Hello Members and Friends of Third Unitarian Church
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Office Hours: Tuesdays, 2 - 4 pm, walk-in.
Other days/times by app’t: 773-626-9385, #1; or email revnordstrom@gmail.com
. Off Fridays and
Saturdays with sermon preparation on Wednesdays.
Church Office Hours: 9 am-2 pm, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays
Office contact: (773) 626-9385 at 301 N. Mayfield Ave, Chicago, 60644

This Saturday…
2pm: Ann Wheat Memorial Service
This Sunday…
11am Service: “Inviting the Self: Personal Practice:
How inviting are we to our own soul?”
10am Forum: “Ghettoside: a True Story of Murder in America”
12 noon: Garden and Membership Committee Hosted Potluck!
and…
It’s important to our future! Last chance this Sunday!
Pick up and complete a paper Congregational Survey about our Minister Search, or use the online link emailed to all members.
Coming September 27 th …
8:30-11am: Austin Scholarship Fund Pancake Breakfast
No 10am Forum
11am Service “Hearing the Divine”
Details below.
Saturday, September 19 th
2pm: Ann Wheat Memorial Service
Ann, wife of Minister Emeritus Don Wheat, died September 15 th .
Ann Warren Wheat was born and raised in Leipsic, Ohio, daughter of Ferdinand and Theo
Warren. She graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1957, the year she married Don
Wheat, now the Minister Emeritus at Third Unitarian. They lived in Rensselaer, Ind. and, for more than 50 years, in the communities of Austin on Chicago's Westside and suburban Oak
Park. Ann studied at the American Conservatory of Music and taught piano to Oak Parkers for
40 years before retiring to South Haven, Mich. in 2013.
Ann volunteered for years, serving the League of Women Voters, the Chicago Area Music
Teachers Association and Third Unitarian Church. Most recently, she volunteered with the
American Association of University Women and the South Haven Performance Series. She loved swimming, birds and the outdoors, sharing her love of nature with her many friends, her children, and grandsons.
Ann will be missed by friends and family. Her surviving family includes her husband, Don, their children, Mark, Andrew and Sarah, their children's spouses, Montse, Julia and Tim, and

their grandsons Micah, Emerson, Nicholas, Foster and Cormac. Ann's surviving family also includes her siblings, Kathy and Bill.
To donate in her honor please consider:
*Sarett Nature Center (http://sarett.com/)
*Alliance for the Great Lakes (http://www.greatlakes.org/), or
*PING to promote Oak Park music education (https://sites.google.com/site/pingoprf/).”
Sunday, September 20 th
11am Celebration of Life Service
“Inviting the Self: Personal Practice: How inviting are we to our own soul?”
Minister Jennifer Nordstrom and Worship Associate Mandie McGlynn
Do we welcome all the parts of ourselves, or does an inner dialogue insist we are supposed to feel or be or act only in certain ways? We will explore welcoming your authentic self as a spiritual practice.
10am Forum
Book Club review: “Ghettoside: a True Story of Murder in America” by Jill Loevy .
“America’s black-on-black-crime problem isn’t going to be solved by black boys pulling up their pants or refraining from using the N-word or any of the other condescending solutions cable-news pundits have eagerly urged on the monolithic “black community” of their feverish imaginings. Our justice system can prevent blacks from killing blacks in the same way that it prevents whites from killing whites: by investing time, money, and police resources into proving that black people are valuable to our society—by extending them material and cultural support while aggressively investigating and prosecuting the perpetrators of their violent deaths.
Unfortunately, such a commitment is expensive and arduous, and it requires white Americans to admit that, in some ways, black-on-black crime is an outgrowth of historic white-on-black crime. It’s much easier to watch TV’s one hundredth Natalee Holloway special and tolerate cops who write off black murder victims as subhuman,” Book Forum.com. Deb Donovan to facilitate.
The Music Program with pianist and Music Director, Kyle Stephens, will blend instrumental and hymn selections with the theme of the morning’s service.
Coming Sunday, September 27 th
8:30am: Austin Scholarship Fund Pancake Breakfast until 10:45am, but available again at
12 noon with Coffee Hour.
Bring the family and enjoy a bountiful Sunday breakfast before 10am RE classes. There is no forum scheduled. Suggested donations are $6.00 for adults $3.00 for children and $15.00 for family, but donations always welcome! Volunteers needed to help set up or clean up. Contact
Roberta Wilson 773-622-2455or Barbara Minor 773-826-8115 or BarbaraMinor@ATT.NET

