March 2018 Volume 50, No. 3 Celebrating the sacred, we gather in loving community to nourish souls and live justice into the world.

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1 The NUUS The Unitarian Universalist Church of Ellsworth 121 Bucksport Road, Ellsworth, ME (207) March 2018 Volume 50, No. 3 Celebrating the sacred, we gather in loving community to nourish souls and live justice into the world. MARCH WORSHIP SERVICES, 10:30 A.M. This month s worship theme is Balance. Sunday, March 4 It s a Matter of Corrections Rev. Sara Hayman, Worship Leader First Sunday Potluck Following Worship! Welcoming Congregation Renewal Task Force Film in Sanctuary at 12:45 p.m. Buddhist writer and teacher Sylvia Boorstein writes, Equanimity doesn't mean keeping things even; it is the capacity to return to balance in the midst of an alert, responsive life. It s a part of the human condition to struggle with such things, and to have to come back, again and again, to trying to hold all of what matters and is required us from a grounded and more centered state. How do we do that? To what end does it matter? Sunday, March 11 There is a time to every... Rev. Sara Hayman, Worship Leader Mid-Maine YoUUth Meeting in Belfast at 2:30 p.m.! Writer Annie Dillard says, How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. Are you living the life you mean to be living? Are your days unfolding in ways you feel good about? This sermon and service will explore how making an effort to more intentionally structure our days might help us be more present and satisfied in our lives. Sunday, March 18 A Focus on Courage During an Uncertain Time Rev. Charles Stephens Courage is shown in a variety of ways. Recently we have seen the courage of teachers, coaches, and students during the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida. And we continue seeing the students who survived and the parents of those who were shot exhibiting extreme courage in their work to make our schools and our society as a whole safe from mass shootings. As individuals, as a congregation and as a society, we are called on to face uncertainties, gain greater balance, and courageously work for the common good. How do we call upon our inner courage during times like now? Sunday, March 25 Nurturing the Sacred Masculine Rev. Sara Hayman, Worship Leader UUCE Choir sings! UUCE Youth Group at noon! Doug Bird, Worship Associate How do we balance the masculine and feminine in ourselves and our lives? How do we reject toxic masculinity and instead nurture what Matthew Fox calls the Sacred Masculine? Reflecting on his own life and spiritual growth, Worship Associate Doug Bird will help us explore these questions and consider our own answers to these questions.

2 Page 2 The NUUS March 2018 Worship Matters Our March plate split goes to the Ellsworth Free Medical Clinic at Mill Mall, whose volunteers provide free primary health care for a broad range of medical conditions. A Worship Update We are a growing congregation, and with that joy we are also experiencing a common problem: With more people coming to Sunday services, the way we have been doing Joys & Sorrows has been taking longer. This has been more and more frequently pushing on the other elements in our worship service. While Joys & Sorrows is a beloved and important part of our services, we have been experimenting with holding them aloud on the second and fourth Sundays in February, and we have had Joys & Sorrows in silence with some ritual. In early March, we ll evaluate our experiment and decide how to proceed. Thank you for being open to this trial and willing to share your reactions and ideas as we move forward. Your ministers, Sara and Amy, and Your Worship Arts Team Members: Eileen Brennan, Bob Dickens, Amy Fiorilli, Lori Johnson, Robin Lovrien, Sarah Moffitt, and Kay Wilkins We are invited by the Ellsworth Area Ministers Association (EAMA) to the Annual Lenten Worship Series on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. This year s theme is Encountering Jesus. During the worship, an offering will be collected each week to benefit Friends in Action, a local non-profit that helps so many people in our area. UUCE will host the March 14th service led by Rev. Keith Bowie, Pastor of the Union Congregational Church of Hancock, UCC. Have an Announcement for the Sunday Service? Pick up a preprinted form at the table in the foyer, fill it in, and get it to the podium 15 minutes prior to the service. The five announcements deemed most important will be read at 10:30 a.m.

