Focus
JULY 2013
The Monthly Newsletter of UUFSD,
A Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Solana Beach, CA
Inspired by our Unitarian Universalist principles, we are a vibrant,
intentionally diverse congregation that models and promotes both
locally and globally: love, spiritual growth, service, right relations
and sustainable living. — UUFSD.ORG —
Did You Miss the Memorial Weekend Campout?
ALL FELLOWSHIP CAMPOUTS – A FELLOWSHIP TRADITION – DAY-TRIPPERS WELCOME!
July 4-7, Hollyhock site, Horse Heaven
Arrive after 2 p.m. Thursday and leave by 2 p.m Sunday.
In between, it is pure fun!
Saturday night we have a community stew – beef, chicken
and vegetarian stew too! Bring something for the pots, some
firewood, and a side dish to share. After dinner enjoy the
campfire and smore’s. The campsites are beautiful with
fantastic views and tables, potable water and pit toilets. We
usually break even on the group site fee if families pay $25,
singles $10 and day-trippers $5/person.
Horse Heaven is close enough for those who cannot stay overnight to arrive mid-morning
Saturday, enjoy a day in the mountains, the community dinner, and the campfire and be home by
10 p.m.
For questions, directions, or more information, contact Betsy Gilpin [email protected].
SAVE THE DATES!
MONDAY JULY 8: SECOND MONDAY BOOK CLUB
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Palmer Library
The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
Obtain a copy of the chosen title and arrive ready to discuss!
[email protected].
WEDNESDAY JULY 17: UUFSD AT SD FOOD BANK
MAKE A DIFFERENCE! Put food in boxes, on an assembly line - no lifting,
no bending - great camaraderie! This is a great way to help those in need
and strengthen our UUFSD community as well. Get on the monthly email
list! Contact Sara Ohara at [email protected].
Summer
Worship
Sunday Services
10:00 a.m.
Childcare provided
Summer Worship will
feature a different
speaker every week –
join us!
6/30
Our Finest Moment
Speaker Eli Snider
THURSDAY VOLUNTEERS NEEDED AT ENCINITAS CRC!
Thursdays this summer, 10:00 - 12:30 p.m.
Join the UU shift at the Community Resource Center Food Pantry! We
really need extra hands to distribute food and toiletries to clients! Teens
over 14 welcome! Contact Norma Showalter at [email protected].
7/7
Swimming Saves:
The Spirituality of Sport
Speaker Katy Swanson
Music:
Heartstrings String
Band
There will be a congregational vote, on Sunday, July 28, immediately
after service, to approve the Strategic Plan presented in January. The
Plan has been approved by the Board, and is here online at
uufsd.org, under News, for your review.
7/14
Jigsaw Puzzles or Chess?
Speaker Lisa Shaffer
AUGUST 17- AUGUST 22: SUMMER CAMP FOR ADULTS
CAMP DE BENNEVILLE PINES Why should kids have all the fun?
There will be hiking, folk dancing, sing-a-longs, swimming and hot tubing,
crafts, workshops -, and Rev. Tom Owen-Towle will be the theme speaker.
What more could you ask? *For those artistically inclined, Art Camp or
Landscape Photography are also offered this same week. For more
information, check out the Camp de Benneville Pines website:
uucamp.org.
The July issue of the "Dialogue Quarterly Magazine" is available!
By Irv Himelblau
‘Get to Know’ UUFSD-member Nancy Harmon; Roger Doebke writes
about 21st Century UUism in "A Call to Modernity." Learn about the Social
Action Committee (SAC), which brought together 50 volunteers to build a
community center in Mexico. Be informed about "Phase 3" of the SAC
Immigration Reform Project. Get a "Behind the Scenes" look at the Board,
and see where we're at on Strategic Plan implementation. Copies will be
available at the "Happenings" table on Sundays and can also be found
online here at uufsd.org under Publications.
7/21
Creativity grows by
using it.
Speaker Linda Luisi
Special Event:
Art workshop
7/28
Rev. David A. Miller
8/4
Speaker Don Jones
8/11
Speaker
Robin Mitchell
8/18
Rev. David A. Miller
8/25
Speaker
Candace Sage
WELCOME
MEMBERS!
By Betsy Gilpin, Membership
Maggi Kawasaki works as a Realtor at Real Living LifeStyles. She and
her husband Andy were married in 1999 at the Fellowship. Maggi has
two grown children, a son Patrick Hicks and a daughter Erin Hicks. She
enjoys reading, cooking, swimming, sailing, kayaking and hiking. At the
Fellowship, Maggie enjoys learning new things and meeting good
people. Welcome Maggi!
Lisa Lee was attracted to Unitarian Universalism because of its open
heart approach to spirituality, and its spirit of seeking truth and
knowledge. Lisa works as a National Sales Manager for the artist (and
her husband) Lynden St. Victor. Her hobbies include yoga, dog rescue,
ocean swims, reading, hiking, travel and volunteering. Welcome Lisa!
Sheila Fugard is a South African
novelist and poet. She has been
living in California for the last ten years. She draws her
inspiration from the study of Tibetan Buddhism, Jung and
depth psychology. Sheila has a daughter Lisa Fugard, who
is also a novelist, and a grandson Gavyn. Her interests are
travel, watercolor painting, and opera. She has been a
member of the Buddhist Study group for five years, and is
happy to join the Fellowship. Welcome Sheila!
