What’s Happening at ORUUC

The week of Jan 9 — Jan 16

Join Us Sunday
10:00 Traditional Service
11:00 Anniversary Party
Noon Celebration Service
ORUUC Founders

SUNDAY, JANUARY 9, 2011

“We Shall Not Be Moved” — Celebrating ORUUC's First 60 Years
Rev. Jake Bohstedt Morrill, preaching — The Mighty Choir, lifting hearts
10:00 Traditional Service — 11:00 Anniversary Party — Noon Celebration Service
We are the heirs of a proud heritage of standing for a wider love against the doubts and fears of a
questioning world. This congregation is the story of conviction, the story of hope ever-lasting, and on this day, we
intend to raise one holy ruckus. We will do this to say, "Thank you." We will do this to say, "Hallelujah." We will do
this to feel in our hearts the challenge of living up to the example of the ones who came before us, as we move forward
together as one toward the future. All are invited, all are welcome, all have a place in this ongoing story.
At 11 a.m. in the Social Hall, we will be celebrating our 60th Anniversary. We would love for you to join us in
celebrating the past 60 years, and looking forward to the next 60 years together! A Special Thanks to Cindy Holt for
preparing the food and Jo Ann Garrett and Dave Holt for helping to serve.

TODAY
~ Our 2nd Annual ORUUC Calendars are here! You can pick up your copy this Sunday — there will be a table set up
for you to buy one if you have not already reserved one. This year’s calendar has been put together by Joshua Scott
— and they are fabulous. The cost per calendar is $20 and proceeds go to the Youth Group’s trip to Boston.
~Ticket Sales for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Breakfast will be available today and next
Sunday, January 16. Please see Elizabeth Peelle or Melissa Gunter to buy your ticket today.

NEXT SUNDAY, JANUARY 16, 2011

Martin Luther King Day Sunday: “Reviving A Consideration of Nuclear Weapons in Honor of Dr. King”
The Rev. Steven Martin, preaching
10:00 Traditional Service, Noon Celebration Service
Once it was only the fringe that called for nuclear disarmament. No more. Today a broad coalition is forming that is calling for a
reconsideration of nuclear weapons in view of the new threat of nuclear terrorism. Rev. Steven Martin, a child of Oak Ridge who
remembers being let out of school to protest President Jimmy Carter's motorcade through Oak Ridge prior to the closure of the
Clinch River Breeder Reactor project, will ask us to join in this thoughtful reconsideration. How can current non-proliferation
efforts, the new START treaty, and other efforts to secure nuclear stockpiles make for a more secure world? How does Al-Qaida
make nuclear technology more dangerous than ever? How does Dr. King's legacy require us to tirelessly pursue justice and
security for all the world's inhabitants?
Rev. Steven D. Martin is the Executive Director for The New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good, a new a faith-based nonprofit
offering a renewed Christian public witness for the sake of the Gospel and the common good. He has served United Methodist Churches as
pastor for twenty years and is a graduate of Candler School of Theology. He has produced several films for public television, including
“Muslims in Appalachia,” “Islam in America After September 11th,” “Theologians Under Hitler,” “Renewal or Ruin?”, “Hearts Divided:
Baptism and the Jews in the Third Reich,” and most recently, “Elisabeth of Berlin.” He has lectured at the prestigious Chautauqua Institute
and in churches and seminaries across the US.
 THIS WEEK
Forum and Panel on Homelessness —
Friday, January 14, 7 PM
Come to a panel discussion about the topic
of homelessness affecting our community on
Friday, January 14 at 7 p.m. There are several great
speakers lined up for the evening: Rick Morrow,
United Way of Anderson County; Mary Helen
Rose, Free Medical Clinic, Oak Ridge; Susan
Bowling, Community Action Coalition to End
Poverty; David Allred, High Places Church. This
event will happen at ORUUC on Friday, January 14
at 7 p.m. Please join us as we educate ourselves
about this growing problem. Sponsored by the
Adult Faith Formation Team and open to everyone
in our community.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
ORUUC’s Annual Auction —
Saturday, Feb. 5 at 5:30 PM
The I LUUV ORUUC AUUCTION is
coming up the evening of February 5 at the church.
It's the church's biggest party and raises a lot of
money for our budget. We will once again have our
favorite auctioneer, Bear Stevenson; and in keeping
with the Valentine's Day holiday, Kim Kasten and
his swing band will be playing for your listening
and dancing pleasure.
Rummage Sale is February 25 and 26, 2011
Please start finding and saving your
contributions for our next rummage sale. We will
accept anything except weapons! We do sell
clothes, and books, and we really like to sell
furniture and working electronic items. We will start
accepting items at church on Sunday, February 20,
after church. Just so everyone can plan ahead, we
have set Saturday morning, February 19, as the day
we will pick up large items with trucks. We plan to
send out trucks with teams of people with strong
backs to get your large items, so—please contact
Betsy Bauer (bauerec@bellsouth.net, 482 - 5324) if
you have items you would like us to pick up that
day, or if you can help pick up the large items!
Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church
1500 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830
865-483-6761 ☼ Fax: 865-482-3646 ☼ www.oruuc.org ☼
THIS MONTH
Coffeehouse Talent Show —
Friday, January 21, 7 PM
It's time for another ORUUC Coffeehouse, so start
getting your act together! Any kind of rehearsed, presentational
act is possible, from the silly to the sublime. All ages and all
kinds of talent are encouraged. Music is great, but what about
one-act plays, joke telling, story telling, poetry recitation,
dramatic soliloquies, dancing, and novelty acts? This is your
chance! The signup deadline is Sunday, Jan. 16. Contact Liz
McGeachy, 494-0420, lizmcgeachy@gmail.com
lizmcgeachy@gmail.com. Proceeds will benefit the ORUUC
Youth Group trip to Boston.
Stone Soup “Summit —
Wednesday, January 19, 5 PM
Stone Soup will meet for a midyear “Summit" to discuss
new marketing efforts to get the word out. We want to launch
some new marketing efforts. Please join us for soup, bread and
cookies if you have been involved with Stone Soup, would like
to get involved with Stone Soup, have ideas about marketing
and advertising, or if you'd like a bowl of good soup to try our
wares!
Financial Peace University —
Monday, January 24, 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
Many of us have a secret financial life that we don’t
share and many of us are not proud of that part of our lives. If
you find yourself living paycheck to paycheck or worrying
about money on a daily, weekly or even monthly basis,
consider signing up for the Financial Peace University class
starting in January. Class will meet Mondays at 5:30 p.m. in
the East Room at ORUUC starting January 24th and will
conclude on April 18th. To sign up email or call Emily Smartt
(esmartt@gmail.com or 385.5321). Childcare is provided.
"The Wellness Recovery Action Plan" —
Saturday, January 29, 9 AM to 3 PM
A One-day Positive Change Session led by Robin
Stone. Robin, a mental health professional in our church, will
offer a one-day session on "WRAP" (the "Wellness Recovery
Action Plan"), which helps participants identify ways that they
suffer and ways that they already know how to respond to their
own suffering—their already-developed coping mechanisms.
This is a system meant to help those who are ready to grow in
self-awareness, to take more responsibility for whatever they
are facing, and to learn better how to practice the healthy
responses that work best for them. To register, please contact
the Church Office at 483-6761 or margarethoff@oruuc.org.
oruuc@bellsouth.net