Full Circle Times - Meetup Oct Nov newsletter .pdf · Full Circle Times Oct/Nov 2013 Vol 19 Issue 5 -Published 6 times a year by Full Circle Community A newsletter for single adults,

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Oct/Nov 2013 Vol 19 Issue 5 - Published 6 times a year by Full Circle Community

www.fullcirclecommunity.net

A newsletter for single adults, single parents and individuals rebuilding healthy relationships

It’s not too late to join! Coping With Divorce

A Ten Session Seminar available twice a year:

September 12 - November 21, 2013 and January 30, - April 3, 2014

Seminar Leader: Maryann Rigoni-Southland.

Questions: Call Maryann at 760-7840 or Tom Flemming at 269-324-0003

The Coping with Divorce seminar is a speaker series and peer support group designed to help meet the needs of

those individuals who are divorced or anticipating divorce, widowed, or experiencing the separation of a long-

term relationship. Informative sessions on topics of utmost importance to the separated, divorced or widowed

person are presented by helping professionals from different community areas. After each presentation, the par-

ticipants move into small groups with experienced facilitators for further sharing and support. Hundreds have

attended and graduated from Coping with Divorce, but each seminar is designed to meet the individual needs of

participants. The next Coping Seminar begins September 12th. The seminar is held on Thursday evenings from

6:30- 9:00 p.m. at the Prince of Peace Church located at 1747 West Milham, in Portage. The registration fee is

$130.00 (early bird registration is $100, and alumni $80) and includes all materials and refreshments. Financial

Assistance is available to those in need. The seminar is limited to 60 persons. To register, complete and mail the

form below. For more information, call Maryann Rigoni-Southland 269-760-7840 or Tom Flemming, M.A., L.P.C.

at 269-324-0003 or visit our website at www.kzoocoping.com.

Coping With Divorce Registration Form

Name____________________________________________________ Sex _______ Age ________

Address ________________________City __________________ Zip _______ Birthday _________________

Home Ph ______________________ Cell Ph_____________________ Work Ph _______________________

Email __________________________________________Who referred you __________________________

Ages of Children __________________ How long married ________ How long separated ______________

__ I am enclosing $100 as my pre-registration for the 10 week seminar

__ $130 registration at the door Make check payable & mail to: Full Circle Community

__ I am an alumnus - enclosing $80 c/o Maryann Rigoni-Southland

PRE-REGISTRATION IS ENCOURAGED PO Box 2282 Portage, MI 49081-2282

Board of Directors

Officers

President………………… Rich Thompson 547-9841

Vice President…………… Dave Lawrence 209-7964

Secretary……………… Melanie Webster 779-7127

Treasurer………………… …Teresa Bailey 352-7781

Committees & Chairpersons

Historian…………………........Kathy Olsen 323-3707

Membership Director……..........Judy Willy 744-2326

Newsletter & Bd Member Karen Coburn 207-5526

Web Page Administrator…… .Ray Barnes 349-8237

Board Member………………..Ron Bosma 447-4663

Facebook Administrator & Board Member

…….....Maria Drouillard 251-2179

Board Member…………….Marsha Lovely 216-3151

Board Member………………..Dan Quarry 616-915-1509

Full Circle Community

Statement of Purpose

The purpose of Full Circle Community is to pro-

vide emotional, educational and social supportive

services to meet the special needs of divorcing,

widowed and single people, and rebuilding

healthy relationships.

Newsletter Submissions

Send your information, announcements

and news items for Full Circle Times to:

[email protected]

Put in subject line: Editor - Full Circle

Times

Deadline for the Dec/Jan issue of

the Newsletter is Nov 27th.

Due to space consideration, all submissions for Full Circle Times

may be edited or rejected for publication.

The topics, advertisements and views of the speakers and writers for Full Circle Community are their own and not nec-

essarily those of Full Circle Community. FCC does not promote any particular religion or philosophy.

Oct/Nov 2013 Vol 19 Issue 5 -

Calling All Coping With Divorce and Full Circle participants.

Meet at Fletcher’s Pub 3013 Oakland Plaza on Thurs-

days after the seminar at 9 pm or before if you want! Come and mingle with our new participants.

