The Nominating Committee would welcome involvement and suggestions for candidates by members of the Congregation. You are invited to submit suggestions for nominees to Ted Johnsrude, Chair at tejohnsr@comcast.net

Since its inception in May of 2006, KUUF’s Charitable Giving Program has contributed $38,420 to 19 organizations. Some groups have received funding al- most every year, others once or twice. The table at right shows the distribution of funds.

At this year’s Annual Congregational Meeting, we will vote on which groups should be recipients for May 2010-April 2011.

The deadline for nominations is Friday, March 19, 2010.

You can submit a nomination:

• by renewing the nomination of an organization currently receiving KUUF Charitable Giving funds – send an email to charitablegiving@kuuf.org telling us which organization(s) you would like to re-nominate.

• by email nomination – send an email answering the questions below to charitablegiving@kuuf.org

• Name of organization
• Organization contact person
• Address
• Phone
• Email
• Website
• What does this organization do?
• Whom do they serve?
• How does the organization’s work reflect UU principles?
• KUUF contact person

• by completing the nomination form in KUUF's foyer; Descriptions of nominated organizations will be in the April Candle.

These offerings will come from you, so please let us know if you have something you would like to share.

For those women choosing to just spend the day with us, the cost will be $30 which will cover the day fee required by the Conference Center and two meals. Please fill out a registration form and note on it that you will only be spending the day and which meals you will be sharing - breakfast 8 a.m., lunch 12 p.m., dinner 6 p.m.

We also will have a Friday evening hors d' oeuvres pot-luck gathering as people arrive, at which everyone is welcome. Spaces in the houses will be assigned on a first come-first served basis, so please register and pay as soon as you are able. Part of the fee ($25) will be non-refundable, if your plans change after registration.

We're excited to try our new location and especially excited to be able to accommodate more women who could not attend in the past because of family obligations.

Seabeck, here we come!!

If you are interested in participating, please contact Rev. Liz via e-mail at minister[at]kuuf.org or phone 377-4724 and let her know what days and times might work for you.

2010 Theme:  The Many Gifts of Forrest Church

With the death last September of one of the most prolific and influential UU voices of our time, we are all reflecting on the accessible power of Forrest Church’s work, which has helped shape both our liberal religious movement and the American culture. In this day of deep investigation of his empowering message, we will each portray stirring angles and eagerly invite dialogue with participants. Join us for an engaging time of meaning-making, in the slipstream of a great contributor to our world.

Rev. Elizabeth Stevens, Kitsap UU Fellowship

Rev. Bruce Bode, Quimper UU Fellowship

Rev. Dr. Barbara W. ten Hove & Rev. Jaco B. ten Hove, Cedars UU Church

The Living Tradition Institute of the West Puget Sound is led jointly by the ministers of three local congregations on a single Saturday. (Program is repeated at three locations; attend any one of them.)

9:30am-3pm on these Saturdays in early 2010:

January 30 at Kitsap UU Fellowship, Bremerton:

360-377-4724 (www.kuuf.org)

March 6 hosted by Cedars UU Church, Bainbridge Island:

206-780-0373 (www.cedarsUUchurch.org)

April 17 at Quimper UU Fellowship, Port Townsend:

360-379-0609 (www.quuf.org)

Please pre-register for any one of the events with that church’s office or via that website.

Suggested donation at the door: $5-10 for lunch on site.

Forrest Church (1948-2009) served almost three decades as Senior Minister and Minister of Public Theology of All Souls Church, a Unitarian Universalist congregation in New York City. He was educated at Stanford University, Harvard Divinity School, and Harvard University, where he received his Ph.D. in early church history. He wrote or edited twenty-five books, including:   Life Lines: Holding On (and Letting Go), Lifecraft: The Art of Meaning in the Everyday, The American Creed: A Spiritual and Patriotic Primer, God and Other Famous Liberals: Recapturing Bible, Flag, and Family from the Far Right, So Help Me God: The Founding Fathers and the First Great Battle Over Church and State, Freedom From Fear: Finding the Courage to Act, Love and Be, Love & Death: My Journey through the Valley of the Shadow, and The Cathedral of the World: A Universalist Theology

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10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at KUUF for NONVIOLENT COMMUNICATION BASIC TRAINING

In a fun, interactive training, Kathleen Macferran will guide us through understanding this wonderful way to connect with others and live our values. Open to KUUF members and friends. Suggested donation is $40, or pay what you can.

Nonviolent Communication (NVC) is a practical, learnable process based on universal human values that help people connect more deeply with themselves and others. It promotes congruency with one’s values in thought, speech and action.

The purpose of NVC is to create the quality of connection where everyone’s needs are equally valued and strategies to meet needs contribute to connection, harmony and peace.

Nonviolent Communication develops one's ability

to transform blame, anger and criticism into understanding, effective communication and the peaceful resolution of conflict.

