by Admin | May 3, 2018 | Building and Grounds
by Linda Pietrzak
Sometimes it takes a while for the obvious fix to a problem evades us all. The Kitchen Cabinet and Building and Grounds have been battling ants on the kitchen counters for a year or so. We have gone through boxes of Terro ant bait. For those of you who are not familiar with Terro, it is a non-toxic ant bait that lures ants to it and then they take the bait back to the nest and the ants all die.
The problem we just realized is that the bail “lures the ants to it.” So, we have been luring the ants to the kitchen counter!! We have relocated the Terro to a place where the ants will not be lured to the counter top. Hopefully the new location will work much better and the ants will not be attracted to the counter tops. Thank you Shelah for thinking of this great idea.
If you have occasion to take the trash out to the trash enclosure at the back of the church property you will surely have noticed how rickety the gates have become. That’s what happens after a few decades. Building and Grounds under the guidance and construction skills of Mike Sixbey is repairing the gates of the trash enclosure and other exterior enclosures. It is a job that has long been needed. Be sure and thank him and all volunteers for all their hard work. Contact Linda Pietrzak: linda.w.pietrzak@gmail.com
by Admin | May 3, 2018 | Justice Actions
by Peggy Anders
Have you noticed the new Connecting Center in Berg Hall? Every Sunday after our service we staff this corner of the room with a few volunteers until noon. We are there to welcome visitors and long time members alike and to enjoy conversation and the opportunity to learn more about each other and what is happening in the life of our church.
Became a Connector!
So far Connecting Committee members have hosted the Center and now we need others to help us as Connectors. Volunteers come to the Center immediately after the service and join a Committee member as hosts. The only things you need are a warm smile, an interest in sharing information and a listening ear to hear. To become a Connector one or two Sundays a month come to the Center after the service and chat with a Committee member; learning the ropes to become a host will only take a few minutes. Contact Cassie Tondro at cassandra@tondro.com.
by Admin | May 3, 2018 | Justice Actions
Anyone else feeling particularly ‘birdy’ this time of year? Right on the heels of another fabulous April with our Earth Day Service and Dirt Communion, here we are in May, smack dab in the middle of the bird breeding season. Part of living harmoniously in the interdependent web of all existence is learning more about the biodiversity all around us!
So, this month, 7PEAT wanted to drop some bird knowledge… and an invitation. You might be surprised to know that Ventura County is home, for part or all of the year, to over 300 species of birds! The Cornell Lab of Ornithology, which is a treasure trove of user-friendly information about our feathered friends, sponsors an event on May 5 called Global Big Day, when birdwatchers (‘birders’, for short) around the world scramble to observe as many species as possible in 24 hours.
You don’t have to be an expert or spend hours hiking to participate! Last year, more than 20,000 birders contributed sightings from 160+ countries, totaling 6,637 bird species! Simply go to eBird to learn how to join the fun, or (and here’s the invitation) come out with Mark Mendelsohn (mmendels33@gmail.com), a wildlife biologist, on el Cinco de Mayo, Global Big Day. If that day doesn’t work for you, let’s go out another time!
The local bird nesting season will wrap up by mid-summer, however you can see great birds year-round in Ventura County, all the way through December’s Christmas Bird Count and February’s Great Backyard Bird Count. Come on outside, and enjoy our avian beauties… for the more we learn about Earth’s biodiversity, the more we will appreciate it, and the more likely we will work to conserve it!
by Admin | May 3, 2018 | Justice Actions
Sign up at the Social Action table to provide a dish on the fourth Monday of the month for the folks living at Riverhaven. Sign up sheets are available for donations for the next couple months.
The Riverhaven residents are always so grateful for the generosity of UUCV! If you have any questions, contact Pam or Jim Waldron at 647-5650.
Thank you for supporting our friends at Riverhaven!
by Admin | Apr 12, 2018 | Justice Actions
Podcasts are back! Thanks for your patience in the last few weeks. We’ve been in the process of migrating our podcasts to a new server. You can now find all podcasts since the first of 2018 on Soundcloud at https://soundcloud.com/user-753499923/sets/uucv-sermons.