3 Page 3 The NUUS March 2018 HOSPITALITY TEAM ROSTER FOR MARCH **Please note that you are responsible for showing up to assist in prepping for coffee hour or potluck and cleaning up afterwards on the date your name appears, or else finding a person who is willing and able to substitute for you. Jody Murphy, Coordinator, and Rev. Sara March 4 Potluck: Haydée Foreman David Dietrich Wayne Smith CJ Lavertu March 11 Coffee Hour: Cary Figueroa Jody Murphy March 18 Coffee Hour: Beth Dickens Lori Johnson Charlene Decker March 25 Coffee Hour: Sally Francis Bob Francis Eileen Brennan Bron Kaldro April 1 Potluck: Cynthia Perkins Pam Person Peggy Strong Dawn Ray Randall Figueroa THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS WORK!!

4 Page 4 The NUUS March 2018 Ministry Matters Evelyn Foster asked that an announcement be read before worship this past week at UUCE. Her daughter, Dottie Vachon, had an idea and she hoped people from our church would help. The UUs do this kind of thing, she told her mom the day before. This announcement invited any of us who could to gather on the sidewalk at the new entrance to Ellsworth High School from 7 to 8 a.m. on Monday, February 26. That was the first day back to school for students and teachers since vacation; the first day back after hearing about the shooting in Parkland, Florida; the first day back after the arrest of a local 19-year-old youth who had made threats online about shooting students in Ellsworth the week prior. I hadn t known about this plan to stand and welcome students until the moment it was announced in church. Nevertheless, I knew immediately I would be there. Standing in the cold with several others from UUCE and the Ellsworth community, holding my sign, I tried in an easy, not-too-assertive or insistent way to make eye contact with each person who drove past me. Through my eyes and smile and the sign I was holding, I tried to say, We see you. We love you. We re sorry we can t always keep you safe at school. We will be here for you. Jungian therapist, poet and author Clarissa Pinkola Estes says this about our faithful responsibility to each other: Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach.... I trust we will do our part to show up. I trust we will each find ways to support and follow the courageous and impassioned lead of high school youth in Florida and around the country who are speaking out and calling on legislators to create and pass common sense gun laws. I know this is within our reach, if only we will stretch! Yours, in shared faith, Sara Would you like to have an opportunity to get to know, and to be known by others, through the practice of sharing and listening? Small groups are intentionally formed groups whose members reflect on a variety of topics. Topics often correlate with UUCE s monthly theme. Meetings are held monthly in various homes or at UUCE and are led by a facilitator. UUCE currently has eight small groups. To learn more or join a group please contact Christine Bowman, Small Group Ministry Coordinator, at ccs9762@aol.com or

5 Page 5 The NUUS March 2018 New UUCE Members! UUCE has just formally welcomed eight new members to our congregation! Here s a little bit about each of them, in their own words. Daniel Antonelli (Joined 2018) Born outside of Cleveland, Ohio, in 1960 (six weeks younger than Marc). Moved to the South when I was young and spent nearly twenty years in North Carolina. Since then have lived in Florida, Michigan, Washington State, and now Maine. Like Marc, genealogy is a passion, along with geography and history, and being Italian, food! Since marrying Marc, I have been bit by the travel bug. Together we have ventured to amazing locations like Myanmar and Cuba. Professionally, I am a Medical Technologist and have worked in 13 different laboratories across the country for the past 35 years. Laurie Bradway (Joined 2018) I moved from New Hampshire because it was hard to get by there. I was either working 70- hour weeks or was unemployed for many weeks at a time. I was an antiques dealer and had worked in retail and also as an assistant innkeeper. It was also hard to meet like-minded people. When I moved to Ellsworth from Steuben, I worked as an assistant manager at the Hancock Creamer Antique Shop, but I was cut adrift on January 1. I am now actively looking for work. I first visited UUCE in November of last year for the Thanksgiving dinner. I had been attending a UU Fellowship in NH and on Martha s Vineyard. I discovered UUCE while I was making a list of spiritual places in the area. I am enjoying getting involved in all the different groups at the church. I am presently in a book discussion group and am part of the environmental justice group called OPITWOL and the Support Your Brain group. My future plans are to join the Green Team and the landscaping group. Bill Pierce Fogle (Joined 2017) My father committed suicide when I was very young. One of my favorite members of my family became an unmarried great aunt, which I miss the most. She rescued me as a small child and would cut out the heart of a watermelon slice for me. My work experience has been in medical and scientific publishing. I hated my career but it taught me to write. My hobbies include piano, clarinet, painting, drawing, collecting, cooking and reading. I am a technically flawed but ambitious pianist. I am an insomniac, a baker, and a sensualist and I adore attention. I first attended UUCE in May Sara, in my opinion, grows more real and more skillful in her work as time passes. I am incapable of the eager socializing of my spouse, but I am forming little islands of special relationships that I hope have strong roots. As far as volunteering, my motto is think before you volunteer. I prefer more hands-on, bluecollar volunteering such as kitchen, yard sale, grounds maintenance.