Abe Alvarez was born into a large family (9 boys and 2 girls) in Los
Angeles in 1928. He lived in El Monte for many years. Abe worked
as a printer for a number of different businesses during his
professional life. Now retired, he lives part time with his son
Charles, and daughter-in-law Wenda. He still spends some time in
El Monte where he has a house. Besides Charles, he had another
son and daughter. He has three granddaughters. Abe’s hobbies
include reading and art. He is a regular participant in the life
drawing class held at the Encinitas Library. He also likes to walk in
the neighborhood. Welcome Abe!
GENERAL ASSEMBLY, 2013
Content courtesy of UUA
Detailed coverage of the agenda, justice work, and worship at GA can be found on UU World's
General Assembly coverage blog.
Highlights of the meeting, attended by over 3,400, include:
 The UUA Elects New Moderator, Rallies for Energy Change at Annual Meeting
 The election of Jim Key as the new UUA Moderator for a six-year term.
 The re-election of the Rev. Peter Morales as UUA President.
 A worship and rally for environmental justice that drew over 2,000 participants.
 Approval of a Statement of Conscience regarding "Immigration as a Moral Issue."
In addition, delegates voted on and approved three Actions of Immediate Witness:
o "Support the Proposed 28th 'We the People' Amendment to the Constitution:
Corporations Are Not Persons and Money Is Not Speech"
o "Condemn the Mass Incarceration, Killing, and Mistreatment of Young Men of
Color by Police"
o "Consider Divestment from the Fossil Fuel Industry"
The collection from the Sunday morning worship service was given to Kentucky Interfaith Power
and Light (KIPL). KIPL's mission is to "protect God's creation by mobilizing a religious response
to global warming through conservation, efficiency and alternative energy."
HOT LINKS! UUs IN THE NEWS!
DOMA overturned as unconstitutional June 26, 2013
UUA President Rev. Peter Morales issued a statement following the U.S. Supreme Court’s
historic decisions on marriage equality:
“Today the highest court of our country stood on the side of love with its decision in United States
v. Windsor declaring that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is unconstitutional as a
deprivation of the equal liberty of persons that is protected by the Fifth Amendment. This is a
proud and momentous day for all who have suffered under this law and felt discrimination based
on their sexual orientation. It is a victory for the principle that civil rights belong to all.” Read his
complete statement here.
The UUA has a long tradition of support for marriage equality. As *two amicus curiae briefs filed
by dozens of religious in support of marriage equality in March of this year explained, “The
Unitarian Universalist Association began celebrating the unions of same-sex couples in 1979 and
formally affirmed this practice in 1984.”
*On March 20, 2013 The UUA joined two amicus curiae briefs filed in support of marriage equality
in the case United States v. Windsor. Read the full article here.
Louisville clean energy rally unites religious and environmental groups June 20, 2013
By Peter Smith, Louisville KY Courier-Journal
About 2,000 people gathered on Thursday in what organizers touted as Kentucky’s largest
environmental rally ever — an assortment of religious and environmental groups calling for clean
energy to ease what they warned would be the apocalyptic consequences from climate change.
“We can choose another way,” said the Rev. Peter Morales, president of the UUA, which cosponsored the rally during its national General Assembly. Read the full article here.
'Two Who Dared' Puts UUSC Founders' Heroism On Film
Documentary depicts little-known story of Martha and Waitstill Sharp’s efforts to save Jews and
dissidents during WWII.
By Michelle Bates Deakin, via uuworld.org
In February 1939, Martha and Waitstill Sharp embarked on a daring journey to aid refugees and
dissidents in Prague as the Nazis began to close in on Czechoslovakia. They left behind two
children and the congregation at the Wellesley Hills, Mass., Unitarian Church, where the Rev.
Waitstill Sharp served as minister. During World War II, the Sharps saved the lives of hundreds of
political dissidents, Jews, and children as their work took them across Europe. Their efforts also
led to the founding of the Unitarian Service Committee, the forerunner of the Unitarian
Universalist Service Committee. Yet, despite their heroics, their story was somewhat obscure,
both within Unitarian Universalist circles and within their own family.
The Sharps’ grandson, Artemis Joukowsky III, has spent years piecing their story back together.
His efforts have led to his grandparents being named “Righteous Among the Nations” by Yad
Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust museum and memorial—two of only three Americans to receive that
honor. And Joukowsky has directed and co-produced a documentary film, Two Who Dared: The
Sharps’ War, to bring their story to the big screen. Joukowsky began rolling out the film in March,
with screenings at the Museum of Tolerance in New York City and the Boston Public Library. The
movie officialyl premiered during the weeks of April 7–22, to celebrate Yom HaShoah, Holocaust
Remembrance Day.
UU congregations and synagogues across the country are also scheduling screenings and
discussions. Two Who Dared has won several awards, including the Special Jury Prize from the
Amsterdam Film Festival and the Redemptive Storyteller Award from the Redemptive Film
Festival in Virginia Beach, Va.
UUA President Peter Morales called the Sharps’ story “a powerful example of religious faith in
action.” “I encourage Unitarian Universalists and anyone interested in human rights and social
justice to see this compelling film,” he said. Congregations can arrange to screen the film through
the Two Who Dared website.
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