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Worship Service and Children's Religious Education at 10:30 AM
Call to Meeting at UUSS: Sunday August 7, 2016, after the service
July 31
Celebrating the Summer Harvest
All Ages Service
Rev. Lucy Bunch
Molly Stuart, Linda Roth
and Jim Eastman,
Worship Associates
Special musical presentation by the RE singers!
Come celebrate the bounty of the summer harvest at this service for all ages. We will hear stories, songs, and poems about gardening and celebrate the bounty of the earth with a "tomato communion." What could be better than that! Bring something from your garden to share; take away a treat from someone else.
August 7
You Have Changed Us: Blessings and Farewell
Rev. Roger Jones, Rev. Lucy Bunch
Charlotte Selton, Worship Associate, and UUSS High School Graduates. Special Music by Keith Atwater
Congregational Vote on Black Lives Matter after the service
We will hear from several of our high school graduates as they move toward young adulthood. Come to hear them and be blessed by their words of wisdom and honesty. Come also to bless them on their journey.
August 14
Black Lives Matter: An Islamic and Personal Perspective
Imam Bilal Ansari, preaching, with Rev. Roger Jones
Jim Eastman, Worship Associate
Discussion after Service
Candles of Celebration and Sorrow before the Service
Our guest starts the service today with the sound of the Muslim call to prayer, and offers a personal sermon on how the story of his namesake,
Bilal ibn al-Harith,
a friend of Prophet Muhammad, relates to the movement for Black Lives.
Bilal Ansari is Director of Student Life at Zaytuna College, the first accredited Islamic liberal arts college in the country, in Berkeley, and a Doctor of Ministry student with Rev. Roger at Pacific School of Religion. A native of New England, he's been a prison chaplain and the first Muslim chaplain at Williams College. His wife, Colleen Keys, Ph.D., teaches and is Dean of Student Affairs at Zaytuna. She will join in the discussion, as will two young Muslim UC Davis hospital chaplains.
August 21
When Hope is Hard to Find
Rev. Lucy Bunch, preaching, with Rev. Roger Jones
Kevin Sitter,
Worship Associate
This summer a group of us read three books that were "challenging books for challenging times." Each of these books addressed historical, current and future problems and difficulties faced by peoples in this world. And yet each offered a vision of hope. At this time when the pain of the world can weigh down our hearts and spirits we reflect on these sources of hope.
August 28
Called to Love, Justice and Vitality
Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray, preaching
with Rev. Roger Jones
Special Music
Milestones: Spoken Joys and Sorrows Ritual
This is a defining moment. The challenges we face for humanity and the planet are great. Yet this is also a moment of opportunity. Our UU faith calls us to respond. What skills do we need to be prepared to respond to that calling? How can we be a vital force for love and justice in our time?
Our guest, the lead minister at the UU Congregation of Phoenix, formerly served in Youngstown, OH. In both places, congregations experienced significant growth. She's a born UU from St. Louis, married to a minister, the mother of a six-year-old. She's also a candidate for president of the Unitarian Universalist Association. (Read about her in a separate article below. Click to see her website.)
LOOKING AHEAD September 11 All-Ages Water Communion Sunday
Rev. Roger Jones, Rev. Lucy Bunch, Ministerial Intern D. Scott Cooper, Music Director Keith Atwater and the UUSS Choir.
For this year's ingathering ritual, bring a small vessel of water from (or representing) a summer activity or place dear to your heart-whether near or far, travelled to, or close to home and UUSS.
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Shared Offering Recipient in August
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Every month we give half of the Sunday service offering to a local not-for-profit. UUSS members vote every year to choose 12 community partners that embody our values and our mission to be a healing force. In May we sent $2,482 to Welcome Home Housing. in June we gave the
Alzheimer's Association of Sacramento $1,971.82.
Thank you! Our shared offering recipient in July was the Children's Receiving Home. Our shared offering recipient in August is Mustard Seed School.
