University Christian Church
The Caller
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Volume 64 August 2010
GROWING IN OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
In his book A Generous Orthodoxy, Brian
McLaren – maybe the best known leader of the
emerging church movement – makes the case
that all the little adjectives that we let separate
ourselves into different Christian groups have
become irrelevant. He describes himself as a
Missional + evangelical + post/Protestant +
liberal/conservative + mystical/poetic + biblical +
charismatic/contemplative + fundamentalist/
Calvinist + Anabaptist/Anglican + Methodist +
Catholic + green + incarnational + depressed-yet-
hopeful + emergent + unfinished Christian.
Having heard him speak some months ago
here in Austin Iʹm not sure that all of those
adjectives apply well to him, but certainly
most do. He refuses to be pigeonholed and
refuses to allow his particular viewpoint today to
separate him from other Christians. He
advocates, as the book title would indicate, a
generous spirit that recognizes Christianity in
the 21st century is going through radical
challenges in our country and around the world.
The aim of McLarenʹs book is to launch each of
us on that search for an authentic Christian
witness in todayʹs world. We each need to be
able to say what ideas and perspectives we have
NEW CHURCH DIRECTORIES
The new pocket church directories
will be available in the Narthex or in
the church office after August 1.
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outgrown with honesty, but that is not enough.
We need to be able to each say clearly what it is
that we do believe and why. Most of all, we dare
not allow any of our theological confusion to
stop us from developing fully our relationship
with God.
I believe it is in the movie Annie Hall where
Woody Allen says that relationships are like
sharks [who extract oxygen from the water as it
flows through them in their swimming]. They
are either swimming to live or they are dying.
Relationships are inherently dynamic. It is
even true in our relationship with God.
Growing or dying. Static is not an option.
How would you describe your relationship
with God these days? If that relationship is not
growing as you would like it to, there are all
kinds of aids that are available to help turn that
around. For most folks I think MacLaren is right
on. If we become clearer on what it is we believe,
we remove the obstacles for the much more
important work of the heart and the spirit. –
Pastor Chuck
Inside the Caller
Pastor’s Message p. 1
University; Finance Report; Outreach p. 2
Congregational News p. 3
On Christmas Night p. 4
BBA News/ 2011 General Assembly p. 5
Deacon/Elder Schedule; Lectionary p. 6
Monthly Calendar p. 7
Dates to Remember p. 8
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PLEASE HELP WELCOME (BACK) THE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS…

Classes at University of Texas begin on August 25, so we will be seeing much more activity around the church
during weekdays. Importantly, the first few weeks of fall semester are always times where we have a much
larger influx of student visitors for our Sunday worship services. You will note that those students often
congregate in the rear pews and often try to slip out of church as fast as they can at the end of the service! Since
a great number of these visitors are first-year students, if we can be just as welcoming and helpful for these
student visitors as is possible during these initial weeks, we are extending hospitality to these young people at
one of the most difficult transitions they will have experienced.

… CALLING ALL COOKS!

The University Council is seeking cooks to provide meals for the DSFers this fall. DSFers meet on
Wednesdays. The meal starts at 6:30 p.m., followed by fellowship and study. If you are interested in serving the
students, please contact Amy King (903-738-6692 or amyrking5@gmail.com). Students love any food you
provide!

UNIVERSITY CHRISTIAN CHURCH

Treasurer's Report
Month of: June 10 Year Ended June 30, 2010
Actual Budget Variance Actual Budget Variance
Contributions $37,889 $40,783 $(2,894) $473,931 $489,400 $(15,469)
Expenses $46,850 $40,783 $6,067 $477,980 $489,400 $(11,420)
Surplus/Deficit $ (8,961) $ - $ (4,049) $ -
Preliminary results for the 2009-2010 fiscal year reflect a deficit of approximately $4,000. The shortfall
in revenue is due to lower parking lot income of approximately $16,000. Expenses were more than
$11,000 less than the budget. There were no categories significantly over the budget. These results
may change slightly with year-end accounting adjustments. Year-end giving statements will be mailed
before the end of July. Thank you for your continued financial support of University Christian Church
– Dottie Dawson, Assistant Treasurer

