STAY CONNECTED:
Current Happenings        September 14, 2017
Sunday Service September 21, 10:00 AM
Credo Service: What and How have the UU Principles Affected your life?

People can grow wise in our tradition.  Some folks devote their life energy to this tradition with critical and radically open hearts and minds.

Worship Leader: Monna Lang 
Worship Associate: Sarah Marschall
Sunday Hospitality Schedule
 
If the initial of your last name is on the list below for this week, bring a dish ready to serve or an ingredient for soup or salad.

Please help with the clean-up after hospitality hour.

   9/24   E-G
   10/1   H
   10/8   I-L
   10/15 M


If you will be absent on your week, please trade with someone for their week, or contribute the next week. Thank you!
Fellowship Monthly Calendar

           To access the Fellowship's monthly calendar, click here.             
Potluck TGIF Sept. 22, 5-7PM


Our last Summer Potluck TGIF of the year will be held at Ann McCrow and Randy James' home in the Seabright area of Santa Cruz.  come Celebrate their new patio and the beginning of Fall!

831-458-4213
503 Caledonia street
From Hwy. 1, take the Morrissey exit and drive south to Soquel Ave. (right on Water at the Safeway and immediate left in front of the 24 Hour Fitness, then right again to Soquel Ave.) Drive east past the Rio Theater to one block before Shopper's Corner at Branciforte Ave. Take a left on Caledonia (T-Junction in front of Autoworld). We are the pale yellow house with green trim on the corner at the end of the first block. Cross Street is Hanover.

We'd love some Fall/winter TGIF's, so call Jan Taylor if you would like to voulunteer.
Book Club
Thursday, Sept 21,10am
The Farm Bakery at 6790 Soquel Dr., Aptos

The September book is Circling the Sun by Paula McLain; a nice light summer novel about the life of Beryl Markham in Kenya during the era Out of Africa.

We will choose books for the fall at our next meeting. Join us for tea, coffee and an hour or so of discussion.

For info, call Linda Monk at 724-4089.
Visitor Drop-In Meeting
Sunday, September 24.  11:30-noon in the Gallery

We are a welcoming Fellowship!  We want to get to know you and we want you to have an opportunity to get to know us.  Learn about Unitarian Universalism and what happens here at the Fellowship.  Ask questions and meet others who are seeking a spiritual home and a sense of community.
 
You are welcome to bring your coffee and food from Hospitality as this a casual gathering hosted by Fellowship members.  All are welcome.
New Member Orientation

Thursday, October 12 , 5 - 7 pm
or Saturday, October 21 from 10 am to 12 noon

Are you thinking of becoming a member of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship? Do you want to explore how to be more involved in this open faith community? Please attend one of these small group orientations to learn more, have your questions answered and understand the membership commitment more fully. You can also check the UUF website for more information about member expectations (http://uufscc.org/site/membership-expectations/). There will be a new member welcome ceremony on Sunday, November 12 for those interested in joining at this time.

If interested:
Please talk to Ginny Aragon at 831-459-0137, [email protected] or
Ann McCrow 831-359-8096, [email protected].

Commemorative Flowers

A new program is starting this fall that will help you share exciting events in your life or to honor loved ones with the congregation.  You provide flowers or a plant for a Sunday service and the Order of Service will note who is providing the arrangement and what is being commemorated.

All you need do, is e-mail [email protected] with the date, name, phone, email info and your reason for providing the flowers.  You will receive a reminder the week of your selected date.

This is not a replacement of the flower people, they will still provide for Sundays not spoken for.  
Updated directory

An updated directory has been posted to the Members Only website (http://members.uufscc.org/directories/).
You will be required to log in to access the Directory.



To learn about and engage our community and world:
Saturday, Sept. 23, 2-6pm . ResistFest: a community event using art to connect artists and activists. Sponsored by Santa Cruz Indivisble. At Abbott Square/ Museum of Art and History, 705 Front St. SC. More information here . 

Saturday, Sept. 23, 1:30 pm. City of Watsonville Nature Walks.  Guided exploration of the wetlands.  Nature Center, 30 Harkins Slough Rd., Watsonville.  Free. Family friendly. For more info: 831-768-1622

The COPA Immigration Team announces free DACA Renewal Clinics. Recipients can still renew their DACA if it expires between now and March 5th, 2018, but they must do so on or before Oct. 5, 2017. Upcoming clinics led by local immigration attorneys to help them with renewal will be held on: 
Fri., Sept. 22, 5pm - 8pm at Cabrillo College, Rm. 317
Sat., Sept. 30, 9am - 5pm at Cabrillo Watsonville Center, 318 Union St., Rm A160
Persons needing this can contact COPA Organizer, Andrés Arias at (408) 516-6834 regarding what they need to bring.

COPA Restorative Justice Team, Tues., Oct.3, 6:30 pm - 8pm, at the COPA Office, 95 Alta Vista Ave., Watsonville [in the Lutheran Community Church]. The focus will be on at-risk youth and organizing in our institutions around prevention strategies.

COPA Housing Strategy Team, Wed., Oct. 4, 5pm - 6:30pm, at the IBEW Hall, 10300 Merritt St. Castroville. This meeting will focus on COPA's strategy to build low-cost housing on properties owned by COPA institutions and allies, using as a model the 40 units of senior housing at COPA member St. Stephen's Lutheran Church in Santa Cruz. Can we use this strategy on our own property to fight homelessness?

Contacts
Office Phone: 831.684.0506
Fax: 831.685.6736

Minister: Rev. Russ Menk
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Office Hours by appointment Wednesday-Saturday

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 Pamela Sundell
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