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SPECIAL EVENTS:
IN THE ART GALLERY
Mondays 1 - 3 PM, and Sundays after the service.
Mary Strue looks at flowers as having faces and reflects them in her paintings She will be the August featured artist
at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. With a botanical emphasis,
Mary brings intense colors and largeness to her paintings. Experienced
in watercolors, acrylics, watercolor pencils and ink on silk, her
technical repertoire is broad. Residing between Forestville, Door
County and Alabama, Mary draws her inspiration from nature through her
love of gardening and being in the outdoors. Producing the work, she
says, is a wonderful experience and including fun along with it, makes
up her studio environment. She produces her artwork at her aptly named
Mill Pond Art Studio, located on the shores of Forestville Mill Pond.
Mary
majored in art at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, after which she
focused on her family and worked for 22 years as owner of The Weed
Patch, a floral and gift shop, in Green Bay. As an artist, she has
studied locally at the Peninsula Art School, The Clearing, the
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and with Door County watercolorist,
Ed Fenendael. She has also studied with Scottish painter, Aiden Bremmer
in Portugal and participated in classes at the Eastern Shore Art Center
in Fairhope, AL.
Mary’s artwork hangs in galleries, private
and corporate collections throughout the Midwest and the South. She is
a member of the Fairhope Street Artists Gallery in AL. Her awards
include “Artist of the Month” at Eastern Shore Art Gallery, Fairhope,
AL: “Artist of the Month” at Cathedral Square Gallery in Mobile, AL;
Door County Art League’s “People’s Choice Award”; and was a “Featured
Artist” at the Fairfield Art Center in Sturgeon Bay, WI.
The UU Gallery is located in the Fellowship at 10341 Hwy. 42, Ephraim just south of
the Green Gables Shops. Gallery hours are Mondays 1-3 P.M. and Sundays
following morning service. Please contact Julia Bresnahan at 839-2606 if you would like to display artwork at the UU Gallery.
We're Planning a Choir!
Do you like to sing, have a little extra time and like to learn new music? If so, contact Carol Soper 854.9653, or pcsoper-69@charter.net. Just think of how our voices will enhance our services!EMERSON CULTURAL SERIES
The
Emerson Cultural Series is a collection of
events presented for the community during the Autumn, Winter and
Spring. All
Emerson events begin at 7:30 PM. Donation $10 adults - $5 students.
Receptions with light refreshments follow each performance. OTHER CULTURAL EVENTS
Tuesday, August 13 at 7:30 PM
The Birch Creek Ambassadors
The Ambassadors, Birch Creek’s premier jazz musicians, will will perform at UUFDC,
led by horn impresario Steve Fulton. This is the ninth year for
this popular event, which will be followed by a reception to meet the
students.
Tickets: $5 adults, free for youth under 16 years of age Birch Creek Music Performance Center's
premier student jazz combo, The Ambassadors, led by horn instructor
Steve Fulton, perform in a cabaret setting, now in its seventh year for
this very successful event.
Midsummer's Music Festival uses the Fellowship for concerts several times each year.
The Fellowship's Steinway piano is a great asset during these performances.
CIRCLE SUPPERS
Members
and friends of UUFDC take turns hosting small dinner parties for six to
eight people. The purpose of the gatherings is to enjoy food and
conversation and to get to know each other in social settings. The
hosts prepare the main part of the meal and serve beverages, and the
guests bring an appetizer, salad, or dessert.
Just a reminder that we will not meet in July and August,
due to everyone's already busy schedules. We have had a very successful
year, with 45 individuals participating as guests or hosts.
It
has been a pleasure to organize these get-togethers over the past two
years and enable us to get better acquainted and strengthen our sense
of community. However, it is time for me to volunteer in a different
capacity, so I am looking for someone to take my place. It is not
a difficult job, but does require organizational skills and persistence.
Anyone interested in joining the Circle Suppers, please contact Cindy Taubert, 920.854.7108, cynthiataubert@yahoo.com for further details.
ADULT ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS...
are open to everyone, with details announced in the Calendar of Events in advance of each
presentation. Approved programs that are not generated by the Adult
Enrichment Committee will be directly promoted by the Committee at the
request of sponsoring group. The Committee is always open to program
suggestions from the membership. Rabbi Jay Brickman provides weekly Bible studies throughout the summer. Jay
Brickman, Rabbi emeritus of Congregation Sinai in suburban
Milwaukee, leads a course entitled “The Study of the Five Books of
Moses” on Saturdays from 10-11:30 A.M in the Gathering Room. The
classes began July 26. Rabbi Brickman said participants will read
passages and then discuss what they meant at the time they were written
as well as how they might apply to our contemporary living
circumstances.
There is no charge for the series and everyone
is welcome. No registration is required and it is not necessary to
attend every session. Participants are asked to bring a Bible.
The
Brickmans have a summer home in Baileys Harbor and are friends of the
UUFDC. Rabbi Brickman has taught a similar course in Milwaukee since
1955. First Wednesday of each month
Book Group
The
UU Book Group meets on the first
Wednesday of each month at a different member’s home from 1 - 3 PM. Book Group members have the
opportunity to choose a book-of-the month and then host the
discussion at their home. The host is also responsible for
researching and presenting relative information to the group about the book and its
author as part of facilitating the discussion. If you
are
unable to host a session, you can still present a book by partnering
with a host for the evening.
Participants are responsible for
acquiring their own copy of the featured books which are to be read and
finished before each respective meeting. This is a lay-led group
that depends on members’ initiative
to make the discussion worthwhile, informative and interesting. The use
of Book Group Guides is optional.
August 6
Divisidero (available in paperback)by Michael Ondaatje
From the celebrated author of The English Patient, comes another breathtaking, unforgettable story, this time about a family torn apart by an act of violence. Divisadero is a rich and rewarding read, one that Jhumpa Lahiri calls "Ondaatje's finest novel to date."
The
August meeting is at Myrna Cohn's home, 8092 East Oaks Drive, in
Baileys Harbor. Optional brown bag lunch at Noon, drinks will be
supplied; regular meeting from 1- 3 PM.
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