Intern Peter Olandt will explore how total war has shaped our very perception of the world around us and will ask if total love is capable of changing us and the world

Joining Peter on the chancel will be Faithful Fools outreach minister Denis Paul, Worship Associate Millie Phillips, and Youth Worship Associate Whitman Donaldson.

The music will be provided by organist Reiko Lane and the choir directed by Dr. Mark Sumner.

Bring a friend and come worship in community.

Adults and children are invited to come to the Chapel at 10 to sing old favorite songs and to learn some new ones! Just come on by!

At 11 this week's chapel will build on the social justice work from last Sunday. Learners will focus on the environment as a social justice issue and use their own creative skills to brainstorm social actions they might take to fix some of our environmental problems.

Employment Opportunity:
Religious Education has two part-time paid positions open: Childcare provider and Adult Religious Education Clerical Assistant. For an application and a job description contact please Betty Skwarek at 776-4580.

Robert Fuller, who has written definitive books on rankism and dignity, will eloquently make the case that rankism is the chief remaining obstacle to organizational effectiveness and to societal liberty and justice.

Robert's books include All Rise: Somebodies, Nobodies, and the Politics of Dignity and Dignity for All: How to Create a World Without Rankism.

The free program will start at 9:45. Come at 9:30 for conversation, coffee, and (for a slight charge) a light breakfast.

A meeting of the Membership will be held Sunday after the worship service. Participants will decide whether to reduce the size of the Board of Trustees, and ballots will be distributed for the election of delegates to the national general assembly and to the Pacific Central District regional assembly.

The Board of Trustees is recommending a Bylaw amendment changing the Board's size from 12 members to 9. The reduction will be phased in over two years.

The candidates to represent the Society in regional and national assemblies are listed with their qualifications and statements in the February newsletter starting on page 6. The newsletter is also available online.

Members are requested to sign in for the meeting after the service, to fill out their ballots, and to stay for the short discussion and vote on the Bylaw revision. Friends and visitors may attend and watch the Congregation in action!

We know both from personal experience and from talking with other people who have served on the Board that Board members can feel disconnected and unable to lend their talents and advice easily. A 12-member Board is too large for effective planning, strategy, and communication. With a smaller Board, each individual is both able to participate and vital to fulfilling the Board's mission.

The Unitarian Universalist Association also counsels a smaller Board for us. They say, "Church size authorities universally agree that the larger a church becomes, the smaller its governing board needs to be! Seven to nine board members is all that a large church really needs to get the job done. This is not because large congregations are any less committed to member participation and democratic process that smaller ones. Instead, it is simply a consequence of the differing nature of the board's work in congregations of different size. As the board in a large church comes to sharpen its focus on governing through policy-setting rather than direct management, it benefits from reduced size." (see full report)

The Nominating Committee is ready to recommend a slate of Board candidates that matches either the current or proposed Board size. The Society is fortunate to have many talented and willing lay leaders. However, we recommend a YES vote on the Bylaw amendment in order that the Board and its members are able to work most effectively and intelligently.

The daytime photo appointments were snapped up quickly, so Lifetouch - the church directory photographers - added an extra hour from 1 to 2 each day.

With extra days (March 17 through March 26) and extra hours, everyone can chose a convenient time to have their picture taken.

Don't be shy - the directory is a "handshake" that helps us all. Please register now online, enjoy a free 8 by 10 photo, and know you have done a good thing for your community.

The Congregation celebrated the birthday of Charles Darwin last week with a party that included fun, frolicking, and two cakes with fish walking out of the waters!

Pictured is Executive Director Nancy Evans who suggested the Darwin-themed sermon by making a winning bid at last year's auction.

See more of the celebrations and of the, ugh... "fish cakes".