“Embodying Resilience”
is our February theme
Kintsugi is the Japanese art of putting broken pottery pieces back together with gold, built on the idea that in embracing flaws and imperfections, you can create an even stronger, more beautiful piece of art.
It is also a metaphor for resilience: embracing your wounds as part of your path of evolution. Your scars show the path travelled, and you are more beautiful and stronger for having been broken.
– Paige Bradley
Next Service
March 1 at 11:00 am
“Stewardship Kickoff”
Led by: Rev. Dan Miyake
This Sunday begins our annual Stewardship Pledge Drive. This topic, even though few people like to talk about money, is a critically important aspect of our church’s health and vitality and viability for the future. Rev. Dan will share his thoughts about our Stewardship theme of “Paying it Forward”.
A potluck dinner will follow the service.
In person or live on Facebook.
Announcements
Pledge Drive Potluck: There will be a potluck dinner after service this Sunday, March 1 to help kick off our pledge drive for the 2026-2027 year. Please bring a dish to share. And don’t forget your appetite!
New Adult RE Offering: Rev. Dan will be offering a three-month Adult RE class beginning in late March using a new curriculum offering from the folks at Soul Matters called Practice Matters. This curriculum is designed to support spiritual practice curiosity by learning and doing. In other words, Practice Matters doesn’t just explain the featured spiritual practices; it helps people experience them and the deeper invitations to which they point.
Each session provides background about a particular spiritual practice, teases out how the practice speaks to universal hungers, and offers options about how participants can engage the practice in their own life, with care given to avoid cultural misappropriation. Participants then pick one of the options provided and do it prior to their group meeting. Sessions also contain reflection questions for participants to debrief their experience personally and with their groups.
The three monthly practices we will explore are:
- Labyrinth Work
- Loving Kindness practice
- Offering Gratitude
Classes will be held on Zoom so that both congregations can participate. Our first monthly session will be Thursday, March 26 at 6:30. Please contact Rev. Dan by March 10 if you would like to participate.
Social (Media) Butterflies: The church has purchased a packet of materials to post on social media as a way of reaching out. The board is seeking a volunteer to make this happen. Contact Ann Green for more information – and to volunteer!
Worship Committee seeks speakers: Do you know folks from the community that may be interested in speaking to the congregation? Do you have an idea for a service, or a willingness to take us on your spiritual journey? If so, please contact Darrin Palmer or another member of the Worship Committee. We are happy to help put the pieces together for a Sunday Service!
The church phone number is 517-295-3290.
Social Mission Designee:
AWARE is our third quarter designee. AWARE provides services and resources for survivors of domestic and sexual violence. They support survivors at every stage. They’re dedicated to ensuring that survivors have the resources, support, and comfort they need. Write a check to the church with a note in the memo line or use the give button on our website.
Minister’s Schedule:
- February 25 – Off
- February 26-27 – UUCEL
- February 28 – Off
- March 1 – UUCEL
- March 2-3 – Elkhart Virtual
- February 4 – Off
Rev. Dan is available for 1:1 emergency pastoral care regardless of his days off. If you are in need of immediate pastoral care, please contact him right away. Please refrain from texting Rev. Dan after normal work hours unless it is a critical issue that needs immediate attention; if not, email him the next workday. If you need an immediate response to an email on a day off, type “URGENT’ in the subject line.
Please submit items for this weekly email by Tuesday afternoon at WednesdayChimes@gmail.com Please include the date(s) you would like the announcement published in the subject line of your email.
Sunday Announcements
Please submit items to be announced on Sunday to the Worship Committee at uuliberty@gmail.com
Joys and SorrowsPlease submit items for inclusion in our Sunday service to the Worship Committee at uuliberty@gmail.com