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Rev. Fritz Hudson

Venture Vol. 58, No. 3 ‑ July 2017

Our Mission: To be a compassionate, welcoming community that nurtures spiritual growth and practices justice.

A Month of SundaysOne Service & Religious Education for Children & Youth

at 10:00 am through September 4

Childcare available during services for babies and toddlers (6 months+ to 3 years old)

August 7 Community Can Be Holy NowKevin Jagoe, MNM, Candidate for Unitarian UniversalistMinistry, Worship LeaderAnne BlackSinak, Worship AssociateJaymi Wilson, Music

In our current religious, political, and social landscape it can bechallenging to create or find places that are safe. Our sanctuaries havealways been created spaces. In our covenantal tradition, the very act ofgathering together is a religious and holy one. So how do we createcommunity and sanctuary that is ever more expansive? Kevin W. Jagoe is a Candidate for Ministry with the UUA. He holds a BA in anthropology and criminaljustice as well as a Master in Nonprofit Management from Hamline University in Saint Paul. He is agraduate of the Humanist Institute and is currently studying for his Master of Divinity at MeadvilleLombard Theological School. He currently serves on the Board of the Unitarian Universalist HumanistAssociation.

August 14 Youth Leadership and Ministry in Our Congregation Megan Schulz and Nate Shriver, Worship LeadersJeff LarsonKeller, Worship AssociateJaymi Wilson, Music

Megan Schulz and Nate Shriver will reflect on their experience in how they and our youth are involvedin the youth congregation and explore ways to more fully integrate the youth congregation with the adultcongregation into a multigenerational congregation. They will draw on UU youth ministry andleadership development programs they have each attended this summer.

August 21 Something in the Water?Rev. Fritz Hudson, Worship Leader Ann Hutton, Worship AssociateConnie Schuelka, keyboards



Water's carrying capacity is legendary, for agents of ease and disease. Does the water we mingle inour Unitarian Universalist Water Communion Rite carry agency?

August 28 "Like Rivers to the Sea: Annual Multigenerational Water Communion"Rev. Fritz Hudson, Kate ThompsonJewell, Ramona Barr, Mark Brutinel, Worship LeadersWalden Hill Vocal Ensemble, Joe Mish, DirectorConnie Schuelka, organ/piano

Where or how have we found and felt new life this summer? As the season turns, we draw upon ourseparate wellsprings to flow again toward a common course. Please bring a small bit of water collectedin your summer refreshment (or plan to draw water from our shared reservoir) to pour into ourcommunion bowl saying 7 words to express its spirit.

DRE Draft Day(August 2016)

Today we open our search for our next Director of Religious Education. The announcement isbelow. Once you've read it, please consider:

Is there someone you should encourage our join our team?Might YOU be that someone?

Don't be shy. Catch the spirit. I look forward to our exploration.

email: [email protected]: 4026173055

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Rochester MN hereby invites inquiries andapplications to fill the position of:

Director of Religious EducationResponsibilities:

team with church staff and lay leadership to foster a community which nurtures spiritual growth inthe church's children and youthsynergize active shared ministry with the church's children's & youth education committeeresearch and select curricula for Sunday children's & youth programsrecruit, train and support volunteer leaders for Sunday children & youth programsteam with Minister & Music CoDirectors to plan & lead multigenerational Sunday worshipplan & lead Sunday children's chapel servicesteam with Congregational Life Coordinator to welcome and assimilate newcomer families.supervise the Childcare Coordinator & the Summer Sunday Children's Program Coordinatorfacilitate multigenerational social service, social justice & communitybuilding programsinsure publication of program opportunities to church constituents & the communityatlargeoversee acquisition & maintenance of education materialsmanage funds & maintain records for education program

Time Commitment:

30 hours per week, including Sunday mornings

Time Off:

mailto:[email protected]



2 weekdays per week; 5 Sunday mornings SeptMay; 21 paiddaysoff per year

Compensation:

$30,350 $35,650 annual salary (determined by credentials & experience) Plus:

Medical, dental, disability, and life insuranceRetirement account contributionProfessional development allowance

Start Date:

Negotiable after September 18, 2016

Proposals for more than one person to share the responsibilities and compensation are invited. ALL CANDIDATES WHOSE APPROACH TO PROGRAMMING IS COMPATIBLE WITH THECHURCH'S PRINCIPLES & SPIRIT WILL BE CONSIDERED. Application may be made by submitting a resume and cover letter to the Church's Minister:

Rev. Fritz HudsonEmail: [email protected] All applications will be held in confidence.Interviews will begin August 22. Inquiries and applications areinvited until the position is filled.

