother Elizabeth Coplin Swingle Meyer

Memorial Service: Friday, Sept 12, 3:00 CUF

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Join us for

Messy ChurchMessy ChurchMessy ChurchMessy Church, a

family friendly

time of worship,

crafts, food and

fellowship as we learn about the stories

Jesus told. Saturday, October 4, 4-6 pm,

in the Sanctuary and Vestry we will learn

about the parable of the Good Samaritan.

Young Voices

We are all sad to see the Twitchell-

Morrison family move from Orono and

wish them all the best in their new home

in Southern Maine. After considerable

thought about the best way to continue

having music an integral part of our

children and youth's religious education

experience, the Deacons have decided to

incorporate the music into the weekly

Sunday school/YAWP program. This way

the music will be more of an integral part

of the Sunday experience for our children

and youth. The religious education staff

and teachers will work with the Young

Voices every Sunday as part of the

religious education curriculum. Stay

tuned for some lovely music coming from

our young people!

News from Religious News from Religious News from Religious News from Religious

Education: Welcome to the Education: Welcome to the Education: Welcome to the Education: Welcome to the

“Jesus year!”“Jesus year!”“Jesus year!”“Jesus year!” This year at the Church of Universal Fellowship,

our elementary youth curriculum will focus in on

Jesus of Nazareth. We will explore Jesus' Jewish

identity and learn about the Jewish holidays of

Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Sukkot. We will

retell many of the stories Jesus told and the stories

told about him. We will explore the values Jesus

lived and why these values matter to people here in

our congregation. We will attempt to learn all we

can about life in first century Palestine and we will

wonder together about all we can't ever know! We

are looking forward to involving the adults in our

conversations, so be ready for some interesting

questions from the young people!

Please also consider volunteering in the classroom.

Assistant teachers are only a one week

commitment (no preparation needed at all).

Regular teachers teach for a month at a time and

they do need to do some prep work. They also

need to have been attending the CUF for at least 6

months. If you think you might be interested in

helping out in either of these ways, please contact

Sarah Marx at 866-8615 or sarahmarx@yahoo.com

There will be a teacher training for all interested

teachers, parents and community members right

after church on September 28th. It will run from

12-2pm and lunch and child care will be provided.

Everyone is welcome to attend! Please RSVP to

Sarah via email sarahmarx@yahoo.com or phone

866-8615 so that we can plan the appropriate

amount of food.

ITEMS and SKILLS needed: If you wouldn’t mind collecting the following

items, we could use them for our elementary

programs. We will leave a box in the Gathering

Place entry hall where you can leave the items.

Thank you in advance!

1) shoe boxes

2) match boxes (the big kitchen size and the

smaller box size are both needed, but especially the

small ones!)

3) nets/bags from citrus fruit or onions

4) plastic berry baskets

Also, if you have any of the following skills (or

know someone who does), please let Sarah Marx

know via email sarahmarx@yahoo.com or phone

866-8615:

1) baking bread

2) crocheting, making lace or macramé

3) carding or spinning

wool/weaving/dying/shearing sheep

4) using a mortar and pestle

5) fishing or lobstering in the ocean / repairing

fishing nets

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH!

Sarah Marx, Dir. of Children and Youth Ministries

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Friday Book Night List

2014 7:00 pm Gathering Place

October 3: Pink Chimneys by Ardeana Hamlin Knowles; host: Judy Kuhns- Hastings Ms. Hamlin lives in Maine It is a historical novel of the beginnings of Bangor. This book is still in demand and was reprinted in 2007 at the 20th anniversary of its publishing. Pink Chimneys is required reading for the Women’s Curriculum at the University of Maine. You do not have to have read the book to come to the group. The discussion is lively. Judy Kuhns-Hastings will be the group leader that eve. All are welcome to attend. November 7: Spirit of Fire: The Life and Vision of Teilhard de Chardin by Ursula King host: Rev. Lorna Grenfell December 5: Ordinary Grace by William Kent Kruegar; host: Susan Heath

State of Grace Book List

2014 State of Grace, the monthly women’s book group at

CUF, has selected the following books for 2014-

2015. Join us for one, a few, or all of these

discussions. We meet at 5:30 pm in the Gathering

Place and share discussion, laughs and often pizza

too! Call Johanna Szillery at 827-4172 for more

information.

Sept. 22 - David and Goliath by Malcom

Gladwell

Oct. 20 - The Testament: A Novel by Nino Ricci

Nov. 17 - Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

Dec. 15 – Bossypants by Tina Fey

Movie Night! Dessert Buffet!