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Senior Minister's Message
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Report from General Assembly
By Rev. Roger Jones
I ran into this guy at the exhibit hall during the General Assembly (GA) of the Unitarian Universalist Association. It was Jim Pinkham of Together Auctions, and I told him we used his software for our Spring Fling. "How did it go?" he asked. I said, "Terrific-a record crowd and revenue!" A member of the UU Church in Columbus, Ohio, where GA was held this year, he operates the auction program and said he's always a phone call away for consultation.
I was one of 1,842 voting delegates (126 of whom voted from home and watched online) and 3,800 total participants at GA. This yearly assembly does the business of the Association.
We delegates considered four social justice issues to recommend for congregations to study and act on, and selected one for the next four years: The Corruption of Our Democracy. (UUSS is now using last year's chosen issue as our new social action theme: Confronting Economic Inequality.)
Delegates reaffirmed last year's Action of Immediate Witness in support of the movement for Black Lives. Donations of $89,000 gave a boost to a new organizing collective, Black Lives of Unitarian Universalism.
A business resolution against investment of UUA funds in companies that profit from the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories received a 55% Yes vote after a series of heartfelt conversations and debate. To pass, however, it needed a 2/3 majority vote. The UUA already had added such companies to its investment screen; if it had passed, the resolution would have made a statement but not changed current practice.
Delegates did approve a business resolution called "Thanksgiving Day Reconsidered." It calls us to explore the impact of the European colonization of Native Americans. Our religious ancestors include the Pilgrims and Puritans.
We elected some new trustees to the UUA board and a new financial advisor, heard reports from the president, moderator, the board, volunteer committees, and UUA staff members. I'm happy to provide additional information to you. See a summary of UUA business at GA in the UU World.
I also attended Ministry Days, with a visionary keynote for us UU ministers by the new president of the United Church of Christ denomination, and a challenging lecture by a senior female colleague ("If Our Secrets Define Us") about the lasting trauma to people and congregational systems caused by leadership misconduct, in particular clergy sexual abuse. The UUMA also has a business meeting. We have 1,800 members in North America; Lucy and I participate in the Pacific Central Chapter and she is its treasurer.
Yours in service,
Rev. Roger Jones
P.S.--Black Lives Matter
congregational vote: Please plan to stay for a brief meeting after the August 7 Sunday service. Our youth, Board of Trustees, and clergy have encouraged us to learn and reflect about the meaning of having a sign or banner on UUSS grounds in solidarity with the #BlackLivesMatter movement. All are welcome at this meeting, though we need a quorum of voting members in order to conduct business.
Where's Rev. Roger in August?
Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday noon-6pm. Sabbath day is Tuesday. Writing/study on Friday & Saturday. I'm away for a religious pilgrimage with other UUs to Budapest and Hungarian-speaking Unitarian villages in the Transylvanian region of Romania, returning August 3. My last pilgrimage to that area was 19 years ago, so I'm eager to see how life has changed. In addition, the Hungarian
Interfaith Alliance may be able to take us to a refugee camp in Hungary.
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Assistant Minister's Message
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When Hope is Hard to Find
By Rev. Lucy Bunch
It seems like every Sunday at church we mourn another tragedy in the world. I read the paper each morning with a sense of trepidation for what I will find--the latest terrorist act, a killing of or by police, political machinations. I have a hard time keeping my heart open and my spirits up. I want to ignore all the pain. I find myself retreating into cynicism.
And then I hear a song in my head:
Come Sing a Song with Me
that I might know your mind
And I'll bring you hope, when hope is hard to find.
You know that song. It's a favorite of our congregation. We sing it well, with spirit.
When I feel despair I picture us singing that song, holding hands, singing with gusto. I imagine us generating a wave of love that goes out into the world. I think of all the many ways that we offer healing to the world: by
living our values, by striving to be loving, justice-making people. I am inspired by our outreach efforts with refugees and earth justice, with our engagement in the challenges of the middle east, and all the local ways we offer support to those in need.