6 Page 6 The NUUS March 2018 New UUCE Members! Carol Leonard (Joined 2016) Carol is a midwife and writer. She was the first midwife licensed to practice legally in New Hampshire and has attended close to 1,200 babies born safely in their own homes. She was a co-founder of the Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA) representing all midwives in the US, Canada and Mexico and was elected the second president of MANA. Carol is the author of the best-selling memoir Lady s Hands, Lion s Heart, A Midwife s Saga. Carol is currently building a 400-acre farm in Ellsworth, Maine, with her husband Tom Lajoie. The Diva s Bad Beaver Fever chronicles their informative and funny journey building their dream homestead on a large tract of wilderness on the Downeast coast. Carol and Tom are also raising about a hundred beavers there that they argue about on a daily basis. Susan Letcher (Joined 2018) Susan is a professor of plant biology at College of the Atlantic. She grew up in Southwest Harbor and graduated from MDI High School in After earning a B.A. from Carleton College and a Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut, she taught ecology courses in Costa Rica and environmental science courses at Purchase College in New York before returning to Maine in She is the proud mother of 4-month-old Willow. WELCOME TO UUCE! Jennifer Morgan-Binns (Joined 2017) Our universe revolves around our amazing and loving daughter Opal. Before finding UUCE in March 2017, I had lived in Delaware, Jamaica, and Costa Rica. I am currently employed by COA in a counseling capacity. Our little family enjoys being outdoors, hiking, gardening, and we love to travel. What drew me to UUCE are the principles, the sense of community and spirituality. In the future, I would like to become more involved in RE. Bendigo and I met while I was working with youth in a school setting as a Peace Corps Volunteer. The experience profoundly changed and shaped my life. Douglas Emery Bird Candace Hubbard and I have been married for 46 years and have three children. We are now living in Bar Harbor where we moved from Seal Harbor. I am a member of Indivisible MDI and the Racial Justice Book Club on MDI. My activism includes visiting Collins' and King s office weekly. Currently, I am writing my memoir and working on a biography of my father. We first joined UUCE in 1995 and then moved away. When we moved back we were looking for like-minded people. We were so surprised at how much Sara had grown and how engaged the congregation is. I have been attending the Environmental Justice meetings and not sure where I will get involved next.

7 Page 7 The NUUS March 2018 New UUCE Members! Marc Rich (Joined 2018) Born in Lowell, MA in Did a stint in the Navy. Attended NYU and was the first graduating class in "microcomputers." Fortunately, I have lived in NYC, California, Santa Fe, NM, Florida, Hawaii, Washington and now Maine. Daniel is my third "husband"; there is truth in the saying the third one is the charm. Passions include travel, volunteerism, gardening and cooking. Life mission to spread love and joy to all. Favorite hobby genealogy. Gary Lee Shellehamer (Joined 2017) Bill Fogle and I met when I lived in Boston and he visited with a mutual friend. We wrote and got together when I went to DC for an anti-war march. After a long distance relationship, I moved to DC and began living with Bill in We were married in Bill s mother s family was from Ellsworth and we chose to move here from DC. I am recently retired from the US Small Business Administration Marketing Department creative team. One of my hobbies is renovating older homes. I am currently renovating my third house. I am also interested in politics, reading, art and spirituality. I first attended UUCE in July Bill had been attending since that spring. My concerns continue to be social justice and political issues. I am currently involved with PASA and had a backdoor entry as Bill s chauffeur to the Welcoming Certification Task Force. Both of these activities mesh well with my interest in politics and social justice. Beyond my interests in art and politics, I love history and come from a family with ancestors who arrived before the revolution, who were on both sides in the Civil War, and according to my grandmother, a great grandfather who was the last judge in Pennsylvania who was shot by a defendant in his courtroom. Mikayla True (Joined 2018) My mom Liz adopted me when I was ten. After my birth mom was diagnosed with terminal cancer, she freed me up for adoption. My present family, aunts, uncles and grandmother live on the Blue Hill Peninsula. I am Free Cherokee and learning about my people through my honorary Cherokee grandfather, author and storyteller Duncan Sings Alone. We first joined UUCE in the summer of 2013 when we moved to Maine. I enjoyed being part of the youth group and I love helping in RE. UUCE is more politically active than my previous UU church, and I particularly like the focus on Native American rights. I am presently a student at Eastern Maine Community College where I am studying elementary education. My pastimes are reading, hiking, dancing, skiing, watching Netflix, going to movies, shopping, and playing with my dog. Help beautify our church and pick up a Hannaford gift card after the Sunday service. You don t pay a cent extra, but the church makes 5% on every sale. This project has funded our new carpet and other improvements around the church!