Our film this month is the story of a group of previously unacquainted Brits who conclude that a "pensioner's life" is not for them! They travel to India to take up residence in a formerly grand hotel. Come enjoy the adventures of this star-studded cast--Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Penelope Wilton, Tom Wilkinson, Bill Nighy, Dev Patel--the list goes on and on. You're going to like this one! All are welcome! Our host this month is Rev. Lorna. We will gather in the Mackenzie Room at 6:00

on Friday, September 26. PLEASE NOTE: Our Deacons have changed this event into a movie and

Dessert Buffet! Please have supper before you come and bring goodies to share! Popcorn and coffee/tea will be served!

Who? How well do you know your church family? Each month, the WIND will ask a question about someone in our congregation. Ask around! Talk to people! See if you can find the answer before it is published the following month! Here is the September challenge! What CUF mother/daughter combo recently visited Stockholm, Amsterdam and London?

Change of Addresses

Henry and Dawn Woodbrey

12 Alpine Court

Orono, ME 04473

As of Sept 15:

Twitchell/Morrison

8 Patterson Dr

Kennebunk, ME 04043

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The Church of Universal Fellowship’s Hospitality Team

invites YOU to

Salad Sunday!

September 21st

Salads and Desserts in the Vestry

Come to Worship!

Stay for lunch!

The event you've been waiting for!

CUF's STAY FOR LUNCH Sunday featuring

*scrumptious salads!

*old world breads!

*world class desserts!

Don't miss this social event of the fall season!

CUF’s Hospitality Team invites EVERYONE to stay for lunch (no charge!) after 10:15 worship on Sunday, September 21st. Have you spent the summer months enjoying riverside walks and beautiful gardens in Orono? Have you been away at the shore or camp or visiting family and friends? Please plan to stay and break bread together, catch up with new and old friends of your faith family.

Heart Rhythm Meditation Heart Rhythm Meditation coordinates breath and heartbeat and is a refinement of a form of meditation that has

been practiced for millennia. Learning Heart Rhythm Meditation is like learning to play an instrument--the

instrument is you. Under the leadership of Steve Hodgdon, this new group meets to learn meditation

practices together that can be used on one’s own throughout the week. Heart Rhythm Meditation (HRM)

coordinates one’s internal rhythms, producing coherence across heartbeat, breath and brainwaves. This

coherence strengthens the connection between mind and heart, so that our emotions become more

understandable and our choices more conscious. HRM benefits cardiac health and increases circulation.

Internal coherence reduces anxiety and fear and increases one’s influence and capacity. Ultimately, HRM can

bring a state of radiant peace, and we have a greater effect on our surroundings than our surroundings have on

us. We begin on Tues., Sept. 16. For more information please contact Steve at shodgdon@rsu26.org.

Tuesdays 6:30 p.m. CUF Library All are welcome!

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CUF is seeking a Director for The Bodwell Hand Bell Choir. The qualified candidate needs to be able to read and conduct music and to organize and choose hand bell music for a wide variety of skill sets. The choir rehearses weekly on Monday evenings and plays during the church service once per month. The Bodwell Hand Bell Choir Director is paid $1500 for the year, September 1 – May 31. If you would like to apply for this position, please send a letter of interest with a resume to Linda Woodward at the Church of Universal Fellowship office by Monday, September 22, 2014. There is a detailed job description available in the church office.

As many of you know, the Morrison/Twitchell family is moving back to southern Maine.

Tiffany Twitchell has taken a new job in York, Maine and David Morrison has been

working for a consulting firm in Gorham for most of the past year. Their departure

saddens our church community, and we will be saying a formal farewell in worship on

Sunday, September 14.Sunday, September 14.Sunday, September 14.Sunday, September 14.

...from the Commissioned Minister

Welcome to the month of September and the promise of cooler weather. Hope you had a memorable summer

and enjoyed the warmer weather. At the Veterans Home, we have been busy on the unit during the summer

months despite my being “out of commission” for a good part of it. Special thanks to everyone for their

thoughtfulness during this time. In June we celebrated Father's Day as each one named their dad and we

remembered each one in prayer. It was a joyful time for us to learn the names of our fathers and something

about our dads. Afterward we celebrated with cheese and crackers. It's a joy to enter the unit and see a small

group “greeting” the visitors as they enter the unit. Yes, these are our “Greeters.” This summer I was awarded

a certificate and ten-year pin for working at MVH for ten years. WOW! I can't believe it's been ten years

(going on eleven years this December) that I've been at the Home...I love it! I shared the certificate and pin

with the folks on the Unit...needless to say, they loved it and felt a part of the celebration.

I continue to do ministry along with the assigned activities, on the Unit. During the summer I participated in

my first burial service of a Jew, a resident of the Vets Home with whom I had a special relationship. Rabbi

Lerner of Congregational Bethel El graciously visited him at my request before he made his transition. It is

always sad when we lose someone … Also, this summer, I was invited to lead worship at the Montville Baptist

Church. The church was “born” in the 1800s. What a privilege to serve this small congregation in a building

that is over one-hundred years old! One can only imagine how it felt to worship there in the earlier days, in a

building heated by a small wood stove with an out-house located behind the building. So many souls

worshiped in that same building before us. The congregation invited me back to lead the beginning of this

month. Yours is not the less noble because no drum beats before you when you go out into your daily battlefields, and

no crowds shout about your coming when you return from your daily victory or defeat. -- Robert Louis

Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish Novelist

With love, prayers and blessings, Anne Borreggine

Fall Fair: If you are interested in chairing the Fall Fair, please contact the church office. Thank you to Mary Anne Eason for chairing the fair over the past few years.

