Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Santa Cruz County
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Current Happenings August 3, 2017
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Sunday Service August 6, 10:00 AM
Climate Change and Human Spirituality
How have different spiritual traditions viewed the human-environment relationship; and how have those traditions embraced change, and in particular adapted to anew environmental circumstances.
Guest Speaker: Michael Orbach
Worship Leader: Sarah Marschall
Worship Associate: Sangye Hawke
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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.
8/6 E-G
8/13 H
8/20 I-L
8/27 M
If you will be absent on your week, please trade with someone for their week, or contribute the next week. Thank you!
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Fellowship Monthly Calendar
To access the Fellowship's monthly calendar, click here. |
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Fellowship Work Day
Saturday, August 5 9:30 to 11:30AM
This Saturday August 5 will be a Fellowship Work/Fun Day from 9:30 until about 11:30. Not required, but helpful if you will let Bob Bates ([email protected] ) know if you plan to attend. Also, if you know something which could use some repair, cleaning, etc., let me know. |
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COPA's Housing Team
Monday, August 7, 6:30 - 8:00PM
Resurrection Catholic Church, 7600 Soquel Dr., Aptos (in the youth center). Join the team to learn about an exciting victory for COPA's housing work, opportunities to replicate that win, and other important policy and projects dealing with affordable housing. To RSVP and/or obtain further information here.
COPA Leaders Retreat
Saturday, Sept. 9, 10:00AM - 7:00PM
St. Francis Retreat Center, 549 Mission Vineyard Rd, San juan Bautista. This retreat is designed for COPA leaders who are part of an institutional organizing team. The retreat will consist of time for training, reflection, relationship-building, and strategizing about the work of the coming year. Please RSVP here in order to receive readings and the agenda in advance.
You can also call or email Smitty Smith at
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Book Club
Meets at 10am, the third Thursday of every month
At The Farm Bakery and Cafe, 6790 Soquel Dr. Aptos
August 17th -
The News of the World by Paulette Jiles
An engrossing novel about a charming old man and a kidnapped child rescued from the Kiowa Indians in the 1870's
Please join us. Usually share for an hour or so.
Questions? call Linda Monk at 724-4089
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TGIF Hosts Needed
Hosts are needed for our Summertime TGIF's.
Our "Thank Goodness It's Friday" POTLUCK social gatherings are a popular way of deepening our UU Community. All are welcome to come, even if they cannot always bring a dish to share. The hosts put out a basket for donations to help defray costs.
Hosting involves opening your home, back yard (or the Fellowship) from 5-7 PM, on Friday evening; providing wine, soda and water, plates, cups and napkins. The guests bring the rest.
Please call Jan Taylor at 332-4489, to host (or co-host) one of our Community's well-loved TGIF's.
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Flower People Needed
Our Flower People are looking for a few new members. Bringing flowers for Sunday Service is a lovely privilege that we honor. It involves a commitment of one Sunday every few weeks to bring flowers and set them up in the front of the church by 9:30 and remove after.
If this appeals to you please call, Linda Monk 831-724-4089
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Other Community Items of Interest
To learn about and engage our community and world:
Friday, August 4, 4-7pm. Reuse and Recycle: Turn Ocean Trash into Art! At the Sanctuary Exploration Center, 35 Pacific Ave ( near the mouth of the SC Wharf). Free. Family friendly.
Friday, August 4, 6-9pm, First Friday Art Reception - Artists Respond and Resist Together (ARRT). Resource Center for Non-Violence, 612 Ocean St, SC. Themes as artists respond to current political climate: resistance, immigration, civil rights, climate change, injustice. Free. More information
here.
Saturday and Sunday, August 5th and 6th. Watsonville Strawberry Festival. Celebrate the County's #1 crop, have family fun, support area non-profits. Food booths, kids activities, information. Free admission. Family friendly. More information
here.
Sunday, August 6, Hiroshima Vigil and Remembrance, 6-7:15pm, SC Town Clock. Followed by film screening of "Raising the Phoenix of Hiroshima" at Resource Center for Non-Violence, 612 Ocean St., SC. Sponsored by United Nations Assoc. - Santa Cruz Chapter, WILPF, ACLU, Holistic Veterans and more.
Every Friday 12-1pm. Grief Support Group. For anyone experiencing the death of a loved one. Hospice of Santa Cruz County. 940 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley. Free. More information
here.
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Contacts
Office Phone: 831.684.0506
Fax: 831.685.6736
Minister: Rev. Russ Menk
[email protected]
Office Hours by appointment Wednesday-Saturday
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Office Administrator:
Pamela Sundell
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Office Hours: Monday-Friday
10:00-1:30
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Bob Bates, Bruce Fihe, Sylvia Forsyth, and Devi Tong.
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