Dear Friends, Our children are indeed a vital part of our faith community. In the past month, they have sung to us, played the hand bells for us, reported on our walking around the world, and given us gifts of marigolds! So it comes as no surprise that an overwhelming number of your Blue Skies II post-it notes have affirmed in every way their participation and presence in the worship service. In their singing to us, this is their message… If the song's to be sung, we must sing it. If the love's to be shared, we must bring it. For God is calling us now indeed to go where there is need. If the word's to be heard, we must speak it. If the peace is to come, we must seek it. For God is calling us now indeed to go where there is need. N. Sleet, arr. Shafferman In their singing to us, they want us to remember… It takes a village. It takes a village to raise. It takes a village to raise a child. It takes a village. No one can do it alone. It takes a village to raise a child. Raffi Excellent Sunday School programming doesn’t just “happen”. Many, many people are involved. As a congregation, we are indeed grateful for our church school teachers and assistants, for the extraordinary, volunteer leadership of Sarah Marx and Tiffany Twitchell, for the staff leadership of Barbara Turner and Liz Leavitt, and for the guidance of the Deacons’ Spiritual Growth Team. Thank you, too, to those who have stepped forward to teach this summer! See you in church! Lornagrace The Reverend Lorna Grenfell

The Church of Universal Fellowship ~ Summer Schedule 2013 ~ 9:30 am Worship Services

with Nursery Care and Sunday School Sundays, June 9–16: The Reverend Lorna Grenfell Sunday, June 23: Guest Preacher: Rabbi Darah Lerner Congregation Beth El, Bangor, Maine Sundays June 30–July 21: The Reverend Emily Taylor Reverend Taylor is a retired minister of the United Church of Christ and a member of the Church of Universal Fellowship. Sundays, July 28–August 11: The Reverend Lorna Grenfell Sunday, August 18: The Reverend Emily Taylor Sundays, Aug. 25-Sept. 1: The Reverend Lorna Grenfell

The Church Universal Fellowship

82 Main Street Orono, Maine 04473

207-866-3655

email: cuf82@myfairpoint.net

web address: churchofuniversalfellowship.org

Minister’s Message 1

Around CUF 2

Summer Reading 3

Summer Minister 4

Young People 5

Alliance 6

Commissioned Minister 7

Schedules 8

Artsapalooza 9

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Wedding Congratulations! Mark E. Baker

and The Reverend Darren L. Morgan

May 28 th Church of Universal Fel lowship

Katharine Alexandra Locke and

Julian Matthew Wiggins Apri l 27 th The University Forest

Cards of love to Elizabeth Buck

191 Bennoch Road, Orono, ME 04473

Marjorie Moore Woodlands Assisted Living

53 Colonial Circle, Brewer, Maine 04412

Cards of condolence to Dr. James Georgitis

286 Arundel Road Kennebunkport, ME 04046

~~on the death of his father William Georgitis

Happy 98th Birthday to Anne Hathaway 9 Alumni Drive Orono, ME 04473

AWARDS Sandra L. Caron, Ph.D.

Professor of Family Relations/Human Sexuality College of Education/Human Development

University of Maine Annual Award from

Mabel Wadsworth Women’s Health Center

Jessie Walker Orono Middle School

First Place Modern Woodmen of America Regional/State Speech Contest

(on to the National competition for Jessie!)

Benjamin Blood Orono Middle School Student Improvement Award

HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATIONS Old Town High School

YAWPers: Kelsey Byther, Carrissa Carroll, Brooke Cole, Reid Horton, Adam Letourneau, Ben Lovejoy, Jameson Ploch, Ben Smith, and Laura Vaillancourt

Orono High School Elisa Bruggiefredo

(AFS student living with Jessie Walker) Chloe Douglass

Jillian Woodward

Oyster River High School, Durham, NH Dylan Trueblood

(Dorothy Turner’s grandson)

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES Amos Almay: Bachelors from Ursinus College

(Cynthia Ellis’ grandson)

Maria Bustillo Bachelors from Wellesley College (Betty Carr’s granddaughter)

Patrick Egenhofer: Bachelors from

American University, Washington DC

Jon Hawley: Bachelors from University of Maine

Kelly Moore and Kirsten Moore Bachelors from Westchester University

(Phyllis Born’s granddaughters)

GRADUATE DEGREES Simon Bilyk

Masters in Violin Performance SUNY Purchase

Karen Carr Bustillo Ph.D. in Materials Science Engineering

Berkeley

Parker Eason Ph. D. in Mechanical Engineering

Rice University

Matthew Jones Masters in Ecology & Environmental Science

University of Maine

CUF bids a fond farewell to the Sobolik-Peterson family as they move to Dayton, Ohio. Kristin Sobolik, former Professor and Dean at the University of Maine, is the new Dean of Liberal Arts at Wright State University. CUF and Orono will miss you all!

