Sunday services begin at 10:30 am. Please join us for refreshments after the service.

September 9 " ' Here We Have Gathered ' " - Rev. Michelle Tonozzi

Today we celebrate the annual fall in-gathering of the community as we begin the 2007-2008 Church Year. Some reflections on what it is that calls us to come together on Sundays throughout the year and from year to year. We will recognize and install those who have been elected to serve on the Fellowship Board of Trustees in the coming year, as well as those folks who have volunteered to guide and teach our young people this year.

A Fall Harvest potluck lunch follows the service. Bring the bounty from your summer's harvest to share! All are welcome. Visitors: please be our guests.

Greeters: Wayne and Amy Johnson / Coffee: Wayne Backman and Terry Krause

September 16: "MINDING THE GAP"
Last year our "Mind the Gap" program pointed out state and local disparities in race, class, and place. As we kick off our series of Fellowship House Meetings (see "Close the Gap" page) the UUF GRIP Core Team is sponsoring a panel presentation by representatives from immigrants and communities of color in the St. Cloud area. How do the "gaps" affect our neighbors? How can we help?

Jeanette Blonigen Clancy, author of “God Is Not Three Guys in the Sky: Cherishing Christianity without Its Exclusive Claims“, will speak about Christ as a symbol of the inner Self. Carl Jung articulated this understanding, which reflects that of Hinduism, the thought of Meister Eckhart, the teaching of Gnostics, and Church Council definitions.
http://www.godisnot3guys.com/

September 30: Chloe Hanslip, British violinist - Intergenerational program
Chloe Hanslip, who will be 20 years old on September 28th, will give a brief solo performance for us and then will engage in a conversation with the congregation about her music and her life. (Please see separate article below.) This program is a collaboration with the Chamber Music Society of St. Cloud.

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SPECIAL MUSIC PROGRAM

September 30

In collaboration with the Chamber Music Society of St. Cloud, British violinist Chloe Hanslip, a former child prodigy who will turn 20 on September 28th, will perform and talk with us on the September 30th program at the Fellowship. Although her piano accompanist has an engagement elsewhere, Chloe generously offered to play solo for a short time and then engage in conversation with the congregation about her music and her life. This will be an unusual opportunity to interact personally with someone of rare talent. Chloe has played the violin since she was 3 and was invited at age 5 by Yehudi Menuhin to study with the Menuhin School’s main violin teacher. At 7 she and her mother moved to Germany to study with the legendary Russian violin teacher, Zakhar Bron ---- for 10 years. And at age 10 she made her film debut as a child prodigy violinist in “Evgeny Onegyn“, with Ralph Fiennes and Liv Tyler. At 13 she received her first recording contract. We hope that adults and children alike will come with questions for Chloe about her music and her life experience.

You can also hear Chloe with her pianist at the Chamber’s opening concert on September 29th at 7:30 at First United Methodist Church.