ITLOTC
(In The Life Of The Church)
Pentecost
A Podcast Rec (by jamie)
Greetings.
If you’ve been around Ubc for a bit, you may recall a Sunday School class called “Attention Collection.” Your attention collection is the cloud of influence that you have accumulated throughout your life, made up of that which has formed you into the person you are today. The class was a sort of intensive show and tell where participants would bring a piece of art, a song, a memento, etc. and talk about how that thing had formed them over time. It was great, and we may or may not be doing a zoom version this semester, so stay tuned.
We got the idea for that class from David Dark, who has a chapter of the same name in his Life’s Too Short To Pretend You’re Not Religious. David Dark is a person I admire, and one who well-embodies many of the values that Ubc has carried throughout our life (check out The Sacredness of Questioning Everything, if you’d like to see that on display). He was recently a guest on Dustin Kensrue’s podcast (he’s the frontman for a band called Thrice), and I think finding an hour here and there to listen to that would be worth your time.
Additionally, I don’t really know what you come to the newsletter hoping for, but if you don’t want to listen to that podcast, perhaps you will appreciate an activity that David Dark mentions near the end: take a piece of paper (or I suppose you could just imagine one), and write at the top “I used to think..." then finish the sentence..or list...or paragraph...or full-on essay. Note: sometimes the things we used to think might be a source of shame, so I’d say up front be prepared to offer yourself some compassion—one way or another, we don’t know what we don’t know until we know it. And perhaps in cultivating compassion for ourselves, we might also offer that compassion to people who now think something we used to.
-jamie
Backside Date Change (Now 8/6)
Backside will now be on Thursday, August 8th, at 7pm to let the building breathe a bit after the Covid Testing. As a result, you can still submit something for inclusion in the event until Monday, 8/3. Email jamie@ubcwaco.org for details
Family Resource Pantry
Thank you to everyone who has been volunteering and everyone who has donated so far. This is our week to donate and buy supplies for the pantry, so please use the link below to see what still needs to be bought this week. If you have any questions, please email toph@ubcwaco.org. Here's that link:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508084eacae2aabff2-community
UBC Drive-In Movie
Alright friends, nothing says summer like the movies, and we also want to see everyone. What’s a safe way to social distance and be in the same space; stay in your car! We will be hosting our first drive-in movie on Friday night August 7th. There will be more details in the near future, but put it on your calendar.
Parishioner of the Week
Hogan Nance for his continued and relentless service in the family resource pantry.
Work is Worship
Greeters: No Greeters this week
Coffee Makers: no coffee makers this week
Mug Cleaners: no mug cleaners this week
Money Counter: no money counters this week
Leadership Team
If you have a concern or an idea for UBC that you’d like to share with someone that is not on staff, feel free to contact one of our leadership team members.
Chair: Kerri Fisher: Kerri_Fisher@baylor.edu
Luci Hoppe: lhoppe@gmail.com
Jeremy Nance: Jeremy.J.Nance@L3T.com
Joanna Sowards: jo.sowards@gmail.com
Kathy Krey: kathykrey@gmail.com
Jose Zuniga: jzgrphix2002@yahoo.com
Taylor Torregrossa: Taylordtorregrossa@gmail.com
Student Position: Davis Misloski
Student Position: Maddy O’Shaughnessy
UBC Finance Team
Do you have a question about UBC’s financial affairs? Please feel free to contact any of your finance team members.
Catherine Ballas: catherine@refitrev.com
Jen Carron: jen.carron78@gmail.com
Mike Dodson: financeteammike@gmail.com
George Thornton: GeorgecCT1982@gmail.com
UBC HR Team
If you have concerns about staff and would like contact our human resources team, please feel free to email any of the following members.
Erin Albin: erin.albin1@gmail.com
Sam Goff: samuelgoff92@gmail.com
Rebekah Powell: rpowell671@gmail.com
Kristen Richardson: wacorichardsons@gmail.com
Craig Nash: Craig_Nash@baylor.edu