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Photo Release Form

If a picture is really worth a thousand words, then The Church of Universal Fellowship is truly blessed. In order to demonstrate the many activities of our busy church family to our community and the wider world, we would like to publish your child/ren's photo/image/video on the CUF website, on CUF bulletin boards, and in other in-house publicity. Please note NO names will be used on the church's website or in any other forum. No photos will be published without written consent from the parent/guardian. ___ I/We ____________________________(name/s of parent/s or guardian/s)

WILL ALLOW __________________________________(name of child/ren)'s photos(without names) to be used on church social media sites, including the church website, Facebook, church bulletin boards, and other in-house publicity. ____ I/We __________________________________(name/s of parent/s or guardian/s) WILL NOT ALLOW _______________________________(name of child/ren)'s photos(without names) to be used on church social media sites, including the church website, Facebook, church bulletin boards, and other in-house publicity. ____________________________________ _______________________ (Parent signature) (Date) This form is good for one year from the date on the form. Please complete and return the PHOTO FORM to the church office. We need to have written consent to use your child(ren)'s photos. If you will allow us to use their photos on our website and for in-house publicity, thank you for letting us highlight the many wonderful activities and important work of the Church of Universal Fellowship. You may place the form in my mailbox outside the church office or mail it to: Church of Universal Fellowship, 82 Main St. Orono, ME 04473 Thank you, Barbara Turner, Communications

Very Involved Parishioner (VIP) Survey 2014

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The 2013 VIP Survey was extremely helpful

in planning and organizing all the special

events and regular activities taking place at

our busy church. Many of you provided

valuable feedback on our first survey-which

will be incorporated into the new and

improved VIP Survey 2014. The new survey

should be coming your way by mid-

September.

Looking forward to seeing all of you back at

CUF! Stefanie Egenhofer, Lay Ministries

ALLIANCE

Alliance will enjoy a Fall Get-together Tues.

Sept. 9 in the Gathering Place at noon. Bring

a bag lunch, beverage and dessert will be

provided. It will be a great time to catch-up

after a too short Maine summer. All are

welcome. If transportation is needed, call

Judy 942-0974.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

Property Committee: Monday, Sept 8 5:30

Gathering Place

Alliance: Tuesday, Sept 9 12:00 Gathering

Place

Service Group: Tuesday, Oct 7 9:00 am

MacKenzie Room

Trustees: Sunday, Oct 19 12:15 Ministers

Office

Deacons: Tuesday, Oct 21 at 5:30

Gathering Place

The CUF Senior Choir welcomes all voices! Practices are Wednesday evenings

6-7 and Sunday mornings at 9:00 am Please join us! Molly Webster, Director

NEWS FROM OUR CARETAKER………… It’s been busy over the summer with the upkeep of

our beautiful church. I hope you have noticed some

of the work that has been done, and perhaps would

like to know what has happened through the

summer here at CUF.

• The main stairway that had become very rusted

was one of the biggest projects. All the treads

were peeled off, the rust was tended to and the

metal of the stairs was primed and painted. The

treads have been put back on and the walls in

the stairway received some touch up painting.

• The narthex has had much attention including

staining the wood around the stairs, painting

the railings, added wood tops to the railing up

rights, and a good steam cleaning of the carpet.

The concrete steps at the entrance of the

narthex have also been patched and painted.

• The Gathering Place entrance doors have been

repaired and the entry hallway has been

repainted along with the bulletin boards. Since

the leak has been fixed the damaged ceiling

tiles in the main entrance were replaced as well.

• The attic, closets, and outside shed have been

cleaned.

Many other repairs are still on going. Please let me

know if there is anything that needs my attention.

Thanks to the hard work of Randy Adkins the

church grounds have been landscaped and seeded.

Randy also fixed the railing on the porch and has

been very helpful to me through the summer.

Thank you very much, Randy, and everyone else

for any and all assistance. These projects would be

much more difficult to get done if it weren’t for a

congregation that is always helping keep things

neat and clean.

Thomas Griffith, CUF Caretaker

Calling All Bakers!!

The CUF freezer is almost empty,

and we would love some baked goods for the

ever so popular CUF Sunday Coffee Hour.

Anything is welcome...maybe put those

overgrown zucchini to good use and whip up a

batch of zucchini bread! Thank you very much.

Deacons, Fellowship Caring Team

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