8 Page 8 The NUUS March 2018 UUCE STANDS WITH ELLSWORTH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS F e b r u a r y GOOD EATS AT THE AUCTION! CHINESE NEW YEAR REVELS AT ROBIN S

9 Page 9 The NUUS March 2018 Your Collaborative Intern Dear All, I really don t know what I want to say. There is so much moving through my mind and heart. It has been a full month of ministry, connection and struggle. One of our beloved congregations has learned that their minister is retiring. Reverend Deane Perkins of Belfast has announced that he is moving on to a new phase of his life at the end of this church year. I am sure the whole collaboration is with me in wishing him the very best and I know we all are ready and willing to support the Belfast members as they navigate this transition, which will include four more months of saying goodbye well, of hiring an interim minister, and of reflecting on who they are and who they are becoming. For my part, I am aware of what an honor it is to be supervised by Rev. Deane as his first intern as well as his last. I am proud and lucky to be walking with him and the Belfast congregation for the next few months. There is a lot happening. The collaborative ministry team has been reevaluating their structure and work in our congregations. We want to do more, and we want to be substantive and real in the lives of our sister congregations. Planning for an incredible multi-church worship service on June 3 is under way. The theme is How Will We Shine?. We have so much to offer each other and the world. How will we share our gifts? How will we lift each other up out of darkness, fear and despair? We are more together than we could ever be alone. How will we shine? I am also looking to begin a Collaborative Adult RE class on creating theology together. This is a pilot program offered through the Fahs initiative. The Director of Religious Education from Ellsworth, Anne Ossanna, and I will be facilitating these sessions. This curriculum is meant to help groups identify a common theology upon which to ground the work we do in the world. We all have personal beliefs that guide us; what would it be like to create a true shared theology that informs our social justice work, our congregational work, and our work with each other? There will be a six-hour retreat in March held in Bucksport and then three more 2-hour meetings held in each of our churches. More information to follow. I hope you will join us. Finally, I am completely done with gun violence in our country. My heart is beyond capacity for horror and heartbreak. In truth, I ve been done since December 14, I have been at vigils, I have written an editorial, I have been one of six citizen sponsors of a Mom s Demand Action Bill calling for common sense gun laws. I have called my representatives and signed petitions. I have talked and talked. I m done trying to understand. I m done trying to teach or reason or explain. People I love deeply are on the other side of this issue and I am done being careful. This is beyond my capacity for patience. There is so much more I could write here. But for now, I just need to be clear. My work of social justice going forward will be primarily focused on the work of preventing the massacres of our children. I am ashamed that I have not done more before now. The elections this year are vital to our survival. Let s become warriors. Our country, our children need us. Yours in love and faith, Amy Fiorilli

