Up The Steps Presents: SPLASH IT! A poetry workshop event for teens on March 12 from 5-8pm at University Circle UMC

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UMW SPEAKER FORUM On Sunday, March 6 at University Circle UMC

UMW SPEAKER FORUM: On Sunday, March 6, our United Methodist Women (UMW) group is sponsoring a 9:30am forum with Victoria Grant, Coordinator of the Ujimo Project of the Domestic Violence Center. The presentation will take place in the Yoder Room. Dr. Chalker's class will join the forum that morning. Serving Cleveland for more than 30 years, The Domestic Violence Center is dedicated to ending abuse and providing compassionate treatment for its victims. On duty 24/7 with an emergency hotline, the Center provides confidential shelter, counseling and justice system advocacy, among other services offered to those who suffer abuse.

SPECIAL BONUS: Ms. Grant will stay with us through worship and the potluck following the service, where we will be assembling hygiene kits to donate to the center. While adults pack bags, children in attendance can color specially designed cards that will be included in each kit. Learn more about our neighbors and lend a helpful hand during our time of dining and fellowship. Reservations are not needed for the speaker at 9:30am; however, there is an RSVP available here.

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RSVP FORM for University Circle UMC 1st Sunday All-Church Potluck Sunday, March 6

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University Circle United Methodist Church February & March 2011 Calendar of Meetings & Events

3/20: Receive New Members during Worship at 11am
Administrative Council and Church Conference, following worship, Great Hall

FEBRUARY
2/21 CHURCH BUILDING CLOSED for Presidents' Day holiday
2/22 Ladies Lunch Bunch, 12 noon, Reception Room
2/27 Cookies for USO, collection in the Parlor
2/27 Neighborhood Lunch, 1pm, Great Hall

MARCH
3/1 Staff meeting, 5:30pm, Reception Room
3/4-6 Confirmation Retreat at Aldersgate
3/6 UMW Forum Speaker, Victoria Grant, 9:30am, Great Hall
3/6 Potluck and outreach project, 12:30pm, Great Hall
3/9 Ash Wednesday Services offered at 12 Noon and 7:30pm in the Chapel
3/9 Trustee meeting, 6-7:30, Reception Room
3/9 Outreach committee meeting, 6-7:30, Yoder Room
3/10 Shelter Ministry outreach

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The Outlook Newspaper - February 18, 2011 Issue

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The Reviews Are In: University Circle United Methodist Church is Generous!

VALENTINE PROJECT
American Greetings and Hallmark had better watch out. UCUMC "potluckers" discovered on February 5th how much fun it is to create Valentine's Day cards. 150 cards have been either mailed to members or distributed to long-term care facilities so that our energy and love will be spread around the city on February 14th. Ours may be the only Valentine that some of these folks receive.
People seemed to stay longer, talk more and laugh louder at our most recent potluck - creating something useful and reaching out to the community promoted all of that. Special thanks to the 17 volunteers who offered to help set up, serve and clean up. Special thanks to our volunteer extraordinaire Gwyn Howard, who collected all of the completed Valentines and oversaw orderly return of supplies. Stay tuned - the March 6th potluck promises to be just as much fun, just as creative and just as worthwhile a project!

SOUPER BOWL SUNDAY FINAL SCORE
Thanks to everyone who donated canned soup and money to our Souper Bowl Sunday food and funds drive for the Cleveland Foodbank. This morning our Sunday School children are counting the cans of soup and money collected last week – look for our signs with the totals as you leave worship today. Your generous gifts will help many hungry people in our city and have provided a wonderful opportunity for our children to put their faith into action! Thank you.

INTERACT HOMELESS STAND DOWN
The Outreach Committee would very much like to say, THANK YOU, UCUMC, for your overwhelming support of InterAct Cleveland's Homeless Stand Down! InterAct has expressed extreme gratitude for our support.

Together we contributed scores of baby supplies (including more than 1600 diapers), thoughtful housewarming gifts for mothers in new living arrangements and two carloads (Thank you, Chuck, Desmond, and Megan for your labor!) of health and hygiene products.

Additionally, your generous cash donations procured all-day RTA passes for 60 individuals, providing HSD participants with much-needed transportation. A special "thank you" goes to the Judson Manor "Knit-Whits" for their heartfelt donation of colorful homemade winter wear!

All contributions were sincerely appreciated. Thank you!

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USO Cookies Project

"Church Women United" of Cleveland is an organization of women from all the churches in this area. One of their projects is to keep the USOs supplied with cookies for our troops as they pass through town at the airport or those who are stationed in Northeast Ohio and visit the USO facilities. UCUMC is a member of the University Circle District of "Church Women United". Our district will again supply the USO with cookies during the month of February. In appreciation for all that these brave soldiers do for us, let's bake or buy some cookies and bring them to church on Sunday, February 27. Have the cookies boxed in clearly marked, non-returnable containers and place them on the designated tables in the parlor. Your "Church Women United" representatives will transport them to the local terminal to be distributed to the USO sites. This is such a little thing to do for those who do so much for us.

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