Full Circle Community Board Meetings

Wednesdays Oct 23 and Nov 27th

at Main St. Pub - Gull Rd. 7 pm - All are welcome

Like us on facebook. Contact Maria

Drouillard for facebook submissions:

moonbeam36yahoo.com

Full Circle Fun Events

Mark Your Calendars

WMU Homecoming

Football Tailgate Party Oct 12, 2013 10 am at Lovell St Park on W. Lovell St

behind the Dairy Queen on Stadium Dr. Bring a

dish to pass, your own beverage and chair,

hotdogs will be provided. Also a corn hole game

(bean bag toss) will be set up. The WMU Home-

coming football game vs. Buffalo starts at 2pm.

Tickets are around $20. Come join the fun and if

you have any questions call your host Dan Quarry

616 915-1509.

Oct/Nov 2013 -

Tuesday Night Dinners -

If you would like to host a spontaneous gathering of friends

for dinner on Tuesdays, please submit your email invitation

with time and location to:

[email protected]

BOTM - 3rd Wednesday of every month

Oct 16th : THE HOME BAR, 592 Portage

Road, Kalamazoo, 49007. Host: Kathy Evans 599-4813. Join the Full Circle group at 7:00 PM. The Home Bar is a sleepy corner bar with darts, video games, pool table, classy jukebox and dance floor. There will be a band playing from 6:30-9:00. Join us to socialize and meet some new friends. What I like most about The Home Bar is who we will share it with on 10/16. Looking forward to hanging out with you, Kathy Evans

Nov 20th : Old Dog Tavern -

Host: Linda Vandenberg 254-2936

GAME NIGHT Saturday 7 pm October 12 - Host: Janet Kiley 303-5858 November 9 - Host: Karen Coburn 207-5526 Please bring a dish to pass and BYOB. We are in need of vol-unteers for 2014 on the 2nd Saturday of each month . Please consider hosting - it’s great fun. All we need is the place.

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For notices of events not mentioned in the news-

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Oct/Nov 2013 Vol 19 Issue 5 - Published 6 times a year by Full Circle Community www.fullcirclecommunity.net

Halloween Party Halloween Party Halloween Party ---

Sat October 26th Sat October 26th Sat October 26th --- 8 pm8 pm8 pm

At Judy Willy and George At Judy Willy and George At Judy Willy and George

Middletons 725 Adams St., Middletons 725 Adams St., Middletons 725 Adams St.,

Vicksburg Vicksburg Vicksburg 744-2326

Costume optionalCostume optionalCostume optional

Bring dish to passBring dish to passBring dish to pass

BYOBBYOBBYOB

If you are available to help et up on Fri at 6 or If you are available to help et up on Fri at 6 or If you are available to help et up on Fri at 6 or

before party on Sat, please let Judy know. before party on Sat, please let Judy know. before party on Sat, please let Judy know.

Music and other things…

State Theatre 345-6500 or kazoostate.com

Bell’s Eccentric Café 382-2332 or bellsbeer.com

The Dock at Bayview - Richland - Now Open

Stagecoach Barn - Richland - blackhawkgrill.com

Arcadia Festivals - downtownkalamazoo.org

Farmers Alley - farmersalleytheatre.com

The Civic - kazoocivic.com

Happenings Around Town…

Art Hop 1st Friday of every month

Downtown Kalamazoo

Ballroom Dancing & Line Dance Lessons

“Let’s Dance” - Mondays 7-9:30 pm Westmin-

ster Presbyterian Church 1511 Helen St. Next

to Bravo Restaurant, off Portage Rd. $6 per

person. Singles/Couples welcome. Instruc-

tor Phil Martin 375-4475.

Aug/Sep 2013 Vol 19 Issue 4

Meetup.com

Looking for something to do? Looking for someone

to do it with? Don’t sit home again!!! Click on the

website and get connected with other Kalamazooans

and choose from hundreds of activities like rock

climbing, trivia club, card club, singles club. We’ve had

excellent feedback from participants. Kalamazoo En-

thusiasts has hundreds of members.