10 Page 10 The NUUS March 2018 Dinner and a Movie for March! FUN, FOOD, AND FUNDRAISING FOR THE CHURCH! Join with friends on the FOURTH Sunday of each month to enjoy a special meal and a different movie about eating and cooking and the power of food all at Robin s house in Steuben (approximately 40 minutes east from Ellsworth). All proceeds go to UUCE. SUNDAY, MARCH 25 5:30 P.M. (note time change) It will be Palm Sunday so of course, an Easter-y theme! Menu: appetizers; chicken and dumplings; citrusy cole slaw; lots of trimmings and sides (a groaning Midwest table), gingerbread or brownies, tea/coffee Good comfort cooking calls for watching good cooking: Movie: Julie and Julia a 2009 Nora Ephron film starring Meryl Streep and Amy Adams! FOUR PLACES LEFT! (ONE ALREADY SPOKEN FOR going for 5 guests this month) SIGN UP SOON!! Sign up at the church on the poster OR ask Robin to send you Sign-Up Genius, an electronic system that sends you a reminder , too! Cost: $20 per person payable to UUCE with memo: Dinner & A Movie Contact: robin.uuce@gmail.com // Directions provided when you reserve.

11 Page 11 The NUUS March 2018 Our Sabbatical There will be an open discussion of Our Sabbatical at a congregational meeting in the Sanctuary on Sunday, March 18 at noon. Hosts members of the Sabbatical Committee: Eileen Brennan, Bill Clark, Amy Fiorilli, Robin Lovrien, Betty Massie, Jenn Ryan, and Karen Volckhausen. Please plan to attend. Bill Clark Chair, Sabbatical Committee Collaborative Ministry Team The Collaborative Ministry Team (CMT) includes representatives from Ellsworth, Castine, and Belfast. SAVE THE DATE: Our Collaborative Worship Service is on June 3 this year! NOTE: There will be an opening on the CMT for a second representative from UUCE! Interested? Talk to Sara, Robin, or Mary Haynes. Religious Education Winter Greetings! The children spent February exploring our month s theme of Perseverance. March will be devoted to an exploration of Balance. Anne Ossanna is on vacation until March 10. * FOR YOUR CALENDAR * Lenten Service Wed, March 18, 7 p.m. UUCE Sanctuary March for the Students Sat, March 24, 3 p.m. UU Belfast Morning Garden Thursdays, 9-11 a.m. UUCE Penguins Surviving Your Brain Fridays, 4-6 p.m. UUCE Tidewater Rm Book Discussion Groups: Braiding Sweetgrass Mondays 5:30-7 p.m. UUCE Waking Up White April Tuesdays 1:30-3:30 UUCE Welcoming Renewal Films 1st Sundays, 12:45 p.m. UUCE Sanctuary Queen of Heaven Class Wed, April 4, 2-4 p.m. UUCE Sanctuary Sara s Sabbatical April 15 to October 15

12 Page 12 The NUUS March 2018 Welcoming Renewal Task Force The Welcoming Renewal Task Force is hosting a series of videos following our potluck Sundays in March and April, beginning at 12:45 p.m. The videos present various voices and experiences of transgendered men and women and their friends and family. If you can, please plan to view the films in the Sanctuary following potluck. They are being presented as part of renewing our church's UU welcoming status. MaineTransNet Program at UUCE With the transgender community expanding rapidly in a politically hostile environment, MaineTransNet is working to generate as many allies as possible in every corner of Maine. The transgender community is strongest when supported by many friends, and individual trans people are more likely to thrive when the people in their lives know how to support them. For additional information, please visit webpage Quinn Gormley at quinn@mainetransnet.org, or speak with Bill Fogle of UUCE. The Welcoming Renewal Task Force members are working to renew our statement of Welcoming for LGBQ+ and transgender/gender non-binary people. Please help by taking our survey posted on the following url: Nathalie Arruda, WRTF member Meanwhile, Betsy Parsons, coordinator of the UU Faithify crowdfunding campaign for Rainbow Ball Weekend 2018, thanks all the generous donors for their support. The campaign ended in late January and surpassed its ambitious goal of $8,000. Rainbow Ball Weekend WILL HAPPEN on April 27-29, 2018, at Mt. Desert Island High School in Bar Harbor. Fundraising continues in order to secure Rainbow Ball Weekend for the future.

