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"You're never too old to reinvent yourself."
~Martin Sorrell
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| August 21, 10:30 a.m.: "Stump the Minister" Rev. Alex Holt
This is a service where anyone from Westside is welcome to submit a question to Alex for the service. He will not see or hear them until the service leader reads them nor will he know who is asking the question.
You may bring very legibly written questions to the service and give them to our service leader, Lisa Reitzes, before the service begins.
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| August 28, 10:30 a.m.: "The Sources of Our Faith" Rev. Alex Holt
UU's know the Seven Principles quite well but what about the Six Sources? This service will be the first of several to explore the meaning and power of the Six Sources that refresh and nurture the Principles in every generation.
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Water Ceremony- Ingathering Sunday, September 18
Our annual Water Ceremony is a time when all are welcome to bring a small amount of water to the service. This water can be collected from a body of water from a recent trip, a favorite local stream, your tap - all welcome! The annual water blessing is a meditation on the power of renewal and community. It will be done in silence while reflective music is played in the background.
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Ministry Musings Among the Mountains
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"Belief and Faith"
A heart-felt thank you to everyone who attended last Sunday's service entitled "Are we Believers?" The title was based on the song by American Authors from the 2014 album "Oh, What a Life".
A couple of folks asked me afterward if I really thought that 'really, really believing in an outcome' was useful at all. I could, after all, fervently believe that I'll live to be 100 but I have no basis for such a conclusion.
Read more...
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Call For Adult Religious Education
(Common Quest) Class Proposals
If you have an "itch" to offer a class on flower arranging or children's art or to develop a class on a pertinent social issue such as we had last year on "Black Lives Matter," then satisfy your "itch" and put together a brief proposal and submit it to Theresa McCormick (theresamcco@comcast.net), Coordinator of the Common Quest program by Monday August 29. You may have taken a fascinating trip this year and would like to share your slides and memories with others. Some folks like to show a movie and lead a discussion afterwards. Others have chosen a UU topic or one of our principles and developed a series of meetings around that. If you have an area of expertise such as finance, or gerontology, etc., you may wish to offer a few sessions. Please include the following: Title, 3-4 sentence description, preferred dates and time including duration of the class, preferred location, linkage to our 7 principles is desired by not required
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Religious Exploration Program Assistant Sought:
6 hours a week primarily working on Sundays (from around 9 am - 3 pm) for $15/hour.
Program Assistant will help the Director of Religious Exploration for Children and Youth, beginning at the end of August/beginning of September, to coordinate RE classes on Sunday, set up classes, input registration after classes, communicate with the teachers, prepare supplies, and teach class sporadically (when a teacher is absent). The person needs to be organized, ideally have their own lap-top computer, know how to use Google Docs and gmail, love kids, and see this work as spiritual work. This would be a great way for someone interested in religious education to get experience because the Program Assistant will be called upon at times to teach a class on Sundays. The position will run until June 2017. At that time a part-time Summer Religious Exploration Program Coordinator position may be open. This position could be job shared between two people to alternate Sundays if two people came forward who wanted to work in this way. If interested please contact:Cynthia Westby, Director of Religious Exploration for Children and Youth, at
cynthia.drewsuu@comcast.com.
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Does Your Garden Runneth Over?
If you have more veggies in your garden than you can eat, please bring them to Westside on Sunday mornings and place them in the basket that they have provided in the narthex. Rose and Regina will take the produce to the White Center Food Bank during the month of July for distribution to food bank clients. Lettuce Pray will take over this task from August 7th through October 2nd.
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Ingathering BBQ -Sept 17 5-8 PM
Mark your calendars! Ingathering is fast approaching. Bring a side dish or dessert, something for the grill, your family and friends and get ready for another fantastic cookout in the parking lot with the best views in town. The event will feature live music, activities for kids, a fire pit, and some variety of cookout competition! More details coming next week!
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Bid Laura Matson and Steve Becker farewell:
Laura Matson and Steve Becker are moving and are giving away LOTS of stuff (some furniture, books, plants, tools, and more). Please join us at our house - 7137 35th Avenue SW - on Sunday, August 21 after church. We would love to have a chance to say good bye and, if you see a treasure you want, it's yours! Questions? Call us at
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Save these Dates!
Ingathering BBQ Saturday Sept 17, 5:00 - 8:00 PM Parking Lot and Social Hall
Ingathering Sunday Sept 18
Start Up Workshop Sept 24
Beyond Categorical Thinking Workshop
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| Save the Date! Faith and Climate Action Conference: Oct. 8 at University Christian Church. Learn how you can get actively involved in the movement for earth care and climate justice and remain true to your spiritual path.
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New Resources for Our Environmental Justice News at Westside
There is so much happening with our very active Environmental Justice Group that it is dif
ficult to include it all in eNews.
Please take advantage of the
se new tools to keep informed and share ideas...
- Click here to view the Environmental Justice Calendar of Events
The Environmental Justice Committee meets monthly on the Third Sunday at Noon in the Sanctuary. If you have questions or are interested in joining our mailing list please send an email to Anne Miller:
climate.wsuu@gmail.com
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For information about Recipients of our Sunday Morning Plate Collection click here.