Outreach News
¾ BACK TO SCHOOL TIME AGAIN!! The Outreach Council will be collecting school supplies and
backpacks from UCC members and visitors during the month of August. A box will be placed near the table
at the entrance of the Narthex to receive items such as pencils, pens, paper (both wide and college ruled),
dividers, scissors, erasers, map pencils, etc. Members of the Outreach Council will deliver the supplies to
area elementary schools and middle schools which have students in need of these school supplies. This is
one of the council's outreach activities in the community. If you are interested in learning more about the
Outreach Council, call Kathleen Howard, Jo Dawn Noble, or any member of the council.
¾ Juliette Fowler Homes is hosting a golf tournament on Thursday, October 28, 2010. Funds raised will go
toward the improvement of the Memory Loss Unit at Fowler Homes. The tournament will begin at 11:00
a.m. with lunch and a shotgun start to follow. Individuals play for $150.00 each; foursomes, $400.00. For
more information contact Jo Dawn Noble or Mary Haley. Information is also available at
www.fowlerhomes.org. What an enjoyable way to spend the day and to help renovate the Memory Loss
Unit at Fowler!
¾ The Capital Area Food Bank provides for more than 350 partner agencies in 21 Central Texas counties.
During this year’s Customer Appreciation Conference the Micah 6 Pantry was one of 3 agencies to receive
their “agency of the year” award!
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CONGREGATIONAL NEWS
Welcome to Ryan Rodriguez who joined UCC as a student member on July 18.

Please note the change of email address for…

Rev. Dr. Harold Guess can be reached at harold.ucc@austin.rr.com.
Jo Dawn and Carl Noble can be reached at jodawnno@gmail.com and carlgno1@gmail.com.

A Note of Thanks…
My dear church family,
I cannot thank you enough for your financial support toward my recent study abroad
to England. The trip was greatly beneficial to my education. The opportunities and
experiences I had with the choirs and organs in these schools and churches were truly
remarkable. This trip would not have been possible without your support. I would also
like to thank everyone who was involved in planning and preparing the wonderful
reception after my recital this past May. I'm truly blessed to be able to serve in such
an amazing church.
Sincerely, Patrick Scott

Member Passings
UCC lost two long-time and much loved members of our congregation in the weekend just
before publication of this newsletter. Remembrances of both Ruth Eckols and Charlie
Peyton as members of UCC will be offered in our next newsletter.
Ruth Eckols passed away quietly on Charlie Peyton passed at the age of 94
Friday, July 23, with her family gathered on the morning of Saturday, July 24 at his
to be with her. The funeral service will be home. Charlie’s body will be cremated.
held here at UCC at 10:00 a.m. on Friday Details about a memorial service will be
July 30th. A coffee/punch reception will forthcoming but are tentatively scheduled
take place after the service here in the for Saturday, September 18th (just a few
Fellowship Hall. The burial service will be days past what would have been his 95th
in LaGrange at 1:30 p.m. birthday).
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ON CHRISTMAS NIGHT
World Premiere Composed and Conducted by Bob Chilcott
We are excited that celebrated British choral rehearsals and to celebrate the commission
composer Bob Chilcott will conduct the with us in several social events. In addition,
world premiere of On Christmas Night, a we will have wonderful opportunities to visit
sequence of music and readings for the with this engaging and well-known
festive season which combines new composer. Question and answer sessions
arrangements of well-known and well-loved with Mr. Chilcott are scheduled 45 minutes
carols with some newly-composed Christmas prior to both performances, and receptions
carols. On Christmas Night was will also follow both in the fellowship hall.
commissioned by and written for University The Chilcott Commission Committee – Mary
Christian Church, and Mr. Chilcott will Lu Johnston, Sue Moss, Cathie Parsley,
conduct the premiere in two performances at Nancy Schuele, Gaye Lynn Scott, Joan
3:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. on December 12, Snodgrass, and Rhonda Watson – has
2010 in UCC’s sanctuary. The already been at work to prepare for
commission is thanks to a generous this special event. We anticipate that
bequest from the Estate of Roy On Christmas Night and Mr.
Cates, and the work will be in Chilcott’s presence here to conduct
memory of Dr. Lawrence W. Bash, the premiere will draw many visitors
Senior Minister at UCC from 1949 to to the church, so there also will be a
1959.
Photo by Vicky Alhadeff number of opportunities for members
Mr. Chilcott was a chorister and of the congregation to meet him and
choral scholar at King’s College, Cambridge, to help as the event draws closer.
and was a member of the vocal group The The Christmas 2010 season will be a
King’s Singers for twelve years. He has thrilling and historic one for UCC. We will be
worked as a composer since 1997, writing a welcoming one of the most gifted and prolific
variety of choral music. Over 100 of his choral composers of the day to UCC to
pieces have been published by Oxford conduct a work he has written especially for
University Press. He is a Principal Guest us, and we hope you will mark your
Conductor of the BBC Singers, and he has calendars and be present on December 12 for
conducted a number of other choirs, this very special musical occasion!
including the World Youth Choir, the RIAS
Kammerchor, the Orphei Drangar from
Sweden, Jauna Musika from Lithuania, the
Taipei Chamber Singers, and the Tower New
Zealand Youth Choir. He has worked in 23
countries on six continents and at festivals
all over the world.
Tickets for the performances will be
available after August 15. They will be free,
but will be required for admission, and will
be available by calling or emailing the
church office. Childcare will be provided for
both performances.
We are looking forward to having Mr.
Chilcott as our guest in Austin for the final
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BLUEBONNET AREA NEWS