13 Page 13 The NUUS March 2018 Book Discussions Book Discussion Group The Adult Religious Education Committee is starting a spiritual book discussion group. The books selected will cover a variety of topics and perspectives on spirituality and religion. The group will meet weekly at UUCE on Mondays from 5:30-7 p.m., starting on March 5. Our first book will be Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerman. Robin s Native American heritage calls for her to embrace the concept that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In this book, she celebrates our reciprocal relationship with the rest of the living world, as is consistent with our seventh principle, Respect for the interdependent web of existence of which we are a part. Writer Elizabeth Gilbert calls this book a hymn of love to the world. We will read one section each week over a five-week period. The first section, Planting Sweetgrass, will be covered in our meeting on March 5. Contact Mary Haynes or Bob Dickens for more information. Upcoming Book Discussion Group in April All are welcome to participate in a new book discussion group that will be held on Tuesday afternoons in April from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. The book discussion group will take up the books: Waking Up White by Debby Irving and The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander newjimcrow.com/. UUCE member Doug Bird will convene and help facilitate these discussions. Waking Up White was recently featured in a discussion at the Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor. Please contact Doug at debird04609@gmail.com if you re interested. PLEASE NOTE: If you have a car and are willing and able to volunteer rides for others needing transportation, please sign the clipboard in the Community Room. Cecily Judd is putting together a list by region of those who might be available to drive others. TALK TO YOUR STATE LEGISLATOR! House Senate: Your message will be hand-delivered to their chamber seat. It s simple and effective. If you're not sure who your representatives are, see edemocracy/voter_lookup.php.

14 Page 14 The NUUS March 2018 Peace and Social Action Everytown for Gun Safety I'm hosting an event as part of Everytown for Gun Safety's "March for Our Lives Events" campaign. It's at the Belfast UU Church, 37 Miller Street, Belfast, on Saturday, March 24, at 3 p.m. RSVP here so I can know you're coming: source=taf&aktmid=tm qel-cg&t=1&referring_akid= l9ei4e Thanks, Amy Fiorilli Supporting Student March We have all heard about the tragedy. Some are aware of the response by the students at MDI. For those of you who aren't, please follow the link to the NewsCenter coverage: Because I want to support them, I have created a GoFundMe account to help cover expenses they might encounter such as buses to rallies. All students should be able to participate regardless of ability to pay. Please consider donating at Thanks, Doug Bird Go to: for the names and contact information of your State Representatives and Senators. RANKED-CHOICE VOTING MUUSAN (Maine UU State Advocacy Network) is supporting the effort to restore rankedchoice voting for some elections in For details or to sign the petition for a referendum vote in June, see Steph Ralph after church services.

15 Page 15 The NUUS March 2018 Healthy Living The Nancy Place 2018 CSA sign-ups are open! CSA OPTIONS: CSAs (Community Supported Agriculture) are farm subscriptions for veggies or other farm products and can be delivered to UUCE on Sundays! This year, we are offering two different CSA options plus our popular Store Subscription, which allows you to pick out your favorite veggies. Space is limited, as we are a very tiny farm. We really appreciate your support! For more info: thenancyplace.com, mainefarmstore@gmail.com, or Love, The Mercer Family All Veggies: June 15 to October 15, 2018 $25/weekly (pre-paid at the start of each month). A mix of seasonal greens and garden favorites. Pick up weekly at the store or delivery Sundays in Ellsworth. Full Pantry: May 1 to October 10, 2018 $60/weekly (prepaid at the start of each month). Grocery items change weekly but include a full veggie share, and some of the following: berries, pork or chicken, eggs, jam, and homemade baked goods such as granola, bread, or sweets. Store Veggie Subscription: any time Come on over to our store at 1313 Bald Mountain Road, Orland. For $25/week (prepaid at the start of each month) you can pick out $30 worth of your own favorite veggies each week! It s a great opportunity for picky eaters or particular diets.