As a community we discuss important issues of race, economic inequality, and moving out into the world with the intention to change things for the better, deepening our lives and being a source for healing in the world. Keep singing, friends; keep holding hands so that no one is left out. Let your spirits be fed by the goodness in the world, by the goodness in the human heart. Let's bring each other hope in the days when hope is hard to find.
Yours in spirit,
Where's Lucy in August
I welcome your visits. My regular office hours are Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons. Please call or e-mail first so I can make sure to be available. I will be on vacation August 22 to September 6.
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By Keith Atwater, Music Director
When you receive this Unigram, I will have just returned from my first national conference of the UU Musicians' Network. Hundreds of musicians will have spent time together singing, discovering new music, studying, and networking. One keynote speaker on contemporary worship design that I'll be learning from also gave a workshop that Rev. Lucy attended, so I anticipate exciting and meaningful musical and spiritual moments throughout the upcoming year!
To kick off this 2016-2017 year (my second with you all), we'll have a choir retreat for all interested past, present, and future singers from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 13, at Carmichael Presbyterian Church, 5645 Marconi Avenue. We'll have a guest vocal/ singing coach, some social and
snack time, and sectionals and music learning time as we preview our fall music. All interested folks are invited -- no auditions! At 5:00 pm we'll walk just up the street for cold beverages and (optional) an Italian meal together.
Choir practice resumes
Wednesday, August 17 from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. in the Fahs Classroom.
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A Visit by Our Ministerial Intern in July
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D. Scott Cooper arrives in late August to serve nine months as a full-time intern doing a variety of ministerial roles. A long-time lay leader at First Unitarian of Dallas, he just graduated with his M.Div. and some awards from Brite Divinity School.
We will support him with a modest monthly stipend, many opportunities to practice and learn ministry in a vital and loving congregation, and the mentorship of both ministers as well as an Internship Support Committee of members trained to have reflective conversations with Scott.
To find out more or help to make his arrival easier, contact Rev. Lucy or the committee chair, Marion Randall.
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On Friday, August 5, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the UUSS
Main Hall
, the art
committee will host a reception for artists David Peterson, Woody Hansen, and Rebecca Jaggers. Their works depict scenes from Manzanar, a Japanese relocation camp during WWII.
Henry Fukuhara, an American born of Japanese immigrant parents, was interned at Manzanar. Later in his life he became a prolific watercolor artist and gave workshop classes in Manzanar. These three watercolor artist
s
took his classes in Manzanar. Please join us for this historical art exhibit.
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UUSS Book Readers:
Completely Beside Ourselves
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On Tuesday, August 30, the UUSS Book Readers meet at 7 p.m. in the UUSS Library/Bookstore to discuss, We Are Completely Beside Ourselves, by Karen Joy Fowler. For more information,
e-mail
Jim Glidden or call Jim at
(916) 649-9697.
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Summer Reading with Rev. Lucy
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Challenging Books for Challenging Times
Its back! The summer reading group takes off again this summer with three challenging books. We meet on the second Tuesday of June, July and August at 6:30 p.m. at UUSS. All books are available in paperback, or at the Sacramento Library. Remember, if you order through Amazon, please go through Amazon Smile which gives a percentage back to UUSS.
Our final August book for this summer is The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert.
We meet on August 9, at 6:30 p.m. in the Library.
"Natural scientists posit that there have been five extinction events in the Earth's history," think of the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs, and Kolbert makes a compelling case that human activity is leading to the sixth."
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Earth Justice Ministry
will show a new film by Josh Fox, How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can't Change. The director traveled the globe to meet with climate change 'Warriors.' The film's been described as "Funny, tragic, inspiring..." By IMDB and "stunningly, artistically beautiful cinematography, interesting and sad" by some of us who have seen parts of the film. The director continues to create unforgettable documentaries, like Gasland I and II.