Great Lakes Adventure Club (GLAC)

Next Meeting is August 13, 2013, 6:30 pm

Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, Portage, MI.

The club is for those who enjoy outdoor activi-

ties like backpacking, biking, rock climbing,

camping, canoeing, rollerblading, etc.

www.greatlakesadventureclub.com

Dr. Divorce

Dear Dr. Divorce, How do you interface with an inexperi-enced attorney? Signed, Mack Intosh

Dear Mack,

Hit the escape button! First of all, we don’t interface with

anybodywe talk or communicate with them, and communi-cating with an attorney is very difficult. The right tool for the

right jobyour attorney should have half his/her practice in divorce. I had a friend who hired a very brilliant attorney who got their kid off a drunken driving charge. Brilliant as he was he knew nothing about divorce or small corporations, and the couple had to essentially do all the work them-selves, paid a high hourly rate to the total of $3,000, and got very poor help. The lesson to be learned is competent or incompetent your attorneys need to be coached by you. They know the courts but you know what you need. Be clear, write things down before you meet with your attor-

ney, make copies of everythingone for yourself and one for your attorney. The more financial information you gath-er and the more you articulate what you want on paper, the clearer you will be about what you want, what you need and what the financial situation will allow.



October 2013

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 Coping with Di-

vorce 6:30-9 pm.

Prince of Peace

Church. Fletchers

Pub at 9 pm follow-

ing CWD

4 Art Hop -

Downtown

5

6 7 Ballroom

Dancing 7-9:30

Westminster

Church

8 Need Volun-

teers to host a

Tuesday dinner!

9 10 Coping with

Divorce 6:30-9 pm

Prince of Peace

Church. Fletchers

Pub at 9 pm follow-

ing CWD

11 12 Octoberfest -

Arcadia WMU

Tailgate 10 am

host: Dan Quarry

Game Night - 7pm Host: Janet Kiley

13 14 Ballroom

Dancing 7-9:30

Westminster

Church

15 16 BOTM: 7 pm

Home Bar-Host: Kathy

Evans 599-4813

17 Coping with

Divorce 6:30-9 pm

Prince of Peace

Church. Fletchers

Pub at 9 pm follow-

ing CWD

18 19

20 21 Ballroom

Dancing 7-9:30

Westminster

Church

22

23 FC Bd Mtg -

Main St. Pub-

Gull Rd. 7 pm

24 Coping with

Divorce 6:30-9 pm

Prince of Peace

Church. Fletchers

Pub at 9 pm follow-

ing CWD

25 26 Halloween

Party 8 pm at

Judy Willy &

George Middle-

tons/744-2326

27 28 Ballroom

Dancing 7-9:30

Westminster

Church

29 30 31 Coping with

Divorce 6:30-9 pm

Prince of Peace

Church. Fletchers

Pub at 9 pm follow-

ing CWD



November 2013

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Art Hop -

Downtown

2

3 4 Ballroom

Dancing 7-9:30

Westminster

Church

5 6 7 Coping with

Divorce 6:30-9

pm Prince of

Peace Church.

Fletchers Pub at

9 pm following

CWD

8 9 Kalamazoo

Holiday Parade

Game Night 7 pm

Host: Karen Coburn

207-5526

10 11 Ballroom

Dancing 7-9:30

Westminster

Church

12 13 14 Coping with

Divorce 6:30-9

pm Prince of

Peace Church.

Fletchers Pub at

9 pm following

CWD

15 16

17 18 Ballroom

Dancing 7-9:30

Westminster

Church

19 20 BOTM: 7pm

Old Dog Tavern - Linda Vandenberg 254-2936

21 Coping with

Divorce 6:30-9

pm Prince of

Peace Church.

Fletchers Pub at

9 pm following

CWD

22 Holiday

Trolley Begins.

Santa’s Village

Bronson Park

23

24 25 Ballroom

Dancing 7-9:30

Westminster

Church

26 27 FC Bd Mtg -

Main St. Pub-

Gull Rd. 7 pm

28 29 30


Full Circle Membership is now Free!