16 Page 16 The NUUS March 2018 Surviving Your Brain Support Group Do you sometimes feel like getting through your thoughts is the hardest or scariest part of your day? Do your worries, longings, sadness, and anger sometimes take the wheel of your mind? Surviving Your Brain (SYBS) is a UUCE group for those of us struggling with Mood and Anxiety Disorders. Please feel welcome, whether you are having good days or dark days. We can all learn and get support from one another. The group is self-facilitated, with the intention of each of us sharing our experiences and strategies for the benefit of all. We meet weekly, on Fridays from 4-6 p.m. at UUCE in the Tidewater Room. Please contact Cary Figueroa at or cnfigs713@gmail.com for details. Cakes for the Queen of Heaven How would your life have been different if, when you were growing up, the divine had been imaged as female? Cakes for the Queen of Heaven is a womanhonoring adult religious education curriculum of feminist theology that examines pre-judeo- Christian cultures worshipping the female as divine. The concepts of equality and reverence for the female in a religious setting are eyeopening to many participants. This workshop series examines important elements of today s women s lives: personal, interpersonal, and societal. The five-session course for women, facilitated by midwife and author Carol Leonard, begins on Wednesday, April 4, and runs for five weeks from 2 to 4 p.m. in the UUCE Sanctuary. Pre-registration is required ($10 fee for materials, payable at the first class). Contact Eileen in the office for more information or to register: or office@uuellsworth.org. NOTE: Advertisements for goods and services now run in the weekly e-news only. Please mail any requests for potential ads to Eileen at office@uuellsworth.org

17 Page 17 The NUUS March 2018 Sankofa Corner More Bios of Ellsworth Unitarian Church Members taken from Albert Davis's History of Ellsworth, Maine, 1927 Hutson B. Saunders Mr. Saunders was born at East Orland, October 15, He was elected Clerk of Courts in 1868, and served continuously until 1890, when he resigned upon his appointment by President Harrison as United States Marshal for the District of Maine. He died March 22, 1923, at Portland. Embert C. Osgood Embert C. Osgood, born at Pittsfield, Maine, March 24, 1874, came here in infancy with his parents. He graduated from Ellsworth High School in the Class of After finishing school, Mr. Osgood engaged in the photography business with his father, the late Irving Osgood, and now conducts the business alone. He is also the manufacturer of the Osgood Patent Snowplow. Mr. Osgood is now serving his eighth year as Grand Master of Exchequer, Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias for Maine. Edwin E. Royal Edwin E. Royal, born here Jan. 12, Mr. Royal attended a barber's school at Boston for two years ( ), returning to Ellsworth in the spring of 1925, entering the employ of J. W. Nealley. Mr. Royal opened a shop under his own name, November 12, Charles L. Morang Charles L. Morang, born Brooklyn, N. Y., January 27, Mr. Morang's career is a sterling example of the compensation of ambition and patience. Having left school in 1876, at the age of thirteen, Mr. Morang entered the employ of a department store at Boston. He came to Ellsworth in the summer of 1889 and initiated his business career canvassing for dry goods. December 14th of the same year, he rented a little room over the store now occupied by H. C. Stratton. The following spring, he moved down into the store then vacated by Mr. Fred Smith, who moved to Gardiner. In 1902, he purchased the Eppes store and in 1908 the two Gallert stores, joining all four into one big department store. He also established out of town branches, at Bar Harbor, Milbridge, and Bangor. In 1908, Mr. Morang entered the automobile business in a little building in the rear of the present Osgood studio. The first [continued on next page]

18 Page 18 The NUUS March 2018 [Sankofa Corner, continued from previous page] year in business he sold eleven cars. Last year, he sold over one thousand cars. He built the garage on the west end of the bridge about He established out of town branches of this business at Bar Harbor, where he now has two garages, thirteen years ago; Sullivan, ten years ago; Sedgwick, eight years ago; Cherryfield, six years ago; Bluehill, four years ago; Calais, this year. Mr. Morang was joined in the garage business by Mr. Harold A. Robinson in 1915, and became a member of the firm Morang-Robinson Company, which was created that year. The Company is now the largest Ford Agency for all Eastern Maine, including Belfast, Waterville, Aroostook County, etc. Mr. Morang has discontinued his out of town dry goods business and continues but one store in town, that he may devote the most of his time to the rapidly increasing automobile business. During the World War, Mr. Morang devoted most of his time to patriotic activities. He served as President of the Red Cross; conducted all of the Liberty Load drives, each largely surpassing its quota; and was appointed by the Governor to direct the movement for conservation of food in Hancock County. Charles E. Alexander Charles E. Alexander, born here March 18, Graduated from E. H. S. 1886, after which he was employed for two years by Augustus Dutton, followed by two years with J. H. and E. K. Hopkins. In 1890, he entered the employ of G. A. Parcher, in the drug store, and purchased the business in In Feb. 1923, the business was incorporated and now goes under the name of "Alexander's Pharmacy." Fred A. Shea Fred A. Shea, born here October 23, For four years, Mr. Shea was employed by the Postal and Western Union Telegraph Company as a telegrapher. He then went in Alexander's Pharmacy and became a member of the corporation in Fred L. Mason Fred L. Mason was born here November 14, After finishing at the Ellsworth High School, Mr. Mason entered Boston University Law School, from which he graduated in He had always practiced here and has served two terms as County Attorney and two terms in the Maine Legislature. Wayne Smith UUCE Historian