THE BLUEBONNET AREA PROGRAM COUNCIL (AP COUNCIL) MEETING AND BOARD MEETING
will be held Saturday, August 7
at Rolling Oaks Christian Church in San Antonio:
Lunch will be available for $5 between the AP Council Meeting and the Board Meeting.
Please contact the BBA Office no later than Friday, July 30th to reserve your lunch.
AP Council Meeting at 10:00 a.m.
Board Council Meeting at 1:00 p.m.

The BBA Board is composed of:

* Two lay representatives from each member congregation. Member congregations shall elect or
appoint their own lay representatives and designate their terms of office.
* Congregations with over 300 members are entitled to one additional lay representative.
* Members of the Area Administrative/ Program Council.
* Ministers with standing as listed, or eligible to be listed, in the current Yearbook and Directory of
the Christian Church [Disciples of Christ], who live within the Area.
* Area Minister and other program staff ex-officio without vote.

THE BBA/LRGVD DISCIPLES WOMEN'S RETREAT will take place September 24 – 26 at the
Disciples Oaks Retreat Center in Gonzales. The theme is Singing the Lord’s Song in a World that is
Getting Stranger, and the keynote speaker is Rev. Dani Loving Cartwright.
The retreat has new registration options, including:
Full (Friday & Saturday night with 4 meals) $100 if postmarked by Sept 1 ($115 after Sept 1)
One Night (Fri or Saturday night with 3 meals) $85 ($100 after Sept 1)
Saturday only (with 2 meals) $45 ($60 after Sept 1)
For more information and a registration form, contact the church office.

2011 GENERAL ASSEMBLY

The 2011 Disciples of Christ General Assembly will take place in Nashville, TN on July 9-13.
"Tell it!" the recently announced theme of the assembly is based on Deuteronomy 6:1-12. It
reminds Disciples to tell the Good News of God's healing love to world in the throes of great
change, Assembly planners said in introducing the concept.
The scripture appears in Moses' cautionary sermon to the Hebrew people before they cross the
Jordan to enter the Promised Land. This land flows with milk and honey, yes, he tells them. But
as they leave behind tents and nomadic ways to settle in houses they didn't build and to drink
from wells they didn't dig, they need to do all in their power to remember the God who delivered
them from slavery. Moses admonishes them to view all that they do through the lens of being
God's people; to repeat God's commands so that even unborn generations will inherit them. In
short: they are to "Tell it!"
Josue Torres, Florida Disciples artist, created the 2011 General Assembly logo, based on the
theme. It depicts three Disciples in silhouette as they "Tell it!" Inside the silhouette is a montage
of images of Disciples engaged in worship and mission.
In support of the theme, the Disciples.org website has created a blog at www.disciplesdotell.org
for members to share their stories about how to be a “movement for wholeness”.
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LECTIONARY FOR AUGUST (Hebrew Bible, Psalm, Epistle and Gospel Lections)
August 1 Hosea 11:1-11 or Ecclesiastes 1:2, Colossians 3:1- Luke 12:13-21
Psalm 107:1-9, 12-14; 2:18-23 or 11
43 Psalm 49:1-12
August 8 Isaiah 1:1, 10-20 Genesis 15:1-6 Hebrews 11:1-3, Luke 12:32-40
or Psalm 50:1-8, or Psalm 33:12- 8-16
22-23 22
August 15 Isaiah 5:1-7 or Jeremiah 23:23- Hebrews 11:29- Luke 12:49-56
Psalm 80:1-2, 8- 29 or Psalm 82 12:2
19
August 22 Jeremiah 1:4-10 Isaiah 58:9b-14 Hebrews 12:18- Luke 13:10-17
or Psalm 71:1-6 or Psalm 103:1-8 29
August 29 Jeremiah 2:4-13 Sirach 10:12-18 Hebrews 13:1-8, Luke 14:1, 7-14
or Psalm 81:1, or 15-16
10-16 Proverbs 25:6-7
or Psalm 112