Location: In the UUSS Welcome Hall, Tuesday evening, August 2, 2016
The EJM meeting is prior to the film: 6-6:45 p.m.
The film is at 7-8:30 p.m. with a short discussion to follow.
For more information, email Patricia Johnson by clicking here or call her at 916-642-6067.
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Meet our Neighbors, the Sikhs with Keith Atwater
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- Dates: Two Sundays, August 21 and 28
- Time: 12:00 Noon
- Place: UUSS Main Hall
Over many decades, thousands of Sikhs have settled in Northern California, especially in the Yuba City area. Join us for talks by Keith Atwater, our Music Director and Professor of Humanities and Religious Studies at American River College, with art, slides, and video. We encourage you to sign up at the Adult Enrichment table on Sundays, though it is not required. Donations are also not required but donations of $10 to $20 will help support UUSS educational programs.
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By Glory Wicklund
Follow the sidewalk from the patio to the parking lot in back of UUSS and you will discover the Succulent-Cactus Garden. Linda Roye designed the beds, donated many of the plants, and is a succulents and cactus expert.
Cactus and Succulents require good drainage but little water. The first bed's soil was amended with 22 bags of horse stall (similar to pumice, used to keep horse stalls dry), potting soil, and the existing clay, then topped with rock. When horse stall was no longer available locally for the second bed, crushed lava rock, also called track fines (and used on some high school tracks) was mixed with existing soil, then topped with the same Sonoma Gold rock.
Thanks to Taylor Lewis for potting soil and monetary assistance. Keith White and Glory Wicklund contributed the muscle for digging, installing drip irrigation, and shoveling rock.
The plants are varied: Cactus, agaves, aloes, bulbs, yucca, sedum, echeveria and others. Linda is preparing a diagram of the types of plants for anyone who is interested in raising succulents or cactus.
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This activity group is open to those about age 65 or more, or who want to get together for activities, friendship, community, and adventure.
In August we have the following events planned:
- August 11, 11 am, Tower Movie followed by lunch in the Tower Cafe. Carpool from church at 10:30 a.m. Times subject to change. Hosted by Ray Reynolds.
- August 25, Guided Tour of art at Matsui Federal Court House, 10:30 with lunch after at Old Town. Carpool from church at 9:45 a.m. Hosted by Jean Kohlhoff.
- August 24, On Golden Pond at Chautauqua Playhouse at 2 p.m.,$18. Presale of tickets: July 24 to August 10. Lunch before. Hosted by Sally Cooley.
If interested in finding out more about any of these events or to just want to be added to our list, e-mail Jean Kohlhoff by clicking here.
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Monday Yoga at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.
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Page Labrie teaches Yoga with chairs in the
Fahs Classroom at 10 a.m. and Yoga with mats in Classroom 7/8 at 7 p.m. $10 drop-in fee or $8/week for a two-month session.
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The Odd Couple
cast is pictured, from left to right: Stephen Watson (Vinnie); Ken Watkins (Speed); Wendy Bosley (Cicily Pigeon); Philip Pittman (Oscar Madison); Todd Duda (Felix Unger); Irene Velasquez (Gwendolyn Pigeon); Marcus Daniel (Murray); David Paul (Roy).
Not pictured: Jill McMahon (Director)
Photo by Anna Andrews
Cinderella
Theater One's current production is a family play, Cinderella.
Performances
are on Saturday at
11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m
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Social Justice Theme for 2016-17: Confronting Economic Inequality
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Planning Meeting August 4, 2016
Economic Inequality is the current
Congregational Study/Action Issue (CSAI) selected by delegates from Unitarian Universalist congregations for four years of study, reflection and action. Read more about it and the CSAI process by clicking here.
This year we will engage with this theme in sermons, study groups, book groups, and in religious education activities for adults, children, and youth - wherever our vision takes us. We will build on all the great work now being done at UUSS and in the Sacramento region. Economic inequality touches on many issues that fill our open hearts and use our helping hands: poverty, homelessness, immigration, wage fairness, class disparities - and many more.