19 Page 19 The NUUS March 2018 Contact Information Minister Rev. Sara Hayman: (cell) Church Office (M 10-3, W 12-5, Th 10-4) Administrator Eileen Mielenhausen: office@uuellsworth.org President of the Board Robin Lovrien: robin.uuce@gmail.com Religious Education Coordinator Anne Ossanna: aossanna@aol.com Music Director Wayne Smith: wayne@mrlanguage.com NUUSletter Editor (deadline for submissions: 21st each month) Margaret Thurston: mhthurs@gmail.com Board of Trustees President: Robin Lovrien to 2018 Vice President: Jody Murphy to 2018 Interim Treasurer: Gerry Mehl (for Peggy Strong) Secretary: Michael Arruda to 2019 Trustee: Mary Susan Haynes to 2018 Trustee: Susan Opdycke to 2020 Trustee: Tom Martin to 2018 Trustee: Margaret Thurston to 2020 Trustee: Evelyn Foster to 2019 Trustee: Mack MacDonald to 2020 Moderator: John Fink Youth Member: open Committee and Task Force Chairs Adult Education: open Aesthetics: Linda Laing Auction: Margaret Thurston Caring Committee: Cecily Judd, Margaret Thurston Charitable Giving: Rev. Sara Hayman Choir: Haydee Foreman Committee on Ministry/Sabbatical: Bill Clark Eggroll Project: Susan Opdycke, Julie Connell Ferry Beach Retreat: Evelyn Foster Fiscal Matters: Gerry Mehl Flowers: Bronwen Kaldro Green Sanctuary: Kay Wilkins, Shawn & Molly Mercer History/Archives/Library: Wayne Smith Hospitality Manager: Jody Murphy Landscaping: open Loaves and Fishes: Sue Clark, Susan Opdycke, Nina Turner Membership: Nancy Avila Pastoral Visitors Team: Cary Figueroa Peace and Social Action (PASA): Karen Volckhausen Property Management & Maintenance: Gerry Mehl Publicity: Susan Opdycke Religious Education (RE) Chair: Liz True Right Relations: to be named Safety: Helen Kazura Sunday Order of Service: send to office@uuellsworth.org Small Group Ministry: Rev. Sara Hayman Stewardship: Betty Massie Wayside Pulpit: Mack MacDonald, Beth Pepper Website: Lisa Williams Yard Sale: Beth Pepper & Nathalie Arruda Are you receiving UUCE's weekly electronic newsletter? We want to make sure everyone who wants to read the latest UUCE news is receiving our weekly e-news bulletin. We send it out every Wednesday via MailChimp and have heard that some people may not be finding it in their inbox. Check your All Mail, Junk, and Spam folders first if you think you have not been receiving the weekly news. Please contact Eileen at or office@uuellsworth.org to get on the mailing list or to update your address. Thanks!

20 Unitarian Universalist Church of Ellsworth 121 Bucksport Road Ellsworth, ME Non-Profit Organization U.S. Postage Paid Permit Number 93 Ellsworth, ME The NUUS March 2018 The NUUS Newsletter of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Ellsworth March 2018 Vol. 50, No. 3 We covenant to affirm and promote: The inherent worth and dignity of every human being; Justice, equity and compassion in human relations; Acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth in our congregations; A free and responsible search for truth and meaning; The right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our congregation and in society at large; The goal of world community with peace, liberty and justice for all; Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.