ELDER AND DEACON SCHEDULES

The elders serving in August are Vaughn Alexander, Paul Kofron, Beth Long, Dayna McElreath,
Suzanne Quenette and Arch Thompson. The elder meeting will be held on August 15 at 8:30 a.m.
August 2010
August 2010 at University Christian Church
Sunday, August 1
9:15 am Chapel open
9:30 am Sunday School
10:50 am Worship
12:30 pm Communications
Council Meeting
Monday, August 2
7:15 pm Stephen Ministry
Peer Supervision Session
Tuesday, August 3
1:30 pm Staff Meeting
Wednesday, August 4
6:30 pm Choir Rehearsal
Friday, August 6
5:30 pm Finley/Rogers
Rehearsal
Saturday, August 7
10:00 am Bluebonnet Area
Program Council – Rolling
Oaks CC in San Antonio
1:00 pm Bluebonnet Area
Board Meeting – Rolling Oaks
CC in San Antonio
6:00 pm Finley/Rogers
Wedding
Sunday, August 8
9:15 am Chapel open
9:30 am Sunday School
10:50 am Worship
12:15 pm Outreach Council
12:15 pm Lange Lay Support
Committee Meeting
2:30 pm Querencia Worship
Service
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Monday, August 9 Saturday, August 21
7:00 pm AAIM 2:00 pm Martinez/Alvarez Chapel
Spirituality Book Club Wedding
Meeting – BookPeople
Sunday, August 22
Tuesday, August 10 9:15 am Chapel open
1:30 pm Staff Meeting 9:30 am Sunday School
10:50 am Worship
Wednesday, August 11 1:30 pm Program Cabinet Retreat –
6:30 pm Choir Rehearsal Schuele home
Saturday, August 14 Tuesday, August 24
10:00 am TBCF Board 1:30 pm Staff Meeting
Meeting – at UCC
Wednesday, August 25
Sunday, August 15 UT Classes begin
8:30 am Elders Meeting 5:30 pm Bells
9:15am Chapel open 6:30 pm Choir Rehearsal
9:30 am Sunday School
10:50 am Worship Sunday, August 29
12:30 pm Stephen Micah 6 Sunday
Ministry Peer 9:15am Chapel open
Supervision Session 9:30 am Sunday School
10:50 am Worship – Emily Thomas
Tuesday, August 17 preaches
1:30 pm Staff Meeting 12:00 pm Luncheon and more Emily
Thomas Ghana trip information
Wednesday, August 18
5:30 pm Bells Tuesday, August 31
6:30 pm Choir Rehearsal 6:30 am Men's Breakfast
1:30 pm Staff Meeting
Thursday, August 19
Caller input due
7:30 pm Martinez/Alvarez
Chapel Rehearsal
August Birthdays
Sunny W. Collins August 4 Trenna Pickett August 23
Cal McElreath August 4 Jeanie Youngblood August 23
Jacquelynn Thompson August 8 John Chisholm, Jr. August 25
Mary Jane Kolar August 9 Anne Beckner August 27
Gaye Lynn Scott August 10 Gene Fennimore August 27
Leslie Green August 11 Keith Smith August 27
Marie Webster August 12 Kathleen Howard August 28
Gary Fuchs August 13 Nancy Fennimore August 29
Lois McEvoy August 19 Abe Parker August 31
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University Christian Church seeks to be

a dynamic, inclusive community living
out the love of Jesus the Christ, through
thoughtful worship, compassionate
service and spiritual growth.

Office Hours
During the week, members can usually find our ministers in the
church office (477-6104) at the following times. Ministers may
also be at appointments or visitations during office hours. You Dates To Remember
are encouraged to call Chuck or Mary Lu with information Aug 26 – UT classes resume
such as when a member is ill or in the hospital, as well as with
news of personal, family, or work-related joys and concerns. Aug 29 – Emily Thomas guest preacher; luncheon and
Ghana trip discussion, following Worship
Chuck Kutz-Marks
Mon - Thurs: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.; Friday: day off
Email: ckutzmarks@ucc-austin.org
Home: (512) 358-6866 University Christian Church Staff
Cell: (512) 296-9086
Mary Lu Johnston
Monday: day off (for the summer). Senior Minister Rev. Dr. Chuck Kutz-Marks
Tues-Fri: 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. (summer) Minister of Music & Education Rev. Mary Lu Johnston
Email: marylu@ucc-austin.org Administrative Assistant Martha McEver
Home: 218-0221 Interim Dir. of Campus Ministry Rev. Abe Parker
Abe Parker Seminary Intern Melanie Lange
Monday: 5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Wedding Ministry Rev. Dr. Harold Guess
Tues & Thurs: 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Ministers The Whole Congregation
Wed: 8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Transitional Area Minister Rev. Allen C.Allen
Email: apark008@yahoo.com Organist Patrick Scott
phone: 436-5077
Custodian Christine Matheny-Ellis
Martha McEver, Administrative Assistant Wedding Coordinator Sallie Herring
Mon – Fri: 9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Caller Editor Sue Williams
Email: admin@ucc-austin.org
Sue Williams
admin@ucc-austin.org
Email: sdesai_tx@yahoo.com http://www.ucc-austin.org