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**Statement of Purpose**

 * The Community Church of Chapel Hill Unitarian Universalist is a fellowship of Judeo-Christian origins which seeks inspiration in all faiths. It is a spiritual home of open membership dedicated to the celebration of life and dignity of every person. We are committed to religious education, and service both to each other and the larger community.**


 * View the entire Vision Statement** **here.**


 * For more on Unitarian Universalist principles,**
 * [|see this article on the UUA web site]**.



Minister: Maj-Britt Johnson

 * Maj-Britt Johnson assumed the role of settled minister on August 15, 2008. She was installed as minister of the Community Church of Chapel Hill in a ceremony on March 1, 2009. At the installation service, we read and affirmed a covenant between Maj-Britt and the congregation.**


 * An [|article] about Maj-Britt and the installation service was published in the February 25, 2009, edition of the Chapel Hill News.**


 * For more information about Maj-Britt, go here.**

Maj-Britt's Sermons on the Web

 * Maj-Britt's recent sermons are available in [|text form in our Sermon Archive] or the audio MP3 ("podcast") in our "Content From the Sanctuary" web page.**

Sunday Services in September 2009
** Sept. 6, 10:30am **

==**Labor Day Service, **Baldemar Velasquez, president of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee, AFL-CIO. This will be a celebration for the successful improvements FLOC has won for cucumber workers in North Carolina and a concern for the current conditions experienced by the tobacco workers. Charles M. Jones Peace and Justice Committee. ==

 Rev. Maj-Britt Johnson. Bring water from your travels (even from as near as your garden) as we celebrate this annual community gathering ritual. This year we will have an opportunity to write or draw something about our summer on paper that will be posted on walls outside the sanctuary. So you might want to come a little early.

**Sept. 20, 9:30 & 11:15**
== **"Just What is the American Dream?**" Rev. Maj-Britt Johnson. This summer I read Lillian Smith's "Killers of the Dream", about the south during Jim Crow. As I watched the health care debates this summer I was astonished at seeing certain social dynamics at work in the larger society. I'd like to unpack some of that with you. ==

== **Sept. 27, 9:30 & 11:15am ** == == **"How Will We Love The World?" ** Rev. Maj-Britt Johnson. This is our focus for this years Stewardship campaign, and this is the kickoff service. UU Poet Mary Oliver writes: "There is only one question: How to love this world?" How will we as a congregation and as individuals answer this question, by what actions? We will be asking ourselves this question from a number of different angles all year long as we join our fellow UU's in "standing on the side of love". ==

**Charge to Congregation**

 * The [[file:charge 090301.pdf|charge]] to the congregation at Maj-Britt's installation was given by Annette Marquis, the UUA District Executive from Charlotte.**

**Two Concerts Upcoming**
//**Bearfoot & Janis Ian**//  Greetings from the Community Church Concerts Committee!

 This Fall the Concert Committee has two special show that we're sure everyone will enjoy and we want to make sure that church members get advance notice to be able to get tickets before the concerts are publicly advertised. We've also made it easier than ever to order tickets for either or both shows via our website at http://www.communitychurchconcerts.org The two shows are:

Puclic ticket sales for both show will begin August 15, 2009 so be sure to get your tickets NOW! For more information about the concerts and to buy advance tickets go to [|Community Church Concert Tickets].
 * Saturday, September 19, 2009 Bearfoot
 * Sunday, November 8, 2009 Janis Ian

As always, we thank you for your continued support and look forward to seeing you at the show!


 * “Children of Eden,” with book by John Caird and music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (composer of “Godspell,” “Wicked” and Disney's “Pocahontas”) has been chosen as this year's church musical. Performances will take place on the weekend of November 20-22.**

Local Peace and Justice Events

 * Check out a listing of important local events, on the Peace and Justice page!**

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">**<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Dedication of Freedom Riders Marker **

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<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">On Saturday, February 28, 2009, our church participated in the unveiling a permanent State Highway Marker at Columbia and Rosemary streets. This is the site of a bus stop where Freedom Riders endured arrests and mob violence when they defied segregated seating on a Trailways bus ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">. **The event was sponsored by the Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP and The Community Church. Speakers were George Houser, 1947 Freedom Rider;Karen Abbotts, Granddaughter of the Reverend Charles M. Jones; The Reverend Charles Kast, Minister Emeritus Community Church of Chapel Hill Unitarian Universalist; and others.** ======

What's New?
New to our web site since the second half of 2008:
 * Content from the Sanctuary: audio files from recent sermons, and other special events, in our Sanctuary
 * Information on our new minister shared during the search process
 * Visit the Covenant Group page for frequent updates to our "Current Covenant Group News".

__Contacting Our Church__
If you are new to our church and believe you could volunteer your special talents in service of our progressive religious movement, please contact our church. For more details on working on this Wikispace, join our [|C3H ITS eGroup] and post a comment or [|send a message to our Wikimaven]. And if you have never been to our completely revamped buildings and grounds, follow these directions.

__Sections in this C3H Web Site__

 * Ministerial Search Committee: Updates on search for new minister
 * C3H Project and Group Wikispace pages:Links to project web pages and other Wikispaces pages for C3H Groups
 * C3H IT Services Change Requests and Problem Reports:Log and track C3H IT Services problems here
 * C3H Web Sites:Other C3H Web site links
 * C3H Archive (box.net): Archive server with sermons, audio files, newsletters, and more
 * Other UUA Web Sites: Other C3H Web site links
 * C3H Site maps and drawings: Maps and drawings useful on web sites and as reference material

__Being a UU Video__
Our [|Unitarian-Universalist Association] has produced a short video to explain our Progressive Faith and Being a UU. media type="youtube" key="wezp1W2HKlU&hl=en" align="right" height="355" width="425" Other related content to this video may be seen on [|YouTube.]

__Wiki Intro__
This web site on Wikispaces.com provides an online place for individual members, committees, and other church related groups to collaborate and post information in support of [|The Community Church of Chapel Hill Unitarian Universalist] (aka C3H or C3HUU). C3H programs and operational documentation are collected here along with a repository supporting the recently formed [|C3H Church Council]. This C3HUU Wikispace is the official link and outreach to our members and the public.

This C3HUU.Wikispaces.com site was originally setup for coordination and collaboration among staff, board, and various committees who had requests for IT Services. This web site has grown to include outreach organizations involved with C3H as well as communication with the public on our activiites at C3HUU. Note that you can search for keywords or "tags" in any page in c3h.wikispaces.com by entering words in the "Search" box at top left of any page. On all pages there is a navigation menu with major subject areas on the left and many pages have a Table of Contents for that page toward the upper right corner.

The Wiki format allows for the IT Services group to create pages and then give them to individuals or groups so that they maintain their own content and format. This allows for more timely update of the Wiki Web site so there is no need to wait for someone else to post information. If you are a member of C3H working on an outreach project or a member of a committee or group sanctioned by C3HUU, sign up here and go post your information yourself! For those who want to get going, here is a section on Getting Started on the C3HUU Wiki

C3HUU Affiliates with

 * [|InterFaith Council (IFC) for Social Service] local food and shelter for those in need
 * [|Orange County Habitat for Humanity]
 * The [|Recycles.org] project to reuse and exchange reusable computer and electronics equipment