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UUC West Brookfield, WI Celebrates Solar Electric System
Written by Rev. Suzelle Lynch, Minister, UU Church West   
Thursday, 24 July 2008
UU Church West, Brookfield, WIHigh energy costs are on everybody’s mind these days -- along with global warming.  Here at Unitarian Universalist Church West in Brookfield, WI we have found a powerful solution to help with both – we installed a solar-electric generating system on the church roof in May – the first in the city of Brookfield, and we are the first church in the entire WE Energies (SE Wisconsin power company) service area to generate solar electricity!
 
UUCW held two events to celebrate: The ribbon-cutting ceremony took place June 19 outdoors in our east parking lot, and a Solar Electric Energizing Party was held on Saturday, June 21.
 
A bit more information about our “Solar System”:  Forty-two solar panels are mounted in racks on our rooftop, for a total of 8.4 kilowatts.  The system was paid for by donations from families in the church, along with grants from WE Energies and Focus on Energy -- and will generate enough energy to supply up to 15% of our congregation’s needs.
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Online Workshops Begin August 6
Written by Ian Evison, Congregational Services Director   
Friday, 18 July 2008

Midwest UU Leadership The downturn in the economy, the rise in transportation costs, and the explosion in digital media has led many of you to challenge us to find ways to serve you with high-quality services through the internet. Oh yes, and you have also told us that you would like this to be free.

This is a fitting next challenge for us now that we have completed our project of making our office fully virtual. In addition, we know that-in going this direction-many of you will be wonderful companions on the journey, eager to learn from our experience and to share with us your experience. Many of you have told us that you are working on a myriad of related subjects whether it be new congregational websites, ways of conducting business through the internet or by conference call, or digitizing some paper records.

One of the really fun parts of working digitally is that it makes it easier to partner with colleagues in other districts.  Thus it is that we are pleased to announce that one of our first experiments in this initiative will be a series of online workshops later this summer and fall that we are co-sponsoring with Prairie Star and Heartland Districts. The first of these will be 7 PM August 6 and 14. The August online workshops will offer ideas on getting your congregation ready for the fall. We have scheduled these for August because late summer and early fall are the most crucial time of year for membership. People seek out a new congregation at the same time of year that they get ready for school and sign of for classes as the local community center. When you start to see advertisements in the newspapers for school supplies, your congregation needs to be ready to greet visitors.

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Chalice Lighter Resources
Written by Dori Davenport, Faith Development and Growth Director   
Friday, 18 July 2008
Dori Davenport Hopefully the July Midwesterner will find you enjoying a slightly slower pace in the summer, and that the articles we offer will get you excited about the start of a new church year, with all its possibilities!  For the CMwD staff, we are adjusting to and enjoying a new way of relating and communicating now that we no longer have a physical office.  Telephone and Skype conferences are more frequent for now, to ensure that we cover all the bases during the transition.  Meeting at Panera's or other spots - mostly in Evanston, where our office manager lives - is fun and much more pleasant than being in the tiny, drab office building where we used to be.

In addition to the July newsletter, which includes several articles about General Assembly this past June in Fort Lauderdale, our web site has been enhanced with many more new features. 

Specifically, I hope you will take a look at the Chalice Lighter section.  This past year, under the great leadership of Rev. Jody Whelden and Rev. Darrel Richey, all the Chalice Lighter materials have been revised, revamped or newly created.  All of this makes participation in the Chalice Lighter program much, much easier - whether you want to learn about the program, sign up to be a Chalice Lighter, apply for a grant (PDF), or become an Ambassador in your congregation (PDF), you will find it all on our website! (You can reach all the Chalice Lighter details from our Main Menu -- Resources -- Chalice Lighters.)

Please stay in touch...Ian and I love to hear from you with comments, questions, ideas and more.

Dori
 
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