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Book Nights! The books for the 2013-2014 season are on the book cart in the Gathering Place. October 4: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien and The Christian World of the Hobbit by Devin Brown; Barbara Turner, facilitator November 8: My Own Country by Abraham Verghese; facilitator TBA December 6: The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett; facilitator TBA January 3: Aleph by Paulo Coelho; facilitator TBA February 7: The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver; facilitator TBA March 7: Losing Julia by Jonathan Hull; facilitator TBA April 4: Made for Goodness by Desmond Tutu and Mpho Tutu; facilitator TBA May 2: Time, Love, Memory by Jonathan Weiner; Alma Homola, facilitator If you would like to facilitate the discussion in November, December, January, February, March, or April, please get in touch with Barbara Turner (866-2181) with your preferred date.

Movie Night Schedule 2013-14

Save the dates!!! September 27, October 25, November 22,

December 27, January 31, February 28, March 28, April 25, and May 30.

If you have a movie you would like to show, and are willing to host (involves ordering pizza, and providing drinks and popcorn), choose a date and let Barbara Turner (866-2181) know what your movie will be so that the description can be in the WIND the month before.

State of Grace Summer Reading List! It’s that time of year... get your summer stack of books and get relaxing and reading! Here are the books that the State of Grace group has selected for 2013-2014. Pick some or all, and join us in the fall! Please call Johanna Szillery at 827-4172 for more information.

September 23: Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout October 21: She’s Not There by Jennifer Finney Boylan November 18: Stroke of Insight by Jill Bolte Taylor December 16: Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer from People Who’ve Lived the Longest by Dan Buettner January 20: Proof of Heaven by Eben Alexander February 17: Peace in Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Every Step by Thich Nhat Hanh March 17: Elsewhere, by Richard Russo April 21: When We Were the Kennedys: A memoir from Mexico, Maine by Monica Wood May 19: The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout

ADDRESS CHANGES

Anne Borreggine 208 Essex Street, #6 Bangor, ME 04401

cell phone #450-1634

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CUF’s Summer Guest Minister

The Reverend Emily Taylor is a native of Waterville, Maine. She graduated from Northfield School for Girls in Northfield, Massachusetts, and from Tufts University with a BS in Biology and Chemistry. She also holds a Masters of Education from the University of Maine and has taught high school in Bangor, Falmouth and Gorham. Emily graduated with a Masters in Divinity in 2003 and a Doctorate of Ministry in 2010, both from Bangor Seminary. She has recently retired from her position as minister of the Union Congregational Church of Ellsworth Falls, UCC. Emily moved to Orono with her husband Joe last November. She has always been active in church activities and played for seven years in the Bangor Symphony. She has many friends in the Bangor area where her two children also live. Emily was a dear friend of Sally Jacobs. CUF is delighted to have Emily here in the pulpit while Reverend Lorna is on vacation.

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News of our Young People: Bibles were presented to Emma Cowing, Tucker Ellis, Porter Hubbard, Eliza McPhee and Joy Wasson on June 2.

Sunday school children presented marigolds to all the people who had helped with youth religious education this year.

Jessie Walker will be competing in the national speech competition sponsored by Modern Woodmen of America. Jessie's speech, which she wrote herself, is on Malala Yousafzai, a teenage Pakistani activist who was shot by the Taliban for advocating the education of girls.

Sunday School: There are still two Sundays open for summer Sunday School teachers: July 7 and July 28. Books and lesson plans are in the Gathering Place. You can also sign up to be an assistant. Thank you to those who have already agreed to teach or help! This summer we will be using children's literature to explore the theme of how to live peaceably with other people through cultivating the virtues of peace, respect, love, joy, kindness, gentleness, faithfulness, responsibility, self-control, patience, community, and peaceful conflict resolution to make God's dream of a peaceful world come true. In September, the elementary Sunday School class will be following the Joyful Path curriculum from the Center for Progressive Christianity. "A Joyful Path is a brand new Spiritual Curriculum for Ages 6-10 developed and published by The Center for Progressive Christianity. Inspiring to teachers and children alike, A Joyful Path's sessions celebrate compassion for all, the wisdom within, and a joy- filled life."(from the Living the Questions web site). Like Hide and Seek with God, this curriculum uses stories, reflecting questions and activities to reinforce the message of the lesson. Join us for another exciting year!