If you know someone who is not currently

receiving the newsletter and would like to,

please send their email address to:

[email protected] to be added to

the distribution list.

Save the Date: Mondays in December

Re-writing our Stories: Healing our Lives

A three-part workshop for those in transition: coping

with change, divorce, loss, grief, growth

Explore your life story, and the tales, myths and metaphors that inform you

and begin composing your future now.

Poetry, stories, journaling and free-writing, si-

lence, discussion and participatory

exercises stimulate reflection, self-

understanding,

healing and hope.

Debbie Eisenbise Facilitator 598-8275

Contact Tom Flemming to register at 324-0003

“I Found my voice”

Financial assistance available

The Art of Forgiveness

Three Rivers, MI - October 19, 2013 - 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Cost $45 per person All participants much register

prior to October 12, 2013.

About the Retreat….

We are often told to forgive and forget, let it go, move on, forget it, get over it already!

Has anyone ever told you how to do it? Where do you begin?

Do you have to forget when you can’t? Do you need to have a relationship with that person?

Do you need to forgive yourself????

With DVD presentation, group discussion, self reflection, and understanding self and others, you will get the needed infor-

mation to begin a healing process.

Along with forgiveness, you will also be taught grounding tech-niques and how to change your negative thoughts.

Each participant will have time to stroll through our log home property, sit by the outdoor fire pit, or by the indoor fireplace,

walk down to the water’s edge, or wander through the woods. There will be plenty of indoor and outdoor Space to reflect,

contemplate, and rejuvenate.

Presented by Maryann Rigoni-Southland, MA 269-760-7840 (for questions)

Sponsored By Full Circle Community /Coping With Divorce - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Name__________________________________________ Address ________________________________________ Email _____________________________ ph __________ Mail to: Full Circle c/o Tom Flemming, 103 Inverness, Kalamazoo MI 49006

Make checks payable to Full Circle Community


ADVERTISING AND CONTRIBUTIONS

Do you know a business that would like to advertise on this page? This newsletter will reach over 300 people. Please contact Ka-

ren Coburn at 269-207-5526 or [email protected] for advertising rates and information.

To our subscribers: Please remember to mention that you saw the

advertiser in Full Circle Times.

Oct/Nov 2013 Vol 19 Issue 4-

Rob-in N. Vleugel, CFDS, EA

Certified Financial Divorce Specialist

Enrolled Agent

Certified to consult in financial and tax related aspects

of divorce.

Pre-divorce, post-divorce and anything

in between.

Avoid any hidden financial disasters

in your settlement!

Furr Auto Service Licensed by State of Michigan

*Air Conditioning *Auto Computer Service

*Electrical Service *Maintenance

*Brake Repair *Chassis Service

*Tune Up *Complete Auto Repair

*Carburation *Fuel Injection

______________________________________________

Jack Furr Steve Leversee Larry Ward

2009 Portage Rd. Kalamazoo 49001

269.345.0522

MUFFLER MANMUFFLER MANMUFFLER MAN FULL SERVICE AUTO REPAIR

BRAKES / MUFFLERS / EXHAUST SYSTEMS

ALIGNMENTS / OIL CHANGE SPECIALS

Kenny Hassing - Owner

106 E. Centre (Corner of Westnedge) Portage

269.323.1980

The Genuine. The Original.

Overhead Door Company of Kalamazoo

269-381-9570 5291 Wynn Rd, Kalamazoo

Sales * Installation * Service * Repairs

Long Lake Tavern Long Lake Tavern Long Lake Tavern

Bar & GrillBar & GrillBar & Grill

8946 Sprinkle Rd8946 Sprinkle Rd8946 Sprinkle Rd PortagePortagePortage

323323323---2653 2653 2653

Good Food Good TimesGood Food Good TimesGood Food Good Times

Rev. Thomas Flemming

Wedding Officiant 269-324-0003

With this ring…. Will travel to parks, beaches

or other places. Have robe, will travel!


Join us on facebook for Specials

8118 Portage Rd., Portage 323-9262

Second Best Burger in Town

"Fletcher's Pub” where CWD and alumni meet

Thursday nights at 9 PM after the coping seminars."

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