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Sunday Services are Currently Online
NEXT SUNDAY, JANUARY 17th
10:30 am
(Arizona Time)
The 8th Principle
Led By:
Rev Christine Dance
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Worship Associate
Amy McKlindon
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As we celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, let us consider adding an 8th Principle to our Unitarian Universalist guiding principles that acknowledges that we are charged to fight for an anti-racist, anti-oppressive culture. What does this mean for Unitarian Universalism? What does it mean for UUCP? How do we move forward with it and do we want to?
Here are links related to the Sunday service
Sunday's Service via Zoom
Meeting ID: 998 7086 6996
Immediately Following Service
Meeting ID: 939 9248 9556
Password: CoffeeHour
You may use a computer, tablet, or smartphone. If you are asked to install the Zoom application, say yes. Feel free to share this link with friends and family!
If you have problems with Zoom, you may view the service live on YouTube.
Or after the service, you can watch it at any time.
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Programming January 17th - January 22nd
Enter Meeting ID & Password
or
Click on the Activity Title to Join
ALL Programming is in Arizona Time Zone
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Jan. 17th
Immediately
Following Service
Meeting ID:
939 9248 9556
Password: CoffeeHour
Immediately
Following Service
Meeting ID:
915 0535 2349
Password: YRUU
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Jan. 18th
8:30 am
Katie Resendiz
Meeting ID:
956 6366 2771
Password: 550602
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Jan. 19th
6:30 pm
Katie, Jezz & Chris
Meeting ID:
953 5370 8396
Password: 409806
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Jan. 20th
12:00 pm
Rev. Christine Dance
Meeting ID:
924 5107 9822
Password: 4027
4:00 pm
Ms. Cherilyn
Meeting ID:
912 3942 4225
Password: 616801
7:00 pm
Benjie Messer
Meeting ID:
953 0097 9968
Passcode: 812013
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Jan. 21st
3:00 PM
Roy Miller
Meeting ID: 83036992529
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Jan. 22nd
4:00 pm
Meeting ID:
964 8387 3328
Password: Desert
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If you don’t have access to a computer, laptop or smart phone
OR don’t want to be on video, you can simply call in to
346-248-7799 and enter the Meeting ID number.
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Would you like to learn more about our congregation, our principles, what we do how to get involved?
Join Rev. Dance for a get-together on
Sunday, January 24th
Immediately Following Service
Meeting ID: 937 0034 0561
Passcode: 465278
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Board of Trustees Meeting |
The Next Board of Trustee's meeting is Tuesday, January 26th at 6:00 pm!
The meeting is open to all. We are delighted when members and friends join!
Meeting ID: 959 0652 4221
Passcode: 002180
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Congregational Mid-Year Meeting
Sunday, February 28th at 11:30, immediately following service
Our mid-year update on the business of the congregation—the budget, goals, and other general business of UUCP.
Meeting ID: 994 2498 2437
Passcode: 798166
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The links below will provide information about the COVID-19 Vaccine |
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Support Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Phoenix by shopping at AmazonSmile
Remember, always start at smile.amazon.com and Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases, at no cost to you to Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Phoenix.
Support us every time you shop.
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Adventure Tales
A Radically Inclusive Evening of Storytelling
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Adventure Tales – A Radically Inclusive Evening on Zoom January 30 at 7:00 PM is an evening you do not want to miss. Listening to stories told by community members is a time-honored way to come together and share life experiences. This event will be available free to everyone in the congregation, and it is our fundraiser for this year. We hope you will find it in your heart to give as generously as you can to support the mission and vision of this congregation. From one dollar to a thousand dollars – all donations will be greatly appreciated. Click DONATE to see the ways you can contribute and watch for the Zoom link that will be sent out prior to the event. |
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Our friends in the
Navajo Nation
continue to need our support
Our friends in the Navajo Nation continue to need our support as cases of COVID and recovery are still such a challenge. Like most of Arizona the number of cases has risen and illness takes down whole families, but unlike other areas, resources are limited, some supplies are really scarce, and distances are great.