News from the Middle School: The CUF Middle School Youth Group congratulates everyone at CUF who helped us reach our goal of walking “around the world”. Together we logged 18,022 miles!! Some of us counted steps, some of us counted miles, some people rode bikes, others swam, but together we were a very active group!! Of course, the other important part of our journey was to see how people who have been struck by natural disasters are moving forward in their lives.

We learned about the devastation in New Orleans, Haiti, Japan, and the New York City area and made donations to the St. Bernard Project, Doctors without Borders, and All Hands Volunteers to support their work in these areas. While we have been saddened by the devastation in these parts of the world, we are inspired by the resiliency of the human spirit, the faith that all of these people have in our 110 words for God, and the compassion of our own CUF family who has supported relief efforts in these places. Thank you all! To celebrate this project, we are asking all of you to walk with us on the last celebratory mile on Sunday, June 9, right after church -- yes, if you need to get coffee or a snack first, please do so. Then, join us as we walk from CUF to Orono High School and back! Feel free to bring balloons, kazoos, harmonicas, or any other celebratory equipment!

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The Wayne A. Hamilton, P.E., Civil Engineering Scholarship Recipient My name is Yi Peng. I was born in a conservative village in Ba’nan, Chongqing, China 27 years ago. My families are farmers who rely on one acre of land for living. Because I am a girl and my parents are very poor, I could not continue into high school. From finishing middle school in 2000 in China, to GED graduation in 2010 in America, and then from community college to university, I have experienced so much more than a traditional college student in the U.S. I have never given up my dream of higher education. I met my ex-husband, Brian, at work in Chongqing. He was an ESL teacher. We had our daughter, Emily, in 2006. We came to America in 2009, and settled in his home state-Maine. That September, I started classes at Lawrence Adult Education to learn English and to prepare for the GED. In May 2010, I received my GED diploma and was ranked in the top 25%. From fall 2010 to spring 2012, I studied at Kennebec Valley Community College and worked as a math and science tutor and receptionist later on. During the summer of 2011, I received a full scholarship from the Exploring Transfer Program at Vassar College. It was an intensive residential academic program, where we took two courses over five weeks and read and wrote more than 20 texts. While I was in New York in the Vassar program, my ex-husband served me with divorce papers to show his disapproval of my choice of continuing my education. He hired a lawyer; they filed a protection order against me so that he could retain sole custody of our daughter and prevent my return to our marital home. Even though I had only been in this country for two years, I was determined to finish studying at Vassar, and to work through the legal process with the help from faculty and classmates. When I returned to Maine, I resolved the protection order with the support from my friends in Maine, at Vassar , and the judge. Although the divorce has not been finalized, I have regained shared custody of my daughter and have relocated to Old Town to attend the University of Maine, thanks to my lawyer, Susan, who volunteers for my case. I was prepared for a full load of university-level courses. I participated in the math competition and received third prize in the Calculus II group. As a civil engineering major, I attended the Maine Transportation Conference in December 2012 in Augusta, and assisted instructor Will Manion with the Bridge Contest. I work at the Folger Library; I am a member of the Society of Women Engineers and the American Society of Civil Engineers. As a reward for one semester of hard work, I received an A for each of my six courses. I would not be where I am without the help from others. The Wayne A. Hamilton, P.E., Civil Engineering Scholarship is a critical financial support for my education at the University of Maine. My goal ultimately is to support others to be successful, using my knowledge as a civil engineer, an instructor, and a translator, as well as a person who has traveled a long, hard road to realize my dream of higher education and a better life.

ALLIANCE

Thanks to all who gave of their time and service to make our 25th Daffodil Luncheon a huge success. Special thanks to our leaders Judy Whitney and June Fiske. Following lunch the Fashion Show, arranged by Jean Carville, was a hit with all. Clothing from our Orono Health Association was modeled and some items were purchased on the spot! Another wonderful community event held at the Church of Universal Fellowship.

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A Note from the Treasurer: Ourbudgetedpledgesfortheyearwere$176,644andthroughtheendofMay,wehavereceived$94,694.23whichis53.61%ofthebudgetedamount.Therefore,weareaheadoftargetwhichisAWESOME!Pleasekeepthepledgescominginthroughoutthesummerwhichtendstobewhenwehaveour“cashcrunch”period.Operatingexpensesarerightontrack–sowe’redoingverywellsofarthisyear!