A UUSS task force will strategize, plan, and coordinate the theme activities for the program year. Our first planning session is on August 4. Do you feel the call to help UUSS be engaged in important issues in our world?
Plan on attending this session and share your ideas. Keep abreast of updates and invitations on our website and in Ministerial Message emails and Blue Sheet announcements on Sundays. Contact Rev. Lucy if you have a specific interest.
Our first engagement in the theme will be Building for Unity and interfaith project with Habitat for Humanity. See the article below for more information.
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BUILD for Unity with UUSS and Habitat Sacramento
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Build for Unity is an effort of local religious institutions to promote  cooperation across faiths and solidarity with Muslim congregations. We seek to respond to anti-Muslim suspicions plaguing our country.
The goal is to demonstrate that Muslim families are not only our neighbors, but also contributing and caring members of the community. Another goal is to build homes for two families between August and December. (Habitat has identified two families of Ukrainian immigrants for the two homes.)
To promote fellowship and connections, Build for Unity events will be hosted by various congregations in this region, with food at those events, of course, and activities for children.
Leaders have produced an eight-page publication to raise awareness and invite support. 200,000 copies of this publication will be distributed in the Sacramento Bee and in the News and Review. Additional copies will go to congregations across our region. The vision is to launch Build for Unity projects in over 100 cities around the country, starting in Sacramento. Click for the Build for Unity video.
Our UUSS donations support this publicity and provide materials needed to start building the houses. By July 15, we had received $1,500 from UUSS members and families. Thank you! Donations are still welcome. Make checks out to UUSS and note "Habitat" in the memo line. You may bring or mail it to the UUSS Bookkeeper or hand it to Lucy or me.
This project is a hands-on way to engage with our new social justice theme, Confronting Economic Inequality. Are you eager to put your hands to work in building a house or two? Please tell Rev. Lucy.
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A Woman President for the
Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) in 2017
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By Rev. Roger Jones
The next spiritual, organizational, and fundraising leader of our denomination will be the first woman in that post! All three current nominees are women; two of them under age 50, which would give us the youngest UUA president elected since 1985. Another candidate, a bit older, is a former Catholic nun. All bring varied talents and experiences--and mutual respect for one another. One will be elected by lay and clergy delegates at the UUA's General Assembly in New Orleans in June 2017. To learn about them, read the
UU World
magazine or
click here
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To meet the candidate I am supporting with my endorsement, volunteer time, and campaign contributions, attend the August 28 service. Susan Frederick-Gray will be our guest preacher. Also, I will also host a fundraising reception for her campaign later that afternoon.
Here's her background: Susan's parents raised her in Eliot Unitarian Chapel near St. Louis, MO.
She has a B.S. in molecular biology from the University of Wisconsin and her M.Div. from Harvard Divinity School. She was the intern and sabbatical minister at First UU Church of Nashville, TN, where she met her husband, then a seminarian at Vanderbilt. They have a son, Henry, now six.
Susan knows church growth, having revitalized the congregation in Youngstown, Ohio, during her ministry there. Since 2008 she has led the Phoenix congregation to grow in membership, financial commitment, and loving relationships.
In addition to her congregational record, Susan also has an arrest record with the notorious Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, whose horrific jail treatment she's experienced first-hand. She leads her congregation in opposing his human rights abuses and advocating for the dignity of migrants in Arizona.
Based on her Arizona leadership and partnerships with local and migrant-led organizations, she was recruited by the UUA to lead the 2012 Justice General Assembly in Phoenix. We 5,000 UUs made a mass witness out in the desert at the sheriff's Tent City, holding our candles high in the dark and very hot air, singing songs and showing that we Stand on the Side of Love. While at Justice GA, many UU volunteers also helped hundreds of immigrants prepare paperwork for citizenship. Susan's local partnerships and her leadership with us made this happen.