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Religious Exploration for Children and Youth
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Save the Date!
- Nursery and Story Time Teacher Training: Sunday, September 11, from 12:30-2
- RE Program Teacher Training: Saturday, September 10, from 9:30-Noon
- Ingathering is Saturday, September 17th at 5:00 pm
- RE Program Begins Sunday, September 18th
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Interested in teaching in the RE Program? Please let Cynthia Westby, our Director of Religious Exploration know if you are interested in being the pool of Westside's RE teachers at
dre@wsuu.org! We are very excited about this year's RE Program which will focus on other religious traditions. In the Fall we will concentrate on Buddhism in the 2nd-3rd grade, 4th-5th grade, and Middle School classes. With each lesson we will be offering brief mindfulness meditations to introduce children to learning mindfulness practices.
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Do you want to know what's happening in our vibrant RE programs? Click
here
to read about RE Program News and Events (
www.wsuu.org/re_news
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If you are a parent, teacher, RE volunteer, or would just like to be included in the
weekly RE news that is emailed on Fridays, please contact our Director of Religious Exploration, Cynthia Westby
dre@wsuu.org).
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Joys Sorrows and Gratitude
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Ginger Brewer shares the joy that her daughter Kathy and her husband Tim have moved to Anacortes. Kathy has not lived in the northwest since college. It's great to have her here.
Ginger would also like to share news about her grandson, Nick Thoman who competed in the 2012 London Olympics and won 100 meter backstroke silver and Medley gold. Nick retired from competitive swimming and the USA Swim Team this spring. He is now interviewing for a coaching job with his preferences Seattle, Portland and Denver. Of course the job comes first yet, I am hoping for the Seattle area. |
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We hold Steve Scheurich in our thoughts and prayers. Steve lost his father last Friday.
May we offer Bonnie Mariconda supportive thoughts while she struggles with and is at times frustrated by attempting to find the right fit and the right opportunity in her career. Happy birthday to Wayne Fulkerson, whose birthday is on August 22. Congratulations to Jill Fleming and Steve Burrows who celebrated their sixth anniversary on August 15. Special congratulations to Joe Rettenmaier who has been accepted by the Meadville Lombard Theological School in Chicago. Joe will begin his studies for the ministry this month in Chicago. A blessed congratulations to Rev. Melissa Smith on her ordination of the office of ministry. |
Westside's Pastoral Associates:
Westside has continued to grow in a variety of ways over the past several years. With that growth comes a need for increased attention to the pastoral needs of our members. To help address those needs three of our members have completed training as Pastoral Associates and are now available to serve our members and friends,along with our Chaplain, Mark Newton. They are: John Britt, Marie Hoover, and Fred Matthews.
Requests for pastoral support may be made by email at
pastoralteam@wsuu.org
or directly with an Associate on Sunday mornings.
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| Need some help navigating our growing congregation? here are some available resources: |
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WSUU Women:
Our annual summer picnic is now scheduled for Saturday August 27th.
Once again, it will be in a member's lovely garden and porch overlooking Puget Sound. Details will follow.
The next Thursday meeting will be on September 8th at 7 pm in the Fireside
Room.
For more information and to get on the mailing list, please email Peggy Abby
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Partner Church Ministry Team: Meetings are 1st Sunday of the month, 12:15-1:15, Westside north classroom, lower level. We build and maintain cross culture friendships through on-going communication with our Unitarian Partner Congregation in Transylvania. We are doing this through Pilgrimages/exchanges, emails, cell phone & skype calls, and now pen pal letters with interested kids. We welcome all who are interested in knowing more. Visit our Partner Church table during social hour the 2nd & 3rd Sundays or pop in on our meetings.
www.UUPCC.org for the international partner program. For Westside -
jcslatkin@comcast.net
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The Spiritual Study Group:
We break for the summer & will take July & August off. But never fear, we'll start up again in September! Attention people who have Monday night conflicts, (including our choir): we've changed our meeting night! In September we'll start meeting on Thursdays evenings. Everyone is welcome. Stay tuned for more! For information contact Cynthia Townsend at 206-261-5141 or cynthiastownsend@gmail.com
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Men's Group:
The Way of the Peaceful Warrior: 2nd and 4th Tuesday nights,
7 - 9 p.m. Westside Social Hall.
The Way of the Peaceful Warrior. Join the Men's Group for an evening of grounding, which starts with a short meditation. "We check in by describing our time since we last met. Then we share stories: we tell about experiences with facing success and difficulty; stories of new starts, work, travel, health-care, and creative expression. These are the beginnings of personal histories. They are the age-old tradition around the campfire."
Contact Richard Clark:
richard@secondroot.org
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| UU Roommate Sought: 60s male relocating from Arizona, friend of Craig and Linda Anderson, looking to find a room in a house/apartment. Liberal, with UU values, intelligent, good sense of humor, friendly and easy-going. Contact Larry Shine: Call 928-278-8517 or email: ziggurat20102001@yahoo.com |
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