Nonviolent Communication focuses our attention

on what matters most, leading to language and actions that are efficient, effective and full of integrity.

Nonviolent Communication strengthens our ability to inspire compassion and teamwork from others. It guides us to reframe how we express ourselves and how we hear others.

Kathleen Macferran is a certified trainer of NVC who lives on Bainbridge Island. She has worked in prisons, schools, communities, and with individuals. She brings a wonderful presence to her trainings that are tailored to what the participants truly need.

More information to follow. Sign up sheets will be in the foyer soon.

Some details

• Lunch menu will be a hearty soup or stew, good bread & butter, cheese, fresh fruit, dessert, milk, coffee, juice. Peanut butter/jelly sandwiches for children.
• Lunch tables will be set up in the foyer. Newspapers, magazines, playing cards, puzzles, board games, etc. available for after lunch relaxation in the foyer and Elmore Room.
• Volunteers will leave kitchen, foyer, Elmore Room and bathrooms clean.

Safety and Security

• All are welcome – same criteria as Sunday worship.
• At least three KUUF volunteers at each lunch, including one man if possible.
• Sign-in sheet and secure participants’ possessions in Comfort Room
• Volunteer training, procedures manual and weekly log for week-to-week continuity.
• Train volunteers to handle guests who are not well, or under influence of alcohol or other drugs. They will kindly be asked to leave and return when they feel better. Send them off with a bag lunch.
• Contact Bremerton Community Service Officers before program starts, and call them if problems arise.

What’s needed to do this

• A core of organizing volunteers. Birgitta Van Zanten, Arlis Stewart, Hiroko Spees, Jean Schanen made significant commitments. Birgitta and Arlis will recruit additional volunteers.
• People to make large quantities of hearty soups and stews to be frozen and ready for each Thursday. Jean Schanen is willing to provide leadership and assistance with soup preparation, and Chalice Circle 7 is considering preparing soups as their service project.
• Kris Stewart has volunteered to bake 6-8 loaves of nutritious bread each week.
• Food costs - Solicit donations from stores and raise dedicated funds from Fellowship members and friends.
• Hygiene kits for bathrooms. • Social Justice Committee and the Board of Trustees are both supporting this project.
• Discussion with congregation at December Brunch with the Social Justice Committee on 12/13/09.
• Outreach and publicity – mostly via KUUF communications, community homeless service providers, and visits to other periodic meal programs.

Impact on KUUF

• Provides community and support to those who are homeless, desired by many KUUF members and friends.
• Increased electricity costs for heat, lights, cooking and freezing food.
• There will be some increase in the cost of KUUF’s insurance. Funds will be raised for this and other expenses via grants and other fundraising.
• Support of local grocers will also be sought.

We are planning a two-week trip at the end of March to help work on this project. Nothing promotes friendship and partnership quite like rolling up your sleeves and working together.

Fund raising has begun with the sale of calendars at KUUF—to be on sale every Sunday until they are gone. Additional events to raise money will come later on.

The fundraising is to cover the cost of building materials and for host family compensations. This trip will be open to anyone who would like to help!

For more information please call John Younie at 360-308-8059 or e-mail him at bonzawood@comcast.net

The Duck Hunt

For two nights only at KUUF —4418 Perry Ave., Bremerton— onNovember13and14at8p.m.

Suggested donation - $12 at the door, but a few select seats maybe reserved after services on November 1st and 8th.

Cast – Eugene Brennan, Heidi Edwards, Lisa Johnson, Eric Samson, Jason Sterling, Susan Weinstein.

About the play- this is one of William Shakespeare’s lesser known works. We have stuck to his original play, but have modified the time, the words and the location – it now takes place in a duck blind, somewhere in the mid-West, some time near the end of the last century.

It is PG-13, and is currently planned as a staged reading, but we are hoping some of the actors will learn their lines and/or a teleprompter is available.

Dessert (included in the admission price!!!) will be served during the intermission.

Can’t make it to reserve a seat? Don’t worry. We are holding half the seats for those who turn up on the night.

“Don’t miss this!” – New York Times.

This season offers many opportunities for all of us to address these needs in many different ways.

For example:

• Knit or crochet hats and scarves for distribution to folks who need them most. This is the 4th year for this project which has been a huge success in the past.
• Donate any of the following to be distributed at the homeless count in January - rain ponchos, single rolls of toilet paper, sturdy flashlights and batteries, gift cards to local grocery stores, diapers, baby wipes, feminine products, blankets, ziplock bags of toilet articles, thermal underwear, gas cards, many kinds of portable snack foods etc.
• Volunteer to work at the Severe Weather Shelter which will begin operating again on November 1st. Volunteer training at KCDEM on 10/08/09 at KCDEM.
• Help serve meals to the homeless at a variety of locations.
• Provide cell phones, toilet paper and paper towels for our Safe Park folks when they start coming. Donate top help cover the cost of the portapotty for these families ($130/ month).