For our congregations to grow and our UU movement to thrive, Susan calls for organizational clarity, starting with a clear mission. She calls for spiritual vitality to sustain us in the work of love and justice. Susan has collaborated with interfaith and activist partners that share our values. She is grounded and passionate, practical and visionary.
Click here to see her platform, photographs and many endorsements on her campaign website, or search for her Facebook page. See tweets or postings at #sfg4uua. Let me know of your questions
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Sacramento's 30th Annual Peace Event
August 7 at 3:00 p.m.
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By Rev. Roger Jones
Several current and former UUSS members attend this local event, which will commemorate the 71st anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and is also dedicated to abolition of nuclear weapons worldwide. This year's featured speaker is Hon. Tony de Brum, former Foreign Minister of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Mr. de Brum currently leads an international campaign to force the nine nuclear-armed nations to abide by international law and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Sunday, August 7, 2016. 3:00-4:30 p.m.
St. John's Lutheran Church, Social Hall, 1701 L St. Sacramento
Doors open at 2:30 p.m. While admission is free, donations will help to cover travel costs for this speaker. For more information click here.
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Pay It Forward: Leaving a Legacy, Sustaining Our Values
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By Linda Klein
It would be easy to feel despair amid our political climate, our socio-economic disparities, and the prominence of greed, anger, division, and hatred in the world. In this sea of negativity, UUSS is my place of sanctuary and hope. This congregation empowers me. It reminds me that I can join with others to effect change. I can live in a way that reflects compassion, kindness, and love for others.
These values are a legacy I hope to leave to those I hold close and dear. I want our shared values to continue. Well-supported, this congregation can extend its courageous work for justice, freedom, reason, and compassion for generations to come.
For that reason, I am leaving some of my assets to UUSS in my will and trust. I encourage you to do the same. You can do this in your will, trust, insurance policy, or investment account beneficiary designations.
Of course, I want to help my children financially after I'm gone, but I also want to help the church that has given me so much, that is a source of learning, growth, friendship, and inspiration. UUSS can give to others long after I am gone. It will sustain the values and healing so urgently needed in this world.
Remember that movie, Pay it Forward? The point was to pass on the gifts and benefits that you have received. Pass your gifts on to the communities and institutions that sustain you, so they can make life better for those to come.
Listing UUSS in our will is a way to "pay it forward." Please join me. We can ensure that UUSS will extend our values and sustain the coming generations. Thank you.
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The program Summer RE ArtWorks is our spiritual way of connecting artistic expression to our UU promises in June, July, and August. Huge thanks to all the talented and dedicated summer volunteers who have planned and executed wonderful Summer Sundays for our participants. Thanks to Jessica Katz, Cherie OBoyle, Tiki Harlow, Paige Labrie, Patty Taylor Gutermute, Sarah Barbulesco-Lamb, Michelle Dunnaway, and Kate Anderson for their time and talents. Their presence enriches our program and brings inspiration!
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Materials Donation request!
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On August 21 and 28, the RE ArtWorks project will make mosaic stepping stones. The goal will be for each young person to make two -- one to take home and one for the UUSS campus. Donations of mosaic materials are needed and welcome. They could be, for example, small colorful tiles, interesting stones, small shells, or glass pebbles. If you have some, please leave them at the RE table any Sunday from now until August 21. Thanks so much!
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A New Program Year: 2016-2017 UUSS RE
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Our regular RE programming begins in September. Our programs resume as follows:
- Room 11: Nursery staffed by Krystal and Yer for infants and children in preschool.
- Room 10: Spirit Play for children in Transitional Kinder through 2nd grade
- Room 7/8: True Reflections for children in grades 3 - 5
- Room 6: Junior High Youth Group or JHYG for 6th, 7th, and 8th graders
- Room 12: Youth in grades 9, 10, 11, and 12 attend the Senior High Youth Group in that last room of the education wing closest to the UUrth Song CommUUnity Garden.
