RSC Minister’s Report August 3 2008 Roger Butts

1. I feel good about the service honoring Knoxville. Tyson sang a beautiful version of You’ll Never Walk Alone. Melissa Anderson Clark and Harper sang beautifully Annie. Many commented that seeing the kids file in was very effective.
2. I’m blogging a bit about church and other issues. A link is now available on our website. A lot on there about Knoxville.
3. I would like to draw attention to the two to three booklets I’d like to produce over this year. The idea is to bring home the stuff that happens in church—whether you have kids or are single or young or old, the idea is to keep reflecting on what we’re attempting to accomplish.
4. Please note that there are two special events this year: In November we’ll be doing a special event on Kristallnacht. In March, we’ll be hosting Paul Rasor, a theologian of the Unitarian Universalist variety who wrote Faith Without Certainty. His new thinking is around issues of war and peace.
5. Please note that Laurie Bertsche is attending a conference in North Carolina about small group ministries. Please note that Tyson is attending a UU Musicians Network conference this summer in Boston.
6. Thank you, thank you, thank you for your good work.
7. Love, Roger

"A person's life purpose is nothing more than to rediscover, through the detours of art, or love, or passionate work, those one or two images in the presence of which his heart first opened.” - Camus
A Play Around With Schedule 08-09
September 7 08 Water Communion: Blue Boat Home
Sept 7 to Sukkot October 19 A BOOKLET TO TAKE HOME WITH YOU. Everyday practices.
September 14: Teacher Dedication
FYI: Setpember 22 is Autumnal Equinox.
FYI: September 30 begins Rosh HaShanah
FYI: October 4: St. Francis (a good time to do blessing of animals)
October 12 08 Matthew Shepard
October 19 Since our theme is "home" Sukkot might wish to be observed here. Sukkot means hut. And at this time, Jews are instructed to construct a temporary home to symolize the huts that Jews lived in during their time of wandering in the wilderness.
October 26 Assocation Sunday
November 2: Most likely: The Election Sermon: A long enduring tradition in Unitarian history, the election sermon puts forth the minister's understandings of the important issues confronting a society before it votes (non-partisan of course, and issues oriented).
November 9 Kristallnacht
November 16:
November 23: morning: pagaent????
Evening: Interfaith Thanksgiving Service (temple or edwards)

BOOKLET: November 30-December 24: Home for the Holidays…
family, holy days, the blues, rituals and celebrations , etc etc.
December 7 or 14, Human Rights Sunday (december 10th is the occasion, we'll have to see).
December 14
December 21 Winter Solstice...Christmas Pagaent?
December 24: Christmas Eve
January 4: Roger preaches in Ames.

Roger will likely take study leave for a few weeks in January.

For the spring, it is just hard to know.
But we know that Easter, we’ll do something about the building.
And probably something about Valentine’s Day.
We also have ROPE and High School—let’s make this earlier in the year.
Teacher Appreciation and Music Sunday.

Those are constants and need to be assigned a date early.