10th Annual UUAA Men’s Fellowship Retreat — Mission Possible: Intentional Living
Join us for the 10th (or is it 11th?) Annual UUAA Men’s Fellowship Retreat on October 1-3, 2010!
This year’s theme is "Mission Possible: Intentional Living" and program offerings will encourage men to explore and share how they want to live in accord with their values. There will also be opportunities to enjoy time with new and old friends at a new location-Judson Collins Center on beautiful Wamplers Lake near Manchester MI. The cost is $140 which covers lodging, all meals, retreat activities, and a retreat t-shirt! Scholarships are available. If you have questions, contact Tom Reischl. Sign up in the Social Hall after Sunday worship services during September.
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Please come to the all-day, any-part-of-the-day Saturday, October 9 Stewardship Day. In the Back 40, it will be mostly men, working side by side. But families and friends are all invited. Catch fresh air and greenery on the UUAA trails and in the UUAA gardens. Meeting the fitness and weight loss intentions you announced? 20 minute workout, or 9 hours clearing brush, take your pick.
John Erdevig pledges to be out on the UUAA grounds throughout the daylight hours, as long as there are volunteers arriving or working. So timing is very flexible. Work around football traffic, errands and other commitments. Even 20 minutes spent dragging brush out of the back or spreading wood chips would be helpful.
I have a tool wish list, to multiply volunteer efforts:
We need small tractors, carts and large wheelbarrows.
If the weather is dry and the ground is hard, we can use a pick-up truck to haul stuff.
Mowers, especially bush mowers or brush hog. Heavy-duty walk behind weed trimmer. Battery-powered and gas weed trimmers.
Shovels, spades and pitch forks.
Loppers, machetes.
Chain saws. We might drag over and buck some trees near the church, so even an electric chainsaw would work, contrary to what I’d told someone at Retreat.
Bring a grass scythe, and heavy duty or ditch blade scythes that fits you, if you have one.
Short and long pieces of rope and bungees (for tying brush to haul).
Goggles, leather gloves, and ear protection as appropriate.
Put your name on everything, as well as code handles with colored tape, maybe even in a distinctive strips pattern.
John Erdevig, Land Steward Volunteer Coordinator