Leadership & FollowershipJerry Katzmann, President, Board of Directors

Earlier this year, Rev. Hudson used the familiar image of Rochester's flying geese formations as ametaphor to talk about congregational life and social justice work. The flock has a leader who knows thedestination and does the hard work of breaking the wind for the "vee". The flock has faith in the leader,follows on the air currents, and importantly, when the leader grows weary and slides off to the side totake their place in line, another goose steps (soars) forward to the leader position.

At this year's annual meeting we recognized 5committee chairs who stepped aside. In steppingdown from Chair of the Caring Congregation,Jennifer Harveland reminded me of the need tomake room for new people and ideas and quotedRear Admiral Grace Hopper, "The mostdangerous phrase in the English language is:we've always done it this way".

Our "retiring" committee chairs are:

Jennifer Harveland, Caring Congregation.Jennifer worked to improve the committee's communication tools and made it easier to volunteer byorganizing tasks into 2 week blocks.Linda Thompson, cochair, Hospitality and Growth Council. Linda and Ann Lien introducedSunday morning hospitality teams to spread the effort and include more people in making our churchmore welcoming. Anne BlackSinak, Design Committee. Anne has used her creative talents in many ways in ourchurch and now has moved to chair the Worship Committee.Jeff Larson Keller, Worship Committee. Jeff has been a member of our church for 28 years andchaired Worship Committee for more years than I can remember. He was an important part ofestablishing our Worship Associate program and has been a steady voice from the pulpit.




Dave Siljenberg, Finance Committee. Dave and Pat joined the church 8 years ago and jumped rightinto lots of volunteer work. Dave has chaired Finance for 3 years and now joins the Ministerial SearchCommittee.

We are grateful to all of you for your leadership, ideas, and energy.

New Committee Chairs were approved at the June Board meeting:

Vikki Wolff, Caring Congregation. Vikki returns to this job and sees the peopletopeople connectionsand acts of kindness as the embodiment of congregational life. She wants to recruit newer caregiversand pair them with experienced members in "caring teams".Rebecca Rolstad, cochair, Hospitality and Growth. Rebecca joined the church 15 years ago andshe and Steve's enthusiasm and energy lit us up. Rebecca and Steve organized Rev. CarolHepokoski's installation service, and she is now ready to bring her energy to hospitality and growth.Richard Hutton, Design Committee. Richard has served on the Board of Director's, has a longhistory in craft and the arts, and is now stepping into the Chair of Design Committee.Anne BlackSinak, Worship Committee. Anne has been a worship associate and is moving fromDesign Committee Chair to Worship Committee Chair. Her creative and analytic skills are a perfect fit.Linda Thompson, Finance Committee. Linda has been involved in almost every aspect and everycommittee in our church. In addition to cochairing hospitality and growth, she was on Finance,Property, Social Justice Council, and taught in the children's education program. She and Bill arehardworking thoughtful congregants, and she will be a good steward of our church's assets.

We welcome you all and look forward to your work advancing our church's mission.

Continuing committee chairs are:

Paulette DeMers, Communications Committee Julie Gilkinson, Social Justice CouncilTara Freimund, Religious Education Council for Children & YouthGeorge Huston, Property CommitteeAnn Lien, cochair, Hospitality Council

If you are interested in finding out more about any committee's work, please directly contact thecommittee chair.

In addition to committee leadership, there are changes on the Board:

David Kallmes steps down as Board President. David led the Board for 2 years and facilitated asmooth and respectful transition for Rev. Carol Hepokoski. David has embraced the transition process,and has left us well on our way to the next leg of this congregation's journey.Erika Beetcher steps down as a Board Directoratlarge. Erika is one of those highenergy people thatmakes us all wonder how she does it. Erika willingly volunteered for a number of adhoc task groupsincluding religious education activities for children & youth and our church history project.

