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	Lunches for Bunches Sunday, March 6 at 11:30 - Join us under the shade structure after the service as we prepare brown bag lunches for our homeless neighbors. We'll pack sandwiches, fruit, chips, beverages, and desserts for as many as we can. Afterward, we'll deliver them to Turning Point - a 55-bed temporary housing shelter for homeless people in Santa Monica. Contact hunger@uusm.org for more information. If you're unable to join us, you can support the Hunger Task Force <insert giving information.
	Lunches for Bunches Join us under the shade structure after the service as we prepare brown bag lunches for our homeless neighbors. We'll pack sandwiches, fruit, chips, beverages, and desserts for as many as we can. Afterward, we'll deliver them to Turning Point - a 55-bed temporary housing shelter for homeless people in Santa Monica. Contact hunger@uusm.org for more information. If you're unable to join us, you can support the Hunger Task Force by choosing Hunger Fund under Program Support on our Online Donation webpage.
	Lux Aeterna Lux Aeterna is a Latin phrase meaning “eternal light.” What inspiration can we find in our own lives from the light of faith, the light of inspiration, or the light of fellowship we bring to one another?
	Magicians, Mayors, and Czars Join Reverend Furrer and others - including some goony milliners and dream types - in a look at how to be a more effective caring community. Step right up and be a part of it!
	Mahashivaratri: The Bhakti Poet-Saints Mahashivaratri — “the Great Night of Shiva” in the Hindu tradition — has arrived once again! For the past two years we’ve honored this important Hindu festival with a special service. This year we will hear from the great devotional poet-saints and progressive reformers of this tradition. Join us for this holiday service marking the removal of ignorance and the sacred cosmic dance of creation and destruction.
	Mahin Rahimzadeh Mahin Rahimzadeh was born in Iran and studied literature and history in Tehran University. She moved in 1980 to the United States where she continued her studies, concentrating on drawing and painting at Pierce College. At Santa Monica College she refined her skills by studying oil painting, watercolor use, ceramics, and photography. Her focus on photography was developed by working with Larry Shapiro. She has been featured at Baby Blue Barbecue Restaurant and Abbot Kinney Festival. Two of her photographs are on permanent exhibition at Santa Monica College. Currently she practices the Sufi traditions and reads the poetry of Rumi to feed her art and her soul. She is a new member of our UUCCSM congregation. There will be a reception for the artist on October 14 after the second service.
	Maija Beeton - Citizen Artist\|Citizen Scientist Maija Beeton’s painting series CITIZEN ARTIST \| CITIZEN SCIENTIST presents new works inspired by, and derived from, community interplay. Exploring themes of biological patterns and scale, the presented works were created in Beeton’s studio and at Mark Twain Middle School, Hamilton High School and Santa Monica College. UUCCSM member Maija Beeton is a fine artist who designs and produces media for emerging technologies, internet venues, video games and broadcast. Beeton is the recipient of a 2008 Emmy Award for outstanding achievement in graphic design and the winner of the 2015 WonderWomenTech Hackathon. She is a former American Film Institute Digital Media Filmmaker-In-Residence and is a graduate of the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.
	Maija Beeton - The Cel Art Project Please join us after the second service on Sunday, October 5, for the artist’s opening reception for the CEL ART PROJECT with Emmy-awarding winning artist Maija Beeton. The show will run through Sunday, October 26 and is open to the public Sundays, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m., and on weekdays by appointment. Beeton enjoys exploring the alleged distinctions between commercial art, fine art, entertainment and philosophy. Her media include painting, video, animation, theatre, music, text, and landscaping.The CEL ART PROJECT is an homage to 2D Cartoons and a meditation on the loss of the individual human mark in contemporary industrial strength computer generated animation. The majority of Beeton’s CEL ART pieces employ the traditional 2D animation technique of hand painted cel vinyl on clear media. The cel vinyl paint is manufactured by Cartoon Colour in Culver City, a company that has supplied American animators for over 50 years. Acetate sheets are used for the clear media. These painted graphics are then layered over abstract expressionist backgrounds which have been reproduced from original paintings as digital prints. The two large works in the show combine abstract expressionist painting, representational drawing and 3D digital modelling. Please contact Nancy at assistant@uusm.org, (310) 829-5436 ext. 102 for appointments to view Art Wall during the week. Contact UU Santa Monica Art Director Beverly Alison for information about exhibiting on the Art Wall. — Jackie Schwab
