Sugarloaf Cookie Social

Our annual Cookie Social preceding the Christmas Eve service will be held in the great room of the main building at 4:30pm. Bring two dozen of your favorite cookies to share. Drinks will be provided and all ages are welcome. Please bring a card filled out with any special dietary information or allergens listed. Feel free to swap recipes! Please contact Christine at ckfrost@gmail.com with any questions. Cheers!!

Weekly News From SCUU 12/21/2012

Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays! We will miss Christine and the Frost Family...

WOW!! the new edition of the Weekly News from SCUU digest that you will receive as an eflyer email. Tis a beautiful thing.

Link to Weekly News from SCUU 12/21/2012. 

If you don't want to use the link, here is a preview in a scrollable frame too..  In a browser it's scrollable and on a tablet the whole freaking complete weekly digest eflyer just automagically appears...

Many Thanks to Christine and the eTaskForce!!!

Look for the helpers

When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’ To this day, especially in times of 'disaster', I remember my mother’s words, and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers—so many caring people in this world.” ~ Mr. Rogers

Six was a blissful time for me.  Six should be a blissful time for all children, their families, and their communities.  So very sad what has happened. May we all be helpers and caring people.

Blessings to all who grieve.

Rev. Megan's Musings Financial Gains

You may have been aware that the congregation has been due for a mortgage refinance this December, and I’m happy to report that we have now successfully refinanced with Revere Bank. This is truly a cause for celebration!

The first cause for celebration is that an outside lending institution believes in the financial viability of our congregation enough to make us a loan. That’s a cause for pride already.

The second cause for celebration is that interest rates are low enough that we were able to roll three outstanding member loans and one sizeable loan to Cedar Lane UU Congregation into our new mortgage. On the downside, that means our mortgage payments will remain the same; in other words, large. On the upside, we now only owe the bank our standard mortgage payment, and we do not have additional debt to worry about or make payments on. That’s a great thing to accomplish for the Little Church That Could.

The third cause for celebration is by far the greatest. You see, mortgages for churches work a little differently than other mortgages. Banks don’t like to foreclose on churches; “it makes us look bad,” they say. So as a result it is very typical to require church members to guarantee the loan that the bank makes to us, promising to pay the mortgage if the church cannot. (If you’ve been around SCUU for a while, you’ll remember this process from past loans.) We have seven SCUU members this time around who provided this valuable service: Jim and Faith S., Kathleen and Tom W., David K., and two others who wish to remain anonymous. Without these Financial Angels, we could not have refinanced. So many thanks from a grateful community to the seven of you.

We also would not have gotten to where we are without so many SCUUers both past and present who donated or loaned substantial amounts of money to the congregation. Three of them will be repaid this week, and one of those is Roy M. Thanks so much to the three of you for your patience in waiting for this debt to be repaid, and thanks for your generosity to your community as well.

Many thanks to the Cedar Lane UU Congregation, who has been so stalwart in their support of SCUU through the years. We’re proud to be able to repay your generous loan from 2009.

And finally: If you’ve ever bought or refinanced a house or another large purchase, you know how tedious the paperwork can be. Deadlines, filings, sending away for statements, getting all the right paperwork where it needs to go, waiting for the mail (!), coordinating meetings – SO much work. Now imagine if you were doing all of this, not for your family, but for your church – and all of the paperwork is spread out among former members and people who have moved away or is buried in the attic or no longer exists! That is what our Treasurer, George P. and our Board President, Kerri B. have been doing this fall. Because of them, we are now financed for another five years. It was a huge amount of work for the two of them, and if I could build a golden litter and transport them all around the church like royalty I certainly would do so. Maybe we can just make it seem that way with all the appreciation we give them. THANK YOU, George and Kerri. We most certainly couldn’t have done it without you.

See you at (newly refinanced) Sugarloaf,
Megan

Weekly News From SCUU 12/14/2012

This never gets boring... We will miss Christine and the Frost Family...

WOW!! the new edition of the Weekly News from SCUU digest that you will receive as an eflyer email. Tis a beautiful thing.

Link to Weekly News from SCUU 12/14/2012. 

If you don't want to use the link, here is a preview in a scrollable frame too..  In a browser it's scrollable and on a tablet the whole freaking complete weekly digest eflyer just automagically appears...

Many Thanks to Christine and the eTaskForce!!!

Suitable for framing: reverse the trend

Suitable for framing: "“I also want to reverse the trend of being willing to say ‘no, I don’t have time for that.’ I see it as a call to action ... I don’t want to be the guy who steps back. I’m proud and glad to do what I can to help the church and the community ... It’s so important to counter the naysayers.”"

A wonderful quote from my dear friend Dave...

Weekly News From SCUU 12/07/2012

This never gets boring...

WOW!! the new edition of the Weekly News from SCUU digest that you will receive as an eflyer email. Tis a beautiful thing.

Link to Weekly News from SCUU 12/07/2012. 

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Many Thanks to Christine and the eTaskForce!!!

Mindfulness Meditation Continues to Continue...

Classes continue indefinitely...  Tis a privilege and a blessing... 

Mindfulness helps you manage anxiety, reduce stress, quiet self-criticism and judgment, and develop compassion for greater situational awareness, balance, joy, and peace of mind.

Thursdays 7:15 to 8:15pm

No experience necessary. Drop-ins welcome. You need not come every week. Come and learn or share what you know with a group of like minded people.

Each class will include: guided meditation, instruction, opportunities to practice and time for discussion, questions, and answers.

Contact Chris Mauck at :cmauckscuu@gmail.com

"The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up." - Paul Valery

Mindfulness Meditation Continues to Continue...

In Germantown Maryland Sugarloaf Congregation of Unitarian Universalist -- UU

Meme Meme Meme!!! I apologize in advance for wasting your time...

Have you guys seen these????
Oh wait there are more (57 ish on 5 pages)...

Please note: Colin and Rev Megan started this...

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