Jerry Katzmann moves from VicePresident to President. Jerry and Elizabeth have been members ofthe church for 38 years. Jerry has previously been President of the Board, chaired the ReligiousEducation Committee, and served on Worship, Property, and Stewardship Committees. He cochairedthe Capital Fund Drive to remodel our front entrance and make all levels of the church accessible.Gail Bishop joins the Board as VicePresident. Gail and Allen have been members of the church for 27years. Gail has served as Board President, RE Committee Chair, and Chair of Social Justice Council.She recently chaired the statewide MN UU Social Justice Association (MUUSJA). Gail brings herenergy, organizational skills, and passion for social justice work to the Board.Greg Turosak joins the Board as a DirectoratLarge. Greg has served as Property Committee Chairand worked on a hospitality team. He wants to make certain that our church is a safe and welcomingenvironment for all of us: especially families, children, and youth. A strong church home makes it easierto reach out into the wider community.



This workshop is for all current church leaders: councils, committees, task forces, subcommittees,Board Directors, as well as future leaders, and is open to any church member.

The workshop will be led by our Coordinating Team and will focus on:

what it means to be a leaderhow to avoid burnout, and the importance of continuous positive recruitment.

Topics will include:

the evolution of the Program Councilthe concepts of Policy Governancewhat are reasonable expectations of our church office, and how does each of our groups' activities reflect and advance our church's mission to be acompassionate, welcoming community that nurtures spiritual growth and practices justice?

Questions? Contact Gail Bishop

Shared Plate Recipient - Sunday, August 21

The Kathe Yoss Scholarship Fund

PossAbilities of Southern Minnesota is a private, nonprofit organization which creates opportunities forchildren and adults with disabilities to contribute to and connect with the community. We are veryfortunate to have the Kathe Yoss Scholarship Fund for children and young adults whoparticipate in our Youth Recreation program.

As many of you know, Kathe is a gifted educator and leader in services for children with disabilities. Hercommitment to the children she worked with was honored by Ann and Noel Petersen and othercolleagues and friends by establishing the Kathe Yoss Scholarship Fund.

PossAbilities uses the Scholarship Fund to help with camp fees or activity fees so kids can




participate in the activities of their choice. TheScholarship Fund supports 1015 children per year who areable to participate in community based experiences theywould miss otherwise. We are grateful to Kathe Yoss for hercontinued contributions to the Scholarship fund and to you foryour matching contributions which supports our work. Your donation to the shared plate will be matched through

the generosity of a member of our church.

Looking for a Volunteer Opportunity?Do you have some responsibility for generating income or balancing income with expenses at work orhome? Do you enjoy our church auction? Do you LOVE helping your children with math? Perhaps youwere on this committee "once upon a time" and were just waiting for the right time to return? Thenconsider joining our Finance Committee!

This group is not just about numbers andspreadsheets but you will get better at readingsuch files. It is a great way to learn more about ourchurch budget and operations and one way toparticipate within a smaller group at church. Wealso try to bring a sense of humor and some nonfinancial conversation to our meetings!

We look at the monthly financial reports prepared by Connie Schuelka, our CoCongregationalAdministrator; we monitor our income andexpenses; we make recommendations when larger

expenses are encountered by committees; we organize the annual church auction (this year's Auctionis on November 12, 2016), and we also assist with the Stewardship campaign which secures thechurch's expected operating income for the next church year.

We meet at 7 pm on the2nd Thursday of each month. Our next meeting is Thursday, August 11. Youare welcome to attend, and please contact any current members for more information.

Linda Thompson, 201617 Finance chair Committee members: Nate Harff, Dave Siljenberg, Gail Bishop, Rob Harveland (Treasurer)Nonvoting members: Jerry Katzmann (Board President), Connie Schuelka, Rev. Fritz Hudson

Saturday Noon MealsVolunteers needed for Saturday Noon Meals on August 17.

