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February 18: Deeply Rooted, Branching Out

As the Unitarian Coastal Fellowship settles into its new building, with a new flagpole, we are beginning to feel deeply rooted! Now that our roots are deeply planted, we can start extending our branches. As we look toward the future, this multigenerational service asks members and friends to share what is important to them, and how they will continue to be good stewards of this community.

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February 24: Music of the Circle Workshop with Eric Bannan, Guest Musician

4:00-6:00pm, with potluck afterwards

In this two hour Music Of The Circle workshop, participants will playfully blend voices, body percussion and simple movement in a way that builds community and teaches cooperation. This workshop is for anyone interested in being more confident, connected and opening new creative pathways in their lives. Suggested ages: middle school and above. Based on the work of Bobby McFerrin and Brazil’s Música do Circulo collective, this judgment-free workshop welcomes beginners as well as those with experience. Suggested donation at the door $15.00, but no one will be turned away! Please bring a guest and your favorite dish for the potluck that follows the workshop!

Here is a link to Eric’s work: http://tinyurl.com/CMNCPromo1

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February 25th: The Art and Practice of Improvisation

Using music as a metaphor for life, guest speaker and musician Eric Bannan will explore improvisation and the adjacent practices of forgiveness, acceptance, flexibility and listening!

Bio:

Hailing from Pittsboro, NC, Eric Bannan is a Vocal Explorer, Storyteller and songwriter with over 40 years of performing experience. His mission is to bring joy, heal and build community with story and song. 

He has traveled far and wide to study with the worlds’ greatest improvisers including Bobby McFerrin, Rhiannon and Brazil’s Música do Circulo collective.  

https://www.youtube.com/@FiddlingAddie

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March 3: A Tower of Spaghetti and Marshmallow

Almost 20 years ago, product designer Peter Skillman delivered a TED Talk about his “Design Challenge” using spaghetti and marshmallow to construct a tower. In the many years since then running this challenge with various groups, he realized that kindergarteners outperformed all the other groups, including business students. What can we learn from kindergarteners on cooperation and problem-solving?

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March 10: Decolonizing Ourselves

When the colonists first arrived in North America, Africa, and Asia, they brought with them colonial ideas about hierarchy, consumption, and scarcity. These ideas have now spread all over the world and hinder our abilities to solve problems such as climate change, poverty, and oppression. In order to be the change we want to see in the world, we first must turn inward: we must decolonize ourselves.

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March 17: Whose Job Is It?

Rev. Ma ponders a personal experience (involving a spilled beer!) and the implications for wider society. Whose responsibility is it to clean up messes? Make amends? Restore relationships? Build Beloved Community?

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March 20, Wednesday 6 PM: Spring Equinox

All are welcome to celebrate Ostara here! We welcome in spring and new beginnings with Wiccan ritual and fellowship.

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March 24: Music to Awaken the Spirit

Choir Director Tom Cullison leads this service that’s all about chants, rounds, and that mysterious thing that happens when we sing together. Even if you claim you “can’t sing,” use the gift of your voice to become part of something bigger than yourself.

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March 31: Bring a Flower, Take a Flower

Over a hundred years ago, Rev. Norbert Capek devised the Flower Communion, a ritual that is now celebrated by Unitarian Universalists all over the world. Whether or not you bring a bouquet from your garden to share or you only bring yourself, everyone is welcome to take a piece of beauty with them at the end of this multigenerational celebration service.

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