In early September look for more specific class information for your child(ren). As always I am happy to help via email at this link or phone 916-483-9283 ext 207.
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The
Our Whole Lives Sexuality Education
program will offer two classes for children in grades 4, 5 and 6, then a separate class for youth in grades 7, 8 and 9. OWL is a series of curricula for different age groups and helps youth make informed and responsible decisions about their sexual health and behavior.
Please contact RE Coordinator Miranda at this link for more information or keep up with information on the OWL page of our website. Parents, guardians, and grandparents please mark your calendars for an informational meeting for both OWL grade groups on Sunday, August 21 from 12:00 Noon to 1:30 pm in the Fahs classroom
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Our ministry for children and youth always has a variety of helping opportunities
. If you have considered volunteering in our program, contact
Miranda
soon. We have many kinds of
volunteer work
. I look forward to hearing from you so we can explore an avenue that suits you. Your gifts of time and talents make our RE program work!
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Re: RE
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- Sunday, August 7: we will have an all-ages worship service as we say goodbye to our graduating high school seniors. There is no RE.
- Sunday, August 14: Summer SHYG for those in grades 9, 10, 11 and 12
- Friday, August 19: All ages UUSS Games Night is scheduled for 6 pm in the Fahs classroom.
- Every Sunday at 9:30 am, the Nursery in Room 11 is open for parents attending Sunday Morning Spiritual Practices. For parents not attending these special events the regular Nursery opening time is at 10:15 am.
- Sunday, August 28: our Nursery stays open later for families to attend the Newcomer's Orientation. Just let our Nursery staff know when you drop off your child(ren) that they will be staying longer. We appreciate you!
- Coming up: All ages RE Yoga on September 4 with UUSS Yoga teacher Paige. Encourage your child/youth to dress in appropriate yoga attire.
Find RE calendar details and other information at by clicking here.
I hope you are able to stay up to date with reading the RE Outreach, as it is always a great source for information, events, and other neat things about our wonderful program.
Looking for a simple way to volunteer in RE? Ask RE Coordinator Miranda about staffing the RE Welcome Table in the lobby on a Sunday morning. This is always a big help!
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Religious Education (RE) Calendar, August 2016
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Sunday, August 7
9:30-12:00 Child care available
10:30-11:45 All ages service, no RE
Sunday, August 14
9:30-12:00 Child care available
10:15-11:30 RE ArtWorks and Summer SHYG
Sunday, August 21
9:30-12:00 Child care available
10:15-11:30 Summer RE ArtWorks
Sunday, August 28
9:30-1:30 Child care available
10:15-11:30 Summer RE ArtWorks
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Office Hours and Holiday Closings
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The office is open Monday thru Friday from 8:30am to 5:00pm.
No schedule closures for August. |
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Serving Our Congregation
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UUSS OFFICERS & BOARD TRUSTEES
Linda Clear, President Margaret Wilcox, Vice-President
Gordon Gerwig, Treasurer Janet Lopes, Secretary
Kathy Bernard Denis Edgren
Carl Gardner
Dennis Pottenger
Sally White
Erik Jensen
, Youth Trustee
PROGRAM COUNCIL
JoAnn Anglin
Deirdre Downes (Chairperson) Patricia Johnson
Peggy Makie
Linda Roth
CHURCH STAFF
Rev. Roger Jones, Senior Minister
Rev. Lucy Bunch, Assistant Minister
Rev. D. Scott Cooper, Interim Intern Minister
Stanton Vedell, Communications and Facilities Coordinator
Michele Ebler, Bookkeeper
Elaine Cooper, Receptionist
Miranda Massa, Religious Education Coordinator
Keith Atwater, Music Director
Krystal Gollaher and Yer Chang, Childcare Providers
Aaron Molina - Sunday thru Thursday, Custodian
Miguel Neri - Friday - Sunday, Custodian
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