Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Santa Cruz County
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Current Happenings September 7, 2017
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Sunday Service September 10, 10:00 AM
Annual Water Ceremony
Everyone brings water or symbolic water from the places they have been during the summer.
Worship Leader: Rev Russ Menk
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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.
9/10 T-Z
9/17 A-D
9/24 E-G
10/1 H
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
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Friday Sept 8, 10AM - 12Noon
Rise Up and Call Her Name
The new Women's Spirituality Group,
Rise Up and Call Her Name will meet from 10:00 am to 12 noon in the Gallery at the UU Fellowship. This is a Woman-honoring Journey of self-empowerment and personal encounter with Global Earth-based Spiritualities based on the Unitarian Universalist curriculum that weaves together worldwide spiritual stories honoring female divinities. There will be five 2-hour Friday sessions: three on September 8 - 22 followed by a two week break and the remaining two on Oct. 13 and 20. This is not drop-in; a commitment to attend all five sessions is requested. Sliding scale contribution $20 to $30 for all sessions. All meetings will be held in the Gallery at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. The group will be led by Magalí Morales, a counselor with 17 years' experience leading groups for women and girls on emotional healing, empowerment and spiritual exploration. She is currently at work on a book about the resurgence of the divine feminine. The group is limited to 12 women; there are currently 8 women signed up so there are four slots still available.
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Potluck TGIF Sept. 8, 5-7PM
Gwyneve Middour's home in Seabright, co-host Devi Tong
Gwyneve's home is kid-friendly, so please feel free to bring your children too!
636 A Sumner Street,
Santa Cruz.
Cell: (703)434-1064
Take Morrissey exit & follow straight down, across Soquel Ave to S. Morrissey. Turn right on Gault, 2 blocks to Sumner. Left on Sumner, home is on left. Park on street & walk back to Unit A.
Coming up:
September 15th: Terra & Scott's Soquel home.
September 22nd: Ann & Randy's home in Seabright
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Saturday, Sept. 9, 10:00AM - 7:00PM
COPA Leaders Retreat
Communities Organized for Relational Power in Action
St. Francis Retreat Center, 549 Mission Vineyard Rd, San Juan Bautista.
This retreat is designed for COPA leaders who are or wish to be 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 to [email protected]
to receive readings and agenda in advance. Snacks, lunch and Spanish translation will be provided.
You can also call, text or email Smitty Smith at (831) 737-3721, [email protected] about COPA and this event.
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Sunday Sept. 10
Center for Farmworker Families Fundraiser
Join ReSisters for a day of inclusion and gratitude benefitting the Center for Farmworker Families. We're raising awareness and needed funds for the people who work our fields, vineyards and orchards, and whose labor supports our local economy and sustains our rich agricultural traditions. Full flyer
here.
This Sunday,there will be a fundraiser held at the Fellowship from 3-6 pm to benefit the Center for Farmworker Families. A few tickets are still available online
here. If you can't make it, it's not too late to learn about and support this organization! More information will be shared at worship during the month of September.
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Adult Religious Exploration
Sunday, Sept. 17, 12-1:30pm
Farmworker documentary 'Food Chains'
On Sept. 17, we commence our Adult RE session for this Fellowship year. This is a gathering within our community supporting our mission, vision and - this year - our connection to our 7 Principles. Come learn, grow and share! As we launch into the deep learning of our Principles, we begin with a connection to The Center for Farmworker Families. As a complement to this effort, we will show the documentary 'Food Chains' which chronicles the lives and working conditions of our farmworkers and explores the human cost in our food supply chain. Powerful and impactful. (Also, get information about upcoming Farmworker Reality Tours in Watsonville coming in October.)
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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.
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Other Community Items of Interest
To learn about and engage our community and world:
Thursday, Sept. 7, 6:30-8pm. Citizen Science: Subversive Science. Hear a talk and share your stories on the role of science in our lives and learn about local opportunities to get connected in the science community. Downtown Library, 224 Church St. SC. Sponsored by SC Public Library, UCSC, SC Museum of Natural History. Free. More information
here.
Thursday, Sept. 7, 5-9pm. (Supper included). Training session for WINGS advocacy training, a program to directly assist individuals who are homeless. Work with case managers to offer assistance. Learn about the program; no long term commitment required. Held at Community Covenant Church, 2700 El Ranch Dr., Scotts Valley. More information
here.
Saturday, Sept. 9, 10-12n. Coffee and conversation about housing issues with SC Mayor Cynthia Chase. This is a launch of a broader community conversation about housing including 'conversation kits' to facilitate productive discussion about this issue. In secret garden space of Abbot Square/Museum of Art and History, 705 Front St. SC. Free. Activities for children. More information
here.
Sunday, September 10, 7:30pm. Talk on Gandhian non- violence by Dr. Geeta Mehta sharing successful uses of non violent actions and strategies in both India and US. Resource Center for Non-Violence, 612 Ocean St., SC. More information
here.
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.
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Contacts
Office Phone: 831.684.0506
Fax: 831.685.6736
Minister: Rev. Russ Menk
[email protected]
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