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	Make a Donation Donate Immediately With Your Smartphone Text to 844-982-0209 with the amount you’d like to donate and the code for where you would like your donation to go. To make a Generous Congregation Contribution, use code GCC; for example, “$20 GCC”. To make a Pledge contribution, use PLG (“$20 PLG”). To make a non-pledge contribution to another fund, use IDC (“$20 IDC”). Text giving is easy and makes a big difference. Donations of any amount are gratefully accepted. (The first time you give, you’ll be asked to register.) Click on the UUSM ONLINE image above to make an online financial donation to the church from your computer. It will take you to a secure form powered by VANCO Payment Solutions, the company that processes our donations. You will be able to enter your donation details and designate the specific purpose of your donation. PLEASE NOTE: When you click the "Make a Donation" button, you will be taken away from the uusm.org website, to a secure page powered by VANCO Payment Solutions. If it asks you to log in, you will need to create a NEW separate account on that site, and log into it separately from your uusm.org website account. Find out more about Vanco at www.vancopayments.com. Online pledge payments and donations can be made by credit card or electronic funds transfer (EFT) from your checking or savings bank account A confirmation page will appear after your payment is completed. Questions about making an online pledge payment or donation? Contact us at info@uusm.org. The GivePlus Mobile app, also powered by VANCO Payment Solutions, allows you to make a donation to UUSM on your phone or other mobile device - wherever you are. It's as easy as 1-2-3. 1. DOWNLOAD THE APP Search for "GivePlus Church" to find it quickly. 2. SEARCH FOR "UU COMMUNITY CHURCH" 3. MAKE A DONATION GivePlus Mobile supports donations via all major debit and/or credit cards, as well as by electronic funds transfer (EFT). If you have a Vanco or GivePlus account or choose to create one, you can log in and select the frequency of the transaction during the donation process. If you would prefer to write a check, mail it to: Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Santa Monica 1260 18th Street Santa Monica, CA 90404 Please note on the check what you want the funds used for. Checks without a notation will be deposited into the General Operating fund. Annual Commitment Campaign Update your annual pledge by downloading, completing and returning the pledge form found HERE. You can arrange scheduled payments through the Make A Donation link above. Garden of Eternity DONATE A BRICK ENGRAVED WITH YOUR LOVED ONE'S NAME. Members can donate $500 or more in memory of a loved one, family member, or former church member and have that person's name, date of birth and date of death engraved in a brick which will become part of the Garden of Eternity project. Download and complete the order form and make your donation, or contact Nurit Gordon at admin@uusm.org for more information. Once you've make your donation, please e-mail or deliver your completed form to the Church Office or admin@uusm.org, attention Nurit Gordon. FIA Textbook Fund A few years ago UUSM joined with several other UUs throughout the state of California to raise funds for textbooks for inmates who were taking courses through a community college. Although the courses are free, students must pay for textbooks, which are often quite expensive. At UUSM we set a goal of $750, which was exceeded by more than 100 percent, with a final total of over $2,000. We have now received several letters from inmates who received textbooks through the fund, expressing their gratitude for the textbooks and for the opportunity provided to continue their education. Many indicated how they hope to use what they learn to help others. The need for textbooks for student inmates continues, and we are re-launching the campaign to raise funds, this time with a goal of $1,500. As before, the funds are being administered by Faith in Action. At the end of the campaign, UUCCSM will send a check for the total to a foundation set up by the community college; the foundation then provides scholarships (the Unitarian Universalist Textbook Scholarships) for student inmates to be used to pay for textbooks. If you would like to donate to this effort, please click here or on the blue donation button, above, and specify that you would like your donation to go to the "FIA Textbook Fund." Ralphs Community Contributions If you shop at Ralphs, we have a way for you to give to UUCCSM. Under their Community Contributions program, Ralphs donates to UUCCSM a portion of every dollar you spend at Ralphs when you enroll on-line with your Ralphs Rewards Card number. For more information, and instructions on how to register your Ralphs Card and connect it to UUSM, see https://www.ralphs.com/asset/ralphs_participant_faqs_2017 (Note: you will need our NPO (non-profit organization) number which is 81397.) Donate from your smart phone! UUCCSM now offers a mobile version of our online giving page to make it easy for you to give anytime from your smart phone. Simply scan the image you see here using your phone’s Quick Response (QR) code reader! For other payment options or to ask a question, call Cyndee Hayes, Financial Assistant, at (310) 829-5436 x102.
	Make No Little Plans (Celebration Sunday) This is the Sunday we set aside to celebrate who we are and what we may become as a church community. We will revisit our vision and renew our commitment to the future. The adult and children?s choirs will take part in both services, after which all friends and members will enjoy a festive brunch.
	Making Amends (Sermon at UUSM) If good fences make good neighbors, what can you say about the wall around your heart? During the Days of Awe, between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, we are invited to reflect on the unnecessary fences we have built or caused to be built, and to consider what we might do to mend them, lower them or just take them down. For what might you make amends?