"Promenade" and "sashay" at our First Annual community dance!  Those are just fancy words for walking and moving to music! Learn and enjoy the finer points with your UUCP friends and family! Peg Hesley will teach and inspire us through traditional community dance patterns with the lively music of her fiddler, Jeff Thorn. Suggested optional contribution of $2 per dancer. Bring your water bottle and optionally, a plate of finger food to share for refueling midway through the evening. Toe tapping sideliners welcome. Suggested attire:  Comfortable clothes and closed-toed footwear.

Empowerment Gathering -  7:00pm at Encanto Community Church,  2710 N. 7th Ave.  A collaborative service to lift up the voices of students, teachers, parents, and elected officials. All are welcome to attend! 

Rally and March -  Show up in solidarity with students who are organizing to end gun violence in schools and our communities! The Phoenix March for our Lives begins at  10:00 AM   on Saturday  at the Arizona Capitol ( 1700 W Washington St .). Carpool from UUCP at  9:00 AM.  Bring water, snacks, signs, and look for the tall "Side with Love" banner to gather together. 

Contact Emrys at 520-245-7560 or via email below with any questions.

Break bread and socialize with us starting at 6:00 PM, and the meeting begins at 6:30 PM. Guests are invited to address the Board during the guest comments at the beginning and observe the remainder of the meeting. At this meeting the Board will be discussing changes in board committee structure and planning for the election of ministerial search committee members. All are welcome. Please contact Board President, Vince Waldron, via email below or 623-670-6500 if you have any questions.

This is a special Congregational meeting to elect the Ministerial Search Committee. All UUCP members in good standing are eligible to vote on the members of the Ministerial Search Committee. Check-in begins at 10:35 AM, and this is an in person vote.

We will start the meeting with 30 minutes of meditation followed by a dharma reading and discussion. You need not be a Buddhist to attend, just interested in your spiritual growth. If you have questions, contact Donna Featherston at 602-997-7996.

Join Lynne Haeseler as she weaves familiar songs together with inventive pianistic flair. Singing is healthy! And when we sing together, the benefits are amplified - synchronized breath, a humanity in harmony and natural feelings of goodness and well being. Fun for all!

Please join us for a special Community Night Passover celebration at UUCP on April 5. We will begin at 6:00 PM in the Sanctuary with a special reading of the Haggadah, and seder plates, led by the Lifshitz family. A potluck Passover dinner will follow around 7:00 PM. Please sign up for a dish below.

Join UUCP Sangha  and Arizona friends of Bhante Sujatha, in welcoming him back to Phoenix . Originally from Sri Lanka, Bhante Sujatha is the Head Monk and Abbot of the Blue Lotus Temple in Woodstock, Illinois. He is a 30-plus year Buddhist Monk and longtime practitioner of meditation, who has dedicated his life to adding more love in the world. His approach to meditation is deep and simple, bringing core Buddhist teachings to everyone in a way that is practical and easy to understand.  A joyful, radiant, funny and wildly energetic monk, time with Bhante is a warm and spirited learning experience. Join him for this two-hour workshop as he shares his own spiritual journey and teaches simple and effective ways for you to get beyond Ego to live the fullest and most meaningful life possible. Fee: $35. All proceeds go to Bhante's Annual incubator project which funds the purchase of incubators for Sri Lankan hospitals.

Pathway to Membership is a class that invites you to meet with other folks considering membership and hear more from ministers, leaders, and recently-joined members about what it means to be a member of our congregation. You will have the opportunity to learn about the history of Unitarian Universalism and UUCP, get to know each other in  groups, and ask questions. The class ends with an invitation to join by signing the membership book and pledging your support. There is no pressure to join. We recognize membership is a commitment, and we hope people will take their time before joining. This will be the last opportunity to join before fall 2018. 

Join us at 6:00 PM in the Johnson Room for food and friendship. A donation of $5 per adult, $2 per child under ten, or $10 per family covers the cost of the meal. Each dinner  features the talents of the fabulous cooks in our congregation. Community Night is not a potluck. If you'd like to contribute as a Sous Chef (sides, salad, or bread), please signup in advance.

 

Menu for March 29 - We are having Chicken korma and vegetarian curry as well as basmati rice, naan bread and Indian carrot salad.

UUCP warmly invites members to apply to be delegates at the annual General Assembly. We seek a diverse team of delegates, from all walks of UUCP life. Both new and experienced members are welcome to apply. Scholarships are available to help offset travel costs for those with financial need. Apply now so you can take advantage of early registration discounts. Application at the link below.

Green Sanctuary would like to help you light up your lives for less (electricity and money)! LED bulbs will be available for purchase near the library starting  Sunday, March 25. Let us know if you need a different type, and we'll do the shopping for you.  Also, remember to go to  https://vwsettlement.az.gov   to send your comments to the governor asking to use the $57 Million from that suit to buy electric school buses for high pollution school districts.

Emrys will preach his final sermon, "My Top 10: What I'll Cherish from UUCP," at 10:30 AM in the Sanctuary. This service will be followed by a farewell celebration in the Johnson Room and Emrys is also inviting everyone to join him afterwards at Piestewa Park at the Mojave Ramada at 3:00 PM for a Grill n Chill afternoon plus a sunset watching hike at 6:30 PM.

You might have noticed when trying to login into the UUCP directory that it is no longer around. We have switched to a new system from the same company that will make life much easier. Please visit the link below for information and instructions.

The Critical Response Process is a step-by-step process to give and receive feedback, embrace vulnerability and dismantle  defensiveness. The process teaches you to lean on the virtues of curiosity and open inquiry to facilitate difficult conversations and can be applied to any "work-in-progress" -  

whether it's an artistic goal, a relationship, or a personal area of growth. The 3-part course will teach us to transform discomfort into inquiry. $10 total fee for class.