The community outreach people, and a small group of family and friends we supply, deliver the food/health/cleaning materials, cook, clean, do laundry, bring firewood, and give social-emotional support to many in the wider community. They have become a valued resource and are extremely grateful to UUCP for helping make this assistance possible.
We are collecting for delivery at the beginning of February and would appreciate your donations of money (online or check to UUCP), or willingness to shop for supplies.
Many thanks for your assistance – spreading care and concern is a small way we can help provide an antidote to a spreading virus.
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Women's Ritual Group
Meets the 3rd Thursday of every month. This month January 21. Please contact Joan Gail or Pat Reed by emailing womensritual@phoenixuu.org to receive a link if you are not currently active in the group.
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Civic Engagement Announcements |
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We hope you will sign up by January 18 for this year's virtual Day at the Legislature on February 15. (See the UUJAZ announcement below.) This is your chance to speak directly to your legislators virtually. If you're not sure who your legislators are, read on!
The AZ Legislature opened on Monday, January 11. If you do not know what legislative district you are in, go here, enter your address and you will find your legislative district above the map to your right. For more information about who your State Senator and Representatives are (and much more), go here. We have been urging you to sign up for the Request to Speak (RTS) training, and will continue to do so because it's such a powerful tool for voters to weigh in on bills from your home. There is information on RTS training opportunities at the second link above.
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Earth Justice Ministry Announcements |
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The Earth Justice Ministry urges you to keep voicing your opinions about Clean Energy to the ACC (AZ Corporation Commission). It is voting again on the Clean Energy Policy it passed provisionally in November. Meetings are being held soon.
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Eat Plants for the Planet by Anne Lackey
We are still collecting recipes for our eventual cookbook. Please send your
Eat Plants for the Planet does not mean to deprive yourself!!! Please try out this recipe submitted by Katie Pacelli-Klinger:
VEGAN CANNOLI TART
For the crust:
2 cups rolled oats
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ cup coconut oil softened
¼ cup maple syrup
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
4 to 6 tablespoons chilled water
1 teaspoon coconut oil, for greasing
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For the filling... please click to learn more
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Sunday Services are Currently Online
NEXT SUNDAY, JANUARY 24th
10:30 am
(Arizona Time)
COVID and Consent
Led By:
Rev Christine Dance
&
Worship Associate
Katie Quinn
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As a liberal religious community and a faith that teaches OWL, we are committed to supporting healthy sexuality, including the concept of consent in sexual relations. But we have learned so much about consent through this pandemic time. Let us talk about masks-wearing, setting boundaries, bodily autonomy, and consent—and how they are applicable now and into the future, related to sex and far beyond. |
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Sunday Service January 31st |
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The pandemic has caused many kinds of losses.
What have you missed or feel grief about?
What do you look forward to having again?
The following week, January 31st, we will have a service to recognize the collective grief over all the loss this year—the almost 400,000 dead in the US from COVID-19, all the many losses we have had this year, even the less dramatic losses that we have grieved nonetheless. Whether your losses have been a loss of life or loss of seeing a grandchild, postponing a trip, or losing our sense of normalcy, we want to hear from you. Please fill out this form to give us an idea of your losses:
Please respond by Wednesday, January 27
In addition, we'll be having a community experience to envision the US death toll to COVID-19. We will give more details during the service this Sunday.
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Missed a Worship Service?
Prior Worship Services are always available to view
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SUNDAY, JANUARY 10th
A Confederate Flag Flew In The Capitol
Led By: Rev. Christine Dance
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Jan 24: Get to Know UUCP
Jan 27: UUCP Choir Rehearsal
Jan 26: Board of Trustees Meeting
Jan 30: Storytelling Fundraiser
Feb 12: Traveling 2nd Friday
Feb 28: Congregational Mid-Year Meeting
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Receiving Suspicious Emails |
Since the outbreak of COVID-19 scammers have been sending out fictitious emails claiming to be Rev. Christine. Please be aware of emails asking for assistance or requesting you to purchase something.