11am Celebration of Life Service “Hearing the Divine”
Minister Jennifer Nordstrom and Worship Associate Claire Callahan
The Divine often speaks in a still small voice, which we strain to hear. In order to invite the divine into our lives, we have to make room for it. We will examine what we need to do to hear the call of the divine.
No 10am Forum on September 27 th .
Religious Education (RE) at TUC
Welcome to Religious Education at Third Unitarian! – Christopher Bakker, RE Director
RE September Theme: Invitation
This Sunday: "Who Will Plant a Tree?" This follows the 6th Source of UU Wisdom, Mother
Nature
Questions asked: Who will plant a Tree? Who will bake the bread? Who will teach the child?
Who will...if not you & me...? "Joys & Concern" will be added to note the loss this week of two beloved community members.
RE schedule
9:45 - 10am: Tours for new families.
10:15 -10:45am - Classes
10:45 - 11am: Break (playground, if weather permitting) to get ready for the 11am Service
11:10-11:20 am: Time for All Ages – RE portion of the Service
The nursery will be open for any children who need to leave the Service.
RE Invitation to parent participation: We are hoping to start a new tradition at TUC – parents spend some time at least once a month in the classroom that your child does not attend.
New This Week
This Sunday, 12 noon, Garden and Membership Committee Hosted Potluck!
All are invited to attend and assist, if able, with set-up; bringing a main dish, side dish, or desert
(beverages will be provided); and assisting with clean-up. To offer your services or your cooking, contact Alex Matthews, Roger Masson, or Maureen D'Arcy. Sign up sheets were circulated on September 13 th during coffee hour . Don’t miss this Harvest Celebration!
This Sunday, 4pm, Action in Austin will meet at TUC. Action is a joint committee of TUC and Unity Temple to serve the Austin community. All members are welcome. TUC contact is
Martha Glynn.
Meetings and Events This Week
Sunday 4 pm, Action in Austin, TUC Concourse

Other TUC Activities
Rescheduled to September 27 th – Ethnic Dining celebrating Poland! 5pm, September 27 th at
Barbekon, 3145 N. Central in Chicago, 773-202-8181. There are potato pancakes, pierogies, and blintzs for vegetarians. If you wish to join us, contact Alex Matthews by email or phone
(708/848-1584.) Hope to see you there!
The Community Renewal Society (CRS) is an umbrella organization for Chicago-area churches and community groups. TUC, as a CRS member is provided opportunities for political activism - especially opportunities to protest institutional racism in the criminal justice system. If you are interested in becoming involved in the CRS activism, please contact Karen
Alanis at kalanis@msn.com. Read more at Community Renewal Society | Knowledge, Action,
Change.
Feed the hungry on the West Side! Volunteer at the soup kitchen and food pantry with
Sister Mary Valerie and her mates at Fraternite de Notre Dame. They need help, mostly on weekdays: cooking pans of food, recycling, and, on Tuesday mornings, unloading a truck.
Youth welcome! TUC contacts: Gale Holmlund and Karen Atlantis.
TUC is an official Welcoming Congregation to the LGBTQ community. More at Welcoming
Congregation .
Event Planning: Check with Maureen and the Church Calendar before scheduling.
Member Bulletin Board
Governor Rauner’s threatened cuts in Childcare funding in Early Intervention (birth to age
3 Special Education), Childcare and Mental Health are greatly impacting families’ ability to work. The recently transferred head of IDHS Children's Services testified that the cuts would be devastating.
The Illinois Developmental Therapy Associationis is asking that we participate in a simple advocacy effort by posting on social media with the hashtags #INEEDEI
#FUNDEI. Hashtags are used to track how many people are talking about an issue online. Please share any story that you have of a family in Illinois dealing with developmental disabled young child and how important state support is in this area of human need. TUC contact: Leah Shapiro.
Ruth Dear, now 101 years old, is at the Bethesda Nursing Home. She reads and loves discussion! See her at 2833 N. Nordica Avenue in Chicago (two blocks east of Harlem and one block north of Diversey), Room 318. Contact Sandra Wiatr or David Boulanger to set up a visit with Ruth.

Policy on posting on the Member Bulletin Board Requires a TUC member sponsor the item, saying this is something I am supportive of or attending, that is related to TUC's mission and member interests, and that I am a resource for questions (name placed with item). Email to
David Boulanger by the Thursday of that week's email.
TUC in Media
TUC on Facebook – Like Us on Facebook . Share with your families, friends, and colleagues. This is how we grow in today's world of social media.
Visit our Website Home Page and view the full sermon from our Celebration of Life, as well as musical selections from the service. A complete video and audio archive of Minister
Nordstrom's sermons and Kyle Stephens' piano renditions is in development. You will be able to view and/or listen on any of your electronic devices.
TUC Information
Join a Covenant Circles discussion group:
2nd Sunday Evening Discussion Group
Betty DiPasquale, bettydi@sbcglobal.net, 708-386-3653
Central Austin Neighborhood Association (CANA) meets the third Tuesday of each month at
6:30pm at TUC on neighborhood improvement. For additional information visit the web site:
CANA
Interested in exploring membership?
Contact the Membership Committee at
DOM@thirdunitarianchurch.org or through the church office at 773-626- 9385.
Click on TUC Newsletter to view most recent printable copy.
TUC Newsletter deadline: Please have your material to the office by the close of business on the third Monday of the month preceding the publication month. E-mail to thirdunitarianchurch@gmail.com
Planning an event at TUC?
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Learning? Growing? What cost? Potluck?
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Contact Us
Our physical and mailing address is:
Third Unitarian Church
301 N. Mayfield
Chicago, IL 60644
Phone: 773-626-9385
Fax: 773-626-9304
E-mail: thirdunitarianchurch@gmail.com
Website: www.thirdunitarianchurch.org