Saturday Noon Meals mission: "To provide an attractively served nutritious meal in a warm, safeatmosphere for persons in need." SNM is Rochester's area soup kitchen on Saturday, and a ChannelOne agency.

The meal is hosted at Christ United Methodist Church, 4005th Avenue SW. Volunteers are needed intwo shifts for the meal:

9:00 to 11:30 am 6 volunteers to cook and prepare the meal11:00 am to 1:30 pm 810 volunteers to serve the meal and clean up afterward




Volunteers start preparation at 9:00 am to serve 100hungry guests . Social time for the guests starts withappetizers at 11:00. An information session for thevolunteers which includes directions for serving themeal is from 11:00 to 11:30. At 12 noon, the meal isserved family style guests sit at the table andvolunteers serve the tables.

Volunteers of all ages are welcome. A signup sheetis available in the Commons or sign up at SignUpGenius:

www.SignUpGenius.com/go/30E0B4DAAA82DABFE3satnoon Any questions, contact Roxanne Schlasner, 2893959 or [email protected]

Rochester for Justice Community Potluck Saturday, August 20 / 2:00 PM 6:00 PMKutzky Park Shelter

(For more information and to sign up, see the Rochester forJustice Facebook page.)

Let's get to know each other while breaking bread andlaughing together. There will be live music, basketball andyard games. We encourage you to bring people who are newto the community, family and friends! What motivates you toseek racial justice? Why do #BlackLivesMatter to you? Shareyour story and some food. Please bring a dish to share. Bringing food is not mandatory

to attend. (If your dish has pork, please label it for our Muslim Brothers and Sisters.)

If you would like to donate to the rental space cost ($100.00) or to future Rochester for Justice events,you can donate our PayPal account. [email protected]. (A sign up for dishes will be posted closer to the date.)

Hawthorne Helps Pokemon is the latest rage. Do you remember, "Where in theWorld is Carmen SanDiego?" as an oldfashion board game orperhaps as a PBS show? That certainly takes us back a ways.What is the point of this article you might wonder?

Ahh yes, the point...UUs may still be asking, "Where in the world isthe Hawthorne Helps donation barrel?" In fact, such an email justarrived in our inbox.

Clue #1 not in the coat room Clue #2 not in the east courtyard exit doorClue #3 not near the left sanctuary stairwell or the defibrillator

The mystery has been solved! The barrel has a new home in theCommons near the sign up table and awaits your August donations.

AugustSeptember Blue Barrel Donations

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HH is collecting SOAP (liquid hand soap and dish soap) inAugust and September and will deliver the items withkindness, respect and a smile. Thank U all.

Questions? Sandy MacLaughlin or Sandy Ramage

Happening at First UUInformation about activities, events, classes and more is in our WeeklyeNews, on the Events at First UU page on our website, and is available onSunday morning.

(Click on either the link or the image to see details for these opportunities.)

Upcoming NewslettersThe deadline each month is as noted.

Issue Due Date

September Monday, August 22October Monday, September 19November Monday, October 17

Care CoordinatorsJuly 24August 6 Jean Hanson

August 720 Vikki WolffAugust 21September 3 Linda Thompson

Our Staff Office Hours ContactRev. Fritz Hudson Interim Minister by appointment [email protected]

Kate ThompsonJewell &Ramona Barr

Summer CoDirectors of Religious Education

Sunday morningsWednesdays

[email protected]

Sarah Rothwell Coordinator, Congregational Life Wednesday, by appointment [email protected] Tharp CoCongregational Administrator Monday thru Friday: 9 am3 pm [email protected] Schuelka CoCongregational Administrator Monday, Wednesday, Friday:

9 am3 [email protected]

Joe Mish & Connie Schuelka CoDirectors of Music [email protected]

(open) Childcare Coordinator Sunday morningTom Rud CustodianRev. Dillman Baker Sorrells Minister Emerita

Our Board Officers Members at LargeJerry Katzmann, President Charyssa CobbGail Bishop, VicePresident Randy Crawford

Ann Hutton, Secretary Angela DaveyRob Harveland Treasurer Eric Eggler

Greg Turosak



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