Rev. Christine will NEVER ask for money or gift cards over email. If you receive an email like this, please delete it.
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UU Day at the Legislature: Virtual
February 15th
This year, to keep everyone safe, DATL is going VIRTUAL! We are bringing in incredible partners and amazing speakers... and we need to know if you are coming so we know what appointments to schedule! Will you fill out your registration survey and RSVP by January 18th?
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Book GroUUp
3rd Fridays, 12-1:30 pm
What legacy will you leave your beloved: your children, grandchildren, congregation, community, and/or country about how you worked to dismantle systemic racism during your lifetime? What will you bequeath to your beloved? What is your hope for their future, for Beloved Community?
Join Rev. Tina Squire and Steve Kraynak on the third Friday of each month for a justice-centered book discussion from the perspective of our Unitarian Universalist values. Here we will use reading, conversation, and writing to answer these questions.
February 19, 2021: Discuss The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
March 19, 2021: Discuss Between The World And Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
April 16, 2021: Discuss BREATHE – A Letter To My Sons by Imani Perry
May 21, 2021: Read aloud our own letters we've written to our Beloved.
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Beloved Conversations: Spring 2021
Register on Feb 1st, course begins March 15th
The first phase of Meadville Lombard's Beloved Conversations anti-racism curriculum, Within, will open for registration in February. Within focuses on the internal work that each of us needs to do as we engage racial justice.
Within work will include individual Lessons, using videos, music, and readings, accompanied by reflection prompts and suggested conversations with Critical Friends chosen by the participants; bi-weekly small group conversations in a Learning Pod; and larger, monthly, facilitated Meaning-Making Sessions on Zoom. We hope you join us to embody racial justice as a spiritual practice, to heal the impact of racism on our lives, in order to get free together.
Registration coming February 1st.
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Race Matters and the
Supreme Court
Tuesday’s March 9th, 16th, 23rd from 4-5:30 pm
As UUs, we recognize the existence of many realities and even more so, how those realities are interwoven. The connection between law and race is one of these ever-present truths. Join Political Science Professor and UU, Howard Tolley for three 90 minute sessions examining the impact of race, political ideology, legal principles, and personal preference on the selection of Justices and the decisions they reach.
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Multikulti: Removing Unconscious Debris From the Soil of the Soul
Thursdays, Feb 4th-March 11th, 6:30-8 pm
In our present Time of Tumult, Rev. Anthony Johnson offers a container and powerful methods for exploring the “Ism’s” of race, gender, class, religion and more, that challenge our culture, our communities, and our relationships. Six sessions of learning, unlearning, feeling, and sharing about our differences; moving us toward creating change - in ourselves and the world around us.
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Love & Justice: Abolition and Alternatives to Policing
Every first Wednesday, 6:30pm
UUs proclaim that no one is outside the circle of love, therefore, our goals are also abolitionist goals. Join UUJAZ team member Thoi every first Wednesday of the month in actively resisting the systems of policing and incarceration while building relationships and community with other passionate UUs in Arizona.
Register for our next meeting, January 6th, here.
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Trans Inclusion in
Congregations from Transforming Hearts Collective
UUJAZ is thrilled to provide access to this online course on radical welcoming for all AZ UUs, thanks to a generous grant from the UU Funding panel. This course on transformational culture shift counts towards your annual Welcoming Congregation renewal. Contact us for your free login code (usually $125 per person) to explore this course at your own pace, or create a group at your congregation to take it together! If you’re interested in taking this course through UUJAZ, Janine Gelsinger is happy to schedule a time to facilitate. Contact her at uujaz.director@gmail.com.
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