EnjoyyoursummerandmayGodBlessYou!KathyBarry,CUFTreasurer

Upcoming Hospitality and Greeting Schedule HospitalityGreetersJune9 JudyandJessePerkinsWalker ReneeandWillHunterJune16JoyceandPaulHarris SusanandFredHeathJune23RoriKnottandLindseyLaChance GinnyandJohnHackneyJune30IrenevonHoffmannandJohnMcCormackStephenBurnhamandDavidCoxJuly7PhyllisBornsandMarthaO’BrienMaryAnneEasonJul14 JanetandMarkBilyk BettyCalkinsandCynthiaEllisJul21 TrudyandWendallTremblay JenniferandChristopherCowingJul28 StefanieEgenhofer StefanieEgenhofer

SUMMER OFFICE HOURS! JUNE: The office is open Tuesday, Wednesday, & Friday 9:00 am – 2:00 pm! Reverend Lorna Grenfell will be available in her office on Wed and Friday 10:00 am – 1:00 pm (or by appointment.) JULY & AUGUST: The office is open Wednesday & Friday 9:00am – 2:00pm. The mail and messages are checked regularly. If you need to reach Linda for an emergency, please call her at 745-0206. Reverend Lorna will be away on vacation from June 20 – July 26 and August 17-24. During that time our pulpit will be covered by guest ministers (see summer preaching schedule). Our Deacons, Paul Harris (866-4991) until July 11 and Stefanie Egenhofer (866-3862) after July 11 will be caring for any emergencies that may arise and by calling a minister for pastoral care should one be needed.

Studio Voice Recital! Sunday, June 9th at 4pm, students from Molly Webster's voice studio cordially invite you to their spring recital. Featuring over 20 students and works by composers such as; Purcell, Bach, and Handel, in addition to Broadway and Folk tunes and contemporary pieces, this is a truly eclectic program! These students have worked very hard this semester and would love to sing for you! A huge thanks goes out to The Church of Universal Fellowship and the congregation for allowing us the opportunity to use such a beautiful space for not only lessons, but this recital as well! Several members of our church will also be singing and Amy Maier will be our incredibly talented accompanist. Hope to see you Sunday, June 9th at 4pm!

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...from the Commissioned Minister Greetings … belatedly to the moms on our special day in May. Heartfelt greetings to the dads on their special day in June. Thanks Lorna for another beautiful celebration of mothers this year and I'm sure another memorable celebration of fathers. Maine Vets Home... Chapel...We chose the furniture, fabric colors and designs for the comfortable chairs at our latest chapel meeting. The target completion date is June 7th. The latest copies of the outside stained glass windows and the inside creation are on the bulletin board in the Gathering Place. It's exciting to see the chapel come together. It's amazing how far one idea can go. After our Pentecost Service I left for work at the Maine Vets Home. On the Special Care unit, we had a small Pentecost Service and blessed folks with a Holy Spirit made by one of our children who wanted to be blessed. One woman was fascinated by this creation, which I posted it on the bulletin board in her room. During “Volunteers Week”, the numerous volunteers at the Maine Vets Home were treated to a sumptuous dinner. Afterward they were individually acknowledged with a certificate and gift. It was heartwarming to see so many, including service men and women auxiliaries who lovingly give of themselves to residents. Four residents on our Special Care unite passed to spirit in the space of eight days. It was a sad time for us … a privilege and a blessing for me to be present with each resident and to spend time with family members. These are brief reminders of the brevity of life and of our responsibility to do whatever we can for others in the name of Jesus. Volunteers... At the assisted living facility where I volunteer each week, we were recognized at a Tea and given a gift. Last, but certainly not least, are some remarks about my recent move. Of utmost importance is the acknowledgment of four saints who spent hours helping me move from my apartment to our new location. They are Ed, Paul, Randy and my son Nick. Although words can never express our deepest heartfelt gratitude for their help, after it was over, my son stated, “these men are real Christians.” We could never have done this without them. So many boxes to transport with numerous books. Once in our new apartment, it was easier to weed out and give a coat to a woman in my building who told me she had no winter coat but wore a “hoody” this winter. Items were given to Kiwanis and second hand stores...and there's more to go to the second hand store and to Kiwanis. During the move the story of the rich young man's question to Jesus about what he must do to inherit eternal life, frequently came to mind… as did especially Jesus' response, “...go, sell what you own, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me...” I heard Jesus talking to me. Too many “things” can easily distract from our call. So immediately after the move I began to pack stuff to give away, and will continue to do so. After all, it's only “stuff!” Have a safe and enjoyable summer. Let's continue to pray for each other. Anne Borreggine Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, Or what's a heaven for? -- Robert Browning

Summer Schedule Gateway Senior Center

The Gateway Senior Center announced their summer schedule. There are a variety of activities available for everyone, including a walking group, writing group, sketching group and a knitting group to name a few. The full list of activities is available in the Gathering Place. All of these summer activities are free of charge and will meet at the Library.

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