Julian of Norwich on Adversity

• If there is anywhere on earth a lover of God who is always kept safe, I know nothing of it, for it was not shown to me. But this was shown: that in falling and rising again we are always kept in that same precious love.

• He said not 'Thou shalt not be tempested, thou shalt not be travailed, thou shalt not be dis-eased'; but he said, 'Thou shalt not be overcome.'

serendipity

so Julian of Norwich's saint day is my birthday :)

All Will Be Well

Listen to this recording...

http://www.megbarnhouse.com/music-27.html

Much lower than written!

Spring Break 2013

I will be in Seattle March 18.  This is Spring  Break.  Please vote here if you want to meet without me.

SUSAN CLAY  please put note on calendar.  I couldn't do so

Next Show

I like Heather's idea of making part of the show  a bit about UU somehow.  Not sure  how.  the jokes are ok with me-- though  it hard to find ones that are not overdone....

  t o borrow a page from traditional religion:

 I attended a similar evening  event at Peace Congregational a few years ago and in the  midst of all the music someone gave what they call a " testimony"  of what the church meant to them.  It was  very moving to hear this man talk about the value of finally finding a church " home".  

IF  we found the right speaker-- this might be possible. 

But   would    it be important to make it different than the services we sometimes do on what UU means to me? 

re rehearsal times:  I had to leave last night at 6: 30---  thanks for the support

I 'm fine with regularly meeting till 7.  Is that what everyone else thinks we are doing ?

 Does anyone have any congas?

http://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability.html

the above link is a cool TED talk about how to have a  joyful life.

Another Opening, Another Show

UPDATE :  STILL NEED FEEDBACK ON THIS!!!!

Yes, ladies, we've hardly recovered from our Solstice ritual and it's already time to think about our yearly Fundraiser in April.

I know many of you want to do more contemporary songs, so my thought is this -- a time traveling radio show.  Here's why.

1) We can set up mikes and perhaps other instruments
2) No Choreography or Costumes (well, minimal costumes)
3) We can have scripts and music onstage
4) Open to any song 

The "frame" of the show would be a radio (I think I can persuade Jay to help us create a stage set with a radio theme,) with a "dial" that tunes into various years associated with certain songs.  We can also create a skit or two (possibly recreating some classic skits, like "Who's on First" or things like that) or do a "scene" from a "soap opera". Since people don't actually "see" what's playing on a radio, we would be performing as if in a studio, without worrying too much about where we are standing or anything like that, and with our scripts or sheet music in our hands.   People could chose to wear clothes appropriate for streetwear for the period of the songs they want to perform, or just wear something nice and comfortable as one would wear in  a studio setting.   I don't want to get too elaborate with it, but that's the idea.  We could be extremely flexible.  We could even have some all instrumental pieces -- jazz, rock, country, classical, it's all open  It's a radio show.

Maybe we could get Ken Marsh to be our announcer, and Nate or other men in the congregation could show off their chops.  We are getting much more support from the congregation so we certainly can make space for members to have a little time in the spotlight with minimal fuss.  We should put out an "audition call" in January to see who else might be interested in performing. and we should reserve a date early on so people can decide their schedules.

So, how does this sound to everyone?  Please leave a "